tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post1513550476694324663..comments2024-02-28T01:11:56.474-08:00Comments on THE LAND OF NOD: On Western Venatia - Part FourteenJohn Matthew Staterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02310914386482078369noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-7176432850611005462010-11-17T20:14:58.129-08:002010-11-17T20:14:58.129-08:00I'm just starting to read DeCampe's stuff ...I'm just starting to read DeCampe's stuff - so his Goblin Tower is new to me. I'll have to read it some day.John Matthew Staterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02310914386482078369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-53756193597160491102010-11-17T17:02:13.678-08:002010-11-17T17:02:13.678-08:00Yeah, I suspected Nidhogg there. I had Goblin Tow...Yeah, I suspected Nidhogg there. I had Goblin Tower pegged as a reference to the L. Sprague DeCampe novel of the same name, but I guess I missed that one.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-53952893976040909062010-11-17T12:56:42.290-08:002010-11-17T12:56:42.290-08:00I'd also humbly suggest that region names and ...I'd also humbly suggest that region names and perhaps borders be displayed on the maps.<br /><br />-DarrenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-75377234567163032382010-11-16T21:21:07.558-08:002010-11-16T21:21:07.558-08:00Glad you're enjoying the content! First name i...Glad you're enjoying the content! First name is John, middle name Matt. I like to keep people guessing.<br /><br />Underwater content - hardest thing to write, but on the off chance that somebody out there wants to run an aquatic campaign, I try to include as much as I can. One of these days I'm going to do an article on underwater races for fantasy games - a race/class sort of thing - John Matthew Staterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02310914386482078369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-65079471292686634302010-11-16T17:56:51.141-08:002010-11-16T17:56:51.141-08:00P.S. Your name is John but you post as and have yo...P.S. Your name is John but you post as and have your url with "Matt" in it. What's the deal?<br /><br />-DarrenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-74781997935509443622010-11-16T17:53:42.273-08:002010-11-16T17:53:42.273-08:00I'm looking forward to it! Maps are very impor...I'm looking forward to it! Maps are very important to this geek.<br /><br />I love the blog by the way, and hope to see the recent entries (including the owlbear stuff) in #6. Like I said, the books are great inspiration! And I'm surprised how much underwater content is on the maps. <br /><br />Keep publishing as much fluff on the gods too, this stuff is money.<br /><br />I'm looking Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-70602275295167963612010-11-16T14:39:39.941-08:002010-11-16T14:39:39.941-08:00Darren - you're spot on - I've been lax on...Darren - you're spot on - I've been lax on this point. My very next post will go over the map symbols, and I'll make a concerted effort to get them on the published maps - blame is totally my own.John Matthew Staterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02310914386482078369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-84334831522797466812010-11-16T13:18:21.527-08:002010-11-16T13:18:21.527-08:00Hey there John, I recently bought a few issues of ...Hey there John, I recently bought a few issues of Nod in PDF form. I'm enjoying them so far for inspiration. <br /><br />I have some questions though about the map. There is no key so I don't know the scale (I think I read 5-6miles per hex in a comment) and I don't know what the colors mean on the map. Some hexes are labeled as desert but look green on the map. Some rolling hills Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-42703434319457012542010-11-16T07:17:50.158-08:002010-11-16T07:17:50.158-08:00Gnawer at the Root is a reference to Nidhogg, the ...Gnawer at the Root is a reference to Nidhogg, the dragon in Norse mythology that gnaws on one of the roots to Yggdrasil. White Wolf - I might have had the White Wolves of Warhammer's Old World in my mind, but it was an explicit reference. Goblin Tower just sounded fairy-tale-ish to me, and that was the vibe I was going for in Western Venatia.John Matthew Staterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02310914386482078369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-23714590486516779232010-11-16T03:32:17.604-08:002010-11-16T03:32:17.604-08:00Am I write in reading a lot of sly references in t...Am I write in reading a lot of sly references in these write-ups? I know Klarkash, and Yith are--but that also makes me suspect Goblin Tower, Gnawer at the Root, and even White Wolf! ;)Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.com