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So “these days” in the Realms is the 1490s DR, which means the “summer high” population of Waterdeep is pushing two million.
There has always been a seasonal swing in the city’s population totals: folk with means and lifestyle to do so often relocate south for...
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Greetings master @TheEdVerse , I'm doing some research and found some discrepancies in the population amount of Waterdeep these days. Can you talk a little bit about that? I would like to compare the city of Waterdeep numbers with real cities =)
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...the winter months (so population totals dip), and “everybody” traveling for trade flocks to this crossroads city in the warmer months, creating the summer high.
Waterdeep has grown in both population (density) and surface area covered, over the time of the...
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...published Realms (mid-1300s DR to almost 1500 DR). For example, densely-populated Field Ward was unpopulated in the 1300s DR. Most Waterdhavians live in rented rooms above shops, so density is high, and buildings that were three to four storeys high in the...
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...1300s are being rebuilt taller and taller in the later half of the 1400s DR.
In the mid-1300s DR-era FORGOTTEN REALMS CAMPAIGN SETTING (the 3rd Edition D&D hardcover) the registered taxpaying population inside the city walls was 132,661, but Waterdeep had an...
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I see it as moving from 4 floors high to 6 floors high, with a few taller exceptions, and some older 3-4 floor buildings hanging on.
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Feb 14, 2023 · 11:16 PM UTC
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