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6/19/2025, 8:48:04 PM
>>95901724
For a group of people to regularly cohabitate in a hedonist, lawless town and get along well enough that things don't completely collapse out of control, then you need to give them a common ground that the agree with. A common ground that, if disturbed or destroyed, would prompt a "everyone disliked that" kind of response. It would need to be universally beneficial to keep intact or in supply for everyone, and the only ones who would dare to mess with it too harshly would be cult-like/deranged people that want everyone to die unconditionally or someone who is public enemy #1 and has nothing left to lose.
This common ground could be a resource that is known to be more abundant in this place specifically, which is why it is the largest known area where people come together. You could even have it to where it is necessary to travel outside the city to reinforce or gather more of this resource and the city just came about naturally when more people arrived.
The most obvious resource is water, something like a large lake. It would benefit literally nobody beyond those with a death wish or foreign faction to fuck up the largest water supply. However, what happens to the water once it's out of this lake can be subject to all kinds of scenarios to your liking.
Also, try brainstorming on non-physical resources for common ground, if you're setting permits it. For example, there is a bright orb that orbits over the city at all times, but if it is ever publicly acknowledged, then those people immediately vanish/disintegrate/explode/whatever. Just pulled something out of my ass. Can even be something belief-based to keep the city functioning in some way, and those who don't believe are known to somehow publicly execute themselves every single time with a specific mark on their chest.
For a group of people to regularly cohabitate in a hedonist, lawless town and get along well enough that things don't completely collapse out of control, then you need to give them a common ground that the agree with. A common ground that, if disturbed or destroyed, would prompt a "everyone disliked that" kind of response. It would need to be universally beneficial to keep intact or in supply for everyone, and the only ones who would dare to mess with it too harshly would be cult-like/deranged people that want everyone to die unconditionally or someone who is public enemy #1 and has nothing left to lose.
This common ground could be a resource that is known to be more abundant in this place specifically, which is why it is the largest known area where people come together. You could even have it to where it is necessary to travel outside the city to reinforce or gather more of this resource and the city just came about naturally when more people arrived.
The most obvious resource is water, something like a large lake. It would benefit literally nobody beyond those with a death wish or foreign faction to fuck up the largest water supply. However, what happens to the water once it's out of this lake can be subject to all kinds of scenarios to your liking.
Also, try brainstorming on non-physical resources for common ground, if you're setting permits it. For example, there is a bright orb that orbits over the city at all times, but if it is ever publicly acknowledged, then those people immediately vanish/disintegrate/explode/whatever. Just pulled something out of my ass. Can even be something belief-based to keep the city functioning in some way, and those who don't believe are known to somehow publicly execute themselves every single time with a specific mark on their chest.
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