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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 1362203" data-attributes="member: 1125">I tend to write my maps rather than draw them In otherwords I will decide that between point A and point D there are 7 areasof which ABC&D are 'planned encounters' the other three are random 'corridors'I'll then do something like:Area 1 Foothills: Mountain tussock merges with forested hills, gentle slopes and light open forest (medium density), becoming sparse towards the base where it emerges into scrub and then plains (see Area 2)Encounters (roll d20): Pixie 1, Assasin Vine 2-5, Orc Scouts 6-10, Wolves 10 -12, Goblins 13 -17, Other 18 - 19, 20 OwlBear Sites (Roll d20): Fairy Ring 1-2, 3 OwlsBear Lair, 4 - 9 Goodberry bushes (dense undergrowth) 10- 20 Nothing Area 4 Plains (Scrub):The forests and hills merge into the grasslands via a margin of sparse scrub. The Encampment of Mog Khan stretches out to the east and northEncounter (Event C): Orc Scouts guarding the permeter of the Camp (Spot, Hide etc etc) The Wilderness is 'big' and throughout most of history the only way to measure how big was by how long it took to travel through it. Even shorter measures were non standard - take the foot my foot and your foot are unlikely to be the same length and thus for most of history measuring distance was arbitary - It was King Edward in the 13th C who ordered that the 'Iron Ulna' be created as a standard measure of the Yard (Ulna = Forearm bone)Anyway my point is DON'T be accurate don't tell the PCS how big something is in standard units, instead tell them in non standard descriptions like "the walls are the height of two full grown ogres" or the Forest "extends to the shadow of Mt Doom"Tell them that the Marshlands are dark and menacing and take 4 days to cross -do the PCs actually need to know that the Swamp is only 3 miles wide rather than 300 miles (maybe it takes four days to cross because it is so muddy and dense)</blockquote>

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