Adventure Creator — Element of the Gods

Local folder

Pick a folder on your computer to keep maps as .map.json files. Images and PDFs in that folder show up here too, ready to turn into maps.

Library in this browser

Click to drop a token in the middle of the view, or drag it onto the map. Saved encounters live in the Fights tab.

On this map

Show grid Snap to grid

Grid type

Cell size (px)

Offset X

Offset Y

Each cell is

Unit

Measuring diagonals

Line

Opacity

Thickness

Match the map's grid

Fine tuning: with the Grid tool (G) active, ←→↑↓ nudge the offset, +/− grow or shrink cells by 0.1 px (hold Shift for 1 px). Tip: zoom in on a corner of the map to check alignment, then on the opposite corner.

Nodes

Text labels

Nodes are map pins with notes. Link a node to another map (a city on the world map → its battle map) and connect nodes into routes with travel distances.

Saved in this browser

Difficulty uses the 2024 DMG XP budgets. “Save file” writes an .encounter.json into the folder chosen in the Maps tab, or downloads it if there is none.

No map open

Load an image or a PDF page as a battle map or a world map, or start from a blank grid. Drop a file anywhere here.

Measure Drag for a straight line · click to add waypoints, double-click or Esc to finish Show to players

Area

Drag from the point of origin. Snaps to grid corners (hold Alt for free).

Draw

Node Click the map to drop a node, then fill in its notes on the right.

Text Click the map to place a label. Great for region names on world maps.

Fog of war On

Brush

Grid align

Box covers × cells — drag from one grid corner to another.

100%

No map open

New map