The Tomb of the Shadow King

Many believe the Tomb of the Shadow King is nothing more

than a legend. Whispered to contain riches beyond human
imagination, the tomb has never been found, or, at least,
nobody has returned to tell about its discover.
Welcome
The Colorprints product line offers you full color fantasy maps for
using in your adventures and campaigns. For each map you get a
Ancient legends tell about the Shadow King, a mighty tyrant
color version and a grayscale version. The maps feature high resolu- who ruled the northern kingdoms for only 20 years. These 20
tion, allowing you to obtain a great print quality. Each map offers years were the bloodiest years of the human history. It is said
you a degree of customization, using the pdf technology at its best. A the Shadow King was one of the most charismatic men ever:
button (which will not be printed) on each map allows you to turn his words could enthrall thousands of people at once and his
on and off the grid, eliminate the room numbers, get the walls filled,
don’t show doors and furniture and many other options, depending
presence was enough to submit instantly fierce barbarian civi-
on the kind of map. lizations. His reign was like a burning torch: brief and intense.
Each product features a classic fantasy adventure location: a dungeon,
a keep, a temple complex, a thieves guild and so on. You can use During 20 years of ruling he conquered, slaughtered and tor-
these map as reference to build your own adventures or simply take tured almost the whole known world and then, as swift as it
them at hand in case your players go in an unexpected direction dur-
ing the campaign.
came, the reign ended, leaving no heirs or successors. The tale
While offering you the best quality, these products are really inexpensive. tells the king, feeling his imminent death, summoned to his
court a powerful necromancer. With the aid of the dreaded
The Rule the Dungeon© Feature wizard he built a magical tomb and, during a stormy night,
This exclusive feature allows you to customize the look of your map personally slaughtered his wife, his son and his whole court.
by adding the furniture, toggle the grid, hide the room numbers and
Then the necromancer entombed the King with all his treasure
much more.
and family, protecting them with dreadful necromantic magic
On each sheet, you will find a big “Rule the Dungeon” button.
and eventually transformed himself in a powerful archlich.
This button will not be printed, so, don’t mind if it overlaps some-
thing on the map. By clicking on this button some options will be
The evil undead, is said, dwells in a hidden sublevel of the
shown, as detailed below. A checkmark will appear beside the op- tomb, looking for poor souls who dare to violate the Tomb of
tions active. The options available may vary with products; below is a the Shadow King
list of the most common options:
• Text: toggle room numbers and text. Located far from civilization, the Tomb of Shadow King can
• Border: toggle a fancy border. be reached only through careful research and daring inves-
• Furniture: toggle furniture. tigation. Ancient tomes hint at the presence of a circle of
• Doors: toggle doors
monoliths in the far north where an unnamed cult performs
• Square/Hex Grid: toggle square grid and hexagonal grid.
• No Grid: turn off the grid
forbidden sacrifices. Speaking with the local people can reveal
• Fill: toggle the black in the walls. that a hidden cult believes that through human sacrifices it
• Background: toggle the color background leaving white paper. can be possible to bring the Shadow King back to life. This
• All: toggle default state/empty state (with just the walls). belief can’t be confirmed but this clue may lead to an ancient
circle of monoliths surrounding a bloody-spattered altar and,
Other Options
hidden by foliage and moss, a dark stairway leading under-
Each map displays a star marking the “N” for “north”. You can
ground.
change the orientation of your map by clicking on the star. Each time
you click, the “N” rotates by 45 degrees.
In order to avoid setting each map, you can use the Master Control The Tomb of the Shadow King consists of three levels and
Panel (MCP) on the following page. This control panel displays a one sublevel. Each level hosts many tombs starting with King’s
“Rule the Dungeon” Button which controls all the maps at once. A seneschals and ending with the King’s wife, son and the King
box on the left of this button displays the state of the maps while using itself. Throughout the tomb there are many summoning
this button. Please note that the actions on the master button over- rooms, offerings halls and pools. It is said the King’s necro-
ride all the actions made previously on the maps. In the MCP you will
find also a star marking the “N”. By clicking on this star you’ll set the mancer scattered traps and undeads all around the tomb and
orientation of all maps at once; if you don’t want the star to be printed that “anyone trying to reach the king’s tomb will pay the price
just use the checkbox on the MCP, just below the star. of his boldness”. The necromancer sublevel is the lair of a
Furthermore two buttons on the MCP allow you to print only the powerful archlich and can be entered through an hidden floor
color maps or the grayscale maps, so you don’t have to select each page trapdoor located on second level. The lair of the necromancer
and print it. is protected by many traps and by a false tomb.
Øone’s Colorprints #1: Tomb of the Shadow King

