Waterdeep and some thoughts on the Organization of a City-based product

So my players got a bit tired of killing Giants, they hit a point in Storm King's Thunder where they wondered why it was their business? Attaining wealth and glory is not enough to get into the middle of a Giants vs Dragons war. We all enjoyed the factional politics of Neverwinter while it lasted so I wanted to get back to urban adventures but I didn't want to go back to Neverwinter again, not yet at least. I decided on Waterdeep. Unlike Neverwinter there is a ton of stuff about Waterdeep and I'd collected a lot of it over the years. Most of it pretty meh. But for this post I'm thinking about urban campaigns, organization, and Maps. Mostly maps. I love maps.

5E has Waterdeep Dragonheist. First I have to say I love Dyson Logos maps but they feel a bit out of place here. The map of the city is pretty muddy looking and lame. You can zoom in pretty far but not really far enough. If they'd done a map of each ward it would have scaled better for a VTT, why Roll20  didn't do that is a surprise, I guess they just stuck with the book as written. Sad. 

City of Splenders Ward Map

Even better than making a map for each ward are the maps in Citysystem for 2E. That book has some beautiful 3d maps of the port broken down into 8 beautiful detailed maps (the picture below shows all 8 combined). Each would size about right for a VTT map), but if you look closely you'll see that over half the city isn't there at all. Big miss Citysystem. Still the map looks great and if WotC had style they would have re-done them by Ward in their 5E product.

Citysystem Poetic Map of Dockward

Additionally, the Citysystem book diced the entire city into 10 fairly detailed street maps (peaces of a poster I don't have because I got the book used). These don't follow the wards all that well (the colors on the map below indicate different wards) but are a good size for a VTT. These maps also include some nice interior maps. Below is map 007 Showing bits of Dock Ward (yellow), Castle Ward (purple) and Southern Ward (Red).

Citysystem map of 1-10th of Waterdeep with interior maps to boot

Below is a closeup to show the street level details. Thats a map you can use. But they didn't. They didn't even make the big map into the Phandelin style they use so often in 5E. They just half-assed it all. 

Closeup of that citysystem map

I have a few products they gave out for Adventurer's League when they were playtesting Waterdeep Dragonheist (don't ask how I got them because I don't recall) but two of these modules have a really nice street level map (the same map in both). They are in the poetic style I love but even if they were in the Phandelin style maps of that size would be great. Here is a screenshot of that one.

Neighborhood Map from Somewhere in Waterdeep

Ignore the writing on the map, that has to do with the adventure and I'm only willing to spend so much effort cleaning up a screenshot. The other adventures had different writing. The writing isn't the point. Another fun fact about that map is Chapel Street and The Rake don't seem to exist in Waterdeep. Not as far as I can tell (or ChatGPT can tell for that matter). 

That map is the perfect size for a GM and players. A small chunk of the city, the size of neighborhood where if you lived there, worked there, frequented a pub there, or whatever you would get to know that neighborhood and the people in it pretty well. Small enough that the local Thieves Guild might have a Capo running the area (with protection money, gambling, etc). The size is perfect. The map area reminds me of the beautiful maps in Eyewitness travel books, which I'm sure they tested for usability as well as if the info fit on the two-age spread.

So anyway I imagine how nice it would be to have a Waterdeep product that had all the overhead info you find in these products, with a map of each ward drawn like the Citysystem Dockward map. Then have each ward cut-up into neighborhood size maps with a bunch of interior maps to give the thing depth. If it comes out being to long you could divide the city in two, or chop it up by Wards. 

I think if I ever do a City product that's probably how I'll do it.

Also I'd like to mention that Waterdeep seems a bit overly dangerous place in all the books I have. I mean you have very powerful mages and adventures living there but they just tolerate a Beholder crime lord living beneath the city? They have an inn with a great portal that occasionally has monsters climbing out among the drunks? Whimsical to the point of just plain silly.

