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The second focuses on the City-State of Khromarium:
So far, the urban populations ended up matching the Hyperborea Gazeteer quite closely. My key learning is that the Sages’ Guild of Khromarium didn’t do a good job enumerating the hamlets and rural population outside of city walls, however...
Blackadder23: Insanely long villain soliloquy, then "Your action?"
BORGO'S PLAYER: I shoot him in the face
One major consideration when using ACKS is the Market Class of each community, which establishes whether expensive equipment is available. With the notable exception of Khromarium, most Hyperborean realms have limited items for purchase.
I’m definitely thinking of reducing starting equipment (namely armour) in my home campaign. PCs will probably need to travel to Khromarium if they want to make big purchases…
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Hyperborean Demographics.
Hi all. I've started a series of posts on my Mutants & Magic gameblog discussing the demographics of Hyperborea, using the guidelines from Adventurer, Conqueror, King (ACKS).
ACKS has rules for demographics and economics of fantasy RPG realms. They stray into extremely wonkish territory, but I figured folks here may be interested nonetheless.
So far I've done two posts, the first discussing baseline assumptions and general implications:
- Astonishing ACKS: Hyperborean Demographics - Introduction
The second focuses on the City-State of Khromarium:
- Astonishing ACKS: Hyperborean Demographics - Khromarium
So far, the urban populations ended up matching the Hyperborea Gazeteer quite closely. My key learning is that the Sages’ Guild of Khromarium didn’t do a good job enumerating the hamlets and rural population outside of city walls, however...
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Re: Hyperborean Demographics.
Interesting - thanks for sharing. 
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- kslacker
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Re: Hyperborean Demographics.
I've got two more demographics posts, covering additional realms:
- Astonishing ACKS: Hyperborean Demographics - Brigand's Bay
- Astonishing ACKS: Hyperborean Demographics - Gal Hills
One major consideration when using ACKS is the Market Class of each community, which establishes whether expensive equipment is available. With the notable exception of Khromarium, most Hyperborean realms have limited items for purchase.
I’m definitely thinking of reducing starting equipment (namely armour) in my home campaign. PCs will probably need to travel to Khromarium if they want to make big purchases…
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