You see Haephestus O'Eddings the Dwarf Weaponmaster. He appears to be in his 80's,
has long, braided red hair, grey eyes, and tanned skin. He has a braided red beard, and a
stalking wolf tattoo on his arm. He has some minor cuts and bruises on his right arm. He
has a mangled right arm. He is holding a stein of rich dwarven ale in his right hand. He is
wearing a gold ring, a simple wedding band, an attractive mithril wolf buckle, a snarling
wolf's head locket, a grey, wide-brimmed traveler's hat, a forest green veniom-threaded
gem-pouch, a golden spidersilk gem pouch, a slate grey satchel, a tiny black castle pin,
a golden phoenix pin, a Warrior Guildmaster pin, a silver-edged emerald cloak pin, a pair
of grey gillies and hose, a knee-length forest green kilt fastened with a black pearl pin, a
slate grey vest, a dapper slate grey greatcloak, a stylized gold dragon head torc, a slate
grey imflass harness, a slate grey backpack, a crystal amulet, and some black steel full
plate.
Haephestus says, "Taday we spend soom wee time talkin O tactics"
Haephestus says, "Da next trainin we will actually go oot an apply em"
Haephestus says, "Naow, da Guard in da landin a military body as well ye all ken"
Haephestus says, "We foller certain coostooms and courtesies dat many odders dinna"
Haephestus says, "We do dis ta show respect as weel as maintain da internal orginization O da guard."
Haephestus says, "All officers dat hae been appointed o'er ye will be saluted at da start and end O a meetin"
Haephestus says, "Jes recall, ta salute wi aught boot an empty hand oor a weapon be a wee bit disrespectful sa
Haephestus says, "Also on dat note, salutin should allas be doon froom da position O attention"
Haephestus asks, "Everyone ken how ta gi ta dat position?"
Haephestus says, "OK, dat da basics O courtesy"
Haephestus says, "Valicar an his officers will gi ye further instruction oon courtesy if he chooses ta add more"
Haephestus says, "One last ting, we hae da officers an we hae da enlisted. Dere is na need ta salute enlisted folk
like meself. E'en thought I da Senior Non-Com in da guard, I still enlisted, an dat by choice."
Haephestus says, "If ye choose ta sulute, I do try ta return em"
Haephestus says, "Naow, lets gi ta da meet O tings"
Haephestus says, "Guards move a wee different than a huntin party e'er will"
Haephestus says, "A Guard unit moves froom point A ta point B wioot stoppin oor allowin itself ta be disttracted
froom it's mission"
Haephestus says, "Dis is done because when ye sent oot, ye counted on ta be where ye spose ta be"
Haephestus says, "Sa ye kinna stop ta rescue a body, althought that may go agin da grain. If ye hae time an
mission allows, ye might be able ta break a small party off ta assist, boot dis may nae allas be da case."
Haephestus says, "If ye sent oot ta fight a party O invaders movin closer, da defense hae ta take priority o'er da
rescue. "
Haephestus says, "Keep da poor soul, boot carry oon ta yer objective."
Haephestus says, "Da drills will beset by yer officers, an ye moost foller dere commands"
Haephestus says, "Naow, lets talk about da unit dat engaged"
Haephestus says, "Similar tings hae ta take place"
Haephestus says, "If one O ye fall durin an engagement, rescue be near da bottom O da list, "
Haephestus says, "One soldier need ta be assigned ta give a keep, boot da recue waits till da battle done"
Haephestus says, "Odderwise ye deplete da strength O da fightin force"
Haephestus asks, "Da dis make sence ta all?"
Haephestus says, "Da healin and da rasin will wait, ta other option, once da Fury grow large enough, be dedicated
rescue units nae commited ta fightin, rather ta healing and rezzin"
Haephestus says, "Agin, dis will be soomptin set by yer officers."
Haephestus says, "Naow, durin da engagement, ye may each be asked ta use yer special tallents"
Haephestus says, "Guildfolk may be asked ta use dere skills ta lower da defenses O da beast ta speed da
engagement"
Haephestus says, "Dis be by tackle oor sweep oor similar skills"
Haephestus says, "Odders bind, web etc..."
