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Social Church............................................81 Church Building.................................81 Preaching and Guidance...................81 Proselytizing .......................................82 Rites......................................................82 Holidays and Celebrations ...............82 Charity .................................................82 Other Social Roles ..............................82 Political Church........................................83 Tax Exemptions..................................83 Alienation............................................83 Canon Law ..........................................83 Investiture ...........................................84 Fiscal Church ............................................84 Tithe .....................................................84 Manorial Income ................................85 Magic....................................................85 Corruption...........................................85 Organization .............................................85 Centralized Hierarchies ....................85 Decentralized Hierarchies ................86 Denominationalism ...........................86 Monastic Orders.................................87 The Church of the Neutral Good God............................................87 Hierarchical Progression...................89 Social Hierarchies...............................89 Unaffiliated Clerics ............................89 Clerics of Philosophy.........................90 Adepts..................................................90 Druids ........................................................90 One Order ...........................................90 Secret Society ......................................90 Seeking the Druid ..............................91 Alternatives for Druids .....................91 Evil Religions............................................91 Chapter Seven: On Those Who Rule........................................................92 Vassalage...................................................92 Vassal’s Obligation ............................93 Lord’s Obligation ...............................93 Types of Fiefs......................................94 Personal Nature of Vassalage...........95 Recourse for Loss of Faith.................95 Multiple Vassalage.............................95 Liege Lord ...........................................95 Six Rights of Land ....................................96 Homage and Fealty............................96 Feudal Aids.........................................96 Social Rights........................................96 Justice...................................................96 Feudal Incidents .................................96 Added Complexity ............................97 Alienation............................................97 Fief Layout ..........................................98 Resurrection Magic ............................98 Feudalism Example .................................98 Aristocracy ................................................99 Commonality ....................................100 Kings .......................................................102 Divine Kingship ...............................102 Tied to the Land ...............................102 Multiple Kingships ..........................102 Government as an Aspect of Kingship ............................................102 Types of Monarchy ..........................103 Development of Government...............103 Religion Forming Monarchies........103 Treasuries ..........................................104 Courts ................................................104 Bureaucracy ......................................104 Chanceries.........................................104 Parliaments .......................................105 Diplomacy.........................................105 Development of Law .............................106 The Nature of Law...........................106 Aspects of Court...............................107 Manorial and Feudal Court Procedure ..........................................108 Charter Court Procedure ................109 Ecclesiastical (Canon) Court Procedure ..........................................109 Royal Court Procedures ..................109 Magic and Justice .............................109 Crime and Punishment ...................110 Enforcement......................................110 Outlaws .............................................110 Chapter Eight: Generating Kingdoms and Aristocracy ............................................ 115 Kingdom Information ...........................115 4
Size .....................................................115 Population.........................................115 Population Density ..........................115 Rural and Urban Population ..........115 Acres Under Cultivation.................115 Manors...............................................115 Number of Towns and Cities .........116 Placement of Communities.............116 Cresson, an Example Kingdom......116 Government ......................................117 Type of Government........................117 Strength of King ...............................117 Allodial Land....................................117 Aristocracy ..............................................118 Manors...............................................118 Cresson’s Elite ..................................118 Income ...............................................118 Manorial Income ..............................118 Tax Income........................................119 Scutage Income.................................119 Mine Income .....................................119 Income from Towns and Cities......120 Cresson’s Income .............................120 Kingdom Worksheet........................121 Appendix I: Demographics..................122 Demographics Worksheet ..............125 Influence Points Worksheet............126 Appendix II: Generating Magical Resources .......................................................127 Bargaining for Magic.......................127 Magic and Age..................................127 Examples of Annual Aristocratic Magical Revenue Generation .....................127 Appendix III: The Magical Medieval King Template.............................................128 Appendix IV: The Building System ..........................................................129 Step One: Structure Type ................129 Step Two: Layout, Walls, and Excavation .................................129 Step Three: Height ...........................130 Step Four: Materials.........................130 Step Five: Carriage...........................130 Step Six: Style....................................131 Step Seven: Final Cost .....................131 Step Eight: Construction Time and Crew ...........................................131 Step Nine: Magic Modifiers............132 Renovations ............................................132 Rebuild...............................................132 Interior/Exterior Changes ..............132 Addition ............................................133 Remodel.............................................133 Demolition and Cannibalism .........133 