Wow, a flurry of activity today!<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=241802.msg12003144#msg12003144">Quote from: Cassandra LeMay on 19-01-2016, 13:09:07</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><hr/>Expect John Druel to ask for slightly more rent than the 7.5sp per day mentioned in the worldbuilding thread. He's not a very generous man, and it sounds like Apollonia's family has a bit of freedom to do with "their" land what they like, which he will want to be paid for.<br/><br/>Also, Mending is good for saving costs, but perhaps not so good for making extra income if you want to hide the fact that Apollonia knows some magic. Mending can repair some things perfectly and that is far better than a local "handyman" could do. That will be noticeable. Also, most people do their own, conventional, mending when something needs repairs and would seek out a professional craftsman for the things they can't do themselves. The family could still be fairly well off, but perhaps not as well-off as you might imagine. But the general idea that they are doing fairly well for themselves is sound.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>I'm not at all concerned with the numbers actually, just that the family has goals and they work hard and make sacrifices to achieve them, and that they are in fact achievable.<br/>I think the labor-saving potential of<em>prestidigitation</em>is probably more valuable than the cost savings from<em>mending</em>.<br/>Of course, Apollonia is sort of a 5th wheel in her father's new family even though she gets along with her step mother just fine.<br/>I'd say it's a low-key but not at all secret thing that the Grovers have a hedge mage of sorts in the house.   Apollonia isn't hiding the fact that she's a caster so much as not advertising it, if that makes sense.  And if someone has something that just can't be fixed mundanely - an heirloom locket or valuable glass vase or something - it's known that they can at least try to ask Herrig before giving up on the item.<br/><br/><hr/>Edit:  this guy friggin needs to be in this setting!  Maybe a Robin Hood type bandit?  Or a woodsman/hunter?  Or one of the town militia?  Whatever the pretext, we need this beefcake!  Hell, I might even claim him for Herrig Grover if no one wants him for a Player Character, though he is maybe a bit young to have a 17 year old daughter.<br/>At first I wondered if the belt buckle was perhaps anachronistic for a late medieval setting, but apparently they've been around since Roman times (http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ceejays_site/pages/dragon_buckles.htm).<br/><div align="center"><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Awesome Sauce</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://56.media.tumblr.com/8a16e31a88da9286ac524ee4d8d0e9ff/tumblr_n1iqhrB67E1rwwn4uo1_500.jpg)</div></div></div>