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The itch to design.
Map making, city building, snapping together little pieces as I worldbuild for my homebrew campaigns.
Photo of Thanara’s Throne room
Alongside, of course, any fun bugs I’ve encountered while playing.
There’s even a much appreciated level-switching mechanism that automatically assigns placed assets depending on their height.
For one thing Realm Engine lets you undo with Ctrl + Z.
Photo of Thanara’s Throne room
It’s a small thing, but just so ingrained.
My main gripe is that there don’t appear to be any female minis in this one.
The throne for example is made from a bookcase and two benches scaled to look like armrests.
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That said, this is one map maker that has a bursting workshop asset library.
Besides there are plenty of DLCs all under a fiver.
RPG Stories is$18.99/16 for the basic version, or$20.99/19 for the GM Versionupgrade.
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For that price you could definitely do worse.
This one hits a nice middleground if you need both a good map maker and a comprehensive VTT.
For me, the main draw is the ability to randomly generate rooms within a few clicks.
It’s a feature that’s simply unparalleled in the space and makes designing large maps so much faster.
Dungeon Alchemist is by far one of the best options for map making.
Which is the best 3D D&D map maker?
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The other two offer a great middle-ground, though each one has it’s flaws.
As such, there’s a real sense of compromise with a lot of these as map makers.
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