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<blockquote data-quote="Carnifex" data-source="post: 1221053" data-attributes="member: 227">You can't really just 'set up' a town unless you're a lord with enough political and land-owning clout to be able to offer an attractive proposal in moving to the new town site. So, it seems unlikely that a mere band of adventurers are going to be able to just create a good situation for a settlement to spring up. Even if they do, these things take a lot of time; decades, at least. And just having a draw for adventurers and scholars isn't enough to bring in inhabitants to reach a town population - it needs other long-term prospects, like rich natural resources such as mines.As such, if there's a pre-existing settlement it is likely to just be a village, unless the area does have good natural resources and a draw for lots of people to go there (if it's steam-tech of course, and the settlement is on a river, then it might be a prime site for factories and hence will draw in those seeking work).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Carnifex, post: 1221053, member: 227"] You can't really just 'set up' a town unless you're a lord with enough political and land-owning clout to be able to offer an attractive proposal in moving to the new town site. So, it seems unlikely that a mere band of adventurers are going to be able to just create a good situation for a settlement to spring up. Even if they do, these things take a lot of time; decades, at least. And just having a draw for adventurers and scholars isn't enough to bring in inhabitants to reach a town population - it needs other long-term prospects, like rich natural resources such as mines. As such, if there's a pre-existing settlement it is likely to just be a village, unless the area does have good natural resources and a draw for lots of people to go there (if it's steam-tech of course, and the settlement is on a river, then it might be a prime site for factories and hence will draw in those seeking work). [/QUOTE]

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