(Date Posted:08/16/2006 03:17:36)
Like Mark said, I made the R&C Chapterhouse and Explorers public because both societies tend to keep a very public image. The location of the Explorers in particular I believe are even mentioned in the Welcome to Freiburg book in The Bones section when Welcome to Freiburg discusses the Market in the Round.
Some of the places I considered keeping secret were locations like the Bird in the Hand some of the abscure Jenny locations like the West Garden neart the Stein Complex #160 (which I did leave out from the "Jennys" section) and the small Quintet of Jennys by the dockside stores #139, but I figured they would be trying to advertise, so I ended up leaving them in. I decided to put Bird in the Hand under collectables so it would be included, but not scream "Pawn Shop - go here for dirt!"
I thought about leaving out the Drachen's Tooth #200, but then decided that since it's supposed to keep up appearances as your everyday tavern, it would be better to include it as well. Children of the Drachen #175 sounded like they were public enough of an organization for them to be abscure and sound odd to the players when they see it, but be included
Notice that I did leave out a few like Executioner's Row, the Mad Wolves' Abandoned Carriage House, Rilasciare's Boarded up store, and Redmund Erhar and Alberto Costanza's House as well as Silas' Lake (the latter three of which I listed under people, but couldn't find a good description for them in the Business section so I left them out from there).
Also, it doesn't have to tell Players where a location is. It could be more like
Player: "We need to find a Tailor. *looks up Tailors in the Directory* How about Young Man's Fancy?"
GM: All right, you don't know where it is, but the name does ring a bell - you've probably heard of it mentioned before - why don't you find someone to ask for directions?"
And when you specifically don't want them to look something up in The Directory, just tell them "Sorry your character flips through the directory, but can't find it anywhere in there."
One last thing. As far as the Swordsman's Guild goes, while they do have a presance the rules are relativly lax in Freiburg so a lot goes on without them knowning and so they tend to struggle to keep things running smoothly.
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