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=== Civilization === | |||
:* '''AKA:''' Settlements, town, the city, home, that smelly place with more politics than trees | |||
: Civilization is a loose term that broadly defines locations that have been claimed by the civilized races (i.e. the [[What_is_a_Fantastic_Race%3F|player character races]]). These races all possess the Spark of Civility, which uplifts them from being deemed "monsters" (despite their myriad, and sometimes disturbing, appearances). When members of this race deliberately alter a location with tools, with the intent to use that location for some purpose (usually habitation, but not necessarily), it becomes "settled" or civilized. | |||
: When monsters do the same thing (and certainly there are MANY monsters intelligent enough to do so), they create dungeons, instead. | |||
: When a location is merely exploited for its natural resources, even if tools and intent are brought to bear on that location to extract those resources, it isn't considered civilized, merely by this act. Instead, those resources must be used in that location to build something that serves a purpose (even if it's just a place to store the resources they are extracting), before it is considered civilized. | |||
:: <small>''See also: [[#Dungeon|Dungeon]], [[#Wilderness|Wilderness]]''</small> | |||
=== Class Level === | === Class Level === | ||