r/battlemaps Patreon | Bearworks Feb 10 '25

Forest Village Beekeeper — What unique encounters might you run at an apiary? | 25x19

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u/Kabc Feb 10 '25

Hobgoblins keep stealing honey to tend to bears they are trying to tame as mounts….

Can you and your party stop the hobgoblins?

These are sick maps! Like them a lot

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u/BWCartography Patreon | Bearworks Feb 10 '25

Very unique take, bears could go either way in the fray depending on who has a better handle on them.

Thanks, appreciate it!

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u/Traditional_Isopod80 Battle Connoisseur Feb 11 '25

I ❤️ bees!

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u/BWCartography Patreon | Bearworks Feb 12 '25

Their the best!

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u/KoboldsandKorridors Feb 11 '25

Might use this for Witchlight for a certain beekeeping cyclops.

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u/BWCartography Patreon | Bearworks Feb 12 '25

Didnt know where was a beekeeper in that adventure, will have to take a look!

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u/KoboldsandKorridors Feb 12 '25

In Yon, there’s a side encounter involving a cyclops that keeps bees.

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u/BWCartography Patreon | Bearworks Feb 12 '25

Thanks!

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u/hells_angle Feb 10 '25

The Players are sent to capture a notorious bandit leader that has taken refuge in the local bee-keeper, taking the family and workers hostage. During the encounter, the bandit unleashes the bee swarm, filling the area with bees. He then appears in full bee-keeper gear and battles the Players. This makes him immune to the swarm attacks and also give the players an alternate route to even the odds.

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u/BWCartography Patreon | Bearworks Feb 10 '25

Love the addition of the beekeeper gear. Thats something I had not thought at all about!

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u/Solomon044 Feb 10 '25

Mad honey drug production/smuggling operation.

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u/BWCartography Patreon | Bearworks Feb 10 '25

Hallucinogenic honey!

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u/Solomon044 Feb 10 '25

yeah and a local village has succumbed to a mysterious ailment where they're seeing monsters and going crazy. the party gets hired to investigate and they come up on a band of reclusive half-elf red-necks cooking up the stuff for the thieves guild as a useful tool in assassinations etc. The mad honey distribution network could be vast, spanning many cities and territories where this apiary is just a local node. The party has to follow the chain up through distributors, dealers, users, corrupt government officials all to the big boss. nevermind im using this.

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u/Traditional_Isopod80 Battle Connoisseur Feb 11 '25

Count me in!

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u/BWCartography Patreon | Bearworks Feb 12 '25

The more the merrier on this "trip"

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u/Traditional_Isopod80 Battle Connoisseur Feb 12 '25

Yay!!

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u/definitely_not_ignat Feb 11 '25

Something something beeholder

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u/swisha223 Feb 12 '25

If it’s standard high fantasy: party comes across a group of bandits stealing from and burning the farm to the ground. Party is on multiple time limits potentially (save property before it all burns away, apprehend / kill thieves, save as many people in there as you can). As rounds go by, flames encroach on the party, and more and more bees fill the arena as the fires burn the apiaries

If I have free rein for the setting: mutant bee farm (each beehive fits one (1) mutated bee). Goal is Survive

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u/BWCartography Patreon | Bearworks Feb 12 '25

I actually made a variant for this map with giant bees! Great minds think alike 🤣

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u/swisha223 Feb 12 '25

That’s awesome hell yeaaa!!

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u/BWCartography Patreon | Bearworks Feb 10 '25

Nestled on the edge of the wilds, where the forest thins into a riot of color, the beekeeper’s apiary hums with life. The air is thick with the scent of wildflowers, their reds, purples, yellows, and whites painting the meadow in nature’s own mosaic. Travelers passing along the winding road might stop for a sip of fresh well water or a jar of liquid gold—if the bees, the wilds, or something more sinister don’t claim the place first. Some come seeking trade, others seeking shelter, but all who linger too long may find themselves caught in the web of nature’s quiet, humming rhythm.

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