Timeline for How to make different social classes look quite different?
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| Nov 3, 2021 at 13:58 | answer | added | John O | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 2, 2016 at 16:47 | comment | added | DrBob | @Chonin - how different do you need them to look? Is it a simple thing like red hair and big noses being much more common in the Aristocrats than the peasants? Or something more drastic, like all Aristocrats looking like the tallest Zulu warrior and all peasants looking like the shortest Scottish crofter? Also how do you stop extra-marital sex? Prince Exalted may only be prepared to MARRY a princess, but might also be bonking every servant girl in the palace. | |
| Oct 2, 2016 at 7:16 | comment | added | a4android | While you were obviously thinking of Japan, the country that effectively has a caste system like this is India. You can advance your project by researching the Indian caste system. | |
| Oct 2, 2016 at 5:07 | comment | added | Chonin | @pipe What about pressure to perform? If you're dancer would you marry someone who doesn't have a rhythm. If you're aristocrat would spouse from family where tax evasion is abysmal would be a wise choice. If you're warrior would you consider a couch potato. | |
| Oct 1, 2016 at 23:34 | comment | added | pipe | Funny how a lot of posts involving different "races" mentions the difference in dogs. I can assure you that without a lot of effort by humans to keep them separate, it wouldn't take many generation for them to mix it up again. Take a look at all the wild dogs in the world - they look roughly the same. | |
| Oct 1, 2016 at 21:16 | comment | added | Chonin | @celtschk Trading between domains is reserved for the warrior class, since they're the only ones who are used to risks, they could bear weapons, and move around the country, since many of the roads, shipping lanes aren't very safe. Aristocrats live from taxes, trade is beneath them, investing in port / roads and taxing ships / caravans and/or businesses who serve them (inns, warehouses & brothels) is their thing. | |
| Oct 1, 2016 at 20:11 | answer | added | Draco Freon | timeline score: 3 | |
| Oct 1, 2016 at 20:06 | history | edited | John Dallman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 1, 2016 at 19:34 | vote | accept | Chonin | ||
| Oct 1, 2016 at 17:51 | comment | added | Mołot | Hint: read Brave New world | |
| Oct 1, 2016 at 17:16 | answer | added | DJClayworth | timeline score: 13 | |
| Oct 1, 2016 at 13:25 | comment | added | celtschk | It seems that in your system, significant trade is completely impossible. Trade needs people to move between cities. But in your system, only aristocrats, warriors and outcasts can do so. Aristocrats are a negligible part of the population, and warriors surely aren't traders. Or is trade a tainted job in your society? | |
| Oct 1, 2016 at 13:11 | answer | added | John Dallman | timeline score: 11 | |
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| Oct 1, 2016 at 12:44 | history | asked | Chonin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |