07-17-2009, 12:18 AM | #21 | |
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Re: Medieval Horse Types and Traits
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As horses become useful for more things, the number of people willing to pay for a useful horse goes up. More people start breeding and raising them, and the relative price starts to go down. So horse prices can vary wildly over the European Middle Ages, depending on factors like the horse collar, whether or not there's been war or famine recently, and so on. I wouldn't be shocked to see either really high numbers or really low ones.
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07-17-2009, 04:56 AM | #22 | ||
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Over the same span of time the price of ironmongery fell by about the same factor, driven by economic development in the iron-making and ironworking industries. So in the late 11th century the knight's mail was more costly than his horse, while in the early 14th century his horse was more costly than his armour (which furthermore was probably better-made and stronger). And to make the whole thing even more confusing, the output of silvermines (in Germany and Austria, I think) increased the money supply faster than the economy grew, so that nominal price levels (i.e prices of food and labour in money terms) steadily rose.
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07-17-2009, 06:14 AM | #23 |
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Re: Medieval Horse Types and Traits
I'm preparing an Ancient Greece campaign. What kind of horse would the hippeis of a city-state like Athens use? And did they shoe horses back then? Wikipedia says no, but I'm not sure I trust it.
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07-17-2009, 12:31 PM | #24 | |
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And I'm afraid that I have little or no knowledge of Ancient Greek horseflesh. I have some minimal knowledge of Roman Republican ones, but I've never investigated the question in earlier periods. I can hazard a guess that they'd be small, enough to count as ponies in the modern day.
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07-17-2009, 02:21 PM | #25 |
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Re: Medieval Horse Types and Traits
I reduced the destrier prices, but instead a note should be made that for most of the high medieval period, destriers were subject to Luxury Pricing and Status 2 was required to make regular use of them. As such, the prices are multiplied by 5. If the GM wishes, he can replicate a particular period by fiddling with the Luxury Pricing multiplier, so that a 12th century destrier might be Status 1 (x2) and a 14th century one Status 2 (x5).
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07-23-2009, 02:43 PM | #26 |
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Re: Medieval Horse Types and Traits
I feel like a bonehead for asking, but what does CF refer to? I looked through the index in the rules and couldn't find anything...
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07-23-2009, 02:50 PM | #27 |
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Re: Medieval Horse Types and Traits
Can't believe nobody brought this one up (granted it's 3e):
http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/Rolepla...obleSteed.html
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07-23-2009, 04:34 PM | #28 | |
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To find the final cost, multiply the list cost of an item by 1+(Total CF). For instance, if you want to buy a shortsword (usually $400) which is fine quality (+3 CF) and silver coated (+2 CF) multiply the base cost ($400) by the total cost factor (5 in this case) plus one to get the final cost ($400 x 6 = $2,400). |
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07-23-2009, 04:43 PM | #29 | |
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It sounds fairly useful now that you've explained it. |
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07-23-2009, 05:19 PM | #30 |
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Re: Medieval Horse Types and Traits
According to my reading material no. There ara some vague evidence about some kind of protection for horses shoes were at earliest around 150 BC uptil 500 AD. After 650 AD there are documented tales of Gauls and Germanic tribes using horseshoes. During the earliest crusades horseshoes had become common.
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