New Posts For Thread: How do run a town or village with dozens of locations?http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29748123/How_do_run_a_town_or_village_with_dozens_of_locationsI'm going to be running a published adventure soon that features a village with about 30 locations on a map of the village. Each location has a detailed entry usually with NPCs.Can anyone advise me how to present these locations to the players? ShoulAfter about eight hours in any small town or village the party will pretty much know where everything is, so just give them the map. Especially for an Encounters season, gloss over any place it's not imperative they visit or any person they're not gohttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29748123/How_do_run_a_town_or_village_with_dozens_of_locations?post_id=528573145#528573145After about eight hours in any small town or village the party will pretty much know where everything is, so just give them the map. Especially for an Encounters season, gloss over any place it's not imperative they visit or any person they're not goMon, 28 Jan 2013 19:42:40 -0600I freaking hate posting stuff on this blasted IPad... It changes words and takes twice as long to do anything because of its. Sorry... After seeing stuff in my last post, had to rant.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29748123/How_do_run_a_town_or_village_with_dozens_of_locations?post_id=528572123#528572123I freaking hate posting stuff on this blasted IPad... It changes words and takes twice as long to do anything because of its. Sorry... After seeing stuff in my last post, had to rant.Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:39:11 -0600What should a DM do if someone misremembers a detail about the town? Stop things and correct them? Take what they say literally and embarass the PCs? Say "Yes, and..."?(Edit: I applaud Wizards for trying to put in more detail, but there are known prohttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29748123/How_do_run_a_town_or_village_with_dozens_of_locations?post_id=528572097#528572097What should a DM do if someone misremembers a detail about the town? Stop things and correct them? Take what they say literally and embarass the PCs? Say "Yes, and..."?(Edit: I applaud Wizards for trying to put in more detail, but there are known proMon, 28 Jan 2013 18:37:43 -0600It's actually the next Encounters adventure without giving too much away.I'm quite happy with the village and the locations, but I just want to present it in such a way as to not bewilder the players, but also not be too meta-gamey, and not make thehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29748123/How_do_run_a_town_or_village_with_dozens_of_locations?post_id=528572045#528572045It's actually the next Encounters adventure without giving too much away.I'm quite happy with the village and the locations, but I just want to present it in such a way as to not bewilder the players, but also not be too meta-gamey, and not make theMon, 28 Jan 2013 18:34:49 -0600Give a very high-level description, telling them only about 3 things that set this village apart from any other. Let them assume that anything you don't mention is entirely standard.If something interesting doesn't get explored, leave it.Don't botherhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29748123/How_do_run_a_town_or_village_with_dozens_of_locations?post_id=528568665#528568665Give a very high-level description, telling them only about 3 things that set this village apart from any other. Let them assume that anything you don't mention is entirely standard.If something interesting doesn't get explored, leave it.Don't botherMon, 28 Jan 2013 15:45:18 -0600