Inner Sea and Character / Item Background Question

I would like to create a table listing the countries of the Inner Sea and assign COMMON/UNCOMMON/RARE/VERY RARE to each of them for purposes of Character or Item History.

Does anyone have any ideas on this?

I would like to create a table listing the countries of the Inner Sea and assign COMMON/UNCOMMON/RARE/VERY RARE to each of them for purposes of Character or Item History.

Does anyone have any ideas on this?

I don't understand... you want to make a table of Inner Sea countries sorted by population greatest to least? That's kind of what it sounds like from above.

Yar.

I think what he means is this:

In region 1, weapon X is common, while weapon Y is rare. Class A is common, but class B is uncommon.

In region 2 however, weapon X is rare, while weapon Y is uncommon, and weapon Z is common. Here, class A is still common, but class B is also common, and Class C is rare.

I think.

~P

I would like to create a table listing the countries of the Inner Sea and assign COMMON/UNCOMMON/RARE/VERY RARE to each of them for purposes of Character or Item History.

Does anyone have any ideas on this?

I wanted to make a random table for npc backgrounds, item histories or book titles.

ei.
Ishgar the rogue hails from Taldar.

Rumor holds that The amulet of Silot was last seen worn by a merchant prince from The River Kingdoms.

The infernal book is know to have been used in Druma, Nidal and Chleiax.

one major problem.
Andor might be uncommon to cheliax, but cheliax is uncommon to andor.

It totally depends on the country of origin, andor is common next to cheliax, and rivir kingdoms is rare.

but river kingdoms compared to a country beside it, no map numiria?

you have to pick an X point.
then everything will radiate out from X, so until you decide on your X country these tables are impossible to do.

one major problem.

Andor might be uncommon to cheliax, but cheliax is uncommon to andor.

It totally depends on the country of origin, andor is common next to cheliax, and river kingdoms is rare.

but river kingdoms compared to a country beside it, no map numiria?

you have to pick an X point.
then everything will radiate out from X, so until you decide on your X country these tables are impossible to do.

True. I do realize that it's not a perfect system, but no random table ever is. If an NPC is a dwarf or elf, that also affects the percentages. Evil or good is also a factor.

I think that I'm going to set a general percentage based on the overall population of humans for item histories with a bonus based on the age of the country.

As far a ncp backgrounds, of course 99% of npc's will be from the country where the adventure take place. Of the 1% not, 90% will be from neighboring countries. The percentages will be different for adventuring NPCs.

again what about a place like Katapash or Absalom? massive out of area populations.

Or Varissa (spelling) where you have locals, plus shaonti, plus Cheliaxians (the real rulers).

it is hard to do, what you need is ground zero.
then you can work your way out.

but mor importantly tell me this.
what is the point?
what for?
who is this to benifit?
where is your starting point?
then we can give you feed back, but just stating what is rare, what is uncommon, again is impossible unless you have a starting point.

you dont get what i am saying.

what is rare in andor, is not rare in absalom, you need to create some guideliness, otherwise no one will be able to help.

you dont get what i am saying.

what is rare in andor, is not rare in absalom, you need to create some guideliness, otherwise no one will be able to help.

I understand exatly what you are saying. That's not what I'm looking for though.

I'm using a program called tablesmith. With it you can create or use tables to generate results. I've created a table that will randomly generate a description and history for magic items or hierlooms that could be found in a treasure hoard or as the subject of a quest.

Someone has created a table for the lands and countries in Greyhawk that I can incorporate into my table. I would like to do the same for pathfinder. to find out more look up the Random DM blog or the yahoo group for tablesmith.

Right now my table could generate the following:
"The sword is gleaming silver with woodland creatures engraved on the blade. Hoite Swiftwind from the Yeomandry was the last owner. He carried the blade through many great adventures in Idee, Almor and the Bandit Kingdoms."

I have listed all of the countries of the Inner Sea in a table and any one of them has an equal chance of being selected. I would like to weight the output of the table further by applying a higher percentage chance for those kingdoms with larger populations.

Maybe for the common to rares, go by price of magic items and very rare would be the artifacts?

Sounds like an awful lot of work for a very limited benefit.
-Kle.

I would like to create a table listing the countries of the Inner Sea and assign COMMON/UNCOMMON/RARE/VERY RARE to each of them for purposes of Character or Item History.

Does anyone have any ideas on this?

Done. Thanks.