Is a map like this useful?

[el-remmen]

Awesome map!

I wish I could draw as welll - and it seems particularly useful for players in my opinion.

Keep up the good work!

 

[Finster]

Thanks to everyone for their input (and compliments).

I am working out a few more areas of the setting, and will probably post a couple more pics here for y'all to look at and critique or steal

 

[Land Outcast]

Well... as a player (or DM) I wouldn't see it as a map.

Actually I'd probably make a copy and hang it up on my working table just for inspiration

awesome? yes, that word fits: awesome.

Not very eloquent today, I beg your pardon

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

Dude, great map ( The one with the spire is cool too ).

I know my players would immediately dub the "Drumereton" (sp- hard too see ) "Turkey Mountain" though...

 

[Exiledprince]

This is mt first thread, so please excuse me if this gets messed up.

I have sketched a map for my homebrew setting of a mountainous region. The map is hand drawn (I don't have access to terrain generation software) in pencil and scanned from my sketch book.

My question is this:

Do you think that a map like this can be used in playing a game, or do you think that it is neccessary to have a scaled-out topographical (view from above) map? Would something like this make a good hand-out for my players?

I would like to draw my entire setting out like this, region by region, but I don't want to waste a lot of time on it, if it will just get thrown in a folder and never used.

Yes it is useful. I will be using it tonight. Make more maps.

BTW could you please highlight them in black ink.They tend to print in a faded manner. Thank you.

 

[Cor Azer]

Very nice maps... while I may not use them, they definitely inspire me to make maps of my own in a similar perspective.

Whether you have a scaled 2D map for yourself or DM or not is up to yourself - the PCs likely only have access to non-scaled maps.

For large amounts of flavour (particularly if you can draw in multiple styles), you could draw different maps from different perspectives - the plainsmen have a very low to the ground feel, while the griffon-riders of the eyrie's have a near overhead view.

 

[kirstar]

post more please... please please

 

[Finster]

This is a close up of the thing at the center of the second map. It is also in color!

 

[Captain Howdy]

As a player I'd rather receive a map like that than any other. If you're worried about scale do a 2nd DM only map that is more basic and conventional, but do keep using tis style for the players' maps.

I agree with this. You might want to do a basic overland map with a scale for yourself, to keep track of distances and such, but that map is really nice for a player handout. That could even be photoshopped into looking like an old hand-drawn map they might find in a treasure hoard or something.

 

[Eosin the Red]

This is a close up of the thing at the center of the second map. It is also in color!

Nice piece of work. Your maps are pretty cool.