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1001 Things to place in your city [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Romtos
08-25-06, 03:58 PM I suggest to make a list of all the things you can place in a city. When I create cities for my party, I always try to come up with interesting stuff. It's hard, so a list would be easy. I start with some of the most common.

I'll place every suggestion in a long list in this post. Don't think some things could be to big. This list should be usable for a metropolis or planar metropolis as well.

Also, if two things are quite like eachother, I'll post them still both. It's easier to ignore one of the list than to add variants yourself.

Please, don't let it be a list of all the stores you can think off. Here (http://www.svincent.com/MagicJar/Economics/MedievalOccupations.html) is a list of occupations. (Thanks to Angel_Black).
If the store is something more uncommon than candlestore, bookstore, animalstore, post it for sure. (Blacksmith, for example, is something usable.) I hope I made my point clear.

Finally, any mistakes in my english in this post is allowed to be corrected.

For now, have fun! :)

1: Battle arena
2: Tavern
3: Court
4: Palace
5: Castle
6: Church
7: Cathedral
8: Chaple
9: Auction house
10: Prison
11: Sematary
12: Blacksmith
13: Theater
14: Wizard Tower
15: Shipyard

PS: All the things listed here are one or two words. Of course, if you think of something which does not have such a short name, a discription is fine too. If you think of something you made up yourself, I can place both name and discription.
Romtos
08-25-06, 04:01 PM ***Reserved, you never know.***
Omega the Powerfull
08-25-06, 04:07 PM 16. Streets
WhiteRaven810
08-25-06, 04:11 PM 17. Statue of town founder.
18. Crypt of town founder under said statue.
19. Temple of Pelor.
20. Sewers.
Omega the Powerfull
08-25-06, 04:21 PM 21. brothel
boozerker
08-25-06, 04:39 PM 22. Hills

23. Scavenging yard

24. River

25. Trees
moonwolf
08-25-06, 04:49 PM 26. town criers
27. thugs
28. mobsters
29. pawn shop
30. beggars
31. policestation
32. police
33. crime syndicate
34. liquer store
35. watchtowers
36. ghosts in crypt of town founder under said statue
37 anti dragon ballista's
38. magic shop
39. arms & armour store
40. someone to show you around
Moniker
08-25-06, 05:15 PM 41. Abattoir! A perfect setting in a seedy neighborhood for an encounter with a madman ala slasher flick!
Toloran
08-25-06, 05:35 PM 42. Waffle House
Captn Blake
08-25-06, 07:30 PM 43. Starsman and Navigators' Guild House
44. Travel office (tickets, schedules, weather) for tallships/barges
45. Courrier
46. Ice house (cold storage)
47. spice dealer
48. venoms/poisons
49. forign curiousities (forign coin, trinkets, art, instruments)
50. coin changer (to local currency)
51. soap/perfume/oils/scents
52. gnomish machines (scales, clocks, etc)
53. pet store
54. holy shop: incense, figures, oils
55. maid service (higher class neighborhoods). may also provide wet nurses, midwives, tutors
Whisper_Swiftblade
08-25-06, 11:37 PM 56) a fountain that you can hide people in

57) a pet shop that sells exotic pets (great to get a familiar from)

58) hospital

59) library
Rising_Storm
08-25-06, 11:41 PM 56. Temple of Wee Jas
57. Nude statues all over the place
58. The statues are actually people with body paint on them.
59. A HUGE pile of treasure in the center...
60. The treasure is tribute for a dragon...
61. Hot springs bath houses
62. Starbucks
king0thepirates
08-26-06, 12:01 AM 63. Slums
64. Cheese shop
65. Museum
66. People
67. Walls
moonwolf
08-26-06, 08:27 AM 68. orphanage
69. fire departement
70. guys that clean the street
71. barfight
72. bars
73. home's
74. a mad wizard
75 a museum
76 a spell of sphere of ultimate destruction(maximized+sudden empowerd) trap on the huge pile of treasure for the dragon
Crystal Monk
08-26-06, 10:05 AM 77: a water weird - see MM2.

