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Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography

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Bringing your fantasy world to life! We create hand drawn maps for your D&D/Pathfinder or other ttrpg games. Commissions are OPEN: https://tally.so/r/obEbob https://mountainandmyth.com

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Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · yesterday

So sick of #dnd podcasts talking about how dead dnd is...then spending an hour talking about dnd news and their dnd games to their audience who are all coming to them from dnd circles. #ttrpg #dnd5.5

Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · 2d ago

Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography@mountainandmyth.bsky.social · 4d ago

Custom, hand-drawn fantasy maps for your world. 100% AI-free & copyright-secure. VTT & print-ready formats starting at $95. Portfolio & contact: mountainandmyth.com #TTRPG #IndieEditor #Worldbuilding

A full-color fantasy world map titled Aevumterra. It features three distinct continents named Eana, Treska, and Kael'Tyr scattered across vibrant teal oceans. The landmasses display varied geographic biomes including green plains, dense forests, arid wastelands, and snowy northern territories.

Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · 4d ago

Custom, hand-drawn fantasy maps for your world. 100% AI-free & copyright-secure. VTT & print-ready formats starting at $95. Portfolio & contact: mountainandmyth.com #TTRPG #IndieEditor #Worldbuilding

A parchment-style fantasy map showing a large unnamed continent and several islands sketched in black line art on a tan background. The map features hand-drawn mountains and forests, a decorative stained-glass border, a ship at sea, a compass rose labeled Enair en Galar, and an empty decorative legend box in the bottom right corner.

A detailed regional fantasy map titled Nelme, drawn in a parchment style with an orange border. It depicts a coastal landmass bordering the Gulf of Maelstroms to the west, divided into distinct territories like The Bloodfields, Harvesthold, and The Scarred Highlands. The map features hand-drawn mountain ranges, a large central forest called The Blackwood, and dotted paths connecting various settlements.

A digital commission pricing sheet for Mountain & Myth Fantasy Maps displayed on a parchment background. It features four visual rows comparing Standard monochrome maps to Full Color maps, including pricing tiers for World Maps, Continent or Region Maps, Town or District Maps, and Full City Maps. The bottom section advertises The Atlas Bundle for 25% off, commercial licenses for an additional 50%, and includes QR codes to start a commission or view the artist's portfolio.

Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · 4d ago

Custom, hand-drawn fantasy maps for your world. 100% AI-free & copyright-secure. VTT & print-ready formats starting at $95. Portfolio & contact: mountainandmyth.com #TTRPG #IndieEditor #Worldbuilding

Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · 5d ago

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Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · 7d ago

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

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Riley Silverman@rileysilverman.bsky.social · 7d ago

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · last wk.

Anyone interested in an updated #dnd 5.5e Order of the Scribe Wizard subclass? #ttrpg homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/hrLnT_...

Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · last wk.

Anyone interested in an updated #dnd 5.5e Order of the Scribe Wizard subclass? #ttrpg homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/hrLnT_...

Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · 2w ago

Putting it all together: Based on my rolls I build a new magic artifact: The Cartographer's Blood-Atlas! #dnd #ttrpg #dndhomebrew

Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · 2w ago

Let's Build a Random Magic Item: Step 5: Roll 1d20 to give it a minor quirk (check the image for the table. My result: 20! #dnd #ttrpg #Worldbuilding

A two-column table containing a random generator for tabletop roleplaying games.
1: Faintly projects a glowing topographical map of the immediate area when laid flat in the dark.

2: Whispers its command words in the mind of the user, always speaking in ancient Draconic.

3: The item is perpetually ice-cold or uncomfortably warm to the touch.

4: Glows with a faint, pulsing light when a specific type of creature (e.g., aberrations, dragons) is within 100 feet.

5: Small, harmless sparks or arcane embers occasionally drift off it when drawn or used.

6: The user's voice naturally echoes with unnatural authority while holding it.

7: Non-magical flames flicker and dim when the item is brought near them.

8: The item functions as a perfect compass, always pulling slightly toward true north.

9: Causes the user's shadow to sometimes move independently or lag slightly behind them.

10: Animals are visibly unsettled by the item and refuse to approach within 10 feet.

11: The item occasionally hums a forgotten, melancholic tune.

