... That be true too, in that case there would have to be some 'failures' in Navigator activity a the early days before they had honed their skills :) -- t:...
Riku Korhonen
rtk@...
Nov 1, 2002 12:47 pm
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... That's an excellent rationale. It explains not only the research angle, but gives the compasses a sepatate function beyond just PP multipliers. And it fits...
Mike Holmes
homeydont@...
Nov 1, 2002 2:15 pm
271
... True, but I still see assumptions. We don't really know how land is administered in Ly-Aran, and Xa-ar. But again, I like your assumptions, and will...
Mike Holmes
homeydont@...
Nov 1, 2002 2:44 pm
272
... Yes, but the recent period of years, with a devastating plague and civil war, is an exception. It was founded in the Second Era, it survived the Wars of...
Fredrik Ragnar Sellev...
fredris@...
Nov 1, 2002 2:52 pm
273
... Rhakhaan has been blocked to the west by a powerful Essænce flow up until recently (I think the Crowns' failure broke it), which may have served to keep...
bcd@...
Nov 1, 2002 3:04 pm
274
Greetings from The Guild Companion, The November 2002 (#45) issue of The Guild Companion is now available at http://www.guildcompanion.com We present a special...
Nicholas H.M. Caldwell
nhmc1@...
Nov 2, 2002 11:39 am
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What do you all think of this answer to the population question... posted at the Official Forum www.ironcrown.com ... [quote]As for the population, The number...
alistairlan
alistairlan@...
Nov 6, 2002 5:23 pm
276
Nice post. Just a question. Is Sel-Kai closer to a renaissance era city than a middle-ages city? I would think the renaissance would see quite a but of...
SCarroll
swshbcklr@...
Nov 6, 2002 6:26 pm
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... That's a good point. Medieval cities were very limited by the mud and wattle construction of buildings that made even one storey above ground level. ...
Mike Holmes
homeydont@...
Nov 6, 2002 9:42 pm
278
... The Renaissance is a very difficult period to specify: around the 14th century in Italy and the 16th century for the rest of Europe. The fall of...
alistairlan
alistairlan@...
Nov 6, 2002 10:39 pm
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Absolutely true. And what more; The Eidolon book states that Sel-Kai is 30 times the size of Eidolon. I tend to give credence to that number, and write off the...
Fredrik Ragnar Sellev...
fredris@...
Nov 7, 2002 11:51 am
280
... Sure, but some few did not. Obviously Sel-Kai falls into that special category. ... I'm not sure in that cite where it says this. In point of fact,...
Mike Holmes
homeydont@...
Nov 7, 2002 4:54 pm
281
[quote]As for the population, The number given could very well be high. Maybe we can get a consensus of what is reasonable for the city as shown on the map?...
alistairlan
alistairlan@...
Nov 7, 2002 5:36 pm
282
... I'm talking about the height of residential housing. You can't deny that trippling the average floorspace available by building up would'nt make for more...
Mike Holmes
homeydont@...
Nov 7, 2002 7:59 pm
283
Great response... ... Indeed, pre 18th century around 44 cities (most not in europe) exceeded the 30K mark... Venice, Moscow, Paris, London etc had these large...
alistairlan
alistairlan@...
Nov 7, 2002 8:37 pm
284
We're cross posting I think, so I'll try not to stomp on anything. ... Debatable. But it's a fantasy town, so I give it the benefit of the doubt there. I also...
Mike Holmes
homeydont@...
Nov 7, 2002 10:16 pm
285
... I didn't make myself clear… I simply meant that if you walk around Venice you see that the buildings are all have 3 or 4 floors! The population of Venice...
alistairlan
alistairlan@...
Nov 7, 2002 10:31 pm
286
... Yeah. We don't really want this to degrade into a flamewar between amateur thespians and hack-and-slashers. -- What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all...
Jason Mulligan
virduk@...
Nov 7, 2002 11:35 pm
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... wrote: Definitely some cross posting… but interesting! No tension here just heavy duty debating... all thats missing is a nice pint ;) ... Cool… but I...
alistairlan
alistairlan@...
Nov 8, 2002 3:04 am
288
I would be interested in what item 16, 17 and 18 are in the map of the Pyramid of the Snake on page 87 in the book Emer Book II: The Northeast. Anyone knows? I...
Mårten Thomasson
marten.thomasson@...
Nov 8, 2002 11:35 am
289
... Certainly reasonable. I'm trying to stretch it into the realm of less reasonable. Just to justify the printed number. But going with anything from 100 to...
Mike Holmes
homeydont@...
Nov 8, 2002 2:43 pm
290
... the ... Northeast. ... sentinel ... guess ... I can't find any reference either but eidolonstudio.com has an errata page... I suggest you email Terry so...
alistairlan
alistairlan@...
Nov 8, 2002 8:34 pm
291
I'll do that, thx. Regards, Mårten ... From: shadow_world@... [mailto:shadow_world@...]On Behalf Of alistairlan Sent: den 8 november...
Mårten Thomasson
marten.thomasson@...
Nov 8, 2002 9:15 pm
292
... Even the figure of 200 only gives a 125K total population… but I understand your motivation, however Terry seems to be considering changing the number:...
alistairlan
alistairlan@...
Nov 8, 2002 11:43 pm
293
... I'm firmy rooting for keeping the Sel-Kai population as it is now (just a trifle above 150K). Because of global consistency with the material already...
Voriig Kye
voriig.kye@...
Nov 9, 2002 7:25 am
294
... In recent history [for SW antway ;)] the population fell by about 15K... but it may have bounced back though. ... I understand your motive and...
alistairlan
alistairlan@...
Nov 10, 2002 2:13 pm
295
... I've played a bit of Ars, and I sorta like the magic system. Since I'm using Hero Wars for the system, I've had to do quite a bit of thinking as to how to...
Mike Holmes
homeydont@...
Nov 11, 2002 2:37 pm
296
... Well said. Textual consistency is important (to some at least). That's why I've been trying to be an apollogist for the text in this case. I find it ...
Mike Holmes
homeydont@...
Nov 11, 2002 2:56 pm
297
I'm intrigued, very much so. I've looked at Hero Wars previously, during the peak of my disillusionment with Rolemaster - which incidently, has not since rewon...
Fredrik Ragnar Sellev...
fredris@...
Nov 11, 2002 3:05 pm
298
... Amen. Even worse with The Iron Wind. ... Your note about slaves is correct, and what promted me to sppecualte about a huge "servant" class, who, while not...
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