 Hello readers, Please know how much I appreciate you that come the few the proud to read this blog after all these years. Just wanted to share this update as I am excited to announce the next map pack for Roll20 is available for purchase. This is the Weighted Pony Inn and I actually ran it with my family once. It is themed as a deserted Inn or Tavern with 4 levels and is portrayed as haunted as well. Here, take a read for the hook included in the listing on Roll20 where it and other dnd battlemap packs can be bought: Hook: You lot know of the 'Weighted Pony?' I know why no one’s come or gone from there in a while - why it's been quiet. Well, I don't exactly. But I know who does and he's willing to give a reward to anyone willing to look into the - uh - disturbances. Seems the Innkeeper Ingrahamson sent word to the any sellswords for hire, offering good coin for help and needs it tonight. Discreetly. Essentially, a grand banquet hall / inn has gone quiet and has not had guests for a weeks. The rumors are that the place is haunted and they won't let anyone in as it has been deemed... unclean for the social elite. The innkeeper sent a desperate message to swords for hire, adventurers, and general wayward souls. He insist on discretion. Can your PCs be professionals and help rid the inn of the forces the shuttered the once bustling resting place for the high class? All maps are exported to 2048x2048 pixel dimensions. Includes just enough detail but not too much in order to allow for you, the coolest DM on the block, to pepper in your own foes and narrative! 4 Levels, 52 variants Lit vs. Unlit Grid vs. No Grid Doors vs. No Doors Lights vs. No Lights Top Down Square Tiles 1 Sq. = 5 ft. Dimensions: 30x30 (Cellar = 15x15 tiles) Do NOT have too much fun with this potentially 'specter-busting' affair! Check my Marketplace store for this and more sweet #DND Battlemaps and other items: https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/publisher/1888/kaney-kreative Disclaimer: This art pack contains assets that were generated with the aid of third-party creative software(s). Bonus: You can get the 1st level of this new map pack for FREE below. Just download, save, and use as a basis for your next one shot on your favorite VTT. 
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New DND / RPG VTT Map Set available over at Roll20!  Spot of bother up at Winterbrook Stead. A friend told me Old Man Winterbrook has had some trouble with wolves and the like attacking some of his herd. At least that's what he thinks. But that ain’t the worst of it. I heard he recently found some with strange wounds. Heads missing. Limbs ripped off. Some, completely missing. But no blood. Says he’ll pay for the hides of the wolves or whatever's responsible and any proof or evidence of the devil depleting his flock. What do we have to lose? What say we take a look?
_____ A set of unique battlemaps at an otherwise seemingly normal and boring farm stead with mystery, intrigue, and elements of horror afoot. These maps contain enough points of interest and places to explore yet do not require more than a one shot to get through them. Use them how you prefer or expand upon the provided hook and see how the investigation turn out. Do the PCs discover what evil is responsible (perhaps a wereboar for fun?) or something else? It's up to you. Map Dimensions: Winterbrook Stead - 24 x 32 tiles (1536 x 2048 px map dimensions) Winterbrook Buildings - 15 x 15 tiles at larger scale (2048 x 2048 px map dimensions) Strange Hole - 10 x 10 tiles at larger scale (2048 x 2048 px map dimensions) Grid vs. No Grid Grid = Square Squares = 5 ft. Perspective = Top Down Genre = Agnostic, Horror, Mystery, Fantasy Style = Traditional, Cartoon Check my Marketplace store for this and more sweet #DND Battlemaps and other items: https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/publisher/1888/kaney-kreative Disclaimer: This art pack contains assets that were generated with the aid of third-party creative software(s). NEW DND / RPG VTT Map Pack Now Available!  To Any Who Would Help - I am writing with a matter of utmost importance. My beautiful, amazing daughter has gone missing and I fear the worst. I have not heard from her in days and no one has seen her. While I am devastated I am not at all surprised as I worry our recent quarreling of my choice of husband was not to her liking and drove her off. She didn't seem to understand it is a matter of royalty and politics not personal choice. OH how stupid I am! Now she has run off and likely fell victim to the many dangers about our land. It is my suspicion she has gone to one of her favorite places to go when she wants to vanish from the focus of being a princess. I cannot follow as I am too frail and I need this matter handled discreetly. This is where you come in! The Hot Bog is where I think she is. Please hurry! Any longer and I dread thinking what those