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Topic author: HandsomeRob
Subject: Map sections Hi everyone,
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Posted on: 21 Apr 2010 16:41:46
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I've got a first draft of my Toril map completed but I'm having a bit of trouble getting it into the final, Zoomify-enabled form. In the meantime I'm happy to share some sections of it for you.
Aglarond: http://img203.yfrog.com/img203/9679/aglarond.jpg
Dambrath: http://img697.yfrog.com/img697/9446/dambrath.jpg
Far Payit: http://img52.yfrog.com/img52/5864/farpayit.jpg
Tabot: http://img263.yfrog.com/img263/7026/tabot.jpg
Tethyr: http://img412.yfrog.com/img412/7773/tethyr.jpg
If there are other sections that people would like to see, let me know and I'll try to get them posted. In the meantime, I'm very happy to accept your help in editing, so if you notice any mistakes or omissions please let me know and I'll see about getting the map fixed for the Zoomify version.
Thanks!
-Rob
Reply author: Brimstone
Replied on: 21 Apr 2010 17:11:33
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Nice.
Reply author: Brian R. James
Replied on: 21 Apr 2010 17:30:56
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More Maztica love. Sweet!
Reply author: Elfinblade
Replied on: 21 Apr 2010 18:29:33
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Nice indeed Rob! I even caught a glimpse of Wayrock in there 
Say, are your maps pre spellplague? Got a year in mind?
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 21 Apr 2010 20:32:14
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Very, very nice! I was actually visiting to post a link for you regarding this project, and I found this scroll... so here's the link. Scroll about halfway down to the "World of the Realms" heading for the image in question... and it does link to a slightly larger version. 
I thought this might be useful to you for the topography outside the megacontinent... I don't know how much you've already done of that, or if you've already found this link and made use of it, or even how canon-friendly the physical geography depicted is apart from the central continent... but here it is for what it's worth. 
Reply author: HandsomeRob
Replied on: 21 Apr 2010 21:18:45
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quote:
Originally posted by Jakk
I thought this might be useful to you for the topography outside the megacontinent... I don't know how much you've already done of that, or if you've already found this link and made use of it, or even how canon-friendly the physical geography depicted is apart from the central continent... but here it is for what it's worth.
Thanks - I've seen that image before but I wasn't sure how "canon" it actually is. There is a chance I could use it for a future version, however. Right now the outlines of all the landmasses are included, but if there isn't any other canonical information available (such as for Osse, Myrmidune, some other islands) I've left the landcover information off and filled the island with a noisy grey texture to represent "unknown lands". The exceptions to this are in Katashaka, Anchorome, and Lopango - for Katashaka I followed advice I've seen promoted here and elsewhere and warped the continental map from the Nyambe campaign onto the Katashaka landmass. Anchorome and Lopango needed more detailed landcover information, since they are attached to Maztica, so I picked up a map from http://hiddenway.tripod.com/images/maps/ for Anchorome and invented Lopango myself.
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Originally posted by Elfinblade
Say, are your maps pre spellplague? Got a year in mind?
Definitely pre-spellplague. Not sure what year. They incorporate all sources from the series' inception through version 3.5.
-Rob
Reply author: Elfinblade
Replied on: 21 Apr 2010 22:56:04
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Rob, you wouldnt happen to have Silver Marches finished? :)
Reply author: Brimstone
Replied on: 21 Apr 2010 23:10:04
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So when will you blow us away with a good ol Cormyr map, or one on the Dales?
Reply author: Cleric Generic
Replied on: 21 Apr 2010 23:21:40
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I think they're pre-plague; Laothkund is still above water and Velprintalar has its old name.
EDIT: Also, them's dead fine maps, them is.
Reply author: The Sage
Replied on: 22 Apr 2010 00:53:54
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I'm tempted to make use of the Tabot map. Really, I am.
Reply author: Brimstone
Replied on: 22 Apr 2010 04:04:28
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quote:
Originally posted by The Sage
I'm tempted to make use of the Tabot map. Really, I am.
MarkusTay would love it.
Reply author: Bane of the Harpers
Replied on: 22 Apr 2010 04:15:29
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I'd really like to see one for the Lake of Steam/Border Kingdoms region. It would be very useful for a game I am playing actually!
Reply author: Snowblood
Replied on: 22 Apr 2010 06:36:34
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honestly.....Wow!!!!!!!!
Reply author: Penknight
Replied on: 22 Apr 2010 06:47:15
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quote:If you get around to the Silver Marches, I'd very much like to see Lothen of the Silver Spires as well as Telardon, City of the Emerald Spires listed on it.
Originally posted by Elfinblade
Rob, you wouldnt happen to have Silver Marches finished? :)
Great job!
Reply author: dragonfriend
Replied on: 22 Apr 2010 06:59:31
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Fantastic maps!
I'd like to see the Western heartlands.
Reply author: BlackAce
Replied on: 22 Apr 2010 07:56:18
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Great work! I'm looking to the finished atlas!
Reply author: HandsomeRob
Replied on: 22 Apr 2010 14:55:50
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Thanks everyone. Hopefully these will cover the areas everyone wants to see for now. If not, let me know and I'll throw some more sections up for you.
Cormyr, Sembia, and the Dalelands: http://img153.yfrog.com/img153/7192/cormyrdalelands.jpg
Lake of Steam: http://img706.yfrog.com/img706/91/lakeofsteam.jpg
The Northwest: http://img710.yfrog.com/img710/5359/northwest.jpg
Remember, if you notice mistakes or omissions please call them to my attention! And thanks again for having a look.
-Rob
Reply author: Cleric Generic
Replied on: 22 Apr 2010 15:25:17
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Yay! More awesome.
The one suggestion I might make is for the possible use of a smaller font on labels. In some places like central Cormyr the map starts to disappear behind a wall of text, which should go away if the letters and the while halo shrink just a smidge
Other than that, it's solid cool.
EDIT: Oh yeah! and FINALLY someone makes a detailed map of Anauroch! *sniff* I love you man...
Reply author: Hawkins
Replied on: 22 Apr 2010 16:34:33
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Wow! Thank you!
Reply author: HandsomeRob
Replied on: 22 Apr 2010 17:32:03
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quote:
Originally posted by Cleric Generic
Oh yeah! and FINALLY someone makes a detailed map of Anauroch! *sniff* I love you man...
Well, since you asked so nicely:
Anauroch: http://img94.yfrog.com/img94/6113/anauroch.jpg
-Rob
Reply author: Cleric Generic
Replied on: 22 Apr 2010 17:49:58
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quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob
Well, since you asked so nicely:
Anauroch: http://img94.yfrog.com/img94/6113/anauroch.jpg
-Rob
LOL! Nice one.
Reply author: Alisttair
Replied on: 22 Apr 2010 17:55:09
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Hey those are nice. Thanks for sharing!
Reply author: Darkmeer
Replied on: 22 Apr 2010 17:59:50
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Umm... wow. Awesome job.
If you're doing requests, may we havea map of shou lung/wa please?
The rest of the Maztican continent would be awesome as well!
But, that being said, I'm just happy to see someone doing these maps. You did an excellent job on all of them, and thank you VERY much for sharing!
Steve
Reply author: Asharak
Replied on: 22 Apr 2010 18:45:25
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Fantastic maps !!!
Reply author: Brimstone
Replied on: 22 Apr 2010 19:37:31
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Outstanding!
Reply author: Mr_Miscellany
Replied on: 22 Apr 2010 21:00:22
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Very nice work. Thank you for sharing!
Reply author: The Sage
Replied on: 23 Apr 2010 01:06:56
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quote:Oh! Lake of Steam. Very, very nice!
Originally posted by HandsomeRob
Thanks everyone. Hopefully these will cover the areas everyone wants to see for now. If not, let me know and I'll throw some more sections up for you.
Cormyr, Sembia, and the Dalelands: http://img153.yfrog.com/img153/7192/cormyrdalelands.jpg
Lake of Steam: http://img706.yfrog.com/img706/91/lakeofsteam.jpg
The Northwest: http://img710.yfrog.com/img710/5359/northwest.jpg
Remember, if you notice mistakes or omissions please call them to my attention! And thanks again for having a look.
-Rob
Reply author: Darkmeer
Replied on: 23 Apr 2010 03:49:22
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quote:
Originally posted by The Sagequote:Oh! Lake of Steam. Very, very nice!
Originally posted by HandsomeRob
Thanks everyone. Hopefully these will cover the areas everyone wants to see for now. If not, let me know and I'll throw some more sections up for you.
Cormyr, Sembia, and the Dalelands: http://img153.yfrog.com/img153/7192/cormyrdalelands.jpg
Lake of Steam: http://img706.yfrog.com/img706/91/lakeofsteam.jpg
The Northwest: http://img710.yfrog.com/img710/5359/northwest.jpg
Remember, if you notice mistakes or omissions please call them to my attention! And thanks again for having a look.
-Rob
And in the southernmost portion of that map is the wonderful island of Tharsult!
Reply author: Joran Nobleheart
Replied on: 23 Apr 2010 11:47:40
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Absolutely amazing job on these maps, Rob! Thank you so much for all of your hard work and dedication!
Reply author: HandsomeRob
Replied on: 23 Apr 2010 22:41:00
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Some new sections I've been asked for:
Chult: http://img263.yfrog.com/img263/4629/chult.jpg
Halruaa: http://img72.yfrog.com/img72/5642/halruaa.jpg
The Moonsea: http://img709.yfrog.com/img709/4163/moonsea.jpg
Wa and Kozakura: http://img444.yfrog.com/img444/8571/wakozakura.jpg
Two other maps I was asked for (Shou Lung, Maztica) are a bit too large for me to give you in just one file, so if you have more specific smaller regions you'd like to see please let me know.
I realized that I have been linking to files that are much larger than they need to be. So from now on, the maps I'll link here will be at half the scale of the previous maps. Everything is still readable at the new scale and the files are much smaller.
Thanks, and if you have more requests I won't be able to give you new maps until sometime next week, but I will try hard to get you what you need.
-Rob
Reply author: Elfinblade
Replied on: 23 Apr 2010 22:46:56
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Ohhh Chult! This will come in handy with our campaign. Again, amazing job on the maps Rob :)
Reply author: Cleric Generic
Replied on: 24 Apr 2010 00:30:17
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Yup, this is seriously Herculean stuff right here...
quick note: on the Moonsea map, between 'Elventree' and 'The Elven Court' there seems to be an unlabelled three-dot site.
EDIT: I hereby nominate HandsomeRob for the position of Faerunian deity of Maps and Cartography. All in favour, say 'aye'.
Reply author: rjfras
Replied on: 24 Apr 2010 01:06:02
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can we get links to the larger scale files too? I liked how they opened up bigger, it was easier to read the names
Reply author: dragonfriend
Replied on: 25 Apr 2010 00:18:37
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All the maps are wonderful! i love them, n amazing work! I can't wait to see all of the world! rashemen, Great Glacier, shou Lung!
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 25 Apr 2010 04:01:11
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Mmm... Halruaa, Chult, Aglarond, Cormyr, and the Moonsea... ...any chance of a sneak peek at Thay?
This is first-rate work... and from your original post, the complete map will be zoomable and (hopefully) one file, as massive as that might be...
One other question, regarding map locations: Were you able to find accurate location data for all of the true mythal cities? I'm curious because one or two of the mythal cities of old Keltormir never had detailed locations published in canon as far as I'm aware, and then there's Myth Adofaer in the High Forest...
Edit: List from Eric L. Boyd on REALMS-L:
Myth Drannor (detailed in Cormanthyr: Empire of Elves and Ruins of Myth Drannor)
Myth Nantar (mentioned in Ruins of Myth Drannor and detailed in Sea of Fallen Stars and (partially) in the Wyrmskull Throne)
Myth Lharast (mentioned in Ruins of Myth Drannor, briefly described in Lands of Intrigue: Amn and Faiths & Avatars (Selune write-up))
Myth Glaurach (mentioned in Ruins of Myth Drannor)
Myth Dyraalis (Keltormir; discussed in Lands of Intrigue: Tethyr)
Myth Rhynn (Keltormir; discussed in Lands of Intrigue: Tethyr)
Myth Unnohyr (Keltormir; discussed in Lands of Intrigue: Tethyr)
Myth Ondath (mentioned in Volo's Guide to All Things Magical and Cormanthyr: Empire of Elves)
Myth Iiscar, a flying city which has fallen onto the isle of Lantan. (discussed in Cormanthyr)
Myth Adofaer, last city of Siluvanede in the High Forest, placed, along with its inhabitants, into stasis and removed from Faerun until certain conditions are met to restore it and its people to the Realms. (discussed in Cormanthyr)
I'll check through the above-cited sources again and see if I can puzzle out more precise locations for you.
Reply author: Wooly Rupert
Replied on: 25 Apr 2010 05:03:30
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Myth Glaurach had a pretty good write-up back in the days of Mintiper's Chapbook.
Part 5: Myth Glaurach
Reply author: The Sage
Replied on: 25 Apr 2010 05:46:19
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There's a few tidbits about Myth Ondath in Ruins of Myth Drannor also. 'Twas actually were it first saw print.
And Myth Adofhaer has a further small amount of information in Lost Empires of Faerūn, but nothing at all about this city, its inhabitants or any other details.
Oh and, we've got these bits from Sage Schend also:-
quote:
"Myth Adofhaer...sheesh. I had to go back and reread what I wrote.... Forgot quite a bit about Siluvanede and its mythal city....
Actually, it's taking me more than an hour to even scare up references and files to this site and/or details on Siluvanede. I'll have to look at reorganizing files so I can find things easier.
Off the top of my head, it's the last Siluvanedden city, its mythal sets it into a side-dimension/pocket dimension (but not that of Shade), and it will be chock full of gold elves exclusively. Now, are they those who didn't agree with the corrupt leadership, leaving with lots of lore in hopes for the future? Are they those who left after "the Sixth Crown War" in hopes of revenge later vs. Sharrven? What exactly did they do to the mythal that blipped them out of phase with the Realms and why haven't they been found? I always considered it a time-shift, and they've sent themselves along to the future but won't rematerialize until it's safe. Conditions for its return really depend on who pulled the city out of reality, dunnit?"
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"Honestly, using my old notes on elvish, "ado" is peace/peaceful and "faer" is magic; thus Myth Adofaer (no h in there I was aware of, unless my notes are wrong) is "the place of peaceful magics."
Alternately, there could have been some elven disinformation campaigns going on all across the centuries...
What if the city's name was actually Myth Adofhaor? "Fhaor" is the concept of magical death/change/alteration (but not of an evil nature), so the city could have been some crucible of change seen as a good thing by the Siluvanedden.
Innit great how one or two letters can totally change one's perceptions of an idea? Just another direction y'all can take this in your campaigns, if you so choose...."
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"Well, if Myth Adofaer/Adofhaor truly time-shifted with its mythal, that's one possible outcome, in having the orc horde invade the city and have them pull themselves out of time again, not feeling too safe.
Another option, which I don't think is used often enough, is this: Gates permeate the High Forest (as well as all of Faerun); who say's they all transport people across space? What if they simply tunnel short-cuts through time, throwing people days or weeks or centuries ahead rather than miles? I love the idea of an orc horde and Ellarthion's Crusade rumbling out of the High Forest next Mirtul...
Steven"
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 25 Apr 2010 09:32:23
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A thought on Sage Schend's musings regarding Myth Adofaer/Adofhaor (which I've had in my e-lore collection for some time now)... what if it started out as Myth Adofaer, but became Myth Adofhaor when it went into temporal stasis? Still, I'd like to have a more precise physical location for it before it shifted... as far as when it's returning, I have my own ideas, keyed to the fey'ri... 
Reply author: The Sage
Replied on: 25 Apr 2010 15:46:27
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quote:That's an interesting interpretation.
Originally posted by Jakk
A thought on Sage Schend's musings regarding Myth Adofaer/Adofhaor (which I've had in my e-lore collection for some time now)... what if it started out as Myth Adofaer, but became Myth Adofhaor when it went into temporal stasis? Still, I'd like to have a more precise physical location for it before it shifted... as far as when it's returning, I have my own ideas, keyed to the fey'ri...
One of the possible ideas behind the name change that I've introduced in my own Realms suggests that, simply, the latter "Adofhaor" demonstrates the evolution of the elven language while the city was held in time-stasis. Because, as I see it, "fhaor" could conceivably find it's linguistic roots in the earlier "faer" -- with both having similar definitions. "Faer," relating to magic is still, ultimately, about the process of change and alteration... to a degree. So, therefore, the slight tweaking of the term "faer" to "fhaor" illustrates how the elven language, through the centuries [while Adofaer/Adofhaor was held in stasis], might have evolved -- to the point where "fhaor" not only now relates to magical change... but other types of change and alteration as well. Like death, as Steven noted above.
And it's entirely more applicable anyway, since the city has "changed" from its pre-stasis times, and has undergone a type of "death" only to be reborn in a later time. A period of alteration "but not of an evil nature" as Steven said in those quoted portions above.
Reply author: Darkmeer
Replied on: 26 Apr 2010 05:48:45
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quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob
Some new sections I've been asked for:
Chult: http://img263.yfrog.com/img263/4629/chult.jpg
Halruaa: http://img72.yfrog.com/img72/5642/halruaa.jpg
The Moonsea: http://img709.yfrog.com/img709/4163/moonsea.jpg
Wa and Kozakura: http://img444.yfrog.com/img444/8571/wakozakura.jpg
Two other maps I was asked for (Shou Lung, Maztica) are a bit too large for me to give you in just one file, so if you have more specific smaller regions you'd like to see please let me know.
I realized that I have been linking to files that are much larger than they need to be. So from now on, the maps I'll link here will be at half the scale of the previous maps. Everything is still readable at the new scale and the files are much smaller.
Thanks, and if you have more requests I won't be able to give you new maps until sometime next week, but I will try hard to get you what you need.
-Rob
Umm... Rob...
I bow before you and your awesome mapmaking skills! OMG those are awesome.
I'd really like a whole map of Shou Lung into the Hordelands so I can edge everything up together on my own computer. I have to say that I love your maps!
(Disclaimer: I also love MarkusTay's maps, as well).
/d
Reply author: Brimstone
Replied on: 26 Apr 2010 07:41:55
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Will Big Al be hosting these beauties?
Also Rob do you have a Map of the Vilhon Reach?
Reply author: The Sage
Replied on: 26 Apr 2010 09:47:38
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quote:I'm sure we can find some space in the Map Room.
Originally posted by Brimstone
Will Big Al be hosting these beauties?
