[Fan Supplement] A Guide to Dale (WIP) - Ideas Welcomed!

[Rich H]

I see your reasoning now Rich, and I agree. It works in Laketown, but I also reckon Dwarves would just be an almost ubiquitous presence in Dale

That's another really good point.

[Rich H]

Update
The supplement's coming along nicely. Here's the completion progress of each chapter:

CHAPTER 1 – THE HISTORY OF DALE (100% Complete)
CHAPTER 2 – THE SURROUNDING LANDS (100% Complete)
CHAPTER 3 – THE CITY OF DALE (60% Complete)
CHAPTER 4 – PERSONALITIES OF DALE (10% Complete)
CHAPTER 5 – THINGS TO DO IN DALE (60% Complete)
CHAPTER 6 – THE GATHERING OF FIVE ARMIES (60% Complete)
APPENDICES – MAPS OF DALE, SURROUNDING LANDS, AND OTHER LOCALES (0% Complete)

It's currently weighing in at 20 pages but I expect it to finish in the 30s not including maps. Maps will add to this size obviously and I'll be working on the Map of Dale and a Map of the Kingdom of Dale this weekend.

I'm still aiming at getting this finished next weekend (ie, sometime around Sunday 4th August).

[Aiwendil]

Came upon two artist renderings of Dale, from the upcoming Desolation of Smaug (part 2/3 of the Hobbit movie):

http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Dale

[Rich H]

Came upon two artist renderings of Dale, from the upcoming Desolation of Smaug (part 2/3 of the Hobbit movie):

http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Dale

Cool, thanks Aiwendil. Have some pics already but may use those if resolution is okay and they are print friendly.

[Rich H]

Bedtime for me now, but here's a further (final) sample:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/795 ... ple%29.pdf

No more text teasers until release now although I may post WIP of my maps.

[Halbarad]

Looking good Rich. I hope you don't mind if I indulge in some shameless self promotion.

The next issue of Other Minds(which is in final layout, I believe) contains further information about Buhr Wenjan, Buhr Naurthauja and a fully developed, playable, culture for the mounted warriors of the Dale lands.
These rules are also suitable for other mounted cultures, such as the Eorlingas (and the Leofrings) and a set of Mounted Combat rules are included.

[Rich H]

Don't mind at all and makes me feel better about not using it all in this supplement. Look forward to reading it fully and all on one place.

[Rich H]

Bloody 'eck, this map's hard work! Didn't realise my art skillz were so rusty.

[Rich H]

I've roughly sketched out the city and noted important areas on it to get a feel of what it'll look like:



Think it's looking okay

[Rich H]

I've now inked-in/outlined the walls and towers of the city along with the canal/moat around it and the roads leading into it:



The finished map will be coloured so that you can, among other things, differentiate between the roads and moat.

Thoughts? Do you think it looks okay?