Eh, I think this is as about as good as it's going to get for the outline...
Eh, I think this is as about as good as it's going to get for the outline...
That is freaking beautiful, ig! I love watching your maps evolve. You hit so many different styles before you settle down. You have left me wondering about paths not taken, though.
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Paths not taken?Originally Posted by Midgardsormr
Names and such. Indeed, therein lies a problem. Names and history have escaped me at this point, though I've been wracking my brain trying to thing of something. I've got something in mind for the gorge, just not a name. It'll be an ominous place though, overrun with gnolls and hyenas. Bards' tales of the haunting laughter echoing throughout the canyon, foretelling a traveler's doom will fuel the nightmares of children throughout the region.
Savage humanoids plague the mountains in the north, fighting an endless battle for control that has teetered back and forth for as long as anyone can remember.
A large-ish port city on the eastern coast will serve as a defacto capital--if there ever was one, and a secluded community of halflings will make their home somewhere near both forest and river.
But that's about it...
Last edited by industrygothica; 06-27-2008 at 10:59 PM.
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You went through quite a few different styles, and each of them would have been interesting to watch.
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Started looking over my neighbors' efforts to get some idea for a history and whatnot. Airith doesn't really have a story yet for area 20 above mine, but has accounted for the orcs and gnolls (I'll probably use goblins instead of gnolls for this area) I talked about earlier.
Sigurd's fantastically vague description of area 30 has left me with more than enough room to play, and a perfectly reasonable explanation of monstrous population towards the central and western regions.
rpgmapmaker, your offer of a compass rose would be more than appreciated. This is going to turn out to be as much your map as it is mine.
I'm thinking of doing the scale in leagues rather than in miles--roughly three miles = 1 league. Can anyone think of a reason I shouldn't? I think that as far as overland movement goes, the 1 unit per hour aspect will be delightfully uncomplicated. But that's just me.
I need a little input, please...
There's an island on the south-central portion of the map. It's not very big, but it's big enough that I just can't ignore, I think. I want to call it The Isle of the Forsaken and put a prison there. Does anyone know anything about prisons in a fantasy setting? Would this even be feasible?
Almost directly to the east of that, on the southern side of that unnamed river, is a major port city, Glimmergale.
Over the sea between the two is a naturally occurring phenomenon known as the Witchlights, or an aurora in modern terms. With the Witchlights comes all sorts of fanciful takes and legends, both horrific and otherwise. I realize that most real-life auroras wouldn't occur in this sort of region, but this isn't real life, is it?
Any ideas on how to put this all together?
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Well there have been many islands used as prisons... every thing from the Island of Patmos that served as a prison in bible times all the way to mighty Alcatraz Island in modern times. But for what you are looking for you might look into something like the Château d'If here
Islands work so well as prisons so I don't think it will be to hard to come up with several ways to keep the criminal scum there. Two big steps to overcome when making a prison is (one) the type... or who it is for... political prisoners, max security mass murderers, or just those that can not pay their debits. And (two) who guards it... men, beast, elemental, undead or goblins and such....
Other name Ideas:
Lost Soul Island
Guard Light Island
I know none of this is direct help, but the power of creation really is in your hands and we can but through out ideas to give you stuff to think about and play with.
-Chris
P.S. I am working on some compass rose ideas but was wondering if you had a theme in mind or wanted something more generic and "normal"? It can reflect the culture of the "map makers from the world" or the main tribe of this area if you have something for me to go on.
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yeah... it works together much better that way... I really like it.
I am looking forward to seeing location names and such... if you need anything built for this map like a compass rose or whatever just let me know
-Chris
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