Making Maps for the Cosmere RPG: Part 4, Reshi Isles

Back at it again with a map, this time a city map! We are 3 (technically 4) maps in to our Map Making Series for the Cosmere RPG, and today we're taking a trip to the Reshi Isles.

The Reshi Isles are massive island-sized greatshells that roam the vast Reshi sea, creating micro nations of people from all over Roshar who come to bask in the warm sun and relative safety of their new greatshell home.

We had a few people ask for this style of map, but I'll shout out Thaidikar on Reddit for the initial suggestion.

Reshi Isles Map

You can download the maps here:

For now I've kept it fairly basic: we have a rather large island with a small community built on to it's back.

The scale here is for the Game Master to determine. Unless you're doing a hex crawl, the specifics using a grid can be a bit overly mechanical to be useful. Hexcrawl maps are something I eventually want to build out for the Cosmere RPG, but those will come with a host of other resources, like random tables and encounters, to make them more useful.

Some things to consider if you're planning on sending your party to the isles:

• They'll need a guide: the isles are in constant movement, and so having a guide who can read the currents of the sea will be required to find a specific island.
• The people of the Isles are generally accepting of outsiders, but it takes time to build trust. Read I-3 from Words of Radiance for more of the cultural nuance.
• The islands sometimes go to war with each other. Bloodshed is rare, but it could make for a great battle. And maybe a great future battlemap.