Reply author: Brimstone
Replied on: 26 Apr 2010 10:12:57
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quote:
Originally posted by The Sagequote:I'm sure we can find some space in the Map Room.
Originally posted by Brimstone
Will Big Al be hosting these beauties?
Great!
Reply author: Marquant Volker
Replied on: 26 Apr 2010 10:45:01
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Thanks for sharing!
Reply author: Joran Nobleheart
Replied on: 27 Apr 2010 22:57:17
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I was just looking over the Northwest map, and saw that Myth Glarauch was missing. A friend of mine that occasionaly comes around the site let me know when we were planning a foray into the Silver Marches and pointed it out to me. I hope you don't mind my mentioning it, sir. And again, you do an incredible job on the maps!
Reply author: Joran Nobleheart
Replied on: 29 Apr 2010 16:33:35
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Oh, this seems to be a great place to ask a question that I've been wondering for some time. I'm thinking about having my players get plane shifted to Faerie (which I guess is the Feywild in 4E, right?) but I haven't seen any maps of that area at all. Do any exist, and if so, would someone mind providing a link to it here, please? I've searched all over Google for one, but nothing's come up thus far. I run a 3.5E campaign, but will gladly take a 4E map if there is one. And if it could point out where Tintageer was, that would be great also. Thank you!
Reply author: Cleric Generic
Replied on: 29 Apr 2010 16:42:51
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yup, Feywild is just the new/variant name for Faerie. the 4e FRCG suggests that that the two worlds are broadly geographically similar, but not all major landmarks are necessarily the same.
What I'd do is look at the maps of ancient Faerun from GHotR and Lost Empires as a good starting point.
Other than that, I don't know of anything official.
Reply author: Joran Nobleheart
Replied on: 29 Apr 2010 16:52:59
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quote:
Originally posted by Cleric Generic
yup, Feywild is just the new/variant name for Faerie. the 4e FRCG suggests that that the two worlds are broadly geographically similar, but not all major landmarks are necessarily the same.
What I'd do is look at the maps of ancient Faerun from GHotR and Lost Empires as a good starting point.
Other than that, I don't know of anything official.
Ah, thank you, my friend. I didn't realize that they were simply using Faerun as a basis. I think I can come up with something, but if ever they decide to give a map of Faerie, I hope I'm able to find it.
One last question then, if I may. Was a map ever done of the star elves demiplane realm?
Reply author: Cleric Generic
Replied on: 29 Apr 2010 17:02:10
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Not that I've ever seen. In 4e it's become part of the Feywild and is, I think, the Aglarond analogue there.
EDIT: also, google Fractal Terrain Demo. It's a really handy and simple utility for randomly generating vaguely realistic looking landscapes and such. You could just poke that until it makes a cool shape and start working from there.
Reply author: Joran Nobleheart
Replied on: 29 Apr 2010 17:10:09
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Oh, very interesting! Thank you very much, Cleric! And I didn't realize that that particular area had also been taken into the Feywild, but then I'm not one that keeps up on 4E. I do have to say though that I hope the nilshai were finally stopped from burrowing in to their domain. I have an adventure set aside that's still being prepared in my mind where the PCs go and lend their aid to stop them from messing with Sildeyuir. Again, my thanks!
Reply author: Cleric Generic
Replied on: 29 Apr 2010 17:27:55
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The Nilshai aren't mentioned specifically in reference to Sildeyuir, but the FRCG does mention that there are bits left over from the demi-plane's transition to the Feywild that are inhabited by 'strange monsters'...
Reply author: Sian
Replied on: 29 Apr 2010 19:46:04
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could i please request a cut of Damara/Vassa region?
Reply author: Markustay
Replied on: 29 Apr 2010 19:47:44
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quote:
Originally posted by Brimstonequote:
Originally posted by The Sage
I'm tempted to make use of the Tabot map. Really, I am.
MarkusTay would love it.
Yes I would
Reply author: Brimstone
Replied on: 29 Apr 2010 19:49:16
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quote:
Originally posted by Markustayquote:
Originally posted by Brimstonequote:
Originally posted by The Sage
I'm tempted to make use of the Tabot map. Really, I am.
MarkusTay would love it.
Yes I would
Good.
Now start posting again!
Reply author: HandsomeRob
Replied on: 03 May 2010 17:01:33
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More requests:
Great Glacier: http://img404.yfrog.com/img404/9042/pelvuria.jpg
Hordelands (big): http://img688.yfrog.com/img688/3459/hordelands.jpg
Rashemen: http://img91.yfrog.com/img91/1394/rashemen.jpg
Shou Lung (big): http://img695.yfrog.com/img695/8204/shoulung.jpg
Thay: http://img208.yfrog.com/img208/3584/thay.jpg
Vaasa and Damara: http://img153.yfrog.com/img153/2919/vaasadamara.jpg
Vilhon Reach: http://img87.yfrog.com/img87/3034/vilhonreach.jpg
That new Vaasa map that was posted elsewhere is amazing. I'll have to incorporate it into a later version.
If there are any more request, let me know and I'll try to get them for you. Thanks!
-Rob
Reply author: Cleric Generic
Replied on: 03 May 2010 17:20:22
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booyeah...
Reply author: Joran Nobleheart
Replied on: 03 May 2010 17:49:41
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Perhaps you could do one of the Sword Coast?
Reply author: Asharak
Replied on: 03 May 2010 19:38:26
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quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob
If there are any more request, let me know and I'll try to get them for you. Thanks!
-Rob
Moonshae?
Reply author: dragonfriend
Replied on: 03 May 2010 21:33:00
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sword coast/western heartlands please
Reply author: HandsomeRob
Replied on: 03 May 2010 22:03:40
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quote:
Originally posted by dragonfriend
sword coast/western heartlands please
Does this one work for you?
http://img710.yfrog.com/img710/5359/northwest.jpg
I'll post some more maps tomorrow, probably.
-Rob
Reply author: dragonfriend
Replied on: 03 May 2010 22:25:41
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quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRobquote:
Originally posted by dragonfriend
sword coast/western heartlands please
Does this one work for you?
http://img710.yfrog.com/img710/5359/northwest.jpg
I'll post some more maps tomorrow, probably.
-Rob
Ehm,wonderful, like all your maps. i'll like to print them postersize.
But, I ment the lands between river Delmbyr and Amn. with Baldur's gate, Beregost, Iraebor, Candlekeep.
It's a request, if you can, tomorrow or the day after or the the after tomorrow.
Thanks Rob
Reply author: The Sage
Replied on: 04 May 2010 01:06:53
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quote:The Thay and Vilhon Reach maps will prove very, very useful.
Originally posted by HandsomeRob
More requests:
Great Glacier: http://img404.yfrog.com/img404/9042/pelvuria.jpg
Hordelands (big): http://img688.yfrog.com/img688/3459/hordelands.jpg
Rashemen: http://img91.yfrog.com/img91/1394/rashemen.jpg
Shou Lung (big): http://img695.yfrog.com/img695/8204/shoulung.jpg
Thay: http://img208.yfrog.com/img208/3584/thay.jpg
Vaasa and Damara: http://img153.yfrog.com/img153/2919/vaasadamara.jpg
Vilhon Reach: http://img87.yfrog.com/img87/3034/vilhonreach.jpg
That new Vaasa map that was posted elsewhere is amazing. I'll have to incorporate it into a later version.
If there are any more request, let me know and I'll try to get them for you. Thanks!
-Rob
Thanks Rob.
Reply author: Elfinblade
Replied on: 04 May 2010 01:19:05
Message:
I am intrigued by the map of the Great Glacier. I must send my players up there some time. Too many goodies left untouched! :)
Reply author: Darkmeer
Replied on: 04 May 2010 06:54:27
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob
More requests:
Great Glacier: http://img404.yfrog.com/img404/9042/pelvuria.jpg
Hordelands (big): http://img688.yfrog.com/img688/3459/hordelands.jpg
Rashemen: http://img91.yfrog.com/img91/1394/rashemen.jpg
Shou Lung (big): http://img695.yfrog.com/img695/8204/shoulung.jpg
Thay: http://img208.yfrog.com/img208/3584/thay.jpg
Vaasa and Damara: http://img153.yfrog.com/img153/2919/vaasadamara.jpg
Vilhon Reach: http://img87.yfrog.com/img87/3034/vilhonreach.jpg
That new Vaasa map that was posted elsewhere is amazing. I'll have to incorporate it into a later version.
If there are any more request, let me know and I'll try to get them for you. Thanks!
-Rob
Oh thank you thank you thank you! May I ask to continue the Shou Lung map down the coast to include Laothan? Perhaps a central one to bridge the gap across Tu Lung? (I'd love the coastline)
Thank you again for doing the map. It's wonderful to see.
Steve
Reply author: Sill Alias
Replied on: 04 May 2010 07:10:10
Message:
Oh, my! Deneir bless you, you are mortal god of mapmaking!
Reply author: HandsomeRob
Replied on: 04 May 2010 15:32:47
Message:
More requests:
Maztica (big): http://img293.yfrog.com/img293/5169/maztica.jpg
Moonshaes: http://img245.yfrog.com/img245/919/moonshaes.jpg
T'u Lung (big): http://img718.yfrog.com/img718/9896/tulung2.jpg
West Heartlands: http://img576.yfrog.com/img576/9008/westheartlands.jpg
Would the Candlekeep admins like to host these maps in the Map Room?
-Rob
Reply author: The Sage
Replied on: 04 May 2010 16:16:43
Message:
quote:We certainly would!
Originally posted by HandsomeRob
Would the Candlekeep admins like to host these maps in the Map Room?
I'll contact Alaundo and see what we can arrange.
Reply author: Asharak
Replied on: 04 May 2010 18:23:36
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob
More requests:
Maztica (big): http://img293.yfrog.com/img293/5169/maztica.jpg
Moonshaes: http://img245.yfrog.com/img245/919/moonshaes.jpg
T'u Lung (big): http://img718.yfrog.com/img718/9896/tulung2.jpg
West Heartlands: http://img576.yfrog.com/img576/9008/westheartlands.jpg
Would the Candlekeep admins like to host these maps in the Map Room?
-Rob
Thank you very much!
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 04 May 2010 18:51:52
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by Elfinblade
I am intrigued by the map of the Great Glacier. I must send my players up there some time. Too many goodies left untouched! :)
As am I... but I'm more intrigued by all the locations in Raurin that I was heretofore unaware of...
Question for you, Rob... would you be interested in doing a map of Netheril (either pre-Anauroch or post-Anauroch; my preference is the former, as shown in the Arcane Age boxed set and Lost Empires of Faerun)? Ideally, one that could be pasted seamlessly over Anauroch in the main map; the main consequence of the Spellplague in my Realms (apart from the emergence of Laerakond) is the un-desertification of Anauroch (this begins with the war between Shade and the Phaerimm, which takes some different turns in my Realms), and I'd like to have a map... obviously, the pre-Fall of Karsus locations would be ruins, except for the floating enclaves, whose final locations are mostly unknown in the present Realms.
Obviously, the main Toril map is your first priority for this community, so if you don't have time for such a project, I understand. Just in case it wasn't already apparent, we love these maps!
On that note... a couple more requests for you:
- the Lands of Intrigue (Amn/Tethyr/Calimshan)... unless, of course, you're still working on locating those two missing mythals of Keltormir; if so, I can wait... Edit: May 8: That's one missing mythal (Myth Unnohyr is the only one in that neck of the woods that I can't find on your map); amazing job there, Rob!
- erm... well... okay, I'll be honest; I just wanna see the whole thing in all its glory! I'll try to be patient and wait for the whole thing in some form... just in case I get impatient, a clip of Impiltur and the Vast would be great... edit: found my other request; sorry.
Thanks!
Edit: also May 8: Fixed misidentification of mythal... is that a mythidentification? R. I. P. Robert Asprin.
Also: Another typo: In northern Calimshan, the "Iltaker Garrison" should be the "Iltakar Garrison".
Reply author: Pazuzu
Replied on: 04 May 2010 19:19:52
Message:
Thank you again, Rob! Awesome and helpy maps!
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 04 May 2010 19:58:17
Message:
Heh... on a second look at your "Lake of Steam" map, I found Myth Dyraalis... was that a late addition, or did I miss it the first time around? I wouldn't be surprised at the latter; you did a great initial job finding stuff.
Again, these maps are great; the "other request" in my edit above was for Cormyr and the Dalelands... but I seem to remember a clip of Murghom and Semphar, and for some reason I can't find it now... either I'm hallucinating or I'm going blind. Hopefully the former; I haven't seen nearly enough of these maps yet.
Edit: May 8: I found Murghom and Semphar... on the Hordelands map... and I seem to recall that Semphar has a circumflex on the "a" (as Murghom does on the "o")... I'm too impatient to fiddle with the Windows Character Map and I have better things to remember than control key sequences; my apologies, and I hope that's clear. I also found Myth Lharast (on the Tethyr map again).
Reply author: Razz
Replied on: 05 May 2010 04:32:21
Message:
Vaasa has some new pre-Spellplague geographical areas and sites added in recently. Might want to edit the map to include these locales in it:
honkin' big link
Well, not all of them. A few are post-Spellplague it seems. I'm just unsure which ones. It also shows some of Thar, Pelvuria, and western Damara. Of the sites I know to be Post-Spellplague concerning Vaasa is justFugue. Not all of these places were given description in Dungeon Magazine #177.
One can rule that Kultaakar/Baunilorotha are both Post-Spellplague, but the descriptions states the region was once an ancient kingdom of Ostoria that, for decades, giants have been moving into and reconstructing in Baunilorotha. So I can see the the flowering of this nation and site working in pre-Spellplague times also.
Mod edit: Cast shrinky link.
Reply author: Darkmeer
Replied on: 05 May 2010 06:43:12
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob
More requests:
Maztica (big): http://img293.yfrog.com/img293/5169/maztica.jpg
Moonshaes: http://img245.yfrog.com/img245/919/moonshaes.jpg
T'u Lung (big): http://img718.yfrog.com/img718/9896/tulung2.jpg
West Heartlands: http://img576.yfrog.com/img576/9008/westheartlands.jpg
Would the Candlekeep admins like to host these maps in the Map Room?
-Rob
Wow. Just wow. Excellent work Rob. Thank you again, so very much.
At some point, if you ever split this all into 'bite sized portions,' I'll be happy to be able to put everything together as you did (that 'whole map of Toril' has long been a desired possession. You are making that happen. Thank you).
I'll reiterate, this is wonderful work there. I'm glad MarkusTay's work inspired you. I love the comparison in details for your maps, and I love the fact that you have taken SOOOOO much time to do this.
I'd love to see more of the Kara Tur region, but I've taken so much of your time already. If you're feeling generous, the mountain range that separates the Hordelands & the rest of Faerun proper (into the Yamunkahar (sp?) ) would be awesome.
/d
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 07 May 2010 01:01:19
Message:
As Darkmeer mentions doing for himself, I've started reassembling some of the fragments you've given us... and I ran into a problem... er, two problems. I'm sure the first is a problem with my software, and the second is with my virtual memory settings, but (a) when I save a composite map (for instance, Vaasa/Damara, Moonsea, and Dalelands), the resulting file is far smaller than any one of the originals; I seem to be losing resolution when I save the assembled image; and (b) I'm running WinXPPro SP3 with 4GB RAM (actually 8GB, but I haven't upgraded my OS yet, so 4GB is all I can use) and I'm running out of memory when I try to save the assembled Thay, Hordelands, T'u Lung, and Shou Lung. Not really surprising, given the sizes of the files, but it motivates me to ask:
What kind of hardware are you building this map on, Rob? 
Edit: Third point: I've noticed that a couple of the maps you've given us are saved at different levels of magnification from most of the others... I can be patient and wait for the whole thing, if you're any closer to a portable file size. After my experience with patchworking, I just worry that a reduction in file size will impair the zoomability too much. Keep us posted on what you come up with.
Edit 2: May 8: Regarding the different scales... I thought I'd let other scribes know that they seem to be at 2x/50%, from the fiddling I've done. Hence the strikethru above; consider that resolved.
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Many thanks again for all of this!
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 08 May 2010 03:18:32
Message:
On the subject of patience: I do possess it, but I just realized how much fun I'm having assembling this puzzle. Got any more pieces?
Edit: In particular, the Sword Coast between Daggerford and Athkatla east to the Shining Plains, Calimshan, and/or Unther and Mulhorand would be awesome... whatever you think is ready for initial perusal.
Oh... and pumping up my VM settings did fix that issue... to a point. I can assemble the Hordelands and Kara-Tur into one file, but going bigger than that is problematic. Just thought anyone else trying to do the same thing would appreciate the fix.
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 08 May 2010 03:24:02
Message:
Heh... on further inspection of Raurin, there's an unnamed oasis in the southwest reaches of the desert near the Giant's Belt. In case we haven't said it enough, these maps are glorious!
Edit: Found another misprint... the mountains east of Tethyr are the Kuldin Peaks, not the Kulden Peaks, IIRC... I'm pretty sure about this one because I DM'ed a group through several adventures involving Kartak Spellseer/Spulzeer (who has a hidden lair in said mountains), but I'll ask other scribes to double-check this, as I'm AFB ATM.
How did I get so fluent in abbreviation-speak?
Edit: Not sure if this one's already been reported; I couldn't find a mention of it, but that means nothing... there's another unnamed oasis, this one near the southwestern edge of Anauroch. I can, however, understand some oases simply not having names, if they're small and infrequently used (and not for any notable reason, like being haunted).
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 08 May 2010 07:10:05
Message:
I've assembled all the contiguous sections we've been given so far, with the exception of the Moonshaes... I didn't leave myself enough room to insert them, and MS Paint doesn't let me insert empty space to the left (as far as I'm aware, anyway).
By way of another request (Edit: I do hope I'm not seeming greedy here) : More of the Shaar would be awesome; that would allow us to attach Dambrath and Halruaa to the main continent. I hope other scribes are having as much fun with this puzzle as I am; this is great!
As much fun as reassembling it is, I would still suggest that a single-file torrent is the best means of distribution for the whole map, but I don't know what the logistics of that means of distribution are like, apart from its reliance on essentially P2P downloading.
Anyway, it's time for me to shut up and get some sleep. Thank you again, Rob, for all of your hard work and the amazing results thereof.
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 08 May 2010 19:00:20
Message:
Me again, Rob... 
