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Not all land masses sit comfortably on the ground. Some insist on picking up and floating away, doing their own things it would seem. Some of these have been wrangled by people with access to flying machines and mounts and in the cast of Lino’s Islands, several smaller islands were lashed together and built up.
Lino’s Islands are an almost idyllic pair of hilly islands with a small rocky flat-topped lump off to one side. The rocky island is home to Lino’s Keep, and the smaller almost spherical island is home to the wizard tower of Strephon the Magus. The larger landmass has an older ruined tower on a hill, and a few buildings to support the aerial docks that jut out from the most accessible bank of the island.
This map was drawn with a Sakura Micron 005 based on a request by Lino Giusti for three floating islands. At the time I had just finished reading Skyrealms of Jorune and was immediately inspired to draw up something that I could use in a Skyrealms game.
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Because of the incredible generosity of my patrons, I’m able to make this map free for commercial use also. Each month while funding is over the $300 mark, each map that achieves the $300+ funding level will be released under this free commercial license. You can use, reuse, remix and/or modify the maps that are being published under the commercial license on a royalty-free basis as long as they include attribution (“Cartography by Dyson Logos” or “Maps by Dyson Logos”). For those that want/need a Creative Commons license, it would look something like this:
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It reminds me also of the opening area in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, which in my mind makes it a great place to start an adventure. Mayne using Beyond the Wall, only renaming it Beyond the Edge. . .
So, I wanted to say thank you for all your maps, as these are very inspiring. I recently played Goblin Gully with some friends and then with my boys (age 8 and 11). They all enjoyed it. Then, my oldest picked the floating island map (as he’s a huge Link/Zelda fan) and said he wanted to DM. At about the same time, I gave him the first three Dragonlance books to read (he’s consumed the first two in February).
So, as we are playing he’s managed to make this floating island fairly interesting and challenging (gryphons that leave me alone if i stop attacking them) and then when I start killing goblins, their bodies disappear.
“Interesting” I think to myself.
The next goblin has “different coloured armour” my son says.
Ok, no big deal. It dies after a fierce battle and then he says “it explodes” and I take damage.
WTF? Crazy but creative I think to myself. Then I meet a dwarf who is gruff and doesn’t share much info with me. Then we see a halfling with a topknot…where we run out of time and have to quit for the time being.
And then a week later, it hits me: I’m playing Dragonlance! He’s put characteristics of the draconians as the goblins and Flint the dwarf and Tas the halfling (kender).
I have never been more proud of him.
Long story short, thanks again for providing these great maps and adventures.
Chris
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