RE: (TFT) Integrated map of Cidri

["Marc Gacy" <mgacy@maad.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:  peterson@vigyan.com
> 
> Thanks for an interesting post, Marc.  I appreciate the thoughtfulness
> that went into working out these geographies.  I hope you get some useful
> feedback from other list members that will help you fill in the gray
> areas.  Perhaps some of the folks that have described villages or
> adventures in previous posts will offer to locate some of their efforts as
> well.  Definitely worth the effort.  Thanks!

Thanks for the kind words, and as you mentioned, I thought it could further
evolve, incorporating whole world maps ala Pangaea, Thail, Loran, Branya and
my (even more) alternate England (and any others I missed), if creators of
said worlds were willing.



> -----Original Message-----
> From:  pvk@oz.net
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 1:49 PM
> To: tft@brainiac.com
> Subject: Re: (TFT) Integrated map of Cidri
> 
> I would say the Silver Dragon and Unicorn Gold settings are in their own
> world or a disconnected continent away from the others, because they have
> significant cultural and flora/fauna differences.
> 
> Grail Quest even more so.
> 

I like the disconnected continent approach, as Australian flora & fauna are
quite different from other continents. Also there is no real fundamental
difference in the way each of these supplements are played (IIRC): same
basic races, skills, weaponry, use of magic etc.

> If Cidri is a gargantuan artificial world, as I seem to recall is implied,
> then no, I would expect climates to be potentially arbitrary with respect
> to location, though it would vary by region and some local patterns would
> exist.

Right, there's no need to take a "Northern Hemisphere"-centric approach.

> It's interesting to speculate. In general, though, at least for many
> players, I think they are potentially more useful the less specific they
> are to one another, since it makes it easier for the GM to add or omit
> things where it suits them, without causing issues.

I wasn't going to suggest making them contiguous, but more taking the
approach that Land Beyond the Mountains did with saying that it was located
something like 700-1500 km south of Southern Elyntia. That way, it can be
filled in with whatever the GM desires, but there is still a reasonable
limit (~1000km of random encounters, if you will!).

Again, you are right that SD & UG would probably be on a different
continent.

Just my personal thought experiment that I've made public.

- Marc
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