New Mike Schley Symbol Set
Simon Rogers
Administrator, ProFantasy Traveler
Mike Schley, who created the Dungeons of Schley and Cities of Schley symbol sets, will be creating a new symbol set for us. We have a bunch of ideas, but would love to hear what the community has to suggest. I think it will need to be fantasy-oriented, but other than that, there are no restrictions.
What do you think?
What do you think?
Comments
- An expanded dungeon/floorplan set to supplement the symbols already in SS4 to add more variety. Whenever I do a dungeon (no matter the style), there always seems to be something missing. Perhaps a set of several themed "rooms", like the blacksmith's smithy, the cook's kitchen, the wizard's workroom, etc.
- Underground cities, with buildings built into underground features, like the stalagmites of Menzoberranzan. Also other specialty cities, like an ice city, a fire city, and so on.
- Local overland maps, with lots of specialized symbols for use in various terrain types, such as snow/ice, desert, mountains, fiery lava hellpits, and so on.
I'd also like to see floorplan-level takes on non-standard environments, like ice, volcanic, jungle/forest, etc. Elemental-planar, maybe? Bits that really show you're in a different place than what's been done before.
Also, undersea elements would be fantastic! Both floorplan and overland undersea could be very useful.
(I'm sure if I left this post open for awhile I could come up with a billion suggestions, so I'll just leave it at this and let other people type.) ;-)
Most of all I would like an expansion of the dungeon set. The lady of the manor gets tired of the same old carpets, beds and tables in every room of the house.
For me at least, would love to see more features, specially fantasy ones. Both in overland and in cities. Many fantasy worlds have such features and it would rock to see them done. I remember i had to made some for last of my maps (been a year without mapping, ... company and daugther, bad combo for freetime).
I wouldn't mind a new overland style from Mike Schley that had a DeRust/Wielink color palette and art direction.
In overland set:
It would be great to add more diferent overland symbols such as obelisks, huts, ravines or other points of interest.
It would be great to add one more forest temperate style, as to paint large forest map is really hard without variations(pines for example).
In ss4 set:
As it was written above, it realy need more furniture so inside as outside symbols(clothers wadrobes, bars etc).
In ss5:
I think it is the most compleete addon because it easyly expanded with free ones.I have just some problems in finding various flowerbeds
So I agree with prevous posts about the adding variations to te current ones.
Maybe some symbols for battle maps - siege engines, battering rams, siege towers. Wall options. Covered bridges/walkways for elven/dwarf/human cities. I would love to see a Schley city symbol set, if we don't already one... iso city pack.
those are just some things I've been thinking about.
Overgrown Jungle Ruins like from an Indiana Jones Movie or just ruins we see and find in Central and South America or in Asia for that matter.