Vote For Or Against POL Map Here

[Najo]

Ok, If you want a POL map in 4e or not, then vote on the poll. Much more effective then counting votes in two seperate threads. Main discussion on the POL setting material is in this thread: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=215720

If you wish to discuss POL results, then post below.

 

[sckeener]

I'll be fine with maps similar to those in the splat books. Basically a close up map of one area.

I am not interested in seeing POL world maps....nor even region maps. However, I wouldn't mind seeing a village (homlet?) and a bit of terrain (forrest/mountain/swamp/whatever.)

Basically I'd like adventure maps that I can drop into my worlds if I want to....I expect these to appear in Dungeon.

 

[TwinBahamut]

I think a map would go against the purpose of the Points of Light setting... As a whole, having a map would push Points of Light from being a skeletal framework of a setting to being a fully developed setting, and I think it is more useful to all DMs, especially new ones, to have the former. A map would only be constricting, since nothing limits future inclusion of material and places like having one.

 

[ZombieRoboNinja]

I don't want a map in the CORE books.

What I'd really like is for a third-party company to print out a PoL campaign setting, with maps, organizations, a detailed history, etc. That way, those who wanted to use the fully fleshed-out PoL setting could, but it wouldn't have the official WotC seal making it into another Greyhawk.

 

[Remathilis]

give me a blank map with some general info (here is the ruins of Nareth, the dragonborn came from the southern desert here) but LOTS of room to expand as I see fit).

That said, I won't be heartbroken if such a map instead appears as a DDI thing.

 

[Xethreau]

I am sternly against PoL as a setting. However, I think it is a concept that can be applied to any world, and work to some degree of success.

 

[Rabelais]

Give me the map of a home town, with 3 good plot hooks and let me go to it. I don't need a giant desert, huge mountain range, or even a description of how this town interacts with the rest of the world.

I just want 1 point of light. Every available map should read "Here there be Dragons" within about 5 miles of the center of town.

 

[Wormwood]

I just want 1 point of light. Every available map should read "Here there be Dragons" within about 5 miles of the center of town.

This right here? Yeah, that's a Win.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

I like that all the various names given so far are, essentially, "placeholders" that are meant to be replaced or used according to the individual DM's whim. Putting a map, or even a few different maps, into the core books will open the door to some players and DMs feeling bound by "canon" because the PoL will seem to be considered the "official" D&D setting. Give DMs and players the opportunity to create a setting of their own. If they don't want to, there will be settings available for them.

 

[~Johnny~]

I'm one of the votes against. Providing city maps (like the town of Fallcrest that will be mapped in the DMG) is great, as is providing adventures with locations that reference each other (as the new H1-H3 adventures will). They can be dropped into any setting with no or minimal changes. As soon as you provide a map, you're providing a world and all that goes along with it (a metaplot, continuity, and other limitations).

This way, it's possible to run an adventure where I can create adventure sites and cities willy-nilly without a player saying, "oh... actually, I read in a novel that this mountain is under the control of duergar, so there's no way it could be the seat of the giant empire."

I like campaign settings, but for the D&D core "world(s)," the Points of Light design philosophy seems like a great middle ground between too generic and too specific.