[CC3] jaerdaph's CC3 Maps, Dungeons, Floorplans etc...

jaerdaph

#UkraineStrong

• Dec 23, 2008

• #1

I thought I'd start a thread of my own to share some of my mapping projects done with Profantasy's Campaign Cartographer 3 software and add-ons.

This is a map of a vampire's castle loosely based on the castle map found in WotC's Heroes of Horror. I created the floor from an image I found at Will's Hand Made Dungeon Floorplans. I really like the way the muddy, trampled grass turned out around the castle - I did a lot of experimenting (which I'm chalking up as time well spent) with the various sheet effects in combination to get it to look right. I'm not sure I'm done with this map yet - it still needs something. I'd also like to swap out the tree symbols with some more realistic pine trees. I plan on eventually using this for a True20 Hammer Horror style campaign. I've also attached a map of what the image looks like with CC3's powerful sheet effects turned off.

 

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Kris

Adventurer

• Dec 23, 2008

• #2

That looks pretty nice.

The 'sheet effects' definitely adds a lot of depth to the image by adding bevelled edges and shadows and the like (which are the kind of things I use a lot in photoshop).

And (please excuse my ignorance here) it certainly looks like these mapping programs have come a long way since I first looked at them (which I admit was a loooooooooong time ago) ...and I have to admit that I'm quite liking the quality (though obviously the maps don't draw themselves and you've still added your own 'touch' to get it looking so good).

 

jaerdaph

#UkraineStrong

• Dec 23, 2008

• #3

Kris said:

That looks pretty nice.

The 'sheet effects' definitely adds a lot of depth to the image by adding bevelled edges and shadows and the like (which are the kind of things I use a lot in photoshop).

And (please excuse my ignorance here) it certainly looks like these mapping programs have come a long way since I first looked at them (which I admit was a loooooooooong time ago) ...and I have to admit that I'm quite liking the quality (though obviously the maps don't draw themselves and you've still added your own 'touch' to get it looking so good).

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Thanks, Kris! Yeah, Campaign Cartographer has really come a long way from its CAD vector design roots with the edition of photoshop-like effects and the ability to use bitmap PNGs as fill styles.

 

jaerdaph

#UkraineStrong

• Dec 30, 2008

• #4

I updated this with more realistic trees from the CSUAC symbol collection.

 

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jaerdaph

#UkraineStrong

• Feb 4, 2009

• #5

So Greyhawk Grognard Joe Bloch is doing this really cool old school Castle Greyhawk-esque mega dungeon called The Castle of the Mad Archmage. I decided to try mapping this out in classic retro old school module blue and white. Here is the first map - the northeast section of level 2 of The Castle of the Mad Archmage:

Edit: Image removed because it is out of date. See new Level 2 poster maps below.

 

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soulcatcher78

First Post

• Feb 15, 2009

• #6

Great looking work! The blue/white look brings back the memories and works well with the Castle of the Mad Archmage (CZ) feel. I hope you do the rest of the maps for this as well.

 

jaerdaph

#UkraineStrong

• Feb 18, 2009

• #7

soulcatcher78 said:

Great looking work! The blue/white look brings back the memories and works well with the Castle of the Mad Archmage (CZ) feel. I hope you do the rest of the maps for this as well.

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Thanks! I finished up the southeast section of level 2 last night, and I hope to have the last two map sections (northwest and southwest) completed by Sunday. I had to fix an error on the previous northeast map as well, and I've uploaded a new version where I've corrected the section containing rooms 26, 27 and 28 - it was aligned ten feet off and so didn't connect properly to the southeast map.

I intend to paste all four maps together for a single "giant poster" PNG when I'm done as well - Campaign Cartographer makes doing that quite easy.

So, here's the southeast section of level 2 of The Castle of the Mad Archmage:

Edit: Image removed because it is out of date. See new Level 2 poster maps below.

Any comments or errors would be greatly appreciated.

 

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Angel Tarragon

Dawn Dragon

• Feb 19, 2009

• #8

Are you doing the dungeon maps in Dungeon Cartograprapher? If not, are these files you're putiing up portable into CC3 for modification?

 

jaerdaph

#UkraineStrong

• Feb 20, 2009

• #9

Reveille said:

Are you doing the dungeon maps in Dungeon Cartograprapher? If not, are these files you're putiing up portable into CC3 for modification?

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I made them with CC3 and the tools/symbols in the December 2007 Cartographer's Annual.

Since the symbols are vector symbols and not bitmap, they are embedded in the CC3 FCW file, so opening the FCW file on another computer for editing wouldn't be a problem. Let me check with Joe Bloch to see if he minds having editable versions of his maps out there before I share the files.

 

grodog

Hero

• Feb 21, 2009

• #10

jaerdaph said:

I intend to paste all four maps together for a single "giant poster" PNG when I'm done as well - Campaign Cartographer makes doing that quite easy.

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Great news! Time to try to fix my plotter, I see