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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RedGalaxy00" data-source="post: 6238999" data-attributes="member: 6694181">Oh. One other thing. Relatively small thing, but important, and often overlooked.No matter the village/town/city/metropolis, write out a shop list. Now it may seem like a lot of work, but it does sell the idea of the size of the place to the players. Plus, your not likely to find a large magic shop in a small village, even one with a wizard in it...Now, it'll depend, community to community, what kind of shops are there. Most places will have a blacksmith and general trader/shop of some kind. However, in smaller villages, the blacksmiths may be use to doing nothing more then shoeing horses, and sharpening axes, and daggers, and not know the fine art of sword making. and you can almost forget about magic weapons, and other magic items, outside of a potion here or there, in the general store, unless it's there for a plot reason.Larger villages, and towns will probably have a church or two. In this case, just place a CL on the church. You can approximate it however you like. Towns may also have a local wizard, who doesn't mind writing up scrolls in his spare time, or maybe even making wands for sale, or maybe he's willing to enchant a weapon or armor for a fee, for the extra gold for his research. The blacksmiths might be able to make good swords, and possibly have a masterwork weapon or two, but don't expect quick custom work for cheap.As for Cities, especially capitals, and metropolises, you can go all out. There's likely to be a magic university there, as well as Blacksmiths, churches to every deities, stables, and general stores as far as the eye can see. If it's a rare item, have them make a Knowledge Local check (or something equivalent to it, depending on the system) to find it.So, really, it's not that hard to do, but you'll be surprised how often people, especially GMs, forget. It adds to the immersion, and let's be honest. Do you expect to be able to purchase a wand of Fireballs in a small little no-name village?</blockquote>

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