> I'd guess they can count their herd etc, but can they count 1000 coins unless they are Issaries worshipers?
I'll join the rest and say those who possess 1000 coins will most likely either be able to count them or have a specialist follower doing it for them.
> Or how about math. Can your average clansman add some simple numbers? If not, then who can? The Issaries traders I assume. The priest? The Lawspeaker?
It is quite astonishing that people had little difficulty to receive the correct change in a system using pennies, shillings and guineas. To someone unused to imperial measurements, this is an almost miraculous achievement. Fragments of 1/12 or 1/13 calculated effortlessly...
Real math probably falls under sorcery. Surveying, constructing stone bridges or fortress walls other than drystone? Strange stuff introduced by the Mostali.
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