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Culmap.txt - Map Report<br>
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* Map Chart : Each nation broken down into a chart showing
which<br>
nation was in which map book page. This chart is useful in<br>
that you can edit it and compare nations quickly if you have<br>
some ideas for a campaign. For example easy to find which<br>
nations are all on Map 11. You can edit the data to remoe
all<br>
nations but some selected ones for easy comparison.<br>
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* Map Layout: A text version of the Maps layout in the world
view.<br>
Same as that in the map book.<br>
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* Map breakdown: This report I did up a decade or more ago.
It<br>
is the same as the chart but just text and only shows
nations<br>
for each map but no in a chart format.<br>
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* Map numbers: Just for fun at the same time a decade or so
years<br>
ago I did a quick report on which nations had the most
"land"<br>
by terms of maps. So this is at the bottom of the report.<br>
So who has the most land? Cerulean Empire with 7 maps :)<br>
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Note: The first chart is strictly from the culture book. The<br>
bottom reports are from the map book. There could be a<br>
error in matching data since I did the top recently and
bottom<br>
years ago. I checked but I could've looked over something.<br>
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Culally.txt - Allies & Enemies<br>
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* Allies & Enemies: Simple report that shows each nation and
their<br>
allies or enemies in two parts.<br>
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Culpop.txt - Population & Military info<br>
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* Population Report: Just shows the total population of each
nation.<br>
Good for campaign structure and comparison. Where
applicable<br>
I've put some notes to the side to show further breakdown.<br>
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* Military Report: Shows breakdown of each nation and their
military<br>
forces. If a nation had any its listed. The footman may be<br>
elite and regular mixed in as well as other forces. I don't<br>
differentiate the difference here. Naval power I recently
saw<br>
the formula reading about the Sea of Tears so used it. <br>
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Cullang.txt - Languages<br>
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* National languages: Basically same data in the Language
section<br>
broken down in chunks.<br>
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* Human languages: The linguistic families found in the back of
the<br>
culture book.<br>
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Culbc.txt - Basic Characteristics<br>
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* Basic characteristics: This first report shows only the
height,<br>
weight and ancestory of the nation. It may include typical<br>
appearance as well. Format may be hard for some to read but<br>
you can edit it to space each culture if needed.<br>
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* Common weapons: Just the nation and common weapons used.
Good<br>
for quick lookup of npcs.<br>
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* Common wear/armor: Common armor or equipment that the nation
may<br>
use at any time.<br>
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Culsum.txt - Culture book summary<br>
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* Summary: This is just one big file of the same informatino in
the<br>
culture book. But its in my words and my version. It
covers<br>
the same data and info but more compacter. In fact the
scanned<br>
culture book file I got from burton is 470k. This file is
25%<br>
of that size. Because of the size however, I'll only
include<br>
a sample. Its up to Wout if he thinks its worthy to keep on<br>
the website for download. Since it is my words its his
choice<br>
as it may not be useful to many.<br>
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Cultime.txt - Timelines<br>
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* Calendars: This is just a quick iew of national calendars.
The<br>
current year and which calendar is used.<br>
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* Individual timelines: This section contains individual
timelines<br>
for each culture. If there was an event in the culture it<br>
is listed here. All dates converted to Salaqi calendar.<br>
OF all the antions 17 cultures have no events.<br>
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* Current Rulers: This could be (if wout wants) to be put into<br>
a separate file. It is just information on the current
rulers<br>
of each nation if known. Many rulers are listed. Might be<br>
useful if you want to interact on a political level.<br>
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* Master Timeline: I think this is a great little aid for me<br>
personally. It has all the timelines into one master
timeline.<br>
slightly edited to fit the room. There are 1,171 lines of<br>
time events one per year. The timeline ranges from -5219 to<br>
8 years in the future 1108. If you want to plan a campaign<br>
around some event this might help you. For those who like<br>
time travel to certain events this could be tempting. :)<br>
I hope its useful for you guys.<br>
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Culmagic.txt - Magic/Slavery<br>
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* This is why I did this whole project. It lists each nation
and<br>
how their personality fits the other parts of the world.<br>
A) Magic: If the culture allows or tolerates or hates magic.<br>
If they tolerate it then it can be done in public if they<br>
hate it then I'd not use it. Neutral is ify.<br>
B) Non-humans: This is mainly oriented to Elf and Faerry.
