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Been a bit distracted recently but here's a map drawn by one of my students for an assignment I gave them. Any ideas?

I was thinking more in turns of three point alignment than nine point or the 4ed system, seems to fit the setting the best overall. Smith short stories here: http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/ Weaver in the Vault isn't especially good but is very D&D-ish. The first first one...

Sanglorian: The Weaver in the Vault, not one of Smith’s best but very D&D-ish. The reason that I’m moving Smith pretty high in my rankings of most D&D-like fantasy is that he gets the life is cheap “don’t bother naming your PCs before he hits third level” feel on top of the very D&D-ish setting...

EL: what do you think I/we should do next a gazetteer or a compilation re-edit along the lines of the Thring one Sanglorian posted a while back? Hmmm the most recent Clark Ashton Smith story I'm reading has three veteran soldiers being forced by the government to get treasure out of a large...

It is widely known that elves have no souls but the elf who performs Lisbet's Lament in Treebrush does not even have a spirit in his chest, only instinct and vicious cunning to drive him. He enjoys hunting as the Wild Hunt of old and has struck a bargain with the King of Salt and Brine (00.06)...

The Red-Stained Altar Hex 13.28 Inspiration: Clark Ashton Smith again, with a touch of Korean folklore (“egg ghosts”). In the midst of this section of the Forest of Abominations is the broken altar of the ancient Bergolasti (38.28) god of wine, a statue of which rises above the altar with...

This one’s inspired by my students and Ninjago. The Terror of the Su-Giraffe Hex 49.04 Of all of the strange beasts that live in the jungles beyond the World’s Edge one of the most famous is the su-giraffe. Juveniles of this breed appear much like those giraffes found in other lands except...

Inspiration: Dragon Rider for the first one more Clark Ashton Smith for the others. His writing is great but he’s got to be the most ghoulish writer I’ve ever read. The Flowers of the Moon Hex 16.00 In a forgotten corner of the lands of the Winterjarl (14.00), where not even the nordabjorn...

All of the below inspired by The Abomination of Yondo by Clark Ashton Smith Note: Clark Ashton Smith is awesome, I'm just starting to read through his stuff but he looks like he might inch past Vance and Lovecraft, I'm pretty impressed so far... The Zealots’ Tower Hex 07.33 In this desolate...

The Heir of Trimueil Additional information about Hex 03.08 Inspired by: http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/nonfiction/37/the-black-book-of-clark-ashton-smith and a PC from a different campaign I ran. One of the many poets who learned their verse at the feet of Trimueil is Algrael the...

The Old Well Hex 16.05 Inspired by crackpot theorizing about A Song of Ice and Fire that I read on the westeros.org boards. The lies the ruin of an ancient well surrounded by what appears to be three caved-in clay ovens. Its shaft was dug when the High Kings of Gore (05.20) still ruled this...

Inspired by Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke The Cup of the Doge Additional information about Hex 29.14 Metallic dragons cannot be found on this side of the World's Edge, but the Doge of the City of the Shuttered Windows drinks his bloodied wine chilled from a cup fashioned from the scale of a...

Here we go: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6z-iUIH4P8aeU1WYWhqNktBSjA/edit?usp=sharing New spreadsheet with new hexes.

New map, will make updated spreadsheet shortly: http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/1543/april11map.png

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6z-iUIH4P8aM1NDa0lRRDR2aWc/edit?usp=sharing I shrunk the art resolution down so now you can view it online without downloading the beast. Well this beast is finally done. The file is a lot longer now (419 pages, wow) largely due to having much much more art...

Ten hexes left to add.

Oh, one last connection for Nine Finger Stew (see above). Grimvlech the Smiler (15.11) was one of those shepherds come down from the mountains. Strangely enough he still had all of his fingers when the apes ate him. This one's inspired by the oglaf.com web-comic (NSFW). The Head of House...

Brain feeling too tired to write yup a hex (will add one tomorrow) but here's a map: http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/3188/april6hex.png

Sorry for not posting in a while guys, but I've dug myself out from under a pile of work and rested a bit and am back. I'll write up one hex now and get the compilation on my way and back from my Sunday Call of Cthulhu game (am on my third PC and this will be the fourth session...). This one's...