Help with a homebrew map

[yodafett77]

I'm getting ready to a home brewed campaign, and I come to you experienced GMs for assistance... lol It is set largely in Golarion, with Pathfinder lore canon. I've run campaigns before in other systems, but I'm a bit rusty, and haven't run PF itself. I have most of the story done, and I'm looking towards the end of the campaign, actually putting the final location together. I found some artwork that really inspired me. Are there any pre-done maps for something like this image? I'm familiar with the Emerald Spire, which I COULD re-purpose, however it seems like overkill for this. I'm looking at something like in the attached artwork. It's a giant floating chunk of amber, similar to the Washington monument, as in the linked image (minus the weird tech thing in the middle.) The "final encounter" will be inside, after a bit of a dungeon crawl. My map designing skills would be passable, but I'd frankly like to do something better for my group than my skills... I'm open to even a 3rd party map or something, just kind of coming up dry for "tower" or "spire" maps that are more than 3 levels... Open to ideas or suggestions.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjHhbCttq_XAhUl0YMKHT5UD4gQjBwIBA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2F736x%2F46%2F05%2F 36%2F460536507f0f6a11e1dbefa1c9a3b82d--amber-scifi.jpg&psig=AOvVaw1kGEb2IUIzzrkUs5-0-HUT&ust=1510245815617589

[Palanan]

Originally Posted by yodafett77
My map designing skills would be passable, but I'd frankly like to do something better for my group than my skills....

Visit the Cartographers’ Guild (https://www.cartographersguild.com/content.php) you must. Commission artworks you may, or watch tutorials and learn from the great masters.

[yodafett77]

Visit the Cartographers’ Guild (https://www.cartographersguild.com/content.php) you must. Commission artworks you may, or watch tutorials and learn from the great masters.

I shall do!

[ngilop]

there is that, but of course there is also just image searching dungeon maps and picking out the ones you think look cool

OR there are dungeon building sites (that are free) so you just slap in a few parameters and then click 'create' or 'generate'

[Alistaroc]

Looks like a pretty magical tower, you could just use a maze generator for each floor. Donjon (https://donjon.bin.sh/d20/dungeon/)has a good one, I'm sure there's more out there.

[yodafett77]

there are dungeon building sites (that are free) so you just slap in a few parameters and then click 'create' or 'generate'

Now that's interesting... could you recommend one? I've done the image search, and I've looked at several sites, like http://paratime.ca/cartography/index.php or DriveThruRPG or RPGNow, but still haven't found that sweet spot. Maybe I'm just being too picky.. :-\

[yodafett77]

Looks like a pretty magical tower, you could just use a maze generator for each floor. Donjon (https://donjon.bin.sh/d20/dungeon/)has a good one, I'm sure there's more out there.

Awesome, thanks! :)

And yeah, that's the goal, high magic output, lol

[ngilop]

For small/medium maps I like Gozzy's (http://www.gozzys.com/dungeon-maps)

If you want to get creative and make your own there is Dungeon Painter (http://pyromancers.com/dungeon-painter-online/)