Welcome to the Guild, John. Don't be shy about posting your maps. There are a lot of knowledgeable people here who are very generous with their help. You've come to the right place.
Hi,
I'm John Smith (my real name although no one seems to believe that)
I'm an avid Dungeons and Dragons player (I mostly DM)
I make a lot of maps for the campaign all of them hand drawn on regular paper, graph paper, or hex grid paper. I would post some of my work but I don't think the quality would compare to anything on the website.
The reason I haven't done anything on a computer is that I could never find a program that I liked or when I found one I would find it limiting when a get a good idea for something complex that can't be done on most programs that I know of.
I came to this site by someone mentioning the name of the site on the wizards forum.
So yeah just wanted to say Hi.
Welcome to the Guild, John. Don't be shy about posting your maps. There are a lot of knowledgeable people here who are very generous with their help. You've come to the right place.
Cheers,
Tim
Paratime Design Cartography
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Hi John-
If you post links/references of the types of maps you like someone will be able to indicate the type of software to use...There are a lot of options, that is for sure.... but still, many of the people here use good-old pan/pencil on paper.
-Rob A>
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Daniel the Neon Knight: Campaign Cartographer User
Never use a big word when a diminutive one will suffice!
Any questions on CC3? Post them with CC3 in the Subject Line!
MY 'FAMOUS' CC3 MAPS: Thunderspire; Pyramid of Shadows; King of the Trollhaunt Warrens; Demon Queen's Enclave