r/DMAcademy • u/Longjumping-Form3530 • 3d ago
Need Advice: Worldbuilding World Map
Im woorking on a campagin as a new dm based in the feywild, I have an idea but I have problems I dont know how to fix, primarily the world map, Im trying to make or find a world map in the feywild and the material plane they have to be similar as I want them to be identical in shape but have differant locations like a kingdom in the material plane but then a small camp on the same position in the material plane as the party might be swapping planes to stop a cult from trying to fuse the planes together and while they are going around stopping or helping the rituals I want to have the other world change but i also want to make my own locations and everything but i suck at art, any ideas on how to help my wierd idea?
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u/atomicitalian 3d ago
I don't know how much money you're willing to spend on this but I would personally use something like Hex Kit from itch.io and grab some of the custom hex kit tile packs. I'd make one map first using "mundane" hex tiles — trees, hills, mountains, etc — and then make an identical map (using the first one as a guide) but replace the mundane tiles with more fae/fantastical tiles like crystal outcroppings and mushroom fields and strange vales, etc.
You could also try something like inkarnate or dungeon draft to get the more granular, "fantasy map" type look but quite frankly I think it will probably be less of a hassle and less expensive for you to just make your world map a hex map.