Nentir Vale book

[Festivus]

If the book is in the similar style of the Hammerfast Hold book, I will probalby buy it. For starters, my money is on a poster map of the vale itself being included. Second, there could be a couple dozen plot hooks, things I like because it's something I am not very good at developing myself.

 

[Zaran]

By making a Gazeteer, it's no longer that; it's spelling out where All The Stuff Is. And the Gazeteer is probably going to be "Here is where all our future products fit in". It's gone from a Points of Light skeleton to a fully fleshed out, mapped region with all its blanks penciled in.

I wouldn't worry too much. All their other campaign world books for 4e are lacking in so much detail. Why should this one be any different? You will still have to figure out where everything is.

 

[Zaran]

If the book is in the similar style of the Hammerfast Hold book, I will probalby buy it. For starters, my money is on a poster map of the vale itself being included. Second, there could be a couple dozen plot hooks, things I like because it's something I am not very good at developing myself.

Was I the only one that thought Hammerfast was rather plain? The map of the city fits perfectly with the rectangular paper it's printed on. Which that might be only thing dwarven about the map. The picture on the front cover shows city that is built vertically with close together apartment like buildings with arches and such. The map we got looks like something someone took about an hour to draw.

They gave us a good start with the info we got in the DMG. I'm hoping the Nentir Vale gazeteer book will give details to those of us who aren't so good at filling in the gaps.

 

[Zaukrie]

I hope it is somewhere between collecting most of what has been published, and insane detail. As a DM, you can always choose what to use, and what not to use. I am a really busy guy, and if they can give me a great sanbox to play in, with some good detail, I say bring it on. YMMV.

 

[firesnakearies]

I'm sure there will still be plenty left undescribed, and plenty of empty spots left on the map.

 

[Rechan]

You can get all that from an Amazon listing?

That's what I believe a gazeteer of the Nentir vale will be.

I'm aware that it's my assumption. But based on my assumption that's my opinion. It could just be a catalog of what's been out for all I know, but I'm saying what I expect it will be.

I mean, unlike a setting which is a WORLD, the Nentir vale is, well, a vale. It's a small area. There's only so much that can go in a valley.

 

[firesnakearies]

I mean, unlike a setting which is a WORLD, the Nentir vale is, well, a vale. It's a small area. There's only so much that can go in a valley.

It's pretty big. Based on the map and scale in the DMG, it looks to be around 15,000 square miles. Which is larger than 9 of the 50 U.S. States, and ten times the size of Rhode Island. There are almost 100 countries in the world smaller than that.

Take away cars, trains, planes, and telecommunications, and that's a pretty darn huge area, after all.

 

[Nebten]

Well, if they keep to what is posted on the Amazon site: 192 pages for about $20 is a dang fine deal . . . even if its 10 months away.

 

[LostSoul]

It's pretty big. Based on the map and scale in the DMG, it looks to be around 15,000 square miles. Which is larger than 9 of the 50 U.S. States, and ten times the size of Rhode Island. There are almost 100 countries in the world smaller than that.

Take away cars, trains, planes, and telecommunications, and that's a pretty darn huge area, after all.

Yeah. CrazyRed made a post that superimposed US cities on the Vale map/Vale settlements on US city maps here: D and D Doodle: How Big is the Nentir?

 

[MerricB]

This book may be in the "trade paperback" size rather than the traditional big-book size of the rulebooks. Wouldn't utterly surprise me...

Cheers!