ZEITGEIST Are high resolution maps available for VTTs?

[RangerWickett]

There's an old thread that had some high-res versions: ZEITGEIST - Lanjyr maps

One of the issues with printing a map of Flint is that certain locations that were important in adventures 1 & 2 (which we had already written when we commissioned the map) didn't end up mattering later on, and other locations that did matter aren't noted. But I think the version in that thread should age fairly well.

Also, for those who don't want to print their own:

ZEITGEIST: City of Flint Poster Map

This 24"x18" poster map depicts Flint, the capital of Risur.

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ZEITGEIST: Llanjr Poster Map

This 18"x24" poster map depicts the continent of Llanjr, the setting for ZEITGEIST.

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[RangerWickett]

As for battle maps, when we commissioned them for the adventure path we weren't thinking about virtual tabletops, so the maps were intended for GM reference. We expected people to draw their own versions of the maps on grid easles or whiteboards or roll-out mats. So the maps don't have layers to let you turn off information that players shouldn't see.

That said, I'm sure we have the original files somewhere. It's just a matter of porting them to the new site, labeling them coherently, and figuring out how cautious we want to be about spoilers.

 

[Morrus]

As for battle maps, when we commissioned them for the adventure path we weren't thinking about virtual tabletops, so the maps were intended for GM reference. We expected people to draw their own versions of the maps on grid easles or whiteboards or roll-out mats. So the maps don't have layers to let you turn off information that players shouldn't see.

That said, I'm sure we have the original files somewhere. It's just a matter of porting them to the new site, labeling them coherently, and figuring out how cautious we want to be about spoilers.

Did VTTs even exist when we did them?

 

[Crispy120286]

I'm not worried about spoilers on the map. I'd photoshop them out if I really had too. maybe instead of the site you could drop them in a zip file on here? that would be awesome. Useful for DM's who are using VTT's.

 

[hirou]

Did VTTs even exist when we did them?

VTT was promised on the back of 4e Player's handbook >_< The fact that it was never finished still fuels my grudge with WotC and that was waaay before they dropped 4e support and nuked the forums...

 

[RangerWickett]

Well, the lead dev for the 4e VTT committed suicide, which apparently threw the project into disarray. So I try not to be too critical.

 

[scrubkai]

What battle maps is Tormyr using for the roll 20 conversion. Is there a way those can be published somehow for people who use other VTTs?

 

[hirou]

Well, the lead dev for the 4e VTT committed suicide, which apparently threw the project into disarray. So I try not to be too critical.

I've heard about this. From my totally unprofessional and uneducated in all things business standpoint, that's what management is supposed ... to manage. I'm not sure what could be done to salvage the project, but "running it into the ground" doesn't seem to be the best solution...
Offtopic over, sorry, I just have to get it out of my system periodically.

 

[Tormyr]

What battle maps is Tormyr using for the roll 20 conversion. Is there a way those can be published somehow for people who use other VTTs?

I am using the same maps as referenced elsewhere, but I am spending a ton of time editing them to remove room numbers and secret doors so that you can't tell they were ever there (well, most of the time it isn't obvious). Making a DTRPG map pack would be more work as I would have to align those maps to a grid so an end user can just drop the maps in their program of choice.