12-29-2009, 09:16 AM | #21 | |
Join Date: Jun 2009
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Re: Suggested resources for a fantasy campaign?
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I don't own the Fantasy PDF's, but I probably will one day. (If only they'd combine them all into a hardback one day). If you are completely comfortable worldbuilding a fantasy realm, and are not interested in a single tid-bit of advice on the matter (I wasn't and still am not), you'll still find a significant portion of Fantasy helpful. |
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12-29-2009, 10:37 AM | #22 | |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Buffalo, New York
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Re: Suggested resources for a fantasy campaign?
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Ironically enough? GURPS already gives you a set of tools you can use to estimate the gross product of a given region. GURPS SPACE gives you tools for determining the Per Capita income (as does GURPS CHARACTERS AND CAMPAIGNS for that matter) as well as gross domestic product. Those guidelines work for not only a sci-fi campaign, but also a fantasy one. All YOU need to do as a GM, is determine what percentage of the population earn "poor" incomes, what percentage earn "struggling" incomes, etc. When all is said and done, the "average" income for the entire society is expected to equal the per capita income overall. As for the income per acre of land - you can generally find that by looking into either history books for pre industrial societies, or you can look it up for modern societies, or extrapolate the trend into the future with sci-fi socities. In fact? I seem to recall participating in a thread years ago that did just that - extrapolate the overall values for "demographics" using GURPS 4e rules. Ah well, I have to call it quits here <g>.
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12-29-2009, 11:03 AM | #23 | |
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Aarhus, Denmark
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Re: Suggested resources for a fantasy campaign?
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And yeah, I know exactly what you mean - stalking through rpg products in the store is better than a pdf preview. |
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12-29-2009, 03:53 PM | #24 |
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Pennsylvania
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Re: Suggested resources for a fantasy campaign?
If I have any problem with GURPS at all, the part I underlined is it; there are so many great suppliments that I would like to have that it's hard to get them all.
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