I looked at a few towns and only found a rope chest in West Brit. I wonder if we all get the rope there then decide what town to protect.
The rope has a 1 hour timer on it (3600 seconds) and if you dbl click the chest prior you will get a new rope which will replace the old rope. There is a one minute delay before you can replace a received rope.
"You take a Rope from the chest."
"Use it to arrest rioters and subdue raiders."
"You return your other rope."
"You must wait a moment before taking another rope."
"Many of our poorer brothers and sisters are protesting, because they cannot earn a living in these hard times. Gifts of money, food, and clothing would go far to ease their fears." Tried to give gold to a peasant escort, of course, she ate the gold and nothing happened. Gold-named peasants don't accept gold drop and have no bark.
"Some of our citizens have begun to riot. They have crossed the line and are causing destruction! There are too many of them for the city guard to handle. Please, take this rope and use it to arrest the rioters, and return them here."
"The rioters are starting fires and leaving trailed of destruction behind them. We desperately need your help putting out the fires. Also, cleaning up the garbage would certainly be appreciated. (To put out a fire or clean up garbage, double-click it.)" I guess one thing to do is to ctrl-alt and look for fires or garbage. If you find any, I guess the NPCs must be close by?
"Groups of raiders from other cities have been infiltrating our city and attacking innocent citizens! [...] Slay the raiders if you must. However, you may attempt to subdue and arrest them. If you do so, they must be returned to their home city. Our jails are overflowing!"