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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Theo R Cwithin" data-source="post: 5381520" data-attributes="member: 75712">It's not for D&D specifically, and doesn't account for classes, magic, and the like, but <a href="http://www.rpglibrary.org/utils/meddemog/" target="_blank">this generator</a> build realistic medieval populations, though it's geared toward countries rather than cities.  It's based on the essay, "<a href="http://www.io.com/%7Esjohn/demog.htm" target="_blank">Medieval Demographics Made Easy</a>". I like to run it, then "layer" the D&D classes on top of it.  It's also nice as it presents a spread of professions, which I can look at and think about how they'd organize.  There are obvious power centers like clergy and nobles, but also a lot of professions that can be allied in various ways: - Do the coopers align with wine-sellers or carpenters, and how could this be important on to the town as a whole?  - What if the bleachers are adversaries of the tailors, and who would care that bleached white cloth could come to have some sort of political or business significance?  - What if apothecaries, barbers and doctors decide to exert power over the soldiery when a war is looming: pay up or forget receiving any care after battle?- Etc...It doesn't really help make the kind of decisions you're looking for, but it does lay out a of data that you can look at and start mulling over possibilities-- especially once you've tacked on the possibilities for magic and other fantasy elements.</blockquote>

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