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  • Remapping the Forgotten Realms

    A couple of years ago I was preparing to run a classic AD&D-era Forgotten Realms campaign for an online group I'm GMing. Initially I planned on being lazy and simply using the maps from the FRIA. I noticed that a couple of the maps were missing or had some inaccuracies. This led me down a rabbit hole as I decided to remake all the maps I needed for my game. My goal was to stay as accurate as possible to the original maps and to fix any mistakes, and make them look a little nicer and in a similar style to current official D&D maps (mostly Schley), while also being usable in a vtt.

    It's become an ongoing project and I'm not planning on recreating every single FR map, but I'd like to share my progress so far (I had to split up the .fcw files over multiple zip files). Perhaps someone will find these useful for their own campaigns.


    Anathar's Dell (Northern Journey fan project)

    Ashabenford (Volo's Guide to the Dalelands, 3E Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting)

    Burial Glen (FRC2 Curse of the Azure Bonds)

    Cadorna Textile House (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Castle Daggerdale Exterior (Northern Journey fan project)

    Castle Daggerdale Interior (Northern Journey fan project)

    Catacombs Beneath Kuto's Well (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Central Shadowdale (2E Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting box set)

    Civilized Phlan (Pool of Radiance video game)

    Cult Hideout (Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor)

    Dagger Falls (FRQ3 Doom of Daggerdale, The Return of Randal Morn)

    Daggerdale (Volo's Guide to the Dalelands, The Sword of the Dales, 2E AD&D The Complete Starter Set)

    Dalelands (2E Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting box set)

    Denlor's Tower (Pool of Radiance novel)

    Dragondark Tower (The Ruins of Myth Drannor box set)

    Eagle's Eyerie (FRQ3 Doom of Daggerdale)

    Elminster's Back Door (Dungeon #30)

    Elminster's Tower (Forgotten Realms Atlas, 2E Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting box set)

    Fire Knives Hideout (FRC2 Curse of the Azure Bonds)

    Flaming Tower (Ruins of Zhentil Keep box set, Champions of Ruin)

    Fzoul's Tower (Ruins of Zhentil Keep box set)

    Garrison Headquarters (The Return of Randal Morn)

    Gothyl's Tower (The Secret of Spiderhaunt)

    Hadreth's Glen (Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas)

    Hap (FRC2 Curse of the Azure Bonds)

    Haptooth Hill Caverns (FRC2 Curse of the Azure Bonds)

    Hillsfar (The Moonsea, Mysteries of the Moonsea)

    Hobgoblin Lair Below Ground (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Hobgoblin Lair Ground Level (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Jorren's Grove (Fang, Beak, and Claw)

    Kobold Kingdom (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Kovel Mansion (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Kuto's Well (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Mage-Lord's Crypt (FRQ3 Doom of Daggerdale)

    Mansions (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Mantor's Library (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Mistlebrook (Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas)

    Mistledale (Volo's Guide to the Dalelends)

    Mistletarn (Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas)

    Nomad Camp (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Old Skull Inn (2E Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting box set)

    Orcs' Camp (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Phlan (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure, FRC2 Curse of the Azure Bonds)

    Phlan Area Map (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Podol Plaza (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Sauros Island Inside of Central Keep (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Sauros Island Overview (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Sauros Island Underground Complex (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Secret Temple (Ruins of Zhentil Keep box set)

    Sewers Under Zhentil Keep (Ruins of Zhentil Keep box set)

    Shadowdale (2E Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting box set, FRC2 Curse of the Azure Bonds)

    Shraevyn's Tomb (The Sword of the Dales)

    Slums (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Snowmantle (Ruins of Zhentil Keep box set)

    Sokol Keep (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Sorcerer's Island Aerial View (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Sorcerer's Island Bottom Level (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Sorcerer's Island Upper Levels (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Spiderhaunt Woods (The Secret of Spiderhaunt)

    Stojanow Gate (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Stormpemhauder (The Secret of Spiderhaunt)

    Temple in the Sky (Ruins of Zhentil Keep box set, Champions of Ruin)

    Temple of Bane (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Temple of Bane and Tower of Fzoul (FRC2 Curse of the Azure Bonds)

    Temple of Moander (FRC2 Curse of the Azure Bonds)

    Temple of Tyranthraxus (FRC2 Curse of the Azure Bonds)

    Teshmere (Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas)

    Teshwave (Northern Journey fan project)

    Tethyamarside (Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas)

