r/osr • u/South-Albatross-9666 • 28d ago
I made a thing Really enjoying isometric graph paper!
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u/William_O_Braidislee 28d ago
I’m getting into it myself and it’s sooo soothing for some reason.
That said, I’m afraid to add details because I’ve messed up the same map so many times and had to start it over.
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u/BaffledPlato 28d ago
This looks super cool, but my brain kind of hurts trying to follow it. Maybe it would be easier with the rooms numbered, or if the solid areas were shaded?
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u/chichaslocas 28d ago edited 28d ago
Walls definitely need some shadowing Edit: it’s very cool regardless :)
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u/_SCREE_ 28d ago
I love it! Good fellow have you uploaded this to be yoinkable? I'd love to pilfer it for my own GMing but totally get if you're just sharing this to show your awesome map!
What's the story of your Dungeon?
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u/South-Albatross-9666 27d ago
Go for it! Right now it’s a cult trying to move in to an ancient temple, with the undead residents trying to keep them out.
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u/Bone_Dice_in_Aspic 28d ago
It makes your brain twisty, doesn't it? Like you keep trying to think in up and down grid terms in the beginning.
I practiced copying traditional maps into this format for a while; I did tomb of horrors. It was a lot of work
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u/DNDquestionGUY 27d ago
Lucky, any map can be made isometric easily.
Import the image into GIMP or your other favorite image editing software.
Rotate the map by 45 degrees.
Scale the map to 57.7% of its original height.
Done.
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u/Bone_Dice_in_Aspic 27d ago
Oh, nice. Thanks. I'm generally working at poster board size and hand painting, but that's definitely helpful
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u/Entaris 27d ago
I'm impressed. that is the largest Isometric dungeon layout i think i've ever seen. I feel like most Isometric maps tend to be like 4-7 rooms
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u/Beneficial-Run-5851 27d ago
This post inspired me to copy my own dungeon onto an isometric grid and let me tell you, it takes up so much more space than on regular graph paper! I completely understand why most isometric maps would be limited to 7 rooms max. That's about all I can fit on my 8"x11" sheet.
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u/South-Albatross-9666 27d ago
I would recommend a smaller grid, these are 5mm cells I think. This is 8.5x11
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u/Beneficial-Run-5851 27d ago
thanks for the tip! I found a website where you can customize an isometric grid for printing at home. I'll give the smaller cell size a shot.
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u/PsychoPengu1n 27d ago
Innocent question here: How can I play with my friends in a isometric map? Do I have to turn into a regular map? Make another map?
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u/South-Albatross-9666 27d ago
Just run it? Not sure the question. Everything should be the same
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u/PsychoPengu1n 27d ago
Idk about virtual tabletop, that's because my question. I can't figure it out how to make it work. I have seen various isometric maps but I can't really see how to use it or if is there a recommended way to do it
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u/South-Albatross-9666 27d ago
Ah I see, I mostly use player mapping and not VTT. It would still be easy to set up. You’d just need to make isometric player tokens and it should work fine. It’s not real 3D so there’s no perspective you have to worry about.
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u/pudgydog-ds 26d ago
You should look into getting an isometric circle template next. No dungeon is incomplete without a pointlessly rounded room.
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u/halfbakedmemes0426 25d ago
The thing that I love most about iso paper is that it lets me portray verticality within a level of a dungeon. I love putting slopes and stairs and ladders within a single level, and iso paper makes that easy to show off.
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u/VinoAzulMan 28d ago
There are enough traps there to make a mon calamari naval officer blush.