Underground Hidden Sanctuary

 

Underground Hidden Sanctuary - by Faxfire

Hidden in the side of a hill is a natural cave with a pool of water fed by run off from the slopes above. Heavy, long-shut doors sit in the back wall, concealing the descent to a hidden shrine of an ancient deity. But hidden behind secret doors is the entrance to a larger underground chamber with a stone pagoda and multiple weathered statues of eldritch beings. Strange creatures fish the underground pools here, and aberrations ascend from the tunnel leading deeper underground to pay pilgrimage at the strange shrines here, unknown to any who visit the cave above.

One of the first maps I drew a little over a year ago, the story I came up with in my head that drove it was essentially that written above. If I had the opportunity to revise this map, I'd probably have at least one of the passages not be behind a secret door, to stop any potential bottlenecks. I've gotten pretty permissive with notice secret doors due to high passive perception in my own 5e games, but not everyone is as forgiving or desirous to further the plot as me.

This map is free for your personal use, but it remains copyright to Faxfire.