I recently purchased the campaign book for Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus, and while I like the maps at the back, I do not understand why there are no battle maps included. Not all players have access to or want to play with a digital medium, and finding someone to print the maps will be a challenge.
Does anybody know of a way to get the battlemaps without resorting to "fudging" other maps?
At least when it comes to Descent into Avernus, all the maps found on D&D Beyond are included in the physical book. The expectation is, as it has been, that the DM will do one of the following:
Use the map to run theatre of the mind
Photocopy and enlarge the map
Redraw the map on gridded paper or a dry-erase gridded map
Assemble the map from terrain
WotC has sold map packs to accompany adventures and some sourcebooks, but those still are just a4 versions of the maps printed on cardstock. For 5th edition at least, WotC has not directly sold battle maps for adventures. The exceptions are some Beadles and Grim books, and intro products such as Heroes of the Borderlands.
If you have access to a normal a4 printer, you can use adobe acrobats poster-print options, or equivalent online tools, to cut that maps into easy-to-assemble parts that you can print out on a home printer and stick together.
Also note that this forum is for bugs and support with D&D Beyond, not D&D stuff in general.
I recently purchased the campaign book for Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus, and while I like the maps at the back, I do not understand why there are no battle maps included. Not all players have access to or want to play with a digital medium, and finding someone to print the maps will be a challenge.
Does anybody know of a way to get the battlemaps without resorting to "fudging" other maps?
Many thanks.
At least when it comes to Descent into Avernus, all the maps found on D&D Beyond are included in the physical book. The expectation is, as it has been, that the DM will do one of the following:
WotC has sold map packs to accompany adventures and some sourcebooks, but those still are just a4 versions of the maps printed on cardstock. For 5th edition at least, WotC has not directly sold battle maps for adventures. The exceptions are some Beadles and Grim books, and intro products such as Heroes of the Borderlands.
If you have access to a normal a4 printer, you can use adobe acrobats poster-print options, or equivalent online tools, to cut that maps into easy-to-assemble parts that you can print out on a home printer and stick together.
Also note that this forum is for bugs and support with D&D Beyond, not D&D stuff in general.
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