Settlement Population - On-call
An important factor of each settlement's military capability is the number of troops that are On-call. The On-call category exists due to the cost of running large armies and the sizeable number of peasants who have some military training, in addition to normal skills.
These citizens form the backbone of a settlements army in the form of peasant levies, which in the advent of a large army being raised are very important. Although they tend to be equipped with simple equipment such as spears and light armour some peasant levies are quite skilled and as they often operate in large groups they can be quite deadly.
There are also other citizens in a settlement that are On-call for other roles in an army such as scouts, Priests and wizards. With adventurers being a common and important part of society many citizens have the relevant experience to be called on when more troops are required.
The class types are generic in that they are partly due to the person's income and partly due to the perceived social importance.
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