>> >Parhaps for a cottar. And even so, I'd say the main ability is farming,
>> >or some kind of craft. I still think speeh herding is simple (at least
>> >considering that learning it costs as much HP as difficult crafts or
>> >fighting skills (especially if CC is just 1HP to advance)).
>>
>> I think shepherding is difficult. A shepherd will have to constantly tend
>> the sheep to avoid disease and probablty treat common ailments too. You can
>> lose the entire flock through inattention (I'm reminded of Gabriel Oak at
>> the beginning of Far from The Madding Crowd).
>>
>> Thom
>
>Ok if sheep care and animal madicine are included in sheepherding. So
>the skill is actually "keeping and growing sheep", is it?
>
> -Adept
You can't be a shepherd without learning to tend sheep. Even in modern
farming people who keep animals tend them to avoid them becoming diseased
(if only because vets are expensive).
Thom