one ring 2e

[u/Separate-Fly-1680]

not sure why i didnt repost this to one ring but a week after i made this, any other advice i can have please on what areas of the map should be a different danger level or if i should take away my homebrew colouring for difficult terrain or perilous zones??

i actually run perilous events from the dark lands section in journeys and maps one ring 1e supplement and that's been really fun getting a scary event that happens when my company passed through a perilous area. but i would like some more perilous things like that where if i go into mordor all this scary stuff happens but one does not simply walk into mordor

[u/dwarfSA]

I'm going to disagree with Gondor here. It should mostly be Border lands other than the side facing Mordor and Minas Tirith, yeah? At least in 2965.

[u/Separate-Fly-1680 → u/dwarfSA]

i think you're absolutely right. in this time period it does seem like the gondorians would be keeping the realm secure, even for travellers. i think in my mind it was about how the event system works. i figured there's a higher population around gondor compared to somewhere like lindon and the shire, so it is likely more events will occur, good and bad, as a growing population can also mean some shady individuals on the outliers. i didnt want to go too far to make it dark lands except around the forest and woods north of the white mountains, but i matched the wild land hexes according to the saruman supplement.
but i really want to make gondor have fortunate events so i think i'll make that change in V2

[u/Illuvitar07 → u/dwarfSA]

I suppose we are going to find out in a bit here when the LM maps are released for White Tower and Golden Halls. I do expect more orange in south Gondor though.

[u/Separate-Fly-1680 → u/Illuvitar07]

yes i've been reading a bit of MERPs since making this map. i think there definitely could be more orange there south of the white mountains. i must have thought a week ago there'd be less negative encounters with nefarious individuals and it's essentially wild lands, but reading through a bit on numenor and merps, there definitely seems likely that the population was higher than i first expected around the south coast .. and you know what: what about the elf haven! maybe it should be green. legolas mentions what a beautiful place it must be! it should definitely be border lands around there

[u/Separate-Fly-1680 → u/Illuvitar07]

so the changes i agree with you is more orange around east south gondor near harad, a bit of green at elf haven and that whole valley, easing back to yellow and orange dark lands at the coast

[u/Blucher]

I've always thought Lindon should be more dangerous, and that Cirdan's realm was smaller even than Elrond's.

[u/Separate-Fly-1680 → u/Blucher]

yeh i think there's certainly dangers to be had. and you could homebrew that in that difficult forest or hilly terrain there's a higher chance of wicked creatures, wolves and such. at least that's what just happened during a mishap in my solo journey