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#1 wolfberg Sep 16, 2010 4:02:12	I proudly present my own, self made Map of Faerun, based on the famous 3e map, and reworking all the 4e changes into it: img32.imageshack.us/img32/1600/faerunrla... Hookay, having cartography as one of my hobbies for years, the really bad situation of the - sorry WotC - mediocre Faerun map for the 4e left me no rest. So I took the really good 3e map, and worked it over. Here is how I worked: First it was clear that the NW of the map was almost unchanged. So I took the distance between Luskan and Athkatla as measure for the resize. On the western part of the worldmap it does function ok. Even there whoever made the mad just followed the coastlines VERY roughly. Sorry, but again... that 4e map we got is really really bad. Now the issue is, it seems the person making the original 4e map used only regional parts of the full Faerun map, so in the regions, the distance match mostly, but over the whole map, it doesn't work. Sometimes cities are suddenly much closer, while others are much further away, which makes no sense, since when cities would move closer a mountain range would fold up. Which just isn't the case. If fact, the entire process of the underchasm breaking down and the lands in the south getting under the ocean makes no sense in any term of geological movement. There should be some new montain ranges as result of the pressure. Actually such a chasm breaking open would create such an earthquake, it would literally leave no single structure of Faerun standing - but let's assume it was unexplainable magic. ;) I took the assumption that the old 3e map was the correct one, in terms of distances, so I shifted the official 4e map around in places to make it fit to the setup of the 3e, which is way more detailled and superior. Also, as you see, I stuck artistically with the 3e map. Some place have been renamed, many are now "drowned" or "ruins of...", actually quite a lot. In many cases I had to make a compromise between the 4e and 3e map informations. An example is Calimshan. In the 3e setting Calimport lies flat at the ocean with a horizontal coastline. In 4e Calimport is deep inside some bay. Now the Faerun guide of the 4e book mentions no such upheaval, so it looks a bit like some mistake. I extended the land similar to the 4e setting, but not that large, as a sort of compormise. So in some way the map is a matter of guesswork. If you see any gross errors, like misspellings, forgotten markers or what, please feel free to let me know, and I will rework it in the next version. I hope you guys are at least somewhat satisfied with my work. EDIT: The original was this: you see how Faerun changed if you swap between the two maps back and fro: www.schwerttänzer.de/files/d+d/Faerun-r... NEW VERSION 2.0 Here comes a slightly reworked version. I added some dots to the landscape in the fashion of the original. Added 3 new cities, corrected a typo and changed the font to make the first letter bigger, also like in the original. Some cosmetic improvements in the Netheril region which was a bit sloppy. Let me know what you think if the new font style is better or not. Since I now subscribed to Imageshack the new version should also stay longer. ^^ Feel free to distribute. img64.imageshack.us/img64/1723/faerunrla...
#2 dm_trandahl Sep 16, 2010 9:53:35	I took the assumption that the old 3e map was the correct one, in terms of distances, so I shifted the official 4e map around in places to make it fit to the setup of the 3e, which is way more detailled and superior. Also, as you see, I stuck artistically with the 3e map. Some place have been renamed, many are now "drowned" or "ruins of...", actually quite a lot. You should have went before 3E as well to go to the true FR maps. But nice work on your map! It's definitely an improvement over the current 4E mess of a map.
#3 admcewen Sep 16, 2010 15:00:18	Very nice. Have you shown this to the guys at Candlekeep?
#4 kingstears Sep 17, 2010 14:39:31	Very nice.  I like to try to update the maps, too.  Well, at least adjust them for the camapign needs. The new maps are... shiney, but seem sloppy in their details somehow.  Like they are out of focus.  The 3e cartographers ruled, and the work is something that I enjoy even today when I look at those maps.
#5 18DELTA Sep 19, 2010 5:49:25	Very nice. Have you shown this to the guys at Candlekeep? I agree. I think Big Al(Aloundo) would host it in the Map section.
#6 Aegeri Sep 19, 2010 6:13:24	That is a very good effort there.
#7 The_Silversword Sep 19, 2010 15:50:04	Is there nothing like google map for faerun? They had a Interactive Atlas but it doesnt really apply to 3e/4e Realms
#8 wolfberg Sep 23, 2010 7:56:16	Very nice. Have you shown this to the guys at Candlekeep? I agree. I think Big Al(Aloundo) would host it in the Map section. Err... is that a website? I would gladly share it, do you have a link?
#9 admcewen Sep 24, 2010 2:15:51	Here ya go: www.candlekeep.com/ Go to the forums on the left.
#10 wolfberg Sep 24, 2010 15:03:03	Thanks for the tip. Done. ^^
#11 The_Silversword Sep 26, 2010 16:32:05	I hate to play Devil's advocate here (but someones got to right?), but it looks a little patchworky, I mean you can tell where the original map is and where you've made changes, the changes don't look bad, don't get me wrong, but I would just redo the whole map to make it all look more consistent.
#12 Absinta Sep 26, 2010 19:22:36	I think I did notice a few spelling errors.  Isn't it supposed to be "Estagund", "Chessenta" and "Akanul"? Nice to see the added detail, though. And I am the only one who questions the game designers having a "Methwood" and "Smoking Mountains" right next to each other?  o_0
#13 BlueRaccoon Oct 15, 2010 14:34:02	i always hoped someone would do what you did ! Great work ! i know you see the change made but it is very good anyway. Great kuddos to you !