78: an underground inn and restaurant - literally underground, lit by glowing orbs and/or fungus.

79: a stable where they can purchase giant space hamsters for riding and pack animals.
Sjiggie
08-26-06, 11:28 AM 80. Magic License to allow you to use magic cost: 5000gp

81. Orphanage led by a demon cult
Omega the Powerfull
08-26-06, 01:34 PM 82. Beggars
moonwolf
08-26-06, 01:38 PM 83. bhaalspawn
84. dimensional portal to the ninehells
85. asmodeus
Toloran
08-26-06, 01:38 PM 68. orphanage

I can't place those in my campaigns anymore, ever since my PCs decided to burn one down with thermite -_- (d20 modern, semi-evil campaign).

86. Street lamps
87. Pancake House
88. A deep pit for burning lepers
WhiteRaven810
08-26-06, 01:47 PM 89. Doom sayers claiming the end is near and that the time is now to repent.

90. Koi pond.
Monsco
08-26-06, 02:50 PM 91. Animal training center
92. Dojo
93.Theving monkeys
Generic Fighter
08-27-06, 01:06 PM 94: Art Studio

95: Adventurers Guildhouse

96: School for Magic-Users

97: Small Fortress

98: Small lake in the middle of town

99: Small Island Floating overhead

100: Slave Market

101: Flatulents

102: Bakers Guild

103: Circus/Festival Grounds

104: Small Well Kept Park

105: Small Badly Kept Park

106: Rundown Playground

107: Street Vendors selling questionable wares

Generic Fighter:fight!:
AlphaSquirell
08-27-06, 01:21 PM 108. False temple. (a religious order whose diety truly doesn't exist, they just THINK he does)

109. Ghost pets of the ghosts in said crypt under said statue.

110. A hotdog stand. (or other D&D equivalent)

111. A moneylender

112. Bank of America

113. A "Wal-Mart" (all-in-one store so they can shop in ONE place)

114. Coffee shop

115. Starbucks (more money for less flavor than the Coffee Shop above, but don't tell the PCs that)

116. Underground transport system. (like, horses and buggies for the subway!)

117. A "leaning tower".

118. A "swaying tower" (moves with the wind)

119. A "McRedgar's". (Chain D&D resturaunt)

120. A health department.

121. DMV (Department of Magical Vestiments, it's a clothes store!)

122. A queue (a line, like at a themepark, but none of them realize they aren't waiting for anything)
lord_feint
08-27-06, 01:34 PM 123. A Doomsayer
124. A Rat-on-a-Stick Peddlar
125. A Fuke Monk
126. A Fortune-Tellers Shop
127. A Gypsy Carnival
128. A Midget in a Bikini
129. A Doo-Wop Quartet composed of races that normally would kill each other on sight
130. A Band of Street Performers
131. A Public Execution Area
132. Stocks/Pillory
133. A Department of Fishery and Wildlife
134. An Immigration Office
135. A Bounty Office
136. An Assassins Guild
137. A Massive Black Pudding, Clan of Otyughs or Giant Albino Alligators living in Said Sewers.
Sarella Starshine
08-27-06, 01:46 PM 138) a minor noble trying to be important with lots of fanfare.
139) shoeshine
140) in the upperclass division, nannys pushing babies in prams
141) children playing
142) a man wooing his beloved who happens to be a member of a rival house
HauptSin
08-27-06, 02:07 PM 143. Coffinmaker/Vase salesman
144. P&P: Dr Pepper and Dr. Pibb, PhD.
145. A Denny's
146. A Denny's across the strees from the first Denny's, so the PCs can say "Let's go to the good Denny's".
AlphaSquirell
08-27-06, 02:12 PM 143. Coffinmaker/Vase salesman
144. P&P: Dr Pepper and Dr. Pibb, PhD.
145. A Denny's
146. A Denny's across the strees from the first Denny's, so the PCs can say "Let's go to the good Denny's".