Though<br>
I could see where it could be expanded. I mainly wanted
a<br>
chart of cultures who tolerated these races.<br>
C) Slavery: Straight-forward. Usually it said outright it
tolerated<br>
slavery. Some guesswork in a couple nations but
generally<br>
factual.<br>
D) Outsiders: How well the culture deals with outsiders and<br>
strangers. A bit subjective.<br>
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Culcal.txt - Calendar file<br>
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* Calendar table: List of calendars for each nation, current
year<br>
and origin of the calendar. <br>
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Questions for Richard:<br>
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1) Map Data<br>
Query: The land of Lemasa is how far from the Eastern Lands<br>
(Fomorian)? Map 23 and Map 1. Yet if I look at the map
layout<br>
there are two X's between them which seems to implies there<br>
are 2 complete ocean map zones. Or are they side by side?<br>
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2) Katai fleet: See comments section #3<br>
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3) Languages: In my copy of the culture book the Language section
t<br>
the back of the book for Fomorian family. It says Formorian<br>
as it is spelled there. Is that correct?<br>
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4) Check out comments 14. B.<br>
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Comments:<br>
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1) Population: Gee. I wonder how many people there are in the<br>
entire globe? Anyone want to crunch the numbers :)<br>
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2) Military: Doing this report was fun. I might even create a<br>
mass combat program and using the data to see which nation<br>
would come on top if all fought each other. I know big<br>
dreams. Nice to see which military is the strongest and who<br>
has the best fleet :).Looks like Chunrey, very surprising,<br>
has the biggest infantry force. Who'd have thought that?<br>
The biggests naval powers are Clima and Fomoria by a single<br>
nation with 200 naval power both. Course together the
Fomorian<br>
Empire is almost 4 times bigger than any other single fleet.<br>
Would be scary to see them unite!<br>
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3) Katai military: Katai was alot of data. I hope the military
figures<br>
are accurate. ALSO the fleet. The data as far as I saw did
not<br>
break down the fleet well. Which of the 80 are Trireme size?<br>
<br>
4) Ticasi fleet? Hah! Scholars with a fleet. But on second
thought<br>
it does say fishing fleet. But for awhile it was funny :)<br>
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5) Goidan: Bards in the religion as a centerpiece. That is
fascinating.<br>
I always pictured a Classic Bard. One who sings, dances and<br>
entertains. But one involved in religion is just
interesting.<br>
Richard, where did you get this idea?<br>
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6) Did notice a few minor errors in the culture book as far as
wordage.<br>
But I lost that info :<. Course I'm one to speak with my errors
:)<br>
Doing the big summary file I had a few of my own :). Course
I<br>
was typing it at work and on breaks. :)<br>
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7) Ma'helas: Noticed a odd date error in the Ma'helas. But my note
I<br>
jotted down only mentions 136 to 132? Unfournately don't
have<br>
the culture book here (at work now) so cna't look it up to
tell<br>
what i meant. :<<br>
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8) The Izza: The Izza has no economy section. Is this a mistake<br>
in my book? :)<br>
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9) Aredan: Says they are Icy to strangers yet warm. So I was<br>
conflicted for the culmagic.txt file. I put them down as<br>
NS (neutral but suspicious) for strangers/outsiders.<br>
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10) Humagi- Wow. Felons given to the women. I hate to be a
felon<br>
there :)<br>
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11) Kameran: Secret unworldy castle - Has anyone used this in a
game<br>
and tried to play in/near it?<br>
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12) Rogizini Empire - Personality says they fear missile weapons
yet<br>
common weapons for this nation is a bow? Help!?<br>
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13) Timeline info:<br>
* Top calendar file and master calendar file is going to be
tweaked<br>
a bit. Since some of it may be a bit off. I'm 99% sure
its<br>
accurate at this point but gotta double check a few things.<br>
* Master timeline: When I started this I didn't realize there
was<br>
needing more room. Theres a space between the year and the
eent.<br>
It could've been removed giving more info for the event.
Sigh.<br>
Oh well. Too late. I edited it all to fit on one line
though.<br>
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14) National history:<br>
A) Bhamotin<br>
** 239-311 Three generations of peace<br>
I guessed this range on the term of 'generation' (25
years?)<br>
B) Caldo<br>
**339-730 Given Dagger and the Jewel by Kril Schrandaor
Dwarves<br>
Richard is there an exact date these events occur when the<br>
Dagger and Jewel are given?<br>
C) Confederation of Shanda<br>
**0-306 Shandans fight among themslves<br>
**306 Colonization of Xan and Musira by fomorians<br>
**306-400 Coalition formed between Shanda, Perda, and
Sheriani<br>
**306-400 Coalition formed between Sherlani and Gholani<br>
[Those are estimated from reading between the lines and
guessing]<br>
If you guys think these should be modified let me know.<br>
D) Gom: Generally some dates may be wrong in theory but look
good.<br>
E) Ja'xon: A confusing history to me. Hope its acceptable.<br>
F) Katai: Man what a history! May want to confirm those too.<br>
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15) Zarun- Nilgeranthrib. I don't have tower of dead. Can
someone<br>
supply more accurate dates for his rampages? If not the
history<br>
can stand.<br>
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16) Novarask - is that the infamous empire del'nord? If not then<br>
my curiousity is killing me. Richard type up info on
del'nord<br>
since its in many cultures :)<br>
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17) Culmagic.txt: This report is the most subjective of them
all.<br>
It could be debated but this is what I gleamed from the
culture<br>
data. <br>
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a) Kirazan: It mentions in the history it goes from no
slavery<br>
then slavery back. So I hope the report on slavery is
right.<br>
B) Non-humans: Mainly oriented for elf/faerry.<br>
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18) Calendars: I did this file last. I hope its workable. It
seems<br>
like I may be missing a calendar or two. Course while
editing<br>
the file I had some cut/paste problems. So wouldn't surprise
me<br>
I deleted a few lines :<<br>
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