Comment on “World Description, part 1 of a billion”

Of course the players should pass through an area of backwardness before getting truly into the wilderness ... but since there's a lack of how such places are formed, or what they find important, it's difficult for a DM to present it in game terms.

yes indeed, have had trouble with this very thing. so consider this reader thankful for all your hard work recently on the nitty-gritty of detail-rich worldbuilding.

can we help somehow?

also, from the linked page:

"For example, a settlement of 195 would give a product of 3; the formula to determine cultivated land equals [3d4+(3x4)] times 50."

which of those 3s in the formula are determined by "the product of 3"? I believe the answer is "both of them" -- if I am comparing correctly to the table farmland according to food production which states the base type 7 acreage formula as (d4+4 x50).