[Glorantha] Re: Glorantha Digest, Vol 12, Issue 456

[Jamie wrote]
:Allow we to provide a different take. The history of real world warfare
:teaches us that new technology applied to war does not necessarily
:effect the overall strategic or even tactical situation in a
:revolutionary way. Instead it introduces a new option that conforms to
:the standard techniques of warfare.
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Excellent analysis! As soon as I get home, I'm putting that post somewhere safe. I had propably been focusing too much on the "Dragon Pass" style battlefield dominance of the field colleges.

I'll still have to figure out what sort of sorcery, spirits, and massive feats the field colleges can bring to the battlefield to cause direct destruction (I remember a massive sunspear from KoS), but it's good to be reminded of the more subtle uses of the magicians.

Good point elsewhere too about the more specialized units, like the Crater Makers. Funnily enough, I think the crater makers may not have a fast enough response time for use as battlefield artillery. It propably takes a while for the meteors to fly from the moon. They seem to be more of a strategic asset, used like cruise missiles (or huge trebuchets) to pound enemy fortifications and towns.

        -Adept

Thinker, dreamer and adventurer Received on Thu 16 Nov 2006 - 10:14:13 EET