I was wondering... what happens if you rescue someone who is set up for Doghousing? Do the Silver Ravens get the bonus in supporters for rescued people? Are they still part of Kintargo's population, or are they smuggled out of the city?
It states that each week, 1d4 petty criminals and the like suspected of supporting the Silver Ravens are doghoused. That number of people are removed from Kintargo's population (as Doghousing would be lethal to low-level victims - rules in the Core Rulebook state they start suffering the effects of thirst after around 34+ hours (assuming an average Constitution of 10). They would likewise suffer 1d6 hit points of damage from dog bites trying to get food and water.
You can last three days without food according to the rules before you start suffering adverse effects from starvation, so smarter people could very well just go for the water at first, knowing they need that more and the dogs would probably be interested in the food at first.
So the rules on Doghousing would be incorrect (unless the guards starved the prisoners for a couple days before doghousing them). That said, Doghousing is a slow way of killing people and it makes sense that the population is permanently declining. Even if you survive doghousing... you're going to try and leave Kintargo and not return while that madman is in control.
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Anyway, I was primarily wondering if the Silver Ravens still get a boost in the number of supporters when doghousing victims are rescued. And what is the reaction in that case? I mean, wouldn't it become more and more difficult to rescue doghousing prisoners seeing the prisoners keep getting freed and more guards are assigned to watch over them?
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Anyway, I was primarily wondering if the Silver Ravens still get a boost in the number of supporters when doghousing victims are rescued. And what is the reaction in that case? I mean, wouldn't it become more and more difficult to rescue doghousing prisoners seeing the prisoners keep getting freed and more guards are assigned to watch over them?
The SRs gain 1d6 supporters for every person that dies to doghousing. They only lose mechanically from rescuing victims, by gaining 1 Notoriety per rescued victim, and reducing the number of victims who die (thus the number of their supporters). Perversely, this means that the SRs only gain by not rescuing victims. I suspect it is meant to induce a moral choice: do we do what is best for our party, or for the people?