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Derulbaskul
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Posted - 29 Jul 2014 :  10:15:57  Show Profile Send Derulbaskul a Private Message  Reply with Quote  Delete Topic
(Apologies for the abbreviation - it should be Hoard of Dragon Queen - in the heading but the Noah's Ark-era forum software only allows so many characters....)

Jared Blando has created a new map of the Sword Coast for D&D Encounters: Hoard of the Dragon Queen. His style is different to Mike Schley's but also really good.

Take a look here.

(I'll leave it to a mod to create a proper link. Noah's Ark-era softward indeed....)

Mod edit: Cast shrinky links

Cheers
D

NB: Please remember: A cannon is a big gun. Canon is what we discuss here.

Edited by - Wooly Rupert on 29 Jul 2014 18:03:11

Brian R. James
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Posted - 29 Jul 2014 :  16:02:57  Show Profile  Visit Brian R. James's Homepage Send Brian R. James a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Excellent find. Thanks for sharing.

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Delwa
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Posted - 29 Jul 2014 :  20:17:01  Show Profile  Visit Delwa's Homepage Send Delwa a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Awesome map. I like the look. Thanks for sharing!

I did notice the town of Parnast labeled on the map. A quick Google search brought up Cloak and Dagger as the only source of lore on the place. Can anyone add to that?

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Edited by - Delwa on 29 Jul 2014 21:04:39
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The Masked Mage
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Posted - 30 Jul 2014 :  00:50:10  Show Profile Send The Masked Mage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Good Map... odd that everything (cities, towns, castles, ruins) has the same indicator though.
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The Sage
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Posted - 30 Jul 2014 :  02:45:09  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Oh, this is itching for use in one of my home campaigns.

Very nice!

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9thChapter
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Posted - 30 Jul 2014 :  03:16:04  Show Profile  Visit 9thChapter's Homepage Send 9thChapter a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Jared is uber talented... great to see!

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hobbitfan
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Posted - 30 Jul 2014 :  04:19:01  Show Profile Send hobbitfan a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Looks pretty good. I like it.
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Derulbaskul
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Posted - 30 Jul 2014 :  08:58:32  Show Profile Send Derulbaskul a Private Message  Reply with Quote
As fans of Jared's work know, he has done a fair bit of work for Paizo. I mention this because, aside from font choice, reading Hoard of the Dragon Queen actually felt like reading a Paizo product in terms of its layout particularly in the context of the half-page opening illustrations and the text density.

It is unfortunate that WotC applied their usual editing standards to the place names: there are a few too many spelling errors for my liking and my Photoshop skills aren't good enough to correct them. Oh well. I still have my Mike Schley maps of the areas that I am using for my games.

Cheers
D

NB: Please remember: A cannon is a big gun. Canon is what we discuss here.
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ZeshinX
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Posted - 30 Jul 2014 :  14:19:57  Show Profile  Visit ZeshinX's Homepage Send ZeshinX a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Sad to see Evereska missing from there. It played a rather significant role in one of my past campaigns.

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George Krashos
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Posted - 21 Aug 2014 :  15:56:48  Show Profile Send George Krashos a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I bought a copy of the map from GENCON. It's beautiful, but the typos are indeed off-putting.

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Akantor
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Posted - 21 Aug 2014 :  22:05:55  Show Profile  Visit Akantor's Homepage Send Akantor a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Beautifull map, but isn't Silvermoon too much east?

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Penknight
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Posted - 22 Aug 2014 :  02:21:32  Show Profile Send Penknight a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by George Krashos

I bought a copy of the map from GENCON. It's beautiful, but the typos are indeed off-putting.

-- George Krashos

I was wondering if you'd mind telling me how much the map was at GenCon. I'd kind of like to know how much things like that are, since I hope to go to GenCon next year for the first time ever.

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George Krashos
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Posted - 22 Aug 2014 :  02:38:44  Show Profile Send George Krashos a Private Message  Reply with Quote
It was $30 IIIRC but roughly the size of two A4 sheets end to end and a touch wider.

-- George Krashos

"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus
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Penknight
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quote:
Originally posted by George Krashos

It was $30 IIIRC but roughly the size of two A4 sheets end to end and a touch wider.

-- George Krashos

Thank you for letting me know!

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Derulbaskul
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Posted - 24 Aug 2014 :  14:46:50  Show Profile Send Derulbaskul a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by George Krashos

I bought a copy of the map from GENCON. It's beautiful, but the typos are indeed off-putting.

-- George Krashos



I let him know about the errors on Twitter but, for some reason, he chose to only fix one of the errors.

Cheers
D

NB: Please remember: A cannon is a big gun. Canon is what we discuss here.
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SirUrza
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Posted - 04 Sep 2014 :  03:07:39  Show Profile Send SirUrza a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by ZeshinX

Sad to see Evereska missing from there. It played a rather significant role in one of my past campaigns.



Evereska isn't missing... it's just gone back to being the hidden elven city that no one knows exactly where it is... or atleast that's how it is in my campaign etting. ;)

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xaeyruudh
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Posted - 04 Sep 2014 :  05:56:57  Show Profile  Visit xaeyruudh's Homepage Send xaeyruudh a Private Message  Reply with Quote
It does this grognard's heart good to see the Westwood reinstated.
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Derulbaskul
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Posted - 04 Sep 2014 :  07:26:01  Show Profile Send Derulbaskul a Private Message  Reply with Quote
BTW, the post has now been updated to include a hex map version of the map courtesy of another blog. Enjoy! :)

(Agreed, SirUrza. Agreed, Xaeyruudh.)

Cheers
D

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