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Old 08-06-2022, 08:31 PM   #14
Fred Brackin
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Default Re: what does a recently founded fantasy city look like?

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Originally Posted by Anthony View Post
A basic problem is that any location that isn't already occupied is probably unoccupied for a reason, and sending a group of a thousand children and four hundred adults to a location too hostile to already be inhabited is a great way to wind up with lots of dead children.
If the "Thay" that was mentioned as being the probable caravan destination is the Thay in the Forgotten Realms they're in awful territory. Likely as not the first "caravan" is one that comes _from_ Thay and makes slaves of everybody. Thay makes a rotten neighbor.

They need a fortified wall to keep out bottom-feeders like slavers. Trade probably ahs to go the other way tot he kingdom that deeded them the land. If the "King" bit was literal that'd be Rashemen or Mulhorand. Aglarond is geographically possible but usually has a Queen.

Yes, I had a character who was from Rashemen and spent a lot of time in Mulhorand. I looked at the maps a lot. :)

At ay rate, first comes subsistence. Trade comes after there's enough surplus to trade instead of consume locally.
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