Sweet!
Lots of mountains. So I take it that there's going to be a bit of hiking in the ROTR?
Good work!
Oooh...I like the Mushfens.
OOOH and Land of the Linnorm Kings? That's just awesome!
Nice maps. I should enjoy using this world. Can't wait for the RotRAP.
I want to know the story behind those huge cliffs.
My wallpaper....
My only complaint is that the font is a little hard to read in some places - even on my nineteen-inch monitor, it's a little busy.
Still, I like the map very much. It definitely makes me want to learn more about all these places!
I can't wait to hear who or what caused everything northeast of the cliffs to become ruined.
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WoW! I mean really....wow! I have to say that you all amaze me every day I log onto your site. Not only is that map beautiful, but you didn't hide it from us for the next 3 months.
Man I wish I could live in Seattle, I would so work for you guys. Just so I could meet the creative think tank behind this great company. Oh well guess I'll have to wait for GenCon.
You all rock!
This is very cool! I am glad you posted it, as I was thinking earlier this evening that I would like to preview more ROTR stuff. Have a great weekend!
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WOW
I been waiting the last few days for this. I called my GF from work and had her describe this map to me. Stuff such as it is green and brown and I can not say half of the words. I am so excited about pathfinder. The people at Paizos are just amazing. There level of interaction with us all and there constant updates are the best Customer service I had in a long time.
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Was just looking and I don't see a capitol city. Does Varisia not have a capitol? Or is it just not marked as the capitol?
Varisia isn't a kingdom, really... it's frontier land. There's a king and queen in Korvosa, but they're kind of self-installed and their rule really only governs the clutch of towns and cities in the southeast. Then, to the west, there's the free city of Magnimar, which helps out the smaller towns like Sandpoint and Wartle and Wolf's Ear with support in return for taxes, but they pretty much leave the towns and villages to self govern. Korvosa would like to extend its control west, but as of yet, has not. Then, to the north, you have the truly free cities like Riddleport and Urglin, places where law's a four-letter-word.
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OH! And thanks for the kind words! I'm really pleased with how the map turned out. Yeah, there's a lot of mountains, and yeah, there'll be a fair amount of hiking in Rise of the Runelords.
Stay tuned till next Friday... I think we'll be posting the map of Sandpoint then for all to see...
OH! And thanks for the kind words! I'm really pleased with how the map turned out. Yeah, there's a lot of mountains, and yeah, there'll be a fair amount of hiking in Rise of the Runelords.
Stay tuned till next Friday... I think we'll be posting the map of Sandpoint then for all to see...
OK I got to wait a week for those sad.....
what other info coming out next week? More Gods? Iconics? Monsters? Art?
I want to know the story behind those huge cliffs.
Oh, you'll be getting some of that. Along with maybe some explanations for some oddly shaped islands and particularly large swamps. No worries.
Was just looking and I don't see a capitol city. Does Varisia not have a capitol? Or is it just not marked as the capitol?
Varisia isn't a unified country, so there's no capitol in the region. Korvosa, Magnimar, and Riddleport are city-states of Chelian-descent, each with an area of influence that encompasses their surrounding lands and vassal communities. Celwynvian is /was once the capitol of the Mierani elves living in the north... but they're having problems. There's going to be a lot more talk on all the who's what and where's where in the Rise of the Runelords Player's Guide.
My only complaint is that the font is a little hard to read in some places - even on my nineteen-inch monitor, it's a little busy.
You’ve got to cut a few corners to get some of these bazillionty megabyte files web-ready. Visibility will not be a problem in the final version. Again, no worries.
When's the four-part poster map coming out...
I'd be very loud—and would tell all my friends to be very loud—about that kind of talk... Maybe in another thread... Along with ways you'd be willing to obtain such a thing if binding it into a 100-ish page monthly book proved problematic. Just a suggestion...
Thankyou so much for this lovely map. And yes, pictures and maps in this case, can say more than a thousand words! Great work Mr. Lazzaretti!
