Have posted my first visions of the siege on our website - a snapshot of the first night assault. At the moment it's actually way in the future in terms of our...
... What a wonderful bit of writing! I'll have to compare with some bits Donald and I were working on, also about an assault on Tarkalor's Gate but several...
... I am imagining a magical assault using spirits and elementals followed by an attack using what today would be called "Assault Pioneers" who would be...
... Just like the ones used on the Cradle. Sounds good to me. Do you have attacks on bits of wall not reachable by the bridge, to either side of the Gate? Or...
... I was quite smugly thinking that I'd had a good original idea and you go and remind me that I've obviously gone and pulled it straight out of my...
... Or just a case of parallel evolution. It's a good idea, so more than one person comes up with it. ... True, but I was thiking of the rest of the wall. ...
... Certainly more ideal, although the logistics seem to be a nightmare from the picture. I imagine Whitewall to be a political failure even if it is ...
... It is nice. ... No clashes with what we've written. I'd envisaged a rather wider bridge at least comfortably wide enough for a wagon. So spearmen would be...
... That is the impression the picture gives but it makes for a very boring game. I think there are ways up the chasm for light infantry and an area in front...
... If the Lunars could field a regiment of magicians they'd walk into WW. However they have only half a dozen field classes from the College of Magic in the...
... There is an alternative line of attack on the city from fellmoor but the Lunars don't control fellmoor at this time. By the end of 1620 they've got more...
... Of course - that's the original point of the bridge, isn't it? Tarkalor didn't actually set it up as a backdrop for Heroic Fights at all. Any guesses how ...
... I'm not thinking of the Bridge of Khazad Dum or anything. I would imagine that if you get a wagon across, then you could probably only get a formation...
... I'm not so sure - the more options the Lunars have, the more likely they are to succeed during a major assault. The lack of military options helps to...
... So no real support magic, then, beyond the incidental? That certainly makes things easier to describe and imagine. It also stops me having to wonder about...
... Certainly the case, since passage of information would be slow and sporadic. Like the Russians in WW1 who thought they were winning until the army returned...
... Yes, a lot of what gets back is exaggerated rumour. Big facts, like the Bat being sent (and defeated), and the actual fall of the city, will be known about...
... That's a really good dramatic concept. I have seen first hand the kind of politics (not to mention helmet throwing tantrums) that occur in the military...
... Depends on the formation. A wagon is going to be about as wide as a small lorry so advancing shield to shield you'd get four or five. That's going to be...
... I'd say there is lots of tactical support magic, that's what regimental priests do. Battle winning magical effects such as illusionary armies, bombardments...
... Who's going to pay for information about the progess of a minor seige in foreign lands? How much notice does the modern news media pay to what's going on...
... I rather think this is a result of the RQ emphasis on sun worshippers being the source of light spells. Sure they can compensate by using magic but when...
... Skimming... Rory's comments are more likely to be useful: well, usuallly. But this time, he starts by saying illusions have "always" been temporary...
... There's nothing as simple as an order of preceedence in the Lunar army. WBRM doesn't really indicate relative status of units and Tarsh War is concerned...
... I interpreted the "No-one" to mean no normal person. PCs and unusual NPCs excepted. He also interprets Greg's proportions of Trickster magic as applying to...
Stuart ... Having recently reread the chronicles of the Black Company, mere visual (and acoustical) illusions can throw any siegework topsy-turvy- A damaged...
... I see Tatius as much as a magician as Broyan. He is a Dara Happan patriarch, i.e. an incarnation of a manifestation of Yelm (Antirius/take your choice). ...
... I don't quite think that Jorkandros was charged with taking that hidey-hole, rather than plugging it. For 1619 Fazzur planned to gain sea access (Karse)...
... Tarkalor brought trade to Whitewall. Is it just me, or would that mean two-way travel across the bridge, i.e. two wagons wide? I mean the model for the...
... (nods) Visual-only illusions can do a LOT, to people used to relying on sight as their main means of finding out what's going on at a distance. ... And I'm...
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