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<blockquote data-quote="Dragonblade" data-source="post: 1625537" data-attributes="member: 2804"><p>On the whole I consider the population demographic's of medieval fantasy cities to be far too low given the prevalence of magic and healing magic in particular.</p><p></p><p>Sharn having a population of 200,000 is far too low for such a large magical metropolis. I think Waterdeep's population of 1.3 million is far more realistic for such a great magical city.</p><p></p><p>Ancient Rome and London both had populations approaching or exceeding 1,000,000 people long before the Renaissance and despite the fact that magic did not exist. Edo (Tokyo) and Tenochtitlan to name a couple other ancient cities also had populations well over 1,000,000 people in ancient times.</p><p></p><p>I find it unrealistic that House Jorasco would have a monopoly on healing in Eberron when both clerics of the Sovereign Host and the especially the Silver Flame seek converts to their cause when free healing would go a long way to generating good will among the people.</p><p></p><p>It is also not realistic that good clerics would charge exorbitant fees to cast spells that cost themselves nothing to cast.</p><p></p><p>I also find the military demographics of most fantasy worlds to be laughable. In ancient times, the Romans likely had over 1,000,000 soldiers spread across their empire. The Persian Empire even once fielded a single army of 1,000,000 soldiers, personally led by King Xerxes, when they invaded ancient Greece. Its doubtful that the Persian king left his nation completely undefended so its safe to assume that probably several hundred thousand or more soldiers remained in Persia.</p><p></p><p>Yet most fantasy stories and novels talk about armies of 10,000 as if they are some massive invincible military force. 10,000 soldiers was not that large a force on ancient Earth and we didn't have any magic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dragonblade, post: 1625537, member: 2804"] On the whole I consider the population demographic's of medieval fantasy cities to be far too low given the prevalence of magic and healing magic in particular. Sharn having a population of 200,000 is far too low for such a large magical metropolis. I think Waterdeep's population of 1.3 million is far more realistic for such a great magical city. Ancient Rome and London both had populations approaching or exceeding 1,000,000 people long before the Renaissance and despite the fact that magic did not exist. Edo (Tokyo) and Tenochtitlan to name a couple other ancient cities also had populations well over 1,000,000 people in ancient times. I find it unrealistic that House Jorasco would have a monopoly on healing in Eberron when both clerics of the Sovereign Host and the especially the Silver Flame seek converts to their cause when free healing would go a long way to generating good will among the people. It is also not realistic that good clerics would charge exorbitant fees to cast spells that cost themselves nothing to cast. I also find the military demographics of most fantasy worlds to be laughable. In ancient times, the Romans likely had over 1,000,000 soldiers spread across their empire. The Persian Empire even once fielded a single army of 1,000,000 soldiers, personally led by King Xerxes, when they invaded ancient Greece. Its doubtful that the Persian king left his nation completely undefended so its safe to assume that probably several hundred thousand or more soldiers remained in Persia. Yet most fantasy stories and novels talk about armies of 10,000 as if they are some massive invincible military force. 10,000 soldiers was not that large a force on ancient Earth and we didn't have any magic. [/QUOTE]
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