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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
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 Posted - 09 Feb 2013 : 00:31:47
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| I hadn't realized Absalom's island was that size compared to other places in the Forgotten Realms! |
The Old Grey Box and AD&D for me! |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 09 Feb 2013 : 00:59:58
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Yeah, Golarion's a BIG place (too big, if you ask me - I squished everything within 'walking distance' for my new campaign).
The only thing I couldn't keep 'to scale' from PF (and elswhere) was Varisia, but after studying the campaign maps of Varisia I realized most of it was 'wastelands', and that the majority of the important sites were all near the coast. It would have actually worked better as Mulhorand or the Utter East, but as I said I wanted to keep everything within 'striking distance' for my players (there are I think 5 adventure paths for Varisia!)
Thay is more like Cheliax now... but its still Thay. Dark and brooding, but with more imperial aspirations then magical ones. I have a lot of plots revolving around Thay - they have their fingers in everything. |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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PaulBestwick
Seeker
United Kingdom
83 Posts |
Posted - 14 Mar 2013 : 23:31:14
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| Markus, how goes the work on the Eastern Heartlands? Any updates to share? |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 16 Mar 2013 : 14:05:27
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Not really. Sorry.
Whats-his-face kinda knocked the wind out of my sails for purely FR maps for awhile. I do mean to get back to it, but getting attacked for something you do to help the community (something that is supposed to be 'just for fun') does that to you.
Sadly, thats the uglier side of the 'FR fanbase'. I'll try to have something in the next few weeks. |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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PaulBestwick
Seeker
United Kingdom
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Posted - 27 Mar 2013 : 00:19:53
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I hope you get back to it Markus, because I for one want to see a map containing Impiltur in th ewest and the Sunrise mountains in the East and the Wizards Reach in the South the Icerim mountains in the North. I am thinking I might just have to have such a map professionally printed for my own use.
Hears hoping you get back to it in the future. Just ignore time zones and references to planet size. That stuff is mildly interesting, but a good map fires up the imagination much more. |
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Brian R. James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
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Posted - 27 Mar 2013 : 15:52:27
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I'm not sure if you're aware of this Markus, but Dennis Kauth, the cartographer of the 3E FRCS map of Faerūn, recently passed away.
http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/03/in-memory-of-dennis-kauth.html
For what it's worth I greatly appreciate your Realms maps and I imagine Dennis would be happy to know that his style lives on in every map you release. |
Brian R. James - Freelance Game Designer
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 28 Mar 2013 : 04:34:02
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Actually, I am aware of his passing. What I wasn't aware of is that he was the artist who's style I emulate.
We have a (sadly) under-posted in thread about it. |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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New Maps (The Heartlands)
