Laurefindel
Legend
#1 ruleIsn't that the feng shui rule?
#1 ruleIsn't that the feng shui rule?
It had more to do with the (imagined) direction of Jerusalem.I was looking at a book of old city maps, and in the middle ages a lot of maps were orientated with the top being East - I guess compasses weren't very popular back then and the rising sun was an easier landmark to orient to.
The same way that churches are oriented towards the east too. At least here in Europe.It had more to do with the (imagined) direction of Jerusalem.
I do the same; if they're blipped in to somewhere we just assign an arbitrary "north" until-unless knowledge of actual north over-rides it. That said, lodestones are relatively common and cheap in my setting and are useful gear for adventurers to have, so it doesn't usually take long for them to figure out which way is north.When I ran it (and the party actually arrived inside by a portal--so had no idea of the directions), it was with a map in Roll20. I think what I did was just say that we will pretend that up on the map is north for purposes of communication. When they emerged to where they could see the sun (and so they weren't in it worrying about communication), they could mentally reorient it as a footnote.
Obligatory XKCD call out:I talked with some people from other nations. Most remember their Geography books having their nation in the center.
As long as I was told, in Australia, they are over, not under
Lucky you. Living on the edge of London, I haven't seen the stars for about 20 years!living in the southern hemisphere, with a mountain to the south of town I always orient my self South and then East to the rising sun. I can work out North and west from there. walking home at night I’d orient myself by Orion, which I knew to be West