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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dykstrav" data-source="post: 3226357" data-attributes="member: 40522">I've thought about demographics quite a bit for my own major campaign Empires, and I've came up with only general rules of thumb.The Tekkan Empire (think the Delian League with more formal legislation) commands sixty-five legions (one legion being 5,000 soldiers). Roughly 325,000 soldiers overall in the entire military: army, navy, and attached specialists such as clerics and magicians. This is the largest standing army in the entire continent, a continent which is roughly 3,000 miles east-to-west and 5,000 miles north-to-south.All the military forces (of all other nations combined) remaining in the entire continent number somewhere between 35-40 legions at any given time.Tekkan soldiers are generally 2nd-level warriors. This puts them significantly above the common rabble and above most private militias (which are mostly composed of 1st-level warriors). 2nd-level warriors represent superby trained soldiers with discipline and some battle experience. Officers generally have levels in a PC class (usually fighters or marshalls), while specialists function essentially as adventuring teams.What I'm wondering about a nation where Joe Farmer was once trained as a fighter is how your demographics pan out. Are there really wizard millers, ranger bartenders, and and cleric cartwrights everywhere? Just how common are adventuring classes?By extension, what makes your PCs special? I've always treated PCs as special people on the basis that they actually have levels in a PC class. The ruck and run of the general population has ability scores in the 10-11 range. So why are your characters exceptional?</blockquote>

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