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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DragonSword" data-source="post: 2016590" data-attributes="member: 9114">From what I can gather on the Mongoose Message Boards and elsewhere, it definitely wasn't an editing mistake (there was no placeholder that was forgotten to be replaced with the image). The first Mongoose heard about the problem was when someone reported it on their message boards.I say it wasn't an editing mistake, but I believe Cities of Canals are rare, especially in DESERT REGIONS, such as the City of Shadizar. The image was from WOTC's free maps section on their website, but the image had been manipulated by the "artist" so that the normal colouring was sand-coloured rather than grass/greenery, however the canals on the map were left in place (I would've thought it would've been more clever to make the canals lok dried-out).Anyway, Mongoose haven't commented, except to say that "Heads will roll.." regarding the artist, and that a new map will be made and distributed. It would've been easy to not recognise that the map wasn't original (there are soo many maps around), but the fact that it depicted something nothing like the original Conan city of Shadizar, and had a lot of water, when the author hadn't depicted canals (which are a pretty major feature of the map), can only be shody editing.A Mongoose proofreader (I can't remember who off my head), said that he never saw the map, but only the text, which suggests that it might have been added late (Another Conan city set, Messantia, has been delayed because the main map hasn't arrived yet). That means it could have been a last resort from the artist trying to reach the deadline. No one has named and shamed them yet.That's what I've gathered anyway. I guess it's too soon to comment on what actually happened, but Mongoose are usually good at making up for their mistakes (which seem to number a fair few). As for WOTC, no word yet.</blockquote>

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