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<blockquote data-quote="Pauper" data-source="post: 7386783" data-attributes="member: 17607"><p>Good list. It also got me thinking that this, like many attempts to define 'iconic' for D&D, is going to end up very different for different players. Good example: if you started playing D&D with Fourth or Fifth Edition, you may well not know or remember where Raven's Bluff is. But if you played Living City, one of the Third Edition Organized Play campaigns, you know perfectly well where Raven's Bluff is, because it was your city -- it's where all the action started from.</p><p></p><p>At the same time, dividing the concept of 'iconic cities' by edition doesn't really work either, as I realized when I remembered that, if Baldur's Gate can be considered an iconic city for its placement in a number of D&D video games, then the city of Phlan should be iconic as well (and has the advantage that it also got featured for a season of Adventurers League, so newer players are aware of it, if not necessarily its history).</p><p></p><p>That tells me that, when the bracket is finally set, Sigil is going to win it, and the final matchup will be against one of the handful of iconic Realms cities, because those are the cities the fans who frequent these boards know best. I wouldn't say that makes Sigil the most iconic city in D&D, though, since in many ways Sigil is quite unrepresentative of D&D as a whole (but very representative of its specific setting).</p><p></p><p>--</p><p>Pauper</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pauper, post: 7386783, member: 17607"] Good list. It also got me thinking that this, like many attempts to define 'iconic' for D&D, is going to end up very different for different players. Good example: if you started playing D&D with Fourth or Fifth Edition, you may well not know or remember where Raven's Bluff is. But if you played Living City, one of the Third Edition Organized Play campaigns, you know perfectly well where Raven's Bluff is, because it was your city -- it's where all the action started from. At the same time, dividing the concept of 'iconic cities' by edition doesn't really work either, as I realized when I remembered that, if Baldur's Gate can be considered an iconic city for its placement in a number of D&D video games, then the city of Phlan should be iconic as well (and has the advantage that it also got featured for a season of Adventurers League, so newer players are aware of it, if not necessarily its history). That tells me that, when the bracket is finally set, Sigil is going to win it, and the final matchup will be against one of the handful of iconic Realms cities, because those are the cities the fans who frequent these boards know best. I wouldn't say that makes Sigil the most iconic city in D&D, though, since in many ways Sigil is quite unrepresentative of D&D as a whole (but very representative of its specific setting). -- Pauper [/QUOTE]
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