World's Largest City [Merged]

[catsclaw227]

This is all good information.

Sounds like it is fairly well detialed, but even easier to plop into a homebrew as a massive city due to the amount of "blank spots".

 

[ssampier]

Me too. It's so big, the gravity is 20x that of Earth. Everybody plays a sentient pancake.

Thanks,
Rich

Does the Complete Guide to Oozes come out as a tie-in?

 

[jim pinto]

bump

 

[MojoGM]

I'm interested in hearing more discussion on this. Even though I have Ptolus, I want to get this as well. Because, well, you can never have enough fleshed-out cities...

 

[DM_Jeff]

I'm interested in hearing more discussion on this. Even though I have Ptolus, I want to get this as well. Because, well, you can never have enough fleshed-out cities...

Okey-dokey. However, discussion usually happens between multiple folks, and I seem to the the only sod on the planet who actually purchased the thing.

I've been reading it, and I have to say I am as yet unsure how to use the product. As in, each entry I turn to is very cool, and starts my imagination wandering and the ideas flowing. Support for each entry is good, and I want to use it. Now.

* In my Eberron campaign I want to use some of the entries for Sharn. My PCs are there now and will be in and out their whole career. While the Sharn book is great, it has nowhere the room for detailed entries like this.

* In my Moonsea Forgotten Realms campaign the PCs are in Melvaunt. And as everyone knows the Mysteries of the Moonsea book is a little lax on specific description instead providing mini adventures. I want to use some of the entries for Melvaunt.

This is great, but it worries me about what I'll do when I want to use the WLC as it is. It would fit just fine in Midnight (really), or the Accordlands, or my home campaign world. And I'll more than likely have the same players and don't want to strip it of the best spots before running it!

But, the more I read, the more I am leaning toward the former, and cherry-picking the locations I need for the multitude of cities I am already running and will run soon.

Still taking questions!

-DM Jeff

 

[Firebird]

I have it as well but haven't had much chance to wade through it as yet.

 

[Wraith Form]

Worse than Mongoose bad, even.

I've heard insults, and then I've heard insults. That ^ was just low.

When I can afford this monster, I'll see if I can post a few vague impressions about it.

(...so expect a post in June of 2054.)

 

[jim pinto]

ouch is right

granted there's editing errors in the WLD, but it's still a damn good book

as for the WLC

i just got my copy, as well

i've begged mike leader and doug sun to come on here and address people's concerns, but at the very least i can answer something, i guess

at this point, i'm just skimming it... seeing if something catches my eye

but since my reading stack of non-gaming books just crested 30... i won't be reading this thing hard-core for a while

 

[Odhanan]

I'm still unclear as to what makes the WLC feel special as compared to the myriad of cities for fantasy RPGs out there. Beyond the fact of being huge and being written by a host of designers with a host of different areas/feels to it, what makes WLC special ?

What is the WLC about ? What's the story behind the city ? Let me take an example: the World's Largest Dungeon

Spoiler

> is a huge complex that serves/served as a holding cell for various entities best left forgotten and trapped for aeons.

What's the core concept that justifies a "World's Largest City" and makes it feel different from similar products ?

 

[DM_Jeff]

I'm still unclear as to what makes the WLC feel special as compared to the myriad of cities for fantasy RPGs out there. Beyond the fact of being huge and being written by a host of designers with a host of different areas/feels to it, what makes WLC special?

What is the WLC about ? What's the story behind the city ? What's the core concept that justifies a "World's Largest City" and makes it feel different from similar products?

It's the biggest city in the world, the location of which was fought over (and is still being argued over) by humans, dwarves, elves, & goblinoids for individual important religious significance. A shared city built (or partially conquered) by different races now living in some harmony (but each within their own unique neighborhoods) with old grudges and disparity still rearing their ugly heads.

That's the best short summary I can conjure. Hope that makes sense.

-DM Jeff