An Oasis

[Guzim]

Hi all,

I'm a roleplayer (a French one, so sorry for my bad English).
I'm mastering an adventure in the Lord of the Ring world, the Middle Earth.

It's a PBF (play by forum) adventure that takes place at this site: http://www.jdroll.org. Take care, it's in French.
Specifically, the adventure takes place in the Harad desert. The players have to approach and kill a influent Haradrim from the city "An Karagmir". This city lays East of Umbar.
A small river runs through the city from the small mountains between Umbar and An Karagmir.

Here is the map I want to use for the region. You can find Umbar and An Karagmir in the South.

I need several maps. I was wondering if it has some interests for some of you to help me creating them.

First of all, there is the Oasis outside the town.
It's a small but very rich village belonging to Ghizlan Ben Ikarim. This character is a Mumakil rider. So he his immensely important and rich. He owns his Mumakil. Everyone respects and fear him. The local tribes pay a lot to get the Mumakil along their troops when battling with other tribes. A festival is organized every year in honor of Choukri, his Mastodont. Ghizlan gets around one hundred slaves to take care of his Mumakil. He also has two wifes and four children.
So, the map would be composed of four area:

• Palace: a very large and comfortable house, with a lot of corners and shades, pools with precious fishes, small shady yards to take the tea, mosaics everywhere, rares trees and flowers. The house is surrounded by a very nice and riche garden.
• Slaves quarter: Decent houses for the slaves. There is also a prison for disobedients, but a small one. The slaves works on the house but mostly in the fields that provide food to the Mumakhil. There are a lot of small garden to grow vegetables and fruit. There is also an orchard.
• Fields: vast fields to grow grains and grasses for the Mumakil.
• Mumakil Island: This island has two bridges that mechanically can turn on themselves to isolate the island or to cross the river to reach the land. On this small island, there are warehouse to store all the equipment for the Mumakil (saddle, platform for archers, harness, chains to attach him, pikes and rakes for his bath, and so on), an enclosure for the animal, and some military mannequin for training the animal to charge.

The second map would be a map for the town by itself, but let start with the Oasis if you want.

So, what do you think ? Is it an interesting project ?

[arsheesh]

Hi Guzim, welcome to the Guild. That is a lovely piece! Did you create this yourself? If so, I'd be curious to know what font you used for the labels. I really like water-color/wash coloring on this piece.

Also, if you are looking to commission people to create maps for you you'll want to post a request in the Mapmaking Requests sub-forum. Be sure to read over the Read Me before you post though, as it will let you know what sorts of things you should include in the request.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

[Guzim]

Thank you for your welcoming, Arsheesh.
I'm sorry for the my mistake, I should have read the read me first.

I'm moving the topic to the correct place.

Concerning the map, unfortunately, it's not mine. It's a map I found on internet, I don't remind where.

Cheers,