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| 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 taolerance - 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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