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[Criptfeind]

A

[Swordstar]

A

[Haspen]

Hunters roam the nearby areas in search for a camp; by the next day, they come back bearing news of their findings.

The combined armies of Tven and Dahnia, numbering almost four-and-half thousand now, march forward. It doesn't take long to reach the hidden camp; and it doesn't take long either for the lizards to get agitated and rush you!

"The mindless beasts are charging! We should meet them head on and slaughter them with our superior numbers!" Your senior brandishes his sword.

A) "Uh, no, we should make a half-crescent formation and then crush the lizards completely!"
B) "My liege, I think we should instead form thick defensive lines and let the lizards crash upon them."
C) "Indeed! To battle!!"

[Criptfeind]

A

We have superior numbers, so we might as well use them.

[NUKE9.13]

Ah, in this regard our experience dealing with the lizards is superior. They have time and again demonstrated a basic lack of tactical know-how, therefore we can gain by using tactics against them.
Sorry, boss, but I really think we should do

A

[heydude6]

A

[crazyabe]

A.

[Elephant Parade]

A

[helmacon]

A

be very polite about it though.

[Haspen]

You attempt to convince your senior to do an enveloping tactic...

6

"If you say so." Your senior then directs his soldiers to cooperate with yours to form a half-crescent. The lizards soon come against you!

6*

The lizards bring forth a pair of the large orange reptiles WHO SPIT FIRE! Men and horses alike perish before the jets of liquid-y flames that the beasts breathe.

But that won't save the lizards! The tactic pays off and the numbers overwhelm the lizardmen, crushing them into scaly paste. Their two terrifying orange firespitters, while horrible to meet, soon fall under rain of arrows and charge of lances! The Ancient Terror itself bathes in blood of one of these orange beasts, adding to the purple gore of the lizardmen on its shaft.

Tven and Dahnian soldiers celebrate the victory together as your senior approaches, his armor and beard stained with the purple blood of the lizardmen.

"T'was a mighty battle! It was wise to follow your instructions."

By the evening your scouts, who rode a bit further than others, return; another campsite is in the mountains, around a large smoking hole in the mountainside. Thick, rust-colored smoke rises from the hole. The scouts aren't sure but they believe that the lizardmen number at least four hundred, and they have at least five of these big, orange, six-legged fiery beasts of destruction with them.

You convene with your senior and high-ranking officers, and decide to...

A) Attempt to draw part of the lizard army out.
B) Prepare an attack into the heart of their camp.
C) Entrench, rest, recuperate, and maybe get some local volunteers?

[heydude6]

A

400 is way too much to handle on our own.

[Swordstar]

B

[Weirdsound]

I'm going to go with A.

...Although honestly I doubt there will be much difference between A or B. The lizards seem likely to empty their entire camp and charge us when we approach.

[NUKE9.13]

Previous attempts to lure out small groups of lizards have gone poorly, on account of their heightened senses. Sneakery is unlikely to work.
We still have an overwhelming numbers advantage, right? Sure, they may have five Firespitters where we previously faced two, but even if that doubles the penalty we should still be even- and I doubt it will, especially considering that we know how to deal with them now.

B

[helmacon]

So the option is "Face them all while they are entrenched and fortified in thier camp" or "Face them all while they are open in the field away from thier camp."

Then again, if we attack swiftly enough they may not have time to bring thier lizard beasts out.

Also, they don't seem like the kind to stay hidden behind fortifications. If we attack them in the camp, they will likely just grab up thier weapons and rush to meet us.

The lizards would need a 10:1 kill ratio to actualy beat us.


Surround the camp and attack!
Rush straight to the lizard pens, and cut off thier access.

B all the way