Hi, Neon! My co-GM and I decided to split our ever-growing group up into two groups today, and we were trying to figure out how to run with only one battlemap! You've provided the perfect solution. Thank you for your great work.
Thank you thank you thank you. Good Mr. Neon Knight Sir. I am running this series of adventures for my group and I've been looking for a map solution. I think you are it, for now.
I plan on gettin CC at some point, and trying to not rely on the kindness of strangers. However one question to you and whoever else would like to answer. How do you get these mugs printed out. Do you take the PosteRazor files to a kinkos or do you have a super neato printer available to you at your house(s)?
Well, I have a almost super neato Laser Printer at home, but I know some folks just go to Kinko's or Staples, and then there is GAMEPRINTER here in the Guild who runs a business specifically for this purpose.
Daniel the Neon Knight: Campaign Cartographer User
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MY 'FAMOUS' CC3 MAPS: Thunderspire; Pyramid of Shadows; King of the Trollhaunt Warrens; Demon Queen's Enclave
For me to print them, I load the file as an image into CC2 and then print over X by Y tiles of pages. Works pretty well. The squares don't end up exactly the right # of inches, but they get close enough.
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Thanks Neon. Used some of the Thunderspire maps in wrapping that adventure up, and the players loved it. Going to download some Pyramidal goodness for the next session(s). Can't say enough good about your work. Another hearty thanks from another time-management challenged DM.
Thanks Again.
As yet another GM with time issues who stumbled on this site, I must bow down before the might that is NeonKnight! These are really terrific. And with the posterazor, it takes just minutes to print and play. We're halfway through Thunderspire, but I'm going to have cool maps for all of PoShadows.
I do have two questions for the group:
Question 1 - if I loaded these cool maps in GIMP and changed things and then saved them again, would they STAY this big, or would they change sizes? I'd like to remove a couple of solids (like beds) to replace with the 3-d stuff I have in case the heroes toss a bed over or block a door. My players very amusingly blocked some of the mirrors in the Hall of Forced Introspection by ripping down the curtains.
Question 2
First Thank You!
As to coloring....hmmmm...don't know exactly as I am not a 'Photo-SHop' Guru, but I think someone 'may' be able to answer your question.
Daniel the Neon Knight: Campaign Cartographer User
Never use a big word when a diminutive one will suffice!
Any questions on CC3? Post them with CC3 in the Subject Line!
MY 'FAMOUS' CC3 MAPS: Thunderspire; Pyramid of Shadows; King of the Trollhaunt Warrens; Demon Queen's Enclave
To change the color all you should need to do is adjust the Hue/Saturation/Brightness - in Photoshop this is fairly easy. I would imagine the same in GIMP or other raster-based software.
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A new layer of a solid color also works well, depending on what sort of blend modes you have available. I like Color mode and Hue mode the best in PS but Overlay mode can be okay.
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With Masterplan, these maps are excellent for use within the program. I thank you, good sir, for your hard work and look forward to future projects by you and others.
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