Encounters: Town, City, Big City

Encounters are handled slightly differently in a Town, City, or Big City then they are in a Village or Thorpe. We still roll for crowd size but we roll on the street level.

Each time characters enter a new street or Square/Plaza, or wait too long the GM should roll for crowd size and Encounters again.

Admin Ward
Table 1: Admin Ward crowd size

Time	Square/Plaza	Main	Side street
Day	1d10	1d6	1d4
Night	1d4	--	--

Table 2: Admin Ward Encounters

Day	Night/Alley	Encounter
01-05	--	Crier (news/edict/etc)
06-10	01-05	Foreigner/Barbarian
11-15	05-20	Guard (see urban soldier table)
16-20	--	Laborer/etc. (see urban peasant/townsman table)
21-25	--	Merchant (see merchant/crafter table)
26-30	--	Noble/Personage (see urban noble table)
31-40	--	Official (see urban noble table)
41-50	--	Priest/Priestess (see Cleric/Priest Table)
--	21-30	Ratter (see urban peasant/townsman table)
51-60	--	Servant/Cook/etc (see urban peasant/townsman table)
61-65	31-35	Soldiers (see Urban Soldier table)
66-70	--	Scribe/Scholar (see urban peasant/townsman table)
--	36-40	Street Cleaner (see urban peasant/townsman table)
71-95	41-50	Special Encounter
96-00	51-00	Nothing Special

Castle Ward
 Table 3: Castle Ward crowd size

Time	Main	Side street
Day	1d6	1d3
Night	--	--

Table 4: Castle Ward Encounters

Day	Night/Alley	Encounter
01-05	01-05	Animals (chickens/goats)
06-10	06-10	Animals (dogs/rats)
--	11-20	Corpse (roll again to see who)
11-12	--	Craftsman (see urban peasant/townsman table)
13-15	--	Crier (news/edict/etc)
--	21-30	Drunk/Drunks (roll again to see who)
16	31-35	Foreigner/Barbarian
17-20	36-40	Guard (see urban soldier table)
21-22	--	Laborer/etc. (see urban peasant/townsman table)
23-24	--	Merchant (see merchant/crafter table)
25-40	41-50	Noble/Personage (see urban noble table)
41-50	51	Official (see urban noble table)
51-52	52	Priest/Priestess (see Cleric/Priest Table)
--	53-57	Ratter (see urban peasant/townsman table)
53-55	--	Servant/Cook/etc (see urban peasant/townsman table)
56-60	58-60	Soldiers (see Urban Soldier table)
61-62	--	Scribe/Scholar (see urban peasant/townsman table)
63-64	--	Teamster (see urban peasant/townsman table)
65	--	Wizard (see Urban Esoteric table)
66-71	61-70	Special Encounter
72-00	71-00	Nothing Special

City/Town Walls
Table 5: City/Town Walls crowd size

Time	Main
Day	1d6
Night	--

Table 6: City/Town Walls Encounters

Day	Night/Alley	Encounter
01-50	01-30	Corpse (roll again to see who)
51-55	31	Noble/Personage (see urban noble table)
56-57	--	Official (see urban noble table)
--	32	Ratter (see urban peasant/townsman table)
58-60	--	Servant/Cook/etc (see urban peasant/townsman table)
61-70	33-40	Soldiers (see Urban Soldier table)
--	41	Street Cleaner (see urban peasant/townsman table)
71-80	42-50	Special Encounter
81-00	51-00	Nothing Special

