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<blockquote data-quote="rushlight" data-source="post: 1674159" data-attributes="member: 3801"><p>I looked at that, and it looked to be an excellent product. The problem is that perhaps it was too focused. It has so much detail, that it makes it more difficult to include in an ongoing homebrew. Also, there's so much going on, it seems like it functions more as a module than a backdrop for a city.</p><p> </p><p>Something in the middle would be perfect - general ideas for creating your own City Council (along with ideas for various other forms of government) along with some lightly sketched out ideas about the council. Give us DMs some meat to chew, but don't hand feed the whole meal to us. We like to mix 'n match - perhaps a book with many small segments of ideas (arranged by theme), that could be combined in interesting ways. </p><p> </p><p>For exapmle: You could combine "<strong><em>An evil dragon has stolen something of great value</em></strong>" with "<strong><em>a prince has lost the magic sword given to him by his father</em></strong>" and add "<strong><em>there was a sword that possesed the powers to not only take a life, but to bring that life back</em></strong>". </p><p> </p><p>Those 3 snippets make me ask questions. Why has the dragon done this? Has he lost someone close? Were they killed by this sword, and he hopes to bring them back? Is he trying to prevent the resurection of someone else? This seems like a compasionate dragon (at least in some sense!).</p><p> </p><p>But if you replace the middle snippet with "<strong><em>a king is using a powerful magic item to stop a war</em></strong>" then you've got a totally different set of ideas. Is the dragon behind the war? Who does he want to win? What will he do with the sword?</p><p> </p><p>Imagine a book full of those snippets! You could easily and quickly weave in subplots. You could take your story in a direction totally suprising everyone. Even people who have a hard time coming up with campagin ideas would find it a breeze to weave together a fairly complex plot...</p><p> </p><p>Is there anyone else who would buy such a product?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rushlight, post: 1674159, member: 3801"] I looked at that, and it looked to be an excellent product. The problem is that perhaps it was too focused. It has so much detail, that it makes it more difficult to include in an ongoing homebrew. Also, there's so much going on, it seems like it functions more as a module than a backdrop for a city. Something in the middle would be perfect - general ideas for creating your own City Council (along with ideas for various other forms of government) along with some lightly sketched out ideas about the council. Give us DMs some meat to chew, but don't hand feed the whole meal to us. We like to mix 'n match - perhaps a book with many small segments of ideas (arranged by theme), that could be combined in interesting ways. For exapmle: You could combine "[b][i]An evil dragon has stolen something of great value[/i][/b]" with "[b][i]a prince has lost the magic sword given to him by his father[/i][/b]" and add "[b][i]there was a sword that possesed the powers to not only take a life, but to bring that life back[/i][/b]". Those 3 snippets make me ask questions. Why has the dragon done this? Has he lost someone close? Were they killed by this sword, and he hopes to bring them back? Is he trying to prevent the resurection of someone else? This seems like a compasionate dragon (at least in some sense!). But if you replace the middle snippet with "[b][i]a king is using a powerful magic item to stop a war[/i][/b]" then you've got a totally different set of ideas. Is the dragon behind the war? Who does he want to win? What will he do with the sword? Imagine a book full of those snippets! You could easily and quickly weave in subplots. You could take your story in a direction totally suprising everyone. Even people who have a hard time coming up with campagin ideas would find it a breeze to weave together a fairly complex plot... Is there anyone else who would buy such a product? [/QUOTE]
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