Re: Dying Beasts

Rodger Coghlan (grrc@ntwrks.com)
Sun, 16 Nov 1997 15:34:21 -0500

On 15-Nov-97, Jim Frediani wrote:
>Humakt2@aol.com wrote:
>>

> I agree that this is an area in need of change.

> And for anyone who says, well, the way it is now is more realistic,
> then I suggest that all nobles, peasant, and troops also be given a 1%
> chance to die every turn. After all, considering the hygene of the
> "era" these games represent, the animals probably have a greater life
> expectancy than the people.
>Jim

That is a very ethnocentric view, most of the Asian, Middle Eastern, and near
Eastern cultures were very much concerned with hygene (eg. Muslims clean
themselves
5 times a day, Japanese take baths every day). It was only European culture
that distained
cleanliness.

Rodger

ps breeding peasants only gets you 1 peasant every week vs. recruiting 1 per
day.

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