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<blockquote data-quote="Charles Rampant" data-source="post: 7687596" data-attributes="member: 32659"><p>I think that someone earlier in the thread overlaid Mike Schley's map on the 2nd edition boxed set map, and found that they were so close as to be identical; in other words, it appears that Mike Schley (who in my mind is known as 'Captain MapMan') started out by tracing the contours and locations of the 2e map, and then drew the, uh, decorative elements on top. So this explains the question of 'why does this map have pre-4e elements on it'. </p><p></p><p>As to your actual question - 'how on earth did that happen?' I do not believe that we have an answer to this. I think that WotC are taking the gamble that the fans will, collectively, be happy enough that the setting has reverted to not care as much about the hows and whys. I expect that <em>an explanation</em> will arise for many of these things, but I am fairly sure that explanation won't be particularly full or detailed: the critical concern is that things are back to normal, not the method by which they did so.</p><p></p><p>In the SCAG they mention that the Sea of Fallen Whotsits expanded again because it rained a lot. (As a Scotsman, I feel this lore very deeply.) Anyway, this is a fairly odd explanation, and they mostly gloss over the inevitable catastrophe that this would be for the surrounding areas (loss of land, the complete destruction of all the crops in the affected areas, etc). Why? They wanted it back to shape, and as fast as possible. The rest doesn't matter.</p><p></p><p>Edit: By the way, welcome to the boards, [MENTION=6805158]Benjammin[/MENTION]! That was a pretty impressive and interesting first post <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charles Rampant, post: 7687596, member: 32659"] I think that someone earlier in the thread overlaid Mike Schley's map on the 2nd edition boxed set map, and found that they were so close as to be identical; in other words, it appears that Mike Schley (who in my mind is known as 'Captain MapMan') started out by tracing the contours and locations of the 2e map, and then drew the, uh, decorative elements on top. So this explains the question of 'why does this map have pre-4e elements on it'. As to your actual question - 'how on earth did that happen?' I do not believe that we have an answer to this. I think that WotC are taking the gamble that the fans will, collectively, be happy enough that the setting has reverted to not care as much about the hows and whys. I expect that [I]an explanation[/I] will arise for many of these things, but I am fairly sure that explanation won't be particularly full or detailed: the critical concern is that things are back to normal, not the method by which they did so. In the SCAG they mention that the Sea of Fallen Whotsits expanded again because it rained a lot. (As a Scotsman, I feel this lore very deeply.) Anyway, this is a fairly odd explanation, and they mostly gloss over the inevitable catastrophe that this would be for the surrounding areas (loss of land, the complete destruction of all the crops in the affected areas, etc). Why? They wanted it back to shape, and as fast as possible. The rest doesn't matter. Edit: By the way, welcome to the boards, [MENTION=6805158]Benjammin[/MENTION]! That was a pretty impressive and interesting first post :) [/QUOTE]
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