Crafters Ward
Table 7: Crafters Ward crowd size

Time	Main	Side street
Day	1d6	1d4
Night	1d2	--

Table 8: Crafters Ward Encounters

Day	Night/Alley	Encounter
01-05	01-02	Animals (chickens/goats)
06-10	03-10	Animals (dogs/rats)
11-12	11-15	Beggar/Cripple/etc (see urban undesirables table)
13-20	16	Craftsman (see urban peasant/townsman table)
--	17-18	Drunk/Drunks (roll again to see who)
21-25	19-25	Guard (see urban soldier table)
26-27	--	Laborer/etc. (see urban peasant/townsman table)
28-29	26	Merchant (see merchant/crafter table)
30-31	--	Noble/Personage (see urban noble table)
32-33	--	Official (see urban noble table)
34	--	Peddler (see merchant/crafter table)
35-37	--	Priest/Priestess (see Cleric/Priest Table)
--	27-29	Ratter (see urban peasant/townsman table)
38-39	--	Servant/Cook/etc (see urban peasant/townsman table)
40	30	Soldiers (see Urban Soldier table)
41-42	31	Scribe/Scholar (see urban peasant/townsman table)
--	32-34	Street Cleaner (see urban peasant/townsman table)
43-44	--	Teamster (see urban peasant/townsman table)
45-50	35	Urchins/Children (see urban peasant/townsman table)
51	--	Wizard (see Urban Esoteric table)
52-60	36-40	Special Encounter
61-00	41-00	Nothing Special

Dockyards
Table 9: Dockyards crowd size

Time	Wharface/Plaza	Main	Side street
Day	1d20	1d12	1d6
Night	1d6	1d6	--

Table 10: Dockyard Encounters

Day	Night/Alley	Encounter
01-05	01-03	Animals (dogs/rats)
06-10	04-05	Beggar/Cripple/etc (see urban undesirables table)
--	06-08	Corpse (roll again to see who)
11-12	09-18	Criminal (see urban undesirables table)
--	19-25	Drunk/Drunks (roll again to see who)
13-20	26-30	Fisherman/monger (see urban peasant/townsman table)
21-30	31-35	Foreigner/Barbarian
31-35	36-37	Guard (see urban soldier table)
36-55	38-41	Merchant (see merchant/crafter table)
56-60	--	Noble/Personage (see urban noble table)
61-62	--	Servant/Cook/etc (see urban peasant/townsman table)
63-64	--	Soldiers (see Urban Soldier table)
65-75	42-43	Teamster (see urban peasant/townsman table)
76-80	44-45	Urchins/Children (see urban peasant/townsman table)
81-95	46-55	Special Encounter
96-00	56-00	Nothing Special

Foreign/Ethnic Ward
Table 11: Foreign/Ethinic crowd size

Time	Main	Side street
Day	1d10	1d4
Night	1d4	--

Table 12: Foreign/Ethnic Ward Encounters

Day	Night/Alley	Encounter
01-05	01-05	Animals (chickens/goats)
06-10	06-10	Animals (dogs/rats)
11-12	11-12	Beggar/Cripple/etc (see urban undesirables table)
--	13	Corpse (roll again to see who)
--	14	Criminal (see urban undesirables table)
13-20	15-25	Foreigner/Barbarian
21-25	26	Guard (see urban soldier table)
26-30	27-30	Laborer/etc. (see urban peasant/townsman table)
31-40	31-32	Merchant (see merchant/crafter table)
41-42	--	Noble/Personage (see urban noble table)
43-44	--	Peddler (see merchant/crafter table)
45-50	--	Priest/Priestess (see Cleric/Priest Table)
--	33-38	Ratter (see urban peasant/townsman table)
51-55	--	Soldiers (see Urban Soldier table)
56-58	--	Scribe/Scholar (see urban peasant/townsman table)
--	39-41	Street Cleaner (see urban peasant/townsman table)
59-62	--	Teamster (see urban peasant/townsman table)
63-65	41-45	Urchins/Children (see urban peasant/townsman table)
66-69	--	Wizard (see Urban Esoteric table)
70-80	46-50	Special Encounter
81-00	51-00	Nothing Special

