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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 6064312" data-attributes="member: 92305">Good questions, all.I'm thinking in general terms without delving into too many specifics. But, let me answer your questions.Standard size wagon, pulled by two horses/mules/oxen that we normally think of. Like a settelers wagon in the Old West. I know that there are different lengths, irl.[ATTACH]55754[/ATTACH]I've established, in the game, that the Cimmerians trade with the Aesir across the mountains, and the ore the Aesirmen provide them is the best that they've seen. I'd say it's pretty good ore--probably not the best ever to exist, but good ore for smelting steel.The forge is small-ish. A smith and an assitant are comfortable. Anyting more, and it's a crowd. Sure, the chieftain doen't use the forge all the time, but the other smith does--it's his primary job.I think the work load is "comfortable". There's probably long breaks--maybe even the winter season--with nothing to forge or fix. Then, some trading order comes in, or a clansman needs nails, or something of the kind, and the forge is busy again.No armor. All the metal needs for the clan. The clan is made up of 336 men, women, and children, diversified in age as you would expect. Plus, there is some sporatic trading with neighboring clans. And, the clan pays for its ore by trading finished goods. Sometimes ore will be dropped off with orders for the traders' needs. When the Aseir traders return, they pick up their "payment".I'd say rarely is something Mastersmithed. Standard, no frills, but solid and servicable is the Cimmerian way.It's sproratic and unpredictable, but definitely not constant.I have established in the game that good ore is rare, and steel is more valuable than just about anything else.  Because it's practical.  You can use it to put food on the table or defend you and yours from the savage prowlers of rugged Cimmeria.This rarity is probably not because there aren't enough smiths but because there is rarely enough premium ore to use.</blockquote>

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