I was scanning semi-randomly through your online full-Toril map when I found Katashaka/Nyambe, and two three things struck me after looking over the entire continent:
a) What an awesome job you did of twisting the Nyambe locations into the Katashaka geography (from what I remember; I don't have my copy of Nyambe to hand ATM);
b) How diabolically happy I was to see the text "Yuan-Ti Land" in the map (it has to do with how Katashaka and Chult were both once part of the same landmass in the area of the sarrukh empire of Mhairshaulk - see GHotR page 6 - evil reptilian plans are slithering into my Realms);
c) The strange name of mbUi=Land 
and, on a related note, the spelling of "Great Mangrove Maarsh"... Hey, I had to find *something* wrong with it.
Seriously, every time I look at these maps, I feel like a kid in a candy store... a feeling I haven't had since MarkusTay was working full-steam on his Toril map. Hopefully my enthusiasm hasn't sounded *too* much like impatience...
Edit: I love the detail in the Pirate Isles. I played in a 2E privateer campaign that began shortly after the release of Pirates of the Fallen Stars, and it was a blast! In the end, around 15th level, we found Immurk's lost hoard and retired to the South to provide shipborne tours of the Shining Sea.
One last request: There are a couple of gaping holes in the East of the assembled map; if we could get a section bordered by the Dragon Reach in the west, the Dragonjaw Mountains / Paolin Reef in the south, Lake Ashane in the east, and the border with Pelvuria in the north, I can stop asking for stuff for a while... I hope. Willpower has never been a strength of mine.
Reply author: Razz
Replied on: 09 May 2010 05:09:30
Message:
I was wondering if Kozakura can display the province borders and names? Or just have a link next to it showing Kozakura zoomed in with province borders and names? That'd definitely be very helpful.
Really nice world map, though, I can't wait to see more.
So when do you update these? And is there a site in particular to see all of these together?
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 09 May 2010 05:47:28
Message:
Razz,
There are plots afoot to host the maps here at CK. I really do want to find a way to get the entire map in a single hi-res file... ideally the vector-mapped original format, but (a) I'm pretty sure it won't fit on a single DVD, even dual-layer, and (b) I don't think we can send hard drives safely through the mail yet, and (c) I don't really have a spare hard drive anyway... although those new solid-state drives might be just what we need for this... hrm... what do you think, Rob?
Reply author: HandsomeRob
Replied on: 10 May 2010 14:37:38
Message:
Hi all,
I just dropped in and was surprised to see a bunch of requests in this thread! I'll try to get to them this week.
As for getting a huge hi-res file, well, it may not be possible. But what we might be able to do is divide the map into, say, 16 equally sized sections for easy assembly. What do you think?
-Rob
EDIT:
quote:
Originally posted by Jakk
mbUi=Land
Whoops. That crazy capitalization is actually correct, but I don't know how that equal sign got in there. It's supposed to be a dash.
quote:
Originally posted by Jakk
Razz,
There are plots afoot to host the maps here at CK. I really do want to find a way to get the entire map in a single hi-res file... ideally the vector-mapped original format, but (a) I'm pretty sure it won't fit on a single DVD, even dual-layer, and (b) I don't think we can send hard drives safely through the mail yet, and (c) I don't really have a spare hard drive anyway... although those new solid-state drives might be just what we need for this... hrm... what do you think, Rob?
Reply author: Quale
Replied on: 10 May 2010 19:08:21
Message:
Nyambe has the Isle of the Overpower, that's where Ao hides
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 11 May 2010 06:00:02
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by Quale
Nyambe has the Isle of the Overpower, that's where Ao hides
I like it... but does that mean that his avatars are all Outsider (Native)?
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 11 May 2010 06:07:44
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob
Hi all,
I just dropped in and was surprised to see a bunch of requests in this thread! I'll try to get to them this week.
As for getting a huge hi-res file, well, it may not be possible. But what we might be able to do is divide the map into, say, 16 equally sized sections for easy assembly. What do you think?
-Rob
EDIT:quote:
Originally posted by Jakk
mbUi=Land
Whoops. That crazy capitalization is actually correct, but I don't know how that equal sign got in there. It's supposed to be a dash.
regarding the capitalization... are you sure that your source isn't a typo (i.e., do you have more than one source)?And regarding the map: that might work, but I don't think we'd have the computing power to do the reassembly... my assembled chunks are several times smaller than the original files I'm downloading, so I know I'm losing detail when I save my assemblies, and I'm still running into "out of memory" issues when I try to attach Faerun to Kara-Tur and the Hordelands (or attach Kara-Tur to Faerun and the Hordelands), and I'm running 2GB of RAM (4GB if I ever get around to upgrading to Windows 7). This could be entirely due to the limitations of MS Paint, however...
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 11 May 2010 06:18:08
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by Razz
So when do you update these? And is there a site in particular to see all of these together?
Razz,
I forgot to reply to this part of your post; my bad.
This is the link you want.
Reply author: Darkmeer
Replied on: 11 May 2010 16:39:14
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob
Hi all,
I just dropped in and was surprised to see a bunch of requests in this thread! I'll try to get to them this week.
As for getting a huge hi-res file, well, it may not be possible. But what we might be able to do is divide the map into, say, 16 equally sized sections for easy assembly. What do you think?
-Rob
YES PLEASE!!! (bolding in your post being my doing, of course)
Thank you so much for all your hard work. Question about the "16-section" map, if it comes to fruition, will it include the outlines of the "unknown lands," such as osse? I'm just curious if that could happen as part of this or if it's a project unto itself.
Thanks again
Steve
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 11 May 2010 18:33:05
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob
Hi all,
<snip>quote:
Originally posted by Jakk
Razz,
There are plots afoot to host the maps here at CK. I really do want to find a way to get the entire map in a single hi-res file... ideally the vector-mapped original format, but (a) I'm pretty sure it won't fit on a single DVD, even dual-layer, and (b) I don't think we can send hard drives safely through the mail yet, and (c) I don't really have a spare hard drive anyway... although those new solid-state drives might be just what we need for this... hrm... what do you think, Rob?
<snip>
As for getting a huge hi-res file, well, it may not be possible. But what we might be able to do is divide the map into, say, 16 equally sized sections for easy assembly. What do you think?
-Rob
Copied from Rob's other scroll:
quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRobquote:
Hmm... that is quite the file. Did you work on it in pieces and then stitch it together?
Actually I built the entire thing in Illustrator, using simple vector shapes for forests, mountains, etc. When that was done I went through the excruciating process of moving all of those layers into photoshop and prettying it up. The layered photoshop file is ridiculous - something like 3.5 gigs.<chop>
-Rob
3.5 gigs... my bad... that would easily fit on a single-layer DVD-R... but for those of us who don't have Photoshop, it's not going to be as useful. Still, that means that it will fit on conventional media, which means turning it into a torrent is entirely possible; all we need is a free torrent host and scribes willing to seed the file.
As I've said, the only issue I have with cutting the map up is my current software's apparent inability to reasssemble it without massive loss of image quality (and requiring more RAM than I or most others possess). Do any other scribes have ideas as to software better suited for this job than MS Paint? Ideally freeware?
Reply author: Cleric Generic
Replied on: 11 May 2010 19:34:40
Message:
GIMP is an open source free equivalent of Photo Shop. A bit of googling should find it without too much trouble, just beware of dodgy links.
Reply author: The Curt Jester
Replied on: 11 May 2010 20:24:49
Message:
Thanks for all the maps. Being a PW (Persistent World) admin/DM I'm always looking for maps and stuff that can help with character backgrounds. Since we have a lot more than just a few characters running around, it really helps to actually know what some people are talking about, or help them with something.
This is the first time I've seen a map of the Kara-Tur area. I haven't looked over all the areas, but is there a possibility of getting a larger map that shows the location of Kara-Tur in relation to Faerun?
Anyway, if you don't mind (and I'm sure you don') I'll be copying these for my players to be able to peruse. All credit will be given, of course.
Thanks once again for all the excellent maps.
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 11 May 2010 21:43:20
Message:
Thanks, Cleric Generic!
Rob: I was perusing the Dalelands area again, and I noticed that Harrowdale (not the town) is labeled twice, and it is the only dale so treated; is there a reason for this? Just curious...
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 11 May 2010 21:48:45
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by The Curt Jester
Thanks for all the maps. Being a PW (Persistent World) admin/DM I'm always looking for maps and stuff that can help with character backgrounds. Since we have a lot more than just a few characters running around, it really helps to actually know what some people are talking about, or help them with something.
This is the first time I've seen a map of the Kara-Tur area. I haven't looked over all the areas, but is there a possibility of getting a larger map that shows the location of Kara-Tur in relation to Faerun?<snip>
This is the link you want. The link in the first post leads to Rob's Handsome cartography in all its glory... if you don't mind waiting for the zoom feature to kick in...
Reply author: HandsomeRob
Replied on: 11 May 2010 22:13:17
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by Darkmeer
Question about the "16-section" map, if it comes to fruition, will it include the outlines of the "unknown lands," such as osse? I'm just curious if that could happen as part of this or if it's a project unto itself.
Thanks again
Steve
Yes, but just the coastlines. Having no sources to fill in the middle, I've decided not to (for the most part). Osse is blank, Katashaka is filled with "Nyambe", Anchorome is drawn from non-canon sources found on the web, Lopango is my invention (Anchorome and Lopango are only filled in because Maztica is known and they connect... otherwise I wouldn't have). There are other blank lands out there as well.
Okay here's my list of map sections to get you guys this week:
Calimshan
Unther
The Yehimals
The Shaar
Impiltur/The Vast
Jakk I think you asked for one that looks something like this: http://img576.yfrog.com/img576/9008/westheartlands.jpg
Did I miss any?
Thanks,
-Rob
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 12 May 2010 02:28:07
Message:
Sword Coast South... yummy... Thank you Rob!
Erm... are those others supposed to have links, or have I just managed to post before you had a chance to put them in?
Reply author: Joran Nobleheart
Replied on: 12 May 2010 02:31:27
Message:
I think he hasn't had a chance to post them yet, my friend. I'm looking forward to them also, though. And great map, Rob. Thank you!
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 12 May 2010 02:36:48
Message:
Erm... Jakk epic fail... 
No other words for it, Rob... I went to save that Western Heartlands map you just linked to... and I already have it. The original link is back on page 1 of the scroll... don't ask me how I missed the map itself when I was stitching things together; I've been downloading all of them as you put up the links... like I said, Jakk epic fail...
Many, many thanks for all of this, Rob... and I'll make sure I've looked at every. Single. Map. In the folder before I post another request...
Edit: Addendum: Mulhorand please? And thank you very much again! I think it was in the batch I asked for in the last few days, but I may have missed it... and yes, I've double checked my "Awesome maps from Rob" folder, and there's no sign of Mulhorand... did I miss a link earlier, anyone?
On a related note: Could you possibly extend that Unther clip to include Chessenta? Greatly appreciated!
This is certainly my last regional request; beyond this, I'm happy to wait for the finished multi-part epic.
Thank you again, Rob, for all of your work on this awesome project. You never did answer my question as to your computer hardware... 
Reply author: HandsomeRob
Replied on: 12 May 2010 14:59:58
Message:
Okay y'all new maps:
Calimshan: http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/2265/calimshan.jpg
Impiltur, the Vast, Narfell, Thesk, etc.: http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/9545/impiltur.jpg
The Shaar: http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/461/shaarg.jpg
Unther and Mulhorand: http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/5980/unthermulhorand.jpg
Yehimals: http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/3504/yehimals.jpg
Enjoy!
Reply author: Joran Nobleheart
Replied on: 12 May 2010 23:45:58
Message:
Great maps! Thank you for all your hard work.
Reply author: The Sage
Replied on: 13 May 2010 00:59:02
Message:
I really do like the Yehimals.
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 13 May 2010 01:11:02
Message:
***Jakk does happy dance***
Thank you, Rob!
I'm really glad this is text-based... because seriously, I can't dance, and I don't want to inflict that visual on others.
Many thanks again, Rob... and to those of you who haven't checked out Rob's other project, do so! I've started a new scroll here for comments; as noted there, my plan is to use Sorol (->direct link here<-) as the actual world of Abeir in my Realmspace; see that scroll for more details of my plans, and definitely have a look at the world itself. I was actually even more impressed by this than I was by his awesome Toril map. Seriously. 
Reply author: Elfinblade
Replied on: 13 May 2010 01:41:33
Message:
Nice. Thanks
Reply author: rjfras
Replied on: 15 May 2010 02:02:20
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob
Okay y'all new maps:
Calimshan: http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/2265/calimshan.jpg
Impiltur, the Vast, Narfell, Thesk, etc.: http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/9545/impiltur.jpg
The Shaar: http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/461/shaarg.jpg
Unther and Mulhorand: http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/5980/unthermulhorand.jpg
Yehimals: http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/3504/yehimals.jpg
Enjoy!
I'm loving these maps
On the right side of the Shaar map, just east of River Azulduth is a ruin without a label. Was that intentionally left blank or just an oversight?
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 15 May 2010 06:57:32
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by rjfras
I'm loving these maps
As are we all... I was reminded, looking over these maps, of a long-standing peculiarity... the occurrence of the name "Ormpur" twice; once on the west coast of the Shaar at the western end of the Wyrmbones mountain range, and the other in Narfell between Jiyyd and N'Jast... 
and my search-fu is weak; the explanation eludes me, but I definitely recall that one exists (just as there is an explanation for two Ithmongs, one in Tethyr that was renamed to Darromar, and the other on the shore of Lapaliiya; that land was colonized by Tethyrians, hence the name being repeated; this is in fact an answer from Ed, paraphrased from memory; I don't recall which scroll it was answered in, but I strongly suspect 2008 or 2009, as I believe that it was one of my questions).Edit: I believe that the Ormpur explanation has something to do with a magical portal migration from Narfell to the Shaar... and I found it: GHotR, p39:
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946 DR
The armies of the Nentyarch of Tharos destroy Shandaular, capital of Ashanath. All the petty Nar kingdoms are now united into the Empire of Narfell. The people of Shandaular flee by means of the two-way portal around which their city is built, leaving their leader Arkaius behind to seal it. These people, now in the Council Hills area of the Shaar, name themselves the Arkaiuns in honor of their fallen ruler.
Hah! My search-fu is not as weak as I thought! The elusive lore will yield itself up to me, or be found anyway!
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 15 May 2010 07:36:38
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quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRobquote:
Originally posted by Darkmeer
Question about the "16-section" map, if it comes to fruition, will it include the outlines of the "unknown lands," such as osse? I'm just curious if that could happen as part of this or if it's a project unto itself.
Thanks again
Steve
Yes, but just the coastlines. Having no sources to fill in the middle, I've decided not to (for the most part). Osse is blank, Katashaka is filled with "Nyambe", Anchorome is drawn from non-canon sources found on the web, Lopango is my invention (Anchorome and Lopango are only filled in because Maztica is known and they connect... otherwise I wouldn't have). There are other blank lands out there as well.
<chop>
Thanks,
-Rob
So you've not been convinced to use that other non-canon source for Osse, then? Check out the work by CK scribe Patrakis (link) on the physical geography; his Anchorome and Katashaka look somewhat different, but similar enough to what you've done, and I really like what he did with the larger islands and Osse. I'm of the opinion that the only thing we're going to get for Toril outside of Faerun is what we as a fan community come up with ourselves, and I think that Patrakis' work is the best (if not the only) source I've found for Osse and the larger islands.
If I thought an inquiry to WotC regarding their plans for Toril outside of Faerun would do any good, I'd make that inquiry. But in their approach to 4E, they have clearly demonstrated to me, at least, that Toril outside of Faerun does not exist in their plans.
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 15 May 2010 23:53:57
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Rob, any chance we can convince you *not* to leave those lands lacking canon geography with no geography at all? (See also my latest post (with link) in your "Zoomify" scroll.)
There are enough similar sources out there that producing something consistent for Osse and the larger islands is (imho) a better option than leaving them blank and featureless. A physical geography would give the CK community a starting point to produce a shared, consistent description of these lands, that may be the closest thing to canon that we ever see for them.
Reply author: The Sage
Replied on: 16 May 2010 01:38:20
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quote:I'd like to chip in on this project when and where I'm able, Jakk.
Originally posted by Jakk
There are enough similar sources out there that producing something consistent for Osse and the larger islands is (imho) a better option than leaving them blank and featureless. A physical geography would give the CK community a starting point to produce a shared, consistent description of these lands, that may be the closest thing to canon that we ever see for them.
Reply author: Darkmeer
Replied on: 16 May 2010 05:10:40
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Rob: Love the work with the maps, as always.
Jakk/Sage: Interested in Osse and it's framework. What kind of lore are we talking (and if we get started, a new scroll, perhaps?)
/d
Reply author: Razz
Replied on: 23 May 2010 01:51:48
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Found this buried on the 2nd page, anything new with this lately? Curious.
Reply author: HandsomeRob
Replied on: 23 May 2010 02:14:50
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Razz: if there are more map sections that you're looking for, let me know and I'll try to get them available next week. If you're interested in the Osse Project, check the scroll called "Project Isle" for more details.
-Rob
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 23 May 2010 03:05:40
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On that first note, Rob, a clip of the Golden Water area (from Luiren to Konigheim, approximately) would be brilliant; apart from that, I'm listening to WAV files of crickets to come up with thri-kreen place names. Yes, I'm kidding. I have better sources than that; the difficulty is in making it original. I used "Thri-Kreen of Athas" as a fairly major source for the racial descriptions of my thri-kreen, but it's all properly attributed, cited, etc. I *do* have some original ideas for the society of these thri-kreen, but places need names first...
Reply author: Razz
Replied on: 23 May 2010 04:02:07
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quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob
Razz: if there are more map sections that you're looking for, let me know and I'll try to get them available next week. If you're interested in the Osse Project, check the scroll called "Project Isle" for more details.
-Rob
Nothing I can think of at the moment, other than my previous request for a Kozakura map with provincial names and borders included?
Reply author: HandsomeRob
Replied on: 24 May 2010 15:38:37
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Here's the Shining South:
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/7360/shiningsouth.jpg
Razz, I considered adding the provinces of Kozakura, but they are so incredibly tiny that I decided it was best to leave them off. Perhaps someday I will do an expanded scale map of Kozakura that includes them, but for now I can only say, they don't fit.
Sorry!
-Rob
Reply author: Thauramarth
Replied on: 24 May 2010 15:49:41
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quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob
Here's the Shining South:
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/7360/shiningsouth.jpg
Razz, I considered adding the provinces of Kozakura, but they are so incredibly tiny that I decided it was best to leave them off. Perhaps someday I will do an expanded scale map of Kozakura that includes them, but for now I can only say, they don't fit.
Sorry!
