Random events / Troops and locals
Purebred Horse
When it can happenLeaving a village
CooldownOnce per character
As you leave the village, one of your cavalry recruits proudly presents to you a new horse he purchased. Maybe it's not the fastest beast on four legs, he says, but it's strong and spirited - he saw it fighting another of the trader's horses. You run an eye over the beast and see that your man was sold a mule, its ears cleverly cropped to resemble a horse's. The creature is strong enough but far too stubborn to serve as a cavalry mount. You know that your man will be the laughingstock of your company for weeks.
Requirements
- Party has a horse or mount
Give him one of your own horses, add the mule to your pack train, and tell him to talk to you before he makes any more purchases
- Random horse or mount -1
- Mule +1
- Generosity +100
Your men could use a laugh. Let the recruit show off his prize to his mates and take the humiliation, even if it's enough to drive him to desert
- Morale +5
- 1 random mounted troop dies (25% chance)
Tell him curtly what he did and that he needs to go get his old mount back from the trader, even if it costs him a few denars
- Morale -2
- Honor +100