On 29/07/2015 12:25 AM, Tim wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 11:05:00PM +1000, Brett Kruger wrote:
>> "In general, wives (like land) tend to be apportioned according to
>> the social level of the male. Lower-class families usually consist
>> of a male with a single wife, while upper-class families may have
>> several wives married to a single male. It is rare for more than
>> four or five wives to be found in any one family (a good way to
>> establish this is to roll 1D - 1 when constructing a family unit)."
> Funny!  I could see it almost exactly the opposite way around: a rich
> wife can acquire and support a husband by themselves, with all the
> associated military expenditures and maintenance of land-related
> operations.  Poorer ones may have to make do with pooling their
> resources with other women to support a male -- and generally one of
> lower status.
>
>
> This is of course totally contrary to canon, but it's interesting how
> the conclusions vary simply due to what angle you look at things from.
>
>
> - Tim
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Interesting.  I'd like to see what I can make of this, make a good
variation from the norm, maybe even an adventure.

Brett.