A Few (Really) Good Men: Guide to Ashdod

[Kamamura]

To the topic - inspired by the guide, I played these Ash-Dudes yesterday and I think this whole nation is just overpowered. They are giants, but they are not even clumsy, dumb nor particularly expensive. They are fast, deadly and overrun anything that dares to stand against them.

[MaxWilson]

Originally Posted by lch

How come the people in that book all have colorful names like Talamandas, Bauchelain or Korbal Broach, but the protagonist is named a nonchalant "Quick Ben"?

He's not really the primary protagonist--I've just described to you one of his biggest scenes in the book--but it's a military nickname. He's also hiding from some of his numerous enemies.

The main protagonists, or viewpoint characters at any rate, of the book are probably Ganoes Paran, Gruntle (the caravan guard), Toc the Younger, and Whiskeyjack (who dies about 3/4 of the way in).

Note that KO has explicitly said that the Unfrozen are inspired by the T'lan Imass from the Malazan books, at least in a thematic sense. I've tried to mod them up as a nation but other things keep getting in the way, like trying out cool new nations that KO makes and learning SemiRandom.

-Max

[DonCorazon]

MW - your summary of that scene was excellent- I wish I had you to clarify everything I read in the Malazan series . I am actually re-reading the series from scratch in preparation for reading Toll of the Hounds (on Memories of Ice now). Amazing how much clearer things are the second time through. And I agree. the books are awesome. Some of the characters are classic: Korbal and Bauchelain of course, and Kruppe almost always makes me bust out laughing - I wish I could talk like that!

[MaxWilson]

Potential use for chaffy human troops:

If you need to defend a position from an elite enemy army and sacreds aren't appropriate (maybe they're Ulmish Guardians, or the enemy has too many mages), set aside the following ingredients (Requires Alt-7; Ench-3, Conj-3 optional):

100-200 chaffy humans (often massable in one or two turns of recruitment)
Darkness (makes troop stats not matter as much by halving the differential)
Marble Warriors (durability--combined with your still-low fatigue)
Iron Bane (to make chaffy troops do damage when they hit)
Optional Strength of Giants (as Iron Bane, but a little moreso)
Optional Legions of Steel (a little bit more durability)

Combine ingredients in medium-sized province. Mix well. Scale up just by increasing the number of chaffy troops.

-Max

[rdonj]

Originally Posted by MaxWilson

100-200 chaffy humans (often massable in one or two turns of recruitment)

-Max

I expect wolf tribe warriors are probably ideal for this strategy?

[MaxWilson]

Yeah, that does sound rather ideal. Ashdod can do it with normal spearmen out of any fort, though, so isn't reliant on finding wolf tribe warriors in the right fort.

-Max

P.S. I would refer to this as a "tactic" and not a "strategy." It's more something you could whip out on a 1- or 2-turn notice when appropriate than something you would actually plan for.

[rdonj]

Normally I would too, but I was really distracted at the time and my brain wasn't quite working correctly. Although, whipping it out with 1 or 2 turn's notice might be a little tough for someone like me who is a bit logistically challenged.