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The worship of the Snake is a recurring theme for evil fantasy religions with a long history of awesomeness and strange cold-blooded civilizations that predate humanity. So when Chris Williams asked for a Temple of the Snake God, it just made sense – bringing forth memories of Thulsa Doom and the module I’m currently running for my D&D5e crew – Dwellers of the Forbidden City.
Temple of the Snake (with grid)
There are three entrances into the temple (and the possibility of climbing up to the second floor and just smashing in one of the windows there). The front entrance (or the windows) are the easiest and quickest way to get to the main chamber of the temple, while the side doors lead to the chambers where priests and staff and records are kept – potentially slowing down the adventurers and providing many additional chances for the residents of the temple to raise the alarm.
Temple of the Snake (no grid)
The long sinuous corridor down the centre of the temple will certainly make adventurers feel they are walking into a trap… and if the DM decides to run with that there are a pair of secret doors that lead into the corridor that can be used to cut off retreat.
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To either side of the altar… Are those staircases? Also, I don’t see any windows. I see a front entrance, 2 side doors and 4 arrowslits.
On each side of the altar are indeed spiral stairs up to the upper level. The very thin “walls” on the upper level are windows.
Excellent piece. I may very well have to use it for my current campaign.
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Hi Dyson.
Can’t tell you how much I love your maps. This one was the perfect find. I have a Temple of the Serpent in my campaign and I have built a chapter around your stunning cartography. I’ll have to send it to you when it’s tidied up.
Story is part of a long running 1-20 lvl campaign. A necromantic cult has taken over an ancient Yuan-ti temple as their base of operations. They slew most of the Yuan-ti priests and expelled the rest into the surrounding swamp lands. The Naga the Yuan-ti worshipped (going way off canon here) was too powerful for the cult to defeat so they imprisoned it in the Undertemple. (I sullied your beautiful design by adding another level). The adventurers can either make a full on frontal assault – very foolish, or do the sneaky 2nd-storey work you mention, or if they are really clever they can find a hidden tunnel that goes straight into the Undertemple and ally with the Naga against their common foe. Of course the tunnel is still full of giant snakes.