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How large(area) is a settlement of a given population?
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<blockquote data-quote="azmodean" data-source="post: 2060517" data-attributes="member: 26590"><p>I'm going to be running a game soon where the party is probably going to be attacking a hostile city. What I need to know is what area the city will occupy in order to draw up a rough map of it, plan encounters, etc...</p><p></p><p>The city in question would be classified as a large town by the DMG random settlement table, with a population of approximately 8,000.</p><p></p><p>Also I'm interested in any ideas people may have on handling various encounters as the party approaches their targets. Their primary goals will probably be 1. to take out the church of Tyr near the center of the city. 2. weaken the defenses of the city. 3. "sow destruction, fear, and confusion in the general populace.</p><p></p><p>The party is average lvl 11, they have access to flight and etheralness, and many of them are undead, but immune to turning <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue :P" data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" /></p><p></p><p>My current plan for handling their progress through the city is to make up a random encounter chart for the city and roll once for every few blocks of progress.</p><p></p><p>The city will be preparing for heavy aerial assault as the party passed through once on the back of a possessed adult blue dragon. Much damage ensued. They won't have the dragon this time, but they might have it's animated skeleton.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="azmodean, post: 2060517, member: 26590"] I'm going to be running a game soon where the party is probably going to be attacking a hostile city. What I need to know is what area the city will occupy in order to draw up a rough map of it, plan encounters, etc... The city in question would be classified as a large town by the DMG random settlement table, with a population of approximately 8,000. Also I'm interested in any ideas people may have on handling various encounters as the party approaches their targets. Their primary goals will probably be 1. to take out the church of Tyr near the center of the city. 2. weaken the defenses of the city. 3. "sow destruction, fear, and confusion in the general populace. The party is average lvl 11, they have access to flight and etheralness, and many of them are undead, but immune to turning :P My current plan for handling their progress through the city is to make up a random encounter chart for the city and roll once for every few blocks of progress. The city will be preparing for heavy aerial assault as the party passed through once on the back of a possessed adult blue dragon. Much damage ensued. They won't have the dragon this time, but they might have it's animated skeleton. [/QUOTE]
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