Re: Question to people who have been around longer than I

[Greg Mowczko <mooch>]

> From: Wright Frazier <khelek>
>
> Southern lojem, much like the north was under developed as far as I
> always saw it ran.  Not wall to wall farms as it would have to be
> to support even a portion of the population the island held.

Hey I've ran many adventures on Lojem Isle and while usually you do walk
through woods I've just had everything else be farmland but since most
people don't care what the scenery is I don't mention it unless it is
vital to the trip.

> People in the north wouldn't go hungry..they'd keep getting food the
> same as they always have, from the sea.
>
> re: floating cities.  Read the book, they are big floating barges that
> roam around.
>
> Lock fees are EASILY replaced by Dock fees.  Further docks are far
> easier to keep in repair than 5 locks.  The locks require some hefty
> up keep that gets expensive fast.  Docks don't.  Just patrol'ema nd
> replace boards/pilons.  Locks take patroling, garrisoning, staffing,
> AND repairing with much more expensive materials.  Further the goods
> come to Port Haven now, not through it.  That means money coming into
> their economy.  They are a major population center now instead of
> a stop over.  That means a big increase in tax revenue for all those
> people who migrate there.  

Major Population center? Its a little bitty Island to the south now
with a split in the center of if that used to hold the first lock.
The D'taliano's are the main inhabitants of Port Haven ( there certainly
seemed to be ALOT of 'em.

> > I still think that the natural evolution is a valid concept. My point
> > was that since the food-producing areas of Lojem are now under two
> > hundred+ feet of water, people in the north are going to get hungry. My
> > understanding of Lojem was farms and plains in the south; foresters and
> > trees in the north. Plus the volcano. As for floating cities - name one.
> > And one that is still in play, actively used.
> > 
> > What about Port Haven being the "little buddy" of Karfelon? Who got the
> > fees for getting into the locks? As I recall, astronomical fees were paid
> > to boat down to Karfelon. I think that certain parties in Port Haven
> > probably miss the influx of cash and treasure from those ships.

Not to mention lost revenue from the boats that now go around the former only
entrance to the Lojem Atoll as it is now. For the most part ship traffic still
comes through the Port Haven since most of the wall is still there ( it only
got blown up in one spot ). I've run that by West End some of the wall had
been destroyed to increase trade there. But for the most part Rougtero's
supplies still come through Port Haven.

> > What's this about the seawall being destroyed before? I don't recall
> > that at all.
>
> Read the book, its been destroyed several times throughout its history.
>
> Wright

It might say that in the book but its only ever happened once in game. And
I thought the book read that there were attempts to destroy the seawall
during and after construction not that there were successes.

							Greg