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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 6408148" data-attributes="member: 59082"><p>I'm sure this question has been asked a thousand times, and I've certainly asked it in various ways a few times over the years--I admittedly have a tendency to ask the question again and again, in different ways (right, [MENTION=22260]TerraDave[/MENTION]?)--but in addition to doing some searches, I thought I'd go to the Source of All Wisdom and see what I came up with.</p><p></p><p>Basically I'm looking for the best resources, either online (i.e. free) or in book form for world building, in particular settlement (village-town-city) design. There is a lot of stuff out there, and I have a few books, but I'm especially looking for guidelines for building a village/town/city, and for what you consider "the best." The book that seems to have the best reputation is Expeditious Retreat's <strong>Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe 2nd Edition, </strong>which I just ordered from Noble Knight. But I'd also especially like pointers to online resources for city design.</p><p></p><p>Feel free to throw in your own suggestions, as well! In short, I'm designing a small town of approximately 1,000 inhabitants, which will be the hub of a new 5E campaign I'm starting in January. I want to design it with a good degree of detail, complete with maps, shops, NPCs, history, rumors, all that fun stuff. I feel like I can do that without any more resources than I already have, but am also open to tips and online resources, and would love some kind of template or step-by-step guide that helps the process.</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 6408148, member: 59082"] I'm sure this question has been asked a thousand times, and I've certainly asked it in various ways a few times over the years--I admittedly have a tendency to ask the question again and again, in different ways (right, [MENTION=22260]TerraDave[/MENTION]?)--but in addition to doing some searches, I thought I'd go to the Source of All Wisdom and see what I came up with. Basically I'm looking for the best resources, either online (i.e. free) or in book form for world building, in particular settlement (village-town-city) design. There is a lot of stuff out there, and I have a few books, but I'm especially looking for guidelines for building a village/town/city, and for what you consider "the best." The book that seems to have the best reputation is Expeditious Retreat's [B]Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe 2nd Edition, [/B]which I just ordered from Noble Knight. But I'd also especially like pointers to online resources for city design. Feel free to throw in your own suggestions, as well! In short, I'm designing a small town of approximately 1,000 inhabitants, which will be the hub of a new 5E campaign I'm starting in January. I want to design it with a good degree of detail, complete with maps, shops, NPCs, history, rumors, all that fun stuff. I feel like I can do that without any more resources than I already have, but am also open to tips and online resources, and would love some kind of template or step-by-step guide that helps the process. Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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