Unnamed Fantasy World

[Karro]

You're worried that with rivers serving as borders, the river crossings would prove a hindrance to warfare between nations, making your world a boring, warless, peace-ridden place?

I wouldn't worry too much, honestly... That's never been a hindrance in the real world (where rivers have often served as a border... until one side or the other crosses the river to conquer the other's land). After all... a bridge is not the only way to move an army across a relatively narrow body of water. There are often good fords soldiers can march/wade across, or they can build ferries. Or, if all else fails, build a bridge yourself.

Over time, though, borders do tend to default to natural boundaries like rivers for the reason that (a) it provides a handily visibly line of demarcation and (b) it does tend to prove at least a minor hindrance to invaders, and even a minor hindrance affords some level of protection. That being said, I'd still say that it's insufficient protection to prevent wars altogether.

[Tensen01]

Hmmmm... I might do that with the fonts... We'll see. Maybe it's just me being new but I like the variety of fonts

Yeah, this map is not the map the players will get to see. This is my personal main map... I'll probably hand draw the other ones or something to that effect. I do intend to let them see the full map without any labels though... Already have it printed out, mounted and laminated.

And that is way more detailed than I ever thought of getting...

[Karro]

Hmmmm... I might do that with the fonts... We'll see. Maybe it's just me being new but I like the variety of fonts

Yeah, this map is not the map the players will get to see. This is my personal main map... I'll probably hand draw the other ones or something to that effect. I do intend to let them see the full map without any labels though... Already have it printed out, mounted and laminated.

And that is way more detailed than I ever thought of getting...

Yeah, I'm kind of a font-whore, myself (who isn't?), but for purposes of graphic design it's generally considered good practice to limit the number of fonts in use to keep the design tight and focused. On the other hand, if this is just for your personal use, it really doesn't matter, just so long as you like the finished product. But if you think your players might see the fully labeled map at some point... it might be nice.

[Coyotemax]

Yeah, this map is not the map the players will get to see. This is my personal main map... I'll probably hand draw the other ones or something to that effect. I do intend to let them see the full map without any labels though... Already have it printed out, mounted and laminated.

wonderful map here. I still love the mountains.

Hopefully none of your players visit the site

[Lathorien]

I have been searching and searching for the texture you used for the mountains both here and using google. Could you post the texture or a link to where you downloaded it from, i think it might be the missing piece to my GIMP maps... please?

[Tensen01]

I have been searching and searching for the texture you used for the mountains both here and using google. Could you post the texture or a link to where you downloaded it from, i think it might be the missing piece to my GIMP maps... please?

Well, I know I got the texture off here somewhere, but here's the texture.

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...dmountains.jpg

Keep in mind I did NOT make this... but it is awesome.

[Lathorien]

THANK YOU!

now's time to do some experimenting....