<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=345578.msg16302242#msg16302242">Quote from: pdragon on 05-10-2022, 06:50:48</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">You know you'd think they would have attempted to attack the bugbears themselves with their apparently still intact militia instead of jumping to sell one of their own into slavery for some mercenaries.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Some had mentioned pointers but I give summary;<br/><br/>1) Village got ambushed at night by bugbears, militia got not even chance to fight before bugbears ran off<br/>2) They have armor and weapons but not skills wield them most cases (only few people having 1 level in actual PC class), more so no spellcaster besides Alana's stepfather and he is only 2th level cleric. So even if they outnumbered bugbears, it would had been brave but suicidal charge attack statistically speaking. As such large group would had been unable remain stealthy and bugbears would had been prepared face them and possibly counter ambush them (you got very good advantage ambushing all bugbears with surprise round and manage pummel them down and disarm them sneakily before they could act; villagers would not had been able pull said stunt).<br/>3) Lack of skilled tracker both find bugbear tracks or travel through terrain swiftly enough catch bugbears off guard or before they would had continued onwards and disappear into deeper wilderness.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=345578.msg16302267#msg16302267">Quote from: Muse on 05-10-2022, 07:33:30</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Zaer, should Sun and Shadow have a lord?  <br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I say no, because village is remote one in middle of wilderness and only source of trade is the nearby trade road which is irregularly traveled by merchants (Cain knows risks of using said road and is well armed/defended to discourage bandit and feral monster attacks). So for Alana even sell herself being option was because village was aware there was merchant caravan in the road and idea for selling herself as slave came even as idea. There can be 'leader' type in village but not lord. I guess closest one is your stepfather as he is cleric of main deity which village reveres.