Was just wondering if maybe there would be like bandit or enemy troop raids on villages. For example you’re in a town maybe buying weapons or so and you hear one of the villagers scream and the town guards start a fight with some bandits or enemy troops who try to take the town and loot it. If anyone can point me in the right direction I would be thankful!
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Bandits in numbers that can threaten whole village? Sounds like fantasy to me. It isn’t realistic at all.
If such a thing were to happen it might be part of a particular quest. I really can’t see it being a regular occurrence.
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I don’t think it will happen but I do like the idea. It would be realistic to think of bandits attempting to pillage a village (boom masta of ryme). Some of us have done our homework dekssan.
Well in time of war it’s possible I guess. Hope someone from warhorse tells us what they know and think of it.
I think it is possible to make bandit NPCs with their own behavior (thanks to their advanced NPC behavior system) and then you can make a realistic system for when they raid villages and towns. Also the bandits aren’t stupid they know where they can and can’t strike.
Something else a bit less related, but a bit related, would be if you see some bandits and they see you. They wouldn’t just start killing you. You could get the choice of helping them or sprinting to the guards or pretend you so nothing
It happened in western Europe during the hundred days war and to a lesser extent in Italy. Free companies of unemployed mercenaries would quickly turn to brigandage when they noticed there was no food on the table. To be honest I doubt a company of armed man would need a big number to raid a small village.
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You’re making it sound like all villages are guarded like in fictive games such as Skyrim.
The small poorest of villages did not have guards of any description, while some villages that were better off would be able to raise militias to defend themselves.
The only case I can think of with professional protection of peasants would be serfdom under a lord. The serfs would then be entitled occupy a plot of land. These lords would often live in castles in a range of sizes or manors often protected by a wall or palisade for basic protection against enemy forces or brigands.
However… Those who were considered “free peasants” often lived in less poor conditions but without protection of a lord.
Serf - Bound to work like a slave, worse conditions, protected by the lord, lowest social status
Free peasant - Free, wealthier conditions, no protection, low social status but better than serfs.
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Would be cool if there was some kind of Robin hood bandit groups.
Liked by the poorer villages but hated my the richer ones, give you a in game choice on helping them and the poorer villages or killing them and helping the rich.
Even have them set ambushes up on forest roads and such
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The clarity between freeman and serf was not always clear cut - serfs bound to works lords land and take some of the produce as payment but freemen may well “rent” the land they worked and in return have also to works on the lords fields as well.
As for assaulting villages - this is a poor era - unless they were after food (and did it at harvest) they’ll not get a lot and make themselves very unpopular with everyone in the locale at the same time.
Maybe there’s a possibility of border raids?
There is a possibility to have raids from steppic peoples I think. Or even som hungarians.
Or enemys armies ahha
If bandits are implemented, makes you wonder if caravans are too. I mean, raiding villages, likely to have greater risk compared to a traveling caravan (depending on the goods/guards, etc)
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Dont forget possible loot from raiders: sabers, composite bows, lamellar armors etc 
First of all - there is no war, yet. So armies of angry mercenaries raiding across the country are pure fantasy. And when there is no war, landlords can keep their eyes on their lands and property very easily. Who would work for them and pay taxes on their teritory if there was some bandit group raiding villages? Nobody, people would run away and seek protection somewhere else.
So you say quest from the pre alpha build is bullshit ?
Did you saw armies of mercenaries raiding an village? I saw two bandits attacked one estate …
Why are we are we even discussing if bandit raids are possible, when it is not debateable. They are possible whether you like it or not.
We didn’t saw them at action but only two bandit who have been left behind. Yet you said it isn’t possible for anyone to attack.
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