Cool stuff, Warder.
I like it that he says 30 acres is about right for a peasant farm, and I like his view on levels, which fits with my own view for 3.5e (my favorite system) that playing after about 13th level has no point -- it's just too complicated and otherworldly for me.
<<It also lets us benchmark some famous heroes based on their reputation and area of operation:
•Bilbo, most famous adventurer in the shire, was a 6th level Thief.
•The Castellan of the Keep on the Borderlands, lord of a march, was a 6th level Fighter.
•Sir Tristan, the best knight from the county of Cornwall, was a 7th level Fighter.
•Robin Hood, hero of Nottingham County, was an 8th level Explorer.
•Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser, the best thieves in Lankhmar, are a 9th level Explorer and 9th level Thief.
•Sir Gawain, the best knight from the principality of Orkney, was an 11th level Fighter.
•Beowulf, who arrives to deal with the threat to the small kingdom of the Geats, was a 12th level Fighter.
•Lancelot and Roland, the best in all of Dark Ages England and France respectively, were 12th level Fighters.
•Merlin, the best magician in all of England, was a 12th level Mage.
•Conan, conqueror of the kingdom of Aquilonia, was a 13th level Fighter.
•Thoth-Amon, most powerful sorcerer-priest in Stygia, was a 13th level Chaotic Cleric.
•Achilles, the best warrior on either side of the largest war of Antiquity, was a 14th level Fighter.
•Elric, most powerful sorcerer of the vast Melnibonean Empire, was a 14th level Spellsword.>>