Tracking the Storm

This is my final entry to the current blog bandwagon before it closes soon. I previously posted a keyed version of the incredible map Amanda Lee Franck did for this bandwagon and also a consideration of the way ocean navigation is handled in the module XSOLO: Lathan's Gold. I thought those would be my only contributions this round, but then Typhoon Sinlaku hit the island where I live, and I was inspired to think about how you would map and track a massive storm like this in an old-school game. I had already been thinking about sea travel and weather for my Mangayaw campaign, which will be restarting once we're further along in recovering from the Typhoon, so my mind instantly turned to this as the storm was approaching us. Tracking some of the effects of the storm as they happened provided a much needed distraction from the anxiety of waiting for the Typhoon to hit, and I also owe big thanks to folks on the Prismatic Waystation Discord, like Zak H., Elmcat, Ty, anyone else I'm…