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Neverwinter region map

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#1
bille
Dec 11, 2011 12:59:55 Does anyone know of any available online/downloadable neverwinter region players' map? For use with the Neverwinter campaign setting. The one in the book has too much GM-only info on it and my drafting skills are rubbish!
Thanks in advance
Bill
#2
sfdragon
Dec 12, 2011 13:46:32 not one to my knowledge
#3
earwicker7
Dec 13, 2011 13:05:06 If you don't mind dropping some money on software, it should be a walk in the park to scan it out of the book, transfer that file to your hard drive, then "trace" over that map with Campaign Cartographer. You'd basically be creating your own map, choosing which elements to include/exclude.

You can find the software here: profantasy.com. Not cheap, and a high learning curve (which I'm still climbing), but it's extremely powerful software. I'm planning on doing the exact same thing, as I want to run a Neverwinter campaign this summer.

PS--Regarding this subject, does anyone know the scale of the region map? There's a scale on the city map, but I haven't noticed one for the region.
#4
pruano
Dec 14, 2011 18:39:10
If you don't mind dropping some money on software, it should be a walk in the park to scan it out of the book, transfer that file to your hard drive, then "trace" over that map with Campaign Cartographer. You'd basically be creating your own map, choosing which elements to include/exclude.

No need to scan, the map is on the art gallery from the book.

My suggestion would be to import the image to a graphics program (the basic Paint from windows is fine), select a bit of map area similar to the part one wants to omit, and paste several times over it, until everything is "erased"; the secret for a convincing "erasing by paste" is not to be too exact, paste several times so that only a new bit is covered each time and most of the rest is being re-covered, to avoid leftover patterns from the paste that the human eye can discern; the result tends to appear on a closer inspection as a little smudge, but that usually works in the image favor, as the human eye will try to compensate and integrate the bit into the larger image; also, if the program has a undo option, even better, otherwise keep a few copies of different stages of the work, as the technique relies much on trial&error on what looks good.

The result can be suprisingly good, did the same for the Harkenwold map (from the adventure in the DM Kit), and took a while for the players to notice the changes between the before and after prints.

PS--Regarding this subject, does anyone know the scale of the region map? There's a scale on the city map, but I haven't noticed one for the region.

The map has a scale, right next to the legend.

#5
earwicker7
Dec 15, 2011 12:08:51
The map has a scale, right next to the legend.

I have no idea how I missed that... I think I was looking for the standard horizontal scale, so the vertical one went over my head.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 bille Dec 11, 2011 12:59:55	Does anyone know of any available online/downloadable neverwinter region players' map? For use with the Neverwinter campaign setting. The one in the book has too much GM-only info on it and my drafting skills are rubbish! Thanks in advance Bill
#2 sfdragon Dec 12, 2011 13:46:32	not one to my knowledge
#3 earwicker7 Dec 13, 2011 13:05:06	If you don't mind dropping some money on software, it should be a walk in the park to scan it out of the book, transfer that file to your hard drive, then "trace" over that map with Campaign Cartographer. You'd basically be creating your own map, choosing which elements to include/exclude. You can find the software here: profantasy.com. Not cheap, and a high learning curve (which I'm still climbing), but it's extremely powerful software. I'm planning on doing the exact same thing, as I want to run a Neverwinter campaign this summer. PS--Regarding this subject, does anyone know the scale of the region map? There's a scale on the city map, but I haven't noticed one for the region.
#4 pruano Dec 14, 2011 18:39:10	If you don't mind dropping some money on software, it should be a walk in the park to scan it out of the book, transfer that file to your hard drive, then "trace" over that map with Campaign Cartographer. You'd basically be creating your own map, choosing which elements to include/exclude. No need to scan, the map is on the art gallery from the book. My suggestion would be to import the image to a graphics program (the basic Paint from windows is fine), select a bit of map area similar to the part one wants to omit, and paste several times over it, until everything is "erased"; the secret for a convincing "erasing by paste" is not to be too exact, paste several times so that only a new bit is covered each time and most of the rest is being re-covered, to avoid leftover patterns from the paste that the human eye can discern; the result tends to appear on a closer inspection as a little smudge, but that usually works in the image favor, as the human eye will try to compensate and integrate the bit into the larger image; also, if the program has a undo option, even better, otherwise keep a few copies of different stages of the work, as the technique relies much on trial&error on what looks good. The result can be suprisingly good, did the same for the Harkenwold map (from the adventure in the DM Kit), and took a while for the players to notice the changes between the before and after prints. PS--Regarding this subject, does anyone know the scale of the region map? There's a scale on the city map, but I haven't noticed one for the region. The map has a scale, right next to the legend.
#5 earwicker7 Dec 15, 2011 12:08:51	The map has a scale, right next to the legend. I have no idea how I missed that... I think I was looking for the standard horizontal scale, so the vertical one went over my head.