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<blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 1423422" data-attributes="member: 8447">Interesting thoughts.Essentially, given the XP system, is the only way that our city can support all these classed characters at these high levels through open conflict?&nbsp; And if so, just how lethal is the world?Then again, the Monster Manual actually gives us some clues.&nbsp; For all the non-abberation, non-outsider creatures and races to be viable, there would have to be a fair sized population of each.&nbsp; As most of these creatures are carnivorous, there must be a lot of competition amongst primary and secondary predators; this suggests either a heck of a lotta slow, easy to catch herbivores with a very high reproductive rate or a state of near constant warfare between both species and cultures.&nbsp; In the Real World (Medieval version) something like 90% of the populace was involved directly in agriculture, mostly in small, rural communities.&nbsp; But with a world this vastly dangerous, such small villages would be nearly suicidal.&nbsp; Would fields have to be walled it?&nbsp; Would humans (and, by extension, elves, etc.) have switched over to a nearly carnivorous diet?&nbsp; Would haunch of hobgoblin be considered acceptable viands?Enquiring minds want to know...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wombat, post: 1423422, member: 8447"] Interesting thoughts. Essentially, given the XP system, is the only way that our city can support all these classed characters at these high levels through open conflict? And if so, just how lethal is the world? Then again, the Monster Manual actually gives us some clues. For all the non-abberation, non-outsider creatures and races to be viable, there would have to be a fair sized population of each. As most of these creatures are carnivorous, there must be a lot of competition amongst primary and secondary predators; this suggests either a heck of a lotta slow, easy to catch herbivores with a very high reproductive rate or a state of near constant warfare between both species and cultures. In the Real World (Medieval version) something like 90% of the populace was involved directly in agriculture, mostly in small, rural communities. But with a world this vastly dangerous, such small villages would be nearly suicidal. Would fields have to be walled it? Would humans (and, by extension, elves, etc.) have switched over to a nearly carnivorous diet? Would haunch of hobgoblin be considered acceptable viands? Enquiring minds want to know... [/QUOTE]

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