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Recently there was a change made so that you need both hands free to pull handcarts. That makes perfect sense to me, but there seems to have been an unexpected consequence: You can no longer take handcarts or workcarts into mines because you can't pull them while carrying a light source and you can't do much of anything without a light.

I propose the following solution: Make it so that you can put a lantern on carts and wagons.

It's easy enough to justify ICly: Just say there is a hook attached to the side of a cart or wagon, maybe elevated on some sort of pole for better visibility, that you can hang a lantern from. Then people still need both hands to pull a cart, but there is a way for them to see what is going on, and the addition of a place to put a light makes them more useful which sort of alleviates the loss of utility in requiring both hands.

Elystole wrote:Recently there was a change made so that you need both hands free to pull handcarts. That makes perfect sense to me, but there seems to have been an unexpected consequence: You can no longer take handcarts or workcarts into mines because you can't pull them while carrying a light source and you can't do much of anything without a light.

I propose the following solution: Make it so that you can put a lantern on carts and wagons.

It's easy enough to justify ICly: Just say there is a hook attached to the side of a cart or wagon, maybe elevated on some sort of pole for better visibility, that you can hang a lantern from. Then people still need both hands to pull a cart, but there is a way for them to see what is going on, and the addition of a place to put a light makes them more useful which sort of alleviates the loss of utility in requiring both hands.

A very sensible and logical solution, Ely. I like it.

Also, at a lower tech level, miners had helmets with a tin case with a candle in it...no steam punk needed. Could we have these as well?

Whenever Kent gets an idea, he could put one of those helmets on his head and say "Ding!"