sckeener
First Post
Does anyone else get bothered by little facts like this?
In Ptolus the Vai, a group of assassins, have to kill a sentient being every day. How does that work? I'd think the Vai would have to be a very, very small group.
In the baby boom years of the US, the birth rate was as high as 118 per 1000 and in the world today the country with the highest birth rate is only 49 per 1000.
Since the city of Ptolus has only a population of 75K (is mostly human) and using the US baby boom years birth rate, that would leave 118*75= 8850. Dividing by the days in a year in Ptolus 364, we get 24. At most 24 Vai could exist in the city without the population having a negative population growth (not counting immigrants). I figure much fewer Vai since there are so many other things that people could die from.
I have the same problem with standard vampires. In 3.5 they have to drain a level daily.
Admittedly I haven't finished reading Ptolus and just wanted to vent. I'll probably change it and make it that the Vai have to kill someone once every new moon cycle giving them a month to stalk their prey.
In Ptolus the Vai, a group of assassins, have to kill a sentient being every day. How does that work? I'd think the Vai would have to be a very, very small group.
In the baby boom years of the US, the birth rate was as high as 118 per 1000 and in the world today the country with the highest birth rate is only 49 per 1000.
Since the city of Ptolus has only a population of 75K (is mostly human) and using the US baby boom years birth rate, that would leave 118*75= 8850. Dividing by the days in a year in Ptolus 364, we get 24. At most 24 Vai could exist in the city without the population having a negative population growth (not counting immigrants). I figure much fewer Vai since there are so many other things that people could die from.
I have the same problem with standard vampires. In 3.5 they have to drain a level daily.
Admittedly I haven't finished reading Ptolus and just wanted to vent. I'll probably change it and make it that the Vai have to kill someone once every new moon cycle giving them a month to stalk their prey.