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>The civilisation gets +10 Productivity.
>The civilisation gets -5 Prosperity.
Some of the tribe are concerned about the prospect of becoming increasingly reliant on their greatest rival for supremacy over the great lake. Yet there are far more who believe that the bond between the stone men and the beast-bringers for many generations to come, and that this relationship should be exploited for ever greater quantities of copper.
Many of the luxuries that the Protavic people acquire from far-off lands are given to the Rodac, as well as a great deal of honey, beeswax and cultural artefacts produced by the beast-bringers. In return, they receive an abundance of copper ore from stone men. Though more and more of the tribe are dedicating their lives to mercantile pursuits, labourers and craftsmen and even swineherds find that their work is made easier by plentiful copper tools.
As for the foreboding slopes of the Sharoc, the foothills are left along for the time being. It is rare for a beast-bringer to venture towards the mountains. In fact, it becomes common for elders to tell children stories about ghosts who dwell there, who steal the breath from fools who wander too far from home.
A generation passes.
Some enterprising traders find that when they return home, their families have left them with very little. All that they own is taken and shared among their relatives when they leave on the next expedition, and they return to find nothing. For this reason, one clever merchant has tablets wrought from copper, on which his belongings are inscribed. It is a practice that spreads quickly to other traders, a method of recording wealth that becomes a very early sort of currency.
The system has its flaws. Such tablets are heavy and difficult to transport, and families often accuse these merchants of fraudulence, of laying claim to far greater wealth than they deserve or ever owned.
Our tribe could <span class="mu-s">make a simpler and more portable currency</span>. Something smaller, lighter and much easier to make is necessary, if these merchants are to carry around proof of the wealth that they own.
Our tribe could <span class="mu-s">create storehouses for holding these tablets</span>. All evidence of wealth must be housed in secure structures where it cannot be stolen or tampered with, that will be guarded by blood-drinkers.
Our tribe could <span class="mu-s">devise a method of equally distributing wealth</span>. Recording individual wealth is not necessary, but a system will be put in place to ensure that every man is given what he needs to survive.
>Make a simpler and more portable currency.
>Create storehouses for holding these tablets.
>Devise a method of equally distributing wealth.
