GoblynByte
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I'm having trouble figuring out the significance of the Population factor in the PBG portion of the Second Survey. I understand how to figure it out (per the errata). But what is it in comparison to the population in the UWP?
PBG Population meaning...
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The one in the UWP is the population level. Whether its ones or tens or thousands or tens of thousands, etc.. The one in the PBG portion is the population multiplier -- how many ones or tens or thousands or tens of thousands, etc.. So if you have a population level of 6 and a population multiplier of 8, the population is 8 million (Or rather, between 8,000,000 and 8,999,999).
Hans
Basically, the pop digit of the UWP is the magnitude... many tools in various editions use orders of magnitude based upon population. The PM changes the granularity.
So, instead of 2 different TL 8 pop 6's both having 2 battalions, one can interpolate given the PopMult to find that the one with PM 4 probably has around 8, while the PM 6 has about 12...
GoblynByte
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rancke said:
Hmmm... Those seem like to different answers. Or am I just misunderstanding it?aramis said:
The population multiplier is a later addition to the rules. Consequently many of the population-based tables effectively assumes (though that's not the right word) that the population multiplier is 1. So when the table says that a world with a population level of 6 has two battalions, one could choose to assume that it's actually population level 6, population multiplier 1 that has two battalions and that a world with pop 6, multiplier 8 would have 16 rather than 2.
Hans
Regina has UWP A788899-C and PBG 703
Population exponent is 8
Population multiplier is 7
7 × 10^8 = 700,000,000
Population exponent is 8
Population multiplier is 7
7 × 10^8 = 700,000,000
GoblynByte
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Okay. I'm with ya, now. I don't know why this world creation stuff is giving me so much difficulty. Some of it is just hard to track.
