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I really appreciated your epilogue with Tucker's Kobolds. Great tribute to a great man. Gary sure did have those Kobolds trained.
Well, truth be told, I believe the actual story is that Tucker's Kobolds were a creation of a DM of Roger E. Moore's named Tucker, while IIRC Gary had a separate set of kobolds who gained experience and became feared as the "Old Guard" kobolds of Greyhawk Castle.
I've kind of combined them together for the purposes of the epilogue. See here for more info.
__________________ "The Soul of D&D?It's rolling a natural 20 when you're down to 3 hit points and the cleric's on the floor and you're staring that sunnavabitch bugbear right in his bloodshot eye and holding the line just long enough to let the wizard unleash a fireball at the guards who are on their way, because they're all that stands between you, the Foozle and Glory." - WizarDru
Friday morning I finally broke down and shelled out the bucks for Campaign Cartographer 3, since I spend so much time making maps these days. While it's the schnoz for sure, Dundjinni is a lot easier to use. I'll finish the maps for this by next weekend (I'm running it then, so I have to be done), but don't expect any new maps before say... Wednesday. What I can do in CC3 is going to be awesome, once I figure out the basics. I just made a brief battlemap (inspired by the Kobold Warren) and considering I've barely touched what I can do with CC3, I'm really, really pleased:
I created the icons for various mapping projects over the years... I think they were originally constructed in Corel Draw, then rebuilt in Photoshop, and finally re-created from scratch as textured/shaded vector shapes in Xara Xtreme. Every month or two I build a few more...
I used to create the land-colored backgrounds, rivers, etc, in Photoshop - but of late I've been doing it all in Xara. (A fine program indeed...)
I have Fractal Mapper, and have tried other mapping programs, but for this style of map I find it faster/easier to just use a general purpose graphics program like Xara. (Once you've worked out your methods) This map came together in about an hour.
Thank you - glad you liked the map.
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Thanks for the info. Unfortunately it sounds way too complicated for my limited computer skills. Too bad, as that kind of map was just what I would be able to make.
Cheers
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That is most fantastic! The color balance and icons are beautiful -- you managed to capture the sort of map I was thinking of in my head when I was sketching.
__________________ "The Soul of D&D?It's rolling a natural 20 when you're down to 3 hit points and the cleric's on the floor and you're staring that sunnavabitch bugbear right in his bloodshot eye and holding the line just long enough to let the wizard unleash a fireball at the guards who are on their way, because they're all that stands between you, the Foozle and Glory." - WizarDru
I created the icons for various mapping projects over the years... I think they were originally constructed in Corel Draw, then rebuilt in Photoshop, and finally re-created from scratch as textured/shaded vector shapes in Xara Xtreme. Every month or two I build a few more...
I used to create the land-colored backgrounds, rivers, etc, in Photoshop - but of late I've been doing it all in Xara. (A fine program indeed...)
I have Fractal Mapper, and have tried other mapping programs, but for this style of map I find it faster/easier to just use a general purpose graphics program like Xara. (Once you've worked out your methods) This map came together in about an hour.
Thank you - glad you liked the map.
Wow, that is... humbling. Fantastic map! Well, looks like I don't need to make THAT map. Hey, you wanna do the villages? work towards the crag from your end?
No doubt. My Crag in progress feels so amateur hour now, LOL!
This is a great relief though--I was really dreading trying to do an overland map. (I do lots and lots and lots of top-down battlemap style maps, but I only just got CC3, and have only made one attempt at an overland map so far, which wasn't shabby--but nothing remotely like THAT.)
I have to repeat how pleased I am with this project, Olgar, Xorn, and tovokas. In addition, it shows a lot of initiative and a "just do it" mentality that's very impressive IMO.
tovokas, do you do any freelance work? and more importantly, would you be up for helping out some cartographically challenged individuals in puttting together a campaign map for their home game?
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I'm a designer by profession. I've had a few projects over the years that I managed to work in some mapping... but in general it's just been for my campaign and own enjoyment. I guess the most 'public' mapping I've done is for the Burning Sky Mapping Competition.
Jonathan, I'm also impressed by the 'just do it' community mindset of many here. Considering how much time Olgar and Xorn must have invested, I thought the least I could do was to squeeze a few hours working up some maps into my schedule!
Beverson, I do limited freelancing/hourly work. If you have an idea, just send me an email.
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