any Forest hexes also Hill hexes?

[FWCain]

I would presume that some of the hexes in the Stolen Lands that have Forests would also count as Hills. I would presume that not all Forest hexes have otherwise flat and level terrain, that at least some of them would be rolling hills covered with trees. (Especially in the far western stretches, near the mountains.)

This clarification of terrain type(s) is actually one of the improvements I had hoped to see in this new edition of the campaign.

The reason this matters is, one should be able to build a Mine (a Work Site for Ore) in a hex of wooded hills; one should not be prevented from building a mine just because of all those trees. (A quarry is a different story, I'd say. You would need a fairly big clearing to have an "open pit" style quarry, which is the more common type of quarry, I believe.)

So... Is there any "official" word of which of those Forest hexes also count as Hills, please?

Thanks,
Franklin

[VanceMadrox]

I'm pretty sure the intent is that any given hex is only one terrain type.

I don't see any issue with a hex being both forest and hills but there's nothing in the AP to help you determine what Forests should also be hills.

[FWCain]

I just found an *official* answer to my question! ^_^

"Kingmaker, v2, page 45" wrote:

Stolen Lands Zones

Zone 3, Tuskwater, "_Forested hills_ surrounding a large lake"

So, the forest hexes in the Tuskwater zone are intended to be both Forests _and_ Hills. ^_^

This makes me very happy.

Thanks,
Franklin

[VanceMadrox]

That sounds close to being flavor text but as I said above there's no mechanical issue with allowing a Hex to be both Forest and Hills as long as there's still only one work site or farmland on the hex.