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<blockquote data-quote="Dr. Strangemonkey" data-source="post: 678664" data-attributes="member: 6533"><p>I don't know if I mentioned these two things earlier, but...</p><p></p><p>...entangle and carrier pigeons could not be overemphasized. The animal messenger spell will work wonders in a pinch, but actually domesticating carrier pigeons, particularly with the hefty bonuses for training from rangers and druids, will make their society a wonder of communication. And entangle is a death knell to group formations.</p><p></p><p>The other prominent druid spell would be swarm spells and others that target and disrupt enemy spell casters over a long period of time and at a distance.</p><p></p><p>Technologically, I wonder how close the Ceracians are to an Atlatl or other similar form of spear thrower. Missile weapons seem to suit them. The Seneca in Florida developed very nice longbows early on.</p><p></p><p>The issue we haven't dealt with, however, is how the tactics of the invaders may change should they invade again. I think it much more likely that they would develop new techniques using spear formations than the plains people would. Afterall, they're used to training people to fight in formation and they've just had a lesson in the effectiveness of the spear.</p><p></p><p>Depending on how much information got back to their homeland: I would guess that the invaders would start to incorporate missile weapons into their formations. Develop tactics for identifying and taking out enemy spell casters. Scrying and defensive magics. Develop new raiding and support tactics from off of their ships to exploit their naval advantage.</p><p></p><p>And if anyone got back to the homeland with word of the way the plains people feel about fire, I would predict that they would use of the smelting brilliance to come up with something terribly nasty to use against them. </p><p></p><p>And they would definitely start developing the bardic advantage. Most basically I see them using bard songs to coordinate their formations. Being able to take musical commands on a unit by unit basis is an important key to using close formation effectively on bad ground and against a mobile enemy. The invaders are already half way there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dr. Strangemonkey, post: 678664, member: 6533"] I don't know if I mentioned these two things earlier, but... ...entangle and carrier pigeons could not be overemphasized. The animal messenger spell will work wonders in a pinch, but actually domesticating carrier pigeons, particularly with the hefty bonuses for training from rangers and druids, will make their society a wonder of communication. And entangle is a death knell to group formations. The other prominent druid spell would be swarm spells and others that target and disrupt enemy spell casters over a long period of time and at a distance. Technologically, I wonder how close the Ceracians are to an Atlatl or other similar form of spear thrower. Missile weapons seem to suit them. The Seneca in Florida developed very nice longbows early on. The issue we haven't dealt with, however, is how the tactics of the invaders may change should they invade again. I think it much more likely that they would develop new techniques using spear formations than the plains people would. Afterall, they're used to training people to fight in formation and they've just had a lesson in the effectiveness of the spear. Depending on how much information got back to their homeland: I would guess that the invaders would start to incorporate missile weapons into their formations. Develop tactics for identifying and taking out enemy spell casters. Scrying and defensive magics. Develop new raiding and support tactics from off of their ships to exploit their naval advantage. And if anyone got back to the homeland with word of the way the plains people feel about fire, I would predict that they would use of the smelting brilliance to come up with something terribly nasty to use against them. And they would definitely start developing the bardic advantage. Most basically I see them using bard songs to coordinate their formations. Being able to take musical commands on a unit by unit basis is an important key to using close formation effectively on bad ground and against a mobile enemy. The invaders are already half way there. [/QUOTE]
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