-Rob
Handsome Rob - Before anything else - I just want to say this: GORGEOUS MAPS! Beautiful stuff. I was wondering, though - in the maps that I have access to (current as of the Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas, the sites from I3-5 Desert of Desolation, like the Gates of Sule, etc., are located almost dead north of Bralizzar. On your map, Bralizzar lies quite a distance to the west (about where it ought to be, according to FRIA). Was this a change brought about in 3E? Just wondering.
Reply author: HandsomeRob
Replied on: 24 May 2010 16:01:45
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quote:
Originally posted by Thauramarth
I was wondering, though - in the maps that I have access to (current as of the Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas, the sites from I3-5 Desert of Desolation, like the Gates of Sule, etc., are located almost dead north of Bralizzar. On your map, Bralizzar lies quite a distance to the west (about where it ought to be, according to FRIA). Was this a change brought about in 3E? Just wondering.
Hey thanks.
I had so much trouble reading the maps that came with Desert of Desolation. They were in some funky script I couldn't read, and I never really was able to line them up with other published maps. So my locations for that region all come from here:
http://markustay.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d1t68a7
A map provided by the ubercartographer MarkusTay.
Hope that answers your question!
-Rob
Reply author: Thauramarth
Replied on: 24 May 2010 16:47:08
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quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRobquote:
Originally posted by Thauramarth
I was wondering, though - in the maps that I have access to (current as of the Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas, the sites from I3-5 Desert of Desolation, like the Gates of Sule, etc., are located almost dead north of Bralizzar. On your map, Bralizzar lies quite a distance to the west (about where it ought to be, according to FRIA). Was this a change brought about in 3E? Just wondering.
Hey thanks.
I had so much trouble reading the maps that came with Desert of Desolation. They were in some funky script I couldn't read, and I never really was able to line them up with other published maps. So my locations for that region all come from here:
http://markustay.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d1t68a7
A map provided by the ubercartographer MarkusTay.
Hope that answers your question!
-Rob
Ah, OK. There was always a problem with Desert of Desolation, as it's basically a "foreign" adventures series that got shoehorned into the Realms. In that case, you'll probably need to put Bralizzar and the Northknife Pass further east, and have the trail from Bralizzar align with the one leading to the Gates of sule, much like MarkusTay has done. Other than that: no comments
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Reply author: Joran Nobleheart
Replied on: 25 May 2010 00:20:11
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Perhaps a map of Evermeet if you have the time?
Reply author: Razz
Replied on: 25 May 2010 00:45:10
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quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob
Here's the Shining South:
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/7360/shiningsouth.jpg
Razz, I considered adding the provinces of Kozakura, but they are so incredibly tiny that I decided it was best to leave them off. Perhaps someday I will do an expanded scale map of Kozakura that includes them, but for now I can only say, they don't fit.
Sorry!
-Rob
LOL Silly me, I should've been more clear. I understand the current map is too small for them, what I did mean was what you actually suggested. A separate link to a "zoomed" or "expanded" version of Kozakura displaying the provincial borders and names. :D That's something I look forward to!
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 25 May 2010 03:13:03
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quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob
Here's the Shining South:
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/7360/shiningsouth.jpg
<snip>
-Rob
Thanks, Rob!I've just recovered my system from three hours of downtime; I was trying to fix my sound, and ended up causing the system to blue-screen on boot... back up and running now, without a reinstall, fortunately... but still without sound, apart from fully functional hardware tests and the basic system beep... very odd...
Edit: I was perusing my newly-updated patchwork map, and I found another couple of corrections for you, Rob. The god-tombs in Unther should be named for the gods Marduk and Nergal. Also in that region: If you're going to keep the River of Swords as the border between Unther and Mulhorand, then Unthalass should still be the capital of Unther. Otherwise, if Messemprar is the capital of Unther, the Mulhorand-Unther border should be somewhere west and north of Unthalass, if not the River of Metals/Methmere itself (which would force Messemprar to the north bank of the river; I'm not sure on that city's precise canon location, either).
Can other scribes help out with the details of the 3E Unther-Mulhorand border, please?
Reply author: Marco Volo
Replied on: 25 May 2010 13:40:26
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Can I have a map of the Sea of Fallen Star please ?
Reply author: HandsomeRob
Replied on: 25 May 2010 16:13:05
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Probably the smallest map I've been asked for yet:
Evermeet: http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/2452/evermeet.jpg
And possibly the biggest:
Sea of Fallen Stars: http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/6685/fallenstars.jpg
Enjoy!
-Rob
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 25 May 2010 19:28:19
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quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob
<snip>
And possibly the biggest:
Sea of Fallen Stars: http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/6685/fallenstars.jpg
Enjoy!
-Rob
drool... when I asked for the missing bits of Impiltur, Aglarond, and the Vilhon Reach earlier, this is exactly what I was looking for... but I didn't want to be greedy. Thank you both, Rob (for giving us this treasure) and MarcoVolo (for being bold enough to ask for it)!
Reply author: dragonfriend
Replied on: 25 May 2010 22:11:37
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Why is the neck between the dragonmere and the sea of fallen stars so thin? nearly a river. So different from the original 3e Faerun map .
Just curious, thanks
Reply author: HandsomeRob
Replied on: 26 May 2010 00:38:46
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It's from here:
http://markustay.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d1xuip9
Probably shouldn't have used that one, though. Perhaps the I'll fix that region up a bit for the next version.
-Rob
Reply author: Joran Nobleheart
Replied on: 26 May 2010 03:19:00
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Thank you for the map of Evermeet, Rob.
Reply author: HunterOfStorms
Replied on: 26 May 2010 03:28:41
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Hey Rob,
Great maps, love the texture and detail. Would it be at all possible to get one of this general area:
Took the corner landmarks from viewing the Zoomify map :)
NW corner - Endless Sea coast
NE - Nakvaliga
SW - Tilverton (if this makes it too big, the alternate landmark is Rulvadar)
SE - Kielbast (as above, alt is Tellerth)
It would be fantastic to have this area as one view for a change, without having to try to piece together different maps from different editions products.
Thanks,
Hunter
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 26 May 2010 09:13:40
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quote:
Originally posted by dragonfriend
Why is the neck between the dragonmere and the sea of fallen stars so thin? nearly a river. So different from the original 3e Faerun map .
Just curious, thanks
quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob
It's from here:
http://markustay.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d1xuip9
Probably shouldn't have used that one, though. Perhaps the I'll fix that region up a bit for the next version.
-Rob
I was curious about that too, but I decided that reporting typos and other definite errors were more important, and I didn't want to hit you with too much "this needs changing" all at once, so it kept getting bumped off the list... not that I'm not a perfectionist, just that I try to exercise moderation in my perfectionist tendencies with respect to other people's work.
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 26 May 2010 10:05:32
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quote:
Originally posted by HunterOfStorms
Hey Rob,
Great maps, love the texture and detail. Would it be at all possible to get one of this general area:
Took the corner landmarks from viewing the Zoomify map :)
NW corner - Endless Sea coast
NE - Nakvaliga
SW - Tilverton (if this makes it too big, the alternate landmark is Rulvadar)
SE - Kielbast (as above, alt is Tellerth)
It would be fantastic to have this area as one view for a change, without having to try to piece together different maps from different editions products.
Thanks,
Hunter
Rob already has a "Great Glacier" map section posted in this thread... I, for one, would love to have the areas to both the west (the Tortured Land to the western edge of Anauroch, north to the coast, would be ideal) and the east (Uldfest and Hoarbridge east to the coast of Yal Tengri, south to the eastern arm of Icelace Lake) of the Great Glacier.
Hunter, that should give you the missing part you're looking for. From there, it's just a matter of using Paint (or a better program) to stitch the two to four maps together, and since they're all from the same source, you don't need to worry about the "different editions" factor.
For me, Sossal and Hartsvale were always the most interesting parts of the far North, I think in large part because so little was published about them.
Rob: If you're feeling generous, the rest of that western north coast (to the Reghed Glacier, south to the Spine of the World and the Ice Mountains) would be wonderful.
One more request/bug fix: I was perusing the Zoomify map, and I noticed that Thindol is named three times, with the different instances overlapping and crossing each other. I'm guessing that this is a consequence of how you worked on the region. If that could be quickly fixed, the middle of the Chultan peninsula (east to Ithmong, west to Samarach) would also be delightful. I'm working on some yuan-ti and sarrukh backstory in that region...
Many thanks for this epic work, Rob! Looking forward to seeing Athas as well!
Reply author: Razz
Replied on: 27 May 2010 00:25:52
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Some road names are missing. At least on the Zoomified Map, I don't know if the regions are more detailed in the solo-maps?
For example, the road between Blackfeather Bridge and Scardale Town is unnamed, but it is actually known as the Ashaba Road. The road to the west of that is also missing a name, the Tassel Way.
Reply author: Razz
Replied on: 27 May 2010 01:15:14
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I wonder if this was develop into a "Complete Forgotten Realms" world map? As in every overland map from every product has the sites listed on here in one big reference?(for the 3e era, of course)
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 27 May 2010 01:39:31
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I suspect that's impossible, but I'm trying to help Rob get as close to that as possible.
Edit: Good catch on those road names, Razz!
Reply author: HunterOfStorms
Replied on: 27 May 2010 04:19:15
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snipped for space
quote:
Originally posted by Jakk
Rob already has a "Great Glacier" map section posted in this thread... I, for one, would love to have the areas to both the west (the Tortured Land to the western edge of Anauroch, north to the coast, would be ideal) and the east (Uldfest and Hoarbridge east to the coast of Yal Tengri, south to the eastern arm of Icelace Lake) of the Great Glacier.
Hunter, that should give you the missing part you're looking for. From there, it's just a matter of using Paint (or a better program) to stitch the two to four maps together, and since they're all from the same source, you don't need to worry about the "different editions" factor.
Thanks Jakk, but the Pelvuria-greatglacier map does not encompass the area I'd like. But yes, I could stitch together bits from 3 or 4 maps to get what I need for our campaign - I'm being lazy
cheers,
Hunter
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 27 May 2010 07:40:26
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A confession I can readily sympathize with. I'm just saying that if Rob could give us those two new sections, you'd get everything you need too. I've been assembling them as they're released, and I have a map of most of Faerun and Kara-Tur that's about 11K by 6K pixels. It's great, but I'm hoping that we'll see the finished product released at the original (double size) scale. It'll definitely have to be broken up, but that's already been discussed.
I may have to open up a new scroll for geographical questions sparked by perusal of this map... I'm finding new gems all the time...
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 27 May 2010 18:37:24
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Speaking of new gems... as mentioned in the Zoomify scroll... if that update to Zakhara is done, any chance we could peruse that region? Yes, I know I've just ranted about the rectangular archipelago in the Zoomify scroll, but at least that clearly delineates the E/S/W boundaries for the clip... and the northern boundary is easy: The Teeth and the Beowood.
Quick question about the source for the geography and locations (particularly the latter) to the north and east of the Yikarian Empire... specifically Herne's Wood and Konigheim. I'm suspecting a Zakharan product, but I have none of those to hand at the moment.
Thanks again! Off to swim with the sharks... hopefully I'll have something resembling a first draft for the sahuagin by the end of my day.
Reply author: Marco Volo
Replied on: 28 May 2010 15:24:31
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quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob
Probably the smallest map I've been asked for yet:
Evermeet: http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/2452/evermeet.jpg
And possibly the biggest:
Sea of Fallen Stars: http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/6685/fallenstars.jpg
Enjoy!
-Rob
Thanks a lot, that's a great job !!
Congratulations !
Reply author: HandsomeRob
Replied on: 28 May 2010 15:27:46
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New maps:
Far North: http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/9351/farnorth.jpg
Serpent Kingdoms: http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/8350/serpentkingdoms.jpg
Zakhara: http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2074/zakhara.jpg
I hope these three will cover the requests!
quote:
Quick question about the source for the geography and locations (particularly the latter) to the north and east of the Yikarian Empire... specifically Herne's Wood and Konigheim. I'm suspecting a Zakharan product, but I have none of those to hand at the moment.
A few years back MarkusTay and some others were working on an "Utter East" project over on the Wizards boards. They found a number of obscure sources detailing the region (one of them was a video game) and managed to put a map together of what was known. The map can actually be found in the Map Room here, and the project thread is here:
http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19848754/Utter_East_Campaign__MAP!!!
-Rob
Reply author: Cleric Generic
Replied on: 28 May 2010 15:55:34
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Yay! More awesome!
IT would appear, however, that the Far North link is mucked up. It only loads a thin strip of the top of the map.
Reply author: HandsomeRob
Replied on: 28 May 2010 16:21:56
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quote:
Originally posted by Cleric Generic
Yay! More awesome!
IT would appear, however, that the Far North link is mucked up. It only loads a thin strip of the top of the map.
Hmm, I get the whole thing. It only goes down to the Moonsea...
Reply author: The Sage
Replied on: 28 May 2010 17:07:18
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Wonderful work on the Serpent Kingdoms [most long-time scribes should know I've a particular love for all-things-scaly folk] map, Rob. Simply wonderful!
Reply author: Cleric Generic
Replied on: 28 May 2010 17:11:43
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quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob
Hmm, I get the whole thing. It only goes down to the Moonsea...
Ah, it's behaving itself now. I'll have to have a word with the internet fairies...
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 29 May 2010 00:54:20
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quote:
Originally posted by The Sage
Wonderful work on the Serpent Kingdoms [most long-time scribes should know I've a particular love for all-things-scaly folk] map, Rob. Simply wonderful!
I share The Sage's affection for such things, particularly nagas, yuan-ti, and the Sarrukh themselves... once Osse is detailed to our satisfaction, I have a scalykind project in Chult and Katashaka to return to in depth; I'm continuing to jot down ideas here and there, but Osse is my focus right now; if I try to split my focus, bad things happen (it's the psychological equivalent of splitting the atom). Many thanks for the map sections, Rob!
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 29 May 2010 03:48:09
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With those two recent monster-sections (the Far North and the Sea of Fallen Stars) I've started stitching the sections together from scratch again... this time my output file is JPEG, which is making the process a heck of a lot easier than before (because MSPaint defaults to Bitmap, and that was what was causing all my headaches regarding file size and out-of-memory issues). I feel like an idiot for not realizing that before.
Edit: Apparently, this does not solve any problems. With MSPaint, I'm running out of memory with a 9.71MB JPEG file just the same as with a 198MB bitmap file... I am unable to paste T'u Lung, the Yehimals, or Zakhara into the map at all... 
Advice from anyone experienced in working with large image files is welcome at this point... I suspect I just need a graphics editor NOT coded by the Windows programming team... M$ code is a recipe for memory-use bloat every time.
Reply author: Razz
Replied on: 29 May 2010 05:55:39
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quote:
Originally posted by Jakk
Edit: Good catch on those road names, Razz!
Yeah, I opened up, I believe, my copy of "The Dalelands" and "Volo's Guide to the Dalelands" (it was in one of those two) to see if they were named. I didn't think they were part of Rauthyvyr's Road since he was trying to cut a road through Cormanthor, split intersections not away from it.
I have almost every FR RPG book (even the hard-to-find Volo's Guide to Baldur's Gate one) in case...
Now I know many FR novels have, yet, more official maps of the sites located within their respective stories not found anywhere else. If only we had our hands on all of those.
Reply author: Razz
Replied on: 29 May 2010 06:08:59
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Hmm, on The Far North map in the Reghed Glacier region, I believe a few sites are missing. Maybe several. To the northwest of Luskan is a town, located halfway between Fireshear and the Iceflow, called Auckney, right on the coastline. It was a location Wulfgar went to in the "Spine of the World" novel.
But on the FR Atlas, Auckney is shown to the northwest of Fireshear. Not sure which is official.
The road from Luskan to Hundelstone is known as the The Northern Means. The road going Hundelstone to Ten Towns is known as Ten Trails. The road from Fireshear to Ironmaster is Iron Trail.
The Reghed Glacier has two areas known as Print's Floe, and Icingdeath's Lair is also missing.
Where Black Raven River and Mirar River meet, on the east side, is a town called Orglaunt. Just a tiny bit northwest of Raven Rock is Frost Keep.
I haven't checked the rest out, but just thought I'd point out that region for now.
Most of this I found on the FR Atlas. Do you have a copy? Or is this map a rough draft?
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 30 May 2010 04:35:49
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Speaking of Icingdeath's lair... when I was looking through the Cormyr-Dalelands map, Aghazstamn's lair was the only one of the three Spellfire dracolich lairs I could find... I was sure that Ms. Fonstad's FR Atlas had all three dracolich lairs marked... Am I misremembering this?
Edit: A note on the location of Ondathel / Myth Ondath: From Volo's Guide to All Things Magical:
quote:
Shortly after the fall of the Netherese survivor states, a group of pacifistic refugees from the city of Rulvadar, fleeing goblin raiders from the south, made their way north and east to the desolate wastelands known today as the Tortured Lands. Amidst the mountains at the northern extent of the Border Forest, northwest of present-day Whitehorn, the refugees encountered the descendants of a culture dedicated to inner peace and tranquillity which existed during the time of Netheril. Together the two groups founded Ondathel, City of Peace. Dedicated to Eldath, the city prospered and cared for its hardworking citizens. After a mere century of hard work, Ondathel was pronounced a shining success, and its citizens were justifiably proud of all they had wrought. Over 200 years after the city's founding, the wizards and priests of Ondathel erected a powerful mythal and the city was renamed Myth Ondath.
The account of the founding of Ondathel is somewhat contradictory; the GHotR says that Ondathel was the elven city of Yrlaancel renamed, but there is no mention of elves in the VGtATM account. Anyway, if Myth Ondath was in those mountains and near the Border Forest, it must have been at the western end of those mountains... and I know those mountains have a name too; brb...
Back; the name of the mountains are the White Peaks. Myth Ondath (formerly Ondathel, formerly Yrlaancel) was a city of the elven realm of Rystall Wood, the remains of which are the Border Forest (which would have extended to the White Peaks as well as westward into what is now Anauroch at the time of the realm's flourishing). Because several authoritative sources (names can be found searching CK for "White Peaks" and "Myth Ondath") describe the city as being "in the mountains" I'm inclined to place it at the western end of the White Peaks; that's as close to "in the mountains" as an ancient elven city would have been, and we know that Myth Ondath (Ondathel) was at least built on the ruins of Yrlaancel, if not continually inhabited in a transition between the two names. So there's another location for your map, Rob. I'm still hoping to learn something from Ed regarding Myth Unnohyr, but NDAs are at their strongest when there's no reason to maintain them.
