From what Bulmahn's said in the chats, the events of D0 and D1 don't take place near Varisia. I believe Falcon's Hollow and Darkmoon Vale are not in Varisia, but another part of the continent.
Already going "out of the map", eh?
E1: Carnival of Tears is also set in Falcon's Hollow.
And I did not find Absalom (U1) on the map either.
@ James, Jason and others: are these locations in another region? Will the modules contain info on the area around? Is it far from Varisia?
Thanks in advance!
Bocklin
Already going "out of the map", eh?
E1: Carnival of Tears is also set in Falcon's Hollow.
And I did not find Absalom (U1) on the map either.
@ James, Jason and others: are these locations in another region? Will the modules contain info on the area around? Is it far from Varisia?
Thanks in advance!
Bocklin
Crown does indeed contain info on Falcon's Hollow and the surrounding environs! Carnival shall expand on it some too!
Already going "out of the map", eh?
E1: Carnival of Tears is also set in Falcon's Hollow.
And I did not find Absalom (U1) on the map either.
@ James, Jason and others: are these locations in another region? Will the modules contain info on the area around? Is it far from Varisia?
Thanks in advance!
Bocklin
Hey, Bocklin, Absalom is actually located on an island called Kortos. The approach at detailing the city is a bit different from what I've seen so far. In U1 I've detailed one District while Nick and Tim are detailing another in a project they're collaborating on. It's going to be very big. City of Greyhawk big... maybe even bigger.
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I just love the Varisia Map, mucho kudos to Rob Lazzaretti.
A couple of questions though. Is the Storval Rise a natural geographic feature? Is the whole of Varisia siting on top of a massive fault-line? Or perhaps the result of some catacylsmic magical event.
It seems that one side of the Rise is lush and verdant whilst the other is a desert. What causes the differential?
SW
Hey, Bocklin, Absalom is actually located on an island called Kortos. The approach at detailing the city is a bit different from what I've seen so far. In U1 I've detailed one District while Nick and Tim are detailing another in a project they're collaborating on. It's going to be very big. City of Greyhawk big... maybe even bigger.
Thanks! Is Kortos far from Varisia? And is it in the same corner as Flacon's Hollow or just completely somewhere else?
Is this level of geographical precision important at this point? Or are you taking a more "step-by-step" approach where the details of exactly what is where is not yet very much relevant?
Thanks in advance for your answers!
Bocklin, AKA "bottomless well of questions"
Rob Lazzaretti's world maps never fail to impress! Awesome work, Lazz! :)
Yep! I really like it.
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Already going "out of the map", eh?
Umm... contrary to popular belief Varisia is only one Texas-sized region of our world, which is roughly analogous to the size of Earth. There's a LOT more outside of Varisia than inside Varisia (and, frankly, there's a lot going on INSIDE Varisia).
And I did not find Absalom (U1) on the map either.
That's because it's not in Varisia. ;) To give you a generalized not-completely-to-scale idea of distances (not sizes), if Varisia = Iceland then Absalom = Jerusalem. Roughly speaking, of course.
@ James, Jason and others: are these locations in another region? Will the modules contain info on the area around? Is it far from Varisia?
Other regions, yes. The other modules will contain enough information to set them in our world, yes, but they will also be just generic enough that you can set them in another world.
Ask, and ye shall receive. :)
Comparison of Varsia and Texas
(Map is to scale.)
Holy cats! :O
You get a cookie! :D
How detailed is the city of Kaer Maga at this point?
GameMastery Module D2: Seven Swords of Sin has several pages of information about Kaer Maga. It's pretty neat. :)
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Hmm, interesting choice of example. Not coincidental, I assume, considering that Absalom is named after the infamous third son of a certain beloved king of Israel. Does your example suggest anything about the city of Absalom?
Not coincidental in that most people (I assume) have a general idea of where Jerusalem is. Had I said, for example, Cyprus or Tel Aviv or the Sinai Peninsula, I would have created more confusion than clarity. :)
To give you a generalized not-completely-to-scale idea of distances (not sizes), if Varisia = Iceland then Absalom = Jerusalem. Roughly speaking, of course.
In other words, there is soooo much room in this new setting, you'll never run out of "unexplored" places to visit.
Not coincidental in that most people (I assume) have a general idea of where Jerusalem is. Had I said, for example, Cyprus or Tel Aviv or the Sinai Peninsula, I would have created more confusion than clarity. :)
The question is, do most people know where Iceland is?
