Category: Free Lair DnD Battlemaps

Download these free lair DnD battlemaps & be ready to play in minutes! Many come with system-agnostic adventures written just for them. Perfect for VTTs.

Free TTRPG Battlemap – Mindflayer’s Lair

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While walking the city streets you’re approached by a portly man wearing a black coat and leather gloves. He seems a little nervous as he approaches you, but quickly explains that his master has sought you out from far away and wishes to have dinner with you at the best tavern in the city; The Ocean’s Bounty. He wishes to discuss an incredibly lucrative business arrangement that requires someone of your particular skills…

Before leaving, he tosses you a small coin purse that jingles with the sound of gold and gems, claiming you’ll receive an even larger purse should you join them at dinner.

When you arrive at the tavern the portly man is waiting for you at the door. He invites you in, but the tavern’s completely empty—apart from a shadowy figure close to the fireplace, sitting in a large wooden chair engraved with the likeness of an octopus.

They motion you over, and as you approach you see he is a man of pale complexion, with a jewelled necklace and large, gem-encrusted rings on his hands.

Once sitting, he begins discussing philosophical topics such as free will, eventually getting around to his need of experienced sell-swords for a thesis he is in the midst of creating. He is researching mindflayers, creatures of malicious intent, domination and selfishness.

He thinks these creatures are not inherently so, but that the elderbrain takes away their free will by passively warping the minds of those that sleep within its domain; causing them to crave dominion over others at all costs. But to prove his theory, he needs you to infiltrate a colony and dispose of the brain so that he may study the results via one-way scrying devices. In return, he will pay great riches, including rare magical artifacts.

WHAT’S GOING ON? The man who has hired you is not what he seems, if you search for information about him around the city you will find he is a wealthy benefactor to many noble charities, and owns many properties around the city including the tavern called The Ocean’s Bounty. What you will not discover is that he is a mindflayer in disguise. He wears a powerful magical amulet that changes his appearance so that he may walk among humans, as well as a plethora of other magical rings and items.

The strange thing about this mindflayer however, is that he is not like the others. He acts with kindness and concern over what is moral, and he wants to know why. Why do his brethren all act in unison with their desire for dominion, but not him? Is he just an aberration? A freak within his own species, or is there more to it? What is free will, truly?

If you’d enjoy more maps like this free TTRPG battlemap of a Ruined City of Chained Horror, Luke and I are currently offering 520+ battlemaps for $39. It’s your chance to have a great deal on some of our most popular battlemaps! With over 520 total maps, we guarantee that is something here for every GM—no matter what genre or setting you prefer, from grimy dungeons to beautiful overgrown ruins.

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April 22, 2021
Free Multi-Level TTRPG Battlemap – Haunted Orphanage

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You arrive at a ruined manor in a dark forest, at the behest of a man who discovered—on his alcoholic father’s deathbed—that the land was his inheritance, from his grandmother. But it has a bad reputation, so he’s paid you to inspect it and ensure it’s safe.

As you step into the overgrown courtyard, the ghosts of five adorable children materialize around you. They whine playfully, begging you to play a game with them. They’ve each hidden an object around the manor, and if you find it and return it to them, you win!

A short boy tells you that, far above, woody fingers clasp onto something that glitters with gold. One of the girls trills how, in the tallest tower, waits something soft, and comforting. A smaller girl adds that, under the water glistens a shining eye. Lastly, the ghost of the tallest boy advises that buried in the rubble, secrets are bound.

Should you find everything and return them, the children will squeal with delight. They’ll thank you, saying that’s the most fun they’ve ever had, and that they’re going to go now; before skipping off into the surrounding woodland and disappearing.

If you miss an item, the child responsible for it will grow angry and attack. If you’ve missed more than one, whichever children have been angered will coalesce into a more dangerous wraith; saying you’re just like the matron, that she didn’t like their games either. The more children there are coalescing, the deadlier the wraith will become.

WHAT’S HAPPENING? The manor used to be an orphanage, run by an abusive matron—the mother of the deceased, alcoholic father. She never let the kids play games, often beating them terribly for doing so. Until, one night, a fire destroyed the building and none survived.

The items the children have sent you to find are a golden pocket watch in the eagle’s nest, a teddy bear wrapped up in the spider’s nest, and a tiger’s eye gem in the flooded basement.

The last item, buried in a pile of rubble, was the journal of the orphanage’s matron. It details her struggles with the devilish, willfully misbehaving children who made her beat them. They knew no obedience, she writes, and surely would fail as adults in such a harsh world if she did not discipline them.

If you’d enjoy more maps like this free TTRPG battlemap of a Haunted Orphanage, Luke and I are currently offering 520+ battlemaps for $39. It’s your chance to have a great deal on some of our most popular battlemaps! With over 520 total maps, we guarantee that is something here for every GM—no matter what genre or setting you prefer, from grimy dungeons to beautiful overgrown ruins.

Paying just $39 rather than full price saves you over 96%! Take a look at all the extra maps you can download with one click here.

March 8, 2021
Free TTRPG Battlemap – Karako’s Nest

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On your way to the new world you become ship wrecked after an unexpected storm hits your vessel, recovering what gear you can find along the beach it becomes apparent that the only way forward is through the thick forested mountain passes as razor sharp reefs block access any further along the beach.

