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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 7165120" data-attributes="member: 15700">Everything you're describing as comfortable was only available to the royalty or super rich.&nbsp; Or in D&amp;D terms as it appears in the PHB: aristocratic.&nbsp; Maid filling tubs of hot water, bathrooms, etc?&nbsp; Those didn't exist except for those top level people.So a comfortable lifestyle, in a medieval city, meant you had a decent roof over your head, food to eat, a job, and some decent clothes.&nbsp; you probably had one basic tub where you heated your own water and your entire family shared the same bath water (because hot water was a task to get). You could not escape the daily things that made living in a medieval city awful.&nbsp; You still had to walk the streets with the filth and stench.&nbsp; You still had disease infested rats everywhere (even the wealthy had those problems, especially lice that was exemplified by fashion choices of the era).&nbsp; You still had rampant crime exposure.&nbsp; Those are all things cities still have problems with today, let alone 1000 years ago.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 7165120, member: 15700"] Everything you're describing as comfortable was only available to the royalty or super rich. Or in D&D terms as it appears in the PHB: aristocratic. Maid filling tubs of hot water, bathrooms, etc? Those didn't exist except for those top level people. So a comfortable lifestyle, in a medieval city, meant you had a decent roof over your head, food to eat, a job, and some decent clothes. you probably had one basic tub where you heated your own water and your entire family shared the same bath water (because hot water was a task to get). You could not escape the daily things that made living in a medieval city awful. You still had to walk the streets with the filth and stench. You still had disease infested rats everywhere (even the wealthy had those problems, especially lice that was exemplified by fashion choices of the era). You still had rampant crime exposure. Those are all things cities still have problems with today, let alone 1000 years ago. [/QUOTE]

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