Discussion: The World

[Jürgen Hubert]

OK, I've added all the coastlines - including those of the smaller islands.

My next step is adding more lakes. I'll deviate from the fractal maps for this - it only has "lakes" at sea levels, but none at higher elevations. Then I'll add mountain ranges, and then I can chart the major rivers.

In the meantime, you can think of where to put the various countries - and how large they are supposed to be. Ideally, you should load the map into your favorite graphics program and make a very rough sketch in the right area (even a circle will do) - I'll add a better one directly to the map later.

[spoiler=Same procedure as last time...][/spoiler]

[Ishmayl-Retired]

Wow...thanks Jurgen.

[brainface]

Yup. The tablet - a Wacom Volito 2

hilarious[/i].

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[SDragon]

quite a bit to move through, but which map did we decide on?

assuming we decided on a map, it might help to edit out all the excluded maps in previous posts....

if we havent decided on a map, i have one that i would like to tack on, a la FR. only one (unnamed) country is there, with lots of neutral landmass that might fit in from whatever map we decide(d) on...

[Ishmayl-Retired]

I think there actually is a map that was decided on, considering that Jurgen has already traced it out (see his posts above).  I think it fits our needs well - needing a main central area, with slightly separated outside areas.

[Elflord274]

I agree with Natural20 that city states is a good idea. It gives a certain differant feel to the whole thing.

[Poseptune]

City-states, or barbaric nations to the empire, that border the Empire is a good idea.

 We should start thinking about the geography of the map that Jurgen has drawn.

[MittenNinja]

so has there been any more progress on the map?

[Poseptune]

[spoiler=Same procedure as last time...][/spoiler]


This is tracing of the map that was decided upon. You have to click on it to view it.

[MittenNinja]

yea I got that much, but what i meant to ask is did we decide on locations for the empire/city-states and the like? any geographical formations (mountain ranges/rivers/forests etc.)?

[Poseptune]

Random Seed: 1540817243
%Water: 56
%Ice: 5
%Rotation: 168

This was the vector map that was traced. It was suggested that the Empire be in the location of one of the two dark brown spots. If you have an opinion now is the time to speak up.

We haven't discussed the scale of the map either.

As for geography, that hasn't been discussed yet. So the questions are:

How mountanious do we want the world to be? (I know Ishmayl wanted a volcano worshiping dwarven clan)
Lots of forests or mostly plains?
Has the Empire cut down most of the forest in its area, since it seems to be semi-anti nature, or did they leave them standing?
Deserts?
Arctic Circles? (Where would they end?) Only on one pole?
Anything else?

[MittenNinja]

Personally I think it'd be more interesting if the Empire was situated on one of the two landmasses to the lower left of the dark brown spots and then have those areas be more of an "undiscovered frontier" where there would be more forest, mountains, volcanos for the dwarf clan etc. It would give more of a visible separation of the civilized and un civilized.

[Poseptune]

Ok I colored in Jurgen's map to make it easier to see the landmasses.
[spoiler=Map]
   
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Do you mean the left most landmass that is still connected to the larger landmass? I could see the empire starting there. The old empire conquered a some land past the landbridge, when it fell the wilds reclaimed it. Now the new empire is building to conquer it once again.

What does every one else think?

[Ravenspath]

That works for me. I like the idea of the Empire having all the land around it and then rolling across the connecting areas to conquer more area.

[MittenNinja]

Yes that's what I had in mind.