Questions tagged [maps]
For questions about maps used for informational purposes, representing areas like star clusters, worlds, cities, and interior complexes. Not to be confused with the [battle-map] tag, which is about maps designed to be used with miniature-scale combat to represent the battlefield.
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Is there an official Forgotten Realms map for D&D 5e?
Is there an official Forgotten Realms map out for D&D 5e yet? Any book or map I can purchase if it is not available online?
As of now, I have the Starter Set which comes with the just the Sword ...
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of DMs showing a map of the city to the players?
I am going to start DMing Tomb of Annihilation soon; my question is mostly about the cities of Baldur's Gate, Nyanzaru, and Omu.
I see two options on how I can introduce the city to them:
I could ...
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What tools are available to create custom dungeon maps?
I want to create my own maps for my campaign, but I'm not good at drawing. Are there any tools that could help me?
As I'm not good at drawing pictures myself, I'm looking for a tool that allows you ...
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Modern floorplan generator? [closed]
What I'm looking for is a tool to generate for me floorplans and maps for a wide array of situations. Home and office interiors are foremost, towns, streets, cities, and more are desired.
There are ...
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Player maps - draw beforehand or during exploration? [duplicate]
I'm currently creating some maps (dungeon, city) for a new 5e adventure I'm going to DM in a few weeks, and I stumbled upon a slight problem with player maps; Am I supposed to give them a map of the ...
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How can I effectively map a multi-level dungeon?
My players are getting awfully close to entering a multi-story pagoda dungeon that exists in my game. I think it'll be a fun adventure, but I find that I am worried about trying to map it all out for ...
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Is Forgotten Realms geo-location data copyrighted, or free to use?
I am in the process of creating a gis map of Toril, starting from the Faerun Continent. (More details are in this question on GIS.SE: Starting a QGIS project for a fantasy world map from raster images....
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Do the map scales suggested in the DMG tie into any rules?
The D&D Fifth Edition Dungeon Master's Guide on p14 suggests using three map scales:
Province - 1 mile per hex, 5 miles per inch
Kingdom - 6 miles per hex, 30 miles per inch
Continent - 60 miles ...
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Mapping software for 2D universe maps [closed]
I'm looking for a utility that I can use to generate 2D maps for hyperspace links between star systems for my Star Wars game, I've had a look at some 3D ones but for the sake of ease of explanation I'...
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to share or not to share maps with players [closed]
Being a GM who loves cartography, architecture and drawing, I often have amazing (battle-)maps for my players whereabouts (cities, dungeons, rooms, a lighthouse, a long-forgotten overgrown jungle ...
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How to Use Module Maps
I found a module I'd like to run. It includes some great maps. What's the best way to use them in a gaming session? They're too small to use as-is, so I'm wondering how other people use maps from ...
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Where is the isle of Axard located?
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons puts the lair of Raulothim, an ancient Emerald Dragon, in the Pits of Stars:
Raulothim is an ancient emerald dragon who dwells in an extinct volcano known as the Pit of ...
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How do you represent sloping topography on a battle mat?
So, the vast majority of combat happens on flat environments, but most real-world environments are topographically variable. They have hills, and trenches, and slopes, and stuff.
I have no trouble ...
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Where in the Sargauth Level are the paths into Skullport?
In Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage and its Maps and Miscellany, there is a map of the Sargauth level and a map of the levels of Skullport.
Skullport's maps (see here and here) show the five paths ...
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Is there a map for the feywild equivalent of Faerûn?
It is stated somewhere between the books in D&D 4e that the Feywild is a lot like Toril when its about its geographical shape.
Even though, it isn't the same. And I'm looking for those small ...
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Are there any official maps of the Seventon Alliance?
I have checked the AD&D books Netheril: Empire of Magic and Lost Empires of Faerun, and the 3E book Grand History of the Realms.
Are there any official maps of the Seventon Alliance and the ...
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