DrunkonDuty
he/him
So I'm just reading the latest OOTS (603) and Haley is in her home town that is entirely run by the Thieves Guild.
But I'm having trouble with a town that is totally under the thumb of a Thieves Guild. Specifically I'm having trouble working out how exactly a (fantasy RPG) town can be run by thieves. Assuming a standard fantasy town with Lord Mayor, temples, trade guilds, town guard, etc. If all of them are run by the thieves doesn't the fact that they run it make them the government? Why then do the thieves need to be secret at all? Is skulking in the shadows just habit? Or do the thieves suffer from some middle class sense of morality that makes them punish their wicked ids by forever hiding in darkness? (OK that's too silly even for DnD.)
So can anyone out there in ENWorld offer suggestions as to how to create a compelling, playable fantasy city that's run by the Thieves Guild but where the tThieves are still operating in the shadows.
I'm open to anything here: grand design philosophies, plot hooks, colourful characters, playable PCs and historical examples.
cheers folks.
Glen
But I'm having trouble with a town that is totally under the thumb of a Thieves Guild. Specifically I'm having trouble working out how exactly a (fantasy RPG) town can be run by thieves. Assuming a standard fantasy town with Lord Mayor, temples, trade guilds, town guard, etc. If all of them are run by the thieves doesn't the fact that they run it make them the government? Why then do the thieves need to be secret at all? Is skulking in the shadows just habit? Or do the thieves suffer from some middle class sense of morality that makes them punish their wicked ids by forever hiding in darkness? (OK that's too silly even for DnD.)
So can anyone out there in ENWorld offer suggestions as to how to create a compelling, playable fantasy city that's run by the Thieves Guild but where the tThieves are still operating in the shadows.
I'm open to anything here: grand design philosophies, plot hooks, colourful characters, playable PCs and historical examples.
cheers folks.
Glen