Product Code: col01 First edition 03/2007

Design: Mario Barbati
2D drawings: Mario Barbati
Graphics: O’Bully
Software Engineer: Anna Fava

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 Legend
Symbols commonly used

door secret trapdoor four poster bed

double door trapdoor in floor single bed

portcullis trapdoor in ceiling round table

secret door curtain bench

statue one way secret door shelves

fireplace one way door sofa

pillar dais washbasin

stairs altar barrels

spiral stair locked door coffin

trapdoor double door locked crates

pentagram window table

pit barrel (top) bookcase

pool carpet bones

false door chest pallet

tomb desk bracer

Master Control Panel

Use the buttons below to customize all the pages at once

RULE
THE
DUNGEON!

Print all the COLOR pages

Print all the GRAYSCALE pages

✔ Print North mark on all maps
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THE
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DUNGEON!

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Tomb of the Shadow King - Outdoor Area

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Tomb of the Shadow King - Second Deep

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Tomb of the Shadow King - Third Deep

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Tomb of the Shadow King - Third Deep

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DUNGEON!

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Tomb of the Shadow King - Sublevel

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Tomb of the Shadow King - Sublevel

LEVEL/MAP: Tomb of the Shadow King - Outdoor Area
NUMBER NAME SHORT DESCRIPTION
1 Trail of Shadows

2 Circle of Stones

3 Scrificial Altar

4 Ruined Staircase

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LEVEL/MAP: Tomb of the Shadow King - First Deep
NUMBER NAME SHORT DESCRIPTION
1 Entrance Hallway

2 Offerings Room

3 Hallway of the Four Seneschals

4-7 Seneschals’ Tombs

8 Grand Hall

9 Stairs to Second Deep

10 Tomb of the First Lieutenant

11 Tomb of the Second Lieutenant

12-13 Summoning Room

14-17 Shrines

18-19 Dark Temple

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LEVEL/MAP: Tomb of the Shadow King - Second Deep
NUMBER NAME SHORT DESCRIPTION
1 Stairs from First Deep

2 Offerings’ Pool

3 Grand Hall of Kings

4 Tomb of King’s Counselor

5 Tomb of King’s Chancellor

6-12 Tomb of High Courtesans

13-14 Offerings Tools Storage

15-16 Omen Rooms

17-18 Summoning Rooms

19-20 Shrines

21 Stairs to Third Deep

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LEVEL/MAP: Tomb of the Shadow King - Third Deep
NUMBER NAME SHORT DESCRIPTION
1 Stairs from Third Deep

2 Royal Hall

3 Royal Foyer

4 Grand Hall of the King

5 Tomb of King’s Wife

6 Tomb of King’s Son

7 Tomb of the Shadow King

8-9 Corridors of Courage

10-11 King’s Pools

12-17 King’s Loyal Bodyguards

18-19 Secret Summoning Rooms

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LEVEL/MAP: Tomb of the Shadow King - Sublevel
NUMBER NAME SHORT DESCRIPTION
1 Entrance

2 Hidden Corridor

3 False Tomb

4 Phylactery Vault

5 True Tomb and Library

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NUMBER NAME SHORT DESCRIPTION

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