Random events / Plight of the common folk
Desperate Times
When it can happenLeaving a town
Cooldown60 days
As you pass through the town gates, you are thronged by a group of refugees from the countryside. They are gaunt, with sunken eyes. They say they were unable to sow their fields this year for fear of bandits, and were forced to eat their seed grain. They ask for any scraps you can offer.
Requirements
- Last visited settlement is a town with at least one looted village
Break out your food and allow them to fill their bellies before your depart
- Mercy +100
- A random food item -1
Give them sufficient money to replace their seed grain, even though the townspeople may complain that it raises prices
- Gold -200
- Mercy +200
- Relation with notables of the last visited settlement -5
Tell them that you cannot help
- Mercy -100