Both download and print editions of such books should be high quality.I've been DMing the excellent D&D 5e adventure Curse of Strahd for about a year and a half now (our group likes to take our time) and we're about to get to the climax, Castle Ravenloft, the home of Strahd von Zarovich. Most newer books are in the original electronic format. Also, their file size tends to be smaller than scanned image books.

These ebooks were created from the original electronic layout files, and therefore are fully text searchable. We mark clearly which print titles come from scanned image books so that you can make an informed purchase decision about the quality of what you will receive. The text is fine for reading, but illustration work starts to run dark, pixellating and/or losing shades of grey.

It's the problem of making a copy of a copy. Unfortunately, the resulting quality of these books is not as high. We essentially digitally re-master the book. Also, a few larger books may be resampled to fit into the system, and may not have this searchable text background.įor printed books, we have performed high-resolution scans of an original hardcopy of the book. However, any text in a given book set on a graphical background or in handwritten fonts would most likely not be picked up by the OCR software, and is therefore not searchable. The result of this OCR process is placed invisibly behind the picture of each scanned page, to allow for text searching. Most older books are in scanned image format because original digital layout files never existed or were no longer available from the publisher.įor PDF download editions, each page has been run through Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software to attempt to decipher the printed text. These products were created by scanning an original printed edition. Its nearest connection is K3, the Servants' Entrance. Note: Not all outdoor areas on the main floor are represented. Hopefully this aids in presenting the shadows of Castle Ravenloft for your players. It's organized by floor and color-coded, and includes page numbers to nearly each room. The Castle Ravenloft Map Flowchart reduces the map into a single page with arrows and lines showing all connections to the various areas of the castle. Take out all the vampires and wights, and you've still got an isometric map that's confusing at best, and unnavigable at worst. Let's face it: Castle Ravenloft is a labrynthine nightmare to navigate-even for the Dungeon Master.

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