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<blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 8835880" data-attributes="member: 86653"><p>I guess we have very different notions of what's reasonable for the situation. Most trade isn't one person running goods from one edge of the map to the other, it's one merchant running from town A to town B, another merchant running from town B to town C, etc. So the eyewitness to the armies, dragons, draconians, etc isn't the one making the claims and trying to convince people in town F that town A was burned or ransacked. You very quickly get into a game of telephone with 16th-hand information.</p><p></p><p>Fairly easily. Most settlements are incredibly isolated. Travel is dangerous, there are generally few if any direct routes, and it's not easy to do. People don't go from town to town just to gossip. They travel and trade and if there's any gossip to share, they do. The same person telling you about armies to the east also tells you about buried treasure, offers to sell you a map, and and a discount on bulk healing potions. They're not an inherently reliable source of information. Everything would be rumor until you see the campfires on the horizon or have an influx of refugees pounding on the door...and by then it's already too late. Assuming there are any refugees to speak of. It all depends on how fast and how thorough the Dragon Armies are being.</p><p></p><p>Looking at the map, there's not much to the immediate east of Kalaman. There's a lot of mountains to the south, southeast, and east of the city. Lots of bottlenecks for people to get blocked off by. There's no villages, towns, or cities within several days' travel except Volger to the west.</p><p></p><p>It all depends. How close? Did the army use a major road or walk across country? At sea level the distance to the horizon is only 3 miles. At 100ft the distance to the horizon is 12.?? miles. Medieval cities are usually really small. The DMG says up to 25,000 people. That's a lot. But it's not like the city of Kalaman is a bustling, modern metropolis with miles after mile of urban sprawl.</p><p></p><p>It's totally plausible. I get you don't like it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="overgeeked, post: 8835880, member: 86653"] I guess we have very different notions of what's reasonable for the situation. Most trade isn't one person running goods from one edge of the map to the other, it's one merchant running from town A to town B, another merchant running from town B to town C, etc. So the eyewitness to the armies, dragons, draconians, etc isn't the one making the claims and trying to convince people in town F that town A was burned or ransacked. You very quickly get into a game of telephone with 16th-hand information. Fairly easily. Most settlements are incredibly isolated. Travel is dangerous, there are generally few if any direct routes, and it's not easy to do. People don't go from town to town just to gossip. They travel and trade and if there's any gossip to share, they do. The same person telling you about armies to the east also tells you about buried treasure, offers to sell you a map, and and a discount on bulk healing potions. They're not an inherently reliable source of information. Everything would be rumor until you see the campfires on the horizon or have an influx of refugees pounding on the door...and by then it's already too late. Assuming there are any refugees to speak of. It all depends on how fast and how thorough the Dragon Armies are being. Looking at the map, there's not much to the immediate east of Kalaman. There's a lot of mountains to the south, southeast, and east of the city. Lots of bottlenecks for people to get blocked off by. There's no villages, towns, or cities within several days' travel except Volger to the west. It all depends. How close? Did the army use a major road or walk across country? At sea level the distance to the horizon is only 3 miles. At 100ft the distance to the horizon is 12.?? miles. Medieval cities are usually really small. The DMG says up to 25,000 people. That's a lot. But it's not like the city of Kalaman is a bustling, modern metropolis with miles after mile of urban sprawl. It's totally plausible. I get you don't like it. [/QUOTE]
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