Talk: Aldani Basin

Say, are there any plans to update the Chult maps? Some of these ones are pretty bad in comparison to the TOA ones. Obviously not top priority, just saying. JackToland.

I went ahead and updated the image used in this article, at least. --Ir'revrykal (talk) 18:36, February 5, 2018 (UTC)

New Name or Not?

Is the Aldani Basin actually a new name for the Swamp of Sorrows? Or is the Swamp of Sorrows a swamp located within the Aldani Basin? The latter seems far more likely to me. ~ Lhynard (talk) 20:11, February 5, 2018 (UTC)

I can't find "Swamp of Sorrows" anywhere other than the HandsomeRob map. The Aldani Basin is described as a "marshy upland basin" in ToA, for what it's worth. --Ir'revrykal (talk) 20:29, February 5, 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the help, Ir'revrykal!

When I first made this article, (because my PCs headed here,) it was before the publication of ToA. The Jungles of Chult did not name the swamp, so I went looking for it. I found the name "Swamp of Sorrows" on two maps. One I knew to be HandsomeRob's and non-canon, but the other was a modified crop of the 3e map from the FRCS. I was tricked! I did not notice until now that the map I has used was a modified map; I had thought it was the canon map, because the map iteslf looked exactly the same—only the labels were different. I wrote up the article citing the 3e map as the source, when in fact the 3e map doesn't actually have the name on it! Your comment here sent me on a search today, and I totally agree with you; the name isn't anywhere else.

So, I've removed all references to "Swamp of Sorrows" on this wiki.

Now, it's still possible that the Swamp is actually canon, if it is mentioned in The Ring of Winter, but I don't have that book. If it turns out that the Swamp is real, we can always add a new article about it using whatever hypothetical information is in the novel. In such a case, the Swamp would be found within the basin, as ToA describes the swamp within the basin surrounded by dense foliage.

Let me know if you think anything else needs fixing in regards to this area of the world, as, before ToA came out, I was the only editor who gave Chult any love.

~ Lhynard (talk) 23:02, February 5, 2018 (UTC)

I've noticed that areas we develop on the wiki have a tendency to become the next area of focus for the published Realms. :) Anyway, no Swamp of Sorrows appears in The Ring of Winter. Tthere is a swamp, the site of a random encounter with a dinosaur, but it's not named nor especially interesting. — BadCatMan (talk) 01:22, February 6, 2018 (UTC)

Well untangled, Lhynard. Good job. :) --Ir'revrykal (talk) 09:44, February 6, 2018 (UTC)