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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tzarevitch" data-source="post: 252558" data-attributes="member: 1792">I don't know if comeone stated this already but make sure the small tunnels (no larger than a tall goblin and about 2 goblins wide) twist and turn a lot with a lot of sharp corners. That way the invaders who will be strung out in the passages cannot engage you with their whole force. Your goblins can then engage lone enemies at the front or rear without support of magic and missile fire from the rest of the companions. Also make sure the ground is rough so that footing is poor. If possible, keep the ceiling sharp (or at least rough) too to prevent fast movement of bigger enemies. Tunnels should also slope up from time to time to prevent gas clouds like Cloudkill from entering and wiping out the entire tribe. Use a lot of twigs, gravel and other noisy matierials as flooring in the entry passages so that enemies can't sneak up on your sentries. Conceal caltrops (very cheap) in the debris. Use tripwires tied to alarm devices (bells) a LOT. They are cheaper than alarm spells and force invaders to loose surprise or stop and spend a lot of time disarming them. Animals with scent (dogs for instance) are VERY hard to fool. They make better guards than goblins do and will raise the alarm. They also are much better attackers than standard goblins. If you are using the small, twisting tunnel defense you can't use full size wargs and dire wolves. They are too big. The goblins should store the dire wolves and worgs outside. Keep ordinary wolves or smaller dire wolves/worgs inside as guards. All goblins (if they have a class level or two) should know PB shot and Rapid Shot if possible. Range is our friend. Goblins can't do much damage in melee but they can get a lot of shots off (hopefully with cheap poison). Ranges will be short due to the twisting passages so PB shot helps. If they can get shot-on-the-run, even better. Hit and run always. Do not stop and engage, make your foes chase you (crawling in narrow tunnels that are unfamiliar to them.) Goblins should always take cover and only go from cover to cover. If no cover is available, use miniature tower shields for the goblin archers to hide behind. (Each goblin has a shield bearer whose job it is to handle the shield). Tzarevitch</blockquote>

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