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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 4642059" data-attributes="member: 59082">Context - I just started gaming again for the first time in years, playing 4e with a group of four others twice a month or so. We are currently running DCC #54 - Forges of the Mountain King. Given my busy schedule (two kids, teaching job, etc) I like the idea of running modules, although I will customize them to fit my "points-of-light-esque" campaign setting. I wanted to run a pretty straight-forward dungeon crawl so that we could learn the rules, get back in the hang of things. When we're finished with Forges (maybe about a month from now) they'll be 4th level and will head back to the regional city, where I plan on running DCC #56 - Scions of Punjar.Which brings me to this post. I don't think I've ever run a city adventure and am very intrigued by it, as well as the general sandbox-style of play. I have a general outline of the city, but I'm trying to figure out how much detail I want to pre-plan. The idea is to detail the city as much as possible, and various locations in the surrounding region, with only a general idea of the wider world (there is a post-apocalyptic quality to the setting and thus not much is known about the world beyond the region). Some questions:1) What is the ratio of buildings per capita of a fantasy city? The city has about 20,000, so I'm trying to figure out roughly how many buildings I should draw on the city map.2) What are some great resources for shops, taverns, etc? What are the very best sourcebooks for my purposes?3) What are the barebone details of a city that I have to know before running an adventure in it? I want to plan more than the barebones, but don't want to miss any of the basics.Any tips you have would be appreciated!</blockquote>

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