[UPDATED] Check Out These PRINCES OF THE APOCALYPSE Maps!

While you wait for Princes of the Apocalypse, the hardcover D&D adventure due out April 7th (March 27th in preferred stores), take a peek at these maps from the adventure, courtesy of cartographer extraordinaire Mike Schley! 7 maps in total, previewing The Dessarin valley, Red Larch and its surroundings, the Sighing Valley, Feathergale Spire, Rivergard Keep, and the Necromancer's Cave. And gorgeous they are, too! You can buy prints directly from the cartographer himself, which is a very cool thing that WotC does.

[UPDATE - unfortunately, Mike tells me that WotC has asked him to take the maps down for now, but they'll be back].

Click on one of the below maps for more!

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[Hand of Evil]

On the 10 mile thing, that may just be kilometers; 6 miles = about 10 kilometers

 

[Fildrigar]

I can't see the maps on his site.

It appears he took them down. Since the adventure doesn't release until next week, I'm assuming.

 

[Unwise]

I'm really excited to hear about this adventure having the same cartographer and writer as LMoP. It being in the same area is just the icing on the cake, that is great. Heck I would have been happy with sequel "The Found Mine of Phandelver".

The initial blurb description of the adventure just sounds awful to me. I don't like save the world quests. I don't like, "there are four items of power" quests either. Combining the two with my other peeve "dungeons split into elemental themes" and I had lost all hope. It has now piqued my interest, maybe they can make it kitsch, tongue-in-cheek or plausible enough to win me over. I have faith in that team at least.

 

[Scrivener of Doom]

I've given the adventure from AL a quick skim and I really like it. I think the larger version is going to be very good but, as a Rich Baker fanboy (with cause), I am biased. I also extracted the regional map from the PDF and it's a better resolution than the one Morrus posted. You can grab it <here>.

 

[Nemio]

I'm really excited to hear about this adventure having the same cartographer and writer as LMoP. It being in the same area is just the icing on the cake, that is great. Heck I would have been happy with sequel "The Found Mine of Phandelver".

Indeed, it's just east of Phandalin.
I hope there's a good way to transition from the Starter Set Adventure to this one.

 

[77IM]

Hexes that are 10 miles along the short axis (one side to the other) are approximately 12 miles along the long axis (one corner to the other). So, the system works.

 

[Scrivener of Doom]

Indeed, it's just east of Phandalin.
I hope there's a good way to transition from the Starter Set Adventure to this one.

Just have one of the elemental cults as a faction seeking the Forge of Spells and railroad from there. Alternatively, set the higher level parts of Princes - Feathergale Spire and the Sighing Valley, for example - in the Sword Mountains near Phandalin. Actually, Phandalin could simply be a substitute for Red Larch and then you could run the whole thing on the Neverwinter regional map from the Starter Set.

 

[Morrus]

Mike Schley has let me know that WotC has asked him to remove the maps temporarily until the actual adventure is released.

 

[Kramodlog]

This developement is very interesting. It means WotC micro-manages what happens to D&D more than some people thought.

I wonder what is the problem for WotC with sample maps being released.

 

[ragnboneshopper]

I've prepped the free intro to run tonight at our FLGS for Encounters. This one is much more sandbox-y than ToD was. More like Phandelver. Thank the gods for that! If the entire book looks as good as what I've seen so far, I'll be all in with this one. We skipped RoT, ugh.