Haephestus says, "Da wizards may be set ta E-wave at a set time durin da engagement"
Haephestus says, "All dis is set by yer Unit Commanders bassed on knowledge O da skills O yer group as well as
da skills O da enemy"
Haephestus says, "Odder tings will include attack orders"
Haephestus says, "Ye may gi a number froom 1 ta whatever, dat da beast ye attack"
Haephestus says, "Odders will hae odder beasts"
Haephestus says, "Lets talk a wee bit aboot tactics"
Haephestus asks, "We all ken dat terrain kin play to oor favor as defenders, yes?"
Haephestus says, "OK, naow dat ye hae had a stretch, we carry oon wi da discussion"
Haephestus says, "Time ta use da parchment an quills"
Haephestus says, "I want ye ta draw three boxes, side by side, left ta right"
Haephestus says, "Den draw annuder box under them and centered."
Haephestus says, "Connect da bottom box ta da top three by a single line ta each"
Haephestus says, "Now draw a fifth box under da single box and connect them by a line"
Haephestus asks, "Every one hae dat in front O em?"
Haephestus asks, "OK, wi da exception O Ginril Valicar, what da ye see?"
Haephestus says, "I gi ye a hint, look at it as a rough map"
Haephestus says, "What ye see be three trails leadin inta one"
Haephestus says, "And den movin oot as a single trail"
Haephestus says, "Dis called a choke point"
Haephestus says, "One party at da junction O da trails, oor down the single trail from it can defend agin multiple
attack points froom a single area"
Haephestus asks, "Everyon see that?"
Haephestus says, "That is an exaple O usin terain in yer favor"
Haephestus says, "If ye set up ootside a choke point ta defend, the enemy kin move around ya"
Haephestus says, "Dis werk fer an organized opponant, which we hae ta train agin"
Haephestus says, "We talk a wee bit aboot da swarm type O invasions in a wee bit."
Haephestus says, "Now, go ta yer bottom box, add three more boxies from top ta bottom, and connect em wi a
single line, ye shoould hae 5 boxes in a row North ta South if da top O yer parchment North."
Haephestus says, "Label da boxies A, B, C, D, an E froom top ta bottom"
Haephestus says, "Ok"
Haephestus says, "Naow a wee technique called a boundin defense"
Haephestus says, "Lets say da war comes"
Haephestus says, "As we all ken weel, dee niver full units aboot at da start most oft"
Haephestus says, "Takes time fer da folk ta gather"
Haephestus says, "Boot we need ta defend till dey come"
Haephestus says, "Sa da Senior officer will gather what forces he kin"
Haephestus says, "And send em ta point A ta defend"
Haephestus says, "As he gathers more, he sends dat group ta point B"
Haephestus says, "Sa ye hae group 1 at point A, group 2 at point B, and Valicar in da Mule, gatherin folk and
gettin da units in order"
Haephestus says, "Naow"
Haephestus says, "Group one gits engaged"
Haephestus says, "Da opposition heavy and dey kinna hold..."
Haephestus says, "Dey do what damage dey kin, and on command O da officer there, fall back ta point C,
bypassin group 2"
Haephestus says, "At point C they will heal as they can, and prepare fer the attack anew"
Haephestus says, "Meanwhile, group 2 in point B will take oop the fight"
Haephestus says, "Now when group 2 can no longer sucsessfully hold, dey drop ta point D and group 1 takes oop
the attack agin"
Haephestus says, "This goes on until the regular units are together and can be deployed"
Haephestus says, "Propperly named dis be a Delay/Withdrawl in a bounding fasion"
Haephestus says, "It trades land for time to organize a defense"
Haephestus says, "Should always be started as far away as possible to buy as much time as possible"
Haephestus says, "Agin, recall, this will only werk agin organized opponants, nae a beast swarm"
Haephestus says, "Fall back to the closest point to the enemy, or the next choke point"
Haephestus says, "Say point B is a fork"
Haephestus says, "One fork leads away from town, don't guard it, guard the side of the fork that leads to their
objective if known"
Haephestus says, "Most forks in our lands either lead away from towns, or dead end and force em to circle back."
Haephestus says, "In either case it will still work. If a fork could possibly bypass your unit, fall it back to the next
choke point it has to hit"
Haephestus asks, "Any other questions?"
