Subject: Roleplaying Tips Weekly Supplemental #7: City Places ***You have received this document because my autoresponder system processed a request with your email in the Reply To field. This is a plain text document with no attachments. If you have received this document in error, report abuse to johnn@roleplayingtips.com. Please note that I cannot help in the cases of spoofed, relayed, ghosted, or forged emails.*** Thank you for requesting: Roleplaying Tips Weekly Supplemental #7 "Buildings, Establishments, and Places You Can Find In Villages, Towns, and Cities" Please find below a hoard of urban building, place, and people ideas to help flesh out your campaign based on ideas that you submitted to me in response to the Tips Request from issue #81. [ http://www.roleplayingtips.com/issue81.html ] Thanks to Mark V. and Scot N. for getting this ball rolling. Thanks also to Matthew J. Finch http://mythmere.tripod.com/index.html If you have any additions or bug reports, send 'em on in to me. Thanks! Enjoy. Regards, Johnn Four johnn@roleplayingtips.com http://www.roleplayingtips.com TABLE OF CONTENTS ================= Ceremonial, Commemorative, and Sacred Civic Important People Citizens Construction Death Education, Information, and Culture Entertainment and Recreation Fashion Finance Food, Drink, Intoxicants Government, Infrastructure, and Military Luxury Goods Medical Open Space Residences & Lodging Businesses, Retail, Crafts, Misc Craftsmen Weapons & Armour Guilds Services Mercantile Vendors And Peddlers In A Market Sex Storage, Trade and Transportation Public Events* Interesting Encounters* * New category, looking for more entries @@@@@@ Ceremonial, Commemorative, and Sacred * Abbey * Altar * Arch * Catacomb * Cemetery * Church * Coliseum * Crypt * Exorcist * Exposure tower * Fountain * Missionary society * Monastery * Nunnery * Oracle * Parade grounds * Park * Public square * Religious School * Ruins * Shrine * Statue (spire, stele) * Temple * Theatre Civic * Archives * Asylum * Barracks * Baths * Bridges * Bureaucrat * Cavalry stable * Censor * Civil court * Clinic * Criminal court * Customs * Executioner * Fountain * Garbage Pit * Guard headquarters * Hospital * Jail * Library * Mayor's home * Meeting hall * Mint * Monolith * Monument * Palace * Park * Prison * Punishment square * School * Sewer * Sheriff * Signal towers (drum, smoke, heliographs, mirrors) * Sink Hole * Street Lamps * Tax collector * Toll collector * Town hall * Treasury * University * Watch tower * Well Important People * Advisor to the throne * Ambassador * Beggar * Captain of the guard * Captain of the watch * Cardinal or high church member * Commander of a mercenary company * Councilor * Famous bard * General of the army * Governor * Guildmaster * High Priest * Inquisitor * Leader or Hansgraff of a caravan * Mayor * Mayor/Local Leader * Orphan * Reeve * Sheriff * Ship captain * Witch * Wizard Citizens * Bakers * Barbers * Bathers * Beer Sellers * Blacksmiths * Bleachers * Buckle Makers * Carpenters * Chandlers * Chicken Butchers * Chimney Sweep * Coopers * Copyists * Cutlers * Cutpurse * Dandy * Doctors * Fish Merchants * Fletchers * Furriers * Glove Makers * Harness Makers * Hatmakers * Hatter * Hay Merchants * Innkeepers * Jester * Jewelers * Juggling Troup * Laundresses * Locksmiths * Maidservants * Manservants * Masons * Meat Butchers * Mercenary * Mercers * Oil Merchants * Old-Clothes Dealers * Painters * Pastrycooks * Plasterers * Porters * Purse Makers * Rat/Pest Catcher/Poisoner * Restauranteurs * Roofers * Ropemakers * Rugmakers * Saddlers * Scabbard Makers * Scribe * Sculptors * Shoemakers * Spice Merchants * Squire * Tailors * Tanners * Town Crier * Water Bearer * Water Carriers * Weavers * Wine Sellers * Wood Sellers * Woodcarvers Construction * Architect * Bricklayer * Carpenters workshop * Foundry * Furnishings store * Glassblower * Iron casting * Laborer's hall * Lumberyard * Property management * Real estate broker * Rentals * Smelter * Stone mason * Tile maker * Brickmaking yard, * Building under construction * Thatcher Death * Armorer * Assassin * Catacomb * Cemetery * Crypt * Duel Challenger * Embalmer * Exposure Tower * Exterminator * Fletcher * Morgue * Sword For Hire * Swordsmith * Taxidermist * Tombstone Cutters Education, Information, and Culture * Actors' guild * Alchemist * Aquarium * Arboretum * Artist's studio * Astrologer * Bookseller * Boxing & wrestling academy * Calligrapher * Cartographer * Censor * Dancing academy * Fencing academy * Finishing school * Fortuneteller * Genealogist * Historical society * Kindergarten * Law offices * Library * Magic academy * Mesmerist * Museum * Natural curiosity collector * Newspaper * Numerologist * Observatory * Oracle * Paper maker * Philosophical academy * Portrait artist * Private investigator * Sage * School (primary, secondary, boarding, private, racial) * Scribe * Secret societies * Theater * Training school * Tutor * University Entertainment and Recreation * Ampitheater * Aquarium * Arena * Athletic Club * Banquet Hall * Beach * Brothel * Carnival * Casino * Circus * Coliseum * Fairground * Gymnasium * Inn * Museum * Music Hall * Park * Pool * Private Club * Race Track * Sport Fields * Stadium * Theatre * Tournament Field * Zoo Fashion * Barber * Costume shop * Fabric merchant * Florist * Fur merchant * Gentlemen's clothes * Hat shop * Ladies clothes * Leather worker * Outfitters * Rag shop * Shoe maker * Tailor * Tattoo and dye artist * Textiles manufacturing * Wig shop Finance * "Armed" carriage (money transport) * Auction house * Bank * Casino * Coin collector * Collection agency * Criminal organization * Fence * Insurance issuer * Law offices * Merchant bank * Merchant's office * Money changer * Money lender * Pawn shop * Property management * Real estate broker * Stock market * Tax collector Food, Drink, Intoxicants * Ale * Animal pens * Baker * Bakery * Banquet hall * Beer * Brewer * Brewery * Butcher * Cafe * Cafeteria * Cheese * Dairy * Dairy goods * Farm * Farmers market * Fine food & drink * Fish * Fishmonger * Foodstuffs * Fresh food * Garden (surface & rooftop) * General food & drink * Grainery (grain silo) * Greenhouse * Greengrocer * Grist mill * Grog shop * Ice shop * Inn * Liquor * Luxury food store * Mead shop * Meats/Butchery * Mill * Mushroom (& root vegetables) seller * Nursery * Opium den * Orchard * Restaurant * Slaughterhouse * Smoke house * Spice merchant * Sweet shop * Tavern * Tobacconist * Wine merchant Government, Infrastructure, and Military * Administrative office * Armory * Barracks * Castle * Court * Embassy * Fire station * Fletcher * Gate * Guard tower * Herald/ messengers * Library * Naval yard * Orphanage * parade grounds * Police station (constables, thief takers) * Poorhouse * Prison * Refuse collector * Road * School * Tax collector * Towers * Town walls * Workhouse Luxury Goods * Antique emporium * Auction house * Bone and shell scrimner * Clock smith * Coin collector * Coppersmith * Florist * Gemcutter * Goldsmith * Jewelers * Luxury food store * Objects d'art * Whitesmith (platinum and silver) Medical * Abortionist * Apothecary * Barber * Folk remedies * Hospital * Midwife * Opium den * Physician * Surgeon Open Space * Beach * Cemetery * Ceremonial square * Farm * Fields * Garden * Orchard * Parade grounds * Park * Public square * Vacant lot Residences & Lodging * Apartment * Barracks * Beggar's alley * Boarding House * Castle * Citadel * Club * Embassy * Estate * Flop house * Garden * Great house with grounds * Home * Homeless encampment * Hostel * House * Hovel * Hut * Icehouse * Inn * Lighthouse * Lodging house * Mansion * Monastery * Nunnery * Orphanage * Palace * Poorhouse * Prison * Private club * Property management * Rental house * Shelter * Slum * Tavern * Townhouse * workhouse Businesses, Retail, Crafts, Misc * Animal Feed * Antiques * Apothecary * Apothecary * Arborist * Armorer * Artworks * Bait & Tackle * Baker * Barber * Blacksmith * Books * Bowyer/Fletcher * Brass Founder * Brewer * Bricklayer * Brickmaker * Brooms * Brothel * Butcher * Candlemaker * Candles * Carnal House * Carpenter * Cartwright * Ceramics * Chandler * Charcoal * Cheese Maker * Cloth * Clothier * Coins * Cooper * Cosmetics * Costumes * Curiosity Shop * Dice * Dyer * Farrier * Firewood * Flowers * Fuel Store: (Coal, Peat, Kindling, Oil) * Fuller * Furniture * Furrier * Furs * Games * Gem Cutter * Gifts * Glass * Glassblower * Glue Factory * Goldsmith * Greenhouse * Grocer * Groom * Guild Hall * Haberdasher * Hardware/Tools * Harness Maker * Herbalist * Herbs * Imported Goods * Ink * Inn * Jeweler * Jewellery * Laundry * Law Offices * Leather Goods * Leatherer * Lens Grinder * Linen * Livestock * Locksmith * Magic Items/Charms * Maps * Mason * Mechanist * Miller * Miniatures/Figurines * Mirrors * Money Changer * Musical Instruments * Nets * Notary * Novelties * Nursery * Oil Merchant * Painter/Limner * Paper * Paper/Parchment Maker * Pawn Broker * Perfumes * Pets/Familiars * Pipes/Tobacco * Potions * Potter * Poulterer * Rare Woods * Religious Items * Rendering Plant * Rope * Rope Maker * Rugs And Tapestries * Rugs/Tapestries * Saddler * Saddles * Scribe * Scrivener * Servant Referral (Nannies, Cooks, Gardeners, Butlers Etc) * Ships Supplies * Shoemaker * Sign Painter * Silversmith * Slave Auction Blocks * Slave Catcher * Slaves * Soap Seller * Spell Emporium * Spices * Stable * Stonecutter * Sundials * Sweets/Candy * Tailor * Tanner * Tannery * Tavern * Temple * Tiler * Tinsmith * Toy Store * Toys * Trinkets/Curios * Warehouse * Weaponsmith * Weaver * Wheelwright * Whips * Wigs * Wine Merchant/Vintner * Wool Craftsmen * Alchemist * Apothecary * Architect * Armourer (all types) * Armourer (leathers & hides) * Artificer/Mechanician * Artist * Astrologer * Baker * Barber * Basketmaker * Beader * Bellfounder * Blacksmith * Bladesmith (knife & dagger blades) * Bonecarver * Bookbinder * Bookseller * Bottlemaker * Bowyer (composite bows) * Bowyer (normal bows) * Boxmaker * Brazier (brass worker) * Brewer * Bricker * Builder * Butcher * Cabinetmaker * Cardmaker (playing cards) * Carpenter * Cartmaker * Cartwright * Carver * Chandler * Chandler (wax & tallow candles) * Chapemaker (buckles & scabbard fittings) * Cheesemonger * Clothier * Coachmaker * Cobbler * Cobbler/Shoemaker * Cofferer * Coffinmaker * Cook * Cooper * Coppersmith * Cordwainer (shoes & boots) * Coursours (horse dealer) * Crossbowyer * Currier (leatherworker) * Cutler * Dairy * Distiller * Draper * Dyer * Embroiderer * Engineer * Exterminator * Farrier * Felmonger (un-tanned skins) * Feltmaker * Fine metal worker * Fishmonger * Fletcher (arrows & darts) * Founder (casts iron) * Fruiterer * Fuller * Furbisher (cleaner & polisher) * Furniture carver * Furrier * Fuster (woodworker) * Garbler (spice