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My name's Alex VanDerAa, I'm a mapmaker, dungeon master, dog enthusiast, and artist. Send me your fantasy/sci-fi book and movie recommendations!

[Neutral Party @NeutralPartyArt]

Ah dang, you got arrested by Calvin the town guard. Just hand over all your arcane doodads & glowing mithril weaponry & mosey into your cell. Cal will whip you up some stew while we wait for Lisa the other guard to show up & give you a talking-to. #dnd #roll20 #pathfinder

[Neutral Party @NeutralPartyArt]

If you ever want your party to feel like they've hit rock bottom, give them clubs and lead them to a ditch, promise them a penny for each mudcrab they smash and see how long they stick with it. #dnd #pathfinder #roll20 #battlemap

[Neutral Party @NeutralPartyArt]

You see all these gravestones? They belong to all the NOSEY adventurers who came to poke around this spooky mausoleum in the woods. They thought this graveyard was so nice that they decided to buy plots here. Each one died mysteriously 24 hours later. #dnd #roll20 #pathfinder

[Neutral Party @NeutralPartyArt]

One of my favorite mapmakers, @cyclopeanarts, is back! Previously known as Miscellanea Maps, now returning as DnDungeon, go support them at https://t.co/szQdEbUcWQ. We collaborated on this map a few years back and I'm excited to see what they whip up next!

[Neutral Party @NeutralPartyArt]

Sometimes you need a lil map for when your super smart genius players jump down a well looking for treasure. How clever of them to find your secret! How complex your world is! #dnd #pathfinder #roll20

[Neutral Party @NeutralPartyArt]

In olden times it was highly fashionable to build ominous structures deep underground and locked behind puzzle doors, that way you don't have to worry about people coming by trying to sell you things. There is so much we can learn from history. #dnd #pathfinder #roll20

[Neutral Party @NeutralPartyArt]

I bet there's something in the pond that the village people don't want you to find out about, they aren't very subtle about hiding it, and that ought to be concerning for everyone in the party. #dnd #pathfinder #roll20

[Neutral Party @NeutralPartyArt]

It's always a shame when I draw genuinely pleasant maps because it's only afterwards that I remember they're BATTLEmaps and so someone is going to burn something down or get thrown through a tree trunk or punch all the way through someone here #dnd #roll20 #pathfinder #battlemap

[Neutral Party @NeutralPartyArt]

Smart adventurers don't mess with stone circles they find in the forest. It might be a fey portal or a cultist.. place. I don't know maybe cultists do something there, like summon things or sacrifice whoever. look, just leave my circle alone. #dnd #roll20 #pathfinder #battlemap

[Neutral Party @NeutralPartyArt]

Hey look, free tents in perfect condition! I don't know what those chumps who left them behind were thinking, but their loss is our gain! Look, they even left all their weapons and food behind too, guess they wanted to travel light- lucky us! #dnd #pathfinder #roll20 #battlemap

[Neutral Party @NeutralPartyArt]

This map was made to be perfect for your campaign's decisive battle with the big bad guy, ideal for ultimate confrontations and dramatic conclusions, so long as your final boss is a wolf, bear, or goblin bandit. #dnd #roll20 #pathfinder

[Neutral Party @NeutralPartyArt]

I don't really know what druids were doing in Stonehenge but that place looks like a kickass druidic battle arena. Roll up the sleeves on your brown robes, grip your gnarled branch, secure your long white beard in your belt, & prepare for the fight of your life #dnd #roll20

[Neutral Party @NeutralPartyArt]

This looks like just the kind of place the villagers down the coast are terrified of but actually is home to some guy with a fishing pole & a tent then you go talk to him & he tells you to clear out before nightfall cause thats when all the pirate ghosts come out #dnd #pathfinder

[Neutral Party @NeutralPartyArt]

If you get in here with a wet-dry vac, set up a dehumidifier, and clear up some of the fungus then this could be a very homey little cave! If you're put off by the rough walls you can always drywall and install a drop ceiling, but honestly it's a great cave. #dnd #pathfinder

[Neutral Party @NeutralPartyArt]

Don't forget to take breaks when adventuring, even when you find yourselves deep below the surface. Take a break and relax on the sandy shores of a massive underground lake, enjoy the rotten spore-filled breeze, & listen to the soothing bugs' songs #dnd #pathfinder #roll20

[Neutral Party @NeutralPartyArt]

Believe it or not it took me 5 years of mapmaking to get around to making a forked tunnel battlemap. I'm hopeful that in a few more years I'll get around to drawing maps such as 'Small Hill' and 'Farm'. #dnd #pathfinder #roll20

[Neutral Party @NeutralPartyArt]

An adventure through the tundra isn't quite complete without someone getting frostbite, so be sure to give your party the opportunity to make some mistakes. #dnd #pathfinder #roll20 #battlemap

[Neutral Party @NeutralPartyArt]

Be careful on your travels, there may be enemies hiding where you least expect them. Watch out for dwarves painted the same color as cave walls, beholders hiding behind paintings with lots of eye holes cut out, & orcs dressed in community theater-quality mushroom costumes. #dnd

[Neutral Party @NeutralPartyArt]

Have you seen an umber hulk before? Those big muscle bugs look like they were born to suplex an adventurer directly into a bottomless pit. Not a good way to go.

[Neutral Party @NeutralPartyArt]

Your players may wonder what incredible sights there are to see in the Underdark, realm of sprawling tunnels and massive mushrooms- now you can confidently crack open this JPG and show them that, yes, it's pretty much that, tunnels and mushrooms. #dnd #roll20 #pathfinder