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how do I make a good map? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago by sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml to c/chat@hexbear.net

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Trying to run a DND campaign for the first time but I don't know anything about map making, geography, or geology. I want the physical features of the land to mostly make sense from a geological perspective and then conform the borders of my city-states and empire to their natural geographic constraints. How do I even begin with this?

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[–] Azzu@leminal.space 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Avoid rivers splitting up unless in a delta, and you're probably 90% of the way there :D

Honestly though, landscapes are so diverse and theoretically your fault lines/tectonic plates can be anywhere, so that the only thing that really matters to make it look natural is to not repeat anything too much.

You could even have a world that is not a planet, then nothing matters anymore, mine is just ground and if you go too far in one direction you end up in a different plane. Stars and the sun are just portals to the plane of fire, very far away.