Cave fantasy map creator1/13/2024 ![]() Quick hexes or fractals are easy enough to make and the later often not more than an exercise in automatic image generation (like these awesome maps). I'm just going to straight out tell you that there's no such thing, nor is it likely that there ever will be something like this. Call it the MS Paint of fantasy mapping if you must (but not actual MS Paint ). I am not looking for anything complex (or CAD/CAM programs *shudder*). Striving for a simple monochrom-y ink-on-parchment look here cf Tolkien's Midgard maps. Not interested in the look of D&D maps (neither primitive nostalgia nor newer color-shocked). No floor plans, no hex grids, no battlemats. The maps I'm looking to create is a valley here or a kingdom there. ![]() The important bit is that I do have certain standards - there must be a minimum variety of iconography (for drawing mountain ranges, marshland, etc), a way to use a background texture (not necessarily yellowish and stained with age but some greyish thing to break sterility and monotony), use your own fonts, that sort of thing. ![]() Very slightly punky is acceptable, but nothing modern or comic booky. What would be your pick for accessible software for whipping up some decent fantasy maps? A mountain range there, a few villages here and there, a river or three, maybe a cemetary or cave, you get it. I googled a bit, but most recommendations are from 2015 all the way back to 2008, so. ![]()
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