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<blockquote data-quote="Werebat" data-source="post: 7341583" data-attributes="member: 40158"><p>Any other concepts for cities, towns, villages? I am just sitting down to generate the maps of the two worlds with Hexographer, and would like some rough thumbnail ideas for cities before I finalize anything. I'm looking in particular for quirky areas besides the standard "big city-state and trade center" that I'd imagine most of the portal cities to be.</p><p></p><p>For example:</p><p></p><p>* Dryside is a fortified town on an arid plain, where goatherds tend their flocks in the surrounding scrublands and some enterprising farmers grow corn and squash. There is a portal inside the town that leads to what is essentially a logging camp on the other side, which is in one of the drier areas of the Swampside world, in the middle of a forest. Wood and timber is scarce on the Dryside, so there is a good market for this resource and loads of lumber are regularly hauled through the portal.</p><p></p><p>* An isolated fishing village in the middle of the swamp, with a nearby ancient portal leading to the crumbling ruins of a city in the middle of the desert. No one lives on the Dryside, and the local swampers don't regularly use the portal, but every now and then a group of foolhardy youths will brave the ruins in search of adventure. Sometimes they come back with an exciting find; other times, they don't come back at all. What is not commonly known is that a small cult is based in the village, working secretly in the ruins on the other side in service to SOMETHING buried in the ruins...</p><p></p><p>* Dryside town is located near an arroyo area that is fairly arable on its own; the water and nutrient rich muck from Swampside makes it even better. Unfortunately, Swampside (a "dead forest" that has been drowned by water) is in the middle of the domain of an ancient black dragon, who demands tribute from the town on the other side of the portal in exchange for being allowed to operate in his territory. The town has managed uncomfortably under the dragon's yoke for generations; its citizens would love it if someone would drive off or kill the dragon, but they greatly fear its wrath should an attempt to do so fail.</p><p></p><p>Any other ideas?</p><p></p><p>And also - any ideas on what to name these two worlds?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Werebat, post: 7341583, member: 40158"] Any other concepts for cities, towns, villages? I am just sitting down to generate the maps of the two worlds with Hexographer, and would like some rough thumbnail ideas for cities before I finalize anything. I'm looking in particular for quirky areas besides the standard "big city-state and trade center" that I'd imagine most of the portal cities to be. For example: * Dryside is a fortified town on an arid plain, where goatherds tend their flocks in the surrounding scrublands and some enterprising farmers grow corn and squash. There is a portal inside the town that leads to what is essentially a logging camp on the other side, which is in one of the drier areas of the Swampside world, in the middle of a forest. Wood and timber is scarce on the Dryside, so there is a good market for this resource and loads of lumber are regularly hauled through the portal. * An isolated fishing village in the middle of the swamp, with a nearby ancient portal leading to the crumbling ruins of a city in the middle of the desert. No one lives on the Dryside, and the local swampers don't regularly use the portal, but every now and then a group of foolhardy youths will brave the ruins in search of adventure. Sometimes they come back with an exciting find; other times, they don't come back at all. What is not commonly known is that a small cult is based in the village, working secretly in the ruins on the other side in service to SOMETHING buried in the ruins... * Dryside town is located near an arroyo area that is fairly arable on its own; the water and nutrient rich muck from Swampside makes it even better. Unfortunately, Swampside (a "dead forest" that has been drowned by water) is in the middle of the domain of an ancient black dragon, who demands tribute from the town on the other side of the portal in exchange for being allowed to operate in his territory. The town has managed uncomfortably under the dragon's yoke for generations; its citizens would love it if someone would drive off or kill the dragon, but they greatly fear its wrath should an attempt to do so fail. Any other ideas? And also - any ideas on what to name these two worlds? [/QUOTE]
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