I can squeeze just about all of the information for a city or region that I need quickly into a single page.Īnd there you go. This idea is also handy for my DM World Notebook. Personally, I’ve found it better to measure the distances in actual miles or whatever but how many days it will take the party to get to their destination (for supply purposes) and what may be between them and their destination (making getting rumors even more key to survival). I know that the actual distances are abstract. All that really matters, is it close or far?Īnd you can do the exact same thing with a city. Over 60 new maps to explore, with more interactive environments (such as desks, shelves and cupboards commonplace) and over 40 quests Heaps of new and classic. Put the Keep in the middle then add the Caves of Chaos, Caves of the Unknown, the Mad Hermit, and the other adventure areas on the region map. Then you can do the same thing with a region. Fill in what extra bullet details you want. All that matters really is that something “near” to where they are or faraway. The Elves are far too but to the south east and so on. So put the Dwarf home there like in Box 9. They would know that say the Dwarves come from “Far Away” to the north. What do the characters know? Since this is the “world” map at this stage. Let’s say you’re starting your campaign with the classic Keep on the Borderlands. Build the map from the character’s perspective. Put where the characters start in the middle. You may be tempted to put that Big City in the middle of the map. I figured if you can do this combat then why use it on a bigger scale?

The keep on the borderlands maps