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ID: IpalABkj/qst/6243967#6270718
7/6/2025, 8:40:46 PM
ID: PBhKDqrt/qst/6259847#6270710
7/6/2025, 8:23:34 PM
With you now over the border and into Mozolavia proper, it would seem that your intervention has for now gone unnoticed. You managed to cross the first few rivers without a hitch, and the scouts reported back that there seemed to be few enemies in this part of the country.
You managed to set up contact with King Wladislaw, and while you had crossed into Mozolavia, you were straddling along the border of the fief of his uncle, Konrad, who he described as his more cautious uncle in comparison to his other rebellious uncle, Leszek.
Konrad would not simply give battle, not while the odds weren't stacked in his favour; he wasn't aware you were in his fief, but if he caught wind, he would either hole himself up or withdraw his army to a more favourable position.
Within the camp, things were going along their merry way, while you had the scouts and rangers on the lookout.
The banging of the calfskin drum made a good chunk of the army stand at attention, as it was time for the public flogging of one would-be deserter and two men who had become drunk during their night watch.
''Völker of the village of Pritwitz, for your attempted desertion, you shall be flogged seventy times; furthermore, you shall receive no pay for the rest of the year. Ulrich of Thers and Markwert of Pfoltz, for your public drunkenness during service hours and severe neglect of duty, you shall be flogged fifty times, and you two are banned from being served drinks for the rest of the month.''
You did not come to watch, no, not when they tied them up to the rack, and not when their painful shrieks cried out over the camp; such punishments might be painful, but they are necessary.
If it were not for the ever-looming threat of the lash, would not any army devolve into a rabble? No, control over men must be something unquestioned during combat. Does the farmer not whip his draught animals if they refuse to work? If it had worked for the legions of old, it should work here. Harsh though it might seem, it most certainly has its effects.
With the noon, there would come a rider giving you the news you had been waiting for: Konrad had gathered his forces and was leaving to meet up with the rest of his brothers. It would be up to you to stop him from doing so.
But first, you would need to intercept them.
Roll a 1d100 [DC 55] to intercept Konrad's army, the lower, the better. Best of three, but more succeses will yield better results.
You managed to set up contact with King Wladislaw, and while you had crossed into Mozolavia, you were straddling along the border of the fief of his uncle, Konrad, who he described as his more cautious uncle in comparison to his other rebellious uncle, Leszek.
Konrad would not simply give battle, not while the odds weren't stacked in his favour; he wasn't aware you were in his fief, but if he caught wind, he would either hole himself up or withdraw his army to a more favourable position.
Within the camp, things were going along their merry way, while you had the scouts and rangers on the lookout.
The banging of the calfskin drum made a good chunk of the army stand at attention, as it was time for the public flogging of one would-be deserter and two men who had become drunk during their night watch.
''Völker of the village of Pritwitz, for your attempted desertion, you shall be flogged seventy times; furthermore, you shall receive no pay for the rest of the year. Ulrich of Thers and Markwert of Pfoltz, for your public drunkenness during service hours and severe neglect of duty, you shall be flogged fifty times, and you two are banned from being served drinks for the rest of the month.''
You did not come to watch, no, not when they tied them up to the rack, and not when their painful shrieks cried out over the camp; such punishments might be painful, but they are necessary.
If it were not for the ever-looming threat of the lash, would not any army devolve into a rabble? No, control over men must be something unquestioned during combat. Does the farmer not whip his draught animals if they refuse to work? If it had worked for the legions of old, it should work here. Harsh though it might seem, it most certainly has its effects.
With the noon, there would come a rider giving you the news you had been waiting for: Konrad had gathered his forces and was leaving to meet up with the rest of his brothers. It would be up to you to stop him from doing so.
But first, you would need to intercept them.
Roll a 1d100 [DC 55] to intercept Konrad's army, the lower, the better. Best of three, but more succeses will yield better results.
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