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<blockquote data-quote="clearstream" data-source="post: 7156418" data-attributes="member: 71699">You seem to be saying that you have concerns about assuming some %age of a population are tier 3 or tier 4 cc-equiv. Is that right?Am I right to understand that you don't value most of the DMG and in particular Chapter 4, because it adds rules for NPCs?I valued your comment about using HD to estimate their tier equivalent. Knights are 8HD for instance so fit into tier 2. Damara had a population of about 1.3m in the 14th Century so given 1300 tier 2 we may (but do not have to) say that one-quarter of those are knights in service. About 300 knights. In war time that swells to a thousand. That helps when it comes to portraying the war with Zhengi, or for my campaign, the civil war. I can describe a large battle for the players in a rich way that will be consistent with other, related portrayals. I can quickly guess that each side of my civil war can field around 500 Knights supported by perhaps 5000 Guards and Scouts. I can talk about there being a few hundred mercenaries drawn to the war from neighbouring kingdoms.I'm very curious about it, and very open-minded. What problems are you concerned about that arise when we put numbers on their frequency?High-handed dismissal from a position lacking substance is honestly objectionable. Therefore I object. It is an appeal to self-appointed authority rather than a discussion: &quot;Trust me, I'm right.&quot; Well, maybe you don't see any problem with that approach?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="clearstream, post: 7156418, member: 71699"] You seem to be saying that you have concerns about assuming some %age of a population are tier 3 or tier 4 cc-equiv. Is that right? Am I right to understand that you don't value most of the [B]DMG[/B] and in particular [B]Chapter 4[/B], because it adds rules for NPCs? I valued your comment about using HD to estimate their tier equivalent. [B]Knights[/B] are [B]8HD[/B] for instance so fit into [B]tier 2[/B]. [I][B]Damara [/B]had a population of about 1.3m in the 14th Century so given 1300 tier 2 we may (but do not have to) say that one-quarter of those are knights in service. About 300 knights. In war time that swells to a thousand. That helps when it comes to portraying the war with Zhengi, or for my campaign, the civil war. I can describe a large battle for the players in a rich way that will be consistent with other, related portrayals. I can quickly guess that each side of my civil war can field around 500 Knights supported by perhaps 5000 Guards and Scouts. I can talk about there being a few hundred mercenaries drawn to the war from neighbouring kingdoms.[/I] I'm very curious about it, and very open-minded. What problems are you concerned about that arise when we put numbers on their frequency? High-handed dismissal from a position lacking substance is honestly objectionable. Therefore I object. It is an appeal to self-appointed authority rather than a discussion: "[I]Trust me, I'm right.[/I]" Well, maybe you don't see any problem with that approach? [/QUOTE]

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