Ok, lots to respond to here.<br/><br/>1. Lydia is still not happy about the whole conversion thing. It's like letting sabatours into your mist just waiting for things to go wrong. so..<br/><br/>Let them earn their place. I agree with sending them on a task to keep them busy while we recover from the fight. I will point out that one of our party was nearly killed and another injured.<br/><br/>The task I propose is to send our buxom amazon and her 4 bandits off after the midges, returning any loot to the trading post. If they are successful, they will get some of the loot and become part of the provisional regional armed forces. I do agree that they double our numbers, but they need to prove that first.<br/><br/>The whiskey will NOT be going to the stag lord. If he's got a serious drinking problem, being cut off cold turkey WILL hurt him in the short term and raise questions about what happened to the shipment. We may get a small fight out of whoever he sends after the whiskey. I remind that 2 of the bottles have obviously been opened and just as obviously been taken from. IF we send the 4 bandits back, they aren't going to accept a death sentense without spilling that a bunch of adventurers drank HIS whiskey. So, we take the spoils back to the trading post and rest up. We need the location of the camp, and the surrounding area. We're not marching up and saying, "Hi, your friend sent us with their password."<br/><br/>We spend a couple of days recovering, then strike out toward any other smaller bandit outpost and work our way inward. We can convert the bandits, but they'll have to show that they want to join us, not just do it because they might get to join someone else later.<br/><br/>Something of note though... during the eras of 1200 AD through to as late as the 1900's, it was not unusual to see mercenary and regular military forces swear to captures and join in on that side to fight. It was generally accepted with the understanding that any tretchery was a death sentense. It was how many a pirate ship restocked men at sea and land military restored numbers after battle.<br/><br/>Anyway, just my 2 cents worth.