I think Elysia is NW T'Nanshi, but wierdly there is no sea there. Perhaps it's a big lake ?!Dirk Cutlass wrote:I can't make out Elyisa - my geography tells me it's on the coast on the North East of T'Nanshi, but according to the map there isn't any coast there - unless there's just a big river!
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Ah very nice map. It's coming along well.
Ok, you wanted some corrections...
1) Galdos does not go out to the east the way you have it there. Between the southern border of Jechran and Drotid is a swampy wasteland area called The Wastelands. This is all that blackish gray area on my map.
2) Deglos is drawn 100% correctly in your last rendition.
3) The Seven Cities is a city state, and it does control a small amount of land between all the cities. That is shown pretty clearly on my map, I think.
4) The dot in the middle of the Kurathene Empire is the city of Kuras.
5) Ferrell can be spelled with one OR two L's. The halflings aren't big on spelling.
Ok, you wanted some corrections...
1) Galdos does not go out to the east the way you have it there. Between the southern border of Jechran and Drotid is a swampy wasteland area called The Wastelands. This is all that blackish gray area on my map.
2) Deglos is drawn 100% correctly in your last rendition.
3) The Seven Cities is a city state, and it does control a small amount of land between all the cities. That is shown pretty clearly on my map, I think.
4) The dot in the middle of the Kurathene Empire is the city of Kuras.
5) Ferrell can be spelled with one OR two L's. The halflings aren't big on spelling.

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So you're saying that The Wastelands are not currently claimed by anyone, is this correct? I will see what I can do about this.Orleron wrote: 1) Galdos does not go out to the east the way you have it there. Between the southern border of Jechran and Drotid is a swampy wasteland area called The Wastelands. This is all that blackish gray area on my map.
Noted. Thank you.Orleron wrote: 4) The dot in the middle of the Kurathene Empire is the city of Kuras.
That definitely clears things up!Orleron wrote: 5) Ferrell can be spelled with one OR two L's. The halflings aren't big on spelling.

