Result
How content are the ruled?: Roll on "HowContent"
Their last major threat to the rulers: Roll on "LastThreat"
What power do they have?: Roll on "WhatPower"
How uniform is the ruled class?: Roll on "HowUniform"
Main conflict inside the ruled class: Roll on "MainConflict"
Trends among the ruled: Roll on "Trends"
Subcharts
HowContent (d6)
d6 | Result |
---|---|
1 |
There’s an active insurgency or revolt |
2 |
They’re going to revolt at any time |
3 |
Serious restiveness and regular troubles |
4 |
Generally content, with patches of trouble |
5 |
Widespread contentment or submission |
6 |
Only individual resistance, if even that |
LastThreat (d8)
d8 | Result |
---|---|
1 |
A peasant uprising of discontented proles |
2 |
New technology embraced by bourgeois |
3 |
Religious schism threatening the state |
4 |
A dangerous popular demagogue arose |
5 |
Foreign-backed regional insurgency |
6 |
Civil war backing a deposed ruler or exile |
7 |
Mass reluctance to support a vital war |
8 |
A new political philosophy spread widely |
WhatPower (d10)
d10 | Result |
---|---|
1 |
Strong guilds of common workers |
2 |
Powerful influence in the military |
3 |
Can get support from a rival power |
4 |
Local religion is largely on their side |
5 |
Their magnates have poor state relations |
6 |
Strong tradition of self-organized rule |
7 |
Keen unity in pursuit of their own interest |
8 |
A faction of the ruling class is their ally |
9 |
They control the state’s income stream |
10 |
The rulers dread the threat of revolt |
HowUniform (d4)
d4 | Result |
---|---|
1 |
They consider themselves a single group |
2 |
Two general groups or factions |
3 |
Many weakly-bounded sub-groups |
4 |
Many strong factions/ethnicities/classes |
MainConflict (d12)
d12 | Result |
---|---|
1 |
Harsh conflict between economic strata |
2 |
Substantial ethnic conflict and disunity |
3 |
Drastic changes in the local economy |
4 |
Competition to enter the ruling class |
5 |
Secessionist traditions or urges in a group |
6 |
Religious differences provoke trouble |
7 |
Regional identities are in conflict |
8 |
Formerly prosperous group is embittered |
9 |
New economic opportunity is fought over |
10 |
Foreign influence is causing conflict |
11 |
A forceful social reform movement spreads |
12 |
An appealing mass delusion is growing |
Trends (d20)
d20 | Result |
---|---|
1 |
The rich are mimicking the ruling style |
2 |
Coordinated tax evasion or smuggling |
3 |
Methodical bribery or suborning officials |
4 |
Popular agitation for war with a rival |
5 |
Radical pro-traditional social movement |
6 |
A communistic insurgency is rising |
7 |
Fascist groups are gaining support |
8 |
A large, restless youth population grows |
9 |
Demagogues promote group tensions |
10 |
Embrace of “self-improving” tech or ways |
11 |
An artificial group identity is now rising |
12 |
Serious and widespread drug addiction |
13 |
De-facto chattel debt slavery is spreading |
14 |
The rich oppose threatening tech advances |
15 |
A sub-group is resented as the ruler’s pet |
16 |
A powerful colonial urge is in the populace |
17 |
A spirit of decadent ennui is pervasive |
18 |
Self-protection fraternities are spreading |
19 |
Internal disputes are becoming bloody |
20 |
Progressive loss of faith in their culture |