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Short of another image with a scale bar attached, roughly British Isles size.  

Knot Binding
The tying of knots is a form of folk magic practiced by all sorts, from children, to midwives, to farmers, to craftsmen.  Knot-binding can be performed to ensure that an action is successful, or that someone take a particular action'"'He's bound to.' Sometimes, knots are simply a way to remember something, such as tying a string around one's finger.  Sometimes it is a remedy for an illness, such as binding the illness to a tree, thus being rid of it, and allowing the earth to take care of it.  

All forms of knotting and braiding can be considered magical.  A warrior may braid his hair as a form of magical protection in a fight, may wear a belt of knotted rope, or use a shield with a painted image of knotwork on it.  A successful check in the appropriate skill can grant a character a one-time Luck bonus to a particular kind of activity usable that day.  The check can be repeated the following day, but you cannot retry the skill in the same day.  The kind of activity the bonus applies to is chosen at the time of knotting, and could constitute attack rolls, defense rolls, saving throws, or skills tied to a particular attribute (Str, Dex, etc.)

Appropriate Skills

Craft (Art)'"Paint an elaborate knot image onto a shield*Profession (Grooming)'"Braid or Plait hair*Use Rope'"Tie knots in rope*Other skills the GM deems acceptable under the circumstance

DC of Knot	Luck Bonus Provided
15	+1
20	+2
25	+3

* I am aware that Use Rope is not a skill listed in Pathfinder, but the use of a Combat Maneuver to tie a knot outside of combat doesn't make sense, so I thought I'd just put it back in the mix.  Something like "Professsion (Sailor) also might work, as sailors would be expected to be able to tie knots well.

War Paint
Many of the Gwladwych paint themselves for battle, tracing intricate patterns on their bodies.  These are thought to bring good luck, and to frighten the enemy.  The symbols themselves are often thought to be magical in nature, and to derive from secrets taught by the fae.  Druids sometimes oversee the painting of the warriors as a religious ritual preceding battle.  Different designs can be inscribed to different effect.  Some of these effects are meant to aid the bearer of them, while some are meant to work against the viewer.

Aid*Bear's Endurance*Bless*Blindness*Bull's Strength*Cat's Grace*Cause Fear*Hypnotic Pattern*Rage[/list]

You should submit that map to this month's mapping challenge at the Cartographers' Guild - theme, create a 'nation' map. This fits well and would be an excellent entry!

GP

I just might.  I am also working on an isometric map of Annwn.

Quote from: NomadicLove it. The more and more I read the more and more I really want to play something like say a child who got lost there by stumbling through a portal to the realm and now must survive using only the knowledge his grandmother gave him about the fair folk and their strange lands in her daily stories.

I'll be keeping up with this more as now that I've read it in depth it really seems like the kind of thing that would interest me. So expect to see me back for more questions and comments should you post some more content :)

I have posted an interest check/time scheduling thread for a potential IRC game.  I haven't heard from you yet, though, so I thought I'd bring it up here, in case you missed the other thread.

What a gorgeous map!

Thank you so much!  I'm glad you like it.

It's interesting that the Sidhe lean more towards chaos than law considering how rigid and draconian their rules are.  Do the Seelie and Unseelie have the same attitude towards Enech?

One of the aspects of the fey land, according to Raven Crowking's thread on EnWorld that I thought was interesting is that you don't need to eat while there, though you may still hunger. If you do eat fey food, you'll become addicted to its succulent taste, but it provides no nutritive value. If you escape fey land, you are still subject to this addiction and may die because of it.

I wonder if you'd use such a probability in your Annwn?

Quote from: Seraphine_Harmonium(2)Don't eat or drink anything you didn't bring with you. The Fae are used to their own fruit, but it can be devastating to mortals. While not poisonous in the literal sense, it is devoid of any nutritional value, and highly addictive. Those who taste of the fruit may never want to eat anything else again, which becomes problematic should you ever wish to leave Annwn, and go back to the world where such succulent but empty treats do not exist. Additionally, if one eats a fruit from a tree that belongs to another, and did not have permission, they may take it as an insult.

Indeed I do believe he has, and I agree that it is a cool concept.

By the way, Serpahine, are you at all familiar with the Lyonesse Trilogy by Jack Vance?  They're quite hard to come by in bookstores these days (my copies were all previously owned by my uncle, who has an impressive Vance collection).  There are some cheap ebook versions available, however, and wikipedia has a decent plot summary.  They're some of the best fantasy novels ever written in my opinion - immensely underrated - and they're steeped in Celtic lore and myth.

EDIT: for example there's one pair of characters who are father and son, but because the son was switched with a changeling and lived in a fairy shee for nine years - only a single year in the mortal world - the two are less than a decade apart in terms of age.

Quote from: SteerpikeBy the way, Serpahine, are you at all familiar with the Lyonesse Trilogy by Jack Vance?  They're quite hard to come by in bookstores these days (my copies were all previously owned by my uncle, who has an impressive Vance collection).  There are some cheap ebook versions available, however, and wikipedia has a decent plot summary.  They're some of the best fantasy novels ever written in my opinion - immensely underrated - and they're steeped in Celtic lore and myth.

EDIT: for example there's one pair of characters who are father and son, but because the son was switched with a changeling and lived in a fairy shee for nine years - only a single year in the mortal world - the two are less than a decade apart in terms of age.

That sounds awesome, I should try and hunt those down.

I am not familiar with them, but they sound like a very good series!

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One suggestion, you might try sharpening and darkening the mountains as they seem a little too fuzzy right now. Other than that this map is looking pretty freakin awesome. I love your castle symbols.