D&D 5E Tired of doing WotC's job

[Helldritch]

Linen cost a lot because it was used to make armor. Linen armor. Yep. Linen armor. And it was a good one at that. Not perfect but it was sturdy enough. It was composed of many layers of linen and glue. It was harder than leather, more resistant but prone to flea and lices. It was a blend of wool and linen that was the choice for clothing. Yes there were linen clothes, and a lot. But they were backed with wool. That is why sheeps were so well protected.

 

[Guest 6801328]

Linen cost a lot because it was used to make armor. Linen armor. Yep. Linen armor. And it was a good one at that. Not perfect but it was sturdy enough. It was composed of many layers of linen and glue. It was harder than leather, more resistant but prone to flea and lices. It was a blend of wool and linen that was the choice for clothing. Yes there were linen clothes, and a lot. But they were backed with wool. That is why sheeps were so well protected.

If only they had carbon epoxy...

 

[Undrave]

Apparently I will never have a PC become a clothing maker. It takes about 5 square yards of material to make a set of clothes, so it would take 25gp worth of linen to make 2gp traveler's clothes. That's a money maker!!

This is the old 'Split ladder to make 10 foot pole' scam to another level!

Maybe cloth is cheaper if you buy in bulk?

 

[Fenris-77]

Hmm, I think we may need 10' poles in bulk anyway ... @Undrave, maybe you want to get in on the ground floor as the 10' pole supplier? I'll look into sourcing some cotton for the mix, and we can leave @Maxperson on the Linen end. Maxundris Fine Linens, Est. 2020. I like it. We can get @pemerton to draft us a fancy-sounding prospectus and we can start looking for investors.

You know, I think I've played this campaign before....

 

[Helldritch]

Ho and let's not forget about Gambeson armor that was also made with linen on the exterior and cloth fabric on the interior. It was pretty much a part of every set of armor (especially plate) that would be put underneath. In addition, gambeson was more flexible that the linen (linothorax) armor worn by the greek (and I would guess that some of the leather armors so talked about (and often contested) were in fact linothorax armor). Here I am not saying that leather armor did not exist. It did. But linothorax would be cheaper to make and gambeson was easier to make.

10' foot poles were costly because they were sturdy enough to be used as shafts for polearms. Not the ladders which were made of relatively soft wood. Hard wood was reserved for wood structures, housing, military stuff (polearms, catapults, trebuchet etc...). So using a 10' ladder to make two 10' foot poles would not give the desired result as the 10' pole would be too flexible to be used in the way that the players would want it to be. Maybe tying them together might work...

 

[Maxperson]

Hmm, I think we may need 10' poles in bulk anyway ... @Undrave, maybe you want to get in on the ground floor as the 10' pole supplier? I'll look into sourcing some cotton for the mix, and we can leave @Maxperson on the Linen end. Maxundris Fine Linens, Est. 2020. I like it. We can get @pemerton to draft us a fancy-sounding prospectus and we can start looking for investors.

You know, I think I've played this campaign before....

Acquisitions Incorporated?

 

[Fenris-77]

Acquisitions Incorporated?

I'd play that campaign right now. But no, 2E I believe, and some silly, silly people.

 

[Guest 6801328]

Hmm, I think we may need 10' poles in bulk anyway ... @Undrave, maybe you want to get in on the ground floor as the 10' pole supplier? I'll look into sourcing some cotton for the mix, and we can leave @Maxperson on the Linen end. Maxundris Fine Linens, Est. 2020. I like it. We can get @pemerton to draft us a fancy-sounding prospectus and we can start looking for investors.

You know, I think I've played this campaign before....

What if I want 10' poles made out of specific woods? Ash? Cedar? Quartersawn White Oak? Bubinga? Desert Ironwood?

I demand prices for these variations! I suppose, if we assume a default wood of, say, Yellow Pine, I could then look at some wood suppliers online, compare the price of other species to Yellow Pine, and then do some arithmetic. But then I'd have to keep a log of seasonal prices, probably with a trailing average, so that I'd know how much it would cost in which season.

And, really, since prices vary based on local supply, I'll have to do this for different regions, and then try to map game-world regions to real-world regions.

Anything less will totally spoil my immersion.

 

[Maxperson]

What if I want 10' poles made out of specific woods? Ash? Cedar? Quartersawn White Oak? Bubinga? Desert Ironwood?

I demand prices for these variations! I suppose, if we assume a default wood of, say, Yellow Pine, I could then look at some wood suppliers online, compare the price of other species to Yellow Pine, and then do some arithmetic. But then I'd have to keep a log of seasonal prices, probably with a trailing average, so that I'd know how much it would cost in which season.

Just let me pull out my book and I can quote you a price. We can order it for you.

 

[Guest 6801328]

Just let me pull out my book and I can quote you a price. We can order it for you.

Never mind I’ll just get it from the amazon.