Shades of Eternity
Legend
I'm having a blast reading about how King Rufus kept getting pwned by the Welsh.
How did they do it, and how would it translate to your dnd game?
How did they do it, and how would it translate to your dnd game?
D&D General Fighting like the Welsh
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Tonguez
A suffusion of yellow
The Normans were led by knights in armour focussed on mounted cavalry formations, building castles and open field tactics, Wales unfortunately -for them- is rough and mountainous.
The Welsh were small bands of rangers in the forest and hills, they knew their territory, used guerilla tactics and had the support of druids (healing), bards (rally!) and fae
The Normans building castles was suppose to cowl them into submission, but the Bardic tradition meant Welsh had a strong cultural identity, the Norman castle building just made the locals more rebellious.
Also dont forget how very good the Normans and English are at the political game of bribery and exploiting petty rivalries as well as brutal retribution
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Zardnaar
Legend
5.0. Surprise round. Longbow retreat. Wash worse repeat. Rough terrain.
England. Foods terrible moral collapses and they flee after getting peppered by arrows. Rangers vs slow fighter types.
NPCs archers trained in stealth vs low dexterity slow English troops. They have bad food but very good jesters.
English learn the hard way. Pull out 5.5 rules. Surprise round less effective and grind them down. Get clowned on by the French next 500 years then pay off everyone else to do the dying them spend 80 years mocking the French with those excellent jesters. Foods still terrible though.
England. Foods terrible moral collapses and they flee after getting peppered by arrows. Rangers vs slow fighter types.
NPCs archers trained in stealth vs low dexterity slow English troops. They have bad food but very good jesters.
English learn the hard way. Pull out 5.5 rules. Surprise round less effective and grind them down. Get clowned on by the French next 500 years then pay off everyone else to do the dying them spend 80 years mocking the French with those excellent jesters. Foods still terrible though.
Paul Farquhar
Legend
Better singers.