sifter) * Gemcutter * Girdler (belts) * Glasier * Glassblower * Glover * Goldsmith * Greengrocer * Grocer * Guide/Messenger * Haberdasher/Hatter * Harnessmaker * Hatter * Hawker * Heaumer (helms) * Herbalist * Hosier * Illuminator (manuscripts) * Inker * Instrumentmaker (musical) * Instrumentmaker (scientific) * Ironmonger * Jeweler * Joiner * Lantern-maker * Latener (late = brass like material) * Lauderer * Leatherworker * Limner (insignia & portraits) * Limner/Painter * Locksmith * Loriner (metal saddle fittings) * Macer (maces, flails, morningstars) * Marbler * Mason * Material shop * Mercer (silks, lace etc) * Metal worker * Miller * Moneylender/Banker * Moneylender * Nailer (nails) * Needler * Netmaker * Oilpresser * Pack & Pouch maker * Painter * Parchmenter * Pasteler * Pavior * Pawnshop * Pepperer * Pewterer * Pickler * Pinner (pins) * Plasterer * Plumber * Pole Armourer * Porcilinist * Potter * Poulterer * Quarreller * Quivermaker * Roofer * Ropemaker * Sacker * Saddler * Sage * Sailmaker * Salter * Sawyer * Scabbardmaker * Scrivener * Sculptor * Seal maker * Ship's Chandler * Shipwright * Shopper Services (10% fee will collect goods) * Silversmith * Skinner * Spurrier * Stables * Stainer * Stringer * Stuffer (furniture stuffer) * Swordsmith * Tablemaker * Tailor * Tanner * Tapicer (tapestry) * Taxidermist * Thatcher * Tiler (roofing) * Tinderboxman * Tinker * Tinner * Traveler's Supplies * Turner * Upholder (household knick-knacks) * Upholsterer * Vintner * Wainwright * Weaponsmith (axes, javelins, picks, spears & slings) * Weaver * Weaver (linen) * Weaver (wool) * Wheelwright * Whitesmith * Wine Shop * Wineskinner * Wiredrawer * Wiremonger * Woodcarver * Wooler (woolen clothing) Weapons & Armour * Armour * Armour repair * Bowyer * Fine weapons * Fletcher * Shields * Weapons Guilds * Alchemists * Apothecaries * Armourers & Weaponsmakers * Artificers * Artists * Assassins * Astrologers * Barristers * Blacksmiths * Caravaners * Carpenters * Courtesans * Entertainers * Fighters * Fishermen * Jewelers * Merchants * Mercenaries * Messengers/Heralds * Metalworkers * Moneylenders/changers * Physicians * Rangers * Sailors * Shipwrights * Slavers * Smugglers * Steersmen & navigators * Stonemasons * Tailors * Thieves * Wainwrights * Wizards Services * Animal trainer * Arbiter * Astrologer * Astronomer * Cartographer * Concubines * Copier * Dentist * Fence * Forester * Fortune teller * Guide * Hawkmaster * Healer * Hunter * Hypnotist * Lawyer * Marshall * Massage * Messenger * Miner * Mountaineer * Mystic * Navigator * Nursemaid * Nursery * Realtor * Recruiter * Sage * Scribe * Spelunker * Surgeon * Surveyor * Tattooer * Teacher * Teamster * Translator * Trapper * Undertaker Mercantile * Auction block * Bazaar * Livestock market * Market (General) * Slave market Vendors And Peddlers In A Market * Baker - Bread (with honey, with butter) (pumpernickel, rye, wheat, white, sourdough, poppyseed, sesame seed, herb) (round loaf, twisted loaf, long thin loaf, flat bread) - Buns (cinnamon, sugar, cream-filled) - Doughnuts (describe as fried dough with sugar) - Fruitcake - Rolls - Pastries (meat-filled, nut-filled) - Tarts (i.e. with jam or preserves) * Baskets * Beer * Cheese * Eggs * Fruit * Honey * Leather Repair * Milk * Pottery * Salted Meats * Street Artist * Street Musician * Vegetables * Wine * Animal Feed - Acorns (pigs eat them), Hay, Oats, Vetch (beans) * Barber * Beer (usually home brewed and sold by a peasant) * Beggar - Lame, Blind, Leper, Mental Illness, No legs * Berries - Blackberries, Blueberries, Elderberries, Rasberries, Strawberries * Boots for