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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8384705" data-attributes="member: 6801845">Unless I'm missing something, the villages do serve a purpose.&nbsp; It tells the PCs that they're travelling through settled lands not wilderness.&nbsp; They aren't &quot;false interactables&quot;, they're just adding to the fabric of the world making it something more than a cardboard cutout world.&nbsp; In pre-industrial times, 80% of the populace lived in little hamlets and villages like this.&nbsp; Small villages scattered about that you could walk to in a half day or less were the norm.While I understand why it happens, it's always odd to me in fantasy movies/fiction/maps when you just go from wilderness to major city/outpost.&nbsp; Who's doing all the farming?&nbsp; Where is the food coming from?&nbsp; Where do the vast majority of people live?If the PCs want to stop at a village they always can, but odds are the only news they have is that Olaf's cow is sick and that if they don't get rain soon the barley crop will suffer along with other local gossip.&nbsp; People didn't exactly have ways of spreading news other than word of mouth.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8384705, member: 6801845"] Unless I'm missing something, the villages do serve a purpose. It tells the PCs that they're travelling through settled lands not wilderness. They aren't "false interactables", they're just adding to the fabric of the world making it something more than a cardboard cutout world. In pre-industrial times, 80% of the populace lived in little hamlets and villages like this. Small villages scattered about that you could walk to in a half day or less were the norm. While I understand why it happens, it's always odd to me in fantasy movies/fiction/maps when you just go from wilderness to major city/outpost. Who's doing all the farming? Where is the food coming from? Where do the vast majority of people live? If the PCs want to stop at a village they always can, but odds are the only news they have is that Olaf's cow is sick and that if they don't get rain soon the barley crop will suffer along with other local gossip. People didn't exactly have ways of spreading news other than word of mouth. [/QUOTE]

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