147. A funny little bar called the "Drunken Clam"
148. A twinkie factory
149. A weatherman named Ollie Williams.
coldfire_x
08-27-06, 03:06 PM 150. 150 inch plazma screen
151. thiefs guilde
152. poor peaple
153. belly dancers
154. a bridge
155. angels that test peaples heart
156. guilde wars through the city
157. gangsters
158. drunk guards
159. advertising screen
160. mall
161. night clubs
162. park
WhiteRaven810
08-27-06, 03:16 PM 150. Rival town across the river that believes in marrying their attrative cousins.

151. Statue of rival town founder with two attrative cousin's, in rival town.

152. Crypt under statue of rival town founder, in rival town.

153. Town tuffs in rival town to steal town's lemon tree.
Amon_WinterfallIV
08-27-06, 03:16 PM 156. Shoe store.
157. Art Studio.
158. University/College
159. Some kind of department store
160. Additional, bureaucratic complex
161. Airship dock from the highest building in the city.
162. Clothing store
163. Gambling ring
164. A library
165. Minor magical effect
166. Foundry or Smithing
167. Religious conversion team
168. Sales teams
AlphaSquirell
08-27-06, 03:33 PM 180. Frank's 2000 Inch TV
181. The Nature Trail to Hell
182. An old abandoned mine shaft
183. A volunteer Fire Department
184. A "midnight buffet"
185. A convienient store
186. An inconvienient store (everything is on the top shelf and the only employee isn't allowed to come out from behind the counter)
187. A post office
188. A "most wanted" board
189. A "singles" town message board.
190. A Holiday Inn
191. Little Tokyo
Piggyfreak6
08-27-06, 06:22 PM 192. Stocks
193. Shipyard
194. Gypsy District
Kirak
08-27-06, 07:26 PM 195. Cobra Commander
amacigian
08-27-06, 08:14 PM 196. a hidden mafia guild
197. members of the mafia guild in pinstripe robes/armor/whatever they're wearing
AlphaSquirell
08-27-06, 09:39 PM 198. The Sharper Image (gizmos and gadgets of all types!)
199. A Healthfood store
200. A Speakeasy (for "Dry Towns" on a Sunday)
201. Spy Vs. Spy Headquarters (only one color, black or white)
202. Newspaper Office
203. Department of Sanitation
204. A skating rink
205. An iceskating rink
206. A bowling alley (I'd like to put 3 skill points in Craft (bowling pin))
207. A schoolyard. (playground, kids, and a few teachers on the side, but NO school)
tsuyoshikentsu
08-28-06, 03:18 AM 208. The lich who raised the ghost in the town founder's crypt under said statue.
209. The two lich cousins with the Lichloved feat in the crypt of the rival town's founder under the statue of the rival town's founder in the rival town across the river.
210. An egg in a nest on a twig on a branch on a limb on a tree in a hole in a bog down in the valley-o.
Kimokeo
08-28-06, 12:23 PM On the cover of one of my older Dragon magazines:

