Enlist aid of the majestic turtle
Alright,
in what (majestic)
manner would you like its aid? I'm just getting flashbacks to
an elf making elephant noises right now. Once you're done with the majesty . . .
Shoot froggy McKnife-in-hand. Then the rest of them. I count 8 bowelves to 4 frogs we can do this. Unless anybody points out why it won't work.
The wind is strong and against us?
Also, don't shoot them. It's not like the bowelves are marksmen. Just keep following, wait for an opportunity to open up.
Shooting is risky, but I don't think these concerns really cover the situation. First, there's an amphibian man being scary with a knife right now. Next, the wind has shown no indications of being very strong. Lastly, let's look at the skill of the bowelves. What is known:
10 Bowelves - armored
7 Bowelves - unarmored, skilled ambushers
10 Spearelves - shield and armored
8 untrained Spearelves
8 untrained Swordselves
Some elves were conscripted, and all the rest are "not untrained," whatever that means. It probably means a minimum of "skilled." The armored bowelves in the boat differ from the others in that they are
not ambushers: if we are lucky, then in addition to putting that training into "Armor Use" skill, they may have even more training in bow use, so the concern they are not "marksmen" is only relative to Amala's superior skill. Looking here:
Amala skewered the middle amphibian man (and it's predecessor on the ground), while the
unarmored archers at her shoulders got half of their targets. Now, looking here:
There is
one archer ready at the prow, one elf on turtle duty, and six rowing. If you want to fire upon the barge, a better question might be
how many elves should do which task?--Rexfelum