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<blockquote data-quote="Eldritch_Lord" data-source="post: 4395204" data-attributes="member: 52073">That is why, when I am about to submit a reply, I select everything and copy it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> It works wonders on the Wizards boards too, where every other post dies a sad, lonely death due to a database error.--------------------Anyway, on topic:1) A good trick for any city is including a new and different form of government, which immediately sets it apart.&nbsp; For example, maybe only elves can hold office in the city but only members of other races can vote.&nbsp; Making up a reason why a city has a given system is just as fun and useful.2) It's a fantasy game, so make at least one obviously fantastical element that the inhabitants take for granted.&nbsp; One of my cities used a type of magical crystal that is translucent orange from one direction and invisible from others to make bridges in the air between buildings, so as to free up ground space without cutting off the light from above.&nbsp; The PCs arrived and thought everyone was using spells to walk on the air; when they asked a resident about it, she looked at them funny and said &quot;Walk on the air?&nbsp; Are you all nuts?&nbsp; You could fall and die!&quot;&nbsp; They were really confused until they figured the whole thing out, after which they've talked about that city for quite some time.Hope those ideas help; more if I have any.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eldritch_Lord, post: 4395204, member: 52073"] That is why, when I am about to submit a reply, I select everything and copy it. :D It works wonders on the Wizards boards too, where every other post dies a sad, lonely death due to a database error. -------------------- Anyway, on topic: 1) A good trick for any city is including a new and different form of government, which immediately sets it apart. For example, maybe only elves can hold office in the city but only members of [I]other[/I] races can vote. Making up a reason [I]why[/I] a city has a given system is just as fun and useful. 2) It's a fantasy game, so make at least one obviously fantastical element that the inhabitants take for granted. One of my cities used a type of magical crystal that is translucent orange from one direction and invisible from others to make bridges in the air between buildings, so as to free up ground space without cutting off the light from above. The PCs arrived and thought everyone was using spells to walk on the air; when they asked a resident about it, she looked at them funny and said "Walk on the air? Are you all nuts? You could fall and die!" They were really confused until they figured the whole thing out, after which they've talked about that city for quite some time. Hope those ideas help; more if I have any. [/QUOTE]

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