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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nahat Anoj" data-source="post: 4573192" data-attributes="member: 25075">Regarding which city is a better trade hub than the other, I think all major cities can be considered to be major trade hubs.  Places like New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, or Hong Kong are all major trade hubs, but they have different characters and are known for different things.In 4e, the City of Brass is the oldest city in Creation.  For whatever reason, it probably emerged as a major trade hub early on in its history and became known for being a place where you could get anything.  That reputation stuck and is maintained to the present times, just like how LA will probably always be associated with movies or how Paris will be always be associated with fashion.  But other things go on in the City of Brass, just as they do in real world cities.As far as Sigil goes, I don't know what it's fluff will be in 4e.  It will be a place with portals to many planes, but even though it might be a transportation hub it may not focus on trade.  Perhaps it'll be the ultimate neutral ground, where various factions from across the planes can go and discuss grievances, indulge in intrigues, and wage secret wars.  Like New York or Brussels, cities that house large, multinational organizations such as the UN or EU, Sigil may be known as an eclectic "planar" city and would be a natural port of call for diplomats and other dignitaries.  But while Sigil might be known for "diplomacy," as a major transportation hub a lot of trade will happen there.  It's just that trade is not what the city is immediately associated - I don't associate New York with, say, tech industry, but tech industry happens there.  When planar travellers in the D&D planes think "Where can I can get [forbidden trinket x]?", the first place they think of is the City of Brass, just because that's what the City of Brass has been about since time immemorial.</blockquote>

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