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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Runesong42" data-source="post: 2084792" data-attributes="member: 10578">Heya elforcelf,First of all, let me welcome you to the EnWorld boards. <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=":)" />Chinatown is a pretty broad request, but I can attempt to sum up a few stereotypes.-- Since Chinatowns tend to in the centre of larger cities, the buildings are usually packed tightly together with several stories.-- Oftentimes the roads are only wide enough for one car, and some only walking.  Hence, bicycles and mopeds are often the most efficent means to get around.-- Also due to crowding, there are a slew of apatment buildings as well as living quarters above residential shops.  The poor tend to make camps in and among the alleyways between buildings.-- There is almost always a park area.-- Gang wars can be common, as well as turf wars.-- Crime is discreet - seldom is there a random gun shooting in public view.  Most crimes are the invisible kind - protection rackets, extortion, bribery... there's a decent list of criminal activites on the d20 Modern web site (<a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/fb/20040720a" target="_blank">http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/fb/20040720a</a>) and (<a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/fb/20040803a" target="_blank">http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/fb/20040803a</a>) if that's the route you want to take.  -- malls are extremely uncommon.  Most stores are of a family business/convenience store type-- If you're REALLY strerotypical, everyone knows kung-fu and every shopkeeper is a Grand Master of Flowers.-- aaaaand... if a PC is ever in trouble, ask for Caine.  He will help you.Hope this helps. <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=":)" /></blockquote>

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