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Rob Lazzaretti's world maps never fail to impress! Awesome work, Lazz! :)
Speaking of Map Makers of the Highest Caliber, where is Christopher West in the new Paizo layout? Are you sticking around and doing maps for Paizo or do they lose out on your skills with the move?
inquiring minds and all that nonsense....FH
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For all the Brits on the boards...
Comparison of Varisia and The United Kingdom
Big, innit?
Nice, miph. :)
For all the Brits on the boards...
Comparison of Varisia and The United Kingdom
Big, innit?
Nah...England is just pathetically small...it's just an itty bitty country.
No kidding! Texas has counties bigger than the UK! Colorado, the largest state park in Texas is larger than most european contries. I thought Varasia was califonia sized anyway?
The U.K.= 94250 square miles (or 243919 km2 for you metric tyrants)
THe Great State of Texas= 267338 square mile (or 691872 km2 for the metric tyrants)And the state park of Colorado is 104200 square miles.
Mwuahahaha!
England is just pathetically small...it's just an itty bitty country.
I don't think the country is itty bitty, just the inhabitants.
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No kidding! Texas has counties bigger than the UK! Colorado, the largest state park in Texas is larger than most european contries. I thought Varasia was califonia sized anyway?
The U.K.= 94250 square miles (or 243919 km2 for you metric tyrants)
THe Great State of Texas= 267338 square mile (or 691872 km2 for the metric tyrants)And the state park of Colorado is 104200 square miles.Mwuahahaha!
In Texas, we'd call UK a "ranch."
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For all the Brits on the boards...
Comparison of Varisia and The United Kingdom
Big, innit?
You are looking for trouble. Ireland part of the U.K.? ;-)
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In Texas, we'd call UK a "ranch."No kidding! Texas has counties bigger than the UK! Colorado, the largest state park in Texas is larger than most european contries. I thought Varasia was califonia sized anyway?
The U.K.= 94250 square miles (or 243919 km2 for you metric tyrants)
THe Great State of Texas= 267338 square mile (or 691872 km2 for the metric tyrants)And the state park of Colorado is 104200 square miles.Mwuahahaha!
Tzzz.... in defence of the U.K. (and pouring some texican oil into the fire):
Did you consider all the parts of the Empire which used to be part of that "small" country? ;-)No offence meant, just returning some comments... ;-)
Greetings,
Günther
Btw. what is "itty bitty"?
Very small. Tiny.
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To the Paizo Stuff:
You don't know what activities your map caused in the group of fellows who try to translate the blog to german. Did you count the number of names on that map?! ;-)
We might like to ask some questions about the background of some of the places in order to get the translations right. Whom should we address our questions to?
Congratulating you upon this peace of art
and thanks in advance,
Günther
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Hmm, interesting choice of example. Not coincidental, I assume, considering that Absalom is named after the infamous third son of a certain beloved king of Israel. Does your example suggest anything about the city of Absalom?Not coincidental in that most people (I assume) have a general idea of where Jerusalem is. Had I said, for example, Cyprus or Tel Aviv or the Sinai Peninsula, I would have created more confusion than clarity. :)
Ah, you were just going for relative location? Any chance of any cultural correlation between Absalom (or the country it's in) and dynastic Israel? I'm curious as you really don't see much of that in fantasy settings.
The question is, do most people know where Iceland is?
Isn't that near Ecuador? ;)
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Ah, you were just going for relative location? Any chance of any cultural correlation between Absalom (or the country it's in) and dynastic Israel? I'm curious as you really don't see much of that in fantasy settings.
Relative location, yes. I'm not at liberty right now to talk about Absalom beyond that. I'm not sure what exactly Erik wants revealed, so I'll just keep my fool mouth shut for now. ;)
For all the Brits on the boards...
Comparison of Varisia and The United Kingdom
Big, innit?
You are looking for trouble. Ireland part of the U.K.? ;-)
Should have said "Comparison of Varisia and The British Isles" I suppose, although Orkney & Shetland in the north and The Channel Islands in the south aren't shown. There are more than 6,000 islands, amounting to a total land area of 121,674 square miles after all.
So I suppose what I really have is...
Apolgies to all in Éire for my initial faux pas.
Nice, miph. :)For all the Brits on the boards...
