Random events / Siege
Water supplies
When it can happenSiege led by the player
CooldownOnce per character
In hot climes, often the most vulnerable part of a fortress is its water supply. Most depend on wells but those can run dry. After days spent in front of [fortress name], you've caught glimpses of the defenders slipping into the hills. You explore where they've gone, and eventually you come across a rudimentary cistern. You suspect that they must be refreshing their water here.
Requirements
- Besieging a settlement
- Terrain is steppe or desert
Poison it! Some women and children of [fortress name] may well perish along with the defenders, but such is war.
- Mercy -100
- 10% of the besieged settlement's garrison perishes
- Town prosperity -20
The best blows are struck not to the body but to the spirit. Let the defenders know you found it by diverting it to a pool where your men can bathe on the hottest, thirstiest days of the siege.
- Calculating +100
- Generosity +100
- Siege camp preparation progress +10 percentage points
You respect the defenders' cunning. Simply observe how they slip out of the fortress, by ropes or hidden gates, and learn from it.
- Engineering skill XP +100