211. The Infernal Revenue Service. Mr. Styx at the desk with a spiked tail seen beneath it.
Tolby
08-28-06, 01:51 PM 212. A zoo run by druids...
213. Pirates..lots of pirates
214. Carpenters guild run by a guy named Bob
215. Professional wrestling league
216. Weather Control Tower
217. A missing person center...where they post missing peoples portaits and rewards.
AlphaSquirell
08-28-06, 06:45 PM 212. A zoo run by druids...
213. Pirates..lots of pirates
214. Carpenters guild run by a guy named Bob
215. Professional wrestling league
216. Weather Control Tower
217. A missing person center...where they post missing peoples portaits and rewards.
218. A missing person center... where people go when they are missing.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Romtos 08-25-06, 03:58 PM	I suggest to make a list of all the things you can place in a city. When I create cities for my party, I always try to come up with interesting stuff. It's hard, so a list would be easy. I start with some of the most common. I'll place every suggestion in a long list in this post. Don't think some things could be to big. This list should be usable for a metropolis or planar metropolis as well. Also, if two things are quite like eachother, I'll post them still both. It's easier to ignore one of the list than to add variants yourself. Please, don't let it be a list of all the stores you can think off. Here (http://www.svincent.com/MagicJar/Economics/MedievalOccupations.html) is a list of occupations. (Thanks to Angel_Black). If the store is something more uncommon than candlestore, bookstore, animalstore, post it for sure. (Blacksmith, for example, is something usable.) I hope I made my point clear. Finally, any mistakes in my english in this post is allowed to be corrected. For now, have fun! :) 1: Battle arena 2: Tavern 3: Court 4: Palace 5: Castle 6: Church 7: Cathedral 8: Chaple 9: Auction house 10: Prison 11: Sematary 12: Blacksmith 13: Theater 14: Wizard Tower 15: Shipyard PS: All the things listed here are one or two words. Of course, if you think of something which does not have such a short name, a discription is fine too. If you think of something you made up yourself, I can place both name and discription.
Romtos 08-25-06, 04:01 PM	*Reserved, you never know.*
Omega the Powerfull 08-25-06, 04:07 PM	16. Streets
WhiteRaven810 08-25-06, 04:11 PM	17. Statue of town founder. 18. Crypt of town founder under said statue. 19. Temple of Pelor. 20. Sewers.
Omega the Powerfull 08-25-06, 04:21 PM	21. brothel
boozerker 08-25-06, 04:39 PM	22. Hills 23. Scavenging yard 24. River 25. Trees
moonwolf 08-25-06, 04:49 PM	26. town criers 27. thugs 28. mobsters 29. pawn shop 30. beggars 31. policestation 32. police 33. crime syndicate 34. liquer store 35. watchtowers 36. ghosts in crypt of town founder under said statue 37 anti dragon ballista's 38. magic shop 39. arms & armour store 40. someone to show you around
Moniker 08-25-06, 05:15 PM	41. Abattoir! A perfect setting in a seedy neighborhood for an encounter with a madman ala slasher flick!
Toloran 08-25-06, 05:35 PM	42. Waffle House
Captn Blake 08-25-06, 07:30 PM	43. Starsman and Navigators' Guild House 44. Travel office (tickets, schedules, weather) for tallships/barges 45. Courrier 46. Ice house (cold storage) 47. spice dealer 48. venoms/poisons 49. forign curiousities (forign coin, trinkets, art, instruments) 50. coin changer (to local currency) 51. soap/perfume/oils/scents 52. gnomish machines (scales, clocks, etc) 53. pet store 54. holy shop: incense, figures, oils 55. maid service (higher class neighborhoods). may also provide wet nurses, midwives, tutors
Whisper_Swiftblade 08-25-06, 11:37 PM	56) a fountain that you can hide people in 57) a pet shop that sells exotic pets (great to get a familiar from) 58) hospital 59) library
