I’m still unsatisfied with the “mass of trees”. Seems like individual trees is the way to go. At least for my own drawing skills.
For those curious about what I was actually trying to accomplish, at the beginning of this video Nate shows a few styles:
If you pause at 2:32… I wanted mostly #2, but mixed with #5
Speaking of old media… I was hesitant to recommend Carmilla, since I wasn’t sure you’d be looking for books (the most remarkable merit being that it was written before Dracula and even the invention of cinema), but TIL there is indeed a movie:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vampire_Lovers?wprov=sfti1
Oh. I hadn’t noticed!! 😅
Yeah, me too. ;) I think there's at least something worth learning.
I'll usually avoid creating a new post with very basic tests such as this one...
... so for my latest tests, I still try to finish something.
Have you seen the community's logo?
https://ttrpg.network/pictrs/image/07fee9d8-1906-4238-a903-93fd016cb9a8.jpeg?format=webp
;)
Thanks!
Turns out I started these forest tests because I was trying this type of mountain ridge style and I'm trying to find a tree style that goes along nicely.
These forests do look better, but it's very tedious to draw individual triangles.
Also, I probably should have shaded each one of them.
Still a lot of room for improvement.
Campaign Cartographer 3+ is indeed only available for Windows. Though I must say that I have it working under WINE just fine. YMMV, ofc.
Glad I could help.
One more thing: The official forum is a place full of very nice and helpful people.
Gazebo included!
I do use it myself for SciFi (mostly for Traveller) and I like it. Of course, the number of available styles is not as overwhelming as the ones available for fantasy, but there are some good options.
One thing worth noting: for Sci-Fi you definitely want the highest tier, which includes Cosmographer and all the annuals.
The page for Cosmographer shows a few styles: https://www.profantasy.com/products/cos3_examples.asp
And here's a few deckplan exampless on a classic Traveller style: https://www.profantasy.com/products/cos3_deckplans.asp
As for the annuals, there's this post on the forum with a small screenshot/thumbnail for each issue in most annuals: https://forum.profantasy.com/discussion/10366/cartographers-annual-all-the-issues-linked-in-one-place
Finally, there's this Youtube Playlist with a few of the mapping sessions that focused on Sci-Fi styles: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrFvDl9qgYgsCVt58a41H3rcDjsAc4P4h
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That’s the main way it’s used, but there’s no limitation to use it in another way.
There are some styles suited for modern day maps. Or historical maps, such as the April issue of this annual:
https://www.profantasy.com/annual/2022/2022-cartographers-annual.asp
And with Cosmographer and a few annual issues included, there’s plenty of SciFi styles to choose.
They have a YouTube channel where they stream a mapmaking session, you get to see quite a few styles:
cross-posted from: https://ttrpg.network/post/28870801
Hey all! I've been working for the past year-and-a-half-ish on a TTRPG game in my spare time. I've finally decided to put it out there in the wild. The main reason for creating this is to flex creative and design muscles more than anything.
For a short synopsis, the game is inspired by 16-bit era video games and tries to pull off similar aesthetic choices. It's also inspired by things like warhammer 40k, D&D, space-themed movies and TV shows.
The Pendragon Nebula is a hot-spot for weird, psionic activity. The Mad King Artur attempts to clamp down on all the inhabitants of the solar system and enforce his will upon all his subjects, but his hold has been slipping in recent decades. Baronies, Cities, and even whole planets are in rebellion.
Play as a psionic wielding psi-knight, space adventurer, or ship's engineer, among other options!
It features heavy use of psionic powers, as well as a reasonably rich character progression system.
The entire system uses only D6's, which was a design constraint i wanted to put on myself.
It's completely free in a "pay what you want" fashion, and i would love to hear any thoughts and feedback, as well as your experience playing it!
DrivethruRPG - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/546281/stellar-knights-of-pendragon
itch.io - https://eerongal.itch.io/stellar-knights-of-pendragon
Looks great!
Thanks for sharing.