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Jan 29, 01:11 PM

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There are over one thousand eight hundred map files on this site.

January, 2012

Jan 29

Added some early Crestar history. 'The Story of Crestar, Part 1 and 2.

Jan 8

I've typed up and posted new spells for the Shogosh character class.

Jan 2

Work in progress: Shogosh character class. Links in the site navigation menu at the top of the site. This character class is a shaman trade skill class. Potions, some different spells, etc.

December

Dec 25

Shogosh character class, preliminary. 3 posts

first discussion

November

Nov 27

Added a map with some details for Gel-Kah area, Grain Isle, Northern Hemisphere

Nov 13

Added several pages on the Barrow Islands

hill dwarves who fish

Shadow and Little Shadow megaliths

Grain Isle, Barrow Islands

Nov 12

The Barrow Islands, new map

Nov 5

I don't want to violate copyright, so I'll use the over $300 FR material I have bought as inspiration.

I have no idea how much of it I can present here under Fair Use, so I won't put details of FR on this site.

Nov 1

I am working on level one of Undermountain. Four maps of 1000x800 feet each for a total size of 4000x3200 feet. I'm undecided if I'll rename everything and use the FR Atlas for inspiration, or use some of the same names for dungeons and some cities, and rename the rest.

October

Oct 30

I purchased Forgotten Realms Atlas. After looking over the maps, I'll have to extensively redo them so they fit into my campaign. They were made using Campaign Cartographer 2, I use CC3.

The cities and forts/keeps don't fit my style. Those will be redone to fit my campaign.

I'll do the same way I plan doing it the same way I am working on 'The City State of the Invincible Overlord' from Judges Guild ( Kingdom of Ladtodquill). I'll use it for ideas, but the city layout will be my own.

I do this so as to not violate copyright.

Oct 23

Surface map column H is complete.

I have purchased several Forgotten Realms modules, etc. and I'll be using that as a guide for my northern hemisphere.

Oct 10

new southern hemisphere area

Oct 9

I have updated the site nav menu at the top of the page adding more links to articles/posts.

As for the the additional columns for the Southern hemisphere, I have decided to go for a large map of a new continent and several islands.

September

Sep 25

I am working on the site nav menus. It doesn't work under IE.

I have put in a fix.

Sep 17

Surface map column G is complete. And i fixed some links on various pages on this column.

Sep 5

Or maybe I'll just add a Cosmographer 3 world template. Hmmm. Decisions, decisions.

Sep 3

Surface map column F is complete.

Since the Northern Hemisphere and the Souther Hemisphere for Crestar are different lengths, I'll be adding more columns to the southern hemisphere.

Maybe as many as 64 more columns, 180 miles wide per column.

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Note that many of my new maps contain bitmap fills. Go to this page to get the bitmap fills.

Here is the basic format of the nation links.
nation:
1) basic info/nation entrance
2) geography
3) government
4) leader[s]
5) maps
6) population

I kept the same basic format, even the ones moved to the blog.


Work in progress is the surface maps, adding them to my blog so that surface locations are searchable.

text only locator for the surface maps

The meeting of surface map columns A- and A is the Zero Degree Longitude line.

The surface maps sequence is: Z- through A- then A through Z, with map columns 1 through 18 in between Z- and Z with column 1 starting after Z and 18 the column before column Z-.

The blog search is restored, going to the above linked surface locations page will give you a list of what surface features are now more easily findable. If you see a (D) next to the link, there are details available.

As I look over the map files and web pages for errors, I'll correct them as soon as I can. I've done this several times over the past few weeks so far.

After many of the new surface maps were done I came up with this idea. I've decided to create a 'database' of people and places on Crestar. It will be a set of entries in the blog with: type of location, name, and surface map location. This will be things like islands, atoll, ocean deeps, mountains, dungeons, towns, etc. It will take longer, but I'll also be going the same for NPCs I created for my campaign. Info like: name, alignment, character class, level. I may modify this as I progress. Basically, you will be able to do a search on the blog for atoll, then you will be shown a page with a list of atolls in this campaign, and where they are located. Each will be linked, clicking on them will take you to a map. Of course, this will take lots of time... certainly don't look for it to be completed any time soon. If I get done before October I'll be amazed as I intend to add surface features and people as I go. This long term project should help you find things around here easier.

The locations links which is a list of types of locations like; atoll, deep, mountains, lake, river, etc.

here is an example
atoll
Shan Atoll (D)

end of example


Jorin

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