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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 6409266" data-attributes="member: 59082">[MENTION=4937]Celebrim[/MENTION], not only magic but monsters! Tribes of orcs and gnolls, as well as all kinds of unearthly beasties lairing and wandering about would likely increase urbanization, with probably more fortified towns and cities, with guard towers and barracks interspersed throughout farm land and villages.As far as population goes, I'm also thinking that we'd see greater density the larger the city. Perhaps 2-5 people per structure in a village makes sense, but then it goes up from there. While of course this doesn't really matter in the game session, I do care about such things in terms of world building. I'm thinking about these general guidelines, with &quot;buildings&quot; not including out-houses, chicken-shacks etc, but would include shanties and shacks that people live in:Village (&lt;500): 2-4 / buildingSmall town (500-2,000): 4-6 / buildingLarge town (2-5,000): 6-8 / building Small city (5-10,000): 8-10 / buildingLarge city and above (10,000+): 10+ / buildingOr something like that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 6409266, member: 59082"] [MENTION=4937]Celebrim[/MENTION], not only magic but monsters! Tribes of orcs and gnolls, as well as all kinds of unearthly beasties lairing and wandering about would likely increase urbanization, with probably more fortified towns and cities, with guard towers and barracks interspersed throughout farm land and villages. As far as population goes, I'm also thinking that we'd see greater density the larger the city. Perhaps 2-5 people per structure in a village makes sense, but then it goes up from there. While of course this doesn't really matter in the game session, I do care about such things in terms of world building. I'm thinking about these general guidelines, with "buildings" not including out-houses, chicken-shacks etc, but would include shanties and shacks that people live in: Village (<500): 2-4 / building Small town (500-2,000): 4-6 / building Large town (2-5,000): 6-8 / building Small city (5-10,000): 8-10 / building Large city and above (10,000+): 10+ / building Or something like that. [/QUOTE]

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