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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SirAntoine" data-source="post: 6487171" data-attributes="member: 6731904"><p>The locals in a given area usually know all the other locals, first of all.  Second in terms of their ability to identify people is how they are dressed and equipped.  Most people who live in town wouldn't be armed, and even average soldiers wouldn't have expensive armor, so anyone with both sticks out and is uncommon to rare.  A man who "knows the woods", like a trapper, is common, but no more so than the average "fighting man".  This is because the average fighting man in D&D does not have a warrior's profession at all.  The average fighting man would be a serf or peasant conscripted and maybe part of a militia.  They respond when needed, but they are not professional soldiers.  So someone who visibly appeared to be a trapper, is quite common, but every man of the town needs to contribute to its defense.</p></blockquote><p></p>