Friday, December 22, 2017

North-West Faerûn Travel Distance Chart

I am currently working on putting together a little bit of extra information for the future DM of a 5th edition starter set (to be gifted after Christmas).  I collected a number of maps of the Sword Coast region of  Faerûn, setting of the Forgotten Realms campaigns. Surprisingly I was not able to find a Sword Coast travel distance chart online anywhere (although I am happy to be pointed to one!)

So I made one, using a version of the 2001 Wizards of the Coast map of Faerûn, which sets it in the 3rd edition version of that world, and apparently also rationalized the map to remove empty space and account for curvature of the earth.


I certainly welcome any corrections or suggestions for this chart if you have any!

As I suspect this will be my last post for 2017, Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year to all of you and yours.

6 comments:

Stew said...

Happy holidays!

Dr Steve said...

Awesome, just what I was looking for!

GaugeDanger said...

This is fantastic. Any chance you've made any updates or added locations since 2017?

Lasgunpacker said...

No, sorry, I made this for a friend of mine who I hoped to lure into DMing a game... ended up doing it myself.

What locations are you interested in?

Anonymous said...

I'd be interested in Phandalin to Westgate pretty please

Lasgunpacker said...

I will have to find the map I used, which I am not sure extended all the way to the Sea of Fallen Stars.

As a rough guess, I think you are looking at a journey of around 2000 miles, based on a trip to Baldur's Gate from Phandalin, and then overland from there to Westgate. Looking at the map I have to hand, there is no direct route from Baldur's Gate to the Westgate, so it would be a bit longer in actuality.

If your players took the Trade Way from Daggerford to Scornubel and then cut over on a smaller path to the Trader's road, they could probably cut off a few hundred miles. (although then missing out on Baldur's gate and Candlekeep)