Best Premade 5e City?

[silentbob1]

Which premade 5e city is the best?

Here are the ones I am considering:

1. Kos City (Swords of Kos Fantasy Campaign Setting)

2. Parsantium: City at the Crossroads

3. DNH3 - The City of Talos (5th Edition)

4. Zobeck Gazetteer

5. Some other fantasy city I haven’t considered.

 

[darjr]

A thieves guild like setting is mentioned here

Ebonclad - A Thieves' Guild Setting (Dan Coleman Productions)

http://www.enworld.org/forum/showth...the-Third-Party-5th-Edition-Campaign-Settings

 

[Satyrn]

It's impossible to know which is best for you, of course. Are you aiming for high fantasy, gloriously wealthy vibrant bright city loaded with detail? Then I'd suggest Ptolus even though it's from 3rd edition.

But if you want grim and gritty, a point of light in a wilderness of adventure I'd suggest Bard's Gate.

 

[Blue]

Ptolus.

Okay, rules aren't 5e, but does mechanics that some NPCs and such are statted out in really change if it's a great RPG city or not?

 

[StormbringerAUS]

I am also a fan of Ebonclad though it is very Rogue centric, as also mentioned Bard's Gate is an excellent and very detailed product.

 

[aco175]

I thought Phandalin was fine. It is not quite a city, but has enough stuff going on to last a few campaigns so far.

 

[Volund]

City State of the Invincible Overlord is the original urban crawl setting. It might not be sufficiently pre-made for your purpose, but every street has shops, NPC's, possible rumors and legends, and unique street encounters:

Cutpurse Row
40% prob of robbery attempt if alone (-10% per comrade)

Festival Street
Prob 20% of harrassment by party of Nobles (Attack only if insulted)

At 40 years old it's not 5e but I've found that converting 1e to 5e is mostly a matter of swapping in 5e NPC's and creatures from the MM.

 

[Mistwell]

I converted Sassarine from Savage Tide, and it worked great!

 

[Ath-kethin]

Gathox Vertical Slum. It's not 5e, but it's an easy conversion.

 

[HawaiiSteveO]

Bought Ebonclad PDF and gave it a quick skim, looks like some good stuff. Not sure how different style adventures will go over with my players though.

Sigil!