Castle Construction Advice............133 Underground Construction............133 Magic .......................................................134 Magic Spells ............................................134 Wondrous Items.....................................136 Monstrous Builders................................138 Final Notes ..............................................138 Example One: A Simple Great Hall.....................................................139 Example Two: The Great Hall Expansion..........................................139 Example Three: A Great Church....140 Structure Types ......................................141 Material....................................................148 Style .......................................................149 Building Worksheet ...............................151 Appendix V: A Magical Medieval Miscellany .....................................................152 A List if Expenses in Gaining the Charter for Hattighar...................................152 A Sample City Charter ....................152 A Sample Free-City Charter ...........152 A Sample Grant of Farm to the Town of Nagar..................................153 Grant of Toll Exemption .................153 Sample Guild Rules .........................153 Plot Hooks Compendium ...............157 Glossary......................................................... 159 Bibliography .................................................162 A Magical Medieval Exam...................163 5
Page 1: No New Spells No New Feats No New C
Page 4 and 5: Table of Contents Introduction: On
Page 8 and 9: This book aids the creation of a ge
Page 10 and 11: Chapter One: On Those Who Toil Thou
Page 12 and 13: Manorial Bureaucracy Running a mano
Page 14 and 15: Cowmen and Pigmen: Cowmen and pigme
Page 16 and 17: The Village Villages come in differ
Page 18 and 19: Table I.3 — Labor Calendar Month
Page 20 and 21: Castles as Manors Castles are daunt
Page 22 and 23: Magic may not be used every day. Mo
Page 24 and 25: to ever arise. He gains a social co
Page 26 and 27: incorporate multiple communities, i
Page 28 and 29: Table II.1 — Incidence of Mines/Q
Page 30 and 31: a vineyard, two keeps bees, and the
Page 32 and 33: Table II.7 — Special Maintenance
Page 34 and 35: Manor Worksheet Manor Lord: Manor P
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Page 44 and 45: also deters crime through many of t
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city. Spontaneous spellcasters, wit
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300 gp to one town lord, 250 gp to
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Mapping Wards and Cities Unabsorbed
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Table IV.5 — Structural Incidence
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Table IV.9 — Random Structure Gen
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Table IV.10 — Professions (contin
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Table IV.11 — Guilds (continued)
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Power Center Worksheet Community Na
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Table V.1 — Item Price DC Modifie
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Item Specific Buy DC Cost Amount Cl
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Item Specific Buy DC Cost Amount Ge
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Item Special Buy DC Cost Amount Sad
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Chapter Six: On Those Who Pray Alth
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Societies that do not exercise full
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community, religions and their prie
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or strong intolerant patron god soc
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Centralization has its problems. Ce
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always follow the spirit of the cou
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It is best to think of religions as
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Chapter Seven: On Those Who Rule Fe
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Protection: Protection is one of th
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Six Rights of Land Land in a magica
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pays the lord relief, and another p
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imperial power is rarely held for l
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Kings achievement of the feudal sys
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governments, because they offer an
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great barons. The constant flux of
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ased law moves to precedent-based l
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of evidence, justice is still diffi
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Mutilation (ecclesiastic) A E, R 50
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Theft, livestock (10-100 gp) B Any
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and reflects the number of manors f
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Aristocracy The four stations of ar
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of allodial land, matching the perc
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Appendix Table I.1 — Demographics
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Appendix Table I.2 — Number of Cl
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Influence Points Worksheet Communit
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Appendix III: The Magical Medieval
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(cathedrals, large towers, large ga
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Option: Builders may chose to doubl
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Magic This system is constructed us
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Break-even point: one stone shape s
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Portable Hole Portable holes are th
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the nearby village. Finding himself
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Bath, public: During medieval times
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of adobe or brick and doing so redu
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Appendix Table IV.2 — Height Modi
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Appendix Table IV.3a — Material C
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Normal: Normal is the baseline for
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Appendix V: A Magical Medieval Misc
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the steward shall have a sergeant t
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Appendix V.2 — Magical Tolls and
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Hook One: Rival city council offers
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Entertainment: The right of lords t
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A Concise Economic History of the W
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