Ranger
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Rangers are the best archers or marksmen who have been hand selected by the forester to serve in his landwarding force. Rangers no longer serve in the rank and file of the archery units in warfare. Under the forester, their main duty is to patrol the lands and wilds of Wessex in search of poachers and raiding clans. Rangers should be excellent sharpshooters but also be well armored and skilled in melee combat. In warfare, the ducal rangers will carry out reconnaissance missions and will act as scouts. I am considering declaring rangers to be freemen when they reach this rank. | Rangers are the best archers or marksmen who have been hand selected by the forester to serve in his landwarding force. Rangers no longer serve in the rank and file of the archery units in warfare. Under the forester, their main duty is to patrol the lands and wilds of Wessex in search of poachers and raiding clans. Rangers should be excellent sharpshooters but also be well armored and skilled in melee combat. In warfare, the ducal rangers will carry out reconnaissance missions and will act as scouts. I am considering declaring rangers to be freemen when they reach this rank. | ||
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| + | Coran: Rangers are shire defense forces because they "range" all across a large portion of the map. There wouldn't be much point to having rangers ranging a fief. One would get pretty tired walking circles around a village, I should think. Also, rangers are elite enough of a force that it's unlikely an individual fiefdom would be able to yield more than one ranger, and he of course would join comrades in the shire patrol. | ||
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| + | Tencoin: Rangers kill foreign poachers and raiders, and fine domestic ones. Villeins and freemen who do not live on a fief may not harvest that lord's limited resources, so there is a benefit to being a villein. Rangers and footsoldiers patrolling roads, who we'll call roadwardens, can also check on whether a certain foreigner should be there - if they are, they'll be recognized as a legal entity authorized by clerks. Individual foreign traders may also get permission to trade in our lands, and will have a clerk's writ declaring that with their names posted on our forums. A ranger or gatekeeper should be able to open the ingame browser to see the writ. | ||
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| + | Griffith: Don't think rangers wouldn't go to war. They serve this scouting purpose in battle. | ||
--Excerpt from the 2nd Fireside Chat. | --Excerpt from the 2nd Fireside Chat. | ||
