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<blockquote data-quote="NewJeffCT" data-source="post: 5247654" data-attributes="member: 10784"><p>OK, you are a member of the town guard of a small and somewhat isolated town of about 2,000.</p><p></p><p>The town guard consists of about 25 full time soldiers and two groups of 25 part-timers who rotate in three month seasonal shifts. The full-timers are competent professionals. In case of an emergency, the entire group of 50 could be mobilized. (The full timers would be Warrior 1 or Warrior 2 in 3E, but we are playing 4E, the part-timers would be commoners, or minions in 4E) The captain is a veteran soldier.</p><p></p><p>The PCs have become local heroes in recent sessions when they helped stop a goblin raid on the town. The town guard performed so-so in helping them out. However, they uncovered a plot for a larger goblin raid and the captain of the town guard said that he must go to see the Duke to ask for more men to protect the town. It is about 10 days for him to go there and come back, assuming about a day in between to get an audience with the Duke.</p><p></p><p>While the captain was out of town, he asked the players to maintain a presence in the town, as the townsfolk had taken to them quite well (great rolling on some skill challenges to enhance reputation even further – saving a man from a stray remaining goblin, etc) The captain took a few other guardsmen with him as well.</p><p></p><p>However, about two days after the captain left, the PCs discovered the location of where the goblins are gathering and are intending to ride out & strike at the goblins in hopes of defeating their leader and stopping the raid before it starts.</p><p></p><p>If you were on the town guard and the well liked PCs came up to you and said they were leaving town to stop the goblin raid and that Corporal Carl is in charge, how would you react? Suck it up? Panic? Demand the PCs stay in town? Something else? Mobilize all 50 part-timers?</p><p></p><p>Let me know if you need more info – thanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NewJeffCT, post: 5247654, member: 10784"] OK, you are a member of the town guard of a small and somewhat isolated town of about 2,000. The town guard consists of about 25 full time soldiers and two groups of 25 part-timers who rotate in three month seasonal shifts. The full-timers are competent professionals. In case of an emergency, the entire group of 50 could be mobilized. (The full timers would be Warrior 1 or Warrior 2 in 3E, but we are playing 4E, the part-timers would be commoners, or minions in 4E) The captain is a veteran soldier. The PCs have become local heroes in recent sessions when they helped stop a goblin raid on the town. The town guard performed so-so in helping them out. However, they uncovered a plot for a larger goblin raid and the captain of the town guard said that he must go to see the Duke to ask for more men to protect the town. It is about 10 days for him to go there and come back, assuming about a day in between to get an audience with the Duke. While the captain was out of town, he asked the players to maintain a presence in the town, as the townsfolk had taken to them quite well (great rolling on some skill challenges to enhance reputation even further – saving a man from a stray remaining goblin, etc) The captain took a few other guardsmen with him as well. However, about two days after the captain left, the PCs discovered the location of where the goblins are gathering and are intending to ride out & strike at the goblins in hopes of defeating their leader and stopping the raid before it starts. If you were on the town guard and the well liked PCs came up to you and said they were leaving town to stop the goblin raid and that Corporal Carl is in charge, how would you react? Suck it up? Panic? Demand the PCs stay in town? Something else? Mobilize all 50 part-timers? Let me know if you need more info – thanks. [/QUOTE]
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