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Kyrel
Learned Scribe
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 Posted - 17 Jun 2013 : 16:53:20
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I don't suppose that there is anyone who happen to know if there is anywhere where you can find distances and/or travel times between various towns/cities/places in the Realms, especially in the North, along the Swordcoast, and in the Dales and Cormyr regions?
I know that the Wiki has a few distances mentioned here and there, and the old Forgotten Realms Atlas (I think it was called) also had a distance calculator, though I believe that it measured in a direct line, rather than along the roads. But would anyone happen to have a compiled a collective list of distances between points in the Realms?
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Kris the Grey
Senior Scribe
USA
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Hoondatha
Great Reader
USA
2449 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jun 2013 : 20:06:02
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| The North box set (the 2e update of Waterdeep and the North) contains a table listing travel times by sea to various ports up and down the Sword Coast. There isn't a corresponding table for land caravan routes, though. |
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Ze
Learned Scribe
Italy
147 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jun 2013 : 16:47:23
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I use this Time Travel Calculator, built upon Waterdeep and the North and City of Splendors.
It has caravan time too.
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MisterX
Learned Scribe
Germany
118 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jun 2013 : 18:46:54
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| In the 3E Silver Marches Accessory, you'll find a small table of Distances between some cities a bit hidden on p85. Also, the 2E FR Boxed Set iirc contained an overland-map which could be overlaid with a Hexfield, for counting hexes… ;D |
I've lost track of recent realmslore, since my campaigns are still in the 1370ies. :-)
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Kris the Grey
Senior Scribe
USA
422 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jun 2013 : 20:58:26
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Ze,
Sweet little travel time calculator you've got there. Thanks for linking it!
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Ze
Learned Scribe
Italy
147 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jun 2013 : 22:25:49
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Originally posted by MisterX
In the 3E Silver Marches Accessory, you'll find a small table of Distances between some cities a bit hidden on p85.
Hidden so well that I never noticed it!! 
@Kris: you're welcome. I'm just sorry I can't reference the author as I don't know - I picked up the link myself from some other thread long ago.
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MisterX
Learned Scribe
Germany
118 Posts |
Posted - 22 Jun 2013 : 23:20:29
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Originally posted by Ze
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Originally posted by MisterX
In the 3E Silver Marches Accessory, you'll find a small table of Distances between some cities a bit hidden on p85.
Hidden so well that I never noticed it!!
Yeah. I had to skip through the book twice, actually, to re-find it. I knew it was in the book but didn't find it the first time i searched for it. Hidden too well, I'd say. ;) |
I've lost track of recent realmslore, since my campaigns are still in the 1370ies. :-)
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 21 Oct 2013 : 06:00:37
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Originally posted by Ze
I use this Time Travel Calculator, built upon Waterdeep and the North and City of Splendors.
It has caravan time too.
Can someone else look at this and tell me if I'm reading it wrong; is it saying the trip from Zhentil Keep to the Citadel of the Raven takes six days?
•The Zhentilar Trail (Zhentil Keep to Citadel of the Raven): 6
•Citadel of the Raven, 6
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Kentinal
Great Reader
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Posted - 21 Oct 2013 : 12:36:29
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Apply the modifier, riding would take 2.4 days, walking though would take 7.5 days, the 6 days is for a cavern take the 6 days. Also remember this is travel on established roads, some of which might be slower because of tolls, speed limits, or other factors.
Also roads might have changed since this travel estimator was made.
Edit: Inserted word cavern, that I intended to type before. |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 21 Oct 2013 : 22:49:41
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| The maps also provide handy rough hints: “rest stops“ (usually a small inn/tavern with stable and a water hole, sometimes adjunct to a small village or military outpost) are indicated along many roads, basically spaced apart about a half- or full-day‘s ride. Although they usually assume a slow ride, the sort of pace a mule-drawn wagon or caravan could sustain, not the faster pace most players might prefer. |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
4211 Posts |
Posted - 22 Oct 2013 : 02:36:14
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| Which map is this again? Is it available? |
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Cards77
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 22 Oct 2013 : 03:15:44
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Originally posted by Ze
I use this Time Travel Calculator, built upon Waterdeep and the North and City of Splendors.
It has caravan time too.
Does not seem to have the travel times for Silver Marches destinations. Am I just missing it? |
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Travel time and distances in the Realms
