I am a bit puzzled by the comment that raster as opposed to vector slows things down. My experience is the opposite, as I guess Sue's is too. So my tip would be to keep vector symbols to a minimum. But I am open to correction.

I too bought the original three book D&D set along with Chainmail back in the 1970's. But my favourite world setting (apart from any of my own), is Mystara, which has an enormous fan-club. And the best adventure of all time (IMO), the Night's Dark Terror. I admit I could never get into Forgotten Realms, and Greyhawk didn't have enough published for me to get that interested, although i did run a Wild Coast campaign based on the city of Safeton, for about a year while I was at uni (as a tutor, not an undergraduate - that goes back to the 60's!)

I second Ricko's comment about caves and mine entrances as stand-alones. Also waterfalls that are stand-alones, not associated with cliffs etc, so they can be places anywhere - would need 4 symbols for 4 different angles, i guess.

And Sue, you have my trust - no need to show the mountains until you are ready. One of the things I did appreciate with Spectrum was that you had green mountains , ie, those with vegetation - like so many of lower mountains are around the world (and especially in Australia, where to eucalypt oil of the gum trees gives the mountains a 'blue' look from a distance - which is why we have the Blue Mountains just west of Sydney

@Loopysue I understand your attitude about not revamping Spectrum. Thanks for replying though.

Hi, Sue. I have one request - don't make the hills too 'peaky', but make them more smooth - I hope you get what I mean - unless you do 'foothill' which are more 'peaky', and lesser hills which aren't so pleaky.

Why don't you expand the Spectrum style for this?