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In message <3872B8A3.574DE9AA@mediaone.net>, Jeff Johnston writes:
> Eric Kingsley wrote:
> > Flower Shop for the market and was considering an Armory as well although as • I
> > have said before my Castle fig selection is not very good so stocking an Arm • ory
> > might be tough for me.
>
> A general blacksmith would be better. The armorer probably lives and works in
> the
> castle, because peasants don't *need* (and probably can't afford) to buy
> weapons
> and armor, but the King needs to keep his soldiers armed...
Indeed, since a peasant trying to buy armor or a sword would likely pay
an arm and a leg (literally! and maybe his head, too, in the bargain),
I'd say these items were "unaffordable."
Bear in mind that the Dungeons & Dragons world, in which you can walk
into a shop and buy a sword as easily as a jug of milk, is nothing
like the actual feudal Europe. Back then, arms and armor were very
strictly controlled (essentially limited to those who bore at least
the title "Sir"), and even when the peasants were pressed into
military service, they still weren't allowed military arms, but had to
make do with peasant farming tools such as the hook and bill.
On the other hand, what about the castle? Remember Ed Boxer's castle
and what was inside it? Wow!
--
David A. Karr (karr@shore.net)
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