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Post by Daos on Sept 19, 2011 13:00:37 GMT -8
I did say I can't draw well, guys. Geez. Try this one. I made the landmasses bigger, and tried to alter the shape of the poo one. Attachments:
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Post by Airellian on Sept 19, 2011 13:46:22 GMT -8
My second problem, which I didn't articulate before, is that all of the landmasses are much too close together. There's not even an ocean separating them from their neighbor.
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Post by Daos on Sept 19, 2011 14:32:14 GMT -8
Well, the question is then, do they really need entire oceans between them? Is having the landmasses so close together going to cause problems down the road for us as a gaming setting?
(Also, remember, a hex is 500 miles wide. So these landmasses are still hundreds of miles apart from each other.)
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Post by Airellian on Sept 19, 2011 14:41:40 GMT -8
I do think that having all of the major landmasses in one half of the globe would be a mistake. Keep in mind that the Black Sea is only 700 miles in length. 500 miles is not really that large a barrier.
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Post by Daos on Sept 19, 2011 14:51:35 GMT -8
Hmm, I only see one area where landmasses are at least one hex away from each other. Most of them are 2-4 hexes, which means 1-2 thousand miles.
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Post by Airellian on Sept 19, 2011 15:33:11 GMT -8
Just not a fan, I guess. Attachments:
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Post by Daos on Sept 19, 2011 16:40:38 GMT -8
Despite the fact that you haven't actually explained why having the landmasses be relatively close to each other is a 'big mistake,' I redrew the map anyway, moving things around a bit. How's this? Attachments:
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Post by Airellian on Sept 19, 2011 16:55:35 GMT -8
Hmm... I don't know if I like that better.
I guess what's bugging me, and it's difficult to articulate, is that there's nothing here that really differentiates this map from a map of Earth, except for maybe plate tectonics. I feel like there should be some sort of "fantasy geography" that you absolutely wouldn't find on a mundane world.
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Post by Daos on Sept 19, 2011 16:59:10 GMT -8
Like what? Flying islands or something?
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Post by Airellian on Sept 19, 2011 17:03:34 GMT -8
That's a bit on the nose.  |
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Post by Airellian on Sept 19, 2011 19:07:09 GMT -8
We probably don't need to worry about that. This is fine as a skeleton, I suppose.
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Post by HorizonsDream on Sept 19, 2011 20:27:24 GMT -8
I like the second one the best.
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Post by Daos on Sept 20, 2011 14:57:34 GMT -8
Actually, I kind of like the idea of some floating islands now. They could be populated by aarakocra or averial...or, dragons. Ooh, or maybe some kind of beholder nation. Or perhaps there's a powerful archmage up there, looking down on the world from his tower.
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Post by Airellian on Sept 26, 2011 19:27:03 GMT -8
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