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Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Map: Altimira and Ulek
Happy Needfest Greyhawk fans! Well today I'm in a slightly artistic mood so I did one of my hastily drawn maps of a portion of the Flanaess. This time I had a special idea in mind though. The map before you is based on the Principality of Ulek region of Jay "Lord Gosumba" Scott's long-running campaign that you can find weekly on Twitch. I don't know much about the Free City of Altimira or which other parts are Jay's creation (I like the heraldry!), but with the assistance of Anna Meyer's 598 CY map update of Jay's campaign I was able to combine their work with that of Darlene into my own sketchy style. Enjoy and Happy Holidays!
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Nice work, as always, Mike, and Merry Christmas! :D
Allan.
That's a gorgeous map!
Doesn't get much cooler than this Mike!!! TYVM for the awesome map!!!
Also, Heraldry was created by Bryan Blumklotz! Funny thing, this was his first concept out of almost a dozen, and I truly thought the first was by far the best!!!
grodog: Thanks! And Happy Needfest!
Eric: Thank you sir. Check out some of the Greyhawk groups on Facebook. There is much better maps than mine!
Jay: It was fun. And Bryan is a master of heraldry. Also, I am mainly curious how you guys came to put a free city in that location. It's a very diverse geographical area and on the edge of a lot of turmoil. I'm sure I had players pass through those hexes before, never occurred to me to set a campaign in that nook of the Flanaess.
Mike, its a great story! It started as a location for 3 (here we go again on this class lol) Cavaliers in the Order of Ulek. Permission granted by the Count of Ulek to build three keeps to open trade via land from Courwood (which we always thought was the southernmost Town of Celene, though to the Principality of Ulek. This began in 1987, Adventure #39 - Cavalier School. The rest is basically history as it grew naturally during gameplay. We did an entire Gabbin #59 on Altimira' it is archived on our YouTube Mirror at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WkGPSJgRkA
Enjoy!!!
Mike, one last thing. Our 24 hour Greyhawk Megastream Fundraiser Event "Return of the Falcon", will have the Finale take place in the Free City of Altimira. Saturday, Feb 15th, 8:00 PM EST. www.twitch.tv/lordgosumba
This is SUCH a great map, Mike!
We were very pleased you allowed GreyhawkOnline and the Oerth Journal to include your map in the recent OJ31!!
it fit perfectly with the article from Jay, and is *definitely* an iconic map! It's specifically that "sketchy style" (as you call it) that makes it look like a map the players would get in-character! Well done!
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