1. The Glendale Train map is an Inkscape svg file. I’ve included two PDFs, one with a grid and one without.
2. The Yellow Forest map is an Inkscape svg file. I’ve included a PDF as well.
3. The map of the Temple of Apuiporo is an Inkscape svg file. I’ve included a PDF.
4. The Realms of the City and The Fallen City are Inkscape svg files. I’ve included a PDF with and without a grid of the Realms.
5. The cover image is a locomotive roundhouse in Chicago, from the Chicago & Northwestern Railway. The passenger train that heads up the Glendale Train section is a photo of an 1890s coal-fired steam engine from the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railway. Both images are public domain. The actual Metroliner Hermes looks more like the streamlined Challenger 4-6-4 on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenger_(passenger_train) but I haven’t been able to find any public domain images of it.
6. The multi-colored crossroads symbol on the back cover is a Persistence of Vision rendering. I’ve included a PNG of it.
7. The Station of the Sun road sign is an Inkscape svg file; I’ve included a PNG of it.
8. The proud jaguar on the rocks is a public domain image.
9. The fern-filled jungle is an Inkscape tracing of a public domain image of the Sierra Madre jungle on Wikimedia Commons, by Perojevic.
10. The GIMP-modified image of Angkor Thom’s Bayon temple is modified from a public domain image of Justin Watt’s on Wikimedia Commons.
11. Excalibur the Sword is a public domain Howard Pyle drawing from 1902.
12. The cuneiform of Anu is a public domain svg from Geoff Richards off of Wikimedia Commons. The Inanna and Deep water cuneiforms are traced from the UTF-8 cuneiform block.
13. The eight-pointed Ishtar star is a public domain svg from Raphael 75 on Wikimedia Commons.
14. The gates of Eden and the flood waters used for the Gates of Hell and the Eternal City are Thomas Cole paintings from Wikimedia Commons.
15. Joe Lakono’s character sheet is a Scribus document; I’ve also provided the PDF for him both at 9th and 10th level. The Mask of Hina is also a Scribus document. It uses a photo of a Maori carved house post returned to the public domain by Kahuroa on Wikimedia Commons. I’ve added a border in GIMP, and provided the GIMP document as well.
You can download Scribus, Persistence of Vision, Inkscape, and GIMP for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
- The Mythology of the Road
- Most cultures have myths of the passing of knowledge from the gods (or animals) to men, through trees or trickery. Any prophets in the party must have their mythology tied in some way to the road. Someone has taken knowledge, and someone else is waiting to take it back.
- Artifacts of the road
- Artifacts of the road in The Road: Resources
