Definitely need an annual for regional overland maps. City, town, castle, tower symbols along with forests. Should also include more crops. Currently there are grapes, apples, grain, etc. Needs to be more wide variety.

West of where I lived in Texas were mesquite trees, prickly pear cacti. The symbols currently available are for saguaro cacti. No mesquite trees either.

I like the tree variety in CSUAC, which is why I have started using that set. I realize making an official set would cost, but a few more not covered by the official or CSUAC would be great.

On my cell.

Cave of Tunnels. How the Orcs and Kobolds get around without being spotted by the half-elf patrols.

The Ghost Tunnel appears and disappears. The humanoids avoid it.

The Haunted Mountains Region map. The kobold and orc villages are not marked on this map.

Traraise Caves ground level.

1) entrance has two portcullis and several traps.

2) redoubt) walls and towers as a last ditch defense, ballistae on the walls. Water feature in front of one wall. Spiral stairs that go to upper level and the basement.

3) barracks with fireplaces, beds.

4) barracks with storage, fireplaces, beds, dining table. This group can rush to the entrance to block attacks.

5) A well kept kitchen with a variety of foods.

6) Dining area. No more than one-third of all defenders are here at any one time. Up and down spiral stairs.

Some passageways have ladders that can be pulled up to block attackers.

Upper level. basically the same as ground level, but with more ballistae, more defenders, more weapons and storage.

basement storage. Why are the jakes only down here ? Must be bad planning. So must the passageway to the storage area.

Orc and kobold villages area

Kobold village. formerly a human town.

Orc village. Also formerly a human town.

Here is the start. I'll continue to work on it.

Western Hill Fort (16)

A hill fort of half-elves. There are humans, a few dwarf and elf travelers, and a few halfling merchants. But it is run by half-elves. A small group of homes are owned/rented by retired adventurers.

1 through 5 are retied adventurer homes. Number 5 has a basement and a sub-basement recreation area so they can 'keep in shape'.

To the northwest are two small farms growing potatoes and corn. The browninh field is fallow for a season or two to recuperate.

Blu's Inn and Stables. Nice place, currently owned and run by the Greenfields' family of halflings. Blu died over a century prior.

Smithy, horses and oxen shoed. Sometimes cheerfully.

Storage buildings. Lock boxes and bins. Guarded, monthly or yearly rentals.

Shops: shoes, boots, armor, arrows and bows, swords and maces. Pikes by special order.

Barracks, where the various military who guard this town live.

North Keep. Once the only inhabitation of this fort. A plaque on the first level tells a bit about the early defenders, and their names of those lost to orc attacks.

Jolly Keep. Not exactly a place of laughter, but more to do with it being the second defense put up. North Keep inhabitants didn't feel so alone anymore.

Adventurer house 5) first floor. a nice place to sit and chat. 7 comfy chairs, rugs, and a fireplace. The owner, one Greg the Stout, doesn't keep food here as the other adventurers would eat it up. He goes over to the Inn and eats their food. Spiral stairs connects the bedroom to the basement and the sub-basement. Also has a trap door into the basement.

This house probably could use more detail.

Adventurer house 5) upstairs bedroom Three chairs, a rug, a bed. Outhouse out back.

Adventurer house 5) basement. 4 skeletons under the control of the spell caster in the group. A storage cabinet. Two chairs and a rug.

Adventurer house 5) sub-basement. Entrance room: tables, chairs, work bench to repair items. Spiral stairs comes down onto a regular stairway.

Almost forgot.

Handcrafted items. Various items like backpacks; satchels of leather; stone daggers, stone axes ( some monsters don't take damage from metal ); boots; adventurer clothes including jackets, hats, gloves, and knit caps. Coats and other winter gear must be ordered.

Adventurer house 5

bedroom

basement

sub-basement ( combat basement )

Melee equipment room is storage for various weapons and shields. Changing room, for those sweaty clothes brought on by exercise. Archery storage and range. Bows, arrows, crossbows and quarrels. Three targets.

Location A is human and D is monster bones.

B and E are kobold camps.

C is an orc camp.

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edit: I am thinking about adding more details to the various maps. Any suggestions ?

I know there are overland ziggurats, and city/castle, etc. type symbols for those times. There are overhead column symbols. But they look like the fluted sides ones from Greek and Roman times. There might be others.

If you mean, like the palace at Knossos, no, I don't think so.

I found a more sandy looking scrub. Scrublands_MS.

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I learned that in order to map a part of a galaxy arm, I needed a spreadsheet to keep track of planet names and where I had put them. I had duplicated some without realizing it.

There are plenty of planet types, base types, etc. to map things out. Here is my web site.

Update of House 5 combat training basement, with kobold tunnel. There is a skeleton in the tunnel.

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