tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post3386000487974500208..comments2024-03-27T23:28:19.341-07:00Comments on Telecanter's Receding Rules: Map Feature SymbolsTelecanterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-72563700744609338192010-05-23T17:36:51.388-07:002010-05-23T17:36:51.388-07:00Reminds me of the map in White Plume Mountain. In...Reminds me of the map in White Plume Mountain. Instead of symbol for fort/castle/tower/dragon's cave the map has a little drawing of what that specific site looks like. <br /><br />Great for player maps which I don't believe should be gridded, perfectly scaled, and of variable accuracy.Norman J. Harman Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01319655075997712313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-25799669338625700882010-05-21T08:46:57.020-07:002010-05-21T08:46:57.020-07:00That's great Dan, thanks. I like the way, in ...That's great Dan, thanks. I like the way, in a fantasy game, players using a map with monsters on it might wonder if those icons represent reefs and normal nautical dangers or literal sea serpents and such.<br /><br />Also gives me the idea of cartographers as individuals, so, once the players are familiar with Zivi the Elder's map making style they would <i>know</i> that they were going to be sailing past a sea serpents lair.Telecanterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-16247457900316391012010-05-21T01:37:19.518-07:002010-05-21T01:37:19.518-07:00I really like old sea-charts. I've being using...I really like old sea-charts. I've being using them as inspiration for my archipelago-based campaign: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Old_nautical_charts<br /><br />Interesting fact: The wonderful decorations of sea monsters etc on many old sea-charts coincide with the locations of dangerous reefs or difficult currents. It seems they were actually encoded information.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06011974487836242987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-91851114198495244912010-05-20T07:28:00.464-07:002010-05-20T07:28:00.464-07:00Thanks Alex, I like the idea of conveying info to ...Thanks Alex, I like the idea of conveying info to the DM better.<br /><br />And thanks Chris, for the symbol sources.<br /><br />ps. I found what Google wanted from me was US State postage cards, "Greetings From . . ." will get you tons of examples of what I'd internalized from seeing all my life. Unfortunately they're all from the 50s-60s like I thought. I suppose someone will have to do some original artwork.Telecanterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-7029936165158434472010-05-20T04:40:14.454-07:002010-05-20T04:40:14.454-07:00The map shows a section of an underground river th...The map shows a section of an underground river the party can follow. The text then describes all the locations with a letter. A is the stone statue, B os the stone medusa, C is the nest of giant spiders, etc. I tried to place a little icon for every encounter on the map to give referees some context. This is for Fight On! #9 which is still in layout.Alex Schroederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17104864340940538702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-38906318204463982442010-05-19T19:23:15.809-07:002010-05-19T19:23:15.809-07:00@Alex that's a cool map, but I'm not quite...@Alex that's a cool map, but I'm not quite sure what it represents (I don't have the latest Fight On!). Is it a flowchart for an adventure? Or a map of a journey a party will make with all the encounters figured before hand?<br /><br />@Paladin: thanks, I'll look around to see if I can find anything in the public domain that we could all share and use on our own maps, but I'm afraid these arose with the highway system in the U.S. so they'll probably be under copyright for 30+ more years.Telecanterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-85521119662627688562010-05-19T18:57:21.067-07:002010-05-19T18:57:21.067-07:00Frikkin brilliant!
If only I had an artistic bone...Frikkin brilliant!<br /><br />If only I had an artistic bone in my body.Aaron E. Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789462075611254929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-30412545546799230582010-05-19T18:30:19.253-07:002010-05-19T18:30:19.253-07:00Ingenious idea. Makes a nice change from hexes and...Ingenious idea. Makes a nice change from hexes and abstract symbols.<br /><br /><i>Internet bonus points if you can point us to some nice examples or resources for useful thematic map icons.</i><br /><br />* Mystara/KW <a href="http://pandius.com/gaz9-major-trading-routes.png" rel="nofollow">trade goods map w. icons</a><br />* RW <a href="http://www.yakutiatravel.com/images/map/mineralmap.jpg" rel="nofollow">map w. mineral resource icons</a><br /><br /><i>The Times Atlas of World History</i> also has an extensive array of historical trade good icons (livestock, precious metals, cloths, spices, etc.), used on its historical trade maps. I'm afraid my Google-fu is too weak to hunt out a copy of the map legend.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072272223837426211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-84999059544772118632010-05-19T09:35:22.396-07:002010-05-19T09:35:22.396-07:00I like to use symbols on my maps. In my last contr...I like to use symbols on my maps. In my last <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kensanata/4599297648/" rel="nofollow">contribution to Fight On!</a> I introduced such map symbols.Alex Schroederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17104864340940538702noreply@blogger.com