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Message: <blockquote data-quote="werecorpse" data-source="post: 8338966" data-attributes="member: 55491">While in history villagers that did not have adequate Protection may have feared roving groups of armed men the way I see most D&D worlds I’ve Played in or run bands of mercenaries or adventurers aren’t what towns are worried about. It’s dragons, giants, goblins etc. The towns have guards to protect it but those guards are purely defensive and man the walls and the gates. They don’t go into the forest if goblins steal a child or investigate rumours of a gathering of winged creatures at the mountain edge in exchange for gold from the local lord or guard a sage as he explores an old ruin. That’s done by a motley crew of capable and reliable adventurers.In one campaign I ran the local lords gave out letters of marque to adventuring parties that lasted 6 months. These parties would be told of local towns with troubles when they wandered into them they would talk to the mayor, show the lords patrol letter of marque and get good rates on lodging etc and get work. At certain times they would gather in the lords halls with proof of deeds they had done and submitted to zones of truth and were rewarded for their deeds.</blockquote>