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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 7151284" data-attributes="member: 463"><p>Heh, I think I would only make a DC check to locate something if I knew it existed.</p><p></p><p>In my Ghinarian Hills Wilderlands campaign the main, heavily detailed, campaign area is approx 2000 square miles, about 10000 people. Almost everyone is Tier I or II CR though there are a fair number of Priests similar to the MM one with CL5. Going through my NPC lists I could find two arguably Tier III - Oriax the Lecherous, CL 12? Wizard caster level 19 - currently on another plane, and Lady Meda, CL11? Bard caster level 15. I don't think there are any other casters in the region above about level 9 or 10, and warrior types top out in Tier II likewise.</p><p></p><p>Applying your numbers: </p><p>1% Tier I CR 1-4 would be 100 - looks about right. </p><p>0.1% Tier II would be 10 - hmm, I think there are probably slightly more Tier II, but mostly at the low end, around CR 5.</p><p>0.01% Tier III would be 1 - yes there is 1 Tier III in the region, though there used to be 2. </p><p></p><p>There are also two PCs who would be Tier III or IV</p><p>Shieldbiter Dragonborn Barbarian-15</p><p>Hakeem Barbarian-18</p><p>But they killed a bunch of Tier I-III NPCs to get where they are today. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Taking an hour to go over the entire region and guessing at a couple CRs for characters I've not statted yet, I get:</p><p></p><p>Tier II in region</p><p>Archermos, Gladiator CR 5</p><p>Joseph, Wiz 10 CR 6 (on another plane)</p><p>Sarene, Pirate CR 5-6</p><p>Damne, Weaponmaster CR 7</p><p>Jane Poole, adventurer CR 6</p><p>Lorius Vex, adventurer Wiz 10 CR 6</p><p>ex-Lord Hytirus Vex, CR 5</p><p>Lord Krens, Wiz 9 CR 6</p><p>Lord Kaldrac CR 5</p><p>Lord Usarus CR 5</p><p>Lord Arkonos CR 5?</p><p>High Priest Larsonos Clr 8 CR 5?</p><p></p><p>So 12 Tier II. 1 or 2 of these might be CR 4 but there might also be a couple CR 5+ I don't know about yet. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Given how rough my population estimate was, I'm struck by how closely your formula does fit this organically bottom-up detailed campaign area. If I took out the two who fled to an alternate plane it would be 11 Tier II and 1 Tier 3, almost exactly on. And other areas of my campaign world for which I have partial demographics seem to </p><p>have a similar distribution.</p><p></p><p>Re Tier IV - some PCs just woke a CR 20 ancient brass dragon at the bottom of an 11-level dungeon, and some other PCs are about to encounter an immortal lich-king in another dungeon, but I'll not count those. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Anyway my conclusion is you are definitely in the right ball park for a typical D&D campaign.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]85511[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 7151284, member: 463"] Heh, I think I would only make a DC check to locate something if I knew it existed. In my Ghinarian Hills Wilderlands campaign the main, heavily detailed, campaign area is approx 2000 square miles, about 10000 people. Almost everyone is Tier I or II CR though there are a fair number of Priests similar to the MM one with CL5. Going through my NPC lists I could find two arguably Tier III - Oriax the Lecherous, CL 12? Wizard caster level 19 - currently on another plane, and Lady Meda, CL11? Bard caster level 15. I don't think there are any other casters in the region above about level 9 or 10, and warrior types top out in Tier II likewise. Applying your numbers: 1% Tier I CR 1-4 would be 100 - looks about right. 0.1% Tier II would be 10 - hmm, I think there are probably slightly more Tier II, but mostly at the low end, around CR 5. 0.01% Tier III would be 1 - yes there is 1 Tier III in the region, though there used to be 2. There are also two PCs who would be Tier III or IV Shieldbiter Dragonborn Barbarian-15 Hakeem Barbarian-18 But they killed a bunch of Tier I-III NPCs to get where they are today. :D Taking an hour to go over the entire region and guessing at a couple CRs for characters I've not statted yet, I get: Tier II in region Archermos, Gladiator CR 5 Joseph, Wiz 10 CR 6 (on another plane) Sarene, Pirate CR 5-6 Damne, Weaponmaster CR 7 Jane Poole, adventurer CR 6 Lorius Vex, adventurer Wiz 10 CR 6 ex-Lord Hytirus Vex, CR 5 Lord Krens, Wiz 9 CR 6 Lord Kaldrac CR 5 Lord Usarus CR 5 Lord Arkonos CR 5? High Priest Larsonos Clr 8 CR 5? So 12 Tier II. 1 or 2 of these might be CR 4 but there might also be a couple CR 5+ I don't know about yet. :) Given how rough my population estimate was, I'm struck by how closely your formula does fit this organically bottom-up detailed campaign area. If I took out the two who fled to an alternate plane it would be 11 Tier II and 1 Tier 3, almost exactly on. And other areas of my campaign world for which I have partial demographics seem to have a similar distribution. Re Tier IV - some PCs just woke a CR 20 ancient brass dragon at the bottom of an 11-level dungeon, and some other PCs are about to encounter an immortal lich-king in another dungeon, but I'll not count those. :D Anyway my conclusion is you are definitely in the right ball park for a typical D&D campaign. [ATTACH=CONFIG]85511._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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