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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 8070586" data-attributes="member: 6796661">I use a lot of free maps, but I supported Blando on patreon for a while because the maps were absolutely gorgeous. They looked incredible printed at scale using a large-screen printer and on a VTT. Also, the gridding was done correctly so that it was easy to line things up in a VTT.  Further, Patreons could vote on the next map and make requests based on the level they contributed. Lastly, I really loved his work and wanted to support him so that he could still make maps available beyond commissioned work he does for books. Another advantage of some of the map makers on Patreon is that they will collaborate with other creators and over each other's supporters packages of maps, tokens, flat-minis for printing, and even adventure material. Other times I bought maps and the reason for it:* some guy on Reddit was remapping all of Castle Raven loft from Curse of Strahd. He eventually made it available for a modest amount on Drive Thru RPG.  I paid because it was better than what any of the major VTTs created, was gorgeous, and captured the flavor of the castle. The free versions he made available were not as nice and not as well-prepped for VTTs. * I commissioned a map of my homebrew campaign world. Well, if you want someone to create a specific piece of art that captures your vision for a location, you generally have to pay or trade for it, unless you have a generous and talented friend willing to do it for free. * I bought Mike Schley's Curse of Strahd map pack.  It has all the location other than Castle Raven loft, which I printed on a large-format printer. They exceeded the quality of the maps in the book and allowed me to have at-scale battlemaps for CoS all pre-printed and ready to go. There would have been no way to get these legally other than by copying and blowing up the images from D&D Beyond or the books, which would look ugly, or by creating my own versions, which I didn't want to spend the time on, when I could just buy them. * 0one games - the best PDF format maps I've seen. I love how they use layers to allow you to create the maps as you like them. Also fun to play on an old-school blue-line style map now and then. * Kobold Press's Lairs book for their Tome of Beasts book. The maps in the PDF are all VTT ready and easy to print at scale. But this maybe isn't fair as it is a book of mini adventures, so you are not just buying maps.</blockquote>

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