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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Huckster42" data-source="post: 4050967" data-attributes="member: 37041">Table 5-2: Random Town Generation in the DMG (p.137) appears to produce some strange results for general population distribution. I would have expected the majority of people in a fantasy setting to live in villages, hamlets, thorps etc. but using the numbers provided in the DMG, the majority of people would live in cities, and only a tiny number would live in small communities. The percentages I get (based on average populations provided) for the various town sizes are as follows:Town Size/Percent of populationThorp/0.2%Hamlet/1.5%Village/4.0%Small Town/9.0%Large Town/16.3%Small City/26.5%Large City/23.0%Metropolis/19.5%To calculate this I use the d% roll in table 5-2 and the average population for each town size. For instance, 10% of towns are Thorps, but Thorps only have an average population of 60, while 4% are Large Cities, but Large Cities have an average population of 18,500. If you compare the average populations of each town type the number skew hugely towards large cities. Am I missing something?I realize the tables in the DMG are only supposed to be rough guides, but it would appear that they produce unworkable results. The information I have read on Medieval Europe is that 90% of the population lived in small rural communities. A fantasy setting could possibly have a greater urban population due to improved agricultural yields but I don't think it would approach the numbers in the DMG!Any thoughts?CheersHuckster</blockquote>

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