Talk:Story : After the service

From Ars Magica

Just out of idle curiosity, what are the odds that parchment and ink are available at the Inn? --JBforMarcus 05:13, 28 April 2006 (PDT)

Would you believe that he was carrying them in his bag of many tricks? (I admit - it was creative equipping - if anyone objects, I'd be fine with pulling it and rewriting the section.) --Rencheple 05:21, 28 April 2006 (PDT)

As I say just idle curiosity more than anything. Writing is Not Common in this day and age, and I don't think just carrying pen and ink would be common. (Oh, and I don't think copper coinage came into England until the 1600s:-) In any case, I guess I'm just waiting to see if a message reaches me since most of my other immediate avenues of research have been shut down. --JBforMarcus 08:17, 28 April 2006 (PDT)

Before I wrote it, I checked wikipedia on the history of papryus, parchment and paper to see which one was most "period". I figured, what hte hck, he's an educated man from a rich family (though disowned), maybe he's just gotten used to it? Ah well - I do wonder, now, how did they do this type of thing back then? Word of mouth? That seems to be a bit burdensome. --Rencheple 09:14, 28 April 2006 (PDT)