Reply author: louis_bowwow
Replied on: 14 Jul 2010 23:37:35
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Are you still taking requests? I was unable to see your zoomify map so I would like to see Katashaka and Anchorome. Or if anyone else has them that would be cool. Thank you.
Reply author: Razz
Replied on: 17 Jul 2010 20:56:27
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Can something like this be stickied? It keeps getting buried and is a very good resource. Or maybe make a "Forgotten Realms Maps" thread with each mapmaker putting their maps up for use?
Reply author: Markustay
Replied on: 17 Jul 2010 22:46:47
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quote:When I rotated my original, in order to get the coastlines and much else to go back to 'the way things were', several things got fudge in the process, as I pasted back in some places (like Turmish) which weren't rotated.
Originally posted by Jakkquote:
Originally posted by dragonfriend
Why is the neck between the dragonmere and the sea of fallen stars so thin? nearly a river. So different from the original 3e Faerun map .
Just curious, thanksquote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob
It's from here:
http://markustay.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d1xuip9
Probably shouldn't have used that one, though. Perhaps the I'll fix that region up a bit for the next version.
-Rob
I was curious about that too, but I decided that reporting typos and other definite errors were more important, and I didn't want to hit you with too much "this needs changing" all at once, so it kept getting bumped off the list... not that I'm not a perfectionist, just that I try to exercise moderation in my perfectionist tendencies with respect to other people's work.
However, the Dragonmere was always a 'seperate sea', and the neck connecting the two was always supposed to be very narrow, ergo I took the liberty to 'correct it', and make it more like I pictured it should be, when reading various sources about it.
It was narrower in 1e/2e, though perhaps not as narrow as I made it. The whole sea of Fallen stars got much smaller on my version. Take it as 'artistic license' - I just thought a tighter channel would be more interesting game-wise.
Also consider - I was ahead of my time. That map actually works MUCH better for 4e, where the coasts have shifted some 50(?) miles inland. Marsember and suzail are somehow still on the coast - wonder who cast that city-moving magic.
Dwarves, trenches, and some major engineering projects after the SP I'm thinking, which are never mentioned anywhere, but I won't turn yet-another thread into a '4e WTF?' thread. suffice it to say that both their harbors should be inland bays connected to the sea by manmade channels.
Reply author: althen artren
Replied on: 24 Jul 2010 21:43:39
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I don't know if anybody else is having this trouble,
but some of the links are dead.
Reply author: Razz
Replied on: 18 Aug 2010 22:40:54
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Important question, at what scale are these maps? There a scale key that can be posted?
Reply author: muddy_chickn
Replied on: 16 Oct 2010 05:27:06
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I just found this thread...great stuff. I haven't seen anyone mention it, but fantastic work on the maps :)
Anyway, I've been putting them together in PS and was just wondering if you were going to put out the rest of them? I've got a few blank spots here & there.
Thanks for all of your hard work so far.
Reply author: GreatInca
Replied on: 21 Dec 2010 01:56:32
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Can you make two giant sections of the sword coast? One for the north half and one for the south half?
Reply author: GreatInca
Replied on: 21 Dec 2010 01:57:08
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Better yet, the whole sword coast in one giant map.
Reply author: scarion
Replied on: 07 Nov 2011 06:58:49
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So, not much activity here anymore. Fantastic maps though.
Reply author: Icelander
Replied on: 11 Nov 2011 01:23:38
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Wonderful maps. I use them a lot.
I wish I had something which combined all of these maps into one zoomable one, with a scale and preferable GoogleEarth-like functionality.
That would be a product worth paying for. Wish the Realms were owned by a small, responsive company interested in fantasy roleplaying.
Reply author: Razz
Replied on: 20 Nov 2011 13:05:02
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quote:
Originally posted by scarion
So, not much activity here anymore. Fantastic maps though.
I know. It's so strange. He came and dropped a bunch of these off and then after a few weeks, just disappears suddenly. I wonder if he'll ever come back and update these maps and add new ones?
Reply author: Markustay
Replied on: 20 Nov 2011 19:53:08
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I will be trying my hand at maps again eventually - I really do miss it, and I should have my contents check within the next week. I am considering an Apple this time out; from what I understand, they are better for graphics, and since I am starting from scratch, now is the time to change formats.
I know this isn't precisely the right thread for this (and my apologies to Rob), but anyone comp-savvy who wants to give me some input it would be most welcome.
Anyhow, I am looking forward to a fresh start - a lot of what I created was based on my early (primitive) PS-skills, like my textures, so now I can do my own thing entirely. I'm thinking along the lines of Mike Shley's work, with textures reminiscent of, but updated from, 3e. That guy is truly a master of his craft.
Reply author: Patrakis
Replied on: 21 Nov 2011 17:41:52
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Hi Markustay,
If you contemplate a fresh start and approach this as a cartography project, I would recommend adobe illustrator as a base tool for drawing your maps. In combination with photoshop, you'll the best of both worlds. A great vector drawing tools and the best raster drawing software.
If your ambitions are purely artistic, then photoshop is enough.
I have no experience with the Mac so I can't comment on the advantages of using software dedicated to that system.
Personally, I always envisioned linking databases to my maps in the hopes of creating a GIS of an imaginary world. That's why I added a software called arcgis to the mix. I switched worlds since my first ambitions and now concentrate on Golarion for my mapping dreams. But the tools remain the same.
Consider wisely your choices cause it's not every day that we can start from scratch again. I remember your body of work and it was quite impressive.
Good luck
Pat
Reply author: Markustay
Replied on: 21 Nov 2011 17:57:23
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I had used Illustrator for several months before the fire, and it was a Godsend. I used to create my map icons by hand using vector graphics, and illustrator made it a three-click process - all I had to do was find the symbol I wanted and convert it. I hadn't gotten into the program much beyond that - it had a helluva learning curve (much like PS itself). I was even planning to convert the written languages in the OGB into vectors like that (and then eventually into fonts).
Thanks for the praise - your stuff was great too. I am both pleased and saddened that you have moved on to Golarion - good luck to you there. I am still fence-sitting ATM - I know way too much about FR, and too little about Pathfinder - to feel at home there. A fresh start is great, but I still want to see what they may do (or fix) in regards to the Realms. I will be subscribing to the PF material though, because it is truly excellent, and I can always use more references for my own HB world.
I will probably do one or two FR projects when I get my apps back, but most of what I do (like the Feywild project) will be for my own world. There are things I really wanted to complete, like my Nentir Vale conversion (which was finished, but never released because I was still waiting for the name of some unpublished Dwarf settlement from THO), and another conversion regarding that module with 'The One' (the dude who wound up exiled to the High Forest) - I can't even remember the name, but it fit nicely in the NE of the Hordelands. I may even want to finish my Anchorome/Laerakond conversion (for folks wanting to use the 4e fluff for Returned Abeir in the 1e/2e/3e Realms).
I've learned a valuable lesson about procrastination - sometimes there isn't a tomorrow.
Reply author: Patrakis
Replied on: 23 Nov 2011 03:24:59
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Hi markustay,
I like fresh starts. It always brings a new perspective on things. Open one's mind to new ideas and often liberates me from old habits that refrains me from evolving. Anyway, changing worlds to focus gave me some new ideas and brought back an excitement about mapping that I had lost with the rape of the realms by wotc. (just my opinion, not stated as fact).
Golarion is becoming a really interesting world to explore and discover by the way. The material that is coming out is massive and wide in range. They have a nice novel lines that bring interesting stories that are not world shattering. They bring lore in every source books and bring back an excitement about the game. They are about to publish a book describing the solar system that the world is part of and constantly evolve. They are even about to embark on the MMO ship. They announced today the development of a mmo game based on Golarion.
I placed my collection of FR books in 18 boxes 6 months ago and don't plan on going back. I'll cherish the memories though.
Good luck on the mapping.
Pat
Reply author: Eli the Tanner
Replied on: 29 Feb 2012 04:29:56
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These maps are wonderful by the way, certainly the most detailed I've come across. Has there been any more talk about hosting these on the site, I'd hate for them to disappear like the mythical zoomable map did.
-Eli
Reply author: Eladrinstar
Replied on: 29 Feb 2012 04:32:20
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Still devastated that the only map that doesn't work anymore is the Toril one.
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 03 Mar 2012 21:54:28
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quote:
Originally posted by Markustay
I will be trying my hand at maps again eventually - I really do miss it, and I should have my contents check within the next week. I am considering an Apple this time out; from what I understand, they are better for graphics, and since I am starting from scratch, now is the time to change formats.
I know this isn't precisely the right thread for this (and my apologies to Rob), but anyone comp-savvy who wants to give me some input it would be most welcome.
Anyhow, I am looking forward to a fresh start - a lot of what I created was based on my early (primitive) PS-skills, like my textures, so now I can do my own thing entirely. I'm thinking along the lines of Mike Shley's work, with textures reminiscent of, but updated from, 3e. That guy is truly a master of his craft.
I don't know if you're still waiting on this, but for what you're doing, I'd totally recommend going Mac. A friend of mine who is in graphic design (and in my gaming groups) recently bought a Mac, and she loves it. If not for the fact that I have (a) three Windows PCs already (one five years old - bought and built while self-employed in computer sales and service - the other two about 10 - the relics of a home network I had when I was doing my computer tech certification courses) and (b) no money for a new computer (I think the two are connected somehow, but the size of my gaming library probably has a more significant recent (Pathfinder) contribution to the lack of money).
In closing, I'll try to get this scroll back on topic: Rob, where are you?
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 03 Mar 2012 22:02:37
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quote:
Originally posted by Patrakis
Hi markustay,
I like fresh starts. It always brings a new perspective on things. Open one's mind to new ideas and often liberates me from old habits that refrains me from evolving. Anyway, changing worlds to focus gave me some new ideas and brought back an excitement about mapping that I had lost with the rape of the realms by wotc. (just my opinion, not stated as fact).
Golarion is becoming a really interesting world to explore and discover by the way. The material that is coming out is massive and wide in range. They have a nice novel lines that bring interesting stories that are not world shattering. They bring lore in every source books and bring back an excitement about the game. They are about to publish a book describing the solar system that the world is part of and constantly evolve. They are even about to embark on the MMO ship. They announced today the development of a mmo game based on Golarion.
I placed my collection of FR books in 18 boxes 6 months ago and don't plan on going back. I'll cherish the memories though.
Good luck on the mapping.
Pat
Pat: Agreed on all counts except the FR books being in boxes. Most of mine (everything from 1e and 2e) is still in my mom's basement (where else would it be? Seriously?), but still on shelves. I have four boxes of 3.x OGL books that are ready to go the next time I get back up that way (I brought five boxes down with me after my last visit), and then I will worry about the older stuff. Oh, and if you were interested in selling your older stuff, I think Mark might be interested... just a thought.
Edit: Again, back on topic: Rob, where are you?
Reply author: Icelander
Replied on: 03 Mar 2012 22:34:28
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quote:
Originally posted by Eladrinstar
Still devastated that the only map that doesn't work anymore is the Toril one.
Seconded.
I don't even care how big it is. I wants it.
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 03 Mar 2012 23:37:40
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quote:
Originally posted by Icelanderquote:
Originally posted by Eladrinstar
Still devastated that the only map that doesn't work anymore is the Toril one.
Seconded.
I don't even care how big it is. I wants it.
Thirded.
What you said, Icelander, but I'll go one better... it's my preciousss...
Reply author: Patrakis
Replied on: 08 Mar 2012 04:29:48
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quote:
Originally posted by Jakkquote:
Originally posted by Patrakis
Hi markustay,
I like fresh starts. It always brings a new perspective on things. Open one's mind to new ideas and often liberates me from old habits that refrains me from evolving. Anyway, changing worlds to focus gave me some new ideas and brought back an excitement about mapping that I had lost with the rape of the realms by wotc. (just my opinion, not stated as fact).
Golarion is becoming a really interesting world to explore and discover by the way. The material that is coming out is massive and wide in range. They have a nice novel lines that bring interesting stories that are not world shattering. They bring lore in every source books and bring back an excitement about the game. They are about to publish a book describing the solar system that the world is part of and constantly evolve. They are even about to embark on the MMO ship. They announced today the development of a mmo game based on Golarion.
I placed my collection of FR books in 18 boxes 6 months ago and don't plan on going back. I'll cherish the memories though.
Good luck on the mapping.
Pat
Pat: Agreed on all counts except the FR books being in boxes. Most of mine (everything from 1e and 2e) is still in my mom's basement (where else would it be? Seriously?), but still on shelves. I have four boxes of 3.x OGL books that are ready to go the next time I get back up that way (I brought five boxes down with me after my last visit), and then I will worry about the older stuff. Oh, and if you were interested in selling your older stuff, I think Mark might be interested... just a thought.
Edit: Again, back on topic: Rob, where are you?
It's funny how things can change and opinions evolve. Since the anouncment of 5e and the possibility of some changes in the realms, hope has come back in my heart. I would never sell my books of the realms i find myself wanting to read some old modules or source books. :)
I also would like to see more maps from handsomerob
PAt
Reply author: Cassie5squared
Replied on: 18 Mar 2012 15:08:38
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quote:
Originally posted by Icelanderquote:
Originally posted by Eladrinstar
Still devastated that the only map that doesn't work anymore is the Toril one.
Seconded.
I don't even care how big it is. I wants it.
Agreeing with all of this. Maps this detailed are perfection, and the entirety of Toril is something I mourn for never getting to see.
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 21 Mar 2012 17:28:08
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quote:
Originally posted by Cassie5squared
Agreeing with all of this. Maps this detailed are perfection, and the entirety of Toril is something I mourn for never getting to see.
*sigh*... we could have seen more of Toril get detailed instead of the Spellplague, if Ed had had his way for 4e...
Anyway, been there, done that... looking forward to Ed's new FR book, the Hobbit movie, and the end of the world.
Reply author: Jakk
Replied on: 21 Mar 2012 17:32:09
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quote:
Originally posted by Markustay
... and another conversion regarding that module with 'The One' (the dude who wound up exiled to the High Forest) - I can't even remember the name, but it fit nicely in the NE of the Hordelands.
Do you recall the source for this, Mark? There are a few "secrets of the High Forest" that I've been pondering over the years... the time-travelling mythal city, the time-frozen elven war party leader, the Lost Peaks... I think I've figured the Star Mounts out now.
Reply author: Snow
Replied on: 21 Mar 2012 18:03:06
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Agreed ...... these maps are extraordinary. Besides having tons of tasty minutiae and intricate details, their brightness/crispness factor makes them pleasant to view as well.
Reply author: mikie
Replied on: 22 Mar 2012 02:16:12
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WOW!!! VERY EXCELLENT MAPS!! They are INCREDIBLE!!
Reply author: Eladrinstar
Replied on: 22 Mar 2012 05:07:30
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I keep checking this thread again, I guess out of some naive hope that Handsome Rob will resurface and magically re-gift us with a restored version of his tragically lost Toril map.
Reply author: althen artren
Replied on: 28 May 2012 01:12:26
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Hey does anybody have a copy of the map of Myth Drannor in the final dragon magazine
resided to 8.5 by 11 or so?
Reply author: Markustay
Replied on: 29 May 2012 07:38:04
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Can't seem to find a copy on the web. Unlike Mike Shley, Rob Lazzaretti doesn't really post his stuff... much.
I did find This Map, but it doesn't have the street names like the one from Dragon.
quote:Egg of Phoenix
Originally posted by Jakkquote:
Originally posted by Markustay
... and another conversion regarding that module with 'The One' (the dude who wound up exiled to the High Forest) - I can't even remember the name, but it fit nicely in the NE of the Hordelands.
Do you recall the source for this, Mark? There are a few "secrets of the High Forest" that I've been pondering over the years... the time-travelling mythal city, the time-frozen elven war party leader, the Lost Peaks... I think I've figured the Star Mounts out now.
All of 'New Empyrea' fit perfectly in the NE corner of the Hordlands, with very little modification. Considering the spellplague, century time-jump, and now going on two editions, there is even more reason to shoe-horn this adventure into FR (since some of it made it in anyway).
Some of it is silly, but most of it is pretty good - you'll just have to tweak a number of things lore-wise, but it all works. The island of Doc winds up in the Great Ice sea (along with the rest of the coastline). If nothing else, its an empty area in need of a map to flesh it out (and it also sits right on top of ancient Kalmyk ruins, which is always a plus in D&D).
Reply author: althen artren
Replied on: 29 May 2012 14:29:28
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Thanks Markus, I have that one. I was wanted the other due to the
layers of rubble and clear space. I just have to write with wet
erase on my laminated copy on the one you showed me.
Reply author: Razz
Replied on: 29 Jun 2012 22:56:26
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Is it me, or did all these maps shrink in scale?
Reply author: Enthusior
Replied on: 20 Jul 2012 11:55:19
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Yeah, I found that, too.
I tried to send a PM to the most active members on this scroll, but my outbox still appears empty.
Maybe because I'm a new member and the cowled wizards blocked my attempts to cast a sending to the candlekeep-sages most high. I'm not worthy yet. :P
No but seriously, I'm craving these maps, is somebody able to retrieve them from a local computer, so they can be reuploaded?
Reply author: Markustay
Replied on: 20 Jul 2012 15:40:28
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quote:Strangely, a few of mine did. Now that I have to donwload my own maps, I am finding the resolution has gone way down on few of them (the worst is probably my LoI blank map). I'm wondering if DeviantART or other file storing sites reduce the images when they aren't getting much traffic?
Originally posted by Razz
Is it me, or did all these maps shrink in scale?
Reply author: Cleric Generic
Replied on: 22 Jul 2012 21:39:41
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I've got most of Handsome Rob's maps on my HD and they appear to be the original size. I'll see if I can get them up here somehow. Is there any way we can get them hosted properly in the Map Gallery or whatever it's called?
EDIT: ok, I've got them all up on 4shared, now I just have to figure out how to get a link to the damn things...
Reply author: Enthusior
Replied on: 22 Jul 2012 22:17:09
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That would make my day!
Reply author: Cleric Generic
Replied on: 22 Jul 2012 22:27:26
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Oh bum... 4shared doesn't seem to want to cooperate. I'll keep fiddling with it, but I can email everything to anyone with whose email can handle a 140mb file.
EDIT: ah, I've been told that 4shared may take a while to ensure that I've not just uploaded a bunch of pictures of my penis, so we'll see what happens in a day or so.
Reply author: Darkmeer
Replied on: 23 Jul 2012 04:33:13
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quote:
Originally posted by Cleric Generic
Oh bum... 4shared doesn't seem to want to cooperate. I'll keep fiddling with it, but I can email everything to anyone with whose email can handle a 140mb file.
