Townsman

Townsman
Troop Information
Culture	Mercenaries
Wages	1 denar
Acquired from...	Prisoners
Upgrades to...	Watchman
Upgrade Cost	10 denars
XP for Kill	? xp
Ransom Value	32 denars

Townsmen are the residents of towns. They are similar to Farmers in that they can only be recruited from prisoners.

In older versions of Mount&Blade, they used to be recruited from taverns, alongside Farmers. They wielded peasant weapons such as staffs and wore basic equipment such as straw hats. However, since then, they have been removed from the active part of the game. The Townsmen in actual towns are not the same unit, as they do not even have a weapon.

Tactics

Townsmen have some of the cheapest and weakest weapons in the game. Their equipment is similar to that of looters, except they wear better armor.

Their only effective tactic is to outnumber the enemy in a swarm or rush them before their opponents gather into a good position, as they have no shields to resist arrow fire and no spears to resist cavalry. It may be better to take your townsmen to a training field, rather than into battle, until they are ready to upgrade if you aren't able to keep them alive through a real fight.

Stats and equipment

Note: Troops have a set of default stats; at the beginning of a new game, these stats are randomly adjusted for each type of troop. The following is the default set for this troop as seen within the game code and may not reflect the specific stats you will see during actual gameplay. For more information, see Troop stats.

Townsman - Default Stats and Equipment

Attributes Stat Points Level 4 Strength 7 Agility 5 Intelligence 4 Charisma 4 Health 42 Armor Head (Possible): Leather Cap Body Linen Tunic, Tunic with vest, Leather Apron Hand ? Foot Nomad Boots, Wrapping Boots Skills Skill Points Ironflesh ? Power Strike ? Power Throw ? Power Draw ? Weapon Master ? Shield ? Athletics ? Riding 1 Horse Archery ? Looting ? Trainer ? Tracking ? Tactics ? Path-finding ? Spotting ? Inventory Management 2 Wound Treatment ? Surgery ? First Aid ? Engineer ? Persuasion ? Prisoner Management 1 Leadership 1 Trade 2 Proficiencies Weapon Type Points One Handed Weapons 60 Two Handed Weapons 60 Polearms 60 Archery 60 Crossbows 60 Throwing 60 Weapons Melee Cleaver, Knife, Club, Quarter Staff, Dagger Ranged (Possible): Stones Shield ? Mount ?

Mercenary Troops
Sellswords						Sword Sisters
	Farmer	Townsman	Caravan Master			Peasant Woman	Refugee
	Watchman					Camp Follower
	Mercenary Crossbowman	Caravan Guard		Bandit		Camp Defender
		Mercenary Horseman	Mercenary Swordsman		Brigand	Huntress
		Mercenary Cavalry	Hired Blade			Sword Sister