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<blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 7900169" data-attributes="member: 1125">
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<li data-xf-list-type="ol">An Acre is the amount of land a single man can plow with an ox in a Day</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">An Acre of land yeilds 2 - 6 bushels of crop per Year</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">it requires around 20 bushels to feed someone per year.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">A Medieval Household had around 5 people (so required around 100 crop bushels)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Most peasants had access to around 20-30 acres/year to support their household including animals ( an Ox &amp; plough) and also the Rent/Tax they paid to the Manor (ie your Stronghold).</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">(NB In England Manors would tax the Hide (120acres) or 4 households).</li>
</ol>So for game purposes the PCs need to determine the Acres of land they control and then assign workers/households to those acresFor Crop Yield I’d roll&nbsp; 1d6 x Acre = BushelsEg I have 500 acres x d6 (3) = 1500 bushels (tax 10% or 150 bushels)1350/20 = feeds 67.5 peopleModify the d6 yield roll for Terrain/Climate, Druid spells and other events (Bumper crops, Pest invasion, Crop diseases etc)So Year 1 has an unexpected frost (-2) roll d6-2 = 2In a poor yield year (with 2 bushels per acre) even on 30 acres you only get 60 Bushels per year - enough to feed 3 people in the household, thus your 2 other children die of starvation unless the PCs do something to increase the yield.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tonguez, post: 7900169, member: 1125"] [LIST=1] [*]An Acre is the amount of land a single man can plow with an ox in a Day [*]An Acre of land yeilds 2 - 6 bushels of crop per Year [*]it requires around 20 bushels to feed someone per year. [*]A Medieval Household had around 5 people (so required around 100 crop bushels) [*]Most peasants had access to around 20-30 acres/year to support their household including animals ( an Ox & plough) and also the Rent/Tax they paid to the Manor (ie your Stronghold). [*](NB In England Manors would tax the Hide (120acres) or 4 households). [/LIST] So for game purposes the PCs need to determine the Acres of land they control and then assign workers/households to those acres For Crop Yield I’d roll 1d6 x Acre = Bushels Eg I have 500 acres x d6 (3) = 1500 bushels (tax 10% or 150 bushels) 1350/20 = feeds 67.5 people Modify the d6 yield roll for Terrain/Climate, Druid spells and other events (Bumper crops, Pest invasion, Crop diseases etc) So Year 1 has an unexpected frost (-2) roll d6-2 = 2 In a poor yield year (with 2 bushels per acre) even on 30 acres you only get 60 Bushels per year - enough to feed 3 people in the household, thus your 2 other children die of starvation unless the PCs do something to increase the yield. [/QUOTE]

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