08-13-2018, 01:30 PM | #1 |
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Mundane Village Life in Cidri
Concentrating on the map found on page 72 of TFT:ITL, which illustrates Southern Elyntia - and the legend contained therein - we see many villages (of various races) indicated on the map. Although most villages will do a bit of everything to sustain themselves - especially the more remote villages - with the exception of the Dwarven Mine with village (indicated by a black circle with a white star inside), I am wondering what are the different types of primary-industries which more prosperous independent villages could move beyond simply sustaining themselves, and enter into larger-scale commerce in a near-by town or city, and having their "trade" being based on the natural resources of the immediate surrounding environment. I am thinking:
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08-13-2018, 02:57 PM | #2 |
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Re: Mundane Village Life in Cidri
Hmm...about all I can think of that could be a function that you didn't list would be if Podliforki was (or also was, in addition to some fishing to give it a legal veneer) a smuggling village.
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08-13-2018, 03:23 PM | #3 | |
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Oh wait! What about this... When I hear *Farming Village* I always think about the typical North American or pastoral European Farm... but what about the fields of Rice Paddies in SE Asia... those would qualify as a *farm* in a *swamp*, no less - would they not?!? JK |
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08-13-2018, 03:39 PM | #4 |
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Having based several campaigns on this style of map (and made many maps of this type, thought about what went on there, etc), I tend to think that the villages shown are "market village" hubs where the open terrain hexes around them probably tend to have farming and farmers and perhaps some less notable hamlets that aren't trade villages, and minor paths and so on.
Otherwise, at 12.5km per hex, that's a lot of space per population, and a very long way for farmers to travel to get to the nearest town. |
08-13-2018, 03:41 PM | #5 |
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Trading village?
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08-13-2018, 03:52 PM | #6 | |
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A trading post village along a King's Highway A village that centers around collecting hard to find items like truffles or Piranhakeet eggs. A village that sprang up salvaging Mnoren technology buried underground. A village of lepers A ghost town that is a houses vampires and their kin
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08-13-2018, 07:27 PM | #7 | ||
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08-14-2018, 03:07 AM | #8 | |
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08-14-2018, 10:14 AM | #9 |
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Historically, pre-industrial country folk (i.e. most people) did mostly sustain themselves, with little or no trade except with their immediate neighbors.
It's also probably needed to have a pretty high countryside population (not shown on the Dran map, which lists several villages with 100-400 villagers, and a few cities with populations listed in the 2000-30,000 range, though Winterhome was in the past much larger) to sustain much military and/or adventurer/thug/mercenary population, not just to feed & supply them, but to have, er... people to kill. ;-) |
08-14-2018, 11:12 AM | #10 | ||
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*Additionally*, knowing what kind of villages are in a given area, also helps to determine what types of monsters are attracted to an area - by village activity and primary resource - and how likely certain monsters are to be found in those areas... or not. I know the more detailed information we have on the surrounding area, the more adventure/encounter seeds are born. Quote:
So much potential to explore here; but I am really stuck after the 6 types of villages I listed in the OP, and then, the Rice Paddy Farming Village I listed later for farming in a tropical, low-land fen area. There *has* to be more... JK |
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