EDIT: ah, I've been told that 4shared may take a while to ensure that I've not just uploaded a bunch of pictures of my penis, so we'll see what happens in a day or so.
Okay... waiting to make sure I didn't miss any of the maps HR set out for us. Thank you for sharing.
Reply author: Fellfire
Replied on: 23 Jul 2012 17:32:17
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CG, please update when 4shared confirms a lack of penises in your upload. I'd be very interested in seeing this map. I don't think Gmail will take attachments over 100 megs. Also, have you considered Dropbox? Selfishly, I'll send you an invite. It's free and if you join through said invite, I'll get more storage space, which I desparately need as it the primary way we share files for our game.
Reply author: WalkerNinja
Replied on: 23 Jul 2012 18:14:09
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I'd love full sized copies of these as well!
Reply author: Cleric Generic
Replied on: 23 Jul 2012 18:21:36
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quote:
Originally posted by Fellfire
CG, please update when 4shared confirms a lack of penises in your upload. I'd be very interested in seeing this map. I don't think Gmail will take attachments over 100 megs. Also, have you considered Dropbox? Selfishly, I'll send you an invite. It's free and if you join through said invite, I'll get more storage space, which I desparately need as it the primary way we share files for our game.
Ok, hit me with this dropbox thingy in a PM, 4shared hasn't moved.
Reply author: Markustay
Replied on: 23 Jul 2012 18:24:42
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I had tried the 4shared thing myself once, and I couldn't get it to work either. I guess they have to be overly cautious, being the last (that I know of) filing-sharing site that the feds haven't shutdown.
So, yeah... obviously I am VERY interested in these as well.
Reply author: WalkerNinja
Replied on: 23 Jul 2012 18:57:56
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Reply author: Fellfire
Replied on: 24 Jul 2012 03:52:30
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I sent you a PM, CG. I don't think I can send the invite from here. I'm Xanadublood.
Reply author: Cleric Generic
Replied on: 24 Jul 2012 15:52:43
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Right. Will fiddle with dropbox ASAP. Mayhem in meatspace, so it may take me a few days, but I shall not forget!
Reply author: Cleric Generic
Replied on: 24 Jul 2012 19:17:15
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Ok, it looks like this dropbox thing might just be the trick. However, I can only do links to individual files for public download, not whole folders, so be prepared to do a fair bit of clicking (I think there are 17 maps in total).
Stuff is uploading slooowly, but I may actually be able to get links up today.
Out of interest, has anyone used any of the Handsome Maps in a game?
Reply author: Gary Dallison
Replied on: 24 Jul 2012 19:36:45
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If you are experiencing a loss of clarity on your maps it could be to do with the file type used to store the image. Certain image file types degrade the more they are opened and closed (at least according to one of the programming books i read) unfortunately i cant remember which one.
Might be worth saving it in a different format as a master copy to try and stop the data loss.
Reply author: Cleric Generic
Replied on: 24 Jul 2012 19:53:02
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https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/zakhara.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/yehimals.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/westheartlands.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/wakozakura.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/vilhonreach.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/vaasadamara.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/unthermulhorand.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/tulung2.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/thay.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/tethyr.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/tabot.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/shoulung.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/shiningsouth.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/shaarg.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/serpentkingdoms.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/rashemen.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/pelvuria.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/northwest.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/moonshaes.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/moonsea.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/maztica.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/lakepanthalamap.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/lakeofsteam.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/impiltur.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/hordelands.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/halruaa.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/farpayit.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/farnorth.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/farnorth.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/fallenstars.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/evermeet.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/dambrath.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/cormyrdalelands.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/chult.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/calimshan.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/anauroch.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/aglarond.jpg
Phew! What a song and dance... Hopefully these copies are still good.
Reply author: Enthusior
Replied on: 24 Jul 2012 23:29:26
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Thank you SO MUCH!
Regarding your question: Actually, I'm about to use them today. The party I'm the DM of, is on the south border of Cormanthor right mow (just departed from Deepingdale), and the Map of Cormanthor & the Dalelands helps me out a lot with some sites that are not on the WotC-Map.
They still seem to be in canon though.
Thanks again, your generic god must be very proud of you!
Reply author: Fellfire
Replied on: 24 Jul 2012 23:53:50
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Nice work, CG.
Reply author: WalkerNinja
Replied on: 25 Jul 2012 03:43:41
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A thousand thanks!
Reply author: Cleric Generic
Replied on: 27 Jul 2012 16:46:14
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Right, does anyone know of anywhere we can host all this stuff more permanently? Such as the Keeps own map room?
Reply author: Razz
Replied on: 27 Jul 2012 19:38:29
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Thanks!! You might want to check out Google Drive to share this on, too. You can share whole folders
Reply author: Darkmeer
Replied on: 28 Jul 2012 04:49:46
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Cleric Generic:
Thank you very much for all of your archives. I didn't realize I had missed so many wonderful maps. Thank you very much, good sir.
/d
Reply author: IngoDjan
Replied on: 19 Aug 2012 11:39:32
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PERFECT!
Reply author: daarkknight
Replied on: 19 Aug 2012 22:09:57
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I just came across this thread and realized that I had the wonderful map of Anauroch on my laptop already (having found it to determine the location of Elah'zad so my group could return Selunarra to the Realms). Now that I've taken the time to grab all of the rest of the maps, may I (belatedly) say thank you to Handsome Rob, wherever you may be.
Reply author: Duneth Despana
Replied on: 20 Sep 2012 16:15:58
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It would seem there's a typo that has snuck in onto your Silver Marches map. Your map says Ruvandell when the town is called Auvandell.
This had me confused. I hope it'll help anybody else who found themselves in the same situation.
Reply author: sleyvas
Replied on: 20 Sep 2012 17:26:33
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quote:
Originally posted by Cleric Generic
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/zakhara.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/yehimals.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/westheartlands.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/wakozakura.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/vilhonreach.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/vaasadamara.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/unthermulhorand.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/tulung2.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/thay.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/tethyr.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/tabot.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/shoulung.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/shiningsouth.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/shaarg.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/serpentkingdoms.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/rashemen.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/pelvuria.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/northwest.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/moonshaes.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/moonsea.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/maztica.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/lakepanthalamap.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/lakeofsteam.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/impiltur.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/hordelands.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/halruaa.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/farpayit.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/farnorth.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/farnorth.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/fallenstars.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/evermeet.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/dambrath.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/cormyrdalelands.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/chult.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/calimshan.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/anauroch.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/aglarond.jpg
Phew! What a song and dance... Hopefully these copies are still good.
wow, these are great. If anyone knows who this "Handsome Rob" is tell him thanks from me. These would be wonderful for introducing players who aren't as up on the realms (and we all know as DM's, we've got those) to their own little section of the world that they'll be adventuring in. You know, I've never actually done it, since I haven't had a group in about 4-5 years, but it would be exceptionally easier in today's realms to throw together a "player's guide" for a region, what with the ability to copy and paste a lot of info from the web or PDF's and combine that with say a map or 3 to comprise a region.
Reply author: Markustay
Replied on: 20 Sep 2012 18:22:35
Message:
If they go the route I suggested in my 'wish list' thread, and make every regional splat its own Campaign guide, then they should provide a player's regional guide on the web - it only makes sense. It would pull a LOT more people into the setting that way.
I believe Paizo's been using just such a format.
As for Handsome Rob - I believe we 'lost him' soon after the 4e release. We also lost Patrakis - he went over to Golarion. Now I see he is back (somewhat) and posting, which is a good sign - it means old fans may be willing to "forgive and forget". Maybe, in time, we will see Handsome Rob back in these hallowed halls as well.
I almost left a few times myself, but I'm an old dog and I don't take well to 'new tricks'. I have too much fun making Realms maps.
Reply author: Dalor Darden
Replied on: 20 Sep 2012 19:37:29
Message:
Amen for that MT! Or else I would be without a cartographer for my home games! lol
Reply author: sleyvas
Replied on: 21 Sep 2012 14:54:04
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by Markustay
If they go the route I suggested in my 'wish list' thread, and make every regional splat its own Campaign guide, then they should provide a player's regional guide on the web - it only makes sense. It would pull a LOT more people into the setting that way.
I believe Paizo's been using just such a format.
As for Handsome Rob - I believe we 'lost him' soon after the 4e release. We also lost Patrakis - he went over to Golarion. Now I see he is back (somewhat) and posting, which is a good sign - it means old fans may be willing to "forgive and forget". Maybe, in time, we will see Handsome Rob back in these hallowed halls as well.
I almost left a few times myself, but I'm an old dog and I don't take well to 'new tricks'. I have too much fun making Realms maps.
Yeah, I know what you mean about almost leaving. After 4e came out and I didn't like what was done, I almost gave in entirely. I've never been one to follow the Drizzt stories a whole lot (though I've read about 30% of them) and the magic system just tanked for me. Then they tore apart the 3 countries I loved the most (Thay, Mulhorand, and Unther) and I'm not entirely enthused with what happened to Impiltur (its just a little too heavy... I liked it as my "Chivalric country of the East"). Still, I'm willing to see what they do... can they unmire themselves. I've presented some possibilities (for instance, the "United Tharchs of the Shaar" idea... and if there is any region where the Brotherhood of the Griffin might be well accepted, I see there being highly likely... especially if the idea of the wizard academies being on earthmotes is prominent).
If it doesn't work out (as much as I like Ed's work on the realms, he is only one man, and personally, I like his game design more than his novels), well, I've got plenty of stuff on the realms. I could easily run things in the 1300's, or hell, I've always wanted to do a campaign with a group during the century surrounding Thay's formation. That could be very fun.
I've also got stuff on the Shattered Lands, and after the realms, I really like this setting. Ironically, it seems like the 4E team was trying to shoehorn in elements from that into the realms... but it doesn't really fit right because that world was grown from those ideas and the realms wasn't. The problem with that world is that it won't see any future growth.... but luckily they put out plenty to run a LOT of different campaigns if you wanted. I wish they'd put out more novels though.
I've looked at Golarion, and some of it seems interesting, but there is a lack of cohesiveness I feel for some reason there. I'm not sure why, but its like "let's throw together a lot of ideas and make them countries". That being said, many could say the same of the realms if all they saw was the campaign setting. I'm slowly giving it a try as well.
I've not looked at Midgard at all. I saw an add for it in a magazine, and that's about it. However, I am intrigued if anyone knows anything about it.
Reply author: Captain Jak
Replied on: 03 Jan 2013 22:02:42
Message:
These maps are absolutely terrific. Thanks to HandsomeRob (wherever he may be) for making them and Cleric Generic for uploading them on dropbox so I can download the original resolutions.
Reply author: HandsomeRob
Replied on: 11 Apr 2013 14:54:48
Message:
Hey all,
I had forgotten about you guys - yesterday I got a message from someone in this forum who wanted the full, high-res version of the map that's sectioned off in this thread. Well, if you are willing to download a 880-MB tif file, you can get the map from here:
Link Redacted; see my post on page 11 for why -- Wooly Rupert
Please note that I made it a few years ago, and there may be some issues and errors with it, and also it's probably out of date with whatever the current editions say, but here it is anyway if anyone's interested.
Later,
-Rob
Reply author: Wooly Rupert
Replied on: 11 Apr 2013 16:07:54
Message:
The legendary HandsomeRob returns!
Reply author: Darkmeer
Replied on: 11 Apr 2013 16:12:45
Message:
Rob, you are a saint. And yes, many of the scribes here were A: Worried you were okay and B: Rabid about wanting a map made by you. Between yourself and Markustay we are blessed with truly great fan cartographers!
Reply author: Enthusior
Replied on: 11 Apr 2013 23:11:52
Message:
Thank you so much!
I'm very glad you looked into this thread again and have blessed us with the full map.
It is really appreciated.
I must say, this is the best map ressource I have ever known for any RPG and it helps so much in the preparation and running of a session.
Maybe some admin can help to store this piece of art in a more permanent spot. It would be a pity if the map would be lost, as it's parts were almost lost last year.
Thanks, Rob!
Reply author: Eli the Tanner
Replied on: 12 Apr 2013 00:37:39
Message:
What program are you guys using to view this file? After I download it the image doesn't seem to be zoomable for me.
Reply author: Delwa
Replied on: 12 Apr 2013 01:38:06
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob
Hey all,
I had forgotten about you guys - yesterday I got a message from someone in this forum who wanted the full, high-res version of the map that's sectioned off in this thread.
*sweeps off his plumed hat and bows very low* Sir, I thank you very much, may Selune light your path, and may you curry the favor of Boo always. Thank you much!
Reply author: daarkknight
Replied on: 12 Apr 2013 04:10:44
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by Eli the Tanner
What program are you guys using to view this file? After I download it the image doesn't seem to be zoomable for me.
You usually need Photoshop to open it.
HandsomeRob, let me say I am sooo impressed by this map. Thank you so very, very much for your hard work and offering this to us.
Reply author: Delwa
Replied on: 13 Apr 2013 02:35:45
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by Eli the Tanner
What program are you guys using to view this file? After I download it the image doesn't seem to be zoomable for me.
As stated, Photoshop. I'm running Windows 7, and if you open the file in Windows Photo Viewer, it works fine. It does help to shut down all other programs, otherwise you might get an out of memory error, depending on how much RAM you have. I've got 3gb of RAM, and it took it a good two or three minutes to open, but it did open.
Reply author: Razz
Replied on: 13 Apr 2013 17:37:22
Message:
Holy crap he's back!!! Does this mean more new and updated maps!? :D
Reply author: Markustay
Replied on: 13 Apr 2013 22:08:56
Message:
Thanks for this.
With 4G of RAM it took about five minutes to open with Windows photo viewer.
Reply author: Elfinblade
Replied on: 14 Apr 2013 08:18:04
Message:
Ah Rob, this is awesome! Thanks for taking your time to post that
Reply author: The Masked Mage
Replied on: 14 Apr 2013 19:55:29
Message:
Nice Rob. Nice.
Reply author: idilippy
Replied on: 15 Apr 2013 17:08:52
Message:
I wanted to post and say thanks for posting that massive map, it was definitely worth the time taken to download it!
Reply author: TarionsCousin
Replied on: 07 Jul 2013 21:41:38
Message:
I just wanted to add my voice to the chorus of thanks for Handsome Rob and Cleric Generic. Thank you both!
Reply author: GreatInca
Replied on: 11 Mar 2014 08:39:46
Message:
Handsome Rob reposted his full-world TIF on 4Shared (I requested it in PM)
Link Redacted; see my post on page 11 for why -- Wooly Rupert
I'm subdividing it into continental sections and will seed a torrent on the pirate bay. Most computers today should be able to handle 100 megapixel images (computers have had at least 1GB of RAM since 2009-2010)
Toril: 30600x13400 -- 410.04 megapixels (Scale: 2 pixels = 1 mile)
Fearun: 7500x6500 @ 7580, 1200 | 15080, 7700 -- 48.75 megapixels
Sword Coast: 3000x4500 @ 0,350 (7580, 1550) -- 13.5 megapixels
Central Fearun: 4000x4500 @ 2630, 350 (10210,1550) -- 18 megapixels
Kara-Tur: 7500x8500 @ 15000, 1900 | 22500, 10400 -- 63.75 megapixels
Zakhara: 3750x5250 @ 1950, 7220 | 5700, 12470 -- 19.6785 megapixels
Toril Western Hemisphere: 5000x11500 @ 2000, 1750 | 7000, 13250 -- 57.5 megapixels
Anchorome: 3500x2750 @ 200, 0 (2200, 1750) -- 9.625 megapixels
Maztica: 3000x4250 @ 680, 2300 (2680, 4050) -- 12.75 megapixels
Katashaka: 4750x5250 @ 0, 6232 (2000, 7982) -- 24.9375 megapixels
Astronomical rabbit trail:
According to this global map with a scale of 300 pixels = 150 miles (2 pixels per mile), Toril has a planetary circumference of 15,300 miles, about 61.4% of earth's (24,901 miles). If Toril had the exact same average density as earth, this would mean that Toril has 48.16% of earth's surface gravity.
Reply author: Dalor Darden
Replied on: 11 Mar 2014 08:49:20
Message:
Did you count the oceans beyond what is mapped?
All "globes" I've seen of Toril make it at LEAST as large as Terra.
Reply author: CassDyson
Replied on: 03 Jun 2014 08:37:42
Message:
I would like to thank all of the map makers who have spent so much of their time making the wonderful maps I've found here. I'm totally blown away by this!
Reply author: Mapolq
Replied on: 03 Jun 2014 19:50:35
Message:
The maps in which HandsomeRob (I assume) has based his on, and considerably improved upon, like the FR Intractive Atlas and others done in the same period, had Toril's circumference to be the same as that of Earth. As Dalor said, though, there is a large "Pacific Ocean" that's not mapped on HandsomeRob's file (given that it's largely just water).
It's also interesting to note that Toril is supposed to have 10-15% (not quite sure now) larger circumference than that of Earth, as per Ed Greenwood's comments, but the canonicity of that is a bit hazy, I think.
Reply author: sleyvas
Replied on: 07 Jun 2014 08:47:23
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by GreatInca
Handsome Rob reposted his full-world TIF on 4Shared (I requested it in PM)
Link Redacted; see my post on page 11 for why -- Wooly Rupert
I'm subdividing it into continental sections and will seed a torrent on the pirate bay. Most computers today should be able to handle 100 megapixel images (computers have had at least 1GB of RAM since 2009-2010)
Toril: 30600x13400 -- 410.04 megapixels (Scale: 2 pixels = 1 mile)
Fearun: 7500x6500 @ 7580, 1200 | 15080, 7700 -- 48.75 megapixels
Sword Coast: 3000x4500 @ 0,350 (7580, 1550) -- 13.5 megapixels
Central Fearun: 4000x4500 @ 2630, 350 (10210,1550) -- 18 megapixels
Kara-Tur: 7500x8500 @ 15000, 1900 | 22500, 10400 -- 63.75 megapixels
Zakhara: 3750x5250 @ 1950, 7220 | 5700, 12470 -- 19.6785 megapixels
Toril Western Hemisphere: 5000x11500 @ 2000, 1750 | 7000, 13250 -- 57.5 megapixels
Anchorome: 3500x2750 @ 200, 0 (2200, 1750) -- 9.625 megapixels
Maztica: 3000x4250 @ 680, 2300 (2680, 4050) -- 12.75 megapixels
Katashaka: 4750x5250 @ 0, 6232 (2000, 7982) -- 24.9375 megapixels
Astronomical rabbit trail:
According to this global map with a scale of 300 pixels = 150 miles (2 pixels per mile), Toril has a planetary circumference of 15,300 miles, about 61.4% of earth's (24,901 miles). If Toril had the exact same average density as earth, this would mean that Toril has 48.16% of earth's surface gravity.
