Frozen Ascent, Expert (Patreon)

Hi Experts and Masters! This week I made the Frozen Ascent (25x25), a simple addition to most snowy campaigns or locations. In particular, I made this one after my party handled a quest at at Kelvin's Cairn, in Icewind Dale. Now that I think about it, it might be nice to make an extra version of this map with blood splatter and bones littered around the cave entrance, like the Wampa cave from Star Wars. Maybe for this month's revisited post? I'll think about it.

Anyway, your alternate versions are a Mystical recoloring/relighting and one with Blizzard effects. The Blizzard version is a little different than my usual Snowstorm ones I like to make for winter maps in the sense that I went pretty hard with the snowy texture on top. The rules for Blizzards in 5e talk about how limited vision becomes, and I wanted to see if I could make effects that get across that feeling while still leaving the important details of the map visible. Either way, it'll give you the tools you'll need to drastically change the encounter and set up a significantly more dangerous fight than the regular version, which can be a fun way to spice up a session.