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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jürgen Hubert" data-source="post: 2732701" data-attributes="member: 7177">Good point - I need to complete that section soon...Hmmm... I guess I should do a boxed text that explains which creatures might be found in the big cities at all. Large and relatively unintelligent creatures (such as ythraks and most dire animals) will be exceedingly rare in cities, since they would be hunted down by the authorities very fast. In general, true monsters must be small or intelligent enough to hide themselves to prosper in cities...Oh, and beholders unfortunately don't exist in Urbis, since they are not in the SRD...In almost all cases, by the local city government, although they might allow various influential and/or wealthy spellcasters access to them in exchange for money or services.Definitely. These are the most vital piece of infrastructure of any city, so they are very strongly guarded.He couldn't control the tower unless he was also a sufficiently competent spellcaster. But it is possible to create sufficient havoc within the structure to render the Nexus Tower inoperable for a time if you know what you are doing (or even to cause significant damage through magical feedback if someone else attempts to use the Tower). This sort of sabotage happens from time to time between rival cities, which is one of the reasons why Nexus Towers are so strongly guarded.I think this is already pointed out in the Nexus Tower chapter - you don't have to be an epic spellcaster to use Nexus Towers. All you need is Knowledge (Arcana) rank 10 or the equivalent.Some finished magic items lying around, perhaps - but apart from that, not really.If a disease gets out of hand, then yes, some epic disease curing spells will be cast from a Nexus Tower. Since this uses up precious magical energy, many governments prefer to use more mundane precautions, but it is an option.In generally, no (unless you are trying to cast some epic "charm person" spells or the equivalent), but they frequently provide the tools for enforcing law and order, like specialized magic items.Since they frequently create something tradable, such as magic items, the answer is yes. They are also sometimes used to create the local infrastructure such as by creating channels for ships, but this has a limited range outside of the city...I will have to think about this some more...Anyway, thanks for the feedback, and keep it coming!</blockquote>

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