Free PDF download - "Locus - Jalston"

Hihihihihi

Hey Mark, cool city! Just one thing... Do you know what locus would mean to many Europeans???

Locus =^= toilet.

Hah, the fun of different languages... It took Nissan such a long time to understand why their Pajero car didn't sell that good in Spanish speaking countries :D
 

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Darklone said:
Hey Mark, cool city! Just one thing... Do you know what locus would mean to many Europeans???

Locus =^= toilet.

Hah, the fun of different languages... It took Nissan such a long time to understand why their Pajero car didn't sell that good in Spanish speaking countries :D

...or "Nova" in Mexico, eh? :D

Considering some of the details that will be available in the "Focus", it might be appropriately named. :) It truly is a seamy, wretched place with lots of intrigue and treachery. Of course, everyone puts on their best face for guests! ;)
 


As a citizen of this wonderful town, I have to say that Jalston is the perfect place for any PC that want to start a profitable adventuring life. Just read this awesome guide and you'll be ready for fun! No more player's entries that spoil your fun by telling all the secrets you want to discover by yourself. Go now tell your DM you want to be in Jalston! See you by the Bazaar!

(Danmor wonders if this is worth some XP bonus :p )

:D

No, seriously, read Mark's work because it's really well done. It's the kind of thing a DM can use to give players a feeling of a town without showing his cards.
 

Looks good Mark, only problem i have is the map, it some how looks to 'square'. I don't know how to explain this exactly, but the buildings seem to be placed as if they are all seperate (if that makes any sense). It doesn't really give the impression of a large town...

I do like the -back- and -continue- links, hat's good for people who don't have a high resolution running or the visually impared.
 

Upper_Krust said:
What are the forthcoming plans/schedule for Creative Mountain Games!?

ie. What are the next few releases you have planned?

I'm diligently working on finishing the companion piece, "Focus - Jalston" (A DMs view of the same Large Town), while also juggling two Questus Adventures, one Questathon Mega-Adventure, and a handful of Lexus Supplements. I'll probably be releasing a few of the Lexus Supplements between now and the time I finish the "Focus - Jalston" because they are smaller pieces. They're meant to add flavor to DM's campaign settings, ALA "Culture Class - Trundlefolk"

Danmor said:
As a citizen of this wonderful town, I have to say that Jalston is the perfect place for any PC that want to start a profitable adventuring life. Just read this awesome guide and you'll be ready for fun! No more player's entries that spoil your fun by telling all the secrets you want to discover by yourself. Go now tell your DM you want to be in Jalston! See you by the Bazaar!

(Danmor wonders if this is worth some XP bonus :p )

:D

No, seriously, read Mark's work because it's really well done. It's the kind of thing a DM can use to give players a feeling of a town without showing his cards.

Can I quote you on that? (Oops! I guess I just did!) :D

Thanks for checking it out and I hope you'll enjoy your stay! ;)

Cergorach said:
Looks good Mark, only problem i have is the map, it some how looks to 'square'. I don't know how to explain this exactly, but the buildings seem to be placed as if they are all seperate (if that makes any sense). It doesn't really give the impression of a large town...

I do like the -back- and -continue- links, hat's good for people who don't have a high resolution running or the visually impared.

Glad you like it overall, and I suppose my own style or model for populace centers falls somewhere between the cramped, high-walled urban centers of some fantasy literature and the stockade fortresses of frontier lands. Ideally, it's a mix of both that blends historical, medieval models with the aborations that would have to be accounted by fantasy/magic rules. I think the Focus will bear that out well.

It's one of those towns that is growing fast but hasn't "filled in" just yet. Give it a few hundred years more and it will be built up a lot more. The wooden palisades will have been replaced by stone walls, most of the wooden buildings will likely have been supplanted by brick or stone structures, and the nearby farms will have been replaced by further housing and business development, pushing the farms further out still.

It's good to bear in mind that large towns, and even cities, built on this medieval/fantastical model (if I can make a broad generalization here) are comprised of vast tracts of land surrounding their actual walled areas. My rule of thumb is to have approximately 90% of the citizens involved in agriculture (and support for the same) living outside of that walled area. This percentage varies based on cultural norms of a region but it holds fairly close to my basic standard.

To use an modern analogy, Chicago's downtown section (why he'd choose Chicago? :) ) with its skyscrapers and commerce might constitute the walled section of a population center, while the surrounding neighborhoods might be analagous to the agricultural support network. As an aside, if you looked at Chicago's downtown just prior to the Great Fire, you'd see mostly single, unattached structures (and mostly wooden, may they rest in peace...).

Anyway, I'm sure that goes beyond the scope of your question but I was on a roll. I hope it wasn't over-explaining (as usual?). :D

Glad you like the links. I'm hoping that as things continue over the next five years, or so, the PDF format becomes more widely accepted and that the use of laptops around the gaming table makes that sort of linking handy during game play.

Thanks for checking it out, also. :)
 
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I might also mention that "Locus Jalston" would make a pretty good name for a character, albeit not so good for a rock band.
 

hong said:
I might also mention that "Locus Jalston" would make a pretty good name for a character, albeit not so good for a rock band.

Good one!

I prefer eclectic names for bands, like maybe "The Opposable Thumbs" for a bunch of Punkers. :D
 

Great stuff! Thank you. I've just skimmed through it, but I especially like how the location descriptions do not appear to have too many references to things outside the city, making it quite adaptable.
 


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