Thank you for doing this. I've had and used his partials for a while, but I was looking for a world view and hadn't seen it. Now I just need a wide format printer (for which I now have an excuse to blow money) that takes roll paper to have a beautiful and very unique print for my wall. I've devoted almost 30 years to this world... I should have a map on the wall without creases in it that I can walk up to and point things out (even if it means I have to pull down a Royo Print).
Reply author: sleyvas
Replied on: 07 Jun 2014 09:28:33
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by sleyvasquote:
Originally posted by GreatInca
Handsome Rob reposted his full-world TIF on 4Shared (I requested it in PM)
Link Redacted; see my post on page 11 for why -- Wooly Rupert
I'm subdividing it into continental sections and will seed a torrent on the pirate bay. Most computers today should be able to handle 100 megapixel images (computers have had at least 1GB of RAM since 2009-2010)
Toril: 30600x13400 -- 410.04 megapixels (Scale: 2 pixels = 1 mile)
Fearun: 7500x6500 @ 7580, 1200 | 15080, 7700 -- 48.75 megapixels
Sword Coast: 3000x4500 @ 0,350 (7580, 1550) -- 13.5 megapixels
Central Fearun: 4000x4500 @ 2630, 350 (10210,1550) -- 18 megapixels
Kara-Tur: 7500x8500 @ 15000, 1900 | 22500, 10400 -- 63.75 megapixels
Zakhara: 3750x5250 @ 1950, 7220 | 5700, 12470 -- 19.6785 megapixels
Toril Western Hemisphere: 5000x11500 @ 2000, 1750 | 7000, 13250 -- 57.5 megapixels
Anchorome: 3500x2750 @ 200, 0 (2200, 1750) -- 9.625 megapixels
Maztica: 3000x4250 @ 680, 2300 (2680, 4050) -- 12.75 megapixels
Katashaka: 4750x5250 @ 0, 6232 (2000, 7982) -- 24.9375 megapixels
Astronomical rabbit trail:
According to this global map with a scale of 300 pixels = 150 miles (2 pixels per mile), Toril has a planetary circumference of 15,300 miles, about 61.4% of earth's (24,901 miles). If Toril had the exact same average density as earth, this would mean that Toril has 48.16% of earth's surface gravity.
Thank you for doing this. I've had and used his partials for a while, but I was looking for a world view and hadn't seen it. Now I just need a wide format printer (for which I now have an excuse to blow money) that takes roll paper to have a beautiful and very unique print for my wall. I've devoted almost 30 years to this world... I should have a map on the wall without creases in it that I can walk up to and point things out (even if it means I have to pull down a Royo Print).
holy cow. I had figured I could maybe put this to a 36 or 48 inch print and still be able to roughly read it. I'm doing some ROUGH estimations (i.e. I'm holding the 8 in side of a piece of paper up to my screen, turning on rulers in paint, and noting that at 50% zoom, 8 inches of paper equals almost exactly 1600 pixels... which I guess might factor at normal zoom 100 pixels per inch, but lets keep it at 50% and have mouse font). So, this world picture is 30600 by 13400. That roughly comes out to 153 inches (12 foot 9 inches) wide by 67 inches high (5 foot 7 inches). Wow, I couldn't even print this with a wide format printer and get the detail I'd want (if I drop it to 25% zoom, its totally illegible except for country names). I'd have to go full wallpaper print (and it would take up my whole hall).
Reply author: Dewaint
Replied on: 16 Jul 2014 20:15:07
Message:
wow, awesome, stupendous!
Thousand thanks to handsomeRob for such a professional and lovely made map of Toril.
Stumbled only now over that thread, I can't believe it!
Reply author: Hoondatha
Replied on: 16 Jul 2014 23:11:37
Message:
Very, very nice. Thank you for hosting the full image. I have some of the pieces, but have been sad that I didn't have the full world one that was posted in non-downloadable format years ago.
Reply author: Cards77
Replied on: 17 Jul 2014 21:13:26
Message:
These maps are fabulous. Straight baller
Reply author: GreatInca
Replied on: 19 Sep 2014 02:43:08
Message:
5 large HandsomeRob map super-sections in lossless PNG.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jicfyw76b6f5unv/AABIHkv_NmNCrSuXj-YrpOPFa?dl=0
Fearun - 7500x6500
Hordelands & Shininglands - 3500x5500
Kara Tur - 7500x8500
Toril Western Hemisphere - 5500x11500
Zakhara - 3750x5250
There are some impressive Greyhawk maps in this folder too. Flanaess by Anna B Meyer in 6 17430x10083 sections. Files are smaller because they are jpeg (not lossless).
DropBox is not generating thumbnails for files over ~25 megapixels (25mp is 5000x5000 or 4000x6250) and the browser probably won't display them either. Might need to make use of the link URL tooltip or use the list view, and you will generally need to download the file and view with an external program (Windows 7 built-in viewer works great, Windows XP built-in viewer won't do well when scrolling/zooming).
Reply author: peelseel2
Replied on: 19 Nov 2014 17:47:56
Message:
HandsomeRob,
Fantastic Job on the maps!!
One question on the Faerun map. What is the scale?
Reply author: Mystic Lemur
Replied on: 24 Nov 2014 03:55:51
Message:
I believe it was posted earlier that the scale is 2 pixels per mile. Don't know for sure if that's accurate, though.
Reply author: Razz
Replied on: 08 Dec 2014 02:39:56
Message:
Can someone post a reduced size of the whole world map? My laptop crashes when I try to open a 700mb tiff image like that.
Reply author: Benjamin
Replied on: 21 Sep 2015 19:29:49
Message:
After a hard drive crash, I lost my copy of Handsome Rob's map. The 4shared link doesn't work anymore. Any chance someone can repost it?
Reply author: CassDyson
Replied on: 21 Sep 2015 22:14:32
Message:
Maybe this one will work for you. I try to keep all the map files I've downloaded here.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/h079cp91oceu3uq/AABb9FaY3XqpW6RI0x3-2nSMa?dl=0
Reply author: Benjamin
Replied on: 22 Sep 2015 17:40:54
Message:
Thanks. Something is wring with images 1 and 3-6. Keeps giving me an error when I try to download.
Reply author: Cards77
Replied on: 24 Sep 2015 01:53:33
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by Benjamin
Thanks. Something is wring with images 1 and 3-6. Keeps giving me an error when I try to download.
yeah image 1 is not showing up correctly and a bunch of the others (17-20) are showing up as black.
Reply author: Artemas Entreri
Replied on: 24 Sep 2015 03:19:05
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by GreatInca
5 large HandsomeRob map super-sections in lossless PNG.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jicfyw76b6f5unv/AABIHkv_NmNCrSuXj-YrpOPFa?dl=0
Fearun - 7500x6500
Hordelands & Shininglands - 3500x5500
Kara Tur - 7500x8500
Toril Western Hemisphere - 5500x11500
Zakhara - 3750x5250
There are some impressive Greyhawk maps in this folder too. Flanaess by Anna B Meyer in 6 17430x10083 sections. Files are smaller because they are jpeg (not lossless).
DropBox is not generating thumbnails for files over ~25 megapixels (25mp is 5000x5000 or 4000x6250) and the browser probably won't display them either. Might need to make use of the link URL tooltip or use the list view, and you will generally need to download the file and view with an external program (Windows 7 built-in viewer works great, Windows XP built-in viewer won't do well when scrolling/zooming).
Wow, great stuff here!
Reply author: maxter
Replied on: 22 Jul 2016 14:20:52
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by Cleric Generic
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/zakhara.jpg
(...)
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93749627/aglarond.jpg
All of the files hosted by Cleric Generic are not working anymore, i really needed the Impultur map for my next campaign.
Could someone be so kind and PM-me the map?
Reply author: Joebing
Replied on: 22 Jul 2016 16:47:25
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by GreatInca
Handsome Rob reposted his full-world TIF on 4Shared (I requested it in PM)
Link Redacted; see my post on page 11 for why -- Wooly Rupert
I'm subdividing it into continental sections and will seed a torrent on the pirate bay. Most computers today should be able to handle 100 megapixel images (computers have had at least 1GB of RAM since 2009-2010)
Toril: 30600x13400 -- 410.04 megapixels (Scale: 2 pixels = 1 mile)
Fearun: 7500x6500 @ 7580, 1200 | 15080, 7700 -- 48.75 megapixels
Sword Coast: 3000x4500 @ 0,350 (7580, 1550) -- 13.5 megapixels
Central Fearun: 4000x4500 @ 2630, 350 (10210,1550) -- 18 megapixels
Kara-Tur: 7500x8500 @ 15000, 1900 | 22500, 10400 -- 63.75 megapixels
Zakhara: 3750x5250 @ 1950, 7220 | 5700, 12470 -- 19.6785 megapixels
Toril Western Hemisphere: 5000x11500 @ 2000, 1750 | 7000, 13250 -- 57.5 megapixels
Anchorome: 3500x2750 @ 200, 0 (2200, 1750) -- 9.625 megapixels
Maztica: 3000x4250 @ 680, 2300 (2680, 4050) -- 12.75 megapixels
Katashaka: 4750x5250 @ 0, 6232 (2000, 7982) -- 24.9375 megapixels
Astronomical rabbit trail:
According to this global map with a scale of 300 pixels = 150 miles (2 pixels per mile), Toril has a planetary circumference of 15,300 miles, about 61.4% of earth's (24,901 miles). If Toril had the exact same average density as earth, this would mean that Toril has 48.16% of earth's surface gravity.
Does anyone still have this full map? None of the links work, and I'm looking to wallpaper a wall of the new house's gaming room. A 12 ft plus long map will work nicely.
Reply author: Enthusior
Replied on: 22 Jul 2016 20:24:52
Message:
Let me help you out, weary traveler.
Curiously enough, I just dragged this master piece from my archives to make a huge poster of it as well.
So I have it handy in my dropbox currently.
Full map (800MB, TIF) here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jt7j92l7i4euwxz/TorilMap.tif?dl=0
Impiltur (1MB JPEG)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fbanwdbma72iig8/impiltur.jpg?dl=0
Let me know if these links work for you.
It's really a shame this most awesome of all maps is not more popular and so hard to come by, glad to provide it.
Reply author: Artemas Entreri
Replied on: 22 Jul 2016 21:34:41
Message:
I downloaded the full map. Great stuff!
Reply author: Joebing
Replied on: 23 Jul 2016 18:37:44
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by Enthusior
Let me help you out, weary traveler.
Curiously enough, I just dragged this master piece from my archives to make a huge poster of it as well.
So I have it handy in my dropbox currently.
Full map (800MB, TIF) here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jt7j92l7i4euwxz/TorilMap.tif?dl=0
Impiltur (1MB JPEG)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fbanwdbma72iig8/impiltur.jpg?dl=0
Let me know if these links work for you.
It's really a shame this most awesome of all maps is not more popular and so hard to come by, glad to provide it.
Thanks for this! Now to find a local copy place that can handle a print job this big...I know it's going to cost $$$$, but it will be worth it.
Reply author: Artemas Entreri
Replied on: 23 Jul 2016 23:17:36
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by Joebingquote:
Originally posted by Enthusior
Let me help you out, weary traveler.
Curiously enough, I just dragged this master piece from my archives to make a huge poster of it as well.
So I have it handy in my dropbox currently.
Full map (800MB, TIF) here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jt7j92l7i4euwxz/TorilMap.tif?dl=0
Impiltur (1MB JPEG)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fbanwdbma72iig8/impiltur.jpg?dl=0
Let me know if these links work for you.
It's really a shame this most awesome of all maps is not more popular and so hard to come by, glad to provide it.
Thanks for this! Now to find a local copy place that can handle a print job this big...I know it's going to cost $$$$, but it will be worth it.
Please reply back if you get any printing info for pricing/size.
Reply author: Enthusior
Replied on: 24 Jul 2016 14:38:51
Message:
As we are on the topic, let me offer you my personal edition of the more essential Faerūnian part of the map. I put it in scale (1:4.000.000), added a fine hex for easy measurement and tried to make it a little more appealing. The size of it is about 131 x 82 cm (52'' x 32''). At 200 dpi it should look just nicely when printed. Note that the hex is really harsh in the preview due to compression, it's way more subtle in the full version of the map.
Hope you enjoy!
Preview: http://250kb.de/u/160724/j/IxsNfNAhwo88.jpg
Full map: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wu64551qf9ljxco/Essential%20Faer%C3%BBn%20-%20200dpi.tif?dl=0
Reply author: Brimstone
Replied on: 24 Jul 2016 15:33:52
Message:
Nice maps.
Reply author: Artemas Entreri
Replied on: 25 Jul 2016 01:32:55
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by Enthusior
As we are on the topic, let me offer you my personal edition of the more essential Faerūnian part of the map. I put it in scale (1:4.000.000), added a fine hex for easy measurement and tried to make it a little more appealing. The size of it is about 131 x 82 cm (52'' x 32''). At 200 dpi it should look just nicely when printed. Note that the hex is really harsh in the preview due to compression, it's way more subtle in the full version of the map.
Hope you enjoy!
Preview: http://250kb.de/u/160724/j/IxsNfNAhwo88.jpg
Full map: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wu64551qf9ljxco/Essential%20Faer%C3%BBn%20-%20200dpi.tif?dl=0
Very nice. Any plans to hex-out Zakhara??
Reply author: Enthusior
Replied on: 25 Jul 2016 09:03:54
Message:
No plans as of yet, but I could put it on my list of procrastination activities. If your interest is more urgent though, let me know.
Reply author: Markustay
Replied on: 21 Dec 2016 17:58:33
Message:
It wouldn't take me very long at all to put a hex grid on Zakhara - would someone still want that? It wouldn't be my map, though - I've never mapped Zakhara (I never felt there was any need - the maps that came with the Al-Qadim material already have everything, and are quite nice). Did HandsomeRob do a Zakhara map? otherwise, I could just use the official one (so long as I don't get in trouble for reposting). I've seen others around the 'net, but I'd have to track down the illustrator and get permission, I suppose.
My new maps (which are terribly late at this point) will all have a hex grid layer. As I said, its just a single click for me at this point (once you have the overlay done as a texture, it really is just a single operation).
quote:When I rotated my original, in order to get the coastlines and much else to go back to 'the way things were', several things got fudge in the process, as I pasted back in some places (like Turmish) which weren't rotated.
Originally posted by Markustayquote:
Originally posted by Jakkquote:
Originally posted by dragonfriend
Why is the neck between the dragonmere and the sea of fallen stars so thin? nearly a river. So different from the original 3e Faerun map .
Just curious, thanksquote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob
It's from here:
http://markustay.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d1xuip9
Probably shouldn't have used that one, though. Perhaps the I'll fix that region up a bit for the next version.
-Rob
I was curious about that too, but I decided that reporting typos and other definite errors were more important, and I didn't want to hit you with too much "this needs changing" all at once, so it kept getting bumped off the list... not that I'm not a perfectionist, just that I try to exercise moderation in my perfectionist tendencies with respect to other people's work.
However, the Dragonmere was always a 'seperate sea', and the neck connecting the two was always supposed to be very narrow, ergo I took the liberty to 'correct it', and make it more like I pictured it should be, when reading various sources about it.
It was narrower in 1e/2e, though perhaps not as narrow as I made it. The whole sea of Fallen stars got much smaller on my version. Take it as 'artistic license' - I just thought a tighter channel would be more interesting game-wise.
Also consider - I was ahead of my time. That map actually works MUCH better for 4e, where the coasts have shifted some 50(?) miles inland. Marsember and suzail are somehow still on the coast - wonder who cast that city-moving magic.
Dwarves, trenches, and some major engineering projects after the SP I'm thinking, which are never mentioned anywhere, but I won't turn yet-another thread into a '4e WTF?' thread. suffice it to say that both their harbors should be inland bays connected to the sea by manmade channels.
And now for the real reason I tracked down this thread...
quote:
From Pirates of the Fallen Stars, pg.49
Teziir, on the other hand, is a small trading town which is trying to replace Westgate on the Inner Sea-Sword Coast route. By providing caravans with earlier embarkment onto the ships of the Inner Sea, Teziir hopes to route more of the cargo through their own harbor. Unfortunately, for nearly half the year the Neck (the narrow portion of the mouth of the Lake of Dragons) is frozen, preventing any ship traffic from entering or leaving Teziir. Thus, Westgate still remains preeminent in east-west shipping.
Accent, mine. I never do anything without a good reason. Sometimes I just forget the reason.
(and I only came across that while researching Teziir for a map I am working on.)
Reply author: Darkmeer
Replied on: 24 Dec 2016 04:00:38
Message:
Handsome Rob did do a Zakkhara map, I have a copy in my file. It's northeast tip (of the map) is at Konigheim. Slow to reply, but I have only been checking the 'keep about once every three months or so... more due to lack of gaming than anything else.
Reply author: Joebing
Replied on: 24 Dec 2016 07:26:53
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by Markustay
It wouldn't take me very long at all to put a hex grid on Zakhara - would someone still want that? It wouldn't be my map, though
:/ Would still love to see a Markustay-version of everything, as I feel your maps are superior. Definitely could use a hex grid on your maps that exist. Road distances are a pain on the fly without 95% of my reference material (all in storage 800 miles away until April). I'll put a Zakhara one to use in the spring (Al-Qadim campaign coming up then on my schedule).
Reply author: tmcvicar2
Replied on: 25 Nov 2017 15:49:46
Message:
Any chance someone could post (to dropbox preferably) HandsomeRob's full Toril Map. The tif one, the 700mb one I believe it is. I had it on a portable hard drive that got appropriated by the 14 year old for PS4 files. Without asking I might add.
He's outside raking leaves now, pondering his lack of PS4 until Christmas. (it's wrestling season anyway - no time for PS4, or food for that matter).
Thanks in advance.
Reply author: Markustay
Replied on: 25 Nov 2017 18:17:13
Message:
I no longer have them myself. I have a few 'pieces', like his lovely Zakhara one, but not the whole thing.
quote:I'm working on it. I am currently involved in mapping stuff for three other people's projects (all FR), as well as several of my own 'pet projects' (that will hopefully wind-up on the DMsGuild).
