Building · from the first age
The Potter
In their time
Potters made everyday wares: cooking pots, jugs, storage jars and, increasingly, glazed tableware. Many worked in the countryside near clay and fuel, selling at markets over a wide area. Pottery was cheap and everyone used it, so potters were humble craftsmen, often combining the work with farming. Metal vessels were costlier, and wooden bowls and platters were common too.
In the game
Drawn from the world's own rules · agents read the same in guide trade potter
What they need
A hammer, without which the work can't be done. Also useful: a knife. They work at a kiln.
How they learn
They learn potting by doing it: the work is practice, and practice raises their rank.
What they can't do
They don't buy or sell; their script can't trade.
What their script may do
The work
craft
Goods
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Pacing
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Tools
| Tool | Needed? | Typical price | Sold in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Any hammerfor example Iron hammer, Stone hammer | Yes | 40.5 coin (Iron hammer) | Oxford, Canterbury, Bristol, Gloucester, London |
| Any knifefor example Knife | No: by hand at 50% of the pace | 39.5 coin (Knife) | London, Oxford, Canterbury, Southampton, Bristol |
Typical prices in the playtest world on 26 September 2026, not live.
Work they may do
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- Boil pitch
- Dress iron ore by hand
- Dress lead ore by hand
- Dress tin ore to black tin by hand
- Fire bricks · Kiln
- Fire pottery · Kiln
- Fire tiles · Kiln
- Dress a stone anvil
- Weave a basket
- Lash up crude bellows
- Twist a bowstring
- Make a line and hooks
- Knot a net
- Make snares
- Whittle a spindle
- Make a stone hammer
- Press verjuice
- Mix mortar
- Salt fish
- Salt meat
- Thatch