12: Slowly cleans and mends the mundane clothing of anyone attuned to it.

13: Leaves faint, temporary geometric frost-burns or scorch marks on whatever it rests against.

14: The item feels heavier when moving away from a specific planar portal or ley line, and lighter when moving toward it.

15: Translates nearby spoken words into drifting, glowing text in the air, written in an ancient script.

16: Prevents the user from becoming drunk or intoxicated while it is on their person.

17: The item bleeds a single drop of thick, black liquid if it strikes a killing blow.

18: Softly ticks like a pocket watch, keeping perfect, objective time regardless of planar time-dilation.

19: Slowly changes color to match the biome or environment the user is currently in.

20: Requires the user to shed a single drop of their own blood onto it to activate its main property for the first time.

Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · 2w ago

Let's Build a Random Magic Item: Step 4: Attunement Required? 1-4 No attunement required 5-7 Requires attunement 8 Required by a specific class 9 Requires by someone with a specific proficiency 10 Required by a creature who speaks a specific language My result: 10 #dnd #ttrpg #Worldbuilding

Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · 2w ago

Let's Build a Random Magic Item: Step 3: Roll 1d6 to determine the problem it solves. 1 Health & spells 2 Bypass physical obstacles 3 Boost attacks & defenses 4 Find hidden knowledge 5 Ignore inventory & survival rules 6 Grant extra combat actions My result: 5! #dnd #ttrpg #Worldbuilding

Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · 2w ago

Let's Build a Random Magic Item: Step 2: Roll a d4 to determine the treasure type: 1. Arcana (Scrolls, Tomes) 2. Armaments (Weapons, Armor) 3. Relics (Wondrous Items, Rings) 4. Implements (Wands, Staffs, Rods) My result: 3 - Relic! #dnd #ttrpg #Worldbuilding

Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · 2w ago

Let's Build a Random Magic Item: Step 1: We're gonna roll 1d6 to determine the rarity! 1. Common 2. Uncommon 3. Rare 4. Very Rare 5. Legendary 6. Artifact My result is: 6 - An Artifact! This should be fun! Comment with your result & check our page for the next step! #Worldbuilding #dnd #ttrpg

Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · 2w ago

Seeing a lot of D&D content creators/advice givers on YouTube giving some variation of "Want to make your worldbuilding better? Give it racism!". No. Just stop. #dnd #ttrpg

Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 2w ago

And so is Donald Trump.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2w ago

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · 3w ago

This is what I think Aasimar should look like in #dnd #ttrpg #fantasy

A watercolor-style digital illustration of a bustling fantasy marketplace where humans and fantasy humanoids mingle peacefully.

In the foreground, a smiling, elderly human woman with glowing gold markings on her skin holds up a colorful, patterned textile at a market stall. A young boy stands next to her, looking up in wonder. Nearby, a tall, slender humanoid with pale blue skin, pointed ears, and glowing blue markings examines a necklace held by a merchant.

In the center and right, several distinct fantasy beings are shown with gray or dark blue skin, multiple eyes (including a prominent third eye on their foreheads), and muscular, chiseled builds. One towering, dark-skinned figure with glowing orange-yellow cracks across his chest and arms speaks with an elderly human man. Next to them, a younger girl of the same species holds a teddy bear, smiling.

In the background, half-timbered medieval buildings line the cobblestone street, leading toward a distant, light gray castle on a hill under a soft, overcast sky.

Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · 3w ago

This is what I think Aasimar should look like in #dnd #ttrpg #fantasy

Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · 3w ago

Another way #dnd actual plays are hurting the game: popular dnd YouTubers these days are giving advice to players, but the advice is based on what works best for PRODUCTIONS, not your home game! Your game SHOULD NOT be optimized for a 1 hour webshow. 1/2 👇 #ttrpg #dnd5e

Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · 3w ago

Need a custom map for your campaign or novel? I draw high-res fantasy maps from scratch. No AI art, just human craft. From world maps to regional layouts, every piece is tailored to your lore. View the gallery: mountainandmyth.com/portfolio DM me to chat about your setting! #TTRPG #FantasyMaps

A high-resolution fantasy map of Jashire, hand-inked on aged parchment. The map features the Unaboe Mountains in the south, Knucklehead Lake in the east, and various locations like Yondalla's Bounty and Feratu Thicket. It includes a compass rose and Mountain & Myth branding in the corner.

