But traders do not have to be lords, they can work as "brokers" of deals and make a nice profit without ever having to worry about details such as where to store the food.
Does you mean that if region x has a sell offer and region y has a buy offer, and those regions are too far apart to see each other, then a random trader passing by could trigger the sale and pocket the price difference? That would be nice.
The caravan paraphernalia will most likely go away. Otherwise we'll never get people away from the mindset of the trader as a travelling salesman.
I would request that at least something be kept to allow troop leaders to feed their troops when in famished lands.
Frankly, that's a commoners job. We may be adding infiltrator and trader commoner classes in the future, though.
That would be nice.
