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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jasper" data-source="post: 271434" data-attributes="member: 277">Ok I know people are scratching their heads and wondering where I going with this thread.In the military tactics thread and other they talking about how much magic can be thrown around the field. So I using the core books to see how much magic is available.I chose the cities and metropolis at random and only include a small population to keep it small. Also if I did a normal kingdom and detailed all the cities, throps, hamlets etc I would have to include a formula of how much was not available to spend on the military.So I crunching numbers to see what the civilian population is and then we figure how many will enter into the military.Some basic rules.Maintenance on buildings is about 10% a year of the total cost of building. (If any one what to crunch the numbers for staff, materials, and wear and tear feel free especially if you can site real examples).Also want to see how many good ideas I can steal from you.I will post the cities later. You are basically a new king with no standing army. You can mobilize the warriors and militia for 40 days free. However that includes travel time to battlefield. And only half will come. They will bring 40 days of iron rations with them. The rest you will have to pay a salary. Assume the warriors have other skills need to support campaign. So you have ditch diggers, cooks, and etc. Also these are mix of green and veteran troops. They do not march like you did in the Army. The Marching drill came in late I think around the mid 1500’s.Any other class you have to pay a salary. Or change the law. Then depending on the law I will post the percentage of  people obeying.Technology does not include firearms yet.Arms and armour from cave man to full plate.Ships building to include the Columbus voyages types. I don’t think you need ships of the line until cannons.Research and Development. I will be getting with my former Current affairs teacher. In a game we played in her class, you could put so much into r & d and got so much growth out after so much years. Building schools, etc. Use the figures from the DMG for the cost. Assume a 9 month building period per year.If I forgot any thing please post it.thanksthis is also an exercise for me to see if I crunch the numbers correctly.</blockquote>

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