(Discussion) General Part III

[Uriel]

I "MAY" be lifting the restrictions on multiclassing for Monk's and Paladins when I get around to creating a really good rules thread.

1) Yes you can make things up as you go along. Do try to make sure that the judges know your MAJOR goals before your adventure starts though. As long as you have a judge watching your game, you should be fine.

2) Orussus is somewhere. We need a cartographer pretty bad, or something like that. The climate is very iconic, that being something like the medieval england pictured in certain movies. Very cold winters, horrible storms at certain times of year, and heavily forested.

3) I'm not sure about where all the official cities are. I do know that Allimon is about 10 miles to the north, but there are a few other Canon cities right now. Try not to add too many cities that don't have a tavern. As a general rule, no DM should ever need to create more than one major city, and a handful of minor ones. We will eventually have rules on this, but for now your free to do as you want.

4) Orussus is relatively wealthy, having a strong economy. The wealth is fairly evenly distributed, with the poor and rich being relatively scarce. Most buying power is in the hands of the middle class. Resources like lumber are common, but we havn't established too much information. I do know that there is plenty of tin around Orussus, but I'm not exactly sure if it's cultivated any more. Imports and exports are incredibly varied though, this is a real trade city. You can find things that might not even be "known" to the rest of the fantasy world, though you'll need judge approval for anything with game mechanics involved (so have all the strange foods you want, but ask about the gunpowder).

As far as other citirs go...

I was just writing up a blurb for Rivenblight.

Rivenblight is aprox 225 miles North of Orussus, with a major road ('the great North Road' sound Ok, CS?) leading to it, then beyond into the true Northlands.

Rivenblight, sizewise isn't as big as Orussus, but the city is very tall, with many towers and minarets, as well as the third that had sunk 9the pit being roughly a half mile deep). In the centuries since it was changed, the Elves (and their Dwarf and Gnome masons, I am sure) have built downwards along the cliff-face, so the their is an Upper, Middle (the walls of the crater) and Sub City).
As well, there is a sprawling amount of former city that has been buried, and (so rumours say) many connectins to the underdark have been discovered.
All-in-all, an entire City/Political/Espionage/Dungeon-Delving Extravaganza!

 

[Dungannon]

Rivenblight is aprox 225 miles North of Orussus, with a major road ('the great North Road' sound Ok, CS?) leading to it, then beyond into the true Northlands.

Sounds good to me, Uriel, especially since I used "the Western Road" for my initial writeup of Ravensdale.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Western Road...Northern Road...gah! Someone get me a cohesive and fairly brief description of the area, and I'll do my best to hand draw a map. It won't be the best in the world...but it would look like an old hand drawn map.

 

[Jack Haggerty]

Western Road...Northern Road...gah! Someone get me a cohesive and fairly brief description of the area, and I'll do my best to hand draw a map. It won't be the best in the world...but it would look like an old hand drawn map.

Likewise, if somebody gives me a vague sketch of the area with major landmarks, I could turn it into something prettier... I'm a fair hand with Paintshop and Photoshop.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Likewise, if somebody gives me a vague sketch of the area with major landmarks, I could turn it into something prettier... I'm a fair hand with Paintshop and Photoshop.

Hmm...so...get me a desctiption of the area...I'll do a vague sketch...then maybe I can pass it on to Jack to clean up and make it nicer...?

 

[Thomas Hobbes]

2) Orussus is somewhere. We need a cartographer pretty bad, or something like that. The climate is very iconic, that being something like the medieval england pictured in certain movies. Very cold winters, horrible storms at certain times of year, and heavily forested.

Well, one of the players in my group took all my (admittedly somewhat vague) ideas about where stuff was in our campaign world, and 5 minutes later gave me a good campaign map. I'll run it by him- give him everything that's been introduced, the concept of expandability, and see if he'll get off his lazy butt.

 

[WizWrm]

The geography thread seems to have fallen off the front page, as well. Is that going to continue to be used as the medium for submitting new parts of the campaign world?

 

[garyh]

Quick idea about the map... I think it'd be kinda cool if we used

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mapofweek/worldoverview1_150dpi_bas987d.jpg

from the Wizards Map-a-week. We'd then be able to plop Orussus, Ravensblight, etc. on there using Photoshop or Paint or whatever.

Thoughts?

 

[garyh]

Gary - any word on that email that I sent to you, awhile back?

Here's a word: Midterms!

Sorry for the delay, I'll try to take a closer look at it ASAP, GW.

 

[Jack Haggerty]

Hmm...so...get me a desctiption of the area...I'll do a vague sketch...then maybe I can pass it on to Jack to clean up and make it nicer...?

Works for me...

Here's a sample of a map for a campaign that I'm DMing right now, that I hand drew, then photoshopped: