"Jeff G." <Log0n5150 at hotmail.com> Sent by: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info 01/19/06 10:27 AM To <dragaera at dragaera.info> cc Subject Re: High Tech vs. the Orb >Maybe they can build a SCIF with stones imported from Elde Island? As >always, the keys to victory are sound strategic goals, adaptive tactics, and >superior logistics. We know that Sethra Lavode keeps these near and dear to >her heart, but she is not the current Warlord, and is not likely to be in >command at first. And that first battle would be decisive. If the Empire >responded to an invasion from the East with the scorn we have seen before, I >would expect the initial engagements to be a slaughter. Hmmm. I'd almost forgotten about the Phoenix Stones. (From Greenaere, not Elde, but the point is a good one.) Yes, this factor would make the odds favor the high-tech side pretty dramatically, if Gold and Black Phoenix stones were available to them in large quantaties. I'd venture to say this factor would make control of Greenaere a critical factor in deciding the outcome of a conflict. Do Phoenix stones block Necromancy? Would they interfere with Morrolan's Window, for example? If so, is it the Gold ones or the Black ones that do it? (On a side note, this could be why Morrolan and Aliera didn't simply use his window to reach Vlad on Greenaere during /Phoenix/, something I'd always kinda wondered about.) >Also, did the javelin shooters and arrows in "Dragon" have metal heads? If >so, then I can't see sorcery being very effective against bullets/artillery >besides destroying ammunition before it's fired. But that's when railguns >come in handy. The "Javelins" that Vlad used did indeed have metal heads (Vlad & co. would sharpen them up before the attacks)... And presumably so did the "smaller javelins" (Which I always thought was just another name for "arrows", since that term doesn't seem to be one that Dragaerans use). >- pondering the use of snipers against sorcerers in the battlefield. Bullets made of Gold Phoenix Stone, perhaps? ;-) Majikjon