Happy Labor Day

Happy Labor Day everyone. Unfortunately, since I did not post on Friday, I am now posting today. Anyways, today's topic will revolve around idea of City creation. Currently on the d20 official boards, some members (including myself) are attempting to build a "city" for use in a zombie apocalypse scenario. After working on a defensive strong hold (and yes, in my campaign i might use both the city and The Tower), we turned to the city to try and keep the creative juices flowing.

What this has in turn caused me to think about is the dynamics of a city, how it works, who lives there, what they do, etc. With an influx of fantasy type creatures in my campaign, I have not focused enough on the more mundane life in the city I created. I didn't put much thought into things like ethnicities, or religions, or other defining characteristics of a city. I didn't focus on population levels or industry types. Unfortunately, I'm rather busy this week but before the zombies arise, I will definitely be interested in bulking up the story of my city. When I get the chance, I might even have the players do a few missions for ordinary people before all hell breaks loose.