Teamstering (sage ability)

Teamstering is an amateur-status sage ability in the study of Logistics, that enables a character to drive one or more animals as a team pulling a cart or wagon. With 10 knowledge points, the character can manage up to two animals; four animals can be managed when the character's knowledge improves to 15 or more, and six animals when the character has 20 or more.

Various animals may be applied to this task, though horses or mules are preferable. Donkeys can be used to draw a cart. A character using oxen to pull a wagon or a cart is commonly described as a bushwhacker. Teamsters are also known as carters; goods are typically collected at a carter post, where items for shipment are temporarily stored until they can be moved on.

Teamstering also allows the character to drive a team for the purpose of tilling a field, as well as hauling. The teamster has the ability to pack and arrange a load well, to put the least possible strain on the vehicle's axles and to greatly minimize shifting or the possibility of items or content rolling or falling off. This enables a teamster to arrange a wagon to carry stacks of wheat and other like products 9 to 12 feet above the wagon's bed, to get the most from of the vehicle's capacity. These general skills allow a teamster to increase the capacity of a wagon by 10%, and a cart by 15%.

Apart from a cart and wagon, the teamster is also able to manage a carriage or a sleigh, the latter over snow and ice.

No skills are provided for managing a dog sled team, elephants or any other unlikely beast.