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Not quite sure I understand the question. Did I use "map-making" software? No, everything was "done by hand" using GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program). The whole thing basically boiled down to cleaning up the original maps so that only their coast- and river-lines remained and then filling...

Wow! That is quite impressive! Many, many kudos. Haven't got a clue what vectorizing is but I guess I've got my work cut out!

Well, you gotta hand it to old Gary. At least he made sure that I can have a good ROFL whenever the 1E rules for Initiative come up and the right people start discussing it.

Interesting. I guess the section "just as magic resistance" complicates things a bit. Without it, I'd (basically) say the procedure would be: Thief-Acrobat announces he wants to evade an attack he expects to occur before the round starts, Initiative is rolled for, the round starts and the T-A...

Absolutely true. Born out necessity, of course, but probably also because of how folks thought of and played D&D way back in the 70s. The lack of rules (compared to later D&D editions) left a lot of room for improvising and, since everybody came to the game from their own wargaming and/or...

Ever since @robertsconley was kind enough to provide me with a clear copy of what is perhaps the earliest published map of the original Wilderlands coz it's in JG10 (and here on Dragonsfoot), I've been amazed at how much that map differs from the later Wilderlands map(s). The Great Forest...

A-haaa! So that's what that "Blackstaff" stands for! I've always wondered.

Yup. He started from scratch and went all the way. Very impressive.

Is it just me or aren't things going to end very well for Dynaheir, Jaheira, Minsc, Boo, Vajra Safahr, these people?

Well, I didn't exactly accidentally buy a sword at UK Games Expo this weekend - although I certainly see how such a thing can happen - but I did have the honor of being given a handmade sword by its maker some years ago, which even achieved a modicum of fame when it featured prominently in an...

Hmm... I suppose it's a toss-up between Judges Guild's Modron and Lenard Lakofka's The Secret of Bone Hill, having transplanted the entire population of Modron and Restenford to cities I based on the maps in Cities of Harn - after changing the names of most of the inhabitants for obvious reasons...

Hmm... so how to go about preventing the PCs from being obliterated the second one of the crime lords or evil versions of the archmages et al. get wind of what they have? Maybe the item hides its own presence until certain conditions are met - i.e., the PCs have some flesh on their bones? Maybe...

I suppose my first question would be what level the PCs are. If the adventure in question would actually be their very first adventure ever, does that make them first level? If so, the item may well have to provide the PCs with some form of protection from the various elder dragons, archmages...

Ninjad monked, um..., cloistered-clericed by Alzrius

Heartbreaking. And he was shot by his own father.

Brilliant! Can't believe I didn't think of this myself - which probably means that I ain't great either. :) I've been running a hexcrawl/exploration campaign for some time now and I'm instantly going to implement these awards. The party's just been transported to the legendary Land of Qaf...

More voidjamming in Dragon 159. :cool: @Reynard.

By the by, @Reynard, I just found this short and ancient thread on Fedifensor.