A clean, monochrome hand-drawn fantasy map on cream-colored parchment, featuring empty decorative banners. The map shows rough outlines for continents, central mountain ranges, and dense forest clusters, with a detailed compass rose in the bottom right corner, serving as a template for commission work.

A color fantasy map of "The Savage Lands," a continent shaped like a hand, surrounded by the Slayer Sea. The map is filled with heavy metal-themed locations such as Dimmu Borgir, Rammstein, and Katatonia, with terrain features like the Kyuss Desert and various bays. It has a vintage compass in the bottom left.

A digital fantasy world map of the continent Treska, rendered in color on a green-tinted parchment background. It depicts the Orossil Ocean in the north, the Tralacia Sea in the south, and various kingdoms like The Scarborn Dominion, Nevasyl, and Thornhelm. The map features a stylized eagle compass rose.

Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · 4w ago

Actual play streams are commercial entertainment. Home games are private, beautiful, messy social rituals. Stop prepping like a TV producer and embrace the chaotic freedom of your table. #dnd #ttrpg #dnd5e

The Matt Mercer Effect is Real And It’s Ruining Your Game Prep

Think back to what tabletop gaming looked like before the internet turned it into a commercial powerhouse. For decades, the hobby existed as a subterranean cliché. It lived on stained linoleum tables,...

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Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · 4w ago

The Matt Mercer Effect is Real And It’s Ruining Your Game Prep

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Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · last mo.

I originally planned for Goldengrove to just be a standard, boring inland town. But after thinking about the actual geography and trade routes, it turned into a lucrative and influential wine producing town. Comment your favorite "accidental" detail in the comments #worldbuilding #dnd #dndhomebrew

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Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I'm Dustin! I pour my heart into crafting custom, hand-drawn fantasy maps to bring your worlds to life. World maps. Regional scales. Full city renders. Atlas Bundle: 25% off 3+ maps. Scan the QR codes below for my portfolio and commission form! #FantasyMaps #TTRPG #IndieAuthor #DnD #Worldbuilding

You are completely right. I skipped right over the CommissionSheet.jpg and only focused on the map files.

Here is the Alt Text for your commission sheet:

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Alt Text: A pricing sheet for "Mountain & Myth Hand-Drawn Fantasy Maps." It lists "Big Picture" world and region maps ranging from $95 for standard parchment styles to $300 for full-color detail. "Civilization" scale town and city maps range from $125 for standard parchment to $325 for full-color. It highlights an "Atlas Bundle" offering 25% off 3 or more maps. The sheet specifies maps are high-resolution 300 PPI files with two revision rounds included, and features a strict "No AI" statement. The bottom contains two QR codes directing users to the portfolio and the commission form.

A full-color fantasy regional map titled "The Savage Lands." The landmass is shaped roughly like a hand making a "rock on" or "horns" gesture, surrounded by the "Slayer Sea." It features dark, dense forests, jagged mountain ranges, and a desert region called the "Kyuss Desert." The map is heavily themed around heavy metal bands, with regions, cities, and geographical features named after bands like Rammstein, Katatonia, Sepultura, Dimmu Borgir, and Pantera. The southern coast is labeled "The Bays of Black Sabbath." A stylized compass rose is in the bottom left corner, and a scale marker is in the top right.

$A full-color fantasy world map titled "Eana." The map depicts a large, sprawling continent with a diverse geography. A massive, brownish-gray area in the northwest is labeled "The Ashen Wastes." A central mountain range, "The Dragon's Spine," divides the continent. To the east of the mountains are dense green forests called "The Susurrus," and to the southeast is a lighter green area called "The Great Expanse." The southern coast is fractured into many islands and inlets, labeled "Sahel Karralion (The Broken Coast)." A snowy, white peninsula extends to the east, labeled "The Frost-Fade." A legend in the bottom right corner indicates "Elven Cities," "Cities of the Sunken Kingdoms," and "Free Cities." A gold compass rose is in the bottom left.$

A monochrome, parchment-style fantasy map of a region named "Cheval." The map is drawn with black ink on a textured, aged-looking background. A large mountain range dominates the northern area, with names like "High Peak" and "Windsheer Valley." The central area features several forests, including "Sunshadow" and "Evergreen," and a network of dotted lines indicating roads or trails connecting various towns and cities like "Crossroads," "Bastion," and "Port Royale." The eastern edge is a jagged coastline. A stylized compass rose with a red crescent moon design is in the bottom right corner, above the title "Cheval."

Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · last mo.

Your party has to infiltrate a vault. You can only bring ONE NPC: a brilliant mastermind actively plotting to betray you at the end, or an incredibly loyal brawler with a 50% chance of setting off every alarm. Who do you risk it with? #dnd #dndhomebrew #dnd5e

Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · last mo.

Used the rules in Ravenloft The Horrors Within to create a new Domain of Dread where an aspect of a redeemed evil god is punished forever for his worst deed: killing the creator god & plunging the world into darkness #dndhomebrew #dnd #ttrpg Get it for free here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

An image formatted to resemble a page from a tabletop roleplaying game sourcebook, featuring a textured, parchment-like background. The top of the page displays the title "VAELSTRUM: THE DOMAIN OF THE ECHO-REIGN" in a bold, stylized, dark red serif font. Below the title, the page is divided into two vertical text columns. The first column begins with a large, ornate drop cap letter "W" stylized with architectural lines resembling a tower or crown. The text details a Ravenloft-style domain of dread, listing its Darklord, genres, and hallmarks, followed by a section titled "THE PENITENT ASPECT" that spans across both columns. The overall layout is clean, organized, and replicates a classic high-fantasy gaming manual layout.

An image displaying a structured stat block and rules text from a tabletop roleplaying game layout on a textured cream parchment background. The top left of the page features the title "THE PENITENT ASPECT OF EREBOS" in a dark red font, followed immediately by a traditional creature stat block block. This block includes attributes like Armor Class, Hit Points, Speed, and an ability score table spanning six columns (STR, DEX, CON, INT, WIS, CHA). Below the core stats are lists of saving throws, skills, damage resistances, and special traits like "Aura of Suffocating Guilt" and "Light Snuffer." The right side of the page and lower sections contain bold headers for "ACTIONS," "REACTIONS," and "LEGENDARY ACTIONS," outlining specific mechanical abilities and combat options in a two-column format.

An image showing a two-column page layout from a fantasy roleplaying supplement, set against a textured, light-tan parchment backdrop. The left column contains the headers "THE ECHO-REIGN" and "DOMAIN FEATURES," which breaks down further into sub-sections titled "The Omnipresent Shadow of Erebos" and "The Judgment Mirror." The right column contains sections titled "THE DELUSION OF THE TRIAL" and "CULTURAL TABOOS." The headers are all styled in a consistent, dark red serif typeface, while the body text is a clean, highly legible black serif font. The bottom of the page features a subtle, golden-colored horizontal border line.

An image depicting the final page of a fantasy campaign guide section, presented in a dual-column format on a textured cream background. The left column features the headers "THE CYCLE OF ENDLESS TORMENT" and "BOUNDARY MECHANICS AND TALISMANS," which includes bulleted details for specific items under "MIST TALISMANS." The right column contains the headers "SIGNS OF EREBOS" (with a bulleted list of symbolic omens) and "DENIZENS AND MONSTROUS INHABITANTS," which categorizes local entities under red sub-headers like "The Sentinels," "The Heralds," and "The Enforcers." The text is cleanly aligned with ample spacing, maintaining the professional layout of a published gaming supplement.

Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · last mo.

Are we hitting VTT fatigue yet? There’s something deeply immersive about swapping hyper-automated, video-game maps for classic, hand-drawn cartography. How do you balance "theater of the mind" with tactical grids at your table? Let's discuss! #Worldbuilding #TTRPG #Mapmaking

Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social · last mo.

World-ending villains are boring. When the stakes are total annihilation, players just swing swords. True complexity comes from factions with localized, human motives. You want players arguing over who the actual bad guys are. How do you handle political gray areas? #dnd #worldbuilding #ttrpg

D&D Factions: Building Relatable Antagonists for Your Campaign

The villain who wants to destroy the world is a classic fantasy staple. It comes with a major narrative flaw that quickly derails long-term campaigns. When the stakes are total annihilation, players d...

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