foul, twisted denizens of the bog would do to her. Will you help me? Will you answer my call? Honor, glory, and gold await you should you succeed! You are my only hope. Again, I beg you, please hurry and restore my daughter to me! Yours most humbly,Sir Oswald Troyes, Lord Governor of Roritstad _____ Looking for a quick lay-up for your next DMing gig on a mini-campaign or one shot? Want a great tool to help you get going and spend less time prepping and more time playing? Need a special kind of unique feel while also fitting well into the DnD5e realm of fantasy roleplay and such? Want something that fits nicely in your VTT? Look no further! This battlemap map pack features the perfect game hook and set of maps and variants for you next session(s). Finely crafted and thought of the set contains 5 interconnecting maps set about different regions of the 'Hot Bog' and at its center the 'Harrow Wood'. A discerning DM or GM will recognize the opportunity for peppering the maps with 'giant rats', 'quick sand' pits, hot gas eruptions, and other dangers with which to confront their daring Player Character party. Who knows, maybe a few bullywugs inhabit the Harrow Wood and are responsible for the kidnapping? See if your PCs can spot the clues in the maps. Will they follow the stray cat to their ultimate goal? Its up to you but the canvases are ready for your enjoyment! Order of use: Enter via the SE corner of the SE quadrant, next use the NE quadrant, then NW quadrant, then the SW quadrant, and finally the Harrow Wood map. Includes 5 core maps, providing 20 variants total. Variants include Grid or No Grid, Lit or Unlit (night or day). Maps features waterlogged bog paths bound by impassable dense terrain. Tiles are square and each represents 5 feet of distance. The perspective if top down. The genre is generic enough to be used in any but is primary meant for Fantasy, Horror, or SciFi game-play. The art style could be considered.Total dimension for the core maps are 30x40 tiles (1536 x 2048 pixels) and the Harrow Wood map is 25 x 32 (1600 by 2048 px). Check my Marketplace store for this and more sweet #DND Battlemaps and other items: https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/publisher/1888/kaney-kreative Disclaimer: This art pack contains assets that were generated with the aid of third-party creative software(s). New drop over at Roll20 today on my Marketplace. This new #Dnd #RPG #battlemap map pack has all you need to get going on a quick session having your PCs explore a mystery illness underneath the city in the cistern. It only needs your flavoring of foes, traps, and gameplay. Have you noticed the people in this town? They all look weak, ill, or on the verge of death. Rumor has it there is something wrong with the land here. Some think it is in the air or coming in with the rains. Others seem to think the region cursed by the old ones. Yet others have a different theory. They have witnessed some strange activities near the entrance to the city underground - glimpsed unsettling things flitting about late a night. The old cistern resides there. One unfortunate soul is said to never have returned from its depths. Gilad speaks of arachnids inhabiting the tunnels beneath the city. How bout we have a look? The Mayor has offered a reward to for any information on the cause of the sickness. Can you imagine if we rid the city of the plague as well? We could be set for life - riches beyond your wildest dreams. What say you? Shall we make the descent? How about tonight? I know where the old entrance is. Meet me the behind the mead hall in the alleyway. Look for my torch as the moon rises. Ready to amaze your friends? Got an itch to DM a mini campaign or one-shot but don't want to prep a map? Do you just want to get something into your VTT, drop some baddies, and get going? Look no further! This battlemap pack by Tim Kaney has you covered. Your DM time can be spent giving the maps and adventure your own flavor with less time spent prepping a series of maps. These battlemaps come with just enough detail for being immersive but not too much to override the desires of the DM. Doors are left out for the DM to input where they prefer and allow for use of dynamic door states (open vs closed) in your VTT. Comes with plenty of points of interest, bottlenecks, and corridors for true dungeon crawling fun. Includes maps for the surface where the entrances are located above ground, the main level, the lower level, and even the secret lair of the resident beast - a giant phase spider (or any kind for that matter). Otherwise it is ample blank canvas for any kind of adventure below the made up city. Tiles = Squares Perspective = Topdown Dimensions = 30x50 tiles (1229 x 2049 px) + 15 x 17(1825 x 2048 px) Lights/No LightsGrid/No GridLit/Unlit  You can check out my other items on my ROLL20 marketplace store at the link below for more DND maps and other items for your enjoyment.
