> >>My impression of backcountry Sartar is one of no wagon traffic for
> >>transporting goods, or even taxes.
> > Well taxes are going to be either silver coin or cattle, probably
> > a mixture and with other goods as well. The total taxes paid by a
> > typical clan is 500 cows or 10,000 Lunars. So even if the clan
> > gathers everything in one place and sends it to the tribe at one
> > time it's barely going to be a full wagon load. And you don't keep
> > a wagon for one use a year without ritual reasons.
> Yes. Wagons will be used for traffic across the Pass, but not for trade between clans or even tribes.
I'm pretty sure there *are* ritual reasons to have a wagon. Isn't every Orlanthi priest obliged to have one?
Yes, looking at the version in River of Cradles, p159: "The priest must own a cart to carry the necessary paraphenalia for services. This cart must be at least two-wheeled, and drawn by at least two oxen."
Two oxen? That's quite some cart! What's he carrying around, a portable stone circle?
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