Rising_Storm 08-25-06, 11:41 PM	56. Temple of Wee Jas 57. Nude statues all over the place 58. The statues are actually people with body paint on them. 59. A HUGE pile of treasure in the center... 60. The treasure is tribute for a dragon... 61. Hot springs bath houses 62. Starbucks
king0thepirates 08-26-06, 12:01 AM	63. Slums 64. Cheese shop 65. Museum 66. People 67. Walls
moonwolf 08-26-06, 08:27 AM	68. orphanage 69. fire departement 70. guys that clean the street 71. barfight 72. bars 73. home's 74. a mad wizard 75 a museum 76 a spell of sphere of ultimate destruction(maximized+sudden empowerd) trap on the huge pile of treasure for the dragon
Crystal Monk 08-26-06, 10:05 AM	77: a water weird - see MM2. 78: an underground inn and restaurant - literally underground, lit by glowing orbs and/or fungus. 79: a stable where they can purchase giant space hamsters for riding and pack animals.
Sjiggie 08-26-06, 11:28 AM	80. Magic License to allow you to use magic cost: 5000gp 81. Orphanage led by a demon cult
Omega the Powerfull 08-26-06, 01:34 PM	82. Beggars
moonwolf 08-26-06, 01:38 PM	83. bhaalspawn 84. dimensional portal to the ninehells 85. asmodeus
Toloran 08-26-06, 01:38 PM	68. orphanage I can't place those in my campaigns anymore, ever since my PCs decided to burn one down with thermite -_- (d20 modern, semi-evil campaign). 86. Street lamps 87. Pancake House 88. A deep pit for burning lepers
WhiteRaven810 08-26-06, 01:47 PM	89. Doom sayers claiming the end is near and that the time is now to repent. 90. Koi pond.
Monsco 08-26-06, 02:50 PM	91. Animal training center 92. Dojo 93.Theving monkeys
Generic Fighter 08-27-06, 01:06 PM	94: Art Studio 95: Adventurers Guildhouse 96: School for Magic-Users 97: Small Fortress 98: Small lake in the middle of town 99: Small Island Floating overhead 100: Slave Market 101: Flatulents 102: Bakers Guild 103: Circus/Festival Grounds 104: Small Well Kept Park 105: Small Badly Kept Park 106: Rundown Playground 107: Street Vendors selling questionable wares Generic Fighter:fight!:
AlphaSquirell 08-27-06, 01:21 PM	108. False temple. (a religious order whose diety truly doesn't exist, they just THINK he does) 109. Ghost pets of the ghosts in said crypt under said statue. 110. A hotdog stand. (or other D&D equivalent) 111. A moneylender 112. Bank of America 113. A "Wal-Mart" (all-in-one store so they can shop in ONE place) 114. Coffee shop 115. Starbucks (more money for less flavor than the Coffee Shop above, but don't tell the PCs that) 116. Underground transport system. (like, horses and buggies for the subway!) 117. A "leaning tower". 118. A "swaying tower" (moves with the wind) 119. A "McRedgar's". (Chain D&D resturaunt) 120. A health department. 121. DMV (Department of Magical Vestiments, it's a clothes store!) 122. A queue (a line, like at a themepark, but none of them realize they aren't waiting for anything)
lord_feint 08-27-06, 01:34 PM	123. A Doomsayer 124. A Rat-on-a-Stick Peddlar 125. A Fuke Monk 126. A Fortune-Tellers Shop 127. A Gypsy Carnival 128. A Midget in a Bikini 129. A Doo-Wop Quartet composed of races that normally would kill each other on sight 130. A Band of Street Performers 131. A Public Execution Area 132. Stocks/Pillory 133. A Department of Fishery and Wildlife 134. An Immigration Office 135. A Bounty Office 136. An Assassins Guild 137. A Massive Black Pudding, Clan of Otyughs or Giant Albino Alligators living in Said Sewers.
Sarella Starshine 08-27-06, 01:46 PM	138) a minor noble trying to be important with lots of fanfare. 139) shoeshine 140) in the upperclass division, nannys pushing babies in prams 141) children playing 142) a man wooing his beloved who happens to be a member of a rival house
