@TheEdVerse Hello Ed, I've been working on this Waterdeep environs' map, and it's been quite a work. Need some information to make it right pic.twitter.com/4puE3qjDdx
— Eduardo F Vieira (@mineirodabahia) September 12, 2017
1- Is the distance between Waterdeep and the Dessarin ok?
2-Is the distance between Waterdeep and the Rathills ok? Hi, Eduardo! Nice map. The Dessarin is WAY too close, and therefore, so is the Rat Hills (think of a three hour or longer slow dung-wagon…— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 12, 2017
…journey, once outside the southernmost city gate). Once beyond the meadows where citizens picnic and nobles fly their falcons, kept as…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 12, 2017
"common" land (in the main, for caravan camping and assembly use), which lie directly east of the city, farmland beyond is all owned by…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 12, 2017
…someone. In the 1200s and earlier, it was mainly held by nobles, who rented it to tenant farmers (Deep families growing their own food…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 12, 2017
,,,and selling the xcess), but over the years, nobles needing coin have sold off more and more, until by the 1400s, nobles only retain…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 12, 2017
…their more distant estates (Amphail and beyond, mainly up that road), and wealthy commoners own the farmlands near the city. And almost..
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 12, 2017
..all of them rent those lands out for tillage or grazing (mainly tillage). These farms produce food crops, and sometimes fatten up…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 12, 2017
…livestock by grazing: both things that can't be done inside the city walls in the scale needed to do more than feed one family.
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 12, 2017