Timaresh:CityFormat

CityFormat

XX thorp

Corruption -4; Crime -4; Economy -4; Law -4; Lore -4; Society -4

Qualities XXX

Danger -10; Disadvantages XXX

Demographics

Location XXX/XXX/XXX

Government XXX

Population 1 ()

Notable NPCs XXX

Marketplace

Base Value 50 gp; Purchase Limit 500 gp; Spellcasting 1st

gov: choose one

• autocracy - single individual chosen by the people
• colonial - ruler a figure-head for a distant power
• council - group of councilors, often guild masters or nobility
• dynasty - power concentrated in a single family or collection of related families
• magical - individual or group with strong magical power
• military - largely supports a nearby military base or complex
• overlord - single individual that seized or inherited control
• plutocracy - ruled by merchants
• secret syndicate - unofficial or illegal group rules, sometimes as puppet masters
• theocracy - ruled by representatives of a patron faith

qual: choose number based on city size

thorp/hamlet 1, village/small town 2, large town 3, small city 4, large city 5, metropolis 6; if theocracy, bonus - holy site, pious, racial enclave, racially intolerant, unholy site

• abundant - has plentiful natural resources
• abstinent - dry or otherwise under some form of prohibition (lawful only)
• academic - has well-renown school, university, training facility, etc.
• artist's colony - renown for local arts; add economy to all craft checks
• asylum - has an infamous asylum or jail
• city of the dead - near or contains a well-known graveyard, tomb, or mausoleum complex
• cruel watch - local guard especially brutal or strict (lawful only)
• decadent - haven for vice
• defensible - located somewhere easy to defend
• famed breeders - well-known for quality of animals bred here, list in parens; 10% discount on purchase
• financial center - holds powerful banks, mints, trading houses, or the like (non-chaotic only)
• free city - independent of any larger government, with laws to match (chaotic only)
• gambling - gaming both legal and common, serving as the major industry
• guilds - controlled by various mercantile guilds
• holy site - hosts a good shrine, temple, landmark of great religious significance
• insular - isolated physically or spiritually, citizens loyal to one another
• legendary marketplace - famed for the breadth of its markets
• magical polyglot - all spoken languages are mutually intelligible
• magically attuned - at a location of great magical power such as nexus of ley lines or enchanted landmark
• mobile: frontlines - a mobile fortress
• mobile: sanctuary - a mobile safehouse
• notorious - reputation for illegal activities
• peacebonding - all weapons, wands, and rods must be peacebonded or turned into the law
• phantasmal - transient physical existence
• pious - known for friendly, religiously devoted citizenry
• planar crossroads - numerous local gates or portals
• planned community - city designed in advance (lawful only)
• prosperous - popular trading hub
• racial enclave - dominated by a single race, list in parens
• racially intolerant - prejudiced against one or more races, list in parens
• religious tolerance - numerous faiths present
• resettled ruins - located on the ruins of a more ancient structure or settlement
• rumormongering citizens - gossipy citizens
• rural - sprawling settlement
• small-folk settlement - designed for a small race, not a medium one; medium-sized treat crime and society as penalties regardless of score
• strategic location - sits as a spot of tactical import such as a crossroads, chokepoint, or major port
• superstitious - fear of magic and the unexplained
• therapeutic - known for local natural phenomenon (hot springs, herbs, clean air) with therapeutic properties
• tourist attraction - has something that travelers come from all over to see
• trading post - settlement's primary purpose is trade
• under-city - settlement has a subterranean structure filled with danger
• unholy site - hosts an evil shrine, temple, landmark of great religious significance
• untamed - area around the settlement is unclaimed, wild
• well educated - inhabitants known to be intelligent

disads: choose rarely

• anarchy - no leaders or government
• cursed - self-explanatory
• hunted - powerful group or monster uses city as hunting ground
• impoverished - destitute, commonly with famine or disease
• plagued - suffering some sort of protracted malady or contagion

modifiers: all modifiers affect skill checks made within the city

• corruption - how honest citizens are, how likely to report a crime: bluff against city officials/guards, stealth checks outside
• crime - how common crime is in the settlement: sense motive checks vs. bluff, sleight of hand checks for picking pockets
• economy - health of trade within the city, level of prosperity: all craft & perform checks to generate income
• law - how strict the laws and edicts of the settlement are, how alert guards are, how cowed citizens are: intimidate checks to make citizens friendly, diplomacy checks to alter attitude of govt officials or to call guards
• lore - how willing people are to talk, how open libraries are: diplomacy checks to gather information, any knowledge check done with help of a library or similar
• society - how open-minded & cosmopolitan the populace is, how used to oddities: all disguise checks, and diplomacy checks to alter attitude of non-govt officials

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