The Chump is Stumped out!

[jgbrowning]

Ok, since you just got some fresh soy milk, and I'm too lazy to do the math...

According to the DMG demographics (i.e. NOT the ones used in AMMS:WE ), what would be the makeup of a whole nation's army in terms of levels and classes (let's focus on Fighters and Warriors for now)?

The DMG tells us the distribution of levels for a *city*, but not for a whole country, which would presumably determine the make-up of a national army. I assume there's some distribution of population centers as well, which should allow you to calculate the totals for an entire country. (Of course, counting the entire country as a Metropolis will dramatically skew the results.)

For example, the city of Mor's End has a total of 48 Fighters, and close to 400 Warriors (with 7/8 of those being War1). Above lvl 1, there are about as many Fighters as Warriors. At lvl 1, there are about 16 times as many War1 than Ftr1 (War1 take up 5% of the population). Smaller villages (which take up ~92% of the population of a country) will have a very different ratio of Ftr to War. (This means you will also need to specify a distribution of Thorps, Hamlets and Villages.)

Along the same lines... given the DMG demographics, what is the ratio of Adepts to Clerics and Wizards/Sorcerers for different size cities, considering that the number of Adepts contain an additional .5% of the total population (as Adp1's)?

Heh, sorry Conaill, I’m just as lazy as you.. a nation system regarding army support and generation based upon a central government will be something for A Magical Classical Society: Imperium. Medieval armies were simply paid mercenaries or those landowners who chose to not pay scutage to their king.

joe b.

**If you can get two people to say in their posts that you’ve stumped me, you’ve stumped me.

 

[jgbrowning]

Re: Water

How many gallons of water, per person, will it take to support each unit of population (village, city, etc.), including drinking, bathing, washing, laundry, sewage, irrigation, etc., etc., ad nauseum?

Depends on climate. Good rule of thumb is one gallon a day for consumption (actually its less than that, but one gallon helps cover for cooking and for the hotter climates)

Washing, laundry, bathing, sewage, and irrigation are not viewed as necessities to most medieval people

Now to include those things in an attempt to determine total water usage for a city is difficult. Probably the romans (and i'm sure some of the middle eastern civilizations would provide you better information than the medieval period).

My stab in the dark for a total cities use of water, would be roughly two gallons per adult per day. Although I think that is probably a bit high, it would serve most needs.

joe b.

 

[jgbrowning]

Re: Pits, pits, pits (why do it always got to be pits?)

How long/much will it take to dig a 5' x 5' x 10' deep pit in each type of soil (soft, firm, hard, rocky, solid stone), including what tools, and the cost of the labourer(s)?

from the MMS:WE building system
roughly (labor being 40-60% and tools already being factored in)
soft/firm soil (need braces): 5 gp takes roughly 1 hours.
hard/rocky soil (no braces): 2.5 gp takes roughly 2.5 hours.
stone (no braces): 50 gp takes roughly 6 hours.

Now the times here are a bit too quick. The building system is designed for the production of a complete building and taking only one section of many (material, carriage, excavation, height/depth, and style) doesn't provide the best answer.

I'd at least quadruple the time because its an unwieldly shape you've got them digging and it really limits how many diggers you can have working at one time.

joe b.

 

[jgbrowning]

Well, I'm going to give this contest 1 more hour as i need to do some sort of work today.

joe b.

 

[jgbrowning]

7 minutes left... bump

joe b.

 

[alsih2o]

what becomes the order of succession if a siblingless king dies with no heir and all cousins are married in other courts?

 

[jgbrowning]

what becomes the order of succession if a siblingless king dies with no heir and all cousins are married in other courts?

Hrm..


I'm Stumped!


but only by default!...

I'll send you the free copy of Party of One: Leda since you were the last respondant.

'twas fun, gentlemen, but now I must work!

joe b.

 

[DerianCypher]

How large would a city have to be in order to support some sort of educational institution?

What would the cost of attending an institution be?

DC

 

[alsih2o]

you are the best jg

 

[jgbrowning]

How large would a city have to be in order to support some sort of educational institution?

What would the cost of attending an institution be?

DC

sorry deriancypher, this chumps stumped out...

joe b.