A Lakeside Inn

[tonnichiwa]

Hello everyone,

This is my first post on this site. I usually hang out over on the Profantasy site and the Cartographer's Guild but recently someone came on to the Profantasy forums and talked a little bit about this site and gave it glowing reviews so I thought I would pop on over and see what's up.

My program of choice is Campaign Cartographer 3+ and all of its add on's.

So for my first post, even though the holiday season is over I thought I would give you all a map that hopefully you like and can use on this VTT system.

This map was origionally made for me because I needed a battlemap of the Inn of the Globefish from the Oriental Adventures module Night of the Seven Swords.

I have removed all of the Asian influenced things and the text and grid so that you can customize it for your own games. So if you happen to need a Lakeside Inn then maybe this one will fit your needs.

Enjoy

[Trenloe]

Welcome to the forums tonnichiwa

That's a very cool map. Thanks for sharing.

[LordEntrails]

Welcome Tonnichiwa Thanks for coming over and visiting. I hope you enjoy it here.

We certainly appreciate you stopping by and sharing such a nice map with us. I've already dropped it into my map folder in case I ever need it. I especially like the moss covered rock out front. A little detail I know,but I like it

One suggestion that would make your map easier for use on FG, it to add an off color 5 foot square in one of the upper corners (just not the bottom right corner). This makes it really easy for us to add an appropriately sized grid that is aligned to the walls and other such features. This map has enough references to help us align a grid, so it won't be a big deal, but thought you might appreciate the info.

Thanks again for stopping by, and hope to see you around some more.

[tonnichiwa]

Thank you Trenloe, I'm glad you enjoy the map. It took me forever to make it as it is my very first dungeon style map I ever made with Dungeon Designer and the Mike Schley add on. It was made sometime in 2014.

Hi LordEntrails, I'm glad you like the map too. Are you the same LordEntrails that sometimes comes onto the Profantasy Forums? I think I have actually seen both of you guys over there a time or two. I'm glad I could make a profile and join these forums. It gives me a place to showcase the maps I plan on making besides the Profantasy forums and the Cartographer's Guild. I know you guys will actually use the battlemaps I plan on making so that makes me happy.

I didn't know that about VTT's LordEntrails, thank you. If I just told people the scale at which to line it up would that help? as I don't really want to start putting a five foot square on the maps I make. I would rather you guys get to see them as they were meant to be made.

[Trenloe]

I don't really want to start putting a five foot square on the maps I make. I would rather you guys get to see them as they were meant to be made.

It is just a single square somewhere unobtrusive that the GM can use to quickly and easily draw the FG grid. See the map here as an example: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...l=1#post206540 The single 5 foot square is in the top right hand corner. You could use a colour for the square that was less obtrusive too - as long as the GM could see it for the one-off map grid align task they usually perform on battle maps.

[tonnichiwa]

hmm...what tool did you use to draw your 5 foot square on your map?

[Trenloe]

hmm...what tool did you use to draw your 5 foot square on your map?

Just the "box" tool in CC3 - using snap to grid it aligned perfectly to the grid used while making the map.

[tonnichiwa]

ok, cool, thanks for the tip

[Trenloe]

It's really simple - takes 10 seconds. Using the controls along the top of CC3 select a relevant sheet and layer (for the Mike Schley maps you can use Sheet = Cartouches so there are no effects, and Layer = text labels), set your line colour to what you want, line width to 0.1 (or similar), Line Style to Solid and Fill Style to "Hollow" then use the box tool (in the drawing tools down the right hand side - assuming you have the default layout).

[tonnichiwa]

Thanks Trenloe. It's good to see some other people who are good with CC3+. I'm running the Mapping 101 class over on the profantasy forums in the hopes of helping very new people in how to make better maps and learn CC3+ easier. Eventually I plan on taking the class to a more advanced level but for now I wanted to keep it slow and simple.

How do people feel about overland maps that are not 5 foot square on these forums? Are they useable on this VTT?