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Where I can find free good battle maps?

I'm starting DMing with Roll20 and I'm experiencing difficulty to find good free battle maps. Anyone?
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The Aaron
Roll20 Production Team
API Scripter
There is some information in our wiki: <a href="https://wiki.roll20.net/Useful_links_for_mapping" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.roll20.net/Useful_links_for_mapping</a> There are also some threads here in general where people have posted maps they have made. While not free, there are many valuable maps in the MarketPlace at less than the cost of a pizza.
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B Simon Smith
Marketplace Creator
I created a number of free maps awhile back, and keep them available on Dropbox: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/adn040gdiiq0h5l/AADpqu2" rel="nofollow">https://www.dropbox.com/sh/adn040gdiiq0h5l/AADpqu2</a>... If you like them, you can check out the map sets I have on the Marketplace: <a href="https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/search/simon/1" rel="nofollow">https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/search/simon/1</a>
Try Deviant art, there are quite a few available there, just use google image search "battle map", there are alao some on the w.o.t.c. site that are free to download.
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Andrew R.
Pro
Sheet Author
I'm running a 13th Age campaign and using the maps they provide for almost all my encounter maps. They're small, but that's fine with me.
Edu, I was in the same boat about a year ago. I bought a monthly license with photoshop (and later sketchup for 3d areas) and started making my own. It's a pretty even learning curve, but I found I preferred making what I needed for the night's encounters rather than relying on the marketplace which ~might~ have something I need but probably not for multiple encounters. Given that I was spending more than the 10 bucks a month on purchased map content, the photoshop license ended up being cheaper. I started out with pretty much crap and now make things like these: <a href="https://db.tt/6NxbyLEV" rel="nofollow">https://db.tt/6NxbyLEV</a> <a href="https://db.tt/oZetExyl" rel="nofollow">https://db.tt/oZetExyl</a> <a href="https://db.tt/SwC9KXSc" rel="nofollow">https://db.tt/SwC9KXSc</a> <a href="https://db.tt/yIEsuemK" rel="nofollow">https://db.tt/yIEsuemK</a> It all depends on your skill and knowledge with the software, though. If you haven't learned photoshop previously and don't have a few weeks to play around learning it via trial and error you probably want to stick with premade content. If you do go photoshop, stick with looking into layer textures and layer style options. Most of the basic stuff needed to make maps walls, trees (et al) can be found simply by using combinations of the bevel and emboss sliders, choosing the right textures, and poking around with a nice assortment of brushes and such.
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Gold
Forum Champion
Those examples are very nice Encartrus. Thanks for sharing. It would be awesome if you make a tutorial thread, or a sharing thread to give out more of your maps, or become a Marketplace creator and sell some of your maps if you can.