medieval architecture in tropical climates
This is an interesting challenge. If you're ok being flexible with time (as D&D art often reflects a hodge-podge of eras), you could find inspiration in Batavia (now Jakarta), built by the Dutch in 1619 on the Indonesian island of Java.
It does have the "star fort" design that came about after the invention of the cannon, so you might want to make adjustments. Here are some other images:
Other Indonesian options include Fort Tolukko:
There are some other Indonesian forts that could be interesting, though many of the classic ones were built after the cannon and thus have the star fort design.
If you want to depart from history altogether, you could do worse than using Dinotopia as inspiration:
Other fantasy treatments might include Middle Earth. I don't recall how close to the equator southern Gondor is, but Dol Amroth was a city on the coast. Here's are two interpretations:
It does have the "star fort" design that came about after the invention of the cannon, so you might want to make adjustments. Here are some other images:
Other Indonesian options include Fort Tolukko:
There are some other Indonesian forts that could be interesting, though many of the classic ones were built after the cannon and thus have the star fort design.
If you want to depart from history altogether, you could do worse than using Dinotopia as inspiration:
Other fantasy treatments might include Middle Earth. I don't recall how close to the equator southern Gondor is, but Dol Amroth was a city on the coast. Here's are two interpretations:
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QuentinGeorge
Legend
I think Gondor is temperate European is it not? I know the Shire and Hobbiton are effectively Oxford...
QuentinGeorge
Legend
Malta certainly has a great look (and like the others I mentioned, is also a "Crusader state".
Also look at Colombia and Venezuela, even if 1500s.
Malta is gorgeous. But it's more than just Valetta: there is also Mdina, at the centre of the island.
QuentinGeorge
Legend
When I adapted Shackled City to my homebrew campaign I turned it (and Sasserine) into sort of "medieval" versions of British Singapore and Malaya. Cauldron is effectively a "hill-station" in that sense.
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