Wanderer: First stab at a trade table

[Thorulfr]

OK, this is barely in the larval stage, but I'm putting it out on the board for your amusement. It is a preliminary try at the "Trade and Speculation Table" from Book 2, hampered, of course, by not having a handle on the trade modifiers (which can't be done until I figure out the fantasy version of the environmental stats), or prices (which I am putting on hold until I can get a more complete - and hopefully translated - version of Diocletian's 'Edict on maximum prices' - the Latin versions of Edictum de pretiis rerum venalium I have found online only have the first third of the text, so the really good stuff, like shipping costs, are left out <grrrrr>.)

So, here goes:

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Die Roll	Item	Base Price	Purchase DMs	Resale DMs	Amount	Bulk
1 - 1	Flint/Obsidian				3D6x10	P
1 - 2	Salt				2D6	H
1 - 3	Furs					P
1 - 4	Medicinal Herbs					P
1 - 5	Soapstone					H
1 - 6	Slaves					#
2 - 1	Ochre/Pigments					P
2 - 2	Bitumen					P
2 - 3	Gemstones					P
2 - 4	Resins/Incense					P
2 - 5	Leather					H
2 - 6	Gold					P
3 - 1	Copper					H
3 - 2	Dyestuffs					P
3 - 3	Timber					H
3 - 4	Percumes/Cosmetics					T
3 - 5	Textiles/Fibers					H
3 - 6	Ceramics					H
4 - 1	Semi-Precious Stone					P
4 - 2	Tin					H
4 - 3	Bronze					H
4 - 4	Armor					H
4 - 5	Weapons					H
4 - 6	Decorative Materials*					P
5 - 1	Wine					H
5 - 2	Oil (Olive, etc.)					T
5 - 3	Lead					H
5 - 4	Silver					P
5 - 5	Spices					H
5 - 6	Tools					H
6 - 1	Iron					T
6 - 2	Glass					H
6 - 3	Foodstuffs					T
6 - 4	Grain					T
6 - 5	Silk					H
6 - 6	Special**					H

* - Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl, Exotic Woods, etc.
** - Coffee, Artworks, Glass Beads, Amulets, Religious Items, etc.

Die Roll:
Paleolithic 1 + 1-6 TL: 0-1
Neolithic 1-2 + 1-6 TL: 2
Copper Age 1-3 + 1-6 TL: 3
Bronze Age 1-5 + 1-6 TL: 4-5
Iron Age 1-6 + 1-6 TL: 6+

Bulk:
P - Pounds (Increments of 5 pounds) 20 P = 1 H
H - Hundreds of Pounds (Increments of 100 pounds) 20 H = 1 T
T - Tons (Increments of 2000 pounds) 400 P = 20 H = 1 T
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Now that my database class is over, I'm taking a look at FGU's Bireme and Galley, and seeing if I can cross-reference any of the information against sources like Björn Landström's The Ship, an Illustrated History and ruminating on whether I can tease any sort of coherent design sequence that would let me create anything from a TL0 dugout canoe to a TL 12 Carrick.

Hey, I knew the job was daft when I took it.

[greentongue]

All in all, it is a very good start.
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