A Great Isometric Point Crawl Map

Here’s a super Daggerheart point crawl map created by @muted and shared with the Roleplaying Tips community that I thought you might enjoy.

From @muted:

I am running a loop countdown (started on a location just outside of the dungeon – the Dig) and the dungeon is a collection of a few custom Daggerheart environments (The Pit, temple, burial chambers…) that are noted in the map.

Every time the counter loops, each environment has its own thematic “reaction”.
Each floor has a list of rooms with evocative names so I can improvise the description (combined with info in Environment).
The countdown moves on every cautious move between rooms and every roll with fear outside of combat.
The only floor that has no room names is the pit, but that one is special. I roll 1d6 for six rooms to find where sh*t happens.
The last list is a list of magical items, with no specific place, that I provide players where it makes narrative sense.
Secrets and clues are on a separate sheet. Currently, this is the most info I can have with the least flipping of papers to find what I need.
And since it is a rescue mission, I note every time the counter loops and the number of loops has an effect on the state of the rescuees.
And I am still working on adding some tips throughout the map. Sounds coming from other sections, scents noted in the Pit, etc. I will add some in the next Tiny Prep. Not necessary, but helpful.

I based it on this article from Murkdice using graph paper printed from this site. I tried many different styles/schemas, but this finally clicked with me, and it’s easy to draw.

Thanks for the great share @muted.

I like your 3D map approach, and how you used solid and dotted lines to easily follow routes and connections.

I also appreciate you using simple numbers and a key to make the map clean and readable.

Keeping the loot and mechanics list on the map is a fantastic agile GM prep move, as well.

I need to give a crawl map like this a whirl!

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Johnn
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