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Cave and underdark battle maps

Caves are dungeons that nobody designed, and they should not look like they were drawn with a ruler. These are irregular by construction: uneven chambers, pinch points, rubble, pools, stalagmite clusters and passages that widen and close without a plan.

Running one at the table

The irregularity is functional. A natural chamber gives you cover in the middle of the room rather than only at the edges, which is the opposite of a built dungeon and changes how a party moves. Pinch points do the work doors do elsewhere.

How big to make it

A cavern system works at 30 to 45 squares across. Single chambers can be much smaller: a 12 square cave with three exits is a better fight than a 40 square one with two.

What you can make

Pick one and RPGenie writes the map from it. This is not a library of 15 finished pictures: they are starting points, and the map you get is generated for your table.

Cave and underdark battle maps shared by RPGenie users

Make a cave map

Every art style

The same map, drawn twelve ways. Style is picked per map, so a campaign can stay in one look or change with the scene.

Related map types

All sixteen map types