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Old 08-15-2011, 05:19 AM
Mahatatain Mahatatain is offline
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Originally Posted by atiff View Post
A few working assumptions I used in my own campaign are:
- children as young as 8 play at least a partial role in the economy (simple jobs, fetching, runners, feeding livestock, etc., on a daily basis)
- from 15 years old, they are playing a 'full' role in the economy, and that may include fighting (and 'underage' is definitely possible too)
I'd suggest that these ages are actually a little old based on what actually happened during the industrial revolution. Kids as young as five might well be doing simple jobs and by about 12 I would imagine that kids are working as a full adult. For example a 12 year old girl will probably be nearly as productive at sewing as an adult woman.
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