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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I am currently involved in a game my
brother is running, a <st1:PersonName w:st="on">home</st1:PersonName>-brew
system (not P&P), but based on the map and cultures of the Perilous
Lands. My character, Caelynd MacLyrr, of the Ulail clan (“tribes”
is SO not Goidenese. :} ) is a “god in the making”, as are the
other PC’s (it’s a sort of “Highlander-like” mythos…the
gods cannot interfere, but 100 mortals are offered a special cup to drink from
when they perish. These 100 have a decade or so to roam about and grow in
power, and effectively act as “champions” for any powers up top, or
be their own power if they so wish. Once a certain threshold of power is
reached the character becomes a minor god and can no longer directly affect the
middle world (but may indirectly, via followers or after effects of their
presence). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Caelynd (pronounced “Cah-lynn”
– the “d” is silent), was a highly intelligent Goidenese who
returned to the middle world (after the cup) in the middle of Gom, was
enslaved, escaped, and all that. Finally made it <st1:PersonName w:st="on">home</st1:PersonName>
with grandiose ideas on how to improve his people’s lot. Another PC
is a Fomorian wizard. A third is a Druid of sorts (not exactly sure of
culture of origin at the momement).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Ok, with all that out of the way, let me
set up my mission here. As we have been (and will presumably continue to)
doing a lot of gaming in Goiden itself, I have taken to working up a
high-detail map of Goiden. Upon scanning the map book, I have the island image
rezzed to about 2500 x 3000 pixels. Playing with photoshop I have used
layers and textures and all sorts of digital wizardry to make (what I think) is
a nice hi-rez picture of the island. I’m just finishing up the
rivers now, and will eventually have the raw landscape good to go.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The next step is to flatten this image,
import it to canvas as a base image, and then apply the various labels,
borders, icons etc. I won’t include the Caelynd-induced changes (He
used Gom-based loot to fund a road project from Svokkebek to the headwaters of
the river that goes to the <st1:place w:st="on">Armagh</st1:place>, passing
through the Ulail tribal center) in any final map put forth to Wout’s
site. :}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Does anyone have any goidenese points of
interest? Named for features? Especially Richard, if you have any
specific names for the Rivers (none were on the map) or the forts on the
smaller islands and in the Korchi section? I’ll probably do the
same treatment like I did on my Djanisborg and Ma’helas maps, picking out
the supporting towns for the two cities there and making subroads, but if you
have any other suggested Goiden, Korchi and Djani names for things, (used in
your games, etc) that would be great.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The mountain testure came out pretty good
(IMHO) and one can conceivably mark out specific “mountains” as
sites. I’ll post the raw map here tomorrow (after I finish the
river work). I’ll try and compress it down to something reasonable
for mail that will still show the detail level.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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