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<blockquote data-quote="mmadsen" data-source="post: 309116" data-attributes="member: 1645"><p>To further recap some good ideas from the old thread:</p><p></p><p>Our Vampires make excellent night-time recon forces. They can summon wolves and rats to harrass the legions. Perhaps we can seed the rats with plague? As animals, they're Neutral, and the legions Lawful Good defenses probably won't stop them. If the Vampires can Dominate Vallorean Centurions, they can conceal this fact, and exercise their dominance at a critical moment; it works at any distance, once established. And, of course, our Vampires can spawn a Vampire army in less than a week.</p><p></p><p>Our Werewolves make excellent recon forces and ideal baggage-train harriers. Further, they can work with the Vampire's summoned wolves, perhaps blending in.</p><p></p><p>Our illusions and invisibility can't fool specialist sentries, but they can confuse rank-and-file troops. An ambush of invisible Wang-Liang shows up on "radar", but an attack by Ogres, Fire Giants, and Wang-Liang magically disguised as Ogres and Fire Giants might keep the spellcasters from targeting the Wang-Liang's weakness to fire (and acid).</p><p></p><p>Since we're evil, and many of our troops can operate well behind enemy lines, we should attack the troops' loved ones back home. Then we can present illusions of those loved ones in pain, becoming Vampires or Werewolves, etc. That could weaken morale, particularly if the loved ones plead with the soldiers to come home.</p><p></p><p>If our undead armies go beyond Vampires, we can bury Zombies, Ghouls, etc. along the path between Them and Us. At the right moment, our armies strike -- from below! Or we can spawn a Shadow army almost instantly, if we can get to the legions at night.</p><p></p><p>Of course, the legions themselves seem to be the least of our worries. A handful of Champions can bring the fight to us in a bad way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mmadsen, post: 309116, member: 1645"] To further recap some good ideas from the old thread: Our Vampires make excellent night-time recon forces. They can summon wolves and rats to harrass the legions. Perhaps we can seed the rats with plague? As animals, they're Neutral, and the legions Lawful Good defenses probably won't stop them. If the Vampires can Dominate Vallorean Centurions, they can conceal this fact, and exercise their dominance at a critical moment; it works at any distance, once established. And, of course, our Vampires can spawn a Vampire army in less than a week. Our Werewolves make excellent recon forces and ideal baggage-train harriers. Further, they can work with the Vampire's summoned wolves, perhaps blending in. Our illusions and invisibility can't fool specialist sentries, but they can confuse rank-and-file troops. An ambush of invisible Wang-Liang shows up on "radar", but an attack by Ogres, Fire Giants, and Wang-Liang magically disguised as Ogres and Fire Giants might keep the spellcasters from targeting the Wang-Liang's weakness to fire (and acid). Since we're evil, and many of our troops can operate well behind enemy lines, we should attack the troops' loved ones back home. Then we can present illusions of those loved ones in pain, becoming Vampires or Werewolves, etc. That could weaken morale, particularly if the loved ones plead with the soldiers to come home. If our undead armies go beyond Vampires, we can bury Zombies, Ghouls, etc. along the path between Them and Us. At the right moment, our armies strike -- from below! Or we can spawn a Shadow army almost instantly, if we can get to the legions at night. Of course, the legions themselves seem to be the least of our worries. A handful of Champions can bring the fight to us in a bad way. [/QUOTE]
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