Thread: Simple dungeon done with DD2

Neat. I also like using contour lines in underground environments. I find that one of the big advantages of underground environments is you really have 3 dimensions to play with, so I use them as much as I can to make for a memorable scene.

Originally Posted by Richardb

Just a fun quick one I did to get used to doing dungeons (not something I do often).

I'm with ya--the three dimensions would take a lot of tinkering. Not sure I'm brave enough yet. Bravo to you!

Just out of curiosity, where is the elevation being taken from? It might be good to indicate with a line or something where the cross-section is actually crossing.

Originally Posted by RPMiller

Just out of curiosity, where is the elevation being taken from? It might be good to indicate with a line or something where the cross-section is actually crossing.

Good idea. I'd have to think of a way to do it. As I measured and visualized, the line of the map to the elevation runs almost diagonally through the middle of the map. The idea was to capture a sense of the actual drop involved in such a map. The problem with most cavern maps is that they look flat, and caverns are not flat, but have uneven, dropping, sloping floors. I wanted to roughly capture that. It was only a quick effort, however, I'd need to put in more time if I wanted to tie the vertical pic to the map...

I REALLY like the contour lines and the vertical representation in the corner. It truly adds a whole new dimension (sorry).

Thanks for sharing!

Very cool. Are you using CC2/DD2 or CC3/DD3 (or are you making a DD2 style map in CC3)? The CC3 Cartographer's Annual for July featured new mapping tools for making caverns and caves with sideways cutaways:

http://sub.profantasy.com/2007/july07.html

So jaerdaph, does this mean you'll be posting more to the forums? ROFL Wow man, you have been busy!

Originally Posted by RPMiller

So jaerdaph, does this mean you'll be posting more to the forums? ROFL Wow man, you have been busy!

I hope so, I love this place! Unfortunately, my life in the real world fluxuates between times when I'm really busy to times when I have lots of free time. I really want to put together a campaign for my newest RPG obsession, Colonial Gothic. This will, of course require some nice period piece maps.

Anyhow, sorry to threadjack.

Originally Posted by jaerdaph

Very cool. Are you using CC2/DD2 or CC3/DD3 (or are you making a DD2 style map in CC3)? The CC3 Cartographer's Annual for July featured new mapping tools for making caverns and caves with sideways cutaways:

http://sub.profantasy.com/2007/july07.html

It was done with CC2/DD2 a while back.