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<blockquote data-quote="MoogleEmpMog" data-source="post: 3403624" data-attributes="member: 22882">IMX, the single most common paid mission for adventurers is &quot;The @@ are raiding our village!&nbsp; Kill them!&quot; where @@ is orc, troll, undead, whatever.&nbsp; With the exception of the undead, this mission is either mercenary work (wipe them out) or assassination (kill their leader).The caravan guard role is probably the second most common, though.True - most adventurers aren't assassins, they're mercenaries.&nbsp; They kill things for money, but they are more likely to do so head-on, wading through a horde of mooks rather than going directly to the source.&nbsp; That's primarily a function of tactics rather than ethics, though.&nbsp; Some dispense with the 'getting paid' part and just take the treasure off the corpses of their slain foes, making them more raiders or pirates than mercenaries or assassins.Very few PCs are soldiers, in my experience.&nbsp; The whole 'following orders' thing.&nbsp; Nor are most warriors of a knightly class, 'feudal ties' being altogether too close to following orders.No, it's not like that at all.&nbsp; Unless your PCs mostly pass out tickets or direct traffic?&nbsp; Or, heck, unless they are in the regular employ of the local government?&nbsp; I've never known PCs to take such mundane, non-violent tasks, and I've never known a city/duke/patron foolish enough to waste their immense talents at killing things and taking their stuff by setting them on such mundane, non-violent tasks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MoogleEmpMog, post: 3403624, member: 22882"] IMX, the single most common paid mission for adventurers is "The @@ are raiding our village! Kill them!" where @@ is orc, troll, undead, whatever. With the exception of the undead, this mission is either mercenary work (wipe them out) or assassination (kill their leader). The caravan guard role is probably the second most common, though. True - most adventurers aren't assassins, they're mercenaries. They kill things for money, but they are more likely to do so head-on, wading through a horde of mooks rather than going directly to the source. That's primarily a function of tactics rather than ethics, though. Some dispense with the 'getting paid' part and just take the treasure off the corpses of their slain foes, making them more raiders or pirates than mercenaries or assassins. Very few PCs are soldiers, in my experience. The whole 'following orders' thing. Nor are most warriors of a knightly class, 'feudal ties' being altogether too close to following orders. No, it's not like that at all. Unless your PCs mostly pass out tickets or direct traffic? Or, heck, unless they are in the regular employ of the local government? I've never known PCs to take such mundane, non-violent tasks, and I've never known a city/duke/patron foolish enough to waste their immense talents at killing things and taking their stuff by setting them on such mundane, non-violent tasks. [/QUOTE]

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