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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5596728" data-attributes="member: 92511">Ya know, I was thinking this too. 80-90% might be more realistic...but how about we split the different and go &quot;2/3rds&quot;? 1,000 &quot;farmers&quot; to 500 &quot;townsfolk&quot; seems to work...I always take into consideration that, regardless of the split, people will eventually, more and more, gravitate towards &quot;the town&quot; and the ammenities/convenience thereof...it's a matter of how &quot;developed&quot; the area is. And Welford...well, is not all that developed. lol. DANG that's a lot of work! lol. I hadn't really thought of it like this, but yes. Your spread of the community is legitimate and one I would happily use/how I see it. I was just thinking in terms of &quot;the whole valley/community is Welford.&quot; But yes, at the very least &quot;Welfordtown&quot; versus the surrounding farmlands seems appropriate.Well, there's a thing. This is a community, kinda &quot;out and away&quot; from other, more structured, lands. There really aren't &quot;wealthy townsfolk.&quot; A few well-to-do (for the area) local merchants perhaps. But basically, the community sustains itself with craftsmen and farmers, maybe a &quot;bit&quot; of trading with the other lake towns...but noone is really &quot;wealthy.&quot;Also, Welford does not sit within any &quot;lorded&quot; lands. There is one nearby. But Welford, or any of the Laklans, doesn't sit within any established kingdom. Welford (and its neighboring lakeside villages) are more or less on their own. This region of Orea is very much &quot;borderlands&quot; if you will. The mayor of Welford is simply a charismatic fellow who's father was mayor (and a hero of some renown in those parts who's long since died).&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Justice, when needed, is handled by a tribunal type of court involving the mayor and constable and prior.Cute. hahaha. I'll talk to their tailor. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />She is generally liked. Respected. Even revered, in some cases, for her skills in herbal medicines and past defense she's lent to the valley/town. (The fact that she's quite a &quot;looker&quot; doesn't hurt). The populace gets nervous when she hasn't been seen around for a period of time.Given that the Order of the Emerald Tear has a pseudo-religious mystique, pledged to the god Sorliorr, god of the mind and knowledge, patron of psionics, yada yada yada...the local clergy has no issues with her. &quot;Witch&quot;, in my world, is not necessarily a derogatory term. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Simply applied to more &quot;informal&quot; practitioners than terms like &quot;sorcerer&quot; or &quot;mage&quot;.As a general rule, across my world, 1 in 100 individuals will be classed. 1,500 residents in [the lands considered] Welford = 15 classed NPCs.Again, my math is more often than not incorrect. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />--SD</blockquote>

[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 5596728, member: 92511"] Ya know, I was thinking this too. 80-90% might be more realistic...but how about we split the different and go "2/3rds"? 1,000 "farmers" to 500 "townsfolk" seems to work...I always take into consideration that, regardless of the split, people will eventually, more and more, gravitate towards "the town" and the ammenities/convenience thereof...it's a matter of how "developed" the area is. And Welford...well, is not all that developed. lol. DANG that's a lot of work! lol. I hadn't really thought of it like this, but yes. Your spread of the community is legitimate and one I would happily use/how I see it. I was just thinking in terms of "the whole valley/community is Welford." But yes, at the very least "Welfordtown" versus the surrounding farmlands seems appropriate. Well, there's a thing. This is a community, kinda "out and away" from other, more structured, lands. There really aren't "wealthy townsfolk." A few well-to-do (for the area) local merchants perhaps. But basically, the community sustains itself with craftsmen and farmers, maybe a "bit" of trading with the other lake towns...but noone is really "wealthy." Also, Welford does not sit within any "lorded" lands. There is one nearby. But Welford, or any of the Laklans, doesn't sit within any established kingdom. Welford (and its neighboring lakeside villages) are more or less on their own. This region of Orea is very much "borderlands" if you will. The mayor of Welford is simply a charismatic fellow who's father was mayor (and a hero of some renown in those parts who's long since died). Justice, when needed, is handled by a tribunal type of court involving the mayor and constable and prior. Cute. hahaha. I'll talk to their tailor. ;) She is generally liked. Respected. Even revered, in some cases, for her skills in herbal medicines and past defense she's lent to the valley/town. (The fact that she's quite a "looker" doesn't hurt). The populace gets nervous when she hasn't been seen around for a period of time. Given that the Order of the Emerald Tear has a pseudo-religious mystique, pledged to the god Sorliorr, god of the mind and knowledge, patron of psionics, yada yada yada...the local clergy has no issues with her. "Witch", in my world, is not necessarily a derogatory term. ;) Simply applied to more "informal" practitioners than terms like "sorcerer" or "mage". As a general rule, across my world, 1 in 100 individuals will be classed. 1,500 residents in [the lands considered] Welford = 15 classed NPCs. Again, my math is more often than not incorrect. :) --SD [/QUOTE]

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