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8 Post author: Salemicus 03 December 2014 10:33PM

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Comment author: Username 07 December 2014 07:27:20PM 6 points [-]

This makes me think that some of this practice might have been motivated by professional pride on the part of the mapmakers. Such as, "oh, the only reason I didn't go farther was because of the ravenous beasts, and my rival would never be able to push the boundaries farther either so you might as well buy/trust in my mapmaking"

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 08 December 2014 02:56:54PM 18 points [-]

You may be right, but I'm also inclined to include that it's fun to draw monsters.