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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 9814428" data-attributes="member: 22779">Heh.&nbsp; Now yes.&nbsp; There's a GREAT point.&nbsp; The OOTA maps are truly attrocious.&nbsp; FAR, FAR too large.&nbsp; Like, pointlessly large.&nbsp; Take the Whorlstone Caverns (and if you don't think I have to be REALLY careful whenever I type that...)[ATTACH=full]424129[/ATTACH]Now, as far as map design goes, it's fantastic.&nbsp; Those tiny tunnels are accessible if you partake of certain mushrooms that will shrink you down to small or tiny size.&nbsp; The line that is drawn on teh map is the route of the baddie you are chasing through these tunnels.&nbsp; There's tons of verticality in the map as well and lots of really interesting hazards and whatnot.&nbsp; Fantastic stuff.Until you notice that scale.&nbsp; One square is TWENTY FIVE FEET.&nbsp; Put it this way.&nbsp; Other than a couple of encounters, there is only four or five baddies in any given location and most are less.&nbsp; 1b, to the south of the entrance, has two baddies in it and it's a 100x100 chamber.&nbsp; It's ludicrous.&nbsp; I got lucky and a very talented cartographer&nbsp; that I saw on Reddit had resized the maps and fiddled with it a bit to make it work so much better:[ATTACH=full]424132[/ATTACH]Which is nicely shrunk down to 5 foot squares.&nbsp; Same map, but, much, MUCH better designed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 9814428, member: 22779"] Heh. Now yes. There's a GREAT point. The OOTA maps are truly attrocious. FAR, FAR too large. Like, pointlessly large. Take the Whorlstone Caverns (and if you don't think I have to be REALLY careful whenever I type that...) [ATTACH type="full" size="640x454"]424129[/ATTACH] Now, as far as map design goes, it's fantastic. Those tiny tunnels are accessible if you partake of certain mushrooms that will shrink you down to small or tiny size. The line that is drawn on teh map is the route of the baddie you are chasing through these tunnels. There's tons of verticality in the map as well and lots of really interesting hazards and whatnot. Fantastic stuff. Until you notice that scale. One square is TWENTY FIVE FEET. Put it this way. Other than a couple of encounters, there is only four or five baddies in any given location and most are less. 1b, to the south of the entrance, has two baddies in it and it's a 100x100 chamber. It's ludicrous. I got lucky and a very talented cartographer that I saw on Reddit had resized the maps and fiddled with it a bit to make it work so much better: [ATTACH type="full" width="781px" size="4880x3050"]424132[/ATTACH] Which is nicely shrunk down to 5 foot squares. Same map, but, much, MUCH better designed. [/QUOTE]

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