Sunday, July 19, 2020

Golarion Historical Map: The Inner Sea at -1281 AR (Draft copy)

So I'm back after a hiatus. I'm still GMming Tyrant's Grasp, and still digging deeply into Golarion's history. Recently I was asking the question "what did the Inner Sea look like when Taldor became a nation."

So I made a map. This is the draft map. It's pretty self-explanatory, but there are still a lot of holes in it. Most of the holes are because Golarion's history is incomplete.  But I wouldn't be surprised at all if I made several errors. Feel free to point them out, and please if you have a reference, include it with your comments. 

After a week or so, I'll make the final version of the map and when that's done, I'll post it up. 



Sunday, March 1, 2020

Territorial Losses of Lastwall map

I've been curious about the amount of territory Lastwall lost to the Orcs of Belkzen for awhile now, so I made a map. For me, pathfinder history comes alive though maps (which I sincerely wish they would do more of - Pathfinder has such a rich history which remains inaccessible to so many).

The map is relatively simple. I could prettify it if I spent a lot of time on it, but I just wanted a basic map to show how much smaller Lastwall is. (Also trying to stay within my mapmaking skills).
Lastwall land lost to the Orcs of Belkzen over the past 900 or so years.
Militarily speaking, Lastwall was screwed once it lost the Sunwall. Harchist's Blockade would have made a decent defensive line, but the real problem is that everything south of the Sunwall is anchored on the Mindspin Mountains to the west and that's easy for orc raids to infiltrate through.  But it does make the placement of Vigil itself a bit more understandable. When Vigil was founded it was in the middle of the country!

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Lastwall Campaign Map

I noticed that the map of Lastwall that came with Tyrant's Grasp was missing many locations already mentioned in game. So I decided to make a new map suitable as a player's handout. Note: This map reflects my campaign, so there are a few minor differences (most notably that Razmiran was replaced by a Iomedean Crusader state).  Regardless, here's the map:

Lastwall, in Golarion (in my campaign).

Most of the map was hand drawn on my Wacom using Sketchbook. Text was in Photoshop. I strongly considered a hex map, but I wanted more of a handout feel.

A couple notes:

-The border forts on the western edge of Lastwall are alluded to, but never explicitly mentioned.
- The ferry to the NE just seems logical.
- the roads are also logical inferences and are the main roads within the kingdom.
- the purple dashed lines are former Hordelines. Lastwall lost a lot of land.

Oh and here's the generic version of the map:
Lastwall, in Golarion (generic campaign)