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<blockquote data-quote="Irda Ranger" data-source="post: 392373" data-attributes="member: 1003"><p>jmucchiello - The food would come in the same way everything else would. Through the portal. Rome imported wheat and other grains from Egypt to support its massive population, and they did by ship. This would be much easier.</p><p></p><p>About Dispelling </p><p>- Yes, this would be an Item. Dispel would just shut it down for a time, not detroy it. If you have the FRCS you can get a detailed description of creating portals.</p><p></p><p>Who would build it -</p><p>Whomever wanted to collect <em>tolls.</em> Imagine you had an instant, no risk <em>Silk Road to India!</em> Imagine the tolls you could charge. The wealth to be made would be outrageous. Anyone who could make a portal would be stupid not to. Naturally, a Guild would emmerge to control the of creation portals, and to keep prices up. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> And who would argue with a Guild of 17th+ level Wizards? Well, maybe a Church ....</p><p></p><p>Older "pre-portal" cities -</p><p>In all the published campaign settings, society and magic have been around 1000's of years. Often magic was more powerful in the past than the present. Any cities that may have existed so far back in antiquity that it was "pre-portal", well I imagine most of them would be abandoned or destroyed by now. Or, you could "date" the age of a city based on how well it integrates modern magic. Montreal (I have heard) is the only walled city in North America, because technology had really advanced beyond walls at that point.</p><p></p><p>Usurper - Got a suggestion for a better thread title? I'm serious, I really didn't know what to call this.</p><p></p><p>Jester47 - ??? Not sure what you mean ...</p><p></p><p>Anyone ever thought of making a really big <em>Passwall</em> or <em>Phase Door</em> as the entrance to the city? At night, or at the command of the King, the Walls just turn into seamless stone. No gate to attack for that strategy either.</p><p></p><p>Irda Ranger</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Irda Ranger, post: 392373, member: 1003"] jmucchiello - The food would come in the same way everything else would. Through the portal. Rome imported wheat and other grains from Egypt to support its massive population, and they did by ship. This would be much easier. About Dispelling - Yes, this would be an Item. Dispel would just shut it down for a time, not detroy it. If you have the FRCS you can get a detailed description of creating portals. Who would build it - Whomever wanted to collect [I]tolls.[/I] Imagine you had an instant, no risk [I]Silk Road to India![/I] Imagine the tolls you could charge. The wealth to be made would be outrageous. Anyone who could make a portal would be stupid not to. Naturally, a Guild would emmerge to control the of creation portals, and to keep prices up. :) And who would argue with a Guild of 17th+ level Wizards? Well, maybe a Church .... Older "pre-portal" cities - In all the published campaign settings, society and magic have been around 1000's of years. Often magic was more powerful in the past than the present. Any cities that may have existed so far back in antiquity that it was "pre-portal", well I imagine most of them would be abandoned or destroyed by now. Or, you could "date" the age of a city based on how well it integrates modern magic. Montreal (I have heard) is the only walled city in North America, because technology had really advanced beyond walls at that point. Usurper - Got a suggestion for a better thread title? I'm serious, I really didn't know what to call this. Jester47 - ??? Not sure what you mean ... Anyone ever thought of making a really big [I]Passwall[/I] or [I]Phase Door[/I] as the entrance to the city? At night, or at the command of the King, the Walls just turn into seamless stone. No gate to attack for that strategy either. Irda Ranger [/QUOTE]
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