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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ydars" data-source="post: 4144135" data-attributes="member: 62992">Derren; Monsters that can take out 50 armed men don't have to wait for a caravan as they could probably attack a small PoL. Plus I suspect that everyone on the caravan would be able to use a crossbow.I have argued the same points as you earlier in this thread with regards to PoLs themselves and ritual magic to repel monsters was mentioned as a possible way around these kind of conundrums. Unfortunately, we don't know how it works yet or whether WoTC have adopted this as the default way that PoLs and caravans could get around monsters most of the time.So you could have something like, the roads are lined with huge boundary stones, as are the walls of PoLs themselves. There is a ritual that has to be said at each stone around every new moon and then the stones radiate power to repel monsters; sort of like sending out an annoying and distracting signal that reduces their combat ability and makes things on the road hard to see. Thus the PoLs and the roads have a measure of protection, but one that is not fullproof. There could even be times of the year when the protection doesn't work.As for villages disappearing, the same protection could be applied to them (heck they need some kind of protection and I prefer passive magical protection instead of an armed camp) so this would make this less likely they would disappear but such a caravan would include hunters (who double as guards) who could feed the caravan if such a thing came to pass.</blockquote>

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