Using dice to determine nation size in RPs?

by **Concordeia** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 2:14 pm

I don't know about you the rest of you, but I find it kind of difficult to RP realistically with multiple nations whose populations number in high hundreds of millions or low billions and beyond, and that goes for my own nation as well. Would it be better to have each nation roll a d100 or something for their nation size and multiply the resulting number by 10 million?

by **Spiral Sun** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:46 am

I'd say that the populations should involve quality versus quantity and much larger areas being decentralized or made up of suzentaries. That and the larger populations could face issues of overcrowding, aging populations, and civil strife.

by **Dystara** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 4:24 am

I prefer working something out with my fellow RPers; discussion - but not necessarily implementation - of population caps and boundaries are two must-haves for me before I'd participate in an RP. Using dice takes control away from a player and anyone who insists on such or similar measures over settling it by mutual agreement isn't really worth RPing with in my opinion.

by **Kalaspia-Shimarata** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 4:32 am

I RP my way and don't care. I have a set population and a population is a population is a population

by **Beringovia** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:26 pm

Kalaspia-Shimarata wrote:I RP my way and don't care. I have a set population and a population is a population is a population

I pretty much do it the same way. As a matter of fact, my NS states actually have very little to do with how I RP my nation.

by **Phalnia** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 7:19 pm

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by **TurtleShroom** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 7:36 pm

Whatever my nation's stat page says, it is my nation's population. My NS page is law and incontrovertible canon on my own RP-ness. What it says goes without exception.

I'm really the only RP-er that is such a canon-slave to, well, NS canon by Issues.

by **Old Beringia** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 7:49 pm

I also don't agree with blindly following the RP population set by the game. However, those that RP should have some sense to cut their RP population off at a reasonable figure and avoid plain wanking; not FT I'm assuming. Otherwise those that RP with nations that don't do this should encourage others to impose an RP Population. Having the game decide it and using that figure for every RP wouldn't work and I just wouldn't like it. As a previous poster said, I prefer working out population figures with my fellow RPers before an RP, and I recommend others do so this way.

by **Concordeia** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:04 pm

Old Beringia wrote:I also don't agree with blindly following the RP population set by the game. However, those that RP should have some sense to cut their RP population off at a reasonable figure and avoid plain wanking; not FT I'm assuming. Otherwise those that RP with nations that don't do this should encourage others to impose an RP Population. Having the game decide it and using that figure for every RP wouldn't work and I just wouldn't like it. As a previous poster said, I prefer working out population figures with my fellow RPers before an RP, and I recommend others do so this way.

Okay, yeah, I guess that does make more sense.

Using dice to determine nation size in RPs?

Using dice to determine nation size in RPs?

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