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This AP is so old I assume this has been asked/answered, but my search skills are apparently not so good.

The adventure has a map of the festival (Burnt Offerings - first big scene), and in it notes that it is available as a flip mat, with Northgate on the other side.

But Northgate doesn't appear as a map in the pdf I own, even though a major scene is set there (Die, Dog, Die...which of course means "Thee, Dog, Thee")

Do I have to buy the flip mat (or PDF of same) to get the map for this battle? I use a VTT and so I'd like an electronic image...I can see the area on the full map of Sandpoint, but to zoom in on that to use as the background for the fight makes it quite ugly and pixelated...basically they will appear to be fighting on the naughty bits from a Japanese adult video.

Help?


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Can someone tell me if Paizo might be deliberately making their maps wonky to keep people from using established VTTs until they get their own VTT product out? I hate to assume evil intent when simple negligence is as likely, but these maps are ridiculous in terms of conversion to VTTs.

If you create a map for a group of users who are more and more using VTTs, would it not be really cool if the grid you supply on your maps is actually SQUARE, and CONSISTENTLY SQUARE across the entire map? I'm not even asking for a standard grid size (50x50 or similar) - just a consistent grid.

This is a nightmare....most modules I buy move right into D20Pro or Klooge and a very close grid can be fit quickly. When I run into maps that aren't square (gridlines slightly taller/wider than wide/tall), it's normally at least consistent and I can do an unconstrained rescale...this doesn't seem to work with Paizo maps. They seem to vary across the map in terms of distortion.

Am I just doing something wrong - if so, it's the same something that has worked well for every other map in a module I've purchased?

Related, there used to be an Excel/OpenOFfice Calc worksheet that would automate the unconstrained rescale, and I've lost it, so now I am doing it by hand. If someone has a link to that I'd appreciate it.


Long ago...seriously...long ago....I bought the first four chapters of Rise of the Runelords, intending to play it in a 3.5 game.

I'm only now getting around to playing them, but now we're using PFRPG. I know that normally conversion is an easy thing, but does anyone know if there's a way to get PF versions of these adventures if you have them already for 3.5/d20, or do you have to buy them again to get the PF version?

I bought the printed versions AND the PDF versions...do PDF versions of the old ones exist in PF rules, and would they allow something like this?

Danke,
JT