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Gates of Barovia East (30x30, 200px)
🕑 Added 2022-07-20 03:51:17 +0000 UTCContinuing the 'I can't believe I haven't mapped this location yet' series, we have the Gates of Barovia, as approached from the east.
A lot of fan-art depicts the Gates as part of a wall, but in the module itself, the gates are only supported by buttresses. The Gates of Barovia, from my understanding, serve less as a defensive measure to protect Barovia, and are more likely the equivalent of a particularly grandiose 'Welcome to Barovia' sign. By that logic, I probably shouldn't have included an arch over the gate, but it just felt fitting, I guess.
Originally, I planned on providing this map with a duplicate that would swap the statues to the western side, but upon closer inspection of the map of Barovia, it seems the western gate is in slightly more mountainous terrain, so I think it warrants a map of its own. I won't be working on it immediately, mind, but I hope to tackle it soon!
I also provided a fog variant - given the significance of the fog when the party first come to the gate, I thought the fog worth stressing here. I do like the result, so if fog or other weather variants are something people want me to continue producing, do let me know and I'll keep it in mind!
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My maps are made with assets from Forgotten Adventures and AoA (bolstered with assets of my own making here and there), and they come with grid/gridless, day/night, edited/unedited, and light/lightless variants, plus JPEGs, WebPs with transparent backgrounds, and UVTT (DD2VTT) files for Foundry VTT.
