Not Another Hero

> Heh, actually, with your mountains as your main asset, that's not a bad thing. Let the granite gnomes dig dig dig in mines, and send you anything you deem 'important' or 'new' and they can keep the scree from it. It's not such a bad deal, all they can eat, and I bet they have earth shapey abilities. Especially notable is that there are many occasions where iron ore is found near coal. Bituminous, athracite, lignite, doesn't matter at this point, because what you're trying to do is-

> Alleviate part of the lumber shortage by burning coal as a secondary, cheap fuel. As an added bonus, the lumber, being less plentiful for the fact that you're not supplying as much, encourages the thorn pixies to go to greener pastures.

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