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Where do you stand on some descent inequality? As a Peasant you could be impaled for picking up a butter knife and waving it at some nasty Aristocrat from the Wealthy+ category. Why do you as a Peasant think you have the right to pick up a sword let alone own one? Frankly unless you are some sort of Bandit on the run from the State, you can look forward to slavery at the hands of the wealthy. How do you cope with a Peasant Adventurer who should be Arrested for carrying a Sword, not commended for saving the Village from Undead?
1d100......Origin
01-30 Dirt Poor
31-60 Poor
61-75 Comfortable
76-85 Wealthy/Untitled
86-95 Wealthy/Titled
96-97 Very Wealthy/Untitled
98-99 Very Wealthy/Titled
100 Royal Family
So now you have quickly rolled 1d100...Damn those dice rolls.
It's all about rolling in the mud.
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Isn't this going to vary a lot by the society involved? Too much, arguably, to be codified except on a case-by-case basis. I also think you're over-estimating the percentage of poor people, let alone the dirt-poor. Since I'm not sure what the "Origin" terms you use mean I can't be sure, but I'd probably only classify vagrants as being dirt-poor by the standards of medieval England and they're a small percentage of the population. And how would you extend this to, say, the Mongols, where an average herder still owns weapons and a horse?
conceivably...
Where do you stand on some descent inequality? As a Peasant you could be impaled for picking up a butter knife and waving it at some nasty Aristocrat from the Wealthy+ category. Why do you as a Peasant think you have the right to pick up a sword let alone own one? Frankly unless you are some sort of Bandit on the run from the State, you can look forward to slavery at the hands of the wealthy. How do you cope with a Peasant Adventurer who should be Arrested for carrying a Sword, not commended for saving the Village from Undead?
Which is why peasants were more likely to have pitchforks, and scythes, and axes (for felling trees of course) and big knives for butchering livestock, etc.
Agricultural implements include some very nasty weaponry.
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Where do you stand on some descent inequality? As a Peasant you could be impaled for picking up a butter knife and waving it at some nasty Aristocrat from the Wealthy+ category. Why do you as a Peasant think you have the right to pick up a sword let alone own one? Frankly unless you are some sort of Bandit on the run from the State, you can look forward to slavery at the hands of the wealthy. How do you cope with a Peasant Adventurer who should be Arrested for carrying a Sword, not commended for saving the Village from Undead?Which is why peasants were more likely to have pitchforks, and scythes, and axes (for felling trees of course) and big knives for butchering livestock, etc.
Agricultural implements include some very nasty weaponry.
Then where did you get the armor and the Sword?
Then where did you get the armor and the Sword?Where do you stand on some descent inequality? As a Peasant you could be impaled for picking up a butter knife and waving it at some nasty Aristocrat from the Wealthy+ category. Why do you as a Peasant think you have the right to pick up a sword let alone own one? Frankly unless you are some sort of Bandit on the run from the State, you can look forward to slavery at the hands of the wealthy. How do you cope with a Peasant Adventurer who should be Arrested for carrying a Sword, not commended for saving the Village from Undead?Which is why peasants were more likely to have pitchforks, and scythes, and axes (for felling trees of course) and big knives for butchering livestock, etc.
Agricultural implements include some very nasty weaponry.
You wouldn't need the sword to be lethally armed. I didn't see any mention of armour.
I suspect I've missed the question. Why is the peasant assumed to have armour and a sword?