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Wachterhaus v2.0 - Exterior | 30x20
🕑 Added 2025-09-08 20:43:03 +0000 UTC
Hello everyone, and happy New Release Monday! Today, I am excited to bring you the next installment in my re-work of the Vallaki maps for Curse of Strahd. This is part I of the Wachterhaus (The Exterior), with part II (Interior) coming next week.
For this rework, I wanted to re-imagine the grounds a bit more than the original map while still keeping with the overgrown and unkempt current state of this old home.
For the trellis archways, I created a version with and without the tops so they don't impede token space. For my VTT crowd, I also created the house as well as the trellis tops, should you want to use these layers with your own VTT. Additionally, we'll be including a Levels version of the Foundry module once the interior is released, as well as a non-Levels version, which will incorporate these layers.
Starting with the old and rusted iron gates, a pair of gargoyles perched on the ivy-covered walls stare, unmoving and ever-watchful at your party as the gate groans and creaks open.
Instead of an overgrown patch of crops (Which I always felt out of place) I added an overgrown garden inspired by the Haunted Mansion attraction. Moss-covered statues and markers indicating pet burials loom over the overgrown thorns, ivy, and weeds. Dark purple roses grow in from twisting vines that cling to trellises that shape the yard.
Around the back are the staff outhouses as well as a small storage shed leading to the other side of the manor, which features a circular rose garden with stone benches. Great for private conversations (or veiled threats)!
For the house, you'll find the old manor covered in vines with glowing windows indicating warm light from within. A gothic window overlooks the entryway, which sits upon a dead leaf-covered stone porch.
Click on the download link below corresponding to your tier to download all the map files.
Download the Wachterhaus - Exterior Here!
Download the Wachterhaus - Exterior Here!
Download the Wachterhaus - Exterior Printable PDFs Here!
Download the Wachterhaus - Exterior Here!
Download the Wachterhaus - Exterior Printable PDFs Here!
Download the Wachterhaus - Exterior Here!
Download the Wachterhaus - Exterior Here!
I hope you like my version of the Wachterhaus! I will have the interior ready by next week, which will include the 1st & 2nd floor as well as the basement (With a CoS: Reloaded version as well).
Cheers friends,
DM Andy
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Comments
Andy D'Amato
Oh, that's perfect timing!! I can't wait for you to see the interior and hoping your players have some tense discussions there.
Michael Rozmin
My party has spent time in Vallakovich’s manor but minimal time in Wachterhaus now that the Baron ist kaput and Fiona is the new Burgomaster, the party is certain to dragged into events which require an exploration of Fiona’s residence. I just have a feeling . . . Muahahahahaha!
Andy D'Amato
Nice!! I love it when the timing works out. You'll have to let me know what happens when your party meets Fiona.
Mads Merritt
brahhahaha you keep spitting out maps just as i get to the area. as a first time DM i am SPOILED
