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<blockquote data-quote="Saagael" data-source="post: 5802961" data-attributes="member: 84839">Fellow Maptools DM here. I use two resources for most of my maptools assets: <a href="http://www.dundjinni.com/forums/default.asp" target="_blank">Dundjinni</a> and <a href="http://www.cartographersguild.com/forum.php?" target="_blank">The Cartographer's Guild</a>Dundjinni is a good place for battle maps and textures, images, and objects to make your own maps, while Cartographer's Guild is great for high-res maps.I would also suggest downloading Torstan's map-making dungeon tiles. He's a member of the RPtools forums and Cartographer's Guild, and I've gotten more use out of his dungeon tiles than any other. <a href="http://fantasticmaps.wordpress.com/free-stuff/" target="_blank">Here's his website</a> where you've got the tiles, as well as pre-made maps.Some software ideas: Gimp and Photoshop are the standard I've seen. They're&nbsp; powerful and can do pretty much anything. Dundjinni is a program that also works (haven't tried it though). The best, from what I hear, is the <a href="http://www.profantasy.com/products/cc3.asp" target="_blank">Campaign Cartographer</a>, but its pricey.A last note: Having built several dozen maps for Maptools, I would suggest building them in maptools itself, rather than in Photoshop or the like, especially if you're running a game online and hosting the server. Large images tend to slow down the server for everyone, as it takes more time to transfer a single larger image. Smaller images, however, are sent quickly and then cached on the players' end, making the server run much faster.&nbsp; That's just my experience though. If you want, when I get off work today, I can upload my collection of textures and objects for you to download.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Saagael, post: 5802961, member: 84839"] Fellow Maptools DM here. I use two resources for most of my maptools assets: [URL="http://www.dundjinni.com/forums/default.asp"]Dundjinni[/URL] and [URL="http://www.cartographersguild.com/forum.php?"]The Cartographer's Guild[/URL] Dundjinni is a good place for battle maps and textures, images, and objects to make your own maps, while Cartographer's Guild is great for high-res maps. I would also suggest downloading Torstan's map-making dungeon tiles. He's a member of the RPtools forums and Cartographer's Guild, and I've gotten more use out of his dungeon tiles than any other. [URL="http://fantasticmaps.wordpress.com/free-stuff/"]Here's his website[/URL] where you've got the tiles, as well as pre-made maps. Some software ideas: Gimp and Photoshop are the standard I've seen. They're powerful and can do pretty much anything. Dundjinni is a program that also works (haven't tried it though). The best, from what I hear, is the [URL="http://www.profantasy.com/products/cc3.asp"]Campaign Cartographer[/URL], but its pricey. A last note: Having built several dozen maps for Maptools, I would suggest building them in maptools itself, rather than in Photoshop or the like, especially if you're running a game online and hosting the server. Large images tend to slow down the server for everyone, as it takes more time to transfer a single larger image. Smaller images, however, are sent quickly and then cached on the players' end, making the server run much faster. That's just my experience though. If you want, when I get off work today, I can upload my collection of textures and objects for you to download. [/QUOTE]

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