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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James Heard" data-source="post: 3860451" data-attributes="member: 7280">That's pretty much what I came up with...We're such a small community that we're literally not making an impact on the wider world yet maybe?I'm not sure about historically accurate, but I dig on "plausible" and "makes sense." Normally I'd be easier with handwaving, but since the characters are apparently supposed to be inventing/creating/etc it suddenly becomes pretty important to know where it all starts out and why. It's only a few hundred people. We've probably detailed nearly a third of those people if we collected every person remotely pointed at in everyone's back stories and threw them into the pot (allowing that some people that almost have to be there like mothers and fathers and aunts and uncles are there even if they're not exactly pointed at).  I'm not saying every little detail should be out there, just that what's already outlined at seems to be saying some interesting things about the "Cuirlen lifestyle." Cuirlen's got an awful lot of hunters, for instance. Either its agriculture is really primitive (can't come up with enough calories so lots of people are out there trying to make up for it), or it's really awesome (villagers prefer meat, and raising crops isn't something people have to work at very hard). It's not a moving town though, and we've been told about the effects of spells and spirits, so it must be pretty darn good. That doesn't mean it couldn't be better though - with crop rotation, irrigation, better soil management, using manure, etc.Do I think all of this sort stuff is needed? Probably not. YMMV. Even if I don't get picked to play though I like to think that I've added something to the discussion.</blockquote>

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