My game is moving along nicely, and the players seem to be enjoying themselves a lot.
One of the NPCs that has impressed them has been a woman tradethane called Halorica. They asked if she was married (no) and then they said "So if she marries we lose her? Why would the clan spend effort and resources training up a woman if she's going to leave and become a resource for another clan? Especially someone as sneaky as Halorica..."
Now of course, they're trying to come up with schemes involving looking after her to convince her she wants an Esrolian marriage, but the larger question remains.
What incentives are there for a clan to spend time and effort training women in specialist roles if those women will be lost to the clan when they marry?
This is concerning some of my group a fair bit, and I haven't really thought of an answer yet...
Suggestions gratefully received.
Stephen
-- Stephen Rennell steve_at_... Wellington, New Zealand GPG fingerprint - CD0F 78C6 1AAE 8726 803A F1D0 F123 8486 062F 0317
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