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{{footnote,no-print,left:-90px [All Brews](https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/user/Heartquest) | [Blog](https://theparchmentpaladin.com/blog/2023/dec/fr-travel-matrices/)}} {{wide :: ## Road Travel Along the Trade Way (in miles) {{classTable,frame,width:85%,padding-bottom:5px | From/To | Calimport | Memnon | Myratma | Zazesspur | Mosstone | Trademeet | Imnescar | Purskul | Crimmor | Nashkel | Beregost | Baldur's
Gate | Daggerford | Waterdeep | |:----------------|:-----------|:--------|:---------|:-----------|:----------|:-----------|:----------|:---------|:---------|:---------|:----------|:---------------|:------------|:-----------| | **Calimport** | - | 230 | 281 | 502 | 870 | 1009 | 1077 | 1144 | 1156 | 1225 | 1371 | 1535 | 2083 | 2193 | | **Memnon** | 230 | - | 51 | 272 | 640 | 779 | 847 | 914 | 926 | 995 | 1141 | 1305 | 1853 | 1963 | | **Myratma** | 281 | 51 | - | 221 | 589 | 728 | 796 | 863 | 875 | 944 | 1090 | 1254 | 1802 | 1912 | | **Zazesspur** | 502 | 272 | 221 | - | 368 | 507 | 575 | 642 | 654 | 723 | 869 | 1033 | 1581 | 1691 | | **Mosstone** | 870 | 640 | 589 | 368 | - | 139 | 207 | 274 | 286 | 355 | 501 | 665 | 1213 | 1323 | | **Trademeet** | 1009 | 779 | 728 | 507 | 139 | - | 68 | 135 | 147 | 216 | 362 | 526 | 1074 | 1184 | | **Imnescar** | 1077 | 847 | 796 | 575 | 207 | 68 | - | 67 | 79 | 148 | 294 | 458 | 1006 | 1116 | | **Purskul** | 1144 | 914 | 863 | 642 | 274 | 135 | 67 | - | 12 | 81 | 227 | 391 | 939 | 1049 | | **Crimmor** | 1156 | 926 | 875 | 654 | 286 | 147 | 79 | 12 | - | 69 | 215 | 379 | 927 | 1037 | | **Nashkel** | 1225 | 995 | 944 | 723 | 355 | 216 | 148 | 81 | 69 | - | 146 | 310 | 858 | 968 | | **Beregost** | 1371 | 1141 | 1090 | 869 | 501 | 362 | 294 | 227 | 215 | 146 | - | 164 | 712 | 822 | | **Baldur's Gate** | 1535 | 1305 | 1254 | 1033 | 665 | 526 | 458 | 391 | 379 | 310 | 164 | - | 548 | 658 | | **Daggerford** | 2083 | 1853 | 1802 | 1581 | 1213 | 1074 | 1006 | 939 | 927 | 858 | 712 | 548 | - | 110 | | **Waterdeep** | 2193 | 1963 | 1912 | 1691 | 1323 | 1184 | 1116 | 1049 | 1037 | 968 | 822 | 658 | 110 | - | :: ![Trade Way Stops Map](https://i.imgur.com/NwD6HjU.png){width:100%,padding:0px} ![compass rose](https://i.imgur.com/xH2rhgF.png){position:absolute,top:550px,left:280px,width:110px} }} ![scale](https://i.imgur.com/KOwUNia.png){width:340px,position:absolute,top:655px,left:480px} {{note,width:150px,position:absolute,top:150px,left:870px | Travel Pace | Speed | Miles / Day| |:--------------|:------------:|-------:| | **Fast** | 4.5 mph | 36 | | **Normal** | 3.0 mph | 24 | | **Slow** | 2.0 mph | 16 | }} }} \page {{wide :: ## River Travel Along The Chionthar (in miles) : {{column-count:2 {{classTable,frame,width:800px | From/To | Sea of Swords | Baldur's Gate | Fort Morninglord | Anga Vled | Elturel | Scornubel | Berdusk | Iriaebor | Hill's Edge | Skull Gorge | Ladydove | |:--------------------|:---------------|:---------------|:------------------|:-----------|:---------|:-----------|:---------|:----------|:-------------|:-------------|:----------| | **Sea of Swords** | - | 36 | 230 | 242 | 264 | 391 | 535 | 677 | 492 | 591 | 633 | | **Baldur's Gate** | 36 | - | 194 | 206 | 228 | 355 | 499 | 641 | 456 | 555 | 597 | | **Fort Morninglord**| 230 | 194 | - | 12 | 34 | 161 | 305 | 447 | 262 | 361 | 403 | | **Anga Vled** | 242 | 206 | 12 | - | 22 | 149 | 293 | 435 | 250 | 349 | 391 | | **Elturel** | 264 | 228 | 34 | 22 | - | 127 | 271 | 413 | 228 | 327 | 369 | | **Scornubel** | 391 | 355 | 161 | 149 | 127 | - | 190 | 332 | 124 | 223 | 265 | | **Berdusk** | 535 | 499 | 305 | 293 | 271 | 190 | - | 142 | 314 | 413 | 455 | | **Iriaebor** | 677 | 641 | 447 | 435 | 413 | 332 | 142 | - | 466 | 565 | 607 | | **Hill's Edge** | 492 | 456 | 262 | 250 | 228 | 124 | 314 | 466 | - | 99 | 141 | | **Skull Gorge** | 591 | 555 | 361 | 349 | 327 | 223 | 413 | 565 | 99 | - | 42 | | **Ladydove** | 633 | 597 | 403 | 391 | 369 | 265 | 455 | 607 | 141 | 42 | - | ![river chionthar map](https://i.imgur.com/ucXfKRS.jpg){width:100%,padding:0px,margin-left:-13px} }} \column {{note,width:130px,margin-left:358px,margin-top:56px | Boat Type | Speed (mph) | |:--------------|:------------| | **Rowboat**
^{(8h max/day)} | 1.5 | | **Keelboat**
^(downriver) | 1 | **Keelboat**
^(upriver) | 0.5 | | **Raft/Barge**
^(downriver) | 1 | | **Raft/Barge**
^{(towing beast, upriver)} | 0.333 | }} }} }} \page {{wide ## Sword Coast Trade Way (in miles) {{classTable,frame,width:650px,height:339px #### Major Ports Along the Coastal Gyre Current | Location | Luskan | Neverwinter | Waterdeep | Orlumbor | Baldur's
Gate | Athkatla | Kalathtyr | Murann | |:--------------|:--------|:-------------|:-----------|:----------|:---------------|:----------|:-----------|:--------| | **Luskan** | 0 | 166 | 560 | 785 | 1141 | 1589 | 1651 | 1776 | | **Neverwinter** | 166 | 0 | 394 | 619 | 975 | 1423 | 1485 | 1610 | | **Waterdeep** | 560 | 394 | 0 | 225 | 581 | 1029 | 1091 | 1216 | | **Orlumbor** | 785 | 619 | 225 | 0 | 356 | 804 | 866 | 991 | | **Baldur's Gate** | 1141 | 975 | 581 | 356 | 0 | 448 | 510 | 635 | | **Athkatla** | 1589 | 1423 | 1029 | 804 | 448 | 0 | 62 | 187 | | **Kalathtyr** | 1651 | 1485 | 1091 | 866 | 510 | 62 | 0 | 125 | | **Murann** | 1776 | 1610 | 1216 | 991 | 635 | 187 | 125 | 0 | #### Major Ports Along The Vrail Current | Location | **Luskan** | **Gundbarg** | **Ruathym** | **Westphal** | **Velen** | **Murann** | |:-------------|:-----------|:-------------|:------------|:-------------|:----------|:-----------| | **Luskan** | 0 | 342 | 676 | 1691 | 2166 | 2397 | | **Gundbarg** | 342 | 0 | 334 | 1349 | 1824 | 2055 | | **Ruathym** | 676 | 334 | 0 | 1015 | 1490 | 1721 | | **Westphal** | 1691 | 1349 | 1015 | 0 | 475 | 706 | | **Velen** | 2166 | 1824 | 1490 | 475 | 0 | 231 | | **Murann** | 2397 | 2055 | 1721 | 706 | 231 | 0 | }} ![Sword Coast Trade Way](https://i.imgur.com/BE3b3Xc.jpg){height:775px,width:300px,position:absolute,left:740px,top:20px} }} {{note,width:175px,position:absolute,top:440px,left:545px ##### Vessel Speeds | | | |:--------------|:------------| | **Keelboat** | 1 mph | **Sailing Ship** | 2 mph | | **Warship** | 2.5 mph| | **Longship** | 3 mph | | **Galley** | 4 mph | :: ##### Trade Current Speeds | | | |:--------|:----------| | **Coastal Gyre**| 1.5 mph (avg) | | **The Vrail**| 3.5 mph (avg)| }} {{descriptive,position:absolute,width:460px,top:420px ##### Sword Coast Trade Currents ![currents](https://i.imgur.com/4FEh8i5.jpg){height:330px,float:left,margin-right:15px} Warm air and water from the Shining Sea travels North along the Sword Coastline, forming the "Coastal Gyre" current. : This current meets up at Ruathym with the cold water flowing South from the Sea of Moving Ice, forming "The Vrail"--a strong persistent current along the Western boundary of the ocean basin in the Sea of Swords. : Trade and much travel necessarily wants to flow with these currents, and so such routes generally circulate from South to North up the coastline, then back down South, west of Ruathym and The Moonshaes, before skirting the northern edge of The Nelanther and heading back for the coastal region around Tethyr and Amn. }}

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