World of Rhune
The world of Rhune, a Stormpunk setting for the Pathfinder™ game. To find out more about Rhune, head over to the website here.
This was my first shot at a full blown world map in a more illustrative style. I’m also usually less organised with my decorations such as the compass and the border. In this case the world (nordic steampunk) needed a little something. With the place of the world tree in norse myth, and a culture rich with decorative touches, a knotwork border and a tree compass seemed to fit in nicely.
I hope you don’t mind, but I’m going to use this map for a Lamentations of the Flame Princess campaign. It’s a brilliant map, and quite by chance I downloaded the City States of Vallinar from Drivethru RPG yesterday.
Feel free! As long as it’s for personal use I don’t think that violates any of the copyright on here. I believe you can also download it (possibly at higher resolution) from the Rhune website: http://rhunedawnoftwilight.com/
Hi Jon,
as I plan to work on my own world in a larger scale than expected, I now desperately search for a really nice map for my campaign. And what should I say, your work here is absolutely gorgeous!
Do you have a tutorial for that particular style? And how long does it take to create such a beauty? And which kind of program (preferably smth for free 😉 ).
Thanks in andvance and please apologize my bad english
Rob/Luxferre
This was actually created in Gimp (free) and the style is the core for a lot of my current maps. Check out the tutorials in the Tutorials tab and you’ll find a lot of lessons on how to create a map like this.
Like the person a few years ago, I came seeking permission to use your map for a dnd session I’m running for friends. I’ve been thinking about streaming it on twitch for then to go back and watch vods if they wanted to beef up their notes. We play on roll 20 so the map wouldn’t be seen as much but the place names would be used a lot. Thank you for your time.
Dear Jonathan,
I have been enamored of your maps for some time (whether I knew it or not, having recently discovered how truly prolific your art has become!) For me, they hold a timeless beauty and an amazing synthesis between real world maps and fantasy maps. I ended up using a map of yours I had found online on another site but wasn’t aware of you, as the creator until later. As such, I wanted to ask your permission for use (and if you’d be curious) I’d love to show you what I’ve done with it. I’m a writer, gamer and graphic artist (but not at all on your level) however I’d love to show you that your map inspired an entire game world for me and truly motivated my creation process! My thanks and please let me know if you’d have the time and interest in seeing? 🙂
Sincerely and appreciatively,
Douglas Chorpenning
I’m sorry I missed this – and I’m really glad you’ve got so much use out of these!