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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fieari" data-source="post: 1639264" data-attributes="member: 16221">Kudzu!  I'd completely forgotten about that!  I hadn't given my thoughts to this thread yet, because lack of magic means lack of druid growing magic, but kudzu might very well suffice in its stead.I've heard it said that the reason we have such horrible nasty dangerous devestating forest fires in America these days is because we're too good at stopping the little ones.  Little natural forest fires sweep away the underbrush but merely scroch the bark off the old growth trees, which heal rapidly and persevere.  But when the brush piles up, forest fires become too hot, and even the old ancient trees burn.  Rain doesn't stop this fire, rivers don't stop this fire, a torrential onslaught of pumped water doesn't do a thing.  Only thing that works are back fires to starve fuel out.Start growing kudzu in the woods.  Around the fortress, around the river, around the road you want.  Keep planting kudzu.  It'll spread for you, and it's nearly impossible to get rid of kudzu when it's really gotten headway.  Besides, these hippie elves might not even consider it dangerous.But after a few months of letting the kudzu grow, you torch it.  You create a modern day forest fire, the likes of which your world has never seen before.  Because naturally, little fires clear out the fuel and so nothing really hurts the forest at large.  In this manner, you'll start a sweeping flashfire that will be utterly out of control.  The elves will have to learn modern day large scale fire fighting techniques FAST, and even if they do, they'll lose more forest than they've ever lost before.  And the orcs will have gained ground.  And because you're targeting strategically vital places for kudzu growth and fire starting (you will, of course, start the fire in many places at once) once the fires are gone, you don't have to worry about trees anymore.With lack of cover for the nancy boys in green to hide in, your superior numbers will surely win the day, at least in the cleared area.</blockquote>

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