https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/publisher/1888/kaney-kreative Thanks for reading! Den of Evil - a New #DnD5e #RPG #Battlemap Map pack is now live over at Roll20! Devils, demons, and evil kin of the like lurk about the countryside just to the north of town. A days ride through rough terrain and into rocky hillside will lead you to the entrance to the place where these creature make their beds. At night the foul spawn of the underworld issue forth from their subterranean dwelling spreading violence, fear, chaos, and death. Can your party help clear out this cancer from the landscape and bring light once again to the Den of Evil? Featuring 10 underground levels (10 maps) of dark, haunting, eerie environs for your PCs to explore. Delve 10 levels below the surface through dirt, bedrock, and into the magma of the underworld. These maps have the basic forms and functions set for you (the DM or GM) to populate with your own special color of foes. This cavernous cadre of subterranean maps allows for less prep-work and more playtime for those needing to get going sooner and have more time devoted to playing. Now comes with BONUS Map - the surface level! Dimensions = 30 wide x 40 tall tiles / squares (1536 x 2048 px) Tiles = squares 1 Square = 5 ft. Variants of each level include Lit/Unlit and Grid/No Grid.  You can visit my Roll20 Marketplace shop for more battlemap map packs for your enjoyment!
https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/publisher/1888/kaney-kreative Thanks for reading - make it a great day! Another Finished Book - Illustrated Published Book Done!Hi Loyal readers, Just a quick, but important announcement to make here: I am excited to share the the 3rd book I have illustrated for the Nurse Florence book series is now published and available for purchase on Lulu.com! The new book features a new style, new design for Nurse Florence, and a great set of medical drawings that help explain the issues of the Cystic Fibrosis disease and ways to explain to young ones how it impacts the human body with known treatments. >>Buy Now!<<  Details Publication Date Mar 30, 2022 Language English ISBN 9781458311153 Category Children's Copyright All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License Contributors By (author): Michael Dow, Drawings by: Tim Kaney Specifications Pages 81 Binding Paperback Interior Color Color Dimensions US Trade (6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm) About the Series Sometimes it seems only a nurse can bring technical information down to an understanding that an ordinary person can grasp. The Nurse Florence® book series provides high quality medical information that even a child can grasp. By introducing young kids to correct terminology and science concepts at an early age, we can help increase our children’s health literacy level as well as help to prepare them for courses and jobs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. We need more scientists so I hope that many children will enjoy this book series and consider a job involving science. Check out other items on the store that I illustrated! Thanks for reading! Please help support indie authors and artists by purchasing through Lulu.com!
 Very excited to share this piece of news. Kaney Kreative is now live on Roll20! Dear followers, This is your crypt keeper writing here. This months sees the live launch of a starter assortment of content from yours truly. Check out my Marketplace Creator page description: 'Kaney Kreative is the 'studio' name of sole operator Tim Kaney. Artist, marketer, designer, and all around creator operates out of central WI and has recently developed a great passion for RPG content mixing writing, analytical thought, and creative expression along with technology. This store is a focus on maps of a different kind of special. Hope you enjoy! Thanks for stopping by! Region, world, locale, battlemaps and more.' The release set of map packs (read mostly battlemaps) are as follows:
       Most specs of the maps submitted and available have the following attributes for these dungeon maps and others:
If you ever wanted to have a great set of dungeon maps at your ready and full detailed with even a great hook built in for your last minute one shot look no further! Check them out, yo! Be sure to check back for new releases each month. You can even sign up for my newsletter to get the latest updates delivered to you inbox each month. Stay awesome out there! Zombicide Invaders Miniatures = Painted Pictured here is my take on the Xenos Horde from the Zombicide Invaders set (pre-basing). Dear readers, Thanks for all your support so far. I know we are few, but I still will keep sharing what I do, even if it means someone forcing me to shut things down. Do you know what 72 means? That is the number of miniatures included in the Zombicide Invaders game kit from Guillotine Game and CMON - makers of Zombicide. 