Hey all, I'm just wondering if anyone knows of any resources for helping fill out the mundane details of a medieval town or city. Something that runs over the basics of what all cities would have (access to fresh water, a town watch, etc) and perhaps also some kind of charts for rolling up random buildings... so that when my PCs are walking down the street and happen to encounter some thugs or what-have-you I can describe the scene with a little more detail; 'this building is a *roll* candlemaker and here is a small *roll* cobblers...' and so on.
medieval town/city generation
Deepfire
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Midkemia's "Cities" could help you, as well as the Citybooks (especially the early numbers - butcher, baker, candlestickmaker for instance) . and of course a whole fleet of GURPS books - beginning from the middle-age fantasy world Yrth to the bunch of Low-Tech/Crusades/Whatever supplements.
edit: you find some sample pages of cities at http://www.midkemia.com
edit: you find some sample pages of cities at http://www.midkemia.com
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AEG's ToolKit's 1 & 2 are very helpful- just book of charts!
Some on-line generators:
The Domesday Book - Medieval Demographics Made Easy
http://citygen.crystalballsoft.com/
Some on-line generators:
The Domesday Book - Medieval Demographics Made Easy
http://citygen.crystalballsoft.com/
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This link has a ton of information for you - found elsewhere here in General RPG Discussion:
What did people do in a Medieval City?
I did a quick rundown of percentages of "common" craftsmen from 1292 Paris, of which there were about 2,100.
366 shoemakers 17%
214 furriers 10%
197 tailors 9%
131 jewelers 6%
106 pastrycook 5%
However, this is a small fraction of the total population, which would include governmental, religious and military occupations, as well as specialized occupations.
What did people do in a Medieval City?
I did a quick rundown of percentages of "common" craftsmen from 1292 Paris, of which there were about 2,100.
366 shoemakers 17%
214 furriers 10%
197 tailors 9%
131 jewelers 6%
106 pastrycook 5%
However, this is a small fraction of the total population, which would include governmental, religious and military occupations, as well as specialized occupations.
great link on the Domesday Book - I had lost that one a while back.
Starman
Adventurer
A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe is perfect for this sort of thing.
A free excerpt of the city building part can be found from SJ Games at:
e23: A Magical Medieval City Guide
(It's linked to from City Generator too)
Anyone have a suggestion of what would be expected at the sub-village level? (What would be in a thorp of 20 farmsteads besides the farmsteads?)
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