# Hexcrawl Layouts

**URL:** <https://forums.hexed.press/t/hexcrawl-layouts/587>\
**Category:** Hexcrawls\
**Created:** [September 7, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://forums.hexed.press/t/hexcrawl-layouts/587 "2023-09-07T02:17:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![bryansmiff](https://forums.hexed.press/user_avatar/forums.hexed.press/bryansmiff/32/111_2.png) [@bryansmiff](https://forums.hexed.press/u/bryansmiff)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://forums.hexed.press/t/hexcrawl-layouts/587/1 "2023-09-07T02:17:38Z")

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Been trying to organize my random hexcrawl setting notes into some kind of repeatable format so I can easily flip to what I need for any given Region.

 ![image](https://forums.hexed.press/uploads/default/original/1X/1e17ec75fd6afc700a3e687138960cecf504bd4d.jpeg)

First I needed a “World Map” with Region and Major Cities keyed, I’m making hexes big, regions simple, and Major Cities relatively scarce in my small sandbox here.

 ![image](https://forums.hexed.press/uploads/default/original/1X/67406bb9cce54fcd68062cb2e7191ba898059b00.jpeg)

Next I needed a “Region” map showing he general distance of things, general info about the Region, the probability of discovering a Landmark or Creature while traveling, and a quick description of the “Major Sites” within the Region. A Major Site is something pretty well known vs a Landmark which could be stumbled on in any hex.

 ![image](https://forums.hexed.press/uploads/default/original/1X/872882eb5463f894c24e009e9624f4059f6da600.jpeg)

Next I needed a “Major Site” map, I chose to tackle one of the Major Cities (not a true urban city like Waterdeep, more like Barbarian Bartertown or something). This one had a lot of info I needed. I split each of these Major Cities into 4 “Areas” or Zones or neighborhoods. Within each Area there are 3 prewritten random encounters to choose from or random NPCs can be (kind of) made on the fly by using the Appearance and Attitude tables. A list of unique Items and a small list of Rumors, along with a pretty abstract keyed map of the place.

I still think I’ll need to have anything with a statblock on a separate page or something yo have a bit more focused crunch if it comes to it…

For the Wilderness Travel portion I’m rolling for random encounters and fleshing out a Creature encounter or Landmark, each of these types of encounters got a layout with a few random tables to add variety to the limited Creatures and Landmarks. My intent is to have the Regions not be populated by a huge assortment of random things, but rather a focused set of Creatures and Landmarks that will be encountered multiple times but in different combinations and with different variables.

 ![image](https://forums.hexed.press/uploads/default/original/1X/670e906d4ccc80d4ef51bfbb14fdc7b0c2abd924.jpeg)  
 ![image](https://forums.hexed.press/uploads/default/original/1X/00ca60300a8729c66ffa3fd9dd90bc0c1f70e264.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Todd](https://forums.hexed.press/user_avatar/forums.hexed.press/todd/32/8_2.png) [@Todd](https://forums.hexed.press/u/Todd)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.hexed.press/t/hexcrawl-layouts/587/2 "2023-09-07T13:51:25Z")

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These are AWESOME!!!

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**Author:** ![bryansmiff](https://forums.hexed.press/user_avatar/forums.hexed.press/bryansmiff/32/111_2.png) [@bryansmiff](https://forums.hexed.press/u/bryansmiff)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.hexed.press/t/hexcrawl-layouts/587/3 "2023-09-07T15:47:19Z")

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thanks Todd!  
thanks Todd!  
thanks Todd!  
(this post had a 20 character minimum I guess?)