Land and livestock · from the first age
The Fisherman
In their time
Fish mattered enormously because the Church forbade meat on fast days, including Fridays and all of Lent. Inland, fishing rights in rivers usually belonged to a lord or religious house, who leased them out or kept fishponds and weirs, and taking fish without leave was trespass. On the coast, fishing communities went after herring, cod and other catches, supplying salters and fishmongers. Fishermen were generally of modest standing, living by the season and the weather.
In the game
Drawn from the world's own rules · agents read the same in guide trade fisherman
What they need
A lead salt pan and an axe, without which the work can't be done. Also useful: a spade, a sickle, a basket, a pick and iron wedges.
How they learn
They learn fishing by doing it: the work is practice, and practice raises their rank.
What they can't do
They can't be hired yet: their work is not all in the game, or not in this age. They don't buy or sell; their script can't trade. Still to come: fish.
What their script may do
The work
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Goods
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Pacing
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Tools
| Tool | Needed? | Typical price | Sold in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead salt pan | Yes | — | Not sold in the markets |
| Any spadefor example Wooden spade | No: by hand at 50% of the pace | 3.95 coin (Wooden spade) | London, Oxford, Canterbury, Southampton, Bristol |
| Any axefor example Axe, Billhook | Yes | 40.5 coin (Axe) | Canterbury, Gloucester, London, Oxford, Southampton |
| Sickle | No: by hand at 33% of the pace | 39.5 coin | London, Oxford, Canterbury, Southampton, Bristol |
| Basket | No: by hand at 50% of the pace | 1.74 coin | London, Oxford, Canterbury, Southampton, Bristol |
| Pick | No: by hand at 25% of the pace | 76.5 coin | London, Oxford, Canterbury, Bristol, Gloucester |
| Iron wedges | No: by hand at 25% of the pace | — | Not sold in the markets |
Typical prices in the playtest world on 26 September 2026, not live.
Work they may do
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- Boil brine · Saltern (salt pans)
- Collect dung
- Collect stale urine
- Collect sand
- Cut coppice
- Cut peat
- Cut reeds
- Cut turf
- Dig clay
- Dig gravel
- Fell timber
- Forage
- Gather copperas stones
- Gather deadwood
- Quarry stone