HauptSin 08-27-06, 02:07 PM	143. Coffinmaker/Vase salesman 144. P&P: Dr Pepper and Dr. Pibb, PhD. 145. A Denny's 146. A Denny's across the strees from the first Denny's, so the PCs can say "Let's go to the good Denny's".
AlphaSquirell 08-27-06, 02:12 PM	143. Coffinmaker/Vase salesman 144. P&P: Dr Pepper and Dr. Pibb, PhD. 145. A Denny's 146. A Denny's across the strees from the first Denny's, so the PCs can say "Let's go to the good Denny's". 147. A funny little bar called the "Drunken Clam" 148. A twinkie factory 149. A weatherman named Ollie Williams.
coldfire_x 08-27-06, 03:06 PM	150. 150 inch plazma screen 151. thiefs guilde 152. poor peaple 153. belly dancers 154. a bridge 155. angels that test peaples heart 156. guilde wars through the city 157. gangsters 158. drunk guards 159. advertising screen 160. mall 161. night clubs 162. park
WhiteRaven810 08-27-06, 03:16 PM	150. Rival town across the river that believes in marrying their attrative cousins. 151. Statue of rival town founder with two attrative cousin's, in rival town. 152. Crypt under statue of rival town founder, in rival town. 153. Town tuffs in rival town to steal town's lemon tree.
Amon_WinterfallIV 08-27-06, 03:16 PM	156. Shoe store. 157. Art Studio. 158. University/College 159. Some kind of department store 160. Additional, bureaucratic complex 161. Airship dock from the highest building in the city. 162. Clothing store 163. Gambling ring 164. A library 165. Minor magical effect 166. Foundry or Smithing 167. Religious conversion team 168. Sales teams
AlphaSquirell 08-27-06, 03:33 PM	180. Frank's 2000 Inch TV 181. The Nature Trail to Hell 182. An old abandoned mine shaft 183. A volunteer Fire Department 184. A "midnight buffet" 185. A convienient store 186. An inconvienient store (everything is on the top shelf and the only employee isn't allowed to come out from behind the counter) 187. A post office 188. A "most wanted" board 189. A "singles" town message board. 190. A Holiday Inn 191. Little Tokyo
Piggyfreak6 08-27-06, 06:22 PM	192. Stocks 193. Shipyard 194. Gypsy District
Kirak 08-27-06, 07:26 PM	195. Cobra Commander
amacigian 08-27-06, 08:14 PM	196. a hidden mafia guild 197. members of the mafia guild in pinstripe robes/armor/whatever they're wearing
AlphaSquirell 08-27-06, 09:39 PM	198. The Sharper Image (gizmos and gadgets of all types!) 199. A Healthfood store 200. A Speakeasy (for "Dry Towns" on a Sunday) 201. Spy Vs. Spy Headquarters (only one color, black or white) 202. Newspaper Office 203. Department of Sanitation 204. A skating rink 205. An iceskating rink 206. A bowling alley (I'd like to put 3 skill points in Craft (bowling pin)) 207. A schoolyard. (playground, kids, and a few teachers on the side, but NO school)
tsuyoshikentsu 08-28-06, 03:18 AM	208. The lich who raised the ghost in the town founder's crypt under said statue. 209. The two lich cousins with the Lichloved feat in the crypt of the rival town's founder under the statue of the rival town's founder in the rival town across the river. 210. An egg in a nest on a twig on a branch on a limb on a tree in a hole in a bog down in the valley-o.
Kimokeo 08-28-06, 12:23 PM	On the cover of one of my older Dragon magazines: 211. The Infernal Revenue Service. Mr. Styx at the desk with a spiked tail seen beneath it.
Tolby 08-28-06, 01:51 PM	212. A zoo run by druids... 213. Pirates..lots of pirates 214. Carpenters guild run by a guy named Bob 215. Professional wrestling league 216. Weather Control Tower 217. A missing person center...where they post missing peoples portaits and rewards.
AlphaSquirell 08-28-06, 06:45 PM	212. A zoo run by druids... 213. Pirates..lots of pirates 214. Carpenters guild run by a guy named Bob 215. Professional wrestling league 216. Weather Control Tower 217. A missing person center...where they post missing peoples portaits and rewards. 218. A missing person center... where people go when they are missing.