This is an old revision of the document!
Table of Contents
ROBBING PEOPLE
The simplest way to gain money without working or, God Forbid!, farming is to steal from someone else.
MUGGING OR PICKPOCKETING
Most people have a little cash on their person, based on their level of personal wealth. If you steal their purse by stealthy or violent means, consult the following chart:
- Poor (landless worker, monk or hermit): 1d6 cp, 1 roll on the pockets table–column A
- Average (householder, craftsman, priest): 1d6 sp 2 rolls on the pockets table–column-A
- Above Average (knight, successful craftsman) 1d6 gp 3 rolls on the pockets table–column B
- Prosperous (lord, successful merchant): 1d6 x10 gp 4 rolls on the pockets table–column B
- Wealthy (great lord, wealthy merchant): 1d6x100gp 5 rolls on the pockets table–column B
THE WHAT'S IT GOT IN ITS POCKETS TABLE:
| d20 Roll | Column A | Column B |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | string | Roll again, column A |
| 2 |
BURGLARY OR RAIDING
Most people keep their stuff in their houses.
1–In the Country or Farming Communities
| Building | Ransack Mod | Cash | Lock Box | Goods |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shack | +5 | 1d12x1sp | 0 | minimal |
| Cottage | +2 | 1d12x2gp | 1 | cooking gear, some clothing |
| Farm House | +0 | 1d12x10gp | 3 | farm tools, clothing, cooking gear, basic furniture |
| Barn | -4 | 0 | 0 | animals (at least 2 oxen per farm) or grain |
| Public House | -5 | 1d12x20gp | 6 | Beer, furnishings, food stores |
| Smithy | 0 | 1d12x10gp | 5 | smith tools, iron bars, iron tools |
| Parish Church | -5 | 1d12x50gp | 8 | altar service, gospel or book of hours |
| Manor House, small | -10 | 1d12x200gp | 15 | good furniture, some weaponry, horses |
| Manor House, large | -15 | 1d12x400gp | 20 | good furniture, some weaponry, horses |
Type: Shack: decrepit home of landless laborer; Cottage: small, but nicer home of a landless tenant; Farm House: House of a Militia House-Holder with 1 Hide of Land; Barn: storage building for a farm; Public House: meeting hall, traveler's rest, drinking spot for community; Smithy: local blacksmith; Parish Church: religious structure of the Hundred; Manor House, Small: house of the Lord of a Hundred, perhaps fortified. Manor House, Large: big house of the lord of 2-3 Hundreds, can be a castle.
Ransack Mod: number added on the search roll to see how long the search of the place takes.
Cash: the amount of savings the owners have hidden in the house, half will be in the form of jewelry, gemstones or art, half as coin.
Lock Box: roll 1d20, if the Lock Box number or lower is rolled, then the cash is in some sort of locked box, chest, or safe, which must be opened or carried off (requiring at least 2 people, being very obvious) or pried loose from the floor etc.
Goods: suggested goods one might find, retail value should equal the cash total, but much harder to move and likely to net a lower price at sale.
2–In the Town or City
3–Ransack Roll
When you want to tear up a place to find all the valuables, hidden on not, you need to make a Ransack roll to determine how long it takes. The character with the highest Investigation skill score or Intelligence bonus rolls a check, add +1 for each person helping, +2 if that person has Investigation skill, add or subtract the Ransack Modifier for the building type, and look at the following table to determine the length of time it takes to gather the valuables. You can specify a full search which yields all valuables present, or a quick search which yields half the value.
| Ransack Roll Total | Full Search Time | Quick Search Time |
|---|---|---|
| -5 or less | 2 hours | 1 hour |
| -4 to -1 | 1 hour | 30 minutes |
| 0-4 | 45 minutes | 20 minutes |
| 5-8 | 30 minutes | 10 minutes |
| 9-12 | 25 minutes | 12 minutes |
| 13-16 | 20 minutes | 10 minutes |
| 17-20 | 15 minutes | 8 minutes |
| 21-24 | 10 minutes | 5 minutes |
| 25-28 | 5 minutes | 2 minutes |
| 29+ | 2 minutes | 1 minute |
If a lock-box is found, it will take 1 minute per attempt to pick the lock. To pry it out of the building it will take 1 minute per attempt (DC 20, Strength Bonus of 2 people, disadvantage if you don't have a crowbar).
4–Heat The thing about robbing people is that people live in a society which doesn't like it when people get robbed. The chance that people will notice and raise the “Hue and Cry” (legal requirement for all men nearby come to stop crime) depends on where you are and how long the crime lasts.
| Location | Check Frequency | Likely Response | Reinforcements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Trail | once per hour | 2d6 woodsmen | 1 per half hour, Local lord, household troops |
| Isolated Farmstead | once per hour | 2d6 militia | 1 per half hour, local lord, many militia |
| Village | once per 5 minutes | 1-2 milita per house in sight | every 5 minutes, all militia |
| Town or City | once per minute | 2d6 neighbors | once per minute, 3d6 militia |
Most law enforcement is carried out by the militia of country householders or town building owners led by the local lord.
When a crime is committed, when the frequency time is expired roll 1d6. If there was a witness to the crime then response will occur on a 1-3, if there were no witnesses, then response will happen on a 1. Keep checking each frequency period until the response happens. If the malefactors stay in the area after the initial response, check for reinforcements at the indicated frequency with them appearing on a 1-3 on a d6.