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<blockquote data-quote="rounser" data-source="post: 89121" data-attributes="member: 1106">A world map can be nice, but isn't essential - a map of the wilderness surrounding the player's home base is more useful.&nbsp; Maps of inns and shops can be sketched on the fly, I wouldn't worry about them.&nbsp; Cities can either be mapped, or made up as you go.&nbsp; The sheer number of buildings means that it's usually a bit silly to try and map them all, just a few streets and a couple of landmarks (duke's palace, marketplace, theive's guild etc.) should do the trick, and if the PCs want to buy something, just make up the necessary shop or market booth.&nbsp; Be sure to include street encounters with press gangs, pickpockets, irate merchants, suspicious city watch, beggars and the occasional monster.&nbsp; City sewers make for excellent dungeons too.&nbsp; City cemetaries are sometimes full of undead that the PCs might get paid to clear out, and there's always the possibility of a wizard's monster creations escaping from his tower and running amok in the streets.&nbsp; Bar room brawls are also useful for keeping things going.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rounser, post: 89121, member: 1106"] A world map can be nice, but isn't essential - a map of the wilderness surrounding the player's home base is more useful. Maps of inns and shops can be sketched on the fly, I wouldn't worry about them. Cities can either be mapped, or made up as you go. The sheer number of buildings means that it's usually a bit silly to try and map them all, just a few streets and a couple of landmarks (duke's palace, marketplace, theive's guild etc.) should do the trick, and if the PCs want to buy something, just make up the necessary shop or market booth. Be sure to include street encounters with press gangs, pickpockets, irate merchants, suspicious city watch, beggars and the occasional monster. City sewers make for excellent dungeons too. City cemetaries are sometimes full of undead that the PCs might get paid to clear out, and there's always the possibility of a wizard's monster creations escaping from his tower and running amok in the streets. Bar room brawls are also useful for keeping things going. [/QUOTE]

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