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<blockquote data-quote="Haltherrion" data-source="post: 5386202" data-attributes="member: 18253">My current campaign is in a Dark Age kind of setting of small petty kingdoms in a partially wasted land. In a typical kingdom there might be 16000 of which 90% live on farms, 10% live in villages and the King’s town. Of the latter, 20% are nobles and warriors (2% of the total population). There are greater than level 0 in all groups but fewer among the farmers, some among the townies and many more among the nobles (but not all- there are young and old among the warriors, non-combatants, etc.)&nbsp;Modeling the different level distributions among the three main groups, it comes out for me to something like:&nbsp;Level&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; #&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; %Level 0: 14160&nbsp; &nbsp; 88.5%Level 1: 874&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 5.5%Level 2: 378&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 2.4%Level 3: 195&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1.2%Level 4: 101&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 0.6%Level 5: 95&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 0.6%Level 6: 68&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 0.4%Level 7: 51&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 0.3%Level 8: 25&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 0.2%Level 9: 23&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 0.1%Level 10:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 6&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.04%Level 11:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 5&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.03%Level 12:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 5&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.03%Level 13:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.015%Level 14:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.015%Level 15:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.015%Level 16:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.012%Level 17:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.011%Level 18:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.011%Level 19:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.010%Level 20:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.010% &nbsp;From a game point of view, it does mean the players could go rampaging through the farms but that was the fate of farmers in history and really isn’t an issue game-wise. Once they hit very high levels they could probably take over a kingdom but these are fairly petty kingdoms.&nbsp;The above seems a good enough starting point but I’m sure I could smooth out the distribution some. It's flatter than some of your distributions. The largest group has some but not many over level 0. The nobles/warriors have many over level 0 (even then are 55% level 0 counting children, non-combatants, etc.) but are diluted by the other groups.&nbsp;Anyway, it's a different way to model it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Haltherrion, post: 5386202, member: 18253"] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]My current campaign is in a Dark Age kind of setting of small petty kingdoms in a partially wasted land. In a typical kingdom there might be 16000 of which 90% live on farms, 10% live in villages and the King’s town. Of the latter, 20% are nobles and warriors (2% of the total population). There are greater than level 0 in all groups but fewer among the farmers, some among the townies and many more among the nobles (but not all- there are young and old among the warriors, non-combatants, etc.)[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Modeling the different level distributions among the three main groups, it comes out for me to something like:[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Calibri][COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level # %[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 0: 14160 88.5%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 1: 874 5.5%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 2: 378 2.4%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 3: 195 1.2%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 4: 101 0.6%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 5: 95 0.6%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 6: 68 0.4%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 7: 51 0.3%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 8: 25 0.2%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 9: 23 0.1%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 10: 6 0.04%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 11: 5 0.03%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 12: 5 0.03%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 13: 2 0.015%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 14: 2 0.015%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 15: 2 0.015%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 16: 2 0.012%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 17: 2 0.011%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 18: 2 0.011%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 19: 2 0.010%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 20: 2 0.010%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]From a game point of view, it does mean the players could go rampaging through the farms but that was the fate of farmers in history and really isn’t an issue game-wise. Once they hit very high levels they could probably take over a kingdom but these are fairly petty kingdoms.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]The above seems a good enough starting point but I’m sure I could smooth out the distribution some. It's flatter than some of your distributions. The largest group has some but not many over level 0. The nobles/warriors have many over level 0 (even then are 55% level 0 counting children, non-combatants, etc.) but are diluted by the other groups.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Anyway, it's a different way to model it.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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