Haephestus tips his head back and empties a stein of rich dwarven ale down his gullet!
Haephestus says, "Thisty werk, dis talkin"
Haephestus says, "Now, Ginril Valicar gae a briefin to the landing on attacking and defending against swarm style
attacks as in a beast invasion."
Haephestus says, "Now, Ginril Valicar gae a briefin to the landing on attacking and defending against swarm style
attacks as in a beast invasion."
Haephestus says, "I have decided ta adopt that to the landings battlebook, sa I let him explain da differin
techniques he laid oot."
Haephestus bows to you.
Haephestus says, "Da floor yers Ginril, if ye would."
You say, "Icemule is known for fierce invasions"
You say, "one thing we will all be working on alot is this method of handling huge swarms"
You say, "let us say that I command a group of 10 people."
You say, "I being the 10th" You say, "Everyone in the group would be assigned a number"
You say, "that is the number creature in a swarm that is your responsibility"
You say, "for simplicities sake..lets us say that all 10 can only affect one creature per attack"
You say, "using a familiar, floating eye, or quick movements, we would scout out areas we belive to contain the
invaders"
You say, "and our brave scout finds an area teeming with 25 saber tooth tigers"
You say, "now...no one in their right mind would want to sit there and trade blows with that"
You say, "so, we go in..let a few of them swing, and then each attack their number tiger once for the purpose of
legging, stunning, etc"
You say, "we only swing, or cast once"
You say, "then immediately pull back a room"
You say, "those that are not stunned will follow"
You say, "after a few moments, we attack again..each our number"
You say, "then pull back again"
You say, "now, we have a moderate force of 5-10 tigers to deal with in the last room"
You say, "we have divided their force into thirds"
You say, "and it is a simple matter to now work room by room and mop em up"
You say, "there are a few varioations to that"
You say, "wizards Coning for one will do the same thing..cone, pull back"
You say, "and all we would do is provide some bodies for the critters to swing at instead of the wizard"
You say, "lets say that there is a room of 12 ice golems"
You say, "and 2 seekers"
You say, "we get a look at the room and move off one to plan"
You say, "the seekers are the 2nd and 8th critters in the room"
You say, "the command to kill the seekers first then pull back comes.."
You say, "numbers 1-5 in the group will take out the first seeker, 6-10 the second"
You say, "then we pull back and regroup and use the regular tactics for the golems"
You say, "as we get better and better at this, we will be able to split attacks to casters first, and also to other
target critters at the same time"
You say, "just a matter of everyone knowing what their target will be "
You say, "speed is essential so command words for each strategy will make that fast"
Dabrezandi asks, "guess there be no use fer berserkin then?"
You say, "as a last stand, yes"
You say, "we will have lots of those"
You say, "we have a tendency to get our arses handed to us on a plate up here when we get invaded"
You say, "hopefully, with some organization, that will change"
You ask, "any questions on that tactic?"
You say, "on a larger scale, lets say that there is a group of 30-40 invaders out the west gate"
You say, "change that to the ice patch"
You say, "it is a choke point .. 3way split"
You say, "40 troll kings sittin then"
You say, "there"
You say, "we take 4 groups of 10 after em"
You say, "for 40 people"
You say, "each of the fourty has der critter"
You say, "from a safe stance, they cast/swing to knock down, etc "
You say, "then each group moves in a seperate direction"
You say, "the kings will divide into 3 groups"
You say, "then each group will follow the initial tactic and seperate em all further"
You say, "works with almost any critter"
You ask, "any questions?"
You say, "The Sgt Mjr brought up a point that it is difficult and maybe impossible to attack that far down the line"
You accept Haephestus's offer and are now holding a stein of rich dwarven ale.
You say, "we will have to do some testin and see"
You tip your head back and empty a stein of rich dwarven ale down your gullet!
You discard your vessel of drink and wipe off your mouth. Round time: 4 sec.
Taze asks, "yet a 3 way split.. which way does the fourth group go?"
You say, "prolly back to the gate to watch"
You say, "or theu can sit in defensive and wait for the press of trolls to thin out and then attack"
Haephestus says, "Call em a reserve, dey hep da unit gettin hit da wers"
You nod to Haephestus.
