The idea is we build a town based on input from people in our community. People submit ideas for individual establishments that would be found in this town. Each shop would need the basics: what is the establishment? Who runs it? (complete with
OSRIC/1e NPC stats) What service does it offer? And, maybe most importantly, give a plot hook that centers around this establishment and/or its proprietor; something that could be used to begin a greater adventure, or serve up a little action between larger quests. Something like this can be used by DMs as a drop-in town for their own world.
The end result will be published somewhere as a free PDF, or maybe even a Lulu.com printed piece (sold at cost).
Some example establishments are:
- Inn
- Tavern
- Magic shop
- Temple (not a ‘shop’ but offers services, etc)
- Guild - Traditional guilds: thieves, assassins, mages, etc
- Trades guilds: armorers, fletchers & bowyers, builders, masons, tailors, shipwrights, etc.
- Brothel
- etc.
For inspiration, I looked through the 1ed Forgotten Realms material, specifically, FR1,
Waterdeep and the North
I'll edit this post as we come up with more concrete ideas about this project.