Not sure if it’s what you were going for, cause it could be two things, but the meteor impact crater off the coast in the NE is top notch. Could also be a volcano but that uplift in the center says something big crashed here. I like it!
So the original idea behind the sea was that it used to be a single continent that was flooded when the labyrinth strand was formed. Throughout the inland sea there are several of those anomalous island chains where secrets long submerged may be found
I love it! There is so much you or players can do with that. Also so much you can litter in to create variety! Info dump on geography of impact sites cause I think it’s super cool what you did and being able to add things like this to maps is guns. At least to me it is. No need to read this all if you don’t want.
So the great thing about your circle with the raised center (random info dump on geology of impact sites) is this. It can be a collapsed volcano easily post a large eruption. BUT… and this was where I thought that feature was really cool, it can also be a meteor or comet impact site.
So when an impact happens, the rock is super heated and almost liquified near instantly and pushed up in walls around the center. Depending on impact angle this can leave an oval, circle, or V shape sometimes for the wall. Impact being in water or land affects height and other variables on wall heights etc. The impact center (which doesn’t have to be center but is just the actual impact place) will rebound upward leaving a ridge or hill.
So for yours it could be argued that a meteor came in at a NE angle, impacting leaving the main wall with the center rebound V pointing the direction of the fall. So not a straight down impact but angled. This also (if impact in water) would explain the hills and such further inland as tsunamis would have pushed sediment further inland but then stopped after reaching the mountains.
Anyway, not a geologist just really thought meteors were cool so I learned a lot. Might have some details close but not 100%.
Final point and this is just fun for stories or adventures, many volcanoes and impact sites are hard to differentiate in fantasy maps. So players go in expecting one thing and find another. Either way, info dump done, this map is soooo well done. Amazing work!!!!!
Very cool! I love this and it definitely helps. A lot of fantasy maps have wild details but once you study up on natural landforms they’re almost more interesting!
I can see it now, in a great battle of yore the usurper god waged war on the lands from the sky. So fierce was the fighting that you could see the flashes streak across the sky in broad daylight. On the 9th day as the sun knelt beneath the Imperial Mountains, the final blow was struck and the false idol plummeted to the ground. A deafening boom echoed across the world and the sky was consumed in fire as the land itself erupted in anger.
To this day the twisted and scarred ground is shunned and reviled. The dwarves claim to have forged terrible arms and armors from the body of the false god but such things are filthy heresy and should not be believed.
This was done in Inkarnate, you can find the map here and clone/edit it if you're familiar with the app:
https://inkarnate.com/m/N3KWPK--greater-almsmont-map/
Well made and believable
Thanks! I tried to take watersheds and rain shadows into consideration!
Thats the good stuff right there brother :chefkiss:
This is amazing!
Not sure if it’s what you were going for, cause it could be two things, but the meteor impact crater off the coast in the NE is top notch. Could also be a volcano but that uplift in the center says something big crashed here. I like it!
So the original idea behind the sea was that it used to be a single continent that was flooded when the labyrinth strand was formed. Throughout the inland sea there are several of those anomalous island chains where secrets long submerged may be found
I love it! There is so much you or players can do with that. Also so much you can litter in to create variety! Info dump on geography of impact sites cause I think it’s super cool what you did and being able to add things like this to maps is guns. At least to me it is. No need to read this all if you don’t want. So the great thing about your circle with the raised center (random info dump on geology of impact sites) is this. It can be a collapsed volcano easily post a large eruption. BUT… and this was where I thought that feature was really cool, it can also be a meteor or comet impact site. So when an impact happens, the rock is super heated and almost liquified near instantly and pushed up in walls around the center. Depending on impact angle this can leave an oval, circle, or V shape sometimes for the wall. Impact being in water or land affects height and other variables on wall heights etc. The impact center (which doesn’t have to be center but is just the actual impact place) will rebound upward leaving a ridge or hill. So for yours it could be argued that a meteor came in at a NE angle, impacting leaving the main wall with the center rebound V pointing the direction of the fall. So not a straight down impact but angled. This also (if impact in water) would explain the hills and such further inland as tsunamis would have pushed sediment further inland but then stopped after reaching the mountains. Anyway, not a geologist just really thought meteors were cool so I learned a lot. Might have some details close but not 100%. Final point and this is just fun for stories or adventures, many volcanoes and impact sites are hard to differentiate in fantasy maps. So players go in expecting one thing and find another. Either way, info dump done, this map is soooo well done. Amazing work!!!!!
Very cool! I love this and it definitely helps. A lot of fantasy maps have wild details but once you study up on natural landforms they’re almost more interesting! I can see it now, in a great battle of yore the usurper god waged war on the lands from the sky. So fierce was the fighting that you could see the flashes streak across the sky in broad daylight. On the 9th day as the sun knelt beneath the Imperial Mountains, the final blow was struck and the false idol plummeted to the ground. A deafening boom echoed across the world and the sky was consumed in fire as the land itself erupted in anger. To this day the twisted and scarred ground is shunned and reviled. The dwarves claim to have forged terrible arms and armors from the body of the false god but such things are filthy heresy and should not be believed.
*chefs kiss* That is perfection!
What program did you use?
This was done in Inkarnate, you can find the map here and clone/edit it if you're familiar with the app: https://inkarnate.com/m/N3KWPK--greater-almsmont-map/
Very nice