Laramis in Black and White

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I created the map of Laramis some time ago for my friend and DM-at-large Greg. It is a new world that is connected to the world of Mythgar where my gaming group has been playing (every third year or so) for over twenty years. Laramis is a chance at a fresh start, one uncluttered by the heroic deeds of characters past. It's also the first of Greg's campaigns in Pathfinder, and the first PF campaign since the release of the Advanced Player's Guide. I will be playing a half-orc cavalier, 'cause that's just how I roll.

Here's the original map: http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...hlight=laramis

Now the original is cool and I'm happy with how it came out, but it has one big flaw: it doesn't print out well, and is pretty much useless using a black and white printer. I just bought a Brother laser printer for under $100 that prints beautifully, so I've been experimenting.

I made a couple of half-hearted attempts to make some changes that made the map more printer-friendly, but in the end it was futile.

Finally, I decided to spend the time to do it right. I replaced all of the features--mountains, hills, swamps, forests, etc., with symbols, some of which I stole from my Wheel of Time map and some of which I created for this project. Afterward, I printed it out in a huge 4x4 format and taped the pages together to make a wall-sized map that we can mark up.

Here it is with a coffee cup for scale.



And here's the final effort in full-size 3200 pixel format.