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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 7900742" data-attributes="member: 1125">If Iron causes wild magic surely that in itself would be enough to enforce its Outlaw status, especially if the release of wild magic was very volatile and deadly - dangerous magic exploding everywhere would get Iron-users classed as terrorist with WMDs. Utopia really just implies universal satisfaction and for that Bread and Circuses become a clear goal of the governing authority ie a Bronze Age society where everyone has unlimited food supply, good habitat and access to what they want and need would generally be viewed as Utopian.Druids is whats needed in such a society to ensure abaundance, then theirs good education and a lot of public festivity and community ritual.The other thing is that Utopia does not imply that there arent an excluded class of criminals and exiles - ie anyone who isnt satisfied and chooses to be an Chaotic neutral agitator, will quickly be excluded from society and sent ‘elsewhere’ to live amaongst the BrutalsI’ve been fascinated by Shang Dynasty (1500 bc) because it was a stratified society where the Nobles living in cities had access to Bronze weapons and chariot fittings but the peasantry was limited to using Stone weapons and tools.Farmers were highly honoured in Shang society and the Shang Emperor was primarily the Advisor to Farmers and responsible for the religious Rituals of Farming, this included using Oracle stones (dragon bones) for divinition.The Shang farmers grew Millet and Soybean (thus Tofu and Soy sauce) and observed that Soybean enriched the soil, they were also the group responsible for domestication of Water Buffalo and were using Horses 1000 years before they were domesticated in Europe.  Strangely enough Merchants were very low caste in Shang Society, ranking just above slaves, This was because they were not considered ‘Productive’ and instead had to involve themselves in the dishonourable practice of buying other peoples work and selling it at inflated prices.Shang had slaves who were either criminals, war prisoners or those who failed to repay debts. The Shang also practiced animal and human sacrifice.</blockquote>

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