    The Black Altar (Temple of Bane) (Ruins of Zhentil Keep box set)

    The Blue Alley (City of Splendors box set)

    The Llundlath (The Ruins of Myth Drannor box set)

    The Neidrecrypt (The Ruins of Myth Drannor box set)

    The Thelaeneum (The Ruins of Myth Drannor box set)

    Thri-Kreen Village Below Ground (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Thri-Kreen Village Ground Level (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Tilverton (FRC2 Curse of the Azure Bonds, Forgotten Realms Adventures)

    Tilverton Sewers (FRC2 Curse of the Azure Bonds)

    Tilverton Thieves Guild (FRC2 Curse of the Azure Bonds)

    Tower of Ashaba (2E Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting box set)

    Tower of Ashaba Dungeon (2E Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting box set)

    Tower of Bones (Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor)

    Tower of Dracandros (FRC2 Curse of the Azure Bonds)

    Twisted Tower - Part 1 (2E Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting box set)

    Twisted Tower - Part 2 (2E Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting box set)

    Undead Castle (Arcane Age: How the Mighty Are Fallen)

    Valhingen Graveyard (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Village of Hap (Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas)

    Voonlar (FRC2 Curse of the Azure Bonds)

    White Chalk Hollow (Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas)

    Windlord's Rest (FRC2 Curse of the Azure Bonds)

    Windsong Tower (Crypt) (The Ruins of Myth Drannor box set)

    Yulash (Forgotten Realms Atlas)

    Yulash Southwest Corner (FRC2 Curse of the Azure Bonds)

    Zhentarim Tethyamar Outpost (3E Lords of Darkness)

    Zhentil Keep Inner Quarter (FRC2 Curse of the Azure Bonds)

    Zhentil Keep Outpost (FRC1 Ruins of Adventure)

    Zhentil Keep Ruins (Ruins of Zhentil Keep box set)



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  • Working on Atlas maps....

    Lol, typical void catto behavior. ;)


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  • Remapping the Forgotten Realms

    Finished a few more maps, this time from the 3rd edition Lords of Darkness source book.


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  • Alternity: Star*Drive deck plan

    I'm taking a break from making fantasy maps and decided to mess around with Cosmographer. As a test piece I recreated one of the Alternity ship deck plans.


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  • (WIP) Night City

    Wow looks great so far, the neon style is cool!

    I pretty much did what Loopysue said. I used the CDC3 Cyberpunk building style and only decreased the bevel size from 10 to 5. The districts are flat colored polygons on a sheet with Blend Mode: Multiply; opacity 60%.

    I used this map as additional reference for street layout:


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  • Alternity: Star*Drive deck plan

    Thanks.

    I find round/organic shapes sometimes a hassle to work with and it's easier for VTTs, but you're right I should try more rounded shapes (maybe a YT-1300 freighter from Star Wars is a good candidate).

    In the meantime I crunched out another deck plan, a mining ship from a scenario in the introductory box set.


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  • Alternity: Star*Drive deck plan

  • Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas repairs.

    During the pandemic I introduced a new group to D&D and the Forgotten Realms. While I was running my go-to introductory campaign Ruins of Adventure/Pool of Radiance I noticed a few maps were broken or missing entirely as I was converting/recreating FRIA maps for vtt. I made these maps in the Schley style to keep them consistent with the current official maps.

    6600 Thi-kreen Village Below Ground from FRC1 Ruins of Adventure is a blank map

    The Caverns below Haptooth Hill and The Tower of Dracandros from FRC2 Curse of the Azure Bonds were missing.

    The scale of this one is a little problematic but I kept to the standard dungeon scale of 1 square = 10 feet.

    Gothyl's Tower from Secret of Spiderhaunt is missing.

    I decided not make a Perspectives map for this one, was too tricky for vtt.

    Maybe someone can use these. They could easily be converted into the same style as the FRIA maps. I'll also gladly share the .fcw files for my other FRIA->Schley conversions. It's an ongoing project but I'm not planning on redoing everything, just what I need for my campaign.

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  • Remapping the Forgotten Realms

  • Have any of you ever printed your maps?

    A long time ago I made a map of the classic D&D B/X module Isle of Dread and had it printed on A1 or A0 format (don't remember exactly). This was before I started using CC3 and was made with Photoshop.

    The adventure module only showed the coast, leaving it up to players to explore and fill in the interior of the island. I think I still have the map somewhere in storage.


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