Sanitation

[Pirog]

There could also be a wide variety of herbs around the world, to make medicine of.

This would make interesting "quests" where people would have to travel far to get the medecines to cure a plague or an important person.

[Solfius]

yes, that would be good. See the skills thread for my ideas on experimenting and learning like that, as I think finding new medicienes would be a perfect application of this.

"Anyone know what this ergot does?"
"No, why don't you try it out?"
"ok...ugh, uh, Whats that? find the unholy beer mat and your life will be complete, ugh??"

[Meh]

like the common cold.

I can see it now...

600-8: You see a man in his twenties sneeze.

600-8: a woman in here twenties says: "Plague Victim!"

600-8: You see a man in his thirties kill a man in his twenties using a sabre.

600-8: a woman in here thirties says: "Let's get him buried before it spreads."

[Solfius]

not really a bad thing though, just a bit overreactive