Merchant Ward
Table 13: Merchant Ward crowd size

Time	Square/Plaza	Main	Side street
Day	1d20	1d12	1d4
Night	1d4	--	--

Table 14: Merchant Ward Encounters

Day	Night/Alley	Encounter
01-02	01-05	Animals (chickens/goats)
03-04	06-10	Animals (dogs/rats)
05	--	Craftsman (see urban peasant/townsman table)
06-08	--	Crier (news/edict/etc)
09	11	Drunk/Drunks (roll again to see who)
10	12	Foreigner/Barbarian
11-15	13-20	Guard (see urban soldier table)
16-20	--	Laborer/etc. (see urban peasant/townsman table)
21-40	--	Merchant (see merchant/crafter table)
41-45	--	Noble/Personage (see urban noble table)
46-50	--	Official (see urban noble table)
51-55	--	Priest/Priestess (see Cleric/Priest Table)
--	21-25	Ratter (see urban peasant/townsman table)
56-60	--	Servant/Cook/etc (see urban peasant/townsman table)
61-65	26-27	Soldiers (see Urban Soldier table)
66-70	--	Scribe/Scholar (see urban peasant/townsman table)
--	28-30	Street Cleaner (see urban peasant/townsman table)
71-75	--	Teamster (see urban peasant/townsman table)
76	--	Wizard (see Urban Esoteric table)
77-90	31-41	Special Encounter
91-00	41-00	Nothing Special

Outside the walls
Table 15: Outside the Walls crowd size

Time	Near Gate	Main	Side street
Day	1d6	1d4	1d3
Night	1d3	--	--

Table 16: Outside the Wall Encounters

Day	Night/Alley	Encounter
01-05	01-10	Criminal (see urban undesirables table)
06-10	11-20	Drunk/Drunks (roll again to see who)
11-12	21-25	Criminal (see urban undesirables table)
--	26-27	Craftsman (see urban peasant/townsman table)
13-14	--	Farmer/etc (see urban peasant/townsman table)
15	28	Fisherman/monger (see urban peasant/townsman table)
--	29	Foreigner/Barbarian
16-20	--	Guard (see urban soldier table)
21-30	--	Laborer/etc. (see urban peasant/townsman table)
31-35	--	Merchant (see merchant/crafter table)
36	30-35	Guard (see urban soldier table)
37-38	--	Hunter/Trapper/etc (see urban peasant/townsman table)
39-40	--	Laborer/etc. (see urban peasant/townsman table)
41-42	--	Merchant (see merchant/crafter table)
43-44	--	Noble/Personage (see urban noble table)
45-46	--	Peddler (see merchant/crafter table)
47-48	--	Priest/Priestess (see Cleric/Priest Table)
49-50	--	Soldiers (see Urban Soldier table)
51-52	--	Teamster (see urban peasant/townsman table)
53-54	36	Urchins/Children (see urban peasant/townsman table)
55-65	37-40	Special Encounter
66-00	41-00	Nothing Special

Peasant Town
 Table 17: Peasant Town crowd size

Time	Main	Side street
Day	1d12	1d6
Night	1d3	--

Use the Village Encounters table and associated subtables for Peasant Town.

Poor Ward
Table 18: Poor Ward crowd size

Time	Main	Side street
Day	1d12	1d6
Night	1d2	--

Table 19: Poor Ward Encounters

Day	Night/Alley	Encounter
01-05	01-05	Animals (chickens/goats)
06-10	06-10	Animals (dogs/rats)
11-12	11-15	Beggar/Cripple/etc (see urban undesirables table)
13-20	16-20	Craftsman (see urban peasant/townsman table)
21-22	21-40	Criminal (see urban undesirables table)
--	41-50	Drunk/Drunks (roll again to see who)
23-27	51-55	Fisherman/monger (see urban peasant/townsman table)
28-29	56-59	Foreigner/Barbarian
30-40	60-61	Laborer/etc. (see urban peasant/townsman table)
41-42	62-63	Servant/Cook/etc (see urban peasant/townsman table)
--	64-65	Soldiers (see Urban Soldier table)
43-44	66-67	Teamster (see urban peasant/townsman table)
45-50	68-69	Urchins/Children (see urban peasant/townsman table)
51-60	70-79	Special Encounter
61-00	80-00	Nothing Special

