Quick! I need a town full of people!

[MerakSpielman]

I need an extensive list of professions and occupations to fill up a town for tonight's game. I expect the adventurers to spend the whole adventure exploring the place. I need about 75 different professions. Some good links would be appreciated! This is what I have so far:

Acrobat
Administrator
Alchemist
Animal trainer
Beggar
Charcoaler
Cobbler
Cook
Courier
Domestic servant
Embalmer
Executioner
Fisherman
Gladiator
Glassworker
Guard
Harper
Herald
Herbalist
Hideworker
Hunter/Trapper
Innkeeper
Jester/Fool
Knight
Longshoreman
Man at arms
Mason
Mayor
Mercantyler
Mercenary
Metalsmith
Miller
Noble
Parchmenter
Perfumer
Potter
Priest/Shaman
Prostitute
Sage
Sapper/Archer
Scribe
Semi-skilled laborer
Serving Wench
Spelunker
Surgeon
Thespian
Tinker
Toymaker
Unskilled laborer
Weaponsmith
Weaver
Woodcutter/Iceman
Woodsmith

That's 53...

 

[Kilmore]

A town spelunker?

How about...

Thatcher (does thatch roofs)
Chimney Sweep (dislodges stuck polar elves)
Toymaker (my bad, you already thought of it...)
Limner (wall painter)
Jeweler
Courtesean
Haberdasher (hat maker)
Wainwright (wagon maker)
Crier (Hear ye!)
Sheriff
Temple Prostitute
Leatherworker
Chandler (candlestick maker)
Butcher
Baker (while I'm at it...)
Thief
Assassin
Wizard

 

[Tabarnak Smokeblower]

you have your bases covered but wasn't there an extensive list in the DMG 2ed?

Yes there is. p 105.

apothecary
architect
armorer
arrowsmith
assassin
astrologer
baker
barber
barrister
beggar
bellfounder
balcksmith
bloomer
bladesmith
bookbinder
bowyer
brazier
brewer
bricklayer
butcher
carpenter
carrier
carter
cartwright
carver
chandler
joey
ross
chapman
churl
clerk
clockmaker
cobbler
collier
coppersmith
cook
cooper
cordwainer
cutler
dragoman
draper
dyer
embroider
enameler
engraver
farrier
fisherman
fishmonger
fletcher
forester
fuller
furrier
gardener
gem-cutter
gilder
girdler
glassblower
glazier
glover
goldbeater
goldsmith
grocer
groom
haberdasher
harpmaker
hatter
herald
herbalist
hewer
horner
hosier
hosteler
interpreter
ironmonger
joiner
knife-grinder
laundress
laborer
latoner
leech
limeburner
limner
linkboy
locksmith
lutemaker
marbler
mason
mercer
messenger
miller
miner
minstrel
minter
nailsmith
navigator
nedler
organmaker
organdonor
painter
parchment-maker
paviour
pewterer
plasterer
ploughman
porter
potter
poulterer
pursemaker
quarrier
saddler
sage
sailor
saucemaker
scribe
scrivener
seamstress
shearman
sheather
shepherd
shipwright
skinner
soapmaker
spurrier
spy
swineherd
tailor
tanner
teamster
tilemaker
tinker
tinner
trapper
vintner
waller
waterleader
weaver
wheelwright
wiredrawer
woodturner

sorry for the spelling errors. You got (uh) ~140 right here.

TS

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Don't forget the village idiot!

 

[HellHound]

Warning: Product Plug Follows

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From that page you can also download a demo chapter from the PDF to see what it has to offer.

We now return you to your regularly helpful thread

 

[BenBrown]

Don't forget the village idiot!

Damn. Beat me to it.

 

[Arravis]

I was going to post the town my fiancee and I have been working on. We have over 150... complete with data sheets, histories, drawings of most npc's, etc. Then I realized it's over 8 megs and no way it'll upload here . If someone can host it, let me know.

 

[TalonComics]

organdonor

What the..? Is this the guy from the "bring out yer dead!" wagon?

~D

 

[Kilmore]

Card dealer
Spider silker
beekeeper
plumber
garbage disposer / black pudding keeper
griffon trainer
seer
monk / nun
tutor
and lest we forget... the pimp.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

I was going to post the town my fiancee and I have been working on. We have over 150... complete with data sheets, histories, drawings of most npc's, etc. Then I realized it's over 8 megs and no way it'll upload here . If someone can host it, let me know.

I can host it for you. My email is in my profile. I've got a cable modem, so can you email that file to me and I can put it on the server as soon as I get it.