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Message: <blockquote data-quote="monkeynova" data-source="post: 2186910" data-attributes="member: 18939">How big is your city?If your city is large enough, conceptually it could become difficult for intra-city communications, even with the assistance of magic. If, say, small shrines dotted the city, whose chief purpose was to act as "message relay" (i.e., you visit the local cleric or priest, deliver a message while at the same time making a small donation, and *poof* your message is "sent" to another small shrine elsewhere in the city), the city's rulers may decide to enlist the under-houses as protection for the shrines that are some distance away from the city center. (This could at least partially explain the under-houses' powerbase and influence in the city's political goings-on). If the city was subdivided in such a way that each section of the city came under control of some minor nobility, and if the under-houses weren't universally used by each noble (or, some had worse relations with the under-houses than others), that might lead to spotty or non-existant communications with some sections of the city; that might also lead to under-houses having greater control in those sections (or more combat between under-houses vying for control in those sections).Also, if the city is large, I would think there would be a large police force or standing militia; because of the under-houses, there might also be a lot of "irregular" forces, specifically devoted to keeping really blatant abuses of the under-houses power in check. If there are a lot of rangers running about (to deal with the threat from the hinterlands), it might be a good idea to make most if not all of the rangers encountered within the city the urban variant of ranger.As far as paladins, I guess that would depend on what kind of threat you're facing from the hinterlands; the rangers make sense, but I'm not sure if knights might not be more appropriate than paladins (unless there are a lot of evil- or undead-type monsters). Fighters or knight protectors might be more of a common sight than paladins. OTOH, if you're using the "message relay" shrines from the first paragraph, having at least one paladin (who's probably more ceremonial or administrative than adventuring) at each shrine might make sense; if there are message shrines outside of the cities, the majority of the adventuring paladins might be charged with defending those (especially, if communication with faraway imperial outposts is difficult -- the goblins may find the horses of message couriers to be an especially tasty or prized meal, for instance). In fact, having mostly templars guarding city shrines, and paladins guarding shrines outside the city might make more sense.Those thoughts immediately jump out me, anyway.monkeynova</blockquote>

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