Map! - Icathia

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Another map for a DnD campaign that never got off the ground. The concept revolved around the awakening of a sleeping formless trans dimensional god. The players were to be the animated avatars of that god of whom would form and act in accordance with their actions. The sole goal of the campaign was to spread the word of that entity (of which the players would decide). The players only really knew the name of their creator, "Orcas". (It's a homage to a beloved dead bubbletip anemone named "Oscar".)

I had in mind that even though the players were "human" in a natural form, it was only because it was the easiest and most common form for the diety Orcas to imitate. There was to be several favors and items that could be found and won that would have changed their abilities and form (wings... fur... horns... fire breathing... etc).

Again the idea being that by the end of the campaign, they would represent a Final Fantasy style esper more than anything else. But alas for reasons beyond the campaign concept, it never got rolling (I'm actually still interested in running it).

I even shared the map with a co worker of whom was very familiar with first edition DnD and I integrated some of his ideas into the mythos and history of the world.

On a technical note this map represents a significant leap forward in my map making skills. This map took all of maybe an hour or two to build. Made in Gimp, it relies heavily on creative filter use.

In general I like the map in terms of creation time and the colors (I'm a sucker for the Final Fantasy map style coloring).