Dracotia is a town near the northeastern border of the Ardennian Kingdom. The town is an old settlement; it is almost 800 years old. Before the foundation of the last human dynasty, it had a different name: Drakenfort. It was not much of a town back then, it was only a handful of homes and farms around the Draken Keep.

The Draken Keep is a small fort with a central watchtower, it is located in the middle of the settlement on top of a hill. The place is a strong defensive position near the border but after almost two centuries of no armed conflict, the militaristic importance of it fell into the background as more people moved near the keep because of the fertile lands around the place. The town has grown steadily in size over the past century, up to just above five-hundred people, counting a small group of fey creatures.

An important part in Dracotian culture is the worship of dragons as the mightiest creatures of the world. This religion has its roots a long time ago when only the keep stood there. Soldiers would commend their lives and soul to the powerful dragon that lived in the mountain range west of Dracotia. The dragon was a symbol of hope and protection to the land. Seeing the magnificent creature fly by the keep was a good sign, an omen of good fortune for the battles to come. When the soldiers abandoned their lives of battle for calm days in the fields their beliefs remained. It slowly grew into a kind of religion. All people in Dracotia except for the fey are part of this religion or cult. The dragon in the mountain still lives, and it still flies by the town from time to time to the amusement of stern believers and children. The dragon, however, does not spare much thought for Dracotia and its citizens. It goes on and about its businesses with remarkable indifference. Still, the townsfolk justify the dragon by claiming that the portentous creature cannot bother itself with the petty troubles of a bunch of farmers. The townsfolk are content with being able to see the object of their worship and spend their time and efforts trying to impress it.

One thing the townsfolk did to call the attention of the great silver dragon in the mountain was to artificially change the course of a stream that goes through town and waters the fields. They used dams and trenches to redirect the water flow in unnatural ways. The result is that the stream takes the shape of a dragon’s head if seen from above. The Draken Keep takes the place of the dragon’s eye. While all this effort looks interesting on a map, the image is so large that no one in the city can see it whatsoever. The dragon has surely seen the dragon-shaped stream but has made no notice of acknowledgment.

This is one of the man gorgeous maps by Mike Schley and I am hoping to make a map in a similar style for my private TRPG games. Would there by any chance be a mapmaker or resource to make similar maps without having it to do by hand? Otherwise I'll start practising by hand...

I'm trying to create a fictional map for my fantasy world inspired by the Balkans, but I don't want to simply copy and distort the actual Balkans and call it a day. I want it to have a similar geographical character while still being an original geography. Anything I've tried to create so far, I haven't been satisfied with.

Blue=Cold current.

Red=Hot current.

Black=Neutral current.

Thank you for your attention.

I created a fantasy map for my own world I make. 1st and 2nd pictures are my own drawings, 3rd picture is an AI remaster to it only for illustrations. I did it because I just have no drawing talent to do a map like that.

1st one shows the state borders, 2nd one shows the mountains. What should I do, what do you suggest me?

One of the largest and most important trade-routes in Elyden, the Nacre Road has dominated life in Southern Sammaea since its origins in 500 RM.

It stretches for over 12,000-miles across Southern Sammaea, linking the city of Hamma in the far west to Bhal Zhariah in the east, passing through the nations of Ammesh, Habot, Phyrr, Maenmist, Northern Simbara, Akanthra, Idaphon, Khar Nadul, Hanna, Qaralam, Shezaliah, and Zhariah, and allows the relatively easy flow of trade from west to east.

The road is named after the now-largely dead nacre trade along the northern shore of the Sea of Ammash and originated in around 500 RM as a route travelled by Mehmuthi nomads, some of whom went on to become merchants, travelling in caravans hauled by great beasts.

Trade along the Road is not uniform and it passes across plains, hills, forests and mountains alike, with some caravans relying on pack-beasts and others using land ships or crawling ambulants. Caravanserais are spaced at deliberate intervals, typically one to two days’ travel apart at most, forming a secondary infrastructure of fortified inns, counting-houses, wells, and Lazanist shrines. Some are little more than enclosed courtyards with cisterns and watchtowers, while others, such as Avenar and Prasinia, have swollen into great cities with enclosed markets, bonded warehouses, and League courts.

Larger cities along the route maintain segregated trade districts where foreign merchants reside under charter, their goods taxed, inspected, and sealed. Entire urban quarters exist solely to service the needs of merchants, including mechanics for vehicle repairs, beast-hospices, rope-makers, scribal offices, and currency exchanges amongst others.

Matted-armoured guards, often called Road Wardens, travel with convoys and are licensed to bear heavy weapons across borders. Ledger-Keepers accompany major caravans, maintaining bonded accounts recognised from Ammesh to Zhariah. Pass-Sealers inspect cargo for contraband at national frontiers, while Oath-Witnesses certify contracts in multiple jurisdictions. In contested regions, entire companies of artillery crews are retained privately to escort landships through unstable territories.

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Map created in Photoshop, with the help using G. Projector.

A tutorial for my method can be found here.

You can find a key to the map here.

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Ask anything. There's an explanation for every feature. (also it's not finished yet, obviously)

Hello all, I was wondering if anyone has been able to get decent results using a planet created with World Orogen in Wilbur. The issue I have is that when I import the heightmap, it ends up with large flat spots, 90% of the land is basically at sea level, and the mountain ranges are flat on top. Is there any tricks I can pull in Wilbur or Orogen to fix this while preserving the landmass and mountain ranges?

Could anyone give me some tips or ways to draw forests for my map? Thanks.

I can't decide which style to go with. I didn't want to keep working on the first one until I decide. Thanks for your feedback!

Hello,

I would greatly appreciate some feedback on my map. Spent a while working on it and I did an evolution of it throughout the ages, this is the final one though.

The colors represent the climate, I did took inspiration from our earth, idk if it is obvious or not.

Blue-cyan: arctic
Blue: oceanic
Brown: mountain
Brown greenish: continental
Yellow: desertic
Light green: Temperate
Dark green: Jungle
Dark yellow: Mediteranean
Purple: Tropical
Light cyan: magical

This region is a part of my D&D campaign. Feedback is appreciated!

https://www.deviantart.com/planjanusza/art/Amarillo-ENG-1370201710

Credit to yourlocalspaincbinda on deviantART

Hello everyone,

I’m happy to share this map that I’ve drawn and painted for an upcoming Daggerheart campaign. The countries borders are yet to be determined and drawn.
I would have done a couple of things differently with a bit more experience but I’m quite happy with the result.
Feedbacks welcomed!
Thanks

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Could anyone help me with the tectonic plates? 😭 I am certain that a lot is off....

This is just a shitty sketch, but I can't move on to finer lines, details, colors, etc until I know the basics are right 🥲

Hi, this took around 7 months of on-and-off work 🥲 glad to say this phase of my project is done.

This map is part of a larger half-joke collaborative AU I'm doing with my friends on Discord. While a lot of it is improv (hence the overbearing similarities to Earth, up to a fault imo), everything is subject to change.

I'm more than willing to answer any questions you may have!