The Trial of the Four Dragons | 4 Map Bundle
The Trial of the Four Dragons. A Four phased map collection. Set in the hidden city of dragons which welcomes only the most powerful mortal souls into their great tower. To enter the heroes will have to complete a challenge presented by each of the four elemental Dragons!
“The Tower of the Dragons is a sight to see, even from afar. So few mortals have proven their worth to enter that it is said whole sections inside are inaccessible without flight as it has never proven necessary to build stairs.” - Ida Holly
The pinnacle of the ocean plateaus is not a welcoming place to anyone, but without the powers of flight the heroes will have to use ancient hanging bridges gusts of powerful wind to reach the Temple of the Air Dragon and complete it’s Trial
At the heart of the Crater lake is a tower carved from a single rock, the meteor itself. Standing sturdy and unmoving against the smashing, towering waves like a lighthouse caught in a storm. The heroes must climb this water slick tower while standing against enormous crushing waves to enter the temple atop to complete the Water Dragon’s Trial.
Atop the mountain along a steep climbing staircase upon the mountain's ridge is the path way to the Trial of the Earth dragon. To complete it the Temple must be entered, but as the heroes approach the earth tears open and Boulders rain down from the peak tumbling and shattering stone all around them!
The final trial, the fire dragon's, has the heroes walking though perfectly identical buildings like pillars lined up like soldiers in a vast plaza. Across which lies the temple that must be entered, but the Fire Dragon sweeps between the towers grid lighting fires and leaving cindering coals in its wake!
This map is a 4 part pack, Four phased maps all based around a single city map! The Dragon's Tower. I generally don’t try and put lore into my maps to allow DMs using them to draw their own inspiration. But this time I wanted to play with the idea of offering something more than just a map- but a whole scenario the maps might belong to. By no means is this a requirement if you use these maps, I’d be thrilled to hear about other ideas for these encounters or other ways you’d use them. But I hope the idea of a dragon city humans must prove themselves to enter is a compelling one to you as it was to me!