[MBirthright] Wardings

[Pieter Sleijpen]

James Ruhland wrote:
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>
> > province instead of the warded province). How about being able to cast a
> > warding and then lead complete armies through it!
> >
> That doesn't, at least not to the same degree. Warding is one of the most
> powerful Realm Spells in the game, to be sure. But it does also require a
> corespondingly powerful Source (rare in Cerilia. Not unheard of, but rare.
> I doubt even a majority of Source Holders have a Source (5), though I
> haven't checked).
> Warding is a spell that prevents less powerful realms from being
> completely overwhelmed by the strongest nation around. It also encourages
> deeper strategic thought (you've got to consider what might happen to your
> armies, how they could be trapped, etc.)
> Warding is annoying, to be sure (until you need it to save your own
> bacon). But eliminating it would be more unbalancing. As for guys leading
> their armies through their own Wards and (for example) into your country,
> there is a way to react to that: Ward yourself as well.
>

Which requires the same things. And only elves seems to have enough of
both. I have seen an elven nation destroy a human nation within two
actions. Makes me wonder how in hells name the elves were ever defeated!

(Besides, any mage I currently DM on the PBEM is of high enough level to
cast the spell, has got enough sources to cast the thing and also the
backing of an army -that is Erik Danig, the Fae, Rhuobhe, Bacaele (he
will have it anyway)-. Seems not to be that rare, now does it?)

Pieter Sleijpen
Pieter Sleijpen

[the Falcon]

> Which requires the same things. And only elves seems to have enough of
> both. I have seen an elven nation destroy a human nation within two
> actions. Makes me wonder how in hells name the elves were ever defeated!

Hey, that sounds quite interesting. Can you explain exactly how?

And while I'm at it, does anyone else care to share any other interesting
Birthright strategies with me? I really could use em, for while I have
been DMin for almost 10 years now, I've only recently started DMin a
Birthright campaign and I still need to learn a lot of things like how to
effectively manage NPC domains.
Thank you so much...

- the Falcon


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[Pieter A de Jong]

Pieter Sleijpen wrote:
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>
> Which requires the same things. And only elves seems to have enough of
> both. I have seen an elven nation destroy a human nation within two
> actions. Makes me wonder how in hells name the elves were ever defeated!
>
> (Besides, any mage I currently DM on the PBEM is of high enough level to
> cast the spell, has got enough sources to cast the thing and also the
> backing of an army -that is Erik Danig, the Fae, Rhuobhe, Bacaele (he
> will have it anyway)-. Seems not to be that rare, now does it?)
>
Thank you very much. You have confirmed my beliefs about how the humans
won the elven-human wars. It is simply ridiculous that the humans would
defeat the elven nations without direct divine intervention.
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Pieter A de Jong
Graduate Mechanical Engineering Student
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada