Legends: Attacking lairs (Was: Combat (general))

From: lache@Mathematik.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (Stefan Lache)

Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Damon (io.tudelft.nl) wrote in article <D8D0z3.Bn@news.tudelft.nl>:
: Don't use soldiers against monsters. Most of the time the monster's
: Invulnerability will be too high to overcome. Most soldier-statuses
: have a Damage of three or less (vampyres have 6).

Beg to differ. I have not yet seen the original article so I do not
know about what kind of monster we are talking here, but at least for
the really powerfull lairs (ancient dragons and suchlike) I would always
use armies and not parties. Even before I have characters who are able
to deal with these critters, I can field armies of 1000 soldiers that
easily finish the monster without heavy losses. An INV of 12, a DF of 60
and a CF of 1000 may sound dangerous, but it is really nothing against a
powerfull army, regardless of soldier DAM.
Of course, if the monsters are far weaker than dragons, characters may be
the better choice because you can attack earlier in the game.

: I would advice using characters with weapons with a high enough Damage-
: rating to overcome the monster's Invulnerability. Use 1 soldier in the
: slot directly across to take the SA-damage. This is a bit of a gamble
: however, because lair-monsters switch slots between turns.

This is rubbish: a lair-monster switches slots _before combat_, so you
have no possibility at all to know its slot in advance. And even if you
are lucky and the single soldier absorbs the SA, I suspect your force will
flee after the charge. After all it is a legion that just lost 100% of its
soldier CF.

Ciao	Stefan

References

Legends: Combat (general)
jgairns@emr1.emr.ca
Tue, 09 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Legends: Combat (general)
Student <io.tudelft.nl>
Wed, 10 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000