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Getting it to the Table: Vralkast PT1

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  So this is gonna be a series I am gonna do on my blog going over my process of getting a setting guide ready for my table. I am gonna start with a book I recently got access to, Vralkast: Monstrous Metropolis. This is a setting book that paints a very broad strokes painting of the sea of sorrow, a giant freshwater sea deep in the underdark and the most prized metropolis inside it. It’s a very vibes forward book so I just want to show the process of me translating those vibes into concrete details. I am gonna work my way towards the center of the setting so as such I am gonna work on defining the sea itself and the factions in it. Part 1 General Map and Factions + Miscellany. The main focus of this post is getting a map’s outline to later key. I am gonna be using the supplementary book Field Guide to the Sea of Sorrows. Regions There are five predefined regions: The Glitterdrift – A set of caverns enchanted so all light turns to liquid and drips away. The Gorgon’s Mane – A ...