You say, "without a reserve, we wont last long"
You say, "later on, we will get into alot more intricate tactics about reserves and splitting of forces, both yers
and the enemies and such."
You say, "as well as other advantageous methods of overcoming a superior, and intelligent foe"
You nod to Haephestus.
You say, "yer floor again, Sergeatnt Major"
Haephestus says, "OK, Dere be one more tinge we need ta talk aboot taday"
Haephestus says, "Ye hae heard soom O da basic tactics O da guard"
Haephestus says, "as wi all tactics, actual fild trainin will assist in gettin them down"
Haephestus says, "Naow let oos look back oon lessons learned durin da Breg War."
Haephestus asks, "How many here fought in it?"
Haephestus says, "Ye all ken da chaos it broot, and da fact dat dem scouts went after da senior leadership O da
guard an houses"
Haephestus says, "As weel as varied senior folk leadin da fights"
Haephestus says, "Dis lead ta a breakdown O da chan as weel as communications verra fast"
Haephestus says, "Chaos erupted"
Haephestus says, "Dere is one last tactic we talk aboot dat allow da guard ta soomwhat bypass dis trooble"
Haephestus says, "Diis did werk weel"
Haephestus says, "Sa tis battle tested"
Haephestus says, "Annuder unique ting boot da Bregs was da time length it went oon, was ipossible ta keep units
formed o'er dat length O time"
Haephestus says, "Sa what was recommended by meself a da Marshall, adopted by her, and werked was simply dis"
Haephestus says, "Each active member O da guard, regardless O rank"
Haephestus says, "Dat was in da lands, gathered a group O friends an folk ta em"
Haephestus says, "And kept in touch wi da senior officer present tru da amunet oor guard net while it was active"
Haephestus says, "Dis did three tings"
Haephestus says, "Dis where ye gi a wee tricky"
Haephestus asks, "we all ken dat parties will go oot huntin invaders, aye?"
Haephestus says, "Ye gather a group like dat to yerself, and be da group leader"
Haephestus says, "Den, whi talks ta da senior officer aboot, lead dat group O irregulars ta da enemy"
Haephestus says, "Dey nae dragooned inta da guard per se"
Haephestus says, "Rather, dey oot fightin as dey would be enyway, jest subtly directed by guard leadership"
Haephestus says, "Dis way we kin gather larger forces in small groups ta areas needin defenders"
Haephestus says, "Dey nae a guard unit, rather the group leader, yerselves, are, and go where ye ken da hep
needed"
Haephestus asks, "Everyone gi wha I talkin aboot?"
Haephestus says, "Ta simplify, I gi da ferst O dese iregular units formed by myself"
Haephestus says, "I led me Sister, Zarilynx, Legendary Cleric, Me two frinds, boff guild Masters, and me fiance,
near legend wizard"
Haephestus says, "We went where Marshall Titaniia directed me, dey ever kenned was a guard defense dey were
part O, boot rather they went oot and fought ta defend dere home"
Haephestus says, "Usin dese "Irregular" units allowed the guard ta funtion furhter than what piecemeal units we
could hae fielded"
Haephestus asks, "Everyon oonderstand dis?"
Haephestus says, "Agin, I am sure Ginril Valicar will fine tune dis wi his officers, but tis yet another way ta defend
many areas at one time"
Haephestus says, "Dat abbot all I hae fer taday. I open da floor fer all quesions."
Haephestus says, "Dere second meetin ye draw em early agin and gi further inta tactics as we did taday"
Haephestus says, "After each meetin, since ye start an hour early"
Haephestus says, "Ye hae em sit tru da regular full guard meetin, and den send em oot wi da units fer practice"
Haephestus says, "Dis allows fer faster integration, and still allows a wee bit O time ta see if dey oop ta bein in da
guard"
Haephestus says, "As well as givin them a chance ta see tings operatin faster sa they kin decide fer demselves
as weel."
Haephestus asks, "Dat hep?"
Haephestus says, "Ye more dan welcoom ta coom ta landin an watch a regular trainin session dere"
And that sums up the first training session of the Northern Fury.
