The Medieval Fantasy City Generator; fill in a few options and press go, and voila! I have no idea how plausible these are, but they're MUCH better than anything I ever came up with as a Dungeon Master.
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Sep 10, 2018
Procedurally generated maps of medieval cities, suitable for RPGs
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