The only catch, though, is that I don’t want NO labels… I want some labels: The roads. I also, for purely personal reasons, wanted a version of the map without the hex grid.įortunately, you can purchase a digital map pack from Mike Schley that includes multiple versions of the map, including one with no grid and no labels. So I wanted a version of the map I could actually give to the players. NPC: It’s a mystery wrapped in an enigma, baked into a souffle! NPC: But where could Cragmaw Castle be?! Nobody knows!!!! The best of these is probably the poster map found in the D&D Essentials Kits (to accompany Dragons of Icespire Peak), but all of them are fatally flawed as player maps because they spoil the adventures - not only showing locations that the PCs don’t know about yet (“Boy, I wonder if Icespire Peak - the only mountain labeled on this map - will be significant at some point…”), but frequently showing hidden sites that the PCs are supposed to go on adventures in order to locate. At the moment, I’m specifically interested in the various versions of the map designed to be given to the players as a handout. Phandalin and the surrounding region of the Sword Coast have featured in three D&D adventures:Įach of these adventures have featured a slightly different versions of a region map drawn by Mike Schley.
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