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--- thistletop:community [2025/02/10 17:30] – johnb
+++ thistletop:community [2025/12/06 18:24] (current) – johnb
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-====== Thistletop as a Community ======
+ ====== Thistletop as a Community ======
 Developing this comment from Oktar.
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 However, I think we could give people a choice of how they serve the community.  Some options might be ...
-  * **Militia** - once a month, the Militia is mustered for drills and training under one of the more experienced melee fighters.  It should probably be Sir Robyn, although Dru or one of the senior guards could share the responsibility.  We might want to encourage this by giving away padded armour to those who attend regularly and can show proficiency in a weapon.  Based on The [[wp>Fyrd]], with minor modifications.  I would probably base it around ++free weapons| (Club, Quartertaff, Sling)++ for commoners, with Spear and Darts for experts.  If nothing else, it trains/retrains the Commoners' single weapon skill to something useful.  However, Artifex might also allow a second weapon, or even a point of Prof:soldier as a Commoner Trait.
+  * **Scouts** - Let's steal from Baden-Powell's original setup :)  A youth organization (male and female <15)    that deals with basic survival skills and trains the members as messengers and runners.   That could meet weekly, as do most RL Youth Groups.  Assume they leave as ++Commoner-1 at age 15|(PF adult age for humans)++ with Survival +1 and proficient with sling.
-  * **Scouts** - Let's steal from Baden-Powell's original setup :)  A youth organization (in this case, male and female) that deals with basic survival skills and trains the members as messengers and runners.  That could meet weekly, as do most RL Youth Groups.  Later we could add sailing and other skills, tie that in with later militia service, and we might give some of the children a chance to develop into Experts, rather than commoners.
+  * **Militia** - once a month, the Militia is mustered for drills and training under one of the more experienced melee fighters.  It should probably be Sir Robyn, although Dru or one of the senior guards could share the responsibility.  We offer basic drills and simple weapons training.  Militia members are expected to provide their own arms and armour, and be ready to help defend Thistletop, if required.  At ++sixteen|(PF minimum age for a cass)++, they are Commoner 1 -  with a trait :]  or learned skills for Expert (or another class). ++The militia = very light slingers :} | \\
+Average Stats, Prof(soldier)+1, AC 11, Melee:  Simple Weapon +0, dam D6(20).  Ranged: Sling +0, d4(20) \\
+Note -  this is a Trait Bonus – so does not attract the +3 class bonus. \\
+Simple weapons could include: Club, Short Spear, Light Mace, Sickle.  AC assumes a mix of Dex, Padded Armour and Leather armour.  Club and sling are 'free' weapons, so no one is excluded.++
+  * **Maintenance Gang** - infrastructure always needs maintaining – roads need maintaining, paths need clearance, bramble hedges need trimming, brush needs clearing.   And I am sure that Velma can find lots of other  regular tasks to help keep people invested in the community.
+  * **Work Gang** – Whenever we have a new build, labourers are needed -  to help clear land, cut steps, raise timbers etc.
   * **Religious/Philosophical** - My neighbour spends a lot of her time cleaning and arranging the flowers in a local church.  In Thistletop we will (eventually)  have a temple to Sarenrae and a shrine to Desna, which could provide a similar commitment for residents.  We are also promoting 'The Green Way' as a philosophy, so planting and regular maintenance of community flower or vegetable patches might work for that.
-  * **Work Groups** - local community infrastructure always needs maintaining - paths need some clearance, bramble hedges need trimming, and I am sure we can think of other community infrastructure later.
-  * **Organise/Assist** - help with the scouts or militia, organise work groups, form a community council or set up a ++Sunday School|(while these have a religious connotation, they met once a week and helped poor kids learn basic skills.  It could be tied in with Green Way philsphies)++.
-Need to talk to  Oktar about ++++Forest Gardens|
+  * **Organise/Assist/Teach** - help with the scouts or militia, organise work groups, form a community council, set up a ++Sunday School|(while these have a religious connotation, they met once a week and helped poor kids learn the three Rs|(Reading, wRiting & aRithmetic)++, community gardening - etc etc
-Forest gardens are clearing that have been cultivated to produce more of the forest plants that are edible by humans. Most gardens have one or more Sweet Chestnut, Hazel or Beech trees growing along their perimeter, while the borders of the garden are clearly defined by a thick hedge of Forest Gooseberries. The clearing itself is generally scattered with wild apple trees, although the bulk of the garden is taken up by the Apios Vines trained up trellises. Clumps of sorrel grow close to the perimeter, while sweet smelling violets make up most of the ground cover and are used to mark the borders of paths through the garden.
+Need to talk to  Oktar and get his views on  about [[Forest Gardens]]
-Apios is based on Apios Americana - a climbing vine that produces tubers that can be cooked like potatoes and edible beans. They were cultivated by Native Americans as an early food source. Every other plant mentioned produces edible leaves or fruit. ++++