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Cowpens Battlefield
Great work, Mike :)
Though I am surprised about the aiming!
A dusting of snow is a really tricky thing - especially with this kind of map where its more about accuracy and altitude than artistic impression. Do you really need to partially obliterate the important information?
But if it's important maybe find a patchy snow fill and use it on a sheet with quite a strong transparency effect on it? Difficult to know what to suggest.
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Several maps for (random forest) encounters
The default sun position in CC3 is from the north west. That's because most modern atlas maps with hill shading are shaded as if lit from the north west, even though the sun is only ever in that direction for real if you live in the southern hemisphere. The reason for this is that the human brain expects to see things as if shaded from 'above', as if the map is hung like a picture on a wall. It's easier for us to see the shape of those shaded hills.
That's just a lot of possibly quite useless information there, but it is the reason the default sun position is 315 degrees. I tend to leave it there unless there is a reason for changing it - dramatic effect, or some other reason.
But again - as Dalton says it really is a matter of personal preference.
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WIP, suggestions please
Yes that's right. It may just be a simple case of the TEXT sheet being too high up the list, or hidden.
Have a good sleep :)
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A small village
Thank you! A friend of mine is really good at planning and writing (DMing).
Yes, this one is missing. Though now I'm obliged to add it in the 2nd revision, when my second group will start this adventure. :)
My goodness! 2 groups! You really are quite an enthusiast. I hope your players appreciate the care you take with your maps :)
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WIP, suggestions please
My tail! My tail! You've found my tail! :D
As for suggestions....
It's a bit difficult at this early stage. I guess you will be adding at least one mountain chain to each island unless any of them are intentionally flat all over. The actual suggestion is to finish doing that before you do anything else so that it's done and you can get a better feel for the next bit - whatever you decide to do next. Some people do terrain next and then settlements, and some do it the other way around. My preference is for terrain first, since the mountains and the terrain deeply affect the location of settlements.
