Dragon 369 - Io'vanthor: Lost City of the Dragonborn
- Thread starter Shroomy
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Wisdom Penalty
First Post
Great article, horrible map. No offense against the artist - who I'm sure can and has done much better work - but how does that "map" serve as any help to game play? It's cartoonish and seems an afterthought.
I'm still waiting for the great tagged and untagged maps that, IMO, should be included in these digital articles. Seems to me there are plenty of neat things that can be done in an online format that were cost prohibitive to do in a paper magazine. And yet - Paizo still came out with a downloads/resources section that was the bee's knees.
And while we're on Paizo: They would never have gone to press with something like that.
WP
I'm still waiting for the great tagged and untagged maps that, IMO, should be included in these digital articles. Seems to me there are plenty of neat things that can be done in an online format that were cost prohibitive to do in a paper magazine. And yet - Paizo still came out with a downloads/resources section that was the bee's knees.
And while we're on Paizo: They would never have gone to press with something like that.
WP
Phaezen
Adventurer
You can find the map and art galleries for last months Dungeon and Dragon Magazines here:
Art & Maps Gallery
This months Galleries will be up on the following dates, according to the http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/4dnd/20081101a
Dragon Art Gallery: 24 Novemer
Dungeon Art & Gallery: 26 November
Phaezen
Shroomy
Adventurer
I didn't have a problem with the map, since it was clear to me that it was intended to be a broad overview. That said, while the article was good, it didn't measure up to the previous articles of its type IMO, though I have to admit that I'm having trouble pointing to what I think was missing from it.
catsclaw227
First Post
I think (I could be wrong) that Wisdom Penalty was talking about keyed and unkeyed hi-res maps. Many of the map and art gallery maps are still poorly sized and lo-res images.
I am also waiting for these, and though asking for hi-res images for simple articles isn't necessary, maps are really important. I like the direction DDI is going, but wish that we'd get some hi-res image supplements for the Dungeon adventures at the very least.
