Re: Re: Harvest info

From: Andrew Solovay <asolovay_at_...>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 16:17:52 -0700


Guy Hoyle <ghoyle1_at_...> wrote:
> So let me ask: how many people on this list use actually use rotation
> of crops vs slash and burn in their campaigns? (The Seattle Farmers
> excepted, of course).

I'll say that people have me convinced that crop-rotation goes way back (especially given that the gods can offer helpful hints about how to arrange crops).

I'll suggest, though, that maybe slash-and-burn *isn't* common. Every time you clear woods, you risk annoying some supernatural presence there--whether it's aldryami, forest spirits, or what-have-you. Of course, people do that anyway, but I think they'd be reluctant to do it just as a matter of course. Clearing forest is a bit of an undertaking, not something you do routinely because you've used up the old land--yes?

Making this list-relevant: In a low-power campaign, clearing a section of forest might be the sort of task heroes are sent on. After all, clearing a forest for agriculture could involve such things as:

And any of those tasks could involve heroquesting (quest to find out what myths are connected to the forest, quest to banish or pacify the Great Oak Spirit).

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