> In message <177dc5fd0502241628293f6459_at_m...> John Machin writes:
> >
> >Can we assume this rate? Does the mundane and magical expertise of
the
> >appropriate cults only prevent the rate from being much worse than
it
> >was, pre-20th C.?
>
> Greg has said before that magic is necessary to achieve the crop
> yields in Glorantha that were achieved in the real world without
> so applying the same basis to infant mortality is not unreasonable.
>
In the Glorantha material for RQ3 is was stated quite clearly that
death rates for children and the elderly were lower than in
comparable historical cultures on earth, but that the death rate
amongst healthy adults was higher. Sorry I don't have the stuff here
with me to point you to a specific book and page, however.
-Bryan