If you wanted to test your lieutenants
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Ed_Laprade
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I think he did too. My first thought was: "What does crawling through a dungeon have to do with leading an army?" Even though the intent of the thread was obvious. So someone had to say it. Unfortunately I can't think of anything to add that hasn't already been said.
In the US Marines they are tought how to fight with a bayonet,this is a real life illogic that proves when it comes to a military,there is nothing that is not possible
Ferret
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When someone has a bayonet in their hands and needs to kill quietly/without ammo they'll be thankful of their training.
Rykion
Explorer
I would start them out with a written test and interview like fafhrd. Then the best candidates can hand pick a team of 50 troops. They have a month to train. Two teams, including the prospective lieutenants, would be selected to go through a dungeon at the same time. The dungeon is split into two identical halves with each team going a different route. It would feature rooms with traps that required thought and monsters that would require teamwork to defeat. Both routes through the dungeon end in the same large arena. The arena has a few healing potions and weapons to reward the first team to arrive. Once the second team arrives they fight to the death. The winning lieutenant gets the job, and the losers join the ranks of the undead.
It tests training, leadership, ruthlessness, combat ability, and the single most important factor, luck!
It tests training, leadership, ruthlessness, combat ability, and the single most important factor, luck!
That would be hand to hand training ,not fixing a bayonet to your rifle and charging the opposition-SillyWhen someone has a bayonet in their hands and needs to kill quietly/without ammo they'll be thankful of their training.
Ferret
Explorer
by Bayonet I assumed it was attached to someones rifle. I do agree charging someone with a bayonet is very silly. Having one attached to a weapon and knowing how to use it in close quarters is not.
As a BBEG in a fantasy world, I would indeed use logic puzzles and oral questions, but not so much written ones. Writing would be a bonus, not a requirement. Depending upon my nature, the tests would or would not be fatal; cheating would or would not be rewarded.
BBEGs in fiction have a variety of promotional methods.
The Assassin's Guild of Ankh-Morpork has their graduate candidates inhume a target as part of their finals. This is after years of of a broad based education.
A similar approach can be found in at least one story in the Assassins Fantastic anthology.
Master Han used methods both subtle and brutal in his organization.
Enter the Dragon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
BBEGs in fiction have a variety of promotional methods.
The Assassin's Guild of Ankh-Morpork has their graduate candidates inhume a target as part of their finals. This is after years of of a broad based education.
A similar approach can be found in at least one story in the Assassins Fantastic anthology.
Master Han used methods both subtle and brutal in his organization.
Enter the Dragon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry
Autoexreginated
If I understand it correctly, using your rifle as a weapon itself for close-quarters fighting is part of Krav Maga training, minus even the bayonet. And where bayonets are concerned, never underestimate the value of a spear.
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