D&D 5E Is the map in the Theros book good?

[robus]

I finished up setting the last quest of my long running campaign in my version of Theros, so I’m naturally intrigued by the new Setting book. But I would like there to be an evocative map to go with it.

Does the book include such a thing? If it does, is it possible to get it as a PDF for printing?

 

[ccs]

I don't know what's in the book, but my local shop got in some sort of plastic map sheet that (they think) is to be given away with the book.
One side had a dungeon & a temple, the other side looked like an overland map. I don't think the land map was overly detailed.

I can't imagine the book doesn't involve a map.

As for a PDF? That'll probably involve some piracy.

 

[cbwjm]

DnDBeyond includes the map, it doesn't appear super detailed in that the map itself doesn't have a lot of features on it. It looks similar to a topographical map and includes the names of various towns and cities as well as a few mountains and things. Far less detailed than the sword coast map for instance.

Edit. I should note that I don't know how high a resolution the map is from DnDBeyond so it may not be suitable for printing.

 

[Mistwell]

I miss the days of settings coming with a huge wall map like Greyhawk did

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I have the digital book, I would say that as a piece of art the world map isn't very inspired.

But then the positions of the islands is supposed to be vague and changeable, and the ancient world wasn't known for it's accurate maps in any case.

 

[R_J_K75]

I miss the days of settings coming with a huge wall map like Greyhawk did

Me too, honestly I stopped using maps quite awhile ago except for smaller ones that were printed out portions of larger ones. Ones from boxed sets were good for referencing while reading through the content to get a better understanding of what you were reading. As someone pointed out in another thread art and cartography was mostly lost when WotC took over. Honestly I cant recall 1 decent map for 5E yet.

 

[Sadras]

Honestly I cant recall 1 decent map for 5E yet.

What about the map in Storm King's Thunder?

 

[R_J_K75]

What about the map in Storm King's Thunder?

Which one?

 

[Sadras]

Which one?

The main one (double page spread) which details the North in chapter 3 with all the site descriptors for all the fetch quests and what not.

 

[R_J_K75]

The main one (double page spread) which details the North in chapter 3 with all the site descriptors for all the fetch quests and what not.

Its not bad its just imo not very useful if its inside a book and I need to keep flipping back and forth while reading and running the adventure. When they made adventures in softcover most of the times the maps were on the inside covers and just easier to use than hard cover. Not to mention theres just something to be said for a large map you hang on the wall or laminate and leave on the table.