tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post348568339333088945..comments2024-03-25T00:18:14.319-07:00Comments on Against The Wicked City: Feeding the Wicked CityJoseph Manolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-28577512960173528132018-01-27T05:40:27.224-08:002018-01-27T05:40:27.224-08:00Well, no-one in ATWC has access to 'create foo...Well, no-one in ATWC has access to 'create food and water' style magic, so they won't be conjuring it out of thin air. But any settlement which retains any kind of folk memory of shamanism will be trying to strike deals with the local spirits of the land to enhance its fertility, and some of those deals will be pretty dark, up to and including abducting strangers and sacrificing them to the spirits in return for better harvests. <br /><br />The city's government will probably also be experimenting with various magical-industrial solutions to their food supply problems: use of necrotech labourers, alchemical fertilisers, and whatnot. Like everything else they do, though, it'll be corrupt and inefficient and horrible. It's the only way they know how to be.Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-5666135463034002562018-01-27T03:39:41.841-08:002018-01-27T03:39:41.841-08:00Hey! How does magic plays in feeding citizens and ...Hey! How does magic plays in feeding citizens and keep crops?Tzimiscedraculhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16762161243138880483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-3546459549788372702017-04-12T13:36:45.913-07:002017-04-12T13:36:45.913-07:00Well, it does... metaphorically. And sometimes lit...Well, it does... metaphorically. And sometimes literally. But cannibalism has certain obvious drawbacks as the primary food source for an entire city...Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-5461252310787932402017-04-12T10:59:24.888-07:002017-04-12T10:59:24.888-07:00And here I was thinking of a city that is eating i...And here I was thinking of a city that is eating its inhabitants...Yorahttp://spriggans-den.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-80830634906835678922017-04-12T07:20:52.903-07:002017-04-12T07:20:52.903-07:00Thanks, Chris and Moses. It's not very realist...Thanks, Chris and Moses. It's not very realistic for me right now due to my other commitments, but maybe one day!<br /><br />(And Chris, I will totally use those silhouettes if that day ever comes...)Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-53042525472714880262017-04-12T02:43:23.862-07:002017-04-12T02:43:23.862-07:00The Wicked City is basically Giant Evil Samarkand,...The Wicked City is basically Giant Evil Samarkand, so it's probably mostly rice, wheat, and, yes, opium poppies. I do have some ideas about a weird magical grain they might also cultivate, but it'll have to wait for another post!Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-12903286539014776942017-04-11T21:08:10.326-07:002017-04-11T21:08:10.326-07:00I really like the table, particularly the idea of ...I really like the table, particularly the idea of a feculent pig-man infestation. Are we to imagine typical central Asian crops - rice, wheat? Are there poppy fields for opium? Anything more exotic?Bearded-Devilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16415023478845579936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-44236214749316972792017-04-11T05:00:10.549-07:002017-04-11T05:00:10.549-07:00I would buy your book if you made one. AtWC reall...I would buy your book if you made one. AtWC really deserves to be a printed thing. But yeah, even with help, a ton of work.Orobolushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14549428594780911366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-39515868737880607462017-04-11T02:29:33.768-07:002017-04-11T02:29:33.768-07:00i can layout and do some graphics and i do a bette...i can layout and do some graphics and i do a better job for others than i do for me....<br /><br />those mongol/stupa silhouettes i did you can useKonsumterrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170560484656800416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-89014981702023810852017-04-11T00:18:32.541-07:002017-04-11T00:18:32.541-07:00I dunno, man. It feels like it'd be a lot of w...I dunno, man. It feels like it'd be a lot of work: I'd have to do proper layout and stuff, and sort out proper art rather than just grabbing stuff off google. I might get as far as a pay-what-you-want pdf compilation of blog posts at some point, but I wouldn't hold your breath for an actual book...Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-47664001621837544642017-04-10T21:10:11.527-07:002017-04-10T21:10:11.527-07:00Looks great ! Do you plan to publish, in the futur...Looks great ! Do you plan to publish, in the future, a sourcebook of the Wicked City ? mundialecterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10204293820750293401noreply@blogger.com