Category:Settlements

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This is a listing of Material Plane settlements found within the World of Greyhawk campaign setting, including cities, villages, hamlets, thorps, towns, and similar settlements. Category:Fortifications is used for similar places which are primarily a fort, castle, outpost, keep, tower, or other stronghold which typically do not have other associated residences, buildings or businesses. In some rare instances, both may be used for separate articles, such as Blackwall Keep and Blackwall Keep (hamlet).

In the earliest editions, the sizes of settlements aren't categorized by mechanics and terms are used very loosely. In 2000 and later—third edition and later—villages, towns, and cities became much more delineated. The terms are specifically defined in the DMGs of each edition. "Town" is often an appellation added to a place's name and whether a settlement is a "village" or "town" depends on the speaker's point of view.[note 1]

Usage[edit]

In article text and infoboxes, the Great Library of Greyhawk wiki uses either the most specific term (typically third edition) or the current edition's term.

Settlement Size Definition by Population
Type 1e Population[1] 2e Population[2][note 2] 3e Population[3] 4e Population[4] 5e Population[5]
Thorp 20-80 Sparsely pop:
250-330
20-80 not listed
Hamlet 100-400 81-400
Village (or wyk) 600-900 Low pop: 500-1,000 401-900 up to 1,000
Small Town 1,500-6,500 Average pop:
1,600 -5,000
901-2,000 up to 10,000 up to 6,000
Large Town 2,001-5,000
Small City 10,000 to 60,000 High pop:
8,000+
5,001-12,000 up to 25,000
Large City 12,001-25,000
Metropolis not listed Very high pop:
30,000+
25,001+ not listed 25.001+

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. "Certain enhancements, such as adding "Town" after the name of a village or city (for example. Hardby Town), are not uncommon. Terms for communities (hamlet, village, town, city) are casually applied even in formal speech and writing. Safeton, Narwell, Hardby and Elmshire might be called villages by those who hold them in low esteem, or cities by those who think them important. They are in fact towns."—Player's Guide (1998), p.16
  2. These are calculated estimates. Individual populations are calculated from "total" populations given for groups of settlements in an area, and divided amongst settlements based on types of settlements listed for that area.

Citations[edit]

  1. The World of Greyhawk Fantasy World Setting (1980), p.4.
  2. Wold Builder's Guidebook (1996) , p.67.
  3. Dungeon Master's Guide (2000).
  4. Dungeon Master's Guide (2008).
  5. Dungeon Master's Guide (2014).

Bibliography[edit]

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