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Legolas · 08-18-2003, 07:10 AM

My MSN and email addy is legolas_ea at hotmail.com
About the 'farm implements', since it will be quite cold from the majority of the year there'll only be a short period of time to actually grow crops in. Most of the food would come from foraging, fishing and hunting. There may be some livestock as well, such as sheep and chickens.
Since it's so important to have enough food, people will be outside looking for it whenever the weather allows it. I'd imagine that, because of that importance, there is a blacksmith/fletcher who provides the tools for hunting and farming while the other smith concentrates on the true weapons. The former would probably sell the handaxes as well.
Alternatively, the mages or clerics (or both) may have set up some kind of large magical sphere which traps the warmth and allows for farming inside it the whole year around. Then it might attract some creature who steals it time and again, so adventurers would have to retrieve it from its lair. But that would still mean people needed to hunt and gather...

08-18-2003, 07:10 AM	#48
Legolas Jack Burton Join Date: March 31, 2001 Location: The zephyr lands beneath the brine. Age: 41 Posts: 5,459	My MSN and email addy is legolas_ea at hotmail.com About the 'farm implements', since it will be quite cold from the majority of the year there'll only be a short period of time to actually grow crops in. Most of the food would come from foraging, fishing and hunting. There may be some livestock as well, such as sheep and chickens. Since it's so important to have enough food, people will be outside looking for it whenever the weather allows it. I'd imagine that, because of that importance, there is a blacksmith/fletcher who provides the tools for hunting and farming while the other smith concentrates on the true weapons. The former would probably sell the handaxes as well. Alternatively, the mages or clerics (or both) may have set up some kind of large magical sphere which traps the warmth and allows for farming inside it the whole year around. Then it might attract some creature who steals it time and again, so adventurers would have to retrieve it from its lair. But that would still mean people needed to hunt and gather...