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<blockquote data-quote="Heaven's Thunder Ham" data-source="post: 4938753" data-attributes="member: 85133"><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/282649320/RPG_Population_Calculator.xls.html" target="_blank">http://rapidshare.com/files/282649320/RPG_Population_Calculator.xls.html</a> &nbsp;In here: <a href="http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?p=10912003" target="_blank">http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?p=10912003</a> there was a big discussion about &quot;how many wizards of what level could a kingdom realistically have field in a battle?&quot;Needing a break from my classes in my MSc in Stats program, I spent way more time than necessary farting around making a spreadsheet for anyone who wants it.Some fundamental assumptions had to be made, but I assumed a level distribution from the DMG (100 lvl 1, 50 lvl 3) etc and used the 3d6 system for number of people with a given Int score capable of being wizards. A good look at the spreadsheet should reveal most of my assumptions.<a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/282649320/RPG_Population_Calculator.xls.html" target="_blank">http://rapidshare.com/files/282649320/RPG_Population_Calculator.xls.html</a>Here's the article that I used to calculate a kingdom's population size from: <a href="http://www.metamythos.net/wiki/World_Design/Cities,_Populations,_Subsistence_and_Land_Area" target="_blank">http://www.metamythos.net/wiki/World..._and_Land_Area</a>Interesting findings: By level 5, you have the vast majority of a Kingdom's Wizards.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Heaven's Thunder Ham, post: 4938753, member: 85133"] [URL="http://rapidshare.com/files/282649320/RPG_Population_Calculator.xls.html"][/URL] In here: [URL="http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?p=10912003"][COLOR=#663399]http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?p=10912003[/COLOR][/URL] there was a big discussion about "how many wizards of what level could a kingdom realistically have field in a battle?" Needing a break from my classes in my MSc in Stats program, I spent way more time than necessary farting around making a spreadsheet for anyone who wants it. Some fundamental assumptions had to be made, but I assumed a level distribution from the DMG (100 lvl 1, 50 lvl 3) etc and used the 3d6 system for number of people with a given Int score capable of being wizards. A good look at the spreadsheet should reveal most of my assumptions. [URL="http://rapidshare.com/files/282649320/RPG_Population_Calculator.xls.html"][COLOR=#0000ff]http://rapidshare.com/files/282649320/RPG_Population_Calculator.xls.html[/COLOR][/URL] Here's the article that I used to calculate a kingdom's population size from: [URL="http://www.metamythos.net/wiki/World_Design/Cities,_Populations,_Subsistence_and_Land_Area"][COLOR=#663399]http://www.metamythos.net/wiki/World..._and_Land_Area[/COLOR][/URL] Interesting findings: By level 5, you have the vast majority of a Kingdom's Wizards. [/QUOTE]

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