From: Alex Ferguson (alex@dcs.gla.ac.uk)
Date: Sat 03 Sep 1994 - 04:49:26 EEST
Martin worries about:
> Re: Morokanth tactical inferiority against missile-toting mounted
> enemies
> If equal groups of Morokanth and Impala Riders meet, and the
> Impala Riders have laid by an adequate store of arrows, all other
> things being equal, my money is on the pygmies.
I think Martin's probably right, in this example. But the other Great Nations make much less (if any real) use of the bow, so with them the main difficulty is withstanding cavalry charges, which I'd think they would be pretty good at.
> My quick fix is to have the Morokanth carry great big
> shields, which they can arrange in a circle to protect themselves
> from missile fire. As a result, their enemies steal all their
> herds, but the Morokanth can track them down and steal the herds
> back at night, which leads to back and forth raiding--and the
> question becomes "who gets tired first?"
If the night raid involves stomping over the entire campsite, and enslaving a prisoner or twelve, the hapless minor tribe should get fed up fairly quickly. The morocanth aren't likely to be much fun to pillage themselves, so there would be the likelihood of coming off worse in the "trade", and/or getting stomped in a stand-up fight.
Alex.
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