Temple Ward
Table 20: Temple Ward crowd size

Time	Main	Side street
Day	1d6	--
Night	--	--

Table 21: Temple Ward Encounters

Day	Night/Alley	Encounter
01-10	--	Crier (news/edict/etc)
11-15	01-02	Foreigner/Barbarian
16-20	03-10	Guard (see urban soldier table)
21-25	11-12	Noble/Personage (see urban noble table)
26-30	13	Official (see urban noble table)
31-50	14-25	Priest/Priestess (see Cleric/Priest Table)
--	26-30	Ratter (see urban peasant/townsman table)
51-55	31-33	Soldiers (see Urban Soldier table)
56-60	--	Scribe/Scholar (see urban peasant/townsman table)
--	34-39	Street Cleaner (see urban peasant/townsman table)
61-70	40-50	Special Encounter
71-00	51-00	Nothing Special

Wealthy Ward
Table 22: Wealthy Ward crowd size

Time	Near Gate	Main	Side street
Day	1d6	1d6	--
Night	--	--	--

Table 23: Wealthy Ward Encounters

Day	Night/Alley	Encounter
01-02	--	Animals (dogs/rats)
03-07	--	Crier (news/edict/etc)
08-15	01-10	Guard (see urban soldier table)
16-25	--	Merchant (see merchant/crafter table)
26-35	11-12	Noble/Personage (see urban noble table)
36-40	13-14	Official (see urban noble table)
41-50	15-16	Priest/Priestess (see Cleric/Priest Table)
--	17-25	Ratter (see urban peasant/townsman table)
51-55	26-27	Servant/Cook/etc (see urban peasant/townsman table)
56-60	--	Scribe/Scholar (see urban peasant/townsman table)
--	28-35	Street Cleaner (see urban peasant/townsman table)
61	36	Wizard (see Urban Esoteric table)
62-70	37-49	Special Encounter
71-00	48-00	Nothing Special

And the subtables...

Table 24: Urban Noble Table

1d6	Encounter
01	Noble with Large entourage
02-03	Rowdy Noble, seeking trouble
04	Large entourage, Noble not present
05	Small entourage, Noble not present
06	In disguise (roll on Urban Encounter table again)

Table 25: Urban Peasant/Townsman Table

1d6	Encounter
01	Avoiding eye contact
02	Looking for a fight
03-05	On the job (cleaning, moving goods, etc)
06	Appears to be following

Table 26: Urban Cleric/Priest Table

1d6	Encounter
01-02	High ranking Holy Person with 2d6 entourage
03	Holy Person stopping a street fight (or trying)
04	Seeking alms or donations for salvation
05	Lecturing
06	Arresting someone for Witchcraft

Table 27: Urban Esoteric Table

1d6	Encounter
01	Wizard with 1d6 entourage
02	Apprentice shopping for herbs and such
03	Apprentice wasted on Pipe weed
04	Two Wizards engaged in a rising conflict
05-06	Wizard n disguise (roll again to determine the disguise)

Table 28: Urban Merchant/Crafter Table

1d6	Encounter
01-03	1d4 merchant/crafters guiding a wagon/cart
04-05	1d4 merchant/crafters unloading a wagon/cart
06	Two merchant/crafters arguing about their business

Table 29: Urban Soldier Table

1d6	Encounter
01-02	1d4 Guard arresting someone
03	Drunken, off duty, and getting into a fight
04	Two soldiers in a duel
05-06	1d6 Guards on patrol (or standing and watching)

Table 30: Urban Undesirables Table

1d6	Encounter
01-02	One nimble thief racing through crowd (roll again to determine who is chasing them)
03	1d3 Pickpockets working crowd
04	1d4 burglers(?) visible on roof
05-06	Thugs roughing up someone (roll again to determine who)

