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<blockquote data-quote="mmadsen" data-source="post: 268203" data-attributes="member: 1645"><p><strong>Re: Re: How Would You Defend A Mountain Fortress?</strong></p><p></p><p>Some more thoughts on our forces:</p><p></p><p>Further, our Half-Fiend Wang-Liang, like Half-Fiend Trolls, resist acid and fire, normally their two great vulnerabilities. As long as they don't face the Champions of Vallorea, they can cut down legions with impunity -- and eat them.</p><p></p><p>I don't know the Vallorean countermeasures, but I suspect their scouts and sentries can see through illusions and can spot invisible enemies. This makes it hard to pull off a true ambush or infiltration. On the other hand, if a wave of "Ogres" attacks, it doesn't matter that a sentry or two recognizes a Wang-Liang for every ten Ogres; it won't occur to the Vallorean rank and file to deploy their limited acid and fire weapons on "Ogres".</p><p></p><p></p><p>One serious limitation for the Vampires is that, although they're quite mobile -- they can cover 9 miles in two hours -- they can only sortie from an "airbase" with their coffins. They can't penetrate enemy territory. As long as they're within 9 miles of that base though, they're practically impossible to kill -- gaseous form gets them back to safety. I assume they'll want to sortie from the Mountain Citadel, but a few hidden crypts in the woods and in town might allow them to strike unexpectedly and spy more effectively -- but the legions' Vampire Hunters will most likely track them back to those crypts and clear them out in daylight.</p><p></p><p>Again, the two nearby cities might find their "noncombatants" (women and old men) quickly conscripted into the Midnight Legions.</p><p></p><p>As with the Wang-Liang disguised as Ogres, Vampires don't have to advertise their nature. Armed as soldiers, adult, male Vampires should blend in fine (during a night attack).</p><p></p><p></p><p>Also, as quasi-cavalry who can forage well -- especially in woods, farmland, and human villages -- the Werewolves can work behind enemy lines. The legions can't reasonably track down wolves, and if they can draw away the Pegasus and Griffon units, so much the better; the legions lose their eyes in the sky.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mmadsen, post: 268203, member: 1645"] [b]Re: Re: How Would You Defend A Mountain Fortress?[/b] Some more thoughts on our forces: Further, our Half-Fiend Wang-Liang, like Half-Fiend Trolls, resist acid and fire, normally their two great vulnerabilities. As long as they don't face the Champions of Vallorea, they can cut down legions with impunity -- and eat them. I don't know the Vallorean countermeasures, but I suspect their scouts and sentries can see through illusions and can spot invisible enemies. This makes it hard to pull off a true ambush or infiltration. On the other hand, if a wave of "Ogres" attacks, it doesn't matter that a sentry or two recognizes a Wang-Liang for every ten Ogres; it won't occur to the Vallorean rank and file to deploy their limited acid and fire weapons on "Ogres". One serious limitation for the Vampires is that, although they're quite mobile -- they can cover 9 miles in two hours -- they can only sortie from an "airbase" with their coffins. They can't penetrate enemy territory. As long as they're within 9 miles of that base though, they're practically impossible to kill -- gaseous form gets them back to safety. I assume they'll want to sortie from the Mountain Citadel, but a few hidden crypts in the woods and in town might allow them to strike unexpectedly and spy more effectively -- but the legions' Vampire Hunters will most likely track them back to those crypts and clear them out in daylight. Again, the two nearby cities might find their "noncombatants" (women and old men) quickly conscripted into the Midnight Legions. As with the Wang-Liang disguised as Ogres, Vampires don't have to advertise their nature. Armed as soldiers, adult, male Vampires should blend in fine (during a night attack). Also, as quasi-cavalry who can forage well -- especially in woods, farmland, and human villages -- the Werewolves can work behind enemy lines. The legions can't reasonably track down wolves, and if they can draw away the Pegasus and Griffon units, so much the better; the legions lose their eyes in the sky. [/QUOTE]
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