Pimptastic. I'm in awe of Mr. Lazzaretti's l33t cartographical skillz.
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Beautiful Map. It is now my desktop.
How detailed is the city of Kaer Maga at this point? I ran a campaign for three years set in a city built around a waterfall with an interesting system of locks. Looks like a similar situation.
And yes, I buy the poster map and the zoomable pdf version...
Mr Lazzaretti, your skills as the Paizo Map Monkey have done you proud. The map is fantastic.
I'm not good enough to put Texas over the map or anything, but based on the scale...
The distance from Magnimar to Whistledown is about the distance from Philadelphia, PA to Albany, NY. That means the Mushfens would be, roughly, the size of New Jersey.
Well, it looks to be about 570 miles, as the grackle flies, from The Lady's Light to Guiltspur, and about the same distance from Korvosa to Brinewall. So, smaller than Texas.
So, you're roughly looking at the top of Texas to Corpus Christi and the far right border to about 25 miles past the New Mexico border.
This is based on 600 miles.
nice map
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Wow. That map is beautiful. I'm all about it.
uh....could you superimpose a map of Texas over it, so as to give us an idea of scale please?
All bullcrap aside, that map is awesome.
Ask, and ye shall receive. :)
Comparison of Varsia and Texas
(Map is to scale.)
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Ask, and ye shall receive. :)
Comparison of Varsia and Texas
(Map is to scale.)
Good job! Damn, I love this community!
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Wow. That map is beautiful. I'm all about it.
uh....could you superimpose a map of Texas over it, so as to give us an idea of scale please?
All bullcrap aside, that map is awesome.
Ask, and ye shall receive. :)
Comparison of Varsia and Texas
(Map is to scale.)
Hmmm...rotate Texas 20 minutes clockwise and it overlays very nicely...
While we're being impatient and over-speculative about Varisia, I was wondering what latitude this portion of the world is at?
Stuck on a globe of Earth, Varisia's probably between 30 and 40 degrees north latitude... -ish. Maybe a bit farther north.
so about california's latitude?
Actually, a bit more north than California. More like Washington/Maine/England. Maybe a little south. Temperate environment, in any event, with cold winters and some snow, but nice warm summers.
More like washington eh? So . . Seattle, where oh my gosh, you guys are located. I guess the adage "Write about what you know" is in force in regard to climate and weather.
Dang! I hate the South Dakota winters. "Your character steps outside and freezes to death in the -50 wind chill."
But it's probably better than that, with the ocean and all.
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More like washington eh? So . . Seattle, where oh my gosh, you guys are located. I guess the adage "Write about what you know" is in force in regard to climate and weather.
Pretty much... although there IS a lot of Northern California in there as well. As in the coastline has redwood trees. Because they're the best trees ever.
And James is from Northern California... ;)
Pretty much... although there IS a lot of Northern California in there as well. As in the coastline has redwood trees. Because they're the best trees ever.
Near Sandpoint, too? I haven't known these wooden giants, they are great!
Hot damn, this is awesome.
Things I really want to know more about:
- Varisian Bay. The shape of that, and the islands around it, is intriguing...
- The Mushfens & Fenwall Mountains. The mountains shading a swamp thing seem like it probably has a story behind it...
- Yes, that damn cliffwall, and what made the Cinderlands (chilling name)
- Hollow Mountain. I smell giant old school delver dungeon, maybe?
You guys rock, I'm so excited about this world...
Nice map!
Apart from how nice the map looked, my first thought was, "Man, there's a lot of mountains in Varisia."
There must be a lot of tectonic plates connecting together in the one spot.
Olaf the Stout
There must be a lot of tectonic plates connecting together in the one spot.
Nah, that's just where Erik dropped his spaghetti sauce. He's a messy eater...
Great map!
But I can't find either Falcon's Hollow (maybe is it close to Falcon River??) nor the Darkmoon Vale.
Where are they?
Bocklin