Table 31: Urban Special Table

1d6	Encounter
01	Fire, a building is on fire a bucket chain is trying to put it out while others chop down neighboring structures.
02	Protection racket, 1d3 thieves are smashing up a shop
03	A powerful lord and entourage of 2d10 rides through town, riding over anyone in the way
04	Shenanigans, human waste was intentionally dumped from an upper story onto passersby on the road below.
05	Sickness, gastro-intestinal illness is everywhere and militia is preventing anyone from entering the district.
06	Crackdown, the Sheriff and enforcers are tearing apart one of the hovels looking for something.

Creating a Town, City, or Big City

Table 1: Settlement Size

Settlement	Families	Notes
Thorpe	Fewer than 20	Administered by a nearby Village
Village	20-1,000	Temple, maybe an Inn/Tavern, definitely a pub
Town	1,000-8,000	Temples, Inns/Taverns. Usually fortified above 2,000
City	8,000-12,000	Fortified. All building types are possible
Big City	12,000+	Fortified, may have equal to a town outside the fortifications

Typically a small town will be a Market Town or the seat of a Duke or Earl. Towns of this size are generally within an 8 hour walk of each other, ensuring that no villages in between are further than 4 hour walk from one market town or the other.

A city is definitely a Market Town. It might be the seat of a Duke or Earl or a Free City run by Merchants. A big City tends to be a really old city. Cities are generally within a 3 day walk of each other. Big cities tend to be one per Kingdom.

Table 2: Government

1d20	Settlements
01	No one (anarchy)
02-14	Autocrat (Baron, or Earl)
15-18	Council (Guilds or Town Council)
19	Overlord (Conqueror or appointee of)
20	Secret Syndicate (roll again for who appears in charge)

Wards

Towns and Cities are divided into wards. This makes creating the place easier as different ward combinations ensure towns that feel different. Each ward will have different building types and encounters tables. Table 3 shows the different Ward combinations and Table 4 provides some interesting additional districts that depend upon the settlement (upon a river or ocean, monotheism or polytheism) so it seemed best to separate them from the more random tables.

Table 3: Wards

Town	City	Big City	Wards
01-05	--	--	High Town, Peasant Town
06-10	--	--	Crafters Ward, Peasant Town
11-15	--	--	Crafters Ward, Poor Ward
16-20	--	--	Merchant Ward, Poor Ward
--	19-20	01-15	Admin Ward, Crafters Ward, Merchant Ward, Poor Ward, Wealthy District,
--	--	16-20	Admin Ward, Crafters Ward, Merchant Ward, Poor Ward, Peasant Town, Wealthy District,

We've included numbers on Table 4 because we're suckers for tables but the GM should select these wards depending upon the Town's location. 

Table 4: Supplemental Wards

1d20	Supplemental Wards
01-19	Castle Ward
20-30	City Walls
31-49	Dockyards
50-69	Foreign/Ethnic Ward
70-89	Outside the walls
90-00	Temple Ward

The economic base indicates what is done locally and sold/traded in the town markets. The GM should roll once on Table 5 per Ward. That is not to say that a ward has anything to do with the economic base, bu the wards are a rough thumbnail of size. The GM is encouraged to cheat if they know what is grown/sold in the region already. 

Table 5: Economic Base

1d100	Base
01-10	Barley and oats farming
11-15	Nuts and olives farming
16-29	Wheat or cereal grain farming
30-34	Cotton farming
35-39	Fruit orchards
40-45	Cabbages and beets farming
46-49	Hardwood lumber
50-55	Cattle
56-59	Fish
60-79	Sheep or goats
80-82	Iron or copper mining
83-84	Gold or silver mining
85-86	Clay or granite mining
87-88	Quartz or salt mining
89-90	Peat or coal mining
91-00	Trade

Admin Ward
Free Cities, that is cities without a castle or lord, build administrative districts for public proclamations, government meetings, and public punishment (gibbets and stocks).

