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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kenjib" data-source="post: 174331" data-attributes="member: 530">I haven't seen Bluffside but here is a compare between Freeport and Geanavue.  They are both really fantastic and super high quality but so different in theme and mood that it is not really possible to say that either is better.  They are both around the same population, with Freeport around 10k and Geanavue around 8k.Freeport:  Pirates!  Yerrrrg!!!  If you want a lawless hive of scum and villany with a heavy naval theme this is the place.  Tons of adventure and crime.  There are some assumptions about the city - it is supposed to be built where an ancient reptilian civilization once stood.  This may or may not mesh well with your campaign world.  There are also rules for gunpowder weapons so if you don't want that tech level you need to filter some of the book content.  The map to me seemed rather small for the quoted population though.Geanavue:  This is a prosperous and well ordered city - a relatively safe haven for adventurers to lick their wounds.  It's also got potential for adventure though, with the dangers of the sewers, the machiavellian intrigues of the nobility, and tons of other plot hooks seeded throughout.  This one's probably your best bet for court intrigues as the amount of detail given to the various noble houses is really fantastic.  It's not very strong in the underclass department though - the seedy port of Loona is nearby to provide this but it's not really detailed much in this book.  Again there are some assumptions here as well - various different races get along pretty well here and there are stone giants that are a benign part of the community.An interesting thing to note is that in the Kalamar world Geanavue is situated very close to Aesaer, a city of pirates, so really one could pretty easily mesh the two cities together as neighbors.</blockquote>

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