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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kid Charlemagne" data-source="post: 2102620" data-attributes="member: 93">OK - 1/4 mile wide with 50 orcs isn't going to be easy - just covering the distance (1,320 feet) is going to be tough.  Bow fire and ballista fire sounds like a plan.Given that the captain is savvy, I'd work on getting a curved trench dug so that any point along that 1,320 feet can be covered by bowfire, or by a ballista.  Dig down, don't build up - it will be tougher for the enemy to spot the fortifications that way.  Think WW II hedge fighting.  Camouflage the ballistas from spoting from the air or higher ground.  Use the trees as cover where possible.  If possible, dig a long tunnel out towards the enemy position, and make it so you can release the troll down the tunnel so that it pops up into the enemy ranks from behind and starts wailing on anything that moves.Dig a shallow trench just in front of the orcs main position filled with jagged objects (wooden spikes or jagged rocks) and camouflage it so that charging enemies trip and fall in, taking damage and drawing fire from the orcs.  The orcs should be using the trenches for cover bonuses (+8 to AC, I'd suggest) and constantly moving to avoid targeted spells like fireballs.</blockquote>