Message no. 1

From:	Matthias Kerzel <MKerzel@***.COM>
Subject:	Re: cavalry (was Re: Ghengis Kahn, why cavalry?)
Date:	Mon, 16 Feb 1998 18:12:10 EST

On Sat 14 Feb 1998 Philippe Garneau wrote:

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>Hello everyone!
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Hi there!

>Do not forget that vehicles have another advantage over horses: they're
>inherently resistant to magic, and usually do not allow LOS from the
>exterior to the passengers, so mages and shamans and other magic-users tp
>target them (they must target the vehicles, far more difficult, TN-wise).

>Well, I enjoyed reading this thread, and did not want to kill the fun, but
>cavalry charges are history, AFAIC. :-)
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From the modern military point of view I totally agree with you. But what
about magic that works for the cavalry? the fact that they whole army would
mainly consist of living things would make it easy for a very powerful
magician to make rituals that protect them. Now let's say the