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<blockquote data-quote="Damionte" data-source="post: 7551829" data-attributes="member: 30235"><p>During the meeting: </p><p></p><p>Ducan gave the report some thought, his battlefield experience lead him to give a long low whistle. <strong>"This is troubling news. It is obvious that given time this force will continue to be a growing source of conflict. Logic dictates we take steps to crush them shortly before they can continue to grow." </strong></p><p></p><p><strong>"The forces as scouted though would be a tough nut to crack. Were I planning this assault I would start with a core force of approximately 300 sword arms. Plus additional support units. Archers, and cavalry. We'd need to recruit enough priests and war-mages to support the troops. Plus a few groups of specialists. Adventurers to scout and keep tabs on the force, as well as acting as specialist strike teams. Plus the supplies and currency to provide for and keep such a force on retainer during the march. Together we have enough contacts to get this started. Such a force would need some time to train up and organize. But there's a bigger concern."</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>"Before we can put any of that together, steps will need to be taken to neutralize what seem to be very powerful spell casters. The force I envision could march well against a conventional ground force, but this is no conventional force. These casters could devastate large groups of our warriors before they could get within sword range. Or invest their giant allies with such magics that our simple swords and arrows could not hope to overcome them even in a swarm. Am but a soldier, I have seen the effects spell slingers can have on the battlefield, but countering such magics though is not within my realm of ability."</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Damionte, post: 7551829, member: 30235"] During the meeting: Ducan gave the report some thought, his battlefield experience lead him to give a long low whistle. [B]"This is troubling news. It is obvious that given time this force will continue to be a growing source of conflict. Logic dictates we take steps to crush them shortly before they can continue to grow." [/B] [B]"The forces as scouted though would be a tough nut to crack. Were I planning this assault I would start with a core force of approximately 300 sword arms. Plus additional support units. Archers, and cavalry. We'd need to recruit enough priests and war-mages to support the troops. Plus a few groups of specialists. Adventurers to scout and keep tabs on the force, as well as acting as specialist strike teams. Plus the supplies and currency to provide for and keep such a force on retainer during the march. Together we have enough contacts to get this started. Such a force would need some time to train up and organize. But there's a bigger concern."[/B] [B]"Before we can put any of that together, steps will need to be taken to neutralize what seem to be very powerful spell casters. The force I envision could march well against a conventional ground force, but this is no conventional force. These casters could devastate large groups of our warriors before they could get within sword range. Or invest their giant allies with such magics that our simple swords and arrows could not hope to overcome them even in a swarm. Am but a soldier, I have seen the effects spell slingers can have on the battlefield, but countering such magics though is not within my realm of ability."[/B] [/QUOTE]
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