Sunday, November 3, 2019

A New New Crobuzon



Anne (of DIY & Dragons) recently issued a challenge to build a New Crobuzon following the method   Judd posted ten years ago:

So, to make your own N.C.:
1) Take your three favorite human-ish monsters out of the Monster Manual and they are minority citizens in the city. Detail how they get along, how being in the city has culturally changed them and what niches they fill in the city. How do the powers that rule the city keep them down?
2) Take three really bizarre fucking monsters and figure out how they exist in the nooks and crannies of the city and how the powers that rule the city keep these beasts from doing unacceptable amounts of damage?

The challenge has gotten a bunch of great responses. 
  • New Twain (from Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque)
  • Thaw (from Archons March On)
  • If you try it, let me know and I'll add yours to the list.
Perdido Street station is one of my all time favorite fantasy novels, so I wanted to try my hand:

Three "human-ish" monsters: Tieflings, Golgari and Golems
Three "really bizarre fucking monsters":  Oozes, the Spider and a pool of Shub Niggurath