Zhentarim Hideout (revisited) - WDH (All Tiers) (Patreon)

Another refresh of my first maps - this time the Zhentarim Hideout from Chapter 1 of Waterdeep Dragon Heist.

Some notable changes from my first rendition:

More urban and set on an alley - Candle Lane. Tight buildings and a narrow alley leading to the entrance of the warehouse. The adventure describes the setting as:

...a narrow alley as dark as a dungeon — and as odorous as one, too. Nearly all the streetlamps have been smashed. The only light that pierces the darkness is a faint flickering from down the lane, like a distant candle.

Hidden room incorporated into the map, no longer a separate image/tile. I had to figure out how to hide it given the 2-storey / split level layout of the map, so we now have a building occupying the space above the hidden room.

No corpses - I did this on a few of my early maps but have since changed my approach to not include corpses anywhere except in very rare circumstances (like a pile of rotting corpses in a dungeon or something). An 'already dead' token is a good option.

and of course, new assets, more fine details, and a bit of perspective shown between the 2 levels.

Use this map on its own (attachments below), or grab the full set of Waterdeep Dragon Heist content:

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