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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5440647" data-attributes="member: 92511">Too big, huh? hmmmm.Well, you could visit the village/boom town of Swapshade, a heretofore small farming community quickly growing to full blown &quot;town&quot; status/population in recent years as a waystation for merchants and traders. There's the tension between:1) The longtime &quot;locals&quot; and recent inhabitants (more businessmen and formal &quot;townsfolk&quot; than farmers), plus the transient merchants moving through en route with their goods to one of the larger cities. 2) The longtime though small contingent of priestesses (and priests) of the nature goddess butting heads with the new (lone) priest and recently constructed church of the Celestial Sovereign. Both are &quot;good&quot; aligned deities but their spheres of influence are often at odds, doctrinally. The king of the gods/god of light being more closely associated with &quot;law&quot; and &quot;civilization&quot; is worshiped in the large cities as opposed to the nature/weather/harvest goddess most revered by the &quot;common&quot; country folk.3) The village &quot;speaker&quot; (i.e. &quot;mayor&quot; or &quot;sheriff&quot;) enjoying his new found prestige (and wealth from the increase in taxes)...putting him somewhat at odds with some members of the traditional village council.4) The local landowner/knight disgruntled by the garrison of troops of his lord, the Baron, who have come to Swampshade and are constructing a watchtower. Both the knight and Baron are a bit at odds with the agents of the Duke who have come to town to oversee the tower construction and town security (much of the Duke's money is financing the new defenses). 5) The local innkeeper (until last year the only inn in Swampshade) and the newest tavern owner...an &quot;former adventurer&quot; from a far country who offers (legally sanctioned) gambling and is draining off much of the original inn's business.6) The tribe of lizardfolk in the nearby Greyfog Marshes who have been sited more often of late around the marsh's edge...even seen once or twice within view of the south road....or just take in some gambling, some shopping, have a few ales, visit &quot;Elma's Elixirs&quot; (Swampshade's herbalist/potion-maker and only elvin resident, btw)...or the kooky sage who lives outside of town near the swamp...or the shrine to the water goddess at the spring of the river that flows by town/through the marshes (3 days ride south of Swampshade).Swampshade, while not necessarily an &quot;exploring site&quot; in a &quot;dungeon&nbsp; delving&quot; sense, has plennnty to investigate and/or conflict to find&nbsp; oneself involved in (whether one likes it or not). I think Swampshade and the surrounding environs would count as a site rife for exploration. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />--SDPS: I could go on for days. I have a veritable atlas of places, villages, cities, ruins, landscapes detailed/hooked for adventure...most of which can be thrown in to just about anywhere/any (fantasy) setting you like. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 5440647, member: 92511"] Too big, huh? hmmmm. Well, you could visit the village/boom town of Swapshade, a heretofore small farming community quickly growing to full blown "town" status/population in recent years as a waystation for merchants and traders. There's the tension between: 1) The longtime "locals" and recent inhabitants (more businessmen and formal "townsfolk" than farmers), plus the transient merchants moving through en route with their goods to one of the larger cities. 2) The longtime though small contingent of priestesses (and priests) of the nature goddess butting heads with the new (lone) priest and recently constructed church of the Celestial Sovereign. Both are "good" aligned deities but their spheres of influence are often at odds, doctrinally. The king of the gods/god of light being more closely associated with "law" and "civilization" is worshiped in the large cities as opposed to the nature/weather/harvest goddess most revered by the "common" country folk. 3) The village "speaker" (i.e. "mayor" or "sheriff") enjoying his new found prestige (and wealth from the increase in taxes)...putting him somewhat at odds with some members of the traditional village council. 4) The local landowner/knight disgruntled by the garrison of troops of his lord, the Baron, who have come to Swampshade and are constructing a watchtower. Both the knight and Baron are a bit at odds with the agents of the Duke who have come to town to oversee the tower construction and town security (much of the Duke's money is financing the new defenses). 5) The local innkeeper (until last year the only inn in Swampshade) and the newest tavern owner...an "former adventurer" from a far country who offers (legally sanctioned) gambling and is draining off much of the original inn's business. 6) The tribe of lizardfolk in the nearby Greyfog Marshes who have been sited more often of late around the marsh's edge...even seen once or twice within view of the south road. ...or just take in some gambling, some shopping, have a few ales, visit "Elma's Elixirs" (Swampshade's herbalist/potion-maker and only elvin resident, btw)...or the kooky sage who lives outside of town near the swamp...or the shrine to the water goddess at the spring of the river that flows by town/through the marshes (3 days ride south of Swampshade). Swampshade, while not necessarily an "exploring site" in a "dungeon delving" sense, has plennnty to investigate and/or conflict to find oneself involved in (whether one likes it or not). I think Swampshade and the surrounding environs would count as a site rife for exploration. :) --SD PS: I could go on for days. I have a veritable atlas of places, villages, cities, ruins, landscapes detailed/hooked for adventure...most of which can be thrown in to just about anywhere/any (fantasy) setting you like. ;) [/QUOTE]

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