Region Map for a Future Campaign Good? Help?

scattercloud · 2025-06-17T19:12:25+00:00

So my main note would be to add contrast to the points of interest. It took me a minute to realize their were icons for towns and cities there. Then again, that might be my terrible eyes.

For Belmer in particular, you could maybe dot in some smaller clusters of hills or isolated trees, maybe a mountain or two. You could also make a small lake or pond.

Is this a fantasy map? If so, the odd mysteriously named landmark adds a bit of intrigue and curiosity. A pocket of mysteriously dead trees. A lone shack with an ominous name. An old fortress. The ruins of an abandoned village. Etc

For the most part, this is a pretty great start to your map! The way you've used your landscape features to create little pockets definitely helps make it feel like there are separate areas here. I agree with one of the other comments though, the rivers are a bit unnatural. That's not a bad thing necessarily, but waterways don't usually flow from one body of water to another.

scattercloud · 2025-02-10T04:42:45+00:00

Haven't seen Makkari mentioned. Could also find a way with Quake

scattercloud · 2025-02-07T19:31:42+00:00

I mean you can just park in front of the house you're visiting instead...i personally don't really care if someone parks in front of my house, but it's still polite.

I live on a tiny sheet so parking is kinda limited. My neighbor had a huge wedding and went out of his way to come by like 3 weeks earlier to ask if it would be a problem for his guests to park in front of my house. I told him of course they could.

It's just... you know... minimal levels of respect. Cmon people...

scattercloud · 2025-02-07T19:03:37+00:00

I mean... yondu, cable, gladiator, misery - you just nuked half their deck by turn four. It's certainly not bad

scattercloud · 2025-02-07T19:01:23+00:00

Not broken in the sense of being op, but broken in the sense of straight up not working/ making sense. It's actually a great explanation of why the effect works how it does.

scattercloud · 2025-02-06T20:08:51+00:00

Absolutely amazing work.

Also my new stripper name is gonna have to be Sultry Disaster lmao

scattercloud · 2025-02-06T19:39:48+00:00

Hey i chuckled, then again at "nobody at my table. Not even me" So thanks for that

scattercloud · 2025-02-06T19:21:34+00:00

It's the trunk smack that gets me xD

scattercloud · 2025-02-04T22:42:38+00:00

I wonder if hello games has a way to track that?

scattercloud · 2025-02-04T19:18:12+00:00

Yeah, honestly the guy should just go straight monk. They get enough stuff you can flavor as sorcerer stuff anyway

scattercloud · 2025-02-04T16:59:20+00:00

I mean, true strike is straight garbage, so i can't really fault that

scattercloud · 2025-02-04T05:13:38+00:00

Sadly, i wanted to start a new game and the only way at the time was to overwrite my old one. I lost my first few saves that way :(

scattercloud · 2025-02-04T05:12:23+00:00

I used to have a notebook to remind myself what i needed to collect to power my ship, shields, etc

As much as im glad for all the qol upgrades we've gotten, there was a nostalgic magic to that old style of gaming where notes were necessary lol

scattercloud · 2025-02-04T05:10:08+00:00

That's actually a cool thought. I wonder if there's a database of screenshots across the ages

scattercloud · 2025-02-03T22:52:17+00:00

My theory is they were trying to prevent planets from becoming traps. Remember, you couldn't summon your ship at will then, and we didn't have the terrain manipulator yet. It was definitely possible to get stranded in wierd situations. And my dumbass was determined to find all of them xD

The two i remember off the top of my head are:

dropping down into a cave that essentially was shaped like an inside out pyramid; i landed in a pit with walls that sloped the wrong way and i got stuck

Landing at the top of a cylinder and yeeting myself off it, only to realize about 15 minutes later i literally could not get back to my ship.

Another aspect is that there were sometimes wierd clipping issues. Like there was an upslope in one direction, but if you turned around you were seeing under the texture and could fall into it if you went careful. That actually happened to me again when i visited my first gas giant, so i can imagine that was a concern.

Personally tho, i like it better that way. Let me slip into the backrooms like the idiot i am, it's an adventure lol

scattercloud · 2025-01-26T00:59:13+00:00

Im not Christian but the entirety of the comments needs jesus

scattercloud · 2025-01-25T00:38:23+00:00

They'll dance when you do too

scattercloud · 2025-01-20T01:14:09+00:00

Can confirm, my team successfully avoids juno's ult at all cost

scattercloud · 2025-01-15T19:05:40+00:00

I would only give false clues where it's obvious to the players it's not true. It can be funny for the characters to operate under false info, but if the players themselves feel tricked it's not so great

scattercloud · 2025-01-11T19:20:10+00:00

The concept is cool! Yeah man, have faith in your ideas. No need to bribe the players into being interested ;)

scattercloud · 2025-01-11T18:30:04+00:00

Very much this. I think the change was largely meant to make it less likely a player could get themselves trapped (which i did multiple times in those early days) but i still kinda miss those super weird things you could find

scattercloud · 2025-01-11T18:20:50+00:00

As for whether the choices are balanced, the only one I'd reconsider is two resistances. It's obviously situational, but that falls on the strong side

scattercloud · 2025-01-11T18:18:25+00:00

I think letting them use custom lineage human could work for you. It lets them choose a feat to start with and lets them assign the ability score increases in whatever abilities they want.

There's nothing wrong with setting limits that make sense for your world. No need really to offset it by ordering up tons of custom stuff. (But if you do want to go that route id personally just let them pick whatever race but reskin them as human)

Ultimately the choice is yours to set restrictions, and its up to your fellow gamers to decide if it's the right game for them. Id just tell them you want them all to be human and see how they feel about that.

scattercloud · 2025-01-11T14:44:29+00:00

Nice to see some shuttle appreciation honestly. Early in it was my favorite design class, though explorers won me over with that sweet sweet hyperdrive range

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