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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Buttercup" data-source="post: 741850" data-attributes="member: 990">I have a few comments to throw on the table.I agree that it annoys me when so-called generic locales...aren't.  So I suggest that any maps we produce for this project be available with and without place names.  That way, if the crags above your city are in the Nithbar mountans, you can call them the Krags of Nithbar instead of the Krags of Kul Moren.  You can name the river whatever you like.  And so forth.Also, if this really gets off the ground, It would be cool if an administrator could give us our own forum so we wouldn't clutter up the General Discussion forum.Next, I agree with those who have said that the city has to have a reason to exist where it is, and as it is.  In fact, for it to be a really large city, it has to have several reasons.  It can be a trade hub, and also the city with the largest concentration of spellcasters in the known world.  It can also be near (or on top of) the only source for some rare material--if it were a spell component, that might explain the high number of magic users.  Coming up with this sort of framework gives us a framework from which to create people and businesses.  It also gives the DM something to hang plot hooks on.  But if the city is to be a useful product at the end, for us or anyone else, it has to have diverse reasons for existing, and some of them need to be mundane.Finally, to be honest, I think that having the ruler be Eric's Grandma is, well, a bad choice.  It's an inside joke that in this context is mildly amusing, but not at all useful.  Far better to have a council of Administrators, or Aldermen, or Dukes, or just Councillers, who are never seen, and maybe not even named.  Again, we want to create a city that DMs (including us!) can actually use, and in many cases, that will mean leaving the cute, inside jokes and self-referential material behind.</blockquote>

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