Bamboo Forest Shrine

Flourishing stalks tower overhead along a bamboo forest path. What lies in wait down this path? A worn-down shrine? Troublesome rabbits? A river of gore? Let’s hope it’s not that last one.

This is the inaugural map for DnDungeon Maps! That is, it’s the first I created chronologically. My players had an encounter a few months ago in a dense thicket like this and I would have killed to have this map around. But I am no time-traveler. Hopefully I got here in time for you, though.

Thoughts

• The bamboo whispers to passerbys the spoken words of past travelers.
• Two ghostly warriors make havoc without regard for the living unlucky enough to be there for it.
• The ancient, inhuman caretaker has just lost her most important spiritual prisoner.

Contents

• Shrine: A dilapidated old shrine in a dense bamboo forest.
• Path: A winding path through the forest, dotted with roadside shrines, lanterns, and idols.
• River: A path that crosses a river, with or without bridge.
• Blood River: A flow of gore crossing a hellishly-lit landscape, with or without bridge. What is this, the setting of a nightmare? A nasty thorn-filled hole in Avernus?
• Shrine Spiritual Confluence: A swirl of magic surrounds the shrine.
• Stream: A thin gravelly stream runs down where a path might otherwise be!
• Forest: A bamboo grove without the slightest hint of artificial structures, for characters who have absolutely gotten themselves lost, or who’ve encountered things in the middle of nowhere.
• Canopy Overlays: Built for VTT canopy usage!
• Day/Night Variants: Wherever applicable!