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A Magical Medieval Society:
Western Europe
by
Joseph Browning
and
Suzi Yee
With fond thanks to our content readers
Chris Gath
Brian Forester
and
Suart Parker
This second printing comissioned in MMVI due the grace and
friendship of our gentle readers. May you always ponder upon
chickens, cows. grain, mines and bizarre fish-farming accidents.
Expeditious Retreat Press
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Table of Contents
Generation Manorial Income .................24
Income Sources...................................24
Cash Crops..........................................25
Manorial Rights..................................27
Income Modiiers...............................28
Generating Expenses.........................28
Staff (Administration) .......................29
Personal Staff......................................30
Example: The Good Fellows.............30
Calculating Income............................31
Calculating Expense ..........................31
Proit.....................................................31
Role-Playing........................................31
Generating Multiple Manors............31
Manor Worksheet ..............................32
Introduction: On Setting Concepts.......6
Gender.........................................................6
Communication..........................................6
Race ...........................................................6
Alignment ...................................................7
Pervasiveness of Magic.............................7
Welcome and Thank You..........................7
Chapter One: On Those Who Toil......8
The Manorial System.................................8
Manorial Complex...............................8
Manorial Bureaucracy.............................10
Administration...................................10
Managers ............................................10
Laborers...............................................11
Peasants on the Manor............................12
Legal Status.........................................12
Labor Obligation................................12
Manor Monopolies.............................12
The Village................................................14
Self-Governing....................................14
Farming ...............................................14
Harvest ................................................14
Labor Calendar...................................15
Other Workers on the Manor...........17
Castle as Manors ................................17
Magic on the Manor ................................18
Peasants...............................................19
Practical Magic ...................................19
Lords and Manors..............................20
Plot Hooks...........................................20
Chapter Three: On the Magical
Medieval City................................................33
Lord’s Interest...........................................33
Movable Wealth.................................33
Fortiication.........................................34
Peasant’s Interest......................................34
Freedom...............................................34
Self-Administration .................................34
Guilds...................................................34
City Council........................................35
Justice...................................................35
Taxes ....................................................35
Citizenship..........................................35
Types of Cities..........................................36
Commune............................................36
Founded City......................................36
Chartered City....................................36
Free City ..............................................36
City-State.............................................37
Layout........................................................37
Streets...................................................37
Buildings .............................................37
Wards .........................................................38
Street Markets.....................................38
Water Fountains and Wells ..............38
Baths.....................................................38
Hospitals..............................................39
Chapter Two: Generating Manors......21
Feudalism and Land Acquisition ..........21
Medieval Mindset..............................21
PC Land Acquisition .........................22
Starting up the Manor.............................22
Deinition of Manor...........................23
Geography...........................................23
Generation Individual Manors ........23
Manor Size ..........................................24
Arable Land........................................24
Population...........................................24
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Churches..............................................39
Prominent Structures...............................39
City Walls............................................39
City Gates............................................39
Main Markets......................................39
Commodity Markets..........................40
Great Churches...................................40
Town Halls..........................................40
Guildhalls............................................40
Libraries...............................................40
Universities.........................................41
Urban Concerns........................................41
Fire........................................................41
Sanitation.............................................41
Plague ..................................................41
Stockpiling ..........................................42
Crime ...................................................42
Country-Grown..................................42
Power Centers ..........................................42
Craft Guilds.........................................43
Merchant Guilds.................................44
Wizard’s Guilds..................................44
Thieves’ Guilds...................................45
Religion................................................47
Patriciate..............................................47
City Council........................................47
Town Lords.........................................48
Kings....................................................48
The Social City..........................................48
Adventurers........................................49
Trade and Economics..............................50
Price......................................................50
The Market..........................................51
Coin and Specie..................................51
Banking................................................51
Complex Financial Interactions .......51
Magic in the City......................................52
Familiarity...........................................52
Effects of Magic........................................52
Wealth of Cities..................................53
Civic Uses of Magic .................................53
Defense................................................53
Taxation...............................................53
Justice...................................................53
Building...............................................53
Public Service......................................53
Spellcasters in the City............................54
Spontaneous Casters..........................54
Magic and Craft..................................54
Magic and Law...................................54
Chapter Four: Generating Towns
and Cities.......................................................55
Population and Density ....................55
Size .......................................................55
Average Number of Structures........55
Gold Piece Limit.................................55
Wealth..................................................55
Income for Lord/King.......................55
Magic Resources.................................55
Wards...................................................56
Assigning Structures .........................57
Mapping Wards and Cities...............58
Structural Style...................................58
Power Centers ....................................58
Inluence Points..................................58
Unabsorbed Inluence Points...........58
Dividing Inluence Points.................58
Wealth..................................................59
Professions..........................................59
Guilds...................................................59
City Worksheet...................................67
Power Center Worksheet..................68
Chapter Five: Economic Simulator...69
Complex Economy.............................69
Social Implication with Resale.........70
Purchasing Examples ........................70
Chapter Six: On Those Who Pray..78
The Multiplicity........................................78
The Patron God ........................................78
Establishing a Patron God Status ....78
Patron God of the City ......................79
Patron God of the Region .................79
Patron God of the Kingdom.............79
Tolerance.............................................79
Social Effects of High Intolerance....80
The Feudal Church ..................................80
Philosophical Church..............................80
Magic....................................................81
Miracles ...............................................81
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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
Unafiliated 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
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 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
Chapter Eight: Generating Kingdoms
and Aristocracy............................................115
Kingdom Information ...........................115
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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
Step Five: Carriage...........................130
Step Six: Style....................................131
Step Seven: Final Cost .....................131
Step Eight: Construction Time
and Crew...........................................131
Step Nine: Magic Modiiers............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 I: Demographics..................122
Demographics Worksheet ..............125
Inluence 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 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
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
Glossary.........................................................159
Bibliography.................................................162
A Magical Medieval Exam...................163
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