I'm working on a calendar for my upcoming Kingamker campaign and was wondering that if the campaign begins an the 1st of Pharast, 4710 what day of the week is it?
Moonday (monday) following the 2010 calender. Pharast is March.
My campaign is starting the same day... Moonday, Pharast 1 (4710 A.R.)
Since Golarion moves forward at a rate of a day-per-day of real time then it would be the same as the equivalent month in the real world. I think Pharast is April. So it'd be a Thursday (or Golarion equivalent).
That is assuming the Golarion calendar is the same as the real world calendar which according to this Blog entry it is not. The Golarion calendar is made up of 12 months of 30 days each which would throw it off of our calendar.
Moonday (monday) following the 2010 calender. Pharast is March.
My campaign is starting the same day... Moonday, Pharast 1 (4710 A.R.)
I can see using the real world day of the coresponding month as a starting point but then it devolves quickly from there (i.e. the 1st of Gozran would be Wealday/Wednesday as opposed to April 1st being on Thursday/Toilday, the 1st of Desnus would be on a Fireday/Friday as opposed to May 1st's Saturday/Starday, etc...)
I notice that there is a discrepancy between that earlier blog and the later Gazeteer entry regarding the composition of the golarion calendar. Hopefully this can be cleared up in the, not too distant, future.
Creative Director
|
Since Golarion moves forward at a rate of a day-per-day of real time then it would be the same as the equivalent month in the real world. I think Pharast is April. So it'd be a Thursday (or Golarion equivalent).That is assuming the Golarion calendar is the same as the real world calendar which according to this Blog entry it is not. The Golarion calendar is made up of 12 months of 30 days each which would throw it off of our calendar.
Moonday (monday) following the 2010 calender. Pharast is March.
My campaign is starting the same day... Moonday, Pharast 1 (4710 A.R.)
I can see using the real world day of the coresponding month as a starting point but then it devolves quickly from there (i.e. the 1st of Gozran would be Wealday/Wednesday as opposed to April 1st being on Thursday/Toilday, the 1st of Desnus would be on a Fireday/Friday as opposed to May 1st's Saturday/Starday, etc...)
I notice that there is a discrepancy between that earlier blog and the later Gazeteer entry regarding the composition of the golarion calendar. Hopefully this can be cleared up in the, not too distant, future.
Blogs are never primary information sources for Golarion content; often, we throw stuff up on the blog before it is properly vetted or developed, just to give out early teasers. Much in the same way that a sketch of a picture doesn't always accurately reflect the final.
In other words, the Gazetteer entry is the correct one if it conflicts with a blog post.
As for what day Kingmaker starts on... that's up to the individual GM. As Golarion's days don't quite sync up perfectly to our days, that's not a hard and fast rule to determine in-game days. My favorite trick is to set the starting day for any campaign to be the same day as the actual game's starting day. Nice and simple.
Interestingly if you assume the 1st of Abadius 1 AR was a moonday then Pharast the 1st 4710 also happens to be a Moonday. (and yes I did do the math to figure this out.)
Interestingly if you assume the 1st of Abadius 1 AR was a moonday then Pharast the 1st 4710 also happens to be a Moonday. (and yes I did do the math to figure this out.)
With how many days a year? 360 (12x30) or 365?
Interestingly if you assume the 1st of Abadius 1 AR was a moonday then Pharast the 1st 4710 also happens to be a Moonday. (and yes I did do the math to figure this out.)With how many days a year? 360 (12x30) or 365?
360 with 361 every 8 years.
Im not going to be a stickler for accuracy as far as dates go. 30 days per month is fine by me.
I started Kingmaker on Moonday, Pharast 1 (using the 2010 calender to pick a day of the week), from here Ill keep track changing months after every 30 days. Eventually, we will catch up to the date of one of our real games, and ill inform the players for the heck of it.
Interestingly if you assume the 1st of Abadius 1 AR was a moonday then Pharast the 1st 4710 also happens to be a Moonday. (and yes I did do the math to figure this out.)With how many days a year? 360 (12x30) or 365?
Although I think my math may be a bit off. So here check my logic. every 8th year is a leap year so that means that there have been 588. 4709 x 360 = 1695240 days + 588 leap year days = 1695828 total days / 7 days a week = 242261 R 1. So that should mean that the 1st of Abadius 4710 would be a Toilday. Right?
Assuming 360 days a year, a leap year every 8 years, my
generates the calendar for any year you enter in the "Year" tab, synchronised with the only day and date mentioned in the Second Darkness AP. On those assumptions, 1 Abadius 4710 is an Oathday and 1 Pharast is Moonday, yes.