Comments on: World Building 101: Here There be Dragons… http://www.d20source.com/2010/02/world-building-101-here-there-be-dragons A blog for all fans of Dungeons & Dragons. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:00:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stormcrowe http://www.d20source.com/2010/02/world-building-101-here-there-be-dragons/comment-page-1#comment-85068 Stormcrowe Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:13:27 +0000 http://www.d20source.com/?p=1630#comment-85068 Excellent advice on mapping. I just recently started mapping out my homebrew world using Photoshop. It seems a bit intimidating at first but there are good tutorials on Youtube for photoshop and I found a gem of mapmaking in cartographersguild.com Excellent advice on mapping. I just recently started mapping out my homebrew world using Photoshop. It seems a bit intimidating at first but there are good tutorials on Youtube for photoshop and I found a gem of mapmaking in cartographersguild.com

]]> By: Ravenous Role Playing » Blog Archive » Friday Five: 2010-02-26 http://www.d20source.com/2010/02/world-building-101-here-there-be-dragons/comment-page-1#comment-84264 Ravenous Role Playing » Blog Archive » Friday Five: 2010-02-26 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:49:31 +0000 http://www.d20source.com/?p=1630#comment-84264 [...] World Building 101: Here There be Dragons… I love the series of articles about world building that D20 Source has been publishing and I hope they continue. This one is about mapping and the logistics involved in creating quality maps. I’m not talking about artistic ability, using a CAD-based piece of software or a hex-mapper. I’m talking about how to logically place things next to each other and in relation to one another. No mountain (other than maybe a magically created one) stands alone and is there just because it is. There are always reasons for mountains to exist, and those reasons usually change the surrounding terrain for hundreds of miles. [...] [...] World Building 101: Here There be Dragons… I love the series of articles about world building that D20 Source has been publishing and I hope they continue. This one is about mapping and the logistics involved in creating quality maps. I’m not talking about artistic ability, using a CAD-based piece of software or a hex-mapper. I’m talking about how to logically place things next to each other and in relation to one another. No mountain (other than maybe a magically created one) stands alone and is there just because it is. There are always reasons for mountains to exist, and those reasons usually change the surrounding terrain for hundreds of miles. [...]

]]> By: Brandan Landgraff http://www.d20source.com/2010/02/world-building-101-here-there-be-dragons/comment-page-1#comment-84188 Brandan Landgraff Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:52:04 +0000 http://www.d20source.com/?p=1630#comment-84188 Campaign Cartographer looks good but the price tag may deter casual users or cross-OS users from investing in it. The cross-platform open-source program MapTool is available free and I've used it personally while creating maps for my own campaigns. It can also be used as a virtual tabletop, which to offline groups matters little but for online groups can be excellent. It does have a bit of a learning curve, though, but I believe almost any cartography software comes with that to get a really good looking map out of it. Campaign Cartographer looks good but the price tag may deter casual users or cross-OS users from investing in it. The cross-platform open-source program MapTool is available free and I’ve used it personally while creating maps for my own campaigns. It can also be used as a virtual tabletop, which to offline groups matters little but for online groups can be excellent. It does have a bit of a learning curve, though, but I believe almost any cartography software comes with that to get a really good looking map out of it.

]]> By: sturtus http://www.d20source.com/2010/02/world-building-101-here-there-be-dragons/comment-page-1#comment-84180 sturtus Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:54:51 +0000 http://www.d20source.com/?p=1630#comment-84180 Fantastic series on world building. Enjoying it all. I'd like to recommend Campaign Cartographer as a cartography application. That mixed with Photoshop has created many fine overland maps and world maps for my campaign world. It's Windows only, but an enterprising Macxpert can use Wine and WineBottler to get it working on the Mac ;) Fantastic series on world building. Enjoying it all.

I’d like to recommend Campaign Cartographer as a cartography application. That mixed with Photoshop has created many fine overland maps and world maps for my campaign world.

It’s Windows only, but an enterprising Macxpert can use Wine and WineBottler to get it working on the Mac ;)

]]> By: Andy http://www.d20source.com/2010/02/world-building-101-here-there-be-dragons/comment-page-1#comment-84148 Andy Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:17:26 +0000 http://www.d20source.com/?p=1630#comment-84148 Maps are truly cool. Here's another thought to chew on: what's the border of the map? Every map is limited. Every map has a border. That border is a frame for the map; it gives the map context, and a reason to exist. Maps are truly cool. Here’s another thought to chew on: what’s the border of the map? Every map is limited. Every map has a border. That border is a frame for the map; it gives the map context, and a reason to exist.

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