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A point about Mikona it should be due south of where you show it and on the coast. I asked about this a long time back when setting up my characters background and was told there was nothing south of Mikona but ocean by Orl. Now frankly where you have Mikona is where I would have thought it would be but then the server makes no sense as there is no area of the server south of the passage to Mikona and that is fairly close to the middle of the country. That great beutiful bay is absolutely wasted as near as I can see since west shore is north of it and the only thing near it seems to be the bandit canyon.
Now maybe things have changed...dunno.
Also Elysia is on the shores of a big lake that is feeding a river that runs to the ocean.
I also must admit that the geography in the orginal map is not something I agree with as it is largely unrealistic but that is neither here nor there.
Now maybe things have changed...dunno.
Also Elysia is on the shores of a big lake that is feeding a river that runs to the ocean.
I also must admit that the geography in the orginal map is not something I agree with as it is largely unrealistic but that is neither here nor there.
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Mikona is in that bay, but I have not made any effort to create any of thos two peninsulas that come down and around Mikona mainly because it would have been too confusing. It's something that may be built in later, possibly. But right now there is nothing south of Mikona that is accessible.
Why do you think my geography is unrealistic Spell Singer? How much do you know about geography that you are qualified to say that? If you have a landmass that exists on the border between two tectonic plates that are moving into one another, you'll get a mountain range in the middle. The volcanic activity generated by it will tend to spread the land around it a bit producing big delta's like M'Check. Also if you assume a west to east weather pattern like on Earth, you'll get a drier west coast and a wetter east coast as the air is lifted by the mountain range and cooled. Hence you have jungles and swamps on the east coast near Jechran.
The planet that Avlis sits on is Earth sized. Tyedu sits at about 20 degrees north lattitude at its very tip, which puts M'Chek at about 50 degrees roughly. The weather patterns in M"Chek should make sense as is, and if you estimate a current of warm water coming up from the south off the coast of Drotid, you'll be able to explain the warmer wet jungle areas in that place without much of a problem.
Why do you think my geography is unrealistic Spell Singer? How much do you know about geography that you are qualified to say that? If you have a landmass that exists on the border between two tectonic plates that are moving into one another, you'll get a mountain range in the middle. The volcanic activity generated by it will tend to spread the land around it a bit producing big delta's like M'Check. Also if you assume a west to east weather pattern like on Earth, you'll get a drier west coast and a wetter east coast as the air is lifted by the mountain range and cooled. Hence you have jungles and swamps on the east coast near Jechran.
The planet that Avlis sits on is Earth sized. Tyedu sits at about 20 degrees north lattitude at its very tip, which puts M'Chek at about 50 degrees roughly. The weather patterns in M"Chek should make sense as is, and if you estimate a current of warm water coming up from the south off the coast of Drotid, you'll be able to explain the warmer wet jungle areas in that place without much of a problem.
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On the subject of geography, can we get a relative idea of where the equator would be in relation to Avlis? We had a discussion in IRC on whether or not the Continent was equatorial... varying opinions ranged from the entire continent being to the north (and therefore M'Chek is furthest south, and the warmest... fits with Tyedu but doesn't explain Drotid) to my thought that the equator would fall across the continent, slightly below the center, roughly straight through Dubunat and Drotid... explains how Tyedu is a frozen wilderness, Drotid maintains a humid swamp-like climate, and M'Chek would roughly be on par, climate-wise, with Texas... relatively warm grasslands where it rarely, if ever, snows. Problem is T'Nanshi and Ferrell, both temperate forest regions, which sort of don't fit.
Or maybe I'm just completely wrong, and Drotid is more like Jersey marshes, in which case I really pity the Kobolds even more than I pity all those people that live in the Meadowlands sprawl... (screw you, Heldor!
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Equator would lie to the south then, thus Kurathene has a rather Northern Europe/Baltic climate in most areas, with Tyedu having a northern Scandinavian climate, M'Chek is similar to Florida/Mexico, Deglos mountain range kind of mirrors the Rockies in terms of the climate change, and the Seven Cities and that region of Dubunat and Brekon would have a pretty Mediterranean climate.... in which case T'Nanshi and Ferrell still sort of don't fit, as do the distances, since I was under the impression that the length of Avlis from North to South was around 9600 km, (~6000 miles) which, if the planet is the same size as the Earth, would put Tyedu up near the pole somewhere, way north of any normally habitable areas...
Okay, I'll shutup now.
Or maybe I'm just completely wrong, and Drotid is more like Jersey marshes, in which case I really pity the Kobolds even more than I pity all those people that live in the Meadowlands sprawl... (screw you, Heldor!

Equator would lie to the south then, thus Kurathene has a rather Northern Europe/Baltic climate in most areas, with Tyedu having a northern Scandinavian climate, M'Chek is similar to Florida/Mexico, Deglos mountain range kind of mirrors the Rockies in terms of the climate change, and the Seven Cities and that region of Dubunat and Brekon would have a pretty Mediterranean climate.... in which case T'Nanshi and Ferrell still sort of don't fit, as do the distances, since I was under the impression that the length of Avlis from North to South was around 9600 km, (~6000 miles) which, if the planet is the same size as the Earth, would put Tyedu up near the pole somewhere, way north of any normally habitable areas...
Okay, I'll shutup now.
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Nevermind my other post... sort of makes sense...Orleron wrote:The planet that Avlis sits on is Earth sized. Tyedu sits at about 20 degrees north lattitude at its very tip, which puts M'Chek at about 50 degrees roughly. The weather patterns in M"Chek should make sense as is, and if you estimate a current of warm water coming up from the south off the coast of Drotid, you'll be able to explain the warmer wet jungle areas in that place without much of a problem.
<Sili> I've seen septic tanks with less shit in them than Fuzz.
<Ronnin> damm not even a kiss??
<Chasmania> Kiss Fuzz? I'd rather fellate a goat.
<Chasmania> there are many roads to Rome..they just picked a shit filled alley full of scabby hookers and bums.
The shape of things to come...
<Ronnin> damm not even a kiss??
<Chasmania> Kiss Fuzz? I'd rather fellate a goat.
<Chasmania> there are many roads to Rome..they just picked a shit filled alley full of scabby hookers and bums.
The shape of things to come...