As you travel deeper the gnawing pain of hungry grows and you have no choice but to begin searching for new food sources. You first find strange sickly looking rodent scavengers which at the sight of you duck into the dense ferns and brambles but soon after a much tastier option avails itself.

While traveling along a small gully you hear the sounds of chirping coming from above and after finding an adequate way up the cliff face you come across a very large nest full of eggs and two new born bird creatures. Unfortunately It seems their mother has been watching you from close by…

If you’d enjoy more maps like this free TTRPG battlemap of Karako’s Nest, Luke and I are currently offering 520+ battlemaps for $39. It’s your chance to have a great deal on some of our most popular battlemaps! With over 520 total maps, we guarantee that is something here for every GM—no matter what genre or setting you prefer, from grimy dungeons to beautiful overgrown ruins.

Paying just $39 rather than full price saves you over 96%! Take a look at all the extra maps you can download with one click here.

December 15, 2020
Free TTRPG Battlemap – Assassins Master Lair

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Threats of death to the King cannot be ignored. His royal Hand has tasked your party to locate their source and extinguish them. For generous pay, of course.

You track rumors of strange happenings to a discrete hideaway in a forest, right on the edge of the kingdom. Once inside, you are set upon by lithe figures in black, wielding daggers, bows, powders, and magical implements.

Should you venture deeper into the death-themed abode, you chance upon an old elven man reading in the library. He will agree that they are plotting to kill the King, but will calmly inform you that this is because the man is the descendant of a usurper.

What’s happening? A long time ago a usurper killed the rightful widowed Queen and made to dispose of her children, too. But thankfully, they escaped. That man was crowned King, while the innocent children struggled to survive on the streets, eventually banding together to form this Order.

Now their children, who have spent their lives preparing for this moment, are ready to take back their rightful places by killing the last descendant of the usurper’s bloodline; the King.

Through something passed down in the blood, the Order is mute. The old elf is not biologically related to the rightful heirs, which is why he can speak. Indeed, he is the one who sheltered their parents initially and taught them the ways of vengeance.

If you’ve killed the other members of the Order, one may yet remain in the secret basement with a throne of skulls. Will you erase their bloodline forever, or assist them in killing the child of the usurper—a child who has done nothing but been born from the wrong father?

If you’d enjoy more maps like this free TTRPG battlemap of an Assassins Master Lair, Luke and I are currently offering 520+ battlemaps for $39. It’s your chance to have a great deal on some of our most popular battlemaps! With over 520 total maps, we guarantee that is something here for every GM—no matter what genre or setting you prefer, from grimy dungeons to beautiful overgrown ruins.

Paying just $39 rather than full price saves you over 96%! Take a look at all the extra maps you can download with one click here.

September 22, 2020
Free TTRPG Battlemap – Abode of the Ratmen

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A remote village has been affected by a plague that leaves its inhabitants with patchy fur and yellow, ridged claws instead of fingernails. Babies are born with pink tails and heads like rodents, only to be killed by their own mothers. Those who have let them live have suffered from vicious attacks, for the children are not just hideous, but mindless and aggressive.

Now, adults are beginning to lose their memories as well, becoming something different and unrecognizable. It starts with hoarding shiny objects and twitching, before quickly escalating to paranoia and rampant aggression. The worst of them burrow into the soil and seem sensitive to light; coming out at night and hunting the remaining villagers for their worthless, yet reflective, possessions. In this way many friends have had to kill those they once knew to survive.

What’s happening? A magical contaminant has been flowing downstream in the water (if your players have drunk any they may start changing). Bandits have created a mine and refinery for this valuable, green substance upstream, and, due to the danger, are using kidnapped prisoners to dig it out of the underground veins.

The prisoners don’t live long and are usually killed in two weeks due to the rapid changes, unbeknownst to the other captives. The bandits lie to the survivors, telling them that those who are gone have been freed to return to their families. Because they are not entirely heartless, everyone must work a shift of two weeks, before they can leave. This, they claim, is why they have a constant influx of new slaves.

If you’d enjoy more maps like this free TTRPG battlemap of an Abode of the Ratmen, Luke and I are currently offering 520+ battlemaps for $39. It’s your chance to have a great deal on some of our most popular battlemaps! With over 520 total maps, we guarantee that is something here for every GM—no matter what genre or setting you prefer, from grimy dungeons to beautiful overgrown ruins.

Paying just $39 rather than full price saves you over 96%! Take a look at all the extra maps you can download with one click here.

September 16, 2020
Free TTRPG Battlemap – Zalzornag’s Interplanar Emporium

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A strange portal opens in front of you revealing an old dome shaped mausoleum surrounded by demonic statues. The mausoleum hovers effortlessly within an ethereal void, small stepping stones leading to large cast iron doors.

Once inside you see ancient bookcases which encircle the room and several tables packed with old scrolls and items of great power.

If you’d enjoy more maps like this free TTRPG battlemap of a Zalzornag’s Interplanar Emporium, Luke and I are currently offering 520+ battlemaps for $39. It’s your chance to have a great deal on some of our most popular battlemaps! With over 520 total maps, we guarantee that is something here for every GM—no matter what genre or setting you prefer, from grimy dungeons to beautiful overgrown ruins.

Paying just $39 rather than full price saves you over 96%! Take a look at all the extra maps you can download with one click here.

July 31, 2020