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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Vangarel" data-source="post: 73305" data-attributes="member: 223">In my campaign I'm assuming that an unskilled labourer cannot live without some outside support so they form a large part of the lower class. Likewise peasants are in a similar position however these have land. They work the land and earn roughly 2sp per day per person, so a small farm with 4 unskilled labourers and 1 farmer earns 10sp per day of which 4sp is paid in wages earning the farmer (before costs and taxes) 6sp/day.Virtually all unskilled labourer's require their lodgings and food to be provided although they could probably afford food if necessary so the labourer's above are living on or around the farm. In towns and cities the unskilled have a choice, work as a virtual slave (unskilled labour), turn to a life of crime, become an adventurer, or learn a profession probably by being an apprentice. Most unskilled labourer's cannot simply become craftsmen because they cannot afford the tools necessary so they are trapped within a select number of choices.</blockquote>