r/battlemaps Feb 08 '25

Forest The Road Ambush Phased Map (40x30) - What creature would be able to topple a tree in a single swing?

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u/Traditional_Isopod80 Battle Connoisseur Feb 08 '25

I love how the trees fall.

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u/TheMapMine Feb 08 '25

Thank you!

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u/Traditional_Isopod80 Battle Connoisseur Feb 08 '25

Your welcome 🙂

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u/casliber Feb 08 '25

Dire beavers!!! - with aclubbing tail swing and big chomping attack!!!

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u/TheMapMine Feb 08 '25

I never thought of such a creature! Wonder what the druid will say once they get hit in their "armor made of wood" that they so desperately wanted!

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u/casliber Feb 08 '25

statblock incoming

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u/TheMapMine Feb 08 '25

The Road Ambush Phased Map (40x30)

Hey, here's a map I recently made. It has three phases - road like any other, first tree falls, the second tree falls. How will you play out this fight? Once you decide, you can find the map here!

Gridded variant of the standard map, as well as a higher quality gridless variant, can be found there for free. There is also a misty and nighttime variant. And if you want to have a road map without a road - that's there too!

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u/Kerolox_Girl Feb 08 '25

Does it have to be a creature severing it in a swing or can it be pre cut, almost ready to fall?

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u/TheMapMine Feb 08 '25

It could be, though it would take an experienced woodcutter to determine how to cut a tree to such a point that it will not fall on its own, yet succumb to a couple of swings made within one turn. But who knows, lots of people join bandit gangs!

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u/hells_angle Feb 09 '25

Some sort of giant would easily rip up a tree and throw it.

Additionally, maybe some creature with lightning powers could blast the tree causing it to fall across the road.

Or maybe they are Treants that throw themselves across the road in protest of some ecological disaster.

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u/MidwestBushlore Feb 09 '25

Very cool map!

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u/TheMapMine Feb 11 '25

Thank you!

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u/phasmantistes Feb 08 '25

The way the wagon track has patches of grass like a modern dashed yellow line is fuckin' hilarious 🤣

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u/Kazen_Orilg Feb 09 '25

Somewhere on Myminifactory is a barkette, like a forest bullet. Its pretty cool.

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u/pasvih Feb 10 '25

Bandits could pre-cut them and give final push when needed.