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<blockquote data-quote="Merkuri" data-source="post: 5220525" data-attributes="member: 41321">If your goal is just to identify places then you could simply make lists or do an outline of the different places you want.If you want to connect these places, then I second a node map.&nbsp; Basically, draw circles or squares on a piece of paper and connect them with lines.&nbsp; The circles or squares represent places, and the lines represent the travel between the places.So maybe you have a circle in the center that represents the PCs' home base.&nbsp; You know they can travel by horse 3 days north to get to another village, so you draw a line from there to another circle, label the line &quot;3 days horseback, north&quot; and label the circle with the name of the village.&nbsp; Maybe there's a set of tunnels under the village that will lead to the underdark, so you draw a line from that village to an &quot;underdark&quot; circle and label the line &quot;tunnels&quot;.&nbsp; Maybe there's also set of ruins near the village that has a portal to the Shadowfell, so you can connect a &quot;Shadowfell&quot; circle to the village with a line that says, &quot;ruins, portal&quot; (or make the ruins their own circle).You can get as detailed as you want like this.&nbsp; It's still a map of sorts, but it can encompass multiple planes and vast distances because it isn't to scale and it doesn't represent real geography.&nbsp; It's basically a group of places with lines connecting them that describe how to get from one place to another.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Merkuri, post: 5220525, member: 41321"] If your goal is just to identify places then you could simply make lists or do an outline of the different places you want. If you want to connect these places, then I second a node map. Basically, draw circles or squares on a piece of paper and connect them with lines. The circles or squares represent places, and the lines represent the travel between the places. So maybe you have a circle in the center that represents the PCs' home base. You know they can travel by horse 3 days north to get to another village, so you draw a line from there to another circle, label the line "3 days horseback, north" and label the circle with the name of the village. Maybe there's a set of tunnels under the village that will lead to the underdark, so you draw a line from that village to an "underdark" circle and label the line "tunnels". Maybe there's also set of ruins near the village that has a portal to the Shadowfell, so you can connect a "Shadowfell" circle to the village with a line that says, "ruins, portal" (or make the ruins their own circle). You can get as detailed as you want like this. It's still a map of sorts, but it can encompass multiple planes and vast distances because it isn't to scale and it doesn't represent real geography. It's basically a group of places with lines connecting them that describe how to get from one place to another. [/QUOTE]

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