Re: Campaign Musings: Bral 200 years later

On 17/03/07, Adam Miller <night_druid3000@?????.com> wrote:
>
>
> Any reason to *need* a "reset" event to change rules?
> If you're not trying to maintain continuity to an
> older game, I'd just assume the rules always worked as
> they do now, and not worry about.  Otherwise, too many
> resets, and you'll have something looking like
> Marvel's jumbled multiverse...;)



Ahem. That's DC :-P



On 17/03/07, Adam Miller <night_druid3000@?????.com> wrote:

> Thus, "New" Bral could look like this:
>
> * Old Bral - the oldest part of the city.  Pretty much
> untouched from the original.
>
> * Celestian's Planar Port - where the portal is
> located, lots of warehouses, markets, fortifications,
> docks, barracks, etc.
>
> * The Slums - 1-3 asteroids covered by cheap
> rowhouses, inhabited by descenants of refugees from
> that Black Moths event.  Maybe planar refugees as
> well.
>
> * Black Rock - where forges, tanneries, & other
> "undesirable" industries are found.
>
> * Guild Quarter - better homes, where artisans &
> craftsmen dwell.
>
> * The Forest - "Central Park" of Bral, a whole
> asteroid of nothing but trees.  A big park, serves
> double-duty as atmosphere cleaner.
>
> * The Greenhouses - farming asteroids run by the
> "Green Alliance" (fertility/cultivation deities such
> as Demeter) that produce much of the food needed by
> the city.  Due to the cleric/druid efforts, the
> production here is way higher than it should be.
>
> * Ferries - 50-ton tradesmen, gutted so they can carry
> as many people as possible, make routine trips from
> one asteroid to the other, carrying up to 500 people
> at one time.  The "subway" or "busing" system of Bral.
>
> Anyways, just a couple of ideas. :)
>
> Adam
>

The new book Cityscape has info on building city's, it's quite a good read.
I'd see Bral as similar to the city Cliffside, which is built into the side
of a cliff, with bridges connecting the various places.