Comparison of Varisia and The United Kingdom
Big, innit?
Cheers Mike.
I didn't think I was going to start a discussion regarding the relative "bigness" of the UK vs. Texas though.
Folks across the pond have to remember it takes a bloody long time to travel from one end of the UK to the other along our winding tracks, paths & country lanes; Nearly 24 hours according to Google maps
By comparison the journey across TX from Brownsville to Texline takes only 15 hours
Now back on track do you think travel in Varisia has more in common with Texan Highways or the British road network?
I'd like to see an overlay of the great lakes to scale on the Varisia map, to see how they compare to Varisia's lakes.
Your wish oh Rambling Scribe...
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No kidding! Texas has counties bigger than the UK! Colorado, the largest state park in Texas is larger than most european contries. I thought Varasia was califonia sized anyway?
The U.K.= 94250 square miles (or 243919 km2 for you metric tyrants)
THe Great State of Texas= 267338 square mile (or 691872 km2 for the metric tyrants)And the state park of Colorado is 104200 square miles.Mwuahahaha!
The Welsh tourist board (at least, I think it was their tourist board) ran an ad campaign a few years a back with the tag line
"Wales; bigger than Texas, if you flatten out all the mountains."
Or words to that effect.
The science nerd in me wishes to point out that if you choose to consider topography/coastlines, etc, as a fractal, you could get a land area of any size you want for any country...
Ukos
Awesome! Thanks!I'd like to see an overlay of the great lakes to scale on the Varisia map, to see how they compare to Varisia's lakes.Your wish oh Rambling Scribe...
De nada.
I am from Michigan. What can I say? We gots some big waters.
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I didn't think I was going to start a discussion regarding the relative "bigness" of the UK vs. Texas though.
No worries. It's fascinating what sometimes gets discussed on these boards. :)
Now back on track do you think travel in Varisia has more in common with Texan Highways or the British road network?
I'd say the entire world in general has more in common with the winding British road network, since I'm guessing they were all created in much the same way and with much the same technology.
I'd say the entire world in general has more in common with the winding British road network, since I'm guessing they were all created in much the same way and with much the same technology.
You mean they had the Romans build it for them?
Romans in Varisia ... sounds cool.
One for Günther here...
Comparison of Varisia and Bundesrepublik Deutschland
I think I'm getting a bit carried away with this now. Time to stop.
One for Günther here...
Comparison of Varisia and Bundesrepublik Deutschland
I think I'm getting a bit carried away with this now. Time to stop.
Great! Thanks. I was wondering... ;-)
Bocklin
Romans in Varisia
I can totally see that. :) Half-orc Roman Empire. :)
Ok, just one more in honour of the ancient Road Builders of Varisia...
Comparison of Varisia and Repubblica Italiana
Now I'm done!
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I'd say the entire world in general has more in common with the winding British road network, since I'm guessing they were all created in much the same way and with much the same technology.You mean they had the Romans build it for them?
Romans in Varisia ... sounds cool.
Hhmm... romans were known for anything but winding roads, quite the opposite. Roads grew winding during the dark ages...
I see a new discussion start. :pGreetings,
Günther
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I'd say the entire world in general has more in common with the winding British road network, since I'm guessing they were all created in much the same way and with much the same technology.You mean they had the Romans build it for them?
Romans in Varisia ... sounds cool.
Actually... that's a pretty good analogy for Varisia's current setup...
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One for Günther here...
Comparison of Varisia and Bundesrepublik Deutschland
I think I'm getting a bit carried away with this now. Time to stop.
Hello Miph,
thanks for the comparision! :-)
I am just wondering how it comes that most comparative countries still fit quite nicely on top of Varisia?
Is there a rule of region/ state/ country sizes which makes them stay true to a certain size...? ;-)
Greetings,
Günther
P.S.
I just realized that the Storval Deep has about the same size as lake Bodensee (the big lake between Switzerland, Austria, and Germany).
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Actually... that's a pretty good analogy for Varisia's current setup...I'd say the entire world in general has more in common with the winding British road network, since I'm guessing they were all created in much the same way and with much the same technology.You mean they had the Romans build it for them?
Romans in Varisia ... sounds cool.
Runelords being the "romans"? ;-)
Didn't you mention that Varisia's capital is a capital in name only?
So Varisia would be a roman empire after collapse?
Greetings,
Günther