Cartography in RPGs

[Skari-dono]

I say "not that good" when I try to add mountains. I tend to include too many mountains in illogical places. I'll show you an example when I get home from work.

 

[Wolf Rawrrr]

Wow, Skari. Wolf's impressed *bark*


Can't wait to see how you handle the mountains though. Judging on this it can't be that bad.


@Strude - if you were trying to bump me, sorry but I haven't done any work at all since you-know-when But that is looking to change soon, I might freshen things up here a bit when I finish the town map for a Silent Hill - inspired roleplay I am working on.

 

[Strude]

that is cool, I haven't done any 'map' work myself (bunch of other stuff, but no maps). You should toots share your town map though!

 

[Skari-dono]

Here is one map with mountains, for comparison. Thank you for your positive comments, it is really appreciated

 

[Kaerri]

Those mountains don't look all that unreasonable, though I'd guess this area had a lot of volcanic activity not that long ago.

 

[Wolf Rawrrr]

Looks alright to me - though like Kaerri pointed out - there does seem to be alot of 'em


And I'd steer clear of putting them on smaller landmasses like those islands you've got.


One other remark I have is that they all seem to be the same brush. You'd do better to have more variety *bark*

 

[Kaerri]

Well, that's why I thought they were volcanic - seems a lot of mountainous islands are.

 

[Wolf Rawrrr]

Yes but all of them?

 

[Skari-dono]

That's my point. I tend to overdo it. I still have the PS file so I can redo it when I am motivated enough. I did make a clean version (easier to print and stuff) that I started using for a campaign, but we haven't played in a long time.

It was a cooperative world building for the most part.

 

[Wolf Rawrrr]

Wow. Looks promising Perhaps you should get to perfecting this someday *bark*

 

[Wolf Rawrrr]

*bump*


Some people might appreciate this.

 

[Soluxis]

I love maps and cartography when it comes to fiction and rp, they're not essential but can really give a feel for the background of your stories. I've always valued them as a writing tool since it allows me to envisage the realm or world that I'm building in greater detail and has led to some awesome ideas.


I did some writing a while ago as part of a world creation project. The project didn't really lead anywhere in the end but I had a lot of fun inventing a Nordic-based island, culture and cities. I'm thinking that perhaps in the future I'll expand upon this to create a fantasy world that can act as a backdrop for novels or roleplay. I am by no means artistic (If there were such a term as 'artistically retarded' that would be me) but I drew a map of my nation, named Ultraea and built upon it by scanning and editing it in Photoshop. The result is as follows:

 

[Wolf Rawrrr]

So I've been seeing some really nice maps through the random media display at the bottom of the index page, and I thought to resurrect this thread. Maybe we can get some new discussions going on, or just a pile of semi-fancy maps *woof*

 

[Mr. Gideon]

I, myself do not like to use maps often in rp's, unless the playing area is extremely massive. I believe a good description can get the job done better than a map on most occasions.