Geothermal Rift [various] (Patreon)

Hey everyone!

We're proud to present the sequel to the Mountaintop Observatory we posted last month!

This pack is a sprawling series of levels taking your party from the observatory (or arcane cannon if you prefer) down into the three levels of the geothermal power station and finally into source of all the power: the planar rift. We've gone full magi-tech with this map combining steampunk-ish technology with wizardy portals and Efreeti fire bartering.

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Observatory

This is the main access point for the rest of the levels. You can go up the spiral staircase to the First Floor. Down the spiral staircase to the Geothermal Station Basement 1. Or go into the quaint living quarters and discover the secret trap door to the Planar Research Room. There's a very small clue to this trap door on the map, but very easy to miss. The Planar Research Room has a lift which will take players all the way to B3, so it serves better as an escape than an entrance. Or simply a shortcut for cunning parties.

Geothermal Station

This is where power is generated to work the observatory/cannon above. Its still functioning but barely. Old pipes are bursting at the seams and some sections have collapsed entirely or been taken over by giant spiders and other ne'er-do-wells in the depths. Other than the secret lift and the service steps, there's two other secret entrances into the geothermal station: a tight tunnel that leads from the bottom of the hot spring pool down to B2 (careful not to scold yourself) and a blocked down that leads from the Yeti Cave to B3. This door is blocked and hidden behind a pile of bones but some enterprising adventurers will surely find a way to get it open.

Planar Rift

Who opened this portal to the fire planes? Was it always here? A queer figment of interplanar physics? Was it opened by some ancient wizard only to be used centuries later as a power source for the observatory? Or maybe the devilish creator of the observatory opened it themselves. We'll leave that up to you. Regardless, it's hot in here. 

The Efreeti being the cunning money-grubbers that they are, they've decided to stake out this nice oasis on the firmament of the fire plane and sell their heat to the observatory engineers. They like to linger around and chew the fat, count their coins and warm their toes on the flaming fire plane below. Maybe for an extra coin or two they'll even take you down to the brass city therein.

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All patrons receive all levels of the dungeon. So the variations this week are all changes to the Planar Rift level in case you want to find something different down there.

Map sizes:

Observatory First Floor [16x16]

Observatory Ground Floor [21x16]

Geothermal Station B1 [30x24]

Geothermal Station B2 [39x31]

Geothermal Station B3 [39x43]

Planar Rift [27x42]

Enjoy!

Edit: We've added a version of the interior with the cannon instead of the telescope and also a version of the bottom floor with a transparent hole so you can make it a portal to anywhere you like. Those are attached at the bottom of this post and available for all patrons.

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Get this week's map files:

Geothermal Rift - $1 Rewards

Geothermal Rift - $3 Rewards

Geothermal Rift - $5 Rewards

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See this week's map variations (floors are not to scale):