Suggestions to improve the Water Magic discipline

[Cainehill]

Originally posted by Jondifool:
something like changing the whole battlefield to a muddy place, where heavy inf is severly punished. But thats maybe to similar to other spells. A ritual improving the use for LIs was maybe a neat option. I tend to think of water magic as defensive and as such I think of something making defense of a provinse a little more poverfull or giving some good skirmish powers
well thats pretty vaque but someone might want to comment on it anyway

Hmmm. Maybe a spell that muddies the entire battlefield. Light Infantry (and militia, etc) aren't affected, but HI and Cavalry, any high armor units, take penalties. -2 to Defense, -2 to protection for anything over, say, 8 armor protection? No effect on flyers, maybe no effect on units with Swamp survival.

This would reflect military history in the effects - cavalry ruled the battlefield, armored foot also did quite well. But in rainy, muddy conditions, the unarmored opponents were able to overcome. Horses slip in the mud, everyone does - but the LI and skirmishers were able to get up quicker and stick sharp pointy objects through the chinks in the armor.

Then again - this doesn't actually fix water, nor does it fix LI - it only helps make things not-so-bad if you have both.

[ April 21, 2004, 17:29: Message edited by: Cainehill ]