Difference between revisions of "Terrain types"

Revision as of 03:10, 27 September 2009

Outside locations in Cantr belong to one of the many terrain types, and this can affect what sort of resources can be found there, although sometimes resources could be found or missing in unlikely environments. Originally terrain types were also supposed to affect how many buildings can be built in that location, but due to some sort of a bug, the limits were never taken into account and by the time it was discovered, so many locations had crossed the limit that enforcing them would've been unreasonable.

Land

Grassland

Grasslands are colored bright green on the map, and have a picture of grass on the location page. Common resources include grass, stone, vegetables (such as potatoes), grains (such as wheat), hemp, cotton and sand.

Mountains

Mountains are colored gray on the map, although on some regions they can also appear white. That most likely symbolizes snow capped mountains but since Cantrians are immune to cold, it's just something that could be acknowledged in rp. Almost all mountains have stone, and various metals, ores and gems can also be found. There's generally no food available unless you count meat gained from hunting.

Hills

Hills are rather similar to grasslands in terms of resources but surprisingly much less likely to have stone, and more likely to have some metals.

Desert

Deserts are very barren regions and rarely have anything more than sand, although salt, soda and oil are sometimes found. Also they are usually far away from their neighboring locations, so unprepared travelers may risk starving to death while crossing them.

Swamp

Forest

Plains

Beach

Tundra

Jungle

Volcano

Water

Lake

Sea