72. I painted them all, finally. But, would you guess this is not the first set of Zombicide I have painted? It is not. A few years ago, I was commissioned to paint the core Zombicide set. Again, that was a lot of minis. However, I love this hobby, so it was and these are labors of love. This version is set in the future and your Survivors go up against powerfully violent and repugnant xenos mutants using some cutting edge and kick-ass weaponry. I personally enjoyed the Falchion Sentry Gun and the Peacekeeper Bot. So we have 3 sets of minis: Xenos, Survivors, and Machines. Breaking that down a bit - there are 6 Survivors named Cole, Vivian, Mitsuki, Magnus, Jared, and Baraka. We have 4 subsets of xenos: 1 Spoiler Abomination, 14 Hunters, 14 Tanks, and 35 Workers. There are 2 Machine Miniatures: Peacekeeper Bot and the Falchion Sentry Gun. Seeing as I got started painting minis many years ago with DnD minis and Warhammer 40K minis, I had plenty of Citadel paints to start with. However, I used many different paints with these Zombicide Invaders Minis. I listed the brands below (at least those I can recall):
The basic process of each was to decide on a color scheme for the types of xenos units and keep them color coded to some degree. For me that was blue, green, red, and 'nasty' for the Spoiler Abomination. Thankfully, the line of miniatures from Zombicide Invaders are fairly high quality and require no trimming or prepping other than rinsing and priming. Next, I based in the main colors, used washes to darken the recesses, and then layered a bit of accent colors and touched up with highlights and technical paints for the gore and blood. The bases were done with base colors and then layered with crackle medium and topcoated with a dry brushed layer of contrasting color. Hopefully you all like these. Sharing pics below. Link to game: https://www.zombicide.com/en/invader/ Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/CMON-GUGZCS001-Zombicide-Invader/ Here are a few shots of ALL the miniatures for Zombicide Invaders. Here are the Zombicide Invaders Machine Minis. Here are the Zombicide Invaders Survivor Minis. Here is the Spoiler Abomination! Worker Xenos here. Zombicide Invaders Tanks below. Xenos of the Hunter class for Zombicide Invaders down here. Character Sheet for Wild West RPG Now Available Do you play the Western RPG based on DND5e mechanics ‘Shooting Iron' by Mad Mutant Games? Do you wish you had a better Character Sheet? Wish it also had room for your horse? Look no further than this character sheet PDF by Tim Kaney. With this Western themed character sheet your PC will be the talk of the table arriving with the most class and style. Perfect for the discerning player and / or GM that demands the best for their players. Highly organized, properly stylized, and expertly designed this PDF is a must for anyone delving into the Wild West in the World of ’Shooting Iron’. Contains: PDF for printing - 8.5x14 Download Now on DMsGuild!   This is the second book I illustrated for Dow Enterprises. About the Book Have your kids ever wondered about what our kidneys are? Have a relative that may be suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease? Want to teach your kids why the health of our kidneys is important? Maybe your kids are just interested in human health and biology in general. This new book by Dow Creative Enterprises follows Nurse Florence (new design and art by illustrator Tim Kaney [me!]) and the three girls (Condi, Jean, and Sonia) talk about these topics in their school lunchroom. Filled with lots of great information in a very easy to read and understand format, this book is a great read for 9 to 13 year olds interested in learning more and features over 30 pages of unique, awesome, illustrations. In it they will learn about kidneys, why they are important, what happens if they become diseased or stop functioning properly, and what sort of treatments are available to help heal or cure the illness of Chronic Kidney Disease. Get your copy now! Specifications Pages: 74 Binding: Paperback Interior Color: Color Dimensions: US Trade (6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm) Details Publication Date: Feb 15, 2022 Language: English ISBN: 9781678015916 Category: Children's Copyright: All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License Contributors By (author): Michael Dow, Drawings by: Tim Kaney About the Nurse Florence Series Sometimes it seems only a nurse can bring technical information down to an understanding that an ordinary person can grasp. The Nurse Florence® book series provides high quality medical information that even a child can grasp. By introducing young kids to correct terminology and science concepts at an early age, we can help increase our children’s health literacy level as well as help to prepare them for courses and jobs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. We need more scientists so I hope that many children will enjoy this book series and consider a job involving science. PS - please leave consider leaving a review! |
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