Originally posted by Joebingquote:
Originally posted by Markustay
It wouldn't take me very long at all to put a hex grid on Zakhara - would someone still want that? It wouldn't be my map, though
:/ Would still love to see a Markustay-version of everything, as I feel your maps are superior. Definitely could use a hex grid on your maps that exist. Road distances are a pain on the fly without 95% of my reference material (all in storage 800 miles away until April). I'll put a Zakhara one to use in the spring (Al-Qadim campaign coming up then on my schedule).
But the main thing I've been working towards for over two years is a set of 'master maps', which thankfully a request by Krash helped me with a great deal (doing the undetailed continental/world map gave me the universal layout I needed for the detailed ones). Thus, moving forward, all my maps should work together (a problem I had in the past - my maps never lined-up quite right). 5e also helped with this, because it brought back the 1e/2e terrain layout (so now I can just pretend the 3e/4e layout never happened).
Eventually, I plan a series of highly detailed, regional maps (like the FRIA maps, only lightyears prettier), each as part of a pdf with an index as to where you can find info on that particular map element. Its a massive undertaking, so I'll probably ask for help from various people* (I've been building-up 'favors' LOL). The way the DMsGuild works, and this new pdf format (for my maps) will allow me to do something I was loathe to do in the past - add homebrewed elements into the maps, because I can put them on separate layers, and also explain them in the text.
*I'm actually considering working closely with the Wiki people to simplify this - they've already done a lot of this groundwork themselves, and I can provide links to the Wiki in the pdf, and those Wiki links will then have the 'sources' listed, just as I plan to do. Its a small, extra step for people wishing to research something, but it would probably save me a tremendous amount of time... which as you all know by now I am TERRIBLE with (I may even have Sage beat at this point).
Reply author: Cards77
Replied on: 26 Nov 2017 01:09:11
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by Markustay
I no longer have them myself. I have a few 'pieces', like his lovely Zakhara one, but not the whole thing.quote:I'm working on it. I am currently involved in mapping stuff for three other people's projects (all FR), as well as several of my own 'pet projects' (that will hopefully wind-up on the DMsGuild).
Originally posted by Joebingquote:
Originally posted by Markustay
It wouldn't take me very long at all to put a hex grid on Zakhara - would someone still want that? It wouldn't be my map, though
:/ Would still love to see a Markustay-version of everything, as I feel your maps are superior. Definitely could use a hex grid on your maps that exist. Road distances are a pain on the fly without 95% of my reference material (all in storage 800 miles away until April). I'll put a Zakhara one to use in the spring (Al-Qadim campaign coming up then on my schedule).
But the main thing I've been working towards for over two years is a set of 'master maps', which thankfully a request by Krash helped me with a great deal (doing the undetailed continental/world map gave me the universal layout I needed for the detailed ones). Thus, moving forward, all my maps should work together (a problem I had in the past - my maps never lined-up quite right). 5e also helped with this, because it brought back the 1e/2e terrain layout (so now I can just pretend the 3e/4e layout never happened).
Eventually, I plan a series of highly detailed, regional maps (like the FRIA maps, only lightyears prettier), each as part of a pdf with an index as to where you can find info on that particular map element. Its a massive undertaking, so I'll probably ask for help from various people* (I've been building-up 'favors' LOL). The way the DMsGuild works, and this new pdf format (for my maps) will allow me to do something I was loathe to do in the past - add homebrewed elements into the maps, because I can put them on separate layers, and also explain them in the text.
*I'm actually considering working closely with the Wiki people to simplify this - they've already done a lot of this groundwork themselves, and I can provide links to the Wiki in the pdf, and those Wiki links will then have the 'sources' listed, just as I plan to do. Its a small, extra step for people wishing to research something, but it would probably save me a tremendous amount of time... which as you all know by now I am TERRIBLE with (I may even have Sage beat at this point).
Wow! That would be like the Holy Grail of all FR maps for me!
Reply author: Enthusior
Replied on: 07 Dec 2017 10:15:01
Message:
Actually the link from GreatInca (cited on previous page) seems still to be working.
So you can just get it here, if I'm not mistaken: https://www.4shared.com/get/c42WYOuice/TorilMap.html
Reply author: Enthusior
Replied on: 07 Dec 2017 10:18:19
Message:
Oh, and my scaled hexgrid-edit of Faerūn is still in my dropbox, so feel free to download it as well! https://www.dropbox.com/s/0gqmtxus7fm50s5/Essential%20Faer%C3%BBn%20-%20200dpi.tif?dl=0
Reply author: Wooly Rupert
Replied on: 19 Oct 2018 02:51:39
Message:
Okay, so why did I redact that link on pages 9 and 10?
The original link, from 2013, was to a site I'm not familiar with, and it appears that that link was no longer valid, anyway, judging by some of the past comments.
Someone said on the Facebook, though, just this eve, that they had clicked on that link and gotten a nasty bit of malware.
I've obviously not clicked on the link myself; I'll have to find some other computer to test that on. But since it appeared that the map was no longer there and that some malware was, I decided to kill the link until I can check it out.
I did keep it, though, so if it proves to be good, I'll repost it.
Reply author: Larson McCade
Replied on: 27 Jun 2019 15:23:54
Message:
This is hopefully not a long shot - did anyone manage to keep a full set of the HandsomeRob detailed maps and have them available to share by some means? Or are they now effectively lost to the sands of time?
Thanks in advance,
Larson
Reply author: The Arcanamach
Replied on: 27 Jun 2019 16:10:29
Message:
I'm always interested in maps so watching to see what happens though, to be honest, many projects seem to fall by the wayside. Although now that I think about it, why can't CK simply host maps that have been posted? Would it take up too much space?
Reply author: Enthusior
Replied on: 27 Jun 2019 16:41:38
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by Larson McCade
This is hopefully not a long shot - did anyone manage to keep a full set of the HandsomeRob detailed maps and have them available to share by some means? Or are they now effectively lost to the sands of time?
Thanks in advance,
Larson
Luckily I am still subscribed to this topic, so again I can take up the mantle as the unofficial vendor of the best maps ever. It IS a pity HR is not around anymore, but these maps are such a gift to the community that I happily provide them again and again to people stumbling over this thread.
Here is the full tif-Monster of 800MB:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ztelodhfzx4uloo/00%20TorilMap.tif?dl=0
Here are handy chunks that were supplied on this thread once:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/264onf2lj8h858i/AwesomeRob%20Maps.zip?dl=0
Here is my "beautified" spin on Faerūn:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/z4xk1xq14oqpzqk/00%20Essential%20Faer%C3%BBn%20-%20200dpi.tif?dl=0
This last one also has a scale and a soft hex grid for easier travel management. If you'd like to return a favor, I'm always keen on feedback on my edit :)
As those files swallow a bunch of my free dropbox space, I will eventually move them out again. I will try to keep 'em there for some months now though. Let me know if you have any trouble downloading.
Reply author: Larson McCade
Replied on: 27 Jun 2019 23:22:36
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by Enthusior
As those files swallow a bunch of my free dropbox space, I will eventually move them out again. I will try to keep 'em there for some months now though. Let me know if you have any trouble downloading.
Thanks so much Enthusior!!! Legendary - and very nice work re the hex overlay and scale... legend?
It's funny how times change, regarding concern for filesize :) At home I have a NAS box with 22 TB of space free. I don't think twice about storing any of this sort of stuff I can find at home. Web traffic, on the other hand, can be pricy!!!
Perhaps a tool like MEGAUPLOAD could be put to a better use than all of the less reputable illegal seafaring activities it often gets used for - should the original authors agree. I did PM HandsomeRob, but I'm not sure of his activity here.
Again, thanks so much. New here but I'll stay subscribed also, should I ever be able to help another.
Reply author: perlmugp
Replied on: 28 Jun 2019 00:35:54
Message:
If anyone is interested I've found a new home for my interactive zoomable map.
Reply author: Gary Dallison
Replied on: 28 Jun 2019 15:57:41
Message:
Always interested in additional resources. You should get your own thread so we can follow the progress
Reply author: The Arcanamach
Replied on: 29 Jun 2019 00:30:39
Message:
I don't know how I never snagged these maps before but thanks for hosting them Enthusior. The amount of talent some have and the work some put in to the hobby simply amazes me.
Reply author: jamesewelch
Replied on: 30 Jun 2019 03:29:56
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by perlmugp
If anyone is interested I've found a new home for my interactive zoomable map.
That's pretty awesome. Are you planning on putting labels on there? And being able to hyperlink to a predefined envelope?
Reply author: ElfBane
Replied on: 30 Jun 2019 12:18:03
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by perlmugp
If anyone is interested I've found a new home for my interactive zoomable map.
All I get is a blank web page.
Reply author: perlmugp
Replied on: 01 Jul 2019 02:58:44
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by jamesewelchquote:
Originally posted by perlmugp
If anyone is interested I've found a new home for my interactive zoomable map.
That's pretty awesome. Are you planning on putting labels on there? And being able to hyperlink to a predefined envelope?
There is a little layer icon in the upper right corner, if you click on that you get options to show clickable icons over various cities and sites.
Reply author: ElfBane
Replied on: 01 Jul 2019 07:40:54
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by perlmugpquote:
Originally posted by jamesewelchquote:
Originally posted by perlmugp
If anyone is interested I've found a new home for my interactive zoomable map.
That's pretty awesome. Are you planning on putting labels on there? And being able to hyperlink to a predefined envelope?
There is a little layer icon in the upper right corner, if you click on that you get options to show clickable icons over various cities and sites.
I'm only getting a blank page in Edge or IE. What browser are you using?
Reply author: Palant
Replied on: 06 Jul 2019 02:19:41
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by ElfBane
I'm only getting a blank page in Edge or IE. What browser are you using?
i use Opera and link works just fine.
Reply author: Nortalud
Replied on: 09 Aug 2019 21:09:24
Message:
I finally registered on the site after nearly two decades of sporadic and inconsistent lurking so I could add my own thanks to HandsomeRob for the incredible works of art that are his maps of Toril. Also huge thanks to everyone who has made the maps available over the years or even chreated their own unique takes on them.
Reply author: Arivia
Replied on: 28 Jan 2020 02:48:39
Message:
Just found these! Thanks to HandsomeRob for making them and everyone for keeping them safe. Now I can finally print off a replacement poster map of the Realms!
Reply author: cpthero2
Replied on: 20 Sep 2020 22:32:48
Message:
Senior Scribe Generic,
Do you have updated url's to these maps? :)
Best regards,
Reply author: Fox Desert0
Replied on: 30 Sep 2021 18:07:48
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by Enthusiorquote:
Originally posted by Larson McCade
This is hopefully not a long shot - did anyone manage to keep a full set of the HandsomeRob detailed maps and have them available to share by some means? Or are they now effectively lost to the sands of time?
Thanks in advance,
Larson
Luckily I am still subscribed to this topic, so again I can take up the mantle as the unofficial vendor of the best maps ever. It IS a pity HR is not around anymore, but these maps are such a gift to the community that I happily provide them again and again to people stumbling over this thread.
Here is the full tif-Monster of 800MB:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ztelodhfzx4uloo/00%20TorilMap.tif?dl=0
Here are handy chunks that were supplied on this thread once:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/264onf2lj8h858i/AwesomeRob%20Maps.zip?dl=0
Here is my "beautified" spin on Faerūn:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/z4xk1xq14oqpzqk/00%20Essential%20Faer%C3%BBn%20-%20200dpi.tif?dl=0
This last one also has a scale and a soft hex grid for easier travel management. If you'd like to return a favor, I'm always keen on feedback on my edit :)
As those files swallow a bunch of my free dropbox space, I will eventually move them out again. I will try to keep 'em there for some months now though. Let me know if you have any trouble downloading.
Hi, after reading the thread it's a pity that the map it's not available. Could you please share the documents, if they are available. I could upload them so they are accesible once more.
Thank you for your time.
Reply author: Divinity
Replied on: 30 Sep 2021 22:29:47
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by Fox Desert0quote:
Originally posted by Enthusiorquote:
Originally posted by Larson McCade
This is hopefully not a long shot - did anyone manage to keep a full set of the HandsomeRob detailed maps and have them available to share by some means? Or are they now effectively lost to the sands of time?
Thanks in advance,
Larson
Luckily I am still subscribed to this topic, so again I can take up the mantle as the unofficial vendor of the best maps ever. It IS a pity HR is not around anymore, but these maps are such a gift to the community that I happily provide them again and again to people stumbling over this thread.
Here is the full tif-Monster of 800MB:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ztelodhfzx4uloo/00%20TorilMap.tif?dl=0
Here are handy chunks that were supplied on this thread once:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/264onf2lj8h858i/AwesomeRob%20Maps.zip?dl=0
Here is my "beautified" spin on Faerūn:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/z4xk1xq14oqpzqk/00%20Essential%20Faer%C3%BBn%20-%20200dpi.tif?dl=0
This last one also has a scale and a soft hex grid for easier travel management. If you'd like to return a favor, I'm always keen on feedback on my edit :)
As those files swallow a bunch of my free dropbox space, I will eventually move them out again. I will try to keep 'em there for some months now though. Let me know if you have any trouble downloading.
Hi, after reading the thread it's a pity that the map it's not available. Could you please share the documents, if they are available. I could upload them so they are accesible once more.
Thank you for your time.
I think there is a link a few posts up that still works
https://www.4shared.com/get/c42WYOuice/TorilMap.html" target="_blank"> https://www.4shared.com/get/c42WYOuice/TorilMap.html
I think I have the map in question on my computer if this link doesn't work. A number of us also have our own maps of Faerūn which fill the role as well or better. - Though I'm in the middle of researching and adding some obscure places to mine at this moment so it'll update in a day or so.
Reply author: Fox Desert0
Replied on: 07 Oct 2021 21:36:34
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by Divinityquote:
Originally posted by Fox Desert0quote:
Originally posted by Enthusiorquote:
Originally posted by Larson McCade
This is hopefully not a long shot - did anyone manage to keep a full set of the HandsomeRob detailed maps and have them available to share by some means? Or are they now effectively lost to the sands of time?
Thanks in advance,
Larson
Luckily I am still subscribed to this topic, so again I can take up the mantle as the unofficial vendor of the best maps ever. It IS a pity HR is not around anymore, but these maps are such a gift to the community that I happily provide them again and again to people stumbling over this thread.
Here is the full tif-Monster of 800MB:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ztelodhfzx4uloo/00%20TorilMap.tif?dl=0
Here are handy chunks that were supplied on this thread once:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/264onf2lj8h858i/AwesomeRob%20Maps.zip?dl=0
Here is my "beautified" spin on Faerūn:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/z4xk1xq14oqpzqk/00%20Essential%20Faer%C3%BBn%20-%20200dpi.tif?dl=0
This last one also has a scale and a soft hex grid for easier travel management. If you'd like to return a favor, I'm always keen on feedback on my edit :)
As those files swallow a bunch of my free dropbox space, I will eventually move them out again. I will try to keep 'em there for some months now though. Let me know if you have any trouble downloading.
Hi, after reading the thread it's a pity that the map it's not available. Could you please share the documents, if they are available. I could upload them so they are accesible once more.
Thank you for your time.
I think there is a link a few posts up that still works
https://www.4shared.com/get/c42WYOuice/TorilMap.html" target="_blank"> https://www.4shared.com/get/c42WYOuice/TorilMap.html
I think I have the map in question on my computer if this link doesn't work. A number of us also have our own maps of Faerūn which fill the role as well or better. - Though I'm in the middle of researching and adding some obscure places to mine at this moment so it'll update in a day or so.
Thank's for the link. I've showed the map to my players and they as amazed as I am of the quality of the map. Totally recomendable to anyone that wants to play in the Forgotten Realms. Quite happy that it hasn't been lost in the history of internet
Reply author: Gabrielmp_19
Replied on: 08 Apr 2022 17:40:11
Message:
Does anyone have a current link that can I use to download them? I tried these, but they seem to be offline :(
Reply author: Fox Desert0
Replied on: 10 Apr 2022 12:00:46
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by Gabrielmp_19
Does anyone have a current link that can I use to download them? I tried these, but they seem to be offline :(
Right now I have bad internet connection so uploading the map isn't possible for me.
Please remind me in 3 days as, for then, I will be able to set up a link that may be more permanent
Reply author: kilndoc
Replied on: 13 Apr 2022 19:39:32
Message:
Sending reminder as requested. Thank you SO much
Reply author: Fox Desert0
Replied on: 18 Apr 2022 10:52:42
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by kilndoc
Sending reminder as requested. Thank you SO much
Thanks for the reminder, and sorry for the waiting. Here is the link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WFdow4qtoCe6ywsps5uihvTjwlrntoGV?usp=sharing
In this folder there are 3 maps (the original, one of Faerun and one of Central Faerun).
It's amazing how this maps have withstand the pass of time and are still alive. Props to Handsome Rob's (the creator of the map), all the community that maintained the file alive and Candlekeep for making this forum posible.
Hope more people can find this map as helpful I have found it.
Reply author: Erikor
Replied on: 01 May 2022 00:52:09
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by Fox Desert0quote:
Originally posted by kilndoc
Sending reminder as requested. Thank you SO much
Thanks for the reminder, and sorry for the waiting. Here is the link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WFdow4qtoCe6ywsps5uihvTjwlrntoGV?usp=sharing
In this folder there are 3 maps (the original, one of Faerun and one of Central Faerun).
It's amazing how this maps have withstand the pass of time and are still alive. Props to Handsome Rob's (the creator of the map), all the community that maintained the file alive and Candlekeep for making this forum posible.
Hope more people can find this map as helpful I have found it.
Thank you, this is great!
Reply author: AvatarHippo
Replied on: 14 Dec 2022 04:00:43
Message:
These maps have been an invaluable resource for me running two campaigns both on the Sword Coast and Kara-Tur simultaneously.
A friend and I have been working together to create lore and fill in the missing blanks both figuratively and literally for the continent of Osse.
And one day my friend finds this map in HandsomeRobs style.
https://forums.beamdog.com/uploads/FileUpload/87/900f171a52fabf5e5cfbac6de23e61.jpg
I have yet to find a map of Osse in a higher resolution than this one but is this one of HandsomeRobs masterpieces that has been lost to the cruel hand of time?
Thanks!
Reply author: Dalor Darden
Replied on: 14 Dec 2022 04:13:23
Message:
Anyone have any contact information for Rob?
Reply author: Fox Desert0
Replied on: 14 Dec 2022 14:09:37
Message:
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Originally posted by Dalor Darden
Anyone have any contact information for Rob?
Unfortunately no, he seems to have gone
Reply author: Dalor Darden
Replied on: 14 Dec 2022 14:23:26
Message:
Shame.
He made a map for me a long time ago that I've since electronically lost.
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