Comments on: [CFMS] Scale of Size http://jeremykeller.com/2009/11/24/cfms-scale-of-size/ A blog of creative endeavors Sat, 03 Mar 2012 01:47:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark http://jeremykeller.com/2009/11/24/cfms-scale-of-size/comment-page-1/#comment-2646 Mark Sun, 09 May 2010 20:36:42 +0000 http://jeremykeller.com/?p=201#comment-2646 I realise this is late to the post, but is it necessary to have such big jumps in a feudal setting? Even the highest Lord is unlikely to rule directly a large domain. Instead, he's going to farm out divisions of land to lesser Lords, who give him service instead. Maybe you could have another stat (or even system) that determines how many lesser Lords owe you allegience? That leaves direct domain management to a reasonably small level. I realise this is late to the post, but is it necessary to have such big jumps in a feudal setting? Even the highest Lord is unlikely to rule directly a large domain. Instead, he’s going to farm out divisions of land to lesser Lords, who give him service instead.

Maybe you could have another stat (or even system) that determines how many lesser Lords owe you allegience? That leaves direct domain management to a reasonably small level.

]]> By: Jeremy Keller http://jeremykeller.com/2009/11/24/cfms-scale-of-size/comment-page-1/#comment-2583 Jeremy Keller Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:43:02 +0000 http://jeremykeller.com/?p=201#comment-2583 Hi David. It's not so much that I need precision, as much as I need the manipulation of dice to be meaningful. One of the first things you need to do with manor creation is split your population of tenants into two groups: villeins and free peasants. That division needs to have an impact on the dice. I like your idea of a particular rank getting too big. It's always been in my head that each rank represents a range of the population. So, despite the hard numbers I used above, a d4 population is 4 to 10 people. A d6 is 20 to 40. I'm working on a notation now to indicate if that rank is on the high side of the range or the low side. If I can elegantly include that information, then that might allow me to switch back to the 2:1 ratio rather than the 4:1 ratio. Hi David. It’s not so much that I need precision, as much as I need the manipulation of dice to be meaningful. One of the first things you need to do with manor creation is split your population of tenants into two groups: villeins and free peasants. That division needs to have an impact on the dice.

I like your idea of a particular rank getting too big. It’s always been in my head that each rank represents a range of the population. So, despite the hard numbers I used above, a d4 population is 4 to 10 people. A d6 is 20 to 40. I’m working on a notation now to indicate if that rank is on the high side of the range or the low side. If I can elegantly include that information, then that might allow me to switch back to the 2:1 ratio rather than the 4:1 ratio.

]]> By: David http://jeremykeller.com/2009/11/24/cfms-scale-of-size/comment-page-1/#comment-2581 David Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:33:26 +0000 http://jeremykeller.com/?p=201#comment-2581 Why do you need such precision? If a d4 group of people leave a population center of 3d6, it's still a population center of 3d6. Or better yet: d4 = a family d6 = a clan d8 = a village d10 = a city d12 = a province So, let's say a family moves out of a village, it's still a village, and still a d8. If a family breaks away from a clan, well then that's a judgment call that depends on the story. Maybe the clan split because it was too big (so, one d8 split into two d8s). Why do you need such precision? If a d4 group of people leave a population center of 3d6, it’s still a population center of 3d6. Or better yet:
d4 = a family
d6 = a clan
d8 = a village
d10 = a city
d12 = a province
So, let’s say a family moves out of a village, it’s still a village, and still a d8. If a family breaks away from a clan, well then that’s a judgment call that depends on the story. Maybe the clan split because it was too big (so, one d8 split into two d8s).

]]> By: [CFMS] Scale of Play « JeremyKeller.com http://jeremykeller.com/2009/11/24/cfms-scale-of-size/comment-page-1/#comment-2578 [CFMS] Scale of Play « JeremyKeller.com Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:12:06 +0000 http://jeremykeller.com/?p=201#comment-2578 [...] the last couple of days we’ve talked about how the manor system scales size and time. But there’s one more scale-related facet to explore and that is the scale of [...] [...] the last couple of days we’ve talked about how the manor system scales size and time. But there’s one more scale-related facet to explore and that is the scale of [...]

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