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Message: <blockquote data-quote="seasong" data-source="post: 700572" data-attributes="member: 5137">Skills specialists: As has been mentioned in the past, the Theralis military is organized and highly developed for the technology they possess. The bulk of the military is broken up into shield carriers and spear wielders, but there are also slingers (cheap missile attack), elite shock troops (like the Keraunesti), healers, spear bearers (replace spears as they blunt), scouts, and captains (standards bearers and leaders, sword-wielders).Arcanists are used whenever they are available, and could be considered a kind of reserve specialist.Akeros is a specialist of sorts, but he's actually mostly outside of the military structure. He's officially a scout, but what he really does is "dirty work". To put that another way, he's Special Ops/Black Ops for Theralis. And yes, there are certainly others of his ilk...Among orcs, most male orcs only have three real specialties: warrior, hunter (scout), and war drummer. Orc women do not go to war, although they are reasonably frightening combatants just for their size and strength. An occasional orc of unusual insight (male or female) may be a shaman, and shamans typically help out in a war effort as well.Warriors and hunters collect into warbands devoted to one or the other; these warbands may work together internally, but externally they tend to compete with other warbands rather than work together. An orc warfront is thus a fairly confused affair, with some attacking, some relaxing in the back, etc. Each warband has its own war drummers, and many are as reknown for their war drummers as they are for anything else.War drummers are essentially bards, enhancing their warband, scouting, and allowing communication with other warbands by means of the drum. When you hear the orcs drumming in the mountains, they're actually sending messages back and forth.The "tattered tribe" with the giants was an astounding exception. Consisting of warbands from a variety of tribes that have been destroyed over the course of the last few years (by the westward march), they've hunkered down together with the intent of surviving as best as they can. Most of the members of the tattered tribe are the strongest of their respective tribes (why they survived), and they actually have several shamans and one "orc hero"... plus the giants, of course. As a result of diverse backgrounds and unusual strategic ability, they have begun to specialize more than most orcs, breaking themselves into wall-breakers, defenders, etc.</blockquote>

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