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This may be a weird thread to ask in, but the search function is letting me down with too many irrelevant hits, but does anyone know of a thread on here where people share battle maps for VTT use (like Owlbear Rodeo) or links to free ones?

The two threads I use:


 
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This may be a weird thread to ask in, but the search function is letting me down with too many irrelevant hits, but does anyone know of a thread on here where people share battle maps for VTT use (like Owlbear Rodeo) or links to free ones?
I follow a few TTRPG VTT map makers on Patreon, and recommend checking there. If you find one you really like, you can always invest a couple of bucks to get the back-catalogue! Some of the ones I follow:





 

Hot take: The most boring thing a third party product can do is be slavishly adherent to the first party lore. You are not beholden to the things the company is beholden to. Let your freak flag fly!

Just saw a third party thing that looks great except for saying that it's going to adhere to the least interesting part of first party lore, when it doesn't need to at all. The rest of the damned thing is bursting with wild ideas and this just feels like the creator is pouring water on part of the product for no appreciable benefit.
 

I follow a few TTRPG VTT map makers on Patreon, and recommend checking there. If you find one you really like, you can always invest a couple of bucks to get the back-catalogue! Some of the ones I follow:

I'd also suggest looking up Heroic Maps if you're interested in; they do excellent work. And if you're looking for modern maps, KidneyBoy is quite good. I've got such a ridiculous backlog of fantasy maps I'm not supporting anyone one but Heroic Maps right now, but when I switch from fantasy to SF mode in few weeks I've got a couple I'm going back to.
 

I think I just get easily overwhelmed looking for a battle map that fits what I see in my mind (or even gets close) - it really puts me off on using a VTT. I have no problem with Dungeons because I just use Dungeon Scrawl to create the version I want and sometimes I throw a Dyson Logos map into photoshop and muck around with it a little bit - but when it comes to wilderness scenes, I am never satisfied. I guess I have spent too many decades hand drawing my own maps either ahead of time or on Chessex mat that being able to decide all the details matters to me? I am not even talk about the quality of the art of the map.

Edit: I think this is why despite having followed a few map-making patreons I never subscribe (despite supporting other kinds of patreons) b/c I never find anything I want to use. It is like endless possibilities but nothing scratches the itch and I can waste hours looking and still come up with nothing.
 
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