Table 6: Buildings, Admin Ward

Square/Plaza	Main	Sidestreet	Buildings
01-04	01-04	01-03	Arena/Theater
05-06	05	--	Public House
07	06	--	Fortress
08	07-08	04-08	Manor/Palace

Castle District

Castles are usually built to defend a settlement or to keep it under control. 

Table 7: Buildings, Castle Ward 

1d20	Building
01	Motte & Bailey
02	Tower-house
03-04	Keep
05-06	Keep with outer walls
07-08	Concentric Castle

City/Town Walls
Not really a Ward but city walls do deserve some attention on their own to determine the type and the folks that might linger about or the inns that might cluster near city gates to provide stabling and room & board for folks visiting the settlement. Some towns allow buildings to be built right up against the walls, others keep a buffer between the walls and nearby buildings for security sake. Strangers are generally not allowed to walk on top of the walls and nobody except guards are allowed free access to the gatehouses. Typically if any road in a settlement is paved with cobblestones it will be the ones that pass through the city gates.

Table 8: Buildings, Walls

Entrance	Walls	Buildings
01-05	--	Gatehouse
06	--	No gate
07-08	--	Inn
--	01-04	Stone Walls with tower
--	05	Wooden Walls with wooden towers
--	06	Earthen Berm/Moat
--	07-08	Walls and moat or Concentric walls

Crafters Ward

As a settlement grows the crafters often group together and build guild houses to represent their needs to the local government. Crafter townhouses typically double as living space and workspace so the district itself serves the purpose of a market in settlements without an actual market. Leatherworkers and butchers are often segregated from the crafters Ward, usually on bridges whenever possible, so they can dump their waste into a river whenever possible. Beyond those two businesses the Crafters ward is pretty average sanitation wise and will rarely have cobblestones except upon the main road.

Table 9: Buildings, Crafters Ward

Main	Sidestreet	Buildings
01-03	--	Crafters Guild Hall
04-05	01-02	Crafter work/home
--	03-05	Residence, poor
06-07	06	Townhomes
08	07-08	Public House

Dockyards

Any settlement on a river or sea is likely to have dockyards to enable larger ships to dock and load and unload cargo. Such areas tend to develop businesses dedicated to sailors (taverns and public houses) and maritime trade (Warehouses, Fish markets, etc). Typically night soil and garbage will be dumped into the harbor. Roads may have cobblestone. Docks will be wood or stone depending upon the wealth of the city. Privately hired guards are typically used to defend people and property in the dockyards, these private soldiers rarely care to get involved beyond their specific orders which has helped encourage criminal gangs who infest the dockyards.

Table 10: Buildings, Dockyards

Wharfage/Plaza	Main	Sidestreet	Buildings
01-02	01-04	--	Fishmarket
03	05-06	--	Mariners Guild Hall
04	--	01-03	Public House
05	07	--	Tavern
06-08	08	04-08	Warehouse

Foreign/Ethnic Enclave

A foreign/Ethnic enclave is a settlement within a larger settlement. The character of the foreign enclave depends upon the foreign/ethnic group. The Portuguese enclaves in Macao and Nagasaki were very different than the Jewish enclaves in York and Venice and all would be different from a High Elf Enclave anywhere.

Table 11: Buildings, Foreign/Ethnic

Main	Sidestreet	Buildings
--	01-04	Residence, poor
--	05-06	Ruined building (roll again to determine kind)
01-04	07	Tavern
05-08	08	Townhomes

High Town

At some point as a town grows the wealthy move into proximity to each other. Often this is on the higher ground (thus the name) but not always. High Town may have cobblestones on the streets and the market.

