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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 1895769" data-attributes="member: 177">Somehow, I doubt that making one really bitg batch of mead and waiting for it all to ferment is a good business model.  I would strongly suspect that a successful meadery would have a rolling inventory - some batches new, some in the middle, some old.  While there will be busy seasons and slower seasons, no successful businessman should be allowing things to just sit and wait.  There's always soemthing to be done.Ever read the books on frontier life by Laura Ingalls Wilder?  Even when you are snowed in, there are chores to be done.  In fact, a wise man will have been saving up chores for those times when he cannot do anything else.  Maintaining tools and equipment would take up much of the winter.Yeah, but what's the fun in that?  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  If you do that, then your character is really only vaguely related to a meadery.  In most ways, it isn't really his anymore.  The real work is all being done by someone else.  Is this guy supposed to be a brewer or a financier? True, but such are rare beasts.  Even if you don't commit, your character is likely to be in close proximity to them.  It is the rare person who can claim the name "adventurer" who isn't involved in such things.  And it is the rare enemy who quibbles over details - even if you don't commit the acts, you are likely to be considered guilty by association.  And you're the one with the juicy business worth a great many gold that can be attacked to hurt you.Not saying that such a character is not possible.  Just pointing out the drawbacks.  Typically, businesses are either targets, or forgotten details.</blockquote>

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