The King, the nobles, pesants and the system of favors.

To appease an authority royal, noble or pesant, the player can :

Promise to extend charity .

Do them a favor.

Finding specific items , such as keys

retrieve items.

Reporting yourself , repenting and ask for forgiveness.

Charity and alms ;

Acts of charity provide points of faith , but they also provide favors.

This means that the character you are benevolent to, owe the player a favor which, at a time, can be redeemed.

When people owe the player a favor, it means that the person in dept, until the favor is given back, do not reveal the player or pursue the player , the antagonist protects the player, until the moment the favor is given back , this changes .

Charity +5 faith points and a favor .

Alms is less good works and give 5 Faith points.

Notions of what to avoid in order not to get the plague :

Not thinking about death

Not thinking sad thoughts

Not thinking of the plague

Not eating figs

Not Eat Meat

Not run or walk outdoors

not bathes

Do not sleep during the day

Not having sex or

Not having sinful thoughts

In addition to fasting, or paying taxes to the pope .

In game none of these ideas have any immediately an impact , not even when getting caught in the act, but it's things the clerics can propose to counteract getting sickness, or ask about.

However, confess your sins and receive forgiveness of sins, for all of them.

A number of these 10 commandments , violate the law and thus it also involves the authorities , whom however, view things a bit different.

The key for government and the citizens are these ;

You shall not kill .

Thou shall not commit adultery .

Thou shall not steal .

You shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor . I.e. lie or accuse falsely .

The second stage in the game and in cooperation between the King, the nobles and the Church:

A group of Jews have been captured and tortured to admit that they are behind the disease.

The view that Jews are to blame for the disease spreads and leaders , governors of big cities decide to cleanse the earth of Jews and burn their houses down .

The Jews taken to capture and summary executed, to stop the disease. Summary means that it is without trial or further investigation and that executed in interchangeably.

When this practice is widespread;

-solution get a parent cleric or a royal or noble to write and publish the letters(Booklet on church door) which condemns the eradication of Jews and demand that they are protected by the authorities.

In these letters, the ones whom have died of plague, should also be forgiven and promised absolution so that they can go to heaven.

This could be readily understood as an act of compassion or charity , but this also stops the process in which people die to some degree , why the player increases his chances to win the game, so it does not fall under an act of charity for the many it saves , but you get a favor which are not associated with any particular person , and which can be inflicted on a person according to need.

Conversation with a royal, noble or citizens.

Authority is persons all types of persons who work for the "power", the power are the royal and the nobles, knights and guards etc. This is not including the clerics, whom are desribed for themselves, as are plauge doctors and witches.

Citizens or pesants on the other hand are not authority, they have the lowest rank, but they may be traders, also barbers and pharmacists, whom are described seperately.

The player clicks on one character to indicate that she/he whishes to speak with the character.

Points for the actions or the consequences of the choices can be seen in the section on this.

This is only the schematic presentation of the conversations and only the central. That is for example Hello, can be replaced by everything from, go away, to welcome my child, depending on the mood of the specific character etc.

In the left side is a part of the conversation that is either answered in the column below, if the column to the right is empty, or there is produced a number of response options that the player can choose from, in the column to the right.

There can be several variations, but there may also be fewer, what is represented here, is at the heart of the score type's function in the game.

