----- Original Message ----- From: <Jon_Lincicum at stream.com> To: "Jeff G." <Log0n5150 at hotmail.com> Cc: <dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info>; <dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 11:51 AM Subject: Re: High Tech vs. the Orb > "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 > Waste of resources. "No matter how subtle the wizard, a .50 caliber slug through the chest will cramp his style . . . along with the next 3 wizards or so in line with the shot." Jeff -Now thinking of grinding up Phoenix stone into dust to be dispersed aerially onto the battlefield.