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Rhewtani
Senior Scribe
USA
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 Posted - 21 Sep 2011 : 00:59:31
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So, this might be a question only Markustay would delve this deep into, but here goes.
Where on the 3E map is the Winterspear Valley? I am thinking it's the gap between "mountains" on the map, just a little above Hulburg that heads back to the Galena Mountains. This should be where Aesperus' keep ends up being.
His Keep is noted with the following landmarks in Realms of the Dead.
-In the Highfells
-The wailing lower is in the foothills.
-The entrance to the valley is several miles up the river.
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Rhewtani
Senior Scribe
USA
508 Posts |
Posted - 30 Sep 2011 : 21:23:49
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| The answer to this turned out to be on the 4E map. It appears to be about 40 miles north of Hulburg, taking a right branch off the Glister Road. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 30 Sep 2011 : 21:29:32
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Map
I didn't post that, so my apologies if whoever posted it did so illegally - it may have been in the closed-content portion of the DDi. It only took me about a minute to find (and it wasn't even the one I was really looking for - I was looking for the one that came with the FREE article on Thar by Rich Baker). |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Edited by - Markustay on 01 Oct 2011 22:07:12 |
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Rhewtani
Senior Scribe
USA
508 Posts |
Posted - 30 Sep 2011 : 21:37:14
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| Ha, yeah I just pasted that one into one note below the Thar one. The special challenge about running a 1351 game in this area is that most if not all of the info is 6 to 120 years in the future. So, I have to research everything and try to figure how long it's been whatever way it is. |
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Rhewtani
Senior Scribe
USA
508 Posts |
Posted - 30 Sep 2011 : 21:38:58
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| On a side note, the quivering forest is very aptly named. I know it's grown by magic, but I swear that treeline moves everytime the make a map. |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 30 Sep 2011 : 21:51:03
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| The Quivering Forest is constantly subject to aggressive logging practices. |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 30 Sep 2011 : 22:58:41
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| Here is Rich's article complete with map. Tribes of Thar |
"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 01 Oct 2011 : 22:12:10
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Personally, for game purposes, I would just assume most of the stuff on the 4e map is there in the 3e era. That region was never well-documented, and in your own campaign it doesn't really matter if you bend FR canon a bit. We have never had that nice a map of that area in earlier editions.
As I have said several times in the past, despite my dislike of the sweeping changes to the setting, I find many of the changes to be more useful (to a DM) then the original, pre-Spellplague version.
For instance, new Hulburg is far more useful then its predecessor, so why not use it? Your timeline doesn't have to sync-up to the canon one.  |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Brian R. James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
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Posted - 01 Oct 2011 : 23:10:13
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Yeah, that 4E map is simply gorgeous, and it includes just about every landmark I could find from earlier editions as well.
Mike Schley is a master at his craft, and I eagerly await his next map--which if I'm not mistaken will be the northern half of the Moonshae Isles. |
Brian R. James - Freelance Game Designer
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3290 Posts |
Posted - 01 Oct 2011 : 23:35:43
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Is that a hint?
Who did the beautiful map of Daggerdale thats floating around? |
"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
Alaundo of Candlekeep |
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Winterspear Valley
