tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201885064979362632.post7844989453935846770..comments2024-03-27T14:50:52.599-04:00Comments on of Pedantry: Goblin Skirmish TacticsAnthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02363226867428219723noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201885064979362632.post-68975615539984486952011-03-25T06:18:49.226-04:002011-03-25T06:18:49.226-04:00No need to apologize when you are wrong ;)
Sure, ...No need to apologize when you are wrong ;)<br /><br />Sure, other intelligent races can/will/do use similar tactics. Whatever tactics best suit their society will be the predominant tactics they adopt, but not the only ones.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02363226867428219723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201885064979362632.post-15990557271749718062011-03-24T16:38:32.266-04:002011-03-24T16:38:32.266-04:00Well, I finally got it written. And apologies aga...Well, I finally got it written. And apologies again.<br /><br />I guess the answer to why not just introduce the tactics as those used by intelligent races like elves and dwarves is obvious. Thanks for the inspiration.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201885064979362632.post-83277361067673096102011-03-24T14:06:32.063-04:002011-03-24T14:06:32.063-04:00These tactics work just fine for any race. Some pe...These tactics work just fine for any race. Some people would rather fight decisive battles than skirmishes, so they have a blind spot to a fight like this. Or they use skirmish tactics only as a prelude to the final decisive battle when lines clash and a force is swept from the field. Maybe only nobility is fit to fight wars so forces are aligned around armored knights and their entourage. Or any other number of reasons why their armies are arrayed and how they conduct warfare and none of them have to deal solely with intelligence.<br /><br />This also leads into why goblins are not 'stupid.' I don't want to run any humanoid races as inherently stupid or smart. I would look to societal issues as pushing behavior rather than any kind of inherent mental deficiency or surplus to a race as a whole. Goblins here understand their place in the world as it stands and would rather engage in a fight like this rather than risk decisive battles. What would a depleted race have to gain from fielding an army and conquering land when the Empire just raises another army and knocks them down?<br /><br />Of course, individuals show brilliance or stupidity, etc. These tactics showcase the idealized version of how a reasonably smart leader of a company would conduct himself.<br /><br />I look forward to your post.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02363226867428219723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201885064979362632.post-65876018089595078832011-03-24T13:38:39.961-04:002011-03-24T13:38:39.961-04:00Seriously, I couldn't care how you run your go...Seriously, I couldn't care how you run your goblins in your campaign, and there's nothing wrong with the tactics that you present that I can see.<br /><br />However, I'm only a poor AD&D player, and goblins as I remember are listed has having an intelligence of average (low). I know this has been modified and changed and so on for the last thirty years ... but I thought I'd warn you I plan to be writing a post soon about why the stupidity of goblins needs to be preserved. It is not meant to be an indictment of this specific post or of these tactics.<br /><br />Oh, and the above tactics would work for any race, wouldn't they?Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201885064979362632.post-18842446883438687322011-03-22T08:36:30.287-04:002011-03-22T08:36:30.287-04:00Of course, D&D make it more complicated. One w...Of course, D&D make it more complicated. One well placed Sleep spell can undo the most careful preparation...Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02363226867428219723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201885064979362632.post-69515937481952098022011-03-22T05:26:26.976-04:002011-03-22T05:26:26.976-04:00Ouch. I wouldn't want to go up against that.Ouch. I wouldn't want to go up against that.The Rubberduckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12585052552943070379noreply@blogger.com