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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Natural 20" data-source="post: 3976498" data-attributes="member: 27840">... and to elaborate a little I will add ...For me a big part of D&D is the actual sense of adventure which I think harkens back to my time as a Boy Scout. Growing up in suburban DC, Montgomery County Maryland to be exact, it was possible at the time to actually hike parts of Rock Creek Park and still feel a little remote from civilization.I remember a particular time when our "patrol" was on a 10 mile hike around and about Lake Needwood during a late autumn rain; very foggy out, and "atmospheric", so to speak. I clearly recall trying to negotiate my way through underbrush while trying to stay on a narrow trail. No maps, but maybe a compass and a pocketknife; my footfall on the squishy ground, gentle rain, a sense of the unknown - all added up to a very memorable experience. So now when I adventure in D&D it is in pursuit of that adventurous feeling. If we had had a detailed topo map, and I knew from it that just over that mysterious ridge "over there" that there was dense suburbia, then it would have been ruined the experience for me.The lack of a POL map for the 4E rollout means to me that there is a new world to explore - all I have to do is put on my hiking boots, laminate my character sheets and don my Cloak of Rain Resistance +1, and I am good to go! 4th Edition adventures, and the various Points of Light - here I come!</blockquote>