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  • ...m...@ttrpg.networktorpg@ttrpg.network•Fantasy Settlement Patterns
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    hamlet: small settlement with residents serving surrounding resources
    village: modest settlement with a church serving surrounding hamlets
    town: midsized settlement with a market serving surrounding villages
    city: large settlement with a cathedral serving surrounding towns

    …they’re each surrounded by satellite instances of smaller settlements, until industrialised resources give way to the wilds…points-of-light settings may balance that heirarchy more sparsely so the wilds dominate industrialised resources but, despite the comparative isolation of settlements, the same general principles still apply…