So I wanted to learn how to use Inkscape, and I thought that I might as well do something productive while learning it. I have been preparing to run B2 Keep on the borderlands for a while and the blurred washed out map in my PDF version really didn't do it for me. I had trouble even seeing the numbers in the rooms.
So I decided to reproduce the maps in vector format so it can be printed at any size and still be sharp and crisp. I also wanted to make a version of the wilderness maps based on hexes as i find them far easier to run at the table. Below I will explain the maps in more detail, but if you just want the maps they can be downloaded at the bottom of the page.
The Wilderness
I have discretized the map into hexes. I decided on a scale of 1 mile per hex as this scale could contain all the general features of the original map and sized the map to fit exactly with the scale. In the image below you can see how they fit on top of each other
The Caves of Chaos
For the Caves of Chaos I only wanted to change three things. First I wanted all the features to be clear and easily readable and able to be printed in large size. Second, I wanted to separate the above ground features and the below ground ones since they are not used at the same time and only clutters the map. Third, I wanted a handout version so new players could have a good starting point for their own mapping. It should also be noticed that only the DM version of the above ground map contains the caves that are hidden by foliage and the identifying letters for the caves (I didn't want them to feel there was any order they should explore them in). The PDF of the caves therefore comes in three pages:
- Below ground
- Above ground
- Player handout
The Keep
I did not make a version of the map of the Keep, since the only problem i had with the original (the grid) has already been taken care of by Dyson in his version.The Maps
The maps can be downloaded a the links below.
Caves of Chaos A4Caves of Chaos Letter
Wilderness map
I hope the maps can be of use
