That was entirely one-sided, let me point out. People always blame me, for some reason. I even gave an authentic medieval quote to show that I was thinking in the spirit of real medieval fatherhood here. Roleplaying, right?
That's the problem--we're not medieval fathers with a "Child deaths are sad but common" mentality, we're modern people with a "Children are important" attitude.
They called you names, but you have to admit that, from the modern perspective we all have, suggesting leaving one's wife and young son to die of plague is pretty heartless.
Oh, and the hunting lodge is Sir Stone's, not Gervassen's. Did you actually build it? Did you send the paperwork to Stone or send the gold? You might feel possessive of it, but claiming ownership of it is just petty.
send anybody important (Marna, Isaac, rangers, etc.) to our hunting lodge, and we should go regularly as well, though we should stay in the city for the most part to keep citizen morale up
This kinda defeats the purpose of having them in the hunting lodge. You're suggesting that we put them in the lodge to keep them away from the disease, but then we regularly come by and expose them to the disease we're living with.
Yeah, pretty much. You're suggesting that we eat our cake and use it as the cornerstone of a new house.
We really have two options per person: Keep them in town, or keep them away from the plague. Mixing the two obviates the need for quarantining that person from the disease and endangers the others being saved.
There's no major reason to keep Marna and Issac in town, so we should probably send them to the hunting lodge. Hypothetical and unsubstantiated risk of bandits is better than certain and lethal risk of plague. Send some of our good soldiers, too--in addition to their value as soldiers post-plague and the fact that they'd be good for defending the family in case of bandits, swords and arrows aren't much good against a plague.
I don't care much about where Luther goes, but Stone should stay in town. Not only does it maintain his image, it also means we don't need to try and figure out who is trustworthy and competent to run the town in our absence and--more importantly--prevents panic among the citizens. If the mayor and mighty knight flees, why would the common citizen think he has a better chance?