Table 12: Buildings, High Town

Square/Plaza	Main	Sidestreet	Buildings
--	01-02	01-05	Crafter work/home
--	03-06	06-08	Townhomes
01-03	--	--	Market
04-05	--	--	All Guild Hall
--	07-08	--	Tavern
06-07	--	--	Temple
08	--	--	Inn

Merchant's Ward

A Merchants Ward is full of wealthy homes, warehouses, and a large market. Night soil will be taken away, rats captured, streets cleaned and there are usually a horde of private guards to keep the place safe. The Merchants Ward will have cobblestones on the streets and the market.  

Table 13: Buildings, Merchant Ward

Square/Plaza	Main	Sidestreet	Buildings
01-02	--	--	Guild Hall
03-04	--	--	Market
05-07	--	--	Merchants Guild Hall
08	01-04	--	Merchant Trading House
--	05-06	01-02	Tavern
--	07-08	--	Wealthy Home
--	--	03-08	Warehouse

Outside the Walls

Small settlements often grow up outside the gates of larger settlements to take advantage of the safety provided by a cities walls and to cater to the needs of those that are unable/unwilling to go into the city for some reason. Eventually if the Outside the walls becomes big enough the city may build a wall to protect the area as well. Any streets or roads in the outside the walls will be packed earth. 

Table 14: Buildings, Outside the Walls

Near Gate	Main	Buildings
01	01-03	Cemetery
02	04-07	Commons
03-07	--	Inn
--	08	Necropolis
08	--	Ruined building (roll again to determine kind)

Peasant Town

Peasant town is the informal name for a part of a town that is very similar to a village with the same peasant hovels. Each home in a Peasant town typically has a garden plot/field behind them to grow supplemental food and raise livestock (even in an urban setting). Because of this Peasant towns are smelly and noisy. When the settlement grows and enough owners replace the garden plot/field with buildings to rent out the Peasant town will become a Poor Ward.

Table 15: Buildings, Peasant Town

Main	Buildings
01-07	Residence, Peasant
08	Public House

Poor Ward

A Poor Ward is similar to a peasant town except the small gardens fields for each plot have been replaced by buildings rented out to urban workers. This makes the area far more crowded and creates a warren of alleys and back areas. The low tax values of the area and general disdain for lower classes by those that run settlement tend to make the area worse with little or no sanitation removal or attempts by guard to keep the peace. Poor Wards will have dirt main roads with side streets in alleys covered in a layer of mud and dung.

Table 16: Buildings, Poor Ward

Main	Sidestreet	Buildings
01-02	--	Gambling Hall
03	01	Public House
04	02-05	Residence, poor
05	06	Ruined building (roll again to determine kind)
06-07	--	Tavern
08	07-08	Thieves Guild (roll again to determine host building)

Temple Ward

A Temple Ward will not be found in a monotheistic culture. In such cultures the temples will be spread around the settlement to better serve the populace. Most temples will be surrounded by walled gardens and the district itself is often walled off with a guarded gate to keep the riff-raff out at night. Night soil is taken away, rats are removed, and there is usually someone to clean up any kind of mess. The temple ward will have cobblestones on the streets and the square.

Table 17: Buildings, Temple Ward

Square/Plaza	Main	Sidestreet	Buildings
01-03	--	--	Great Temple
04	--	--	Park
08	01-05	--	Temple
--	06-08	01-08	Wealthy home

Wealthy Ward

Once a city becomes large enough (and typically after a fire clears out some housing) the wealthy folks start to segregate themselves into districts for sanitation, and security reasons. Night soil will be taken away, rats captured, streets cleaned and there is usually guards (city or private) to keep the place safe. The wealthy district will have cobblestones on the streets and the square.

Table 18: Buildings, Wealthy Ward

Square/Plaza	Main	Sidestreet	Buildings
01-02	--	--	Greenway/Park
03	01	--	Library
04-05	02	--	Theater
06	03	--	University
07-08	04-08	01-08	Residence, Wealthy

Oh, and don't forget to name things such as taverns and inns. If you run out of name ideas you can use something like the tavern name generator.