Fantasy town building full#

Tip 2 for Worldbuilding cities: remember to consider the climate! The choice of where your city grows will change the nature of your city in myriad ways, from climate to resources, to conflicts, culture, drama, and natural enemies! So think carefully about this when you start worldbuilding a city or town for your story or DnD campaign. Follow that link for even more information on this topic! By the way, I made an ENTIRE VIDEO essay about where cities should go on the map. Another hotspot for worldbuilding cities is next to significant resources or in strategic locations which need defending. The most common place for locating cities is either by the sea or along a river. So make sure you start by figuring out where your city is, roughly on the map!

After all, cities are a product of the geography they’re in. Tip 1 is to figure out WHERE is the town or city you’re worldbuilding first?ĭon’t make your cities and then just drop them on the map! That’s a one-way ticket to generic cities which feel blah. Rather watch a vid than read a blog? Check out the video first, then read up on the details in the blog post! And don’t miss the worldbuilding challenge at the end of this video and the blog post!

Fantasy town building full#

And remember, if you’re looking for a full worldbuilding template for cities, make sure you check out the settlement worldbuilding template on World Anvil, which is available for free! And you probably only need one or two sentences for each question. Just stick with the worldbuilding questions that inspire you. Of course, you don’t need to answer every prompt here to create a great city. So here’s a tonne of questions to help you flesh out your cities quickly! Cities are so important for all worldbuilding projects – RPG Campaigns, Fantasy Novels, and especially urban fantasy stories! And so you’ll want to worldbuild towns, cities, and settlements… and chances are you want to do it quickly! After all, you’ve got a DnD game to play or a novel to write.