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I just ordered this from Ninepin Press and can't wait to run it for my family. I gave them some tidbits that I have read so far that they can't wait to play. I am going to be running it in Cairn (our current favorite system) and I appreciate that the book already has Cairn stats available.

The one thing that I noticed that would be helpful would be to have the travel distances between the points of interest on the map be listed as days or watches. To your knowledge, has this been done anywhere?

Thanks for such and amazing product. The more I read, the more excited I am to run it for my family and I am already hoping for Christmas funds that will enable me to late back Volume Two.

Phantom Mill8 days ago (1 edit)

Hello, thanks for ordering the book! Not sure if anyone has broken it down into watches, though I believe Yochai Gal has said that he Cairn-ified the map. I don't think he's posted that anywhere, however.

But here's our method, which is pretty simple, and uses the map scale, and the assumption that people on foot can travel up to 24 miles per day (or 36 miles on roads). A useful visual is that it's about 30 miles between Cimbrine and Fort Flumenel, so call that a distance of 3 watches. With that as a reference, you can eye most any other distance on the map. The majority of distances between locations are therefore 1, 2, or 3 watches.

I hope that's helpful, and that you have a blast playing it with your family!

GreatBigTable8 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

That is helpful. Thank you. I may do a table of distances between the map points of interest and post it somewhere when I get the chance.

Nothing official, of course. Just my interpretation.

Phantom Mill8 days ago

Cool!

Yochai Gal8 days ago(+1)

I’ll make an official pointcrawl conversion and post it somewhere. It’s fun.

GreatBigTable5 days ago

This is great news!

Having something that is ready to run that present a weird and scary (and silly?) world for players to explore is such a boon for systems like Cairn and OSE.

I know that OSE effectively has Dolmenwood and that there isn't an official campaign setting for Cairn. But something like Wildrendrem that helps the system sing for players is very welcome. I am excited to explore it and hope to move on to Volume II when we are done.

If other settings come out specifically for Cairn from Phantom Mill (or other publishers including Yochai himself), I think my players and I (mostly my family) will enjoy exploring those together as well.

Thanks for this effort, Yochai.

Yochai Gal5 days ago

There is a setting for Cairn. It’s called Vald. You can read about it in both 2e books and all 3 first party adventures (so far).

A longer setting guide is coming next year as well.

GreatBigTable4 days ago (1 edit)

I guess I misspoke. I realize that there is a default setting. I am looking forward to a longer setting guide for Vald. I am anticipati g that that will also be a lot of fun to explore.

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