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City of Cats 5E
Who Do You Trust in the City of Cats?
Welcome to the City of Cats, where some very ambitious people have their paws and claws out, where thieves prowl, and where the goddess Bastet herself walks the streets!
This city gazetteer and adventure collection is a perfect introduction to the Southlands campaign setting. It also fits neatly into any desert setting where cats are sacred and rats are cautious and sly.
City of Cats is FULLY COMPATIBLE with the 5th Edition of the world’s first roleplaying game and includes:
- Three wild adventures for levels 1 to 5, loaded with memorable NPCs
- Dozens of fully detailed and illustrated villains, NPCs, and new monsters
- A poster map of the city’s dusty streets, rich temples, deadly docks, and the River of Sand!
- An official 5th Edition character sheet for heroes in the city
- A complete gazetteer of its districts filled with adventure ideas and distinctive characters
Sniff what’s in the air and prepare for adventure—in the City of Cats!
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Additional resources are available for players in the Southlands Player’s Guide, and for GMs in the Southlands Worldbook.
Welcome to the City of Cats, where some very ambitious people have their paws and claws out, where thieves prowl, and where the goddess Bastet herself walks the streets!
This city gazetteer and adventure collection is a perfect introduction to the Southlands campaign setting. It also fits neatly into any desert setting where cats are sacred and rats are cautious and sly.
City of Cats is FULLY COMPATIBLE with the 5th Edition of the world’s first roleplaying game and includes:
- Three wild adventures for levels 1 to 5, loaded with memorable NPCs
- Dozens of fully detailed and illustrated villains, NPCs, and new monsters
- A poster map of the city’s dusty streets, rich temples, deadly docks, and the River of Sand!
- An official 5th Edition character sheet for heroes in the city
- A complete gazetteer of its districts filled with adventure ideas and distinctive characters
Sniff what’s in the air and prepare for adventure—in the City of Cats!
***
Additional resources are available for players in the Southlands Player’s Guide, and for GMs in the Southlands Worldbook.
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202 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2021
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March 1, 2024
City of Cats is extremely well organized, with well developed concepts and plenty of hooks for GMs to expand and continue developing the city to suit their needs. That's awesome, it's exactly what a citybook should do.
That said, the ideas are vivid and interesting, but they aren't particularly mind blowing. None of it feels like "wow, I've never seen this before, that's wild!" sort of content. It doesn't feel derivative, and I don't want to say it isn't original, because it is, but it doesn't feel like it's pushing the boundaries of what cities can be in TTRPGs. It is a beautiful base concept and if I had a campaign on my horizons right now I'd definitely be tempted to drop this in. Basteti, gnolls, werecrocodiles, oh my, what could go wrong? I just don't feel like my understanding of what fantasy can be has been challenged. This isn't that kind of citybook.
The adventures are clear, and well laid out, with plenty of flexibility and explanations for the GM. I especially loved Three Little Pigs, but I do want to note that all three adventures included have been published previously (although re-edited here), so if you're already a collector of Kobold Press adventures you might see some familiar content.
The production quality is very high. Nice binding, paper, and printing, with lovely art. I did spot a couple of typos in the text, but they weren't egregious - pesky homonym errors mostly and those are really hard to spot.
Mostly I'm not going 5 star because it didn't inspire me to go start plotting how I would use the content immediately. As far as TTRPG citybooks go, this is an excellent addition to the shelf. I'm certainly hanging on to it until it's time is right, and it does make me want to dig into the Southlands setting in more detail.
That said, the ideas are vivid and interesting, but they aren't particularly mind blowing. None of it feels like "wow, I've never seen this before, that's wild!" sort of content. It doesn't feel derivative, and I don't want to say it isn't original, because it is, but it doesn't feel like it's pushing the boundaries of what cities can be in TTRPGs. It is a beautiful base concept and if I had a campaign on my horizons right now I'd definitely be tempted to drop this in. Basteti, gnolls, werecrocodiles, oh my, what could go wrong? I just don't feel like my understanding of what fantasy can be has been challenged. This isn't that kind of citybook.
The adventures are clear, and well laid out, with plenty of flexibility and explanations for the GM. I especially loved Three Little Pigs, but I do want to note that all three adventures included have been published previously (although re-edited here), so if you're already a collector of Kobold Press adventures you might see some familiar content.
The production quality is very high. Nice binding, paper, and printing, with lovely art. I did spot a couple of typos in the text, but they weren't egregious - pesky homonym errors mostly and those are really hard to spot.
Mostly I'm not going 5 star because it didn't inspire me to go start plotting how I would use the content immediately. As far as TTRPG citybooks go, this is an excellent addition to the shelf. I'm certainly hanging on to it until it's time is right, and it does make me want to dig into the Southlands setting in more detail.
March 9, 2022
Great resource book for Gnolls and Cat Folk. From religion to customers to interspecies relations you can use this book with modifications to fit right into your world.
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