How To Build Better Settlements in D&D

Episode 79 of DoubleDM discusses the topic of creating Settlements and Cities for your D&D and TTRPG Homebrew Worlds. This Episode focuses on the worldbuilding and developing aspects of Settlement creation. We have lots of advice geared towards creating believable, fantastical, engaging, and interesting settlements for your players to explore and fall in love with.We talk at length about different aspects that shape the way a city will look, feel and work such as Geography, Economy, and Politics so you can ask yourself a few simple questions and make a few bullet points to make sure you get the creation process right. At the same time, we talk a lot about how to make a city interesting and engaging for your players to find secrets, mysteries, and adventure wherever they look.For more information check these timestamps:12:00: What is a Settlement?14:30: What are Settlements good for?17:00: Why do we have Settlements in D&D?25:00: Step 1: Geography of a Settlement31:00: Step 2: Economy of a Settlement33:00: Step 3: Politics of a Settlement38:00: Intermission: Focus on one Step and do the others Baseline40:00: Step 4: Demographics of a Settlement44:00: Step 5: Cultural and Religious Sections of a Settlement45:30: Step 6: History of a Settlement48:00: Step 7: Planning of a Settlement54:00: Add Incentives To Explore and EngageYou can find the Show on Social Media and the Web to stay up to date with the latest content, schedules, and more:Website, Twitter, Instagram, Ko-Fi Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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DoubleDM is a show by two passionate game masters, Nils and Emil, where we take you on a fun, insightful, and inspiring journey into the world of Tabletop Roleplaying every single week!We dive deep into key aspects of running TTRPGs like Dungeons and Dragons, Masks: A New Generation, or Cyberpunk Red, from crafting great and compelling stories and plots to developing new and exciting homebrew content for your games. Every Episode comes packed with actionable Game Mastering Advice ready for you to implement directly, Ideas and Inspiration for you to use, develop, and expand upon, and a massive amount of Insight from two Game Masters that have run games for nearly 25 years combined!And then we also invite and host guests on our shows that can give you a peek behind the curtain of their projects and products and share their insightful wisdom with us and you!So come on, sit down, Play Games, have fun, and don't forget to talk about it! Join us now on the Journey that is DoubleDM!Do you have a topic you want us to cover? Hit us up on social media (@doubledmpod nearly everywhere) or email us at doubledm@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.