City Generation

Ok, sorry for the delay in posting folks, holiday issues, illness, the upcoming move to another continent, and lack of internet conspired to make this post a little late.


The space a city takes up is determined mostly by the actual amount of people living there. As such, I recommend  taking a slightly more organic approach. creating a few villages, the gobble them up as you need space. If however, you're starting the campaign from scratch, I recommend the following table:

1d12	Space needed for Households
01	1/10 acre per household
02-03	1/8 acre per household
04-06	1/5 acre per household
07-09	¼ acre per household
10-11	1/3 acre per household
12	½ acre per household

The table above counts for more than the actual building where the family lives(and possibly works), but also covers roads, public facilities(such as fountains/wells, gov't institutions, etc).
To determine the population of a city, roll on the following:

Roll	Number of Households
01-20	1,400 + 2d100 households
21-40	1,600 + 2d100 households
41-60	1,800 + 2d100 households
61-80	2,000 + 2d100 households
81-99	2,200 + 2d100 households
00	Roll on Large City Table

Large City Table

Roll	Base	Multiplier	Modifier
01-04	2,400	1d4	+1d100
05-07	2,800	1d6	+2d100
08-09	3,200	1d8	+5d100
10	3,600	1d10	+1d1000

To use the Large city chart, you take the base, multiply it by the result of the multiplier die roll, then add the modifier(like all such charts, you make seperate rolls for each part!)


You then use the same formula used for the creation of towns(second method).


Please note when determining the numbers of a household, some of the members may actually be apprentices. More on them in posts to come!