How big is my town?

[Archade]

Hi all,

Our campaign just wrapped up and I'm looking at starting fresh with the Pathfinder final rules this coming Sunday, but I have a conundrum.

Where in the rules or on the SRD does it detail how much population is needed to have a Large City, Hamlet, metropolis, etc?

[Beastman]

Archade wrote:

Hi all,

Our campaign just wrapped up and I'm looking at starting fresh with the Pathfinder final rules this coming Sunday, but I have a conundrum.

Where in the rules or on the SRD does it detail how much population is needed to have a Large City, Hamlet, metropolis, etc?

Some info for you...

DMG p. 137:

Town Size I Population* I GP-Limit
Thorp I 20-80 I 40
Hamlet I 81-400 I 100
Village I 401-900 I 200
Small town I 901-2000 I 800
Large town I 2001-5000 I 3000
Small city I 5001-12000 I 15000
Large city I 12001-25000 I 40000
Metropolis I 25001+ I 100000

DMG II p.107 - Area of settlement
As a general rule, you can assume that a single Small or Medium citizen takes up about 1,500 square feet.

DMG II p.108 - Number of Buildings (ratio people to building)
Crowded: 20:1
Standard: 10:1
Sparse: 5:1

[Archade]

Thanks Beastman!

Did the Pathfinder rules mistakenly omit this detail?

[erian_7]

It's actually not Open Game Content as far as I know, so the PFRPG cannot replicate this. The only mention I see of community size is in table 15-1 on page 461, in reference to availability of magic items.

[Beastman]

Archade wrote:

Thanks Beastman!

Did the Pathfinder rules mistakenly omit this detail?

Your' welcome. One Thing: the "*" on the settlement table means: Adult population. Depending on dominant race of community the number of nonadults range from 10-40% of this figure"

[Morgen]

Well that's a guideline that can change depending on what the GM thinks the city size is. If you want to call it a small city or a metropolis, you have that flexibility to set it as such.

Either that or they forgot! :)