sale * Candles * Chickens (live) for Sale * Dairy Products - Butter, Cheese, Cream, Milk (goats milk, sheep's milk, cow's milk), Whey and curds, * Eels (live) for sale * Farmer's Stall - Apples, Barley, Beans, Beet Sugar, Beets, Corn, Cucumbers, Flax (to make thread), Flour, Honey and honeycomb, Melons, Millet, Onions, Pears, Potatoes, Pumpkins, Turnips, Wheat (unmilled), Figs, Dates * Firewood * Fleece * Fortune Teller - Astrology, Bones, Cards, Palm Reader, Phrenologist, Sticks, Tea Leaves, Numerology, Chicken Guts * Geese (live) for Sale * Herbs - Parsley, thyme, rosemary, mustard seed, sage, bay leaves, wild onions, garlic * Leather (tanned hides and wool fleeces) * Leather Goods (often painted or dyed) - Belts, Headband, Pouches, Sandals, Sheath for knife * Mercenary Recruiter * Metalwork (bronze, copper and tin, because these are hammered without a forge) - Beads, Bracelets, Brooch, Buckles, Cups, Needles, Pins, Wire * Peasant selling Ox, pig or cow * Peasant selling live frogs (to eat) * Pet Seller - Birds, Cats, Dogs, Monkeys * Pottery Goods - Bowls, Jugs, Lamps * Prepared Food - Baked Goods, Marzipan, Meat pies, Nuts (Chestnuts, Walnuts, Almonds), Pickles, Cauliflower, Cucumbers, Fish (herring and sardines, usually), Nuts (nuts are pickled in the shell), Onions, Pigs' feet, Shellfish, Turnips, Roasted Apples, Roast Chicken, Roasted Eggs, Roasted Nuts, Roasted Pigeons, Sausages, Skewered meat (beef, lamb, pork, venison), Suet puddings, Venison Sausage * Preserves - Strawberry, Elderberry, Blackberry, Blueberry * Printed Goods - Cards, Music, Pictures (people, buildings, far-away cities, strange animals), Pornographic, Scriptures * Random Merchandise - Any durable good from elsewhere in this list, Beeswax, Chain Leather scraps, Pumice, Rope, Thread (made from flax) * Tea Merchant - Rose Hip Tea, Chamomile Tea, Black Tea, Green Tea * Toys - Dolls, Wooden Flutes, Wooden Hoop, Wooden spinning top, Wooden Swords * Wine (home-fermented) - Blackberry, Elderberry, Gooseberry, Grape * Wood Items - Bowls, Boxes, Camp stool, Candlesticks, Chess set or other game, Cups, Dice, Idols or religious statuettes, Masks, Plates, Quarterstaffs, Spoons Sex * Brothel * Escort service * Flop house * Marriage broker * Massage parlor Storage, Trade and Transportation * Animal handlers * Auction house * Bazaar * Boatwright * Cartographer * Conveyance for hire (cart, litter, wagon, etc) * Custom house * Delivery service * Docks * Drydock * Grainery * Hauling (cartage) * Herald/ messengers * Ice shop * Kennel * Lumberyard * Market (bazaar) * Merchant's office * Mews * Naval yard * Outfitters (Caravanserai) * Rentals * Sailwright * Shed * Ship owner's * Silo * Stables * Wainwright * Warehouses Public Events * Archery Competition * Brawl * Building demolition * Carnival * Cordoning off crime scene * Curfew * Dances (maypole dance, ring dance, sword dance) * Eviction * Fiddling Contest * Fire * Fire Eater * Funeral Prosession * Grand opening of a new business * Intimidation by nobles or gang * Juggler * Magic Show * Military Service * Performances * Public Execution * Puppet Show * Quarterstaff Competition * Riot * Rounding up suspects * Stockading * Storytelling Competition * Wrestling Competition Encounters * Animal breaks loose * Broken-down Wagon and Team * Entertainer * Guards * Local Noble * Mercenary Recruiter * NPC party * Pickpocket * Preacher * Ruffians * Tax Collector @@@@@@ I hope this document has given you a few ideas for your own campaign. If you have any urban people or place ideas, please send them to: johnn@roleplayingtips.com End of Supplemental #7 @@@@@@