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[NRDL]

Ebbor, very good idea.  +1 to that. 

[Evil Marahadja]

You have these units at your disposal, they have arrived at your estate. Sometimes a good roll can be to good.

And, some updates regarding the religion will come next round/soon.

[Maldevious]

Consult with the other nobles, then, but we should lead our troops out. See if we can hire a few hunters to act as scouts, as well. They would be instructed not to fight anyone, just retreat back to the main body when they see the bandits.

[racnor]

Consult with the other nobles, then, but we should lead our troops out. See if we can hire a few hunters to act as scouts, as well. They would be instructed not to fight anyone, just retreat back to the main body when they see the bandits.

+1

[Mr. Palau]

Update plz.
Also +1 one to the idea above.

[Evil Marahadja]

Miniupdate 2!

You decide to take on Sir Lorang as your first Squire. He is very honoured, and you look forward do learning more about him in the future. Right now, you donīt have the time. But Dreadrikr approaches you, implying he wants to cooperate closer in the future. The last thing you have to decide is how much you want to pay for Sir Lorangīs armour. Dreadrikr gives you 100 goldcoins. You could buy the cheapest things available for 150, or a normal knight armour for 250. Anything above that is not really expected of you.

Regarding the thief, you here some mumbling from your people that you should have punished him more severely. Tried to stole from their food stock after all, however, they trust your instinct. So the issue didīnt heard about any further.

You are also quite concerned about the unhappiness of the Priest. Just to go to the service wonīt do. You could dedicate your monthly feast to religion, build a better church, or do something else to improve the relation. The problem is, that the more you help the priesthood, the mightier they will be in this part of the region (As the people become more religious.) At the moment, the priest donīt have a lot to say in local politics, although they will become a mighty foe if you grow larger.

You send out a few scouts to look for the bandits. And....they found them. Sadly, you lost 1 archer and 3 hunters as they were discovered and killed. To you want to repay the families in any way?

However the surviving scouts got a fairly good view of their camp. It looks like they are around 20 men, plus minus 5. Most of them use axes and spears. A handful are competent archers.  They look fairly well trained, probably on pair with your spearmen. They currently hide in a large cave in a forest a few hours from here. It would be hard to use your horses in terrain there.

[stabbymcstabstab]

Ok go un top of the cave mouth with our archers sneakly for all they know is a few hunters got curious and check it out.

[QuakeIV]

Assuming the coalition of forces from other lords is still with us we could probably just armor up and go shred the bandits.

[10ebbor10]

Assuming the coalition of forces from other lords is still with us we could probably just armor up and go shred the bandits.

Discuss a plan of attack with the other lords, then do so.

[Mr. Palau]

Assuming the coalition of forces from other lords is still with us we could probably just armor up and go shred the bandits.

Discuss a plan of attack with the other lords, then do so.

+1, also buy the most expensive thing for Dreadrikr's borther, in order to further stengthen the relationship. If he sees we bought a bad suit of armor for his brother, he won't be as loyal as he otherwise would have been.

[LordBucket]

You are also quite concerned about the unhappiness of the Priest.

Why is he unhappy? Ask him.

[NRDL]

Let's hear what these nobles are planning.  Then we decide what to do.

As for the families of the deceased hunters ( and archer ) recompense them by half-ing their annual tax.  And by that, I mean we take less of their crops, so they can keep more from themselves. 

[Evil Marahadja]

You are also quite concerned about the unhappiness of the Priest.

Why is he unhappy? Ask him.

Because you took Khalor as your infantry trainer, despite that his (very) bad relations with the church.
Also, I suggest you make up a plan for attacking the lair. The small army is under your command after all.

[NRDL]

Alright. 

Reginald must go to the battleground himself, it'll be good for troop morale and prestige.  Have a particularly brave knight just ride alongside the cave, drawing the bandits' attention.  If they chase after him, run them down with the other knights.

If they stay in or near the cave, have any archers we have left pepper their numbers with arrows, while trying to take out their archers.  Post the spearmen in front of the archers, with the rest of the knights ( along with you ) hidden from view. 

If the bandits choose to engage the spearmen, have the spearmen ( this should all be told to the men before the battle ) make an organized retreat, to minimize casualties.  If the bandits ( the majority of them ) chase the the "fleeing" soldiers, have Reginald and the other knights charge their flank or their backs.  Immediately call the spearmen back, and entrap the enemy.

If the enemy has the discipline to stay in the cave, and not chase the spearmen,  then the pretend routing spearmen should get to a safe location, along with any archers, and we will plan some more. 

[Sorcerer Kail]

How does look like entrance into their caves? Small map or description could help with planing. I would try to smoke them out of cave and deal with them outside. Running into their caves could be suicidal, there might be some traps prepared and they know terrain there.
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