City Supplements - What do we like?

[TheSword]

The Salzenmund book especially is awesome. It's one of my core touchstones for the city I'm designing. It still has way more history and backstory than I care about, but those bits are at least well written.

That’s awesome! Would be really interested follow this.

I agree. Keep the backstory/history to a couple of pages - enough to inform some of the locations and organizations but otherwise focus on the stuff that’s here now!

One of my next WFRP projects is to re-write the Paths of the Damned Trilogy to all three be set in Salzenmund.

 

[Fenris-77]

That’s awesome! Would be really interested follow this.

I have a creator thread for Shadows of Empire (including the WIP city book) over on the Arcane Library Discord. I post WiP and discussion regularly. Linky DM me if you need an invite to the Discord (this applies to anyone, of course).

I agree. Keep the backstory/history to a couple of pages - enough to inform some of the locations and organizations but otherwise focus on the stuff that’s here now!

One of my next WFRP projects is to re-write the Paths of the Damned Trilogy to all three be set in Salzenmund.

Some people love the history bits, but I mostly find them way over-stuffed. Good luck with Paths of the Damned, that's a great series and setting them in Salzenmund would be very cool.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I've recently picked up books about both Florence and Venice for this very reason. They're a lot more fantasy friendly in interesting ways than something like 10th century York (much as I love York in many ways).

Not a lot of people fantasizing about eating food from York, for one thing.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Italian city-states are a great inspiration. Nobility vs. merchant princes vs. the church, with great parties, great art, amazing food and running battles along canals. What's not to like?

Late-Middle Ages / Renaissance-era Venice is filled with so much to inspire a person. My first 5e campaign was set in a fantasy version of Venice.

 

[Fenris-77]

Late-Middle Ages / Renaissance-era Venice is filled with so much to inspire a person. My first 5e campaign was set in a fantasy version of Venice.

There's no time to argue, get in the gondola!

Also, have you read Swords of the Sepentine? The city of Eversink setting there is very reminiscent of Venice and best fantasy treatment of a canalled city I've ever read.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

If I could pitch any project to WotC, it'd be a campaign/setting book of Glantri City. Venice, but with scheming wizard-princes.

 

[Fenris-77]

If I could pitch any project to WotC, it'd be a campaign/setting book of Glantri City. Venice, but with scheming wizard-princes.

You also need to read Swords of the Serpentine. Best city book ever. A similar D&D/OSR product would be nifty.