Questions on Water

[Laurel]

And if you are looking for a response to the disease problem, look to the Paladins and Clerics. Paladins of course have the Remove Disease ability. As zero-level spells, Clerics had Create Water and Purify Food & Drink. At higher levels they of course have a much larger supply of spells. This fact can help offset those diseases and problems. Of course, these depend on how magical a gaming world is.

Also look to Druids- they clean water and can heal. Though healing is not typically thier main thing, but cleaning nature for some is and would be a big priority. Those of low level cleans gallons of water each day for people to use in barrells per household. No need to go to the stream/river constantly.

In the adventurer mind frame casting purify water or even having it learned may do no good, but maybe it is esential to all mainstream clerics, paladins and druids who are city dwellers.

Dirty water all around can be solved by having a basic drain sewer system, using an incline to have water travel down and out of town.

There will be some things uncurable and some who for money or any other reason can't be cured. That's part of the city, but I don't think there would be rampant issues.

 

[Tonguez]

Dirty water all around can be solved by having a basic drain sewer system, using an incline to have water travel down and out of town.

Over New Years my grandfather was showing me pictures of the house he lived in Ribbleton (Preston) it was a tiny 2up-2down with a cesspit trench running along the back of the yard carrying sewerage out to who knows where (ie the river)

Apparently the thing stunk, and to my modern sensibilities seemed entirely disgusting.

Anyway an Otyugh in the trench probably would have done wonders to keep the river clean.

Oh and Druids rock...

 

[DMH]

Why would an otyugh clean up the water? It still has to excrete itself and that manure might be toxic being so concentrated.

And why would druids want to "clean" the water? All that fertilizer is useful and allows life to grow. Just because the city dwellers don't want that kind of life, that is their problem. Algal blooms might kill fish (and other animals) intially, but the bloom will be consumed and fish will benefit down stream.