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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MattW" data-source="post: 8279012" data-attributes="member: 7029432">The above businesses are good start but I would add the following1. a brewery and/or a winemaker.   (Even with magic, you can't expect people to drink the water. Yuck!)2. Tannery/leathermaker (but this will be on the edge of town and downstream)3. Spinners (turning wool or fibre into cloth, rope and other useful stuff)4.  The local fort/castle.  If it's a town full of valuable businesses, someone will want to protect and tax it.  This might also provide a place of refuge if the townspeople are under attack.5.  The mill (watermill or windmill).  Someone has to grind grain for local bakers6. Fairground or market place.  There could be a weekly market and regular Feast Days7.  Fish ponds (much easier to farm fish than catch them in the river)8. Alms House (possibly associated with the church).  A place where pilgrims or sick people can be housed and looked after9. An inn for travellers.  This could also be a Post Office.10.  A pub or brewhouse for locals11.  There might be other businesses but it depends on the local economy  Does it depend on lumber?  If so, you'll need a sawmill and so on.   If it's "sheep country" then there will be more spinners and the temple might include a veterinary doctor and so onThere should also be a reason why the town is in its location.  Is it a crossroads for a couple of trade routes?  Does it have the only ford or bridge across the river?  Is it deliberately planned?  Was it like a lot of towns in the Roman Empire and based around an old fort?</blockquote>

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