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<blockquote data-quote="Conaill" data-source="post: 766491" data-attributes="member: 1264"><p><strong>Re: Re: Re: population and levels</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Just to annoy jdavis <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 ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />, here's the <em>corrected</em> stats on guards for the average city of 10,200, based on the MMS tables (I had to correct for the number of adults in the population):</p><p></p><p>Guards (private): 140</p><p>Guards (city, governmental): 70</p><p>Mercenaries: 70</p><p></p><p>I agree that we probably should have more than that, but <em>three</em> times more seems a little much, especially if we are going to have a roaming force outside the walls as well.</p><p></p><p>50 personal guards for Lady Kelvin: what, she need her own personal <em>army</em> now? How many personal guards does the leader of a small city need anyway? I would say 2 dedicated guards would have to be with her at all times. Let's say 3 shifts of 8 hours. The more personal guards we give her, the more chance of sneaking in a spy or assasin among them! The number of personal guards must be small enough for Lady Kelvin to develop a personal rapport and trust with them. I would say 10 at most.</p><p></p><p>The actual citadel where Lady Kelvin resides (I'm assuming she'll be on the reinforced island in the middle of the river?) should probably be manned by the regular city guard. </p><p></p><p>Mor's End has 4 city gates right now. Let's say each has 4 guards on duty at all times (plus at least one clerk at each gate as well). Another 4-5 guards to patrol the city wall (at night there would be fewer men at the gates, and more patrolling the wall) and 10 guards for the Citadel. Add a few extras "on call" at the citadel or temporarily unavailable (training, sick, etc). Two shifts, that makes 80 city guards. That sounds fine. </p><p></p><p>No need for 3 shifts at the gates or citadel, because they're stationary: at any one time they can have one man taking a nap, eating, etc. The City watch patrolling the streets probably <em>does</em> need three watches. Let's stick with your 20 guards per watch, for a total of 60. That includes the occasional off-duty time for training, sick leave etc. (IIRC, days off are a relatively modern invention!)</p><p></p><p>Total:</p><p></p><p>10 Elite Guard for Lady Kelvin</p><p>80 City Guard for the gates, wall and citadel</p><p>60 City Watch</p><p></p><p>The number of Outland Rangers would probably be kept well below the City Guard. Perhaps no more than 40.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Conaill, post: 766491, member: 1264"] [b]Re: Re: Re: population and levels[/b] Just to annoy jdavis ;), here's the [i]corrected[/i] stats on guards for the average city of 10,200, based on the MMS tables (I had to correct for the number of adults in the population): Guards (private): 140 Guards (city, governmental): 70 Mercenaries: 70 I agree that we probably should have more than that, but [i]three[/i] times more seems a little much, especially if we are going to have a roaming force outside the walls as well. 50 personal guards for Lady Kelvin: what, she need her own personal [i]army[/i] now? How many personal guards does the leader of a small city need anyway? I would say 2 dedicated guards would have to be with her at all times. Let's say 3 shifts of 8 hours. The more personal guards we give her, the more chance of sneaking in a spy or assasin among them! The number of personal guards must be small enough for Lady Kelvin to develop a personal rapport and trust with them. I would say 10 at most. The actual citadel where Lady Kelvin resides (I'm assuming she'll be on the reinforced island in the middle of the river?) should probably be manned by the regular city guard. Mor's End has 4 city gates right now. Let's say each has 4 guards on duty at all times (plus at least one clerk at each gate as well). Another 4-5 guards to patrol the city wall (at night there would be fewer men at the gates, and more patrolling the wall) and 10 guards for the Citadel. Add a few extras "on call" at the citadel or temporarily unavailable (training, sick, etc). Two shifts, that makes 80 city guards. That sounds fine. No need for 3 shifts at the gates or citadel, because they're stationary: at any one time they can have one man taking a nap, eating, etc. The City watch patrolling the streets probably [i]does[/i] need three watches. Let's stick with your 20 guards per watch, for a total of 60. That includes the occasional off-duty time for training, sick leave etc. (IIRC, days off are a relatively modern invention!) Total: 10 Elite Guard for Lady Kelvin 80 City Guard for the gates, wall and citadel 60 City Watch The number of Outland Rangers would probably be kept well below the City Guard. Perhaps no more than 40. [/QUOTE]
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