"A culture, we all know, is made by its cities." - Derek Walcott Two weeks ago, I ran a poll asking what my readers would like to know more about. The winning answer was city building, so here we are. Niz and Ragnarok meet Janubiz the Whirlpool Rider, githzerai privateer. Recently, I've been trying to flesh out the city of Genkar, a major city in my campaign world. Genkar sits on the western coast of Aradove. While certain parts of it have been hinted at in my campaign, and others have been described to me by my players, many of the elements of Genkar have never fully been fleshed out. I want a map. I want names of locations I can lay before my players and say "ok, here is Genkar". So, in short, I needed a way to flesh out this city, to build it and let it be natural. But where to begin? The first thing I thought to do was to look at the various cities in my (really 'our' because it belongs to myself and my pla...
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