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Miller
This occupation specializes in converting
grain into flour, and selling it. Originally, flour was
ground by hand. Then, animals turned cogs, which
powered the grindstones. Now, power is derived
from either water or air. Water-driven mills are usually
located across rivers, though windmills may be
nearly anywhere. Windmills are less reliable than
watermills, because windmills depend on the weather.
Grain is purchased from farmers after it has been
winnowed. Once milled, grain is sold to bakers. The
cost of building an average mill is 12,000 s.p. The
cost of a millstone is 1,100 s.p. Daily wages are
typically 5 s.p.
Ability Requirements: Intelligence 80.
Gender: Female millers are rare.
Race: Any but ogre.
Disposition: Any.
Temperament: Any.
Sociality: Peasant or serf.
Religion: Any.
Skills: Milling + 5 and Haggling + 3.
Equipment: None.
Magic Points: Inapplicable.
Advancement Points: For each thousand
pounds of grain milled, a miller acquires 1 AP.
Training: None.
Guild: Millers’ Guild. Each apprentice must
serve 4 years. By guild statute, profits are limited to
1/16 th of what is milled. Once an apprentice for 4
years, they may apply to work as a journeyman for
the guild.
For a journeyman to become a master, they
must be able financially to open their own shop,
and receive the approval of the guild. To receive
approval, they must pass a Persuasion skill check.
The TH begins at 30 and is decreased by 1 for every
period of 6 months in which the journeyman has
worked locally with the guild. The Aedile may overrule
this skill check or apply any modifier deemed
appropriate.
Miner
This occupation specializes in mining ores
from the earth. A miner digs a mine shaft either to
find precious stones or to tunnel underneath the
wall of a besieged fortification. Therefore, miners
may be civilian or military.
Under the supervision of an engineer, military
miners may attempt to dig beneath a moat and
then wall, set a fire, evacuate the tunnel, and hope
to collapse the wall. Once underneath the moat or
wall, the miners will support the mine shaft with
timbers. Otherwise, miners may dig underneath the
wall and up to the surface, so that soldiers can enter
the besieged fortification. In either case, a countermine
may be dug by defenders if they detect mining
by besiegers. A bowl of water may be placed atop
the defending wall and watched for ripples, which
may alert defenders to the presence of mining. Successful
counter-miners will collapse the tunnel. Finally,
another method of mining is when miners, in
this case called sappers, approach the wall of the
besieged fortification while hiding in the cat of a
battering ram. Once at the wall, the sappers pick at
the wall to weaken its structure. Daily wages are
typically 7 s.p., whether civilian or military.
Ability Requirements: Common Sense 75.
Gender: Female miners are rare.
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