Tilesets for maps

[Laconiclament]

I'm looking to broaden my mapping capabilities, but don't have the time to use pyromancers or skill to draw things up from scratch. I thought I had heard about some map tilesets being available in Shockbolt's amazing Fantasy Art kit. Am I correct in thinking such, or am I going crazy (again)?

If so, as an ultimate license holder, are those tilesets something I can expect to see added in an update for free? If not, what do I need to do to go about getting my hands on the tiles? Wonderfully detailed tiles that I can continue to use in new and creative ways to keep my maps fresh is exactly what I'm looking for!

Here's where I turn to this great community. Bring on the tips, advice, two cents! Thanks!

[Sigurd]

I think the most popular source for graphic files for private use is Dunjinni.

https://www.dundjinni.com/art/user_art.asp

You might find something there to suit you.

[scionofnyarlathotep]

Another choice is to use Tiamat

https://www.rpgobjects.com/index.php?c=tiamat

You will either have to purchase individual tiles or buy Skeleton Key tile sets through RPGNow

https://www.rpgnow.com/index.php?manufacturers_id=80

[Laconiclament]

Thank you, both!!

[Xorn]

Campaign Cartographer 3/Dungeon Designer 3 is what I use to make my own tiles. It's not for everyone but here is a playlist of YouTube videos that will show just how easy it can be:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL978477FEC71F345E

It takes a little learning, but that guys tutorials have just been amazing.

[damned]

Shockbolts Tokens I think are included in the Ultimate License but Im not sure if all his mapping stuff is too? Could be wrong.
I think Raymond might have temporarily hit the wall with his output and real life has caught up....

To your other question - if you havent got time to use Pyromancers you havent got time to use ANYTHING. Mapping - especially with tilesets is very time consuming. Did I say VERY? If not I meant to. It really does take a long time. Pyromancers web page can let you make quite good outdoor and dungeon maps in about 10mins. Sure there is a little learning curve but really it works well and it is free.

You can always do broad/base map with Pyro nice and quickly and then add soe more detail with GIMP/PaintShop/paint.Net/PhotoShop or whatever else you use.
And then there are the excellent mapping tools - but they too have significant learning curves.

I strongly recommend you revisit Pyromancers if you are short on time.

[Trenloe]

So far only monster, creature and character artwork have been integrated from the base fantasy art kit. This thread has some info on what was available - you might inquire in that thread to see if anything else is coming: www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?17420-New-art-pack-coming-to-Fantasy-Grounds

As damned says - any mapping tool is going to be like Pyromancers or more complex. Pyromancer does the minimum of what you need - have a pallet of mapping objects, select an object, put it on your map. That's about as basic as it gets - and if you think you don't have time to use that to create a map in 10-15 minutes then, as damned says, you don't have time to make maps.

Even when/if mapping objects from Shockbolt's base fantasy art kit are integrated into Fantasy Grounds you'll still have to: select a mapping object (more than likely integrated as a token), put the token on the map; select another mapping token, put it on the map... This is no different from Pyromancers mapping application/web page.


I strongly recommend you revisit Pyromancers if you are short on time.
This.

:-)

Or, spend your time surfing the Internet looking for pre-drawn maps and use those. Start here for some awesome free maps: www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?15833-Tor-s-Maps