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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BigFreekinGoblinoid" data-source="post: 1652775" data-attributes="member: 5988">The originiator of this thread was soliciting opinions on this subject, no? I think we here as ( most of us ! ) adults realize that almost every post on a message board is an opinion, not a statement of fact.J&J: I certainly do NOT think that these type of details in a campaign book lessen the enjoyment of anyone who doesn't care about them. Let's put aside the issue of details being "necessary" or not. Correct - this is fully normative, with no absolute right or wrong.I see no reason the Eberron numbers in question cannot be accurate as written. Perhaps as a DM, before dismissing them altogether, how might I change MY preconceptions to make those numbers fit, despite my misgivings? EXP's Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe was a wonderful book, but the focus was a LOT more on Medieval Western Europe than on Magical Societies, so I need to look beyond the considerations in that book...So what assumptions must I make to get these numbers to work? Details in the book could not cover everything. With all of these "houses" controlling aspects of trade and necessity through the wielding of highly specialized magic, I'm sure there are dozens or even hundreds of tremendous impacts on traditional population assumptions. Yes the Eberron number seem low. Perhaps REALLY low. But it might be a fun project to try and make these numbers fit by challenging accepted paradigms and applying some new assumptions based on magic being much more prevalant than simply dismissing them because they immediatly stand out as different.</blockquote>

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