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#1 zombiegleemax Feb 16, 2005 12:47:32	Has anyone actually sat down and gone through all the official Planescape books and written a comprehensive list of all the businesses? The reason I ask is because I find myself needing to run to the books and start flipping whenever the PCs decide to look for a bar in an area of the city where they don't normally go. The same for an Inn or supply store. I intend to sit down and go through all the official books, taking down the name of the business and a brief description just for the purposes of having it all in one place within the next couple of days. I was thinking that someone else with a long running Planescape campaign might have already done that, though. So, has anyone? -Aphyosemion
#2 zombiegleemax Feb 16, 2005 13:12:07	Hi, I found this link some time ago; maybe it helps you: http://www.funkplanet.com/dnd/PS/districts.html
#3 zombiegleemax Feb 16, 2005 14:50:13	Writing a comprehensive Sigil business list is like writing a comprehensive beach sand-grain list. Way too many to pick them all out, and by the time you have, more have appeared or changed name, or their location is different, or they have disappeared entirely.
#4 Shemeska_the_Marauder Feb 16, 2005 15:09:17	I intend to sit down and go through all the official books, taking down the name of the business and a brief description just for the purposes of having it all in one place within the next couple of days. I was thinking that someone else with a long running Planescape campaign might have already done that, though. So, has anyone? -Aphyosemion At one point I'd made such a list when I was writing PW's Sigil chapter, though if I'd actually included them I'd have written a series of books, rather than just what I wrote for that project (which was rather lengthy as it was). There's alot. ALOT Good luck though. IC: "Oh, and tell the berks living behind the bakery on 239 Copperman Way that they're a month late on their rent, and if they don't pay me by tommorow I'll start taking alternate payment out of them. Fingers are going for 1 to the stinger, and firstborn are going for 3 jink. The satisfied smile on this yugoloth's face? Priceless."
#5 zombiegleemax Feb 24, 2005 14:18:58	Just wing it. While it is nice to be able to pull from the vast amounts of flavor that the Planescape setting provides, I wouldn't want to play in a game where the GM would have to take time to flip through books everytime we went to look for a shop, or an inn.
#6 sildatorak Feb 24, 2005 21:58:51	Just wing it. While it is nice to be able to pull from the vast amounts of flavor that the Planescape setting provides, I wouldn't want to play in a game where the GM would have to take time to flip through books everytime we went to look for a shop, or an inn. A nice DM trick is to have a list of 10 adjectives and 10 nouns. If PC's enter a random inn/tavern you can just roll a couple of dice and come up with a name. It is best if you then replace that word on the list so your players don't go to the bloody bariaur, then the scabborous imp, then the bloody imp.
#7 zombiegleemax Feb 27, 2005 18:55:53	Thanks to everyone and especially Na'Hakim for the link. I used the information on that link as a start to my general list of places of interest. This way I will have it all in one place for quick reference. I had a couple of weeks off from DMing while one of the other guys DMed, but now it is back to the other side of the screen again. -Aphyosemion