That tool is the Medieval Fantasy City Generator by Watabou!
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| Because one creator usually can't do it all by themselves! |
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What Is It, And How Does It Work?
For those who've never used this particular tool before, it's pretty simple. You set the requirements for what you want included on your map in the menu, including your map's color scheme, whether there's a castle in the city, if there are water features, general size, and so on, and so forth. Once you've selected all your prerequisites, you simply click the map until it spits out something that speaks to you, as a creator. You can even manually change certain features, such as naming the city yourself (handy if you have a great city with an awful name), and making a handful of other small changes to customize a result.
Once you get a map you like, you simply export it as a PDF, and voila, you now have a perfectly functional map that you can put up in your Discord, pass around the table, or even include in an RPG guide of your own!
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What makes this tool particularly useful out there for folks who, like me, are working on a shoestring budget is that it's free. While you can support the project with donations (and should, if that's in your budget), you can just show up, and click until you find something that's going to work for you, and your needs.
So if you're someone who just doesn't have the time, energy, or even skill to draw out big, involved maps, consider giving this thing a whirl for yourself!
Projects I've Used This Resource For
Whether you're just looking for some examples of what a finished product looks like with these maps, or you just need some additional context, consider checking out some of the following supplements I've released over the past few years. All the maps in them were made using this generator, and they've helped shape my Sundara: Dawn of a New Age setting in a big way!
- Ironfire: The City of Steel (Pathfinder and DND 5E): Built around the Dragon Forge, Ironfire is where the secret to dragon steel was first cracked. The center of the mercenary trade in the region, as well as boasting some of the finest schools for teaching practical sciences, Ironfire is a place where discovery and danger walk hand in hand!
- Moüd: The City of Bones (Pathfinder and DND 5E): An ancient center of trade and magic, Moüd was lost to a cataclysm, and then buried in myth. Reclaimed by the necromantic arts of the Silver Wraiths guild, this city has once again become a place teeming with life. Despite the burgeoning population, though, it is the continued presence of the undead that helps keep the city running, ensuring that Moüd is not swallowed up once more.
- Silkgift: The City of Sails (Pathfinder and DND 5E): Built on the cottage industry of Archer cloth (an extremely durable material used for sails, windmills, etc.), Silkgift is a place that prizes invention and discovery. From gravity batteries that store the potential of the wind, to unique irrigation systems, to aether weapons, the city positively churns out discoveries... and then there's the canal they cut through the mountains that makes them a major center of trade across the region.
- Hoardreach: The City of Wyrms (Pathfinder and DND 5E): A center of power across an entire region, Hoardreach is ruled over by a Cooperation of five different dragons. A place for refugees and outcasts of all sorts, Hoardreach boasts some of the most unusual citizens and creations from across Sundara. Infamous for their sky ships, which require the cast-off scales and unique arcane sciences of the Dragon Works to take to the air, one never knows just what they'll find in this city built atop a mountain.
- Archbliss: The City of The Sorcerers (Pathfinder and DND 5E): A floating city in the sky, Archbliss has been a refuge for sorcerers for thousands of years. It's only in relatively recent years that the city has allowed those from the ground below who lack the power of a bloodline to join them in the clouds. However, while there are certainly amazing wonders to behold, there is a darkness in Archbliss. Something rotting away at its heart that could, if not healed, bring the city crashing to the ground once more.
In addition to the initial Cities of Sundara releases, maps from this generator have also been used in the popular supplements Towns of Sundara, which collected 10 smaller towns and villages for my Sundara setting, in addition to 10 Fantasy Villages, which was actually the first supplement I used this generator for, despite it showing up last on this list.
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