P3 Assault on Nightwyrn Fortress Encounter Maps

[Jacktannery]

Updated - this is the daylight map. I might leave it like this - the white light will have to do instead of white billowing curtains.



EDIT: blurred the background:

[Jacktannery]

This is the Masquerade. I find that monochrome (black and white) maps are really hard to do, ironically. I may do a night-time version too, but I feel this bleached look suits the subject matter (these last few maps are set in the raven-queen's kingdom of death).



EDIT: The garden here is just a placeholder; this is not by me - it is part of a map called Theran’s Rest by TheSim (2010, Dunjinni Forums, Dundjinni Mapping Software - Forums: Theran’s Rest: Gardens & Quarters [WIP]). I still have not decided if I will do the garden on this map.



EDIT 2: Night-time view almost complete - I just need to shade/highlight the tables, and fix up the curtains a bit.



EDIT 3: perhaps done now?

[Jacktannery]

The next two maps are supposed to depict a haunted mansion. The first one is almost complete - just need to add doors, fix the gargoyles, and do a few more tweaks. Also I want to add some graffiti.

It is my plan to make this map partially-tileable (to the south and east) with the second map of the mansion, that way I can create a four-map super-mansion. I'm not sure how effective this will actually be.

[Jacktannery]

And here is the second map. I have not done the doors yet.

[Jacktannery]

Now they are both finished.



And this is what it looks like when you stitch them all together into a supermap! It's not particularly pretty, but it is quite functional.



EDIT: fixing errors & added graffiti:



Made a second version of Map 2 - better I think.

[Jacktannery]

Now for the next one: the darkwell. I had a bit of trouble with the bushes on this one; in the end I decided to heavily modify Dragonwolf's tree clumps from 2008 (Dundjinni Mapping Software - Forums: Tree clumps debris). The dead white trees around the walled garden are copies of one made by surfbored in 2005 (Dundjinni Mapping Software - Forums: Miscellaneous Trees (More)).

[anomiecoalition]

These maps are really excellent...but why are all the walls white? (its kind of distracting).

[Jacktannery]

The walls are white because I decided to make all the walls white. Encounter maps are always a compromise between aesthetic considerations and playability.

I fixed an error with the map above (had accidentally forgotten to include a crucial layer) and am trying a few different colours before deciding which one is the nicest. Anomie, which one looks the best in your opinion?



EDIT: spotted MORE errors; fixed them and tried an orange version - I think I like this one the best.

[Bogie]

Yeah, I can go for the orange one to. Nice work Jack.

[Jacktannery]

Here is the first draft of the next set of maps: this is called Nesting Dragons. I'm still thinking about the colour scheme and textures. I like the marble, but I'm not sure how I am going to show the grid.