Schedule of conversation with a figure of authority.
All stages of the game: If the figure of authority has an infection numbers higher than 50 , the person will ask for help If the player has killed some one and is caught, the player can try to plead self-defense. The chance of it being believed depends on the player's faiths points that need to be greater than 50.	If the Player agrees to help, he or she may ask the player to retrieve an item from the pharmacist and deliver it to the figure of authority after the player has paid, or ask a plague doctor, a second cleric or a witch, to help him or her by selecting the his name from a list. This counts as a service.
The first stage of the game:	Players are treated like a peasant or citizen. This means that the clergy can be dismissive or rude.Unless the cleric owes the player a favor.
The figure of authority ; Hello, what can I do for you?
The player can respond either I need help;
	The figure of authority; do you whish to; To report yourself, repent and ask for forgiveness, implies punishment reduction of 50 % .( can only be done a limited number of times and only if it pleases the authority figure, otherwise it will be rejected.) A Council on the plague. Causes the authority person to give a council on how to avoid plague, from the list. A Council on a cure for the plague, after which the authority figure makes proposals on one of their treatments against the plague, however omitted witch' advice and therapies. The figure of authority may have one item which the player needs. Show charity, i.e. help another human being, whom have asked the player for help, if the authority figure accepts this, then the player chooses whom to help from a list.
Or the player; I am here to offer my help.
	Authority; the person can ask whether you want to help the authority figure to find a key person or obtaining money or food o. etc. Find out whom is responsible for the plague, after which the player is given a number of names to choose from. This is however to indicate any one on false premises, if the player chooses a name. If the authority figure is ill, he may ask the player to retrieve an item from the pharmacist and deliver it, after the player have paid for that item or retrieve a plague doctor, by asking the plague doctor to visit the authority figure. This counts as a service. If the player has spoken to a witch whom in a vision have seen that some people will be sick, while others remain healthy, if you keep the sick for themselves. The player can then give the authority figure a council on quarantine, if the authority figure ask for an advice against the plague. A quarantine station will be created in the moment that two public figures of authority, i.e. a noble, royal or cleric, a plague doctor or likewise, have been given the advice from the player. This applies to each city. This counts as a service.
Stage 2 and up;	Citizens are treated better, but favors can still be helpful.
	If there is initiated a persecution of the Jews, which happens if ¼ of the population is dying of plague, so the player can also provide priest with advice on mortality, namely to stop the persecution of the Jews by claiming that they are not to blame for the plague, each time this council is given, it reduces the persecution of the Jews from full strength with a 1/3 part of 100 %, so that at a time can cease completely. This applies as a service that can be claimed by the player from whom ever the player chooses. The player can voluntarily join the persecution of the Jews, and witches. This provides 10 faith points once, but if the player chooses to kill someone the player gets infidelity points. This is because the killing is a sin, regardless of whom you kill.
If the player facing the death penalty, and has been caught , the player can be asked, by the figure of authority; Do you repent ?
	The player can then ; Repent and ask for forgiveness implies punishment reduction of 50 %. ( Can only be a limited number of times or if it pleases the figure of authority, rejected ), then the punishment is carried out . If the penalty is reduced then the new lighter penalty is carried out.
If the player on the other hand is sick and condemned to quarantine, then there are no mitigating circumstances .

Schematic of conversations with a citizen or pesant.
All stages of the game: If the citizen has a infection number higher than 50, then he will ask for Help	If the Player agrees to help, he or she may ask the player to retrieve an item from the pharmacist and deliver it to the citizen after the player has paid, or ask a plague doctor, a priest or a witch, to help him or her by selecting the his name from a list. This counts as a service.
The first stage of the game:
Citizen; Hello, what can I do for you?
The player can respond either I need help;
	The citizen; do you whish to; A Council on the plague. Causes the authority person to give a council on how to avoid plague, from the list. A Council on a cure for the plague, after which the authority person makes proposals on one of their treatments against the plague, however omitted witch' advice and therapies. The person of authority may have one item which the player needs. If the citizen is a merchant or the like wise, then a number of opportunities for trade is being offered . Including the citizen buys some of the player's thing etc.
Or the player; I am here to offer my help.
	The citizen ; can ask the player will Act with charity, means help with something that they regards as a charity . Help citizens find an item , a person , or obtaining money or food etc . If the citizen is sick , he can ask the player to pick up a remedy from the pharmacist and hand it to the citizen after you have paid. or get a plague doctor by asking plague doctor to visit the citizen This counts as a service.
Stage 2 and up;
	If there is initiated a persecution of the Jews, which happens if ¼ of the population is dying of plague, then the player can advice the citizen to be alert, if the citizen is Jewish. This count as a favor. The same thing applies for the witches if the persecution of the Jews have started, since witches also will persecuted, then.

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