C: 3
D: 1
Your caravan continues toward Teford, and the escortees begin donning what appear to be beaked masks and oily robes. The clerk takes out a cheap-looking censer and lights it, releasing an almost sickeningly sweet cloud of smoke. One of the recruits whispers something about plague doctors. You soon reach the closed gates of Teford, and the watchman stationed there signals to open the gates on seeing the caravan. The streets are empty and heavy with the stench of refuse. Wailing from one of the houses interrupts the unnerving silence, and everyone draws closer to the carts. Upon reaching a sickhouse, the nurses begin unloading the supplies as Phyllis and the clerk knock at the door. Anxious to leave this disquieting town, the recruits and Greenscarves help unload the carts, and it doesn't take too long to have all the stuff moved inside.
Now that the supplies have been carried into what you assume is Dogtor Jackal's safehouse, Doodle-Crow is given a rather large bag of coins, and you all feel as though a load of some sort has been lifted off your shoulders. (++KNIGHTLY PIETY, ++KNIGHTLY CASH, +KNIGHTLY RENOWN) Regrettably, the escortees are unwilling to part with their carts and hirelings and let you ride off into the sunset for free. The clerk relays Phyllis and Jackal's offer: Half of the money back in exchange for all the carts and horses. As a lot of the Order's belongings are still on the carts, the trip back will likely be a lot slower without the carts and additional horses. What course of action will you recommend here?
(A) Accept the doctors' offer (-KNIGHTLY CASH, +3 carts, +5 draft horses, +1 wooden horse)
(B) Decline the doctors' offer (--CARAVAN SPEED)
(C) Seize the carts and horses (--KNIGHTLY PIETY, +3 carts, +5 draft horses, +1 wooden horse)
(D) Something else
Additionally, would you be willing to stick around to provide assistance?
(A) Yes (+KNIGHTLY CASH, ++KNIGHTLY PIETY, +KNIGHTLY RENOWN, --MORALE, ?HEALTH)
(B) Yes but not to provide assistance (--MORALE, ?HEALTH)
(C) No, return to Shaybury now. REMEMBER HOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A TOURNAMENT?
(D)
Burn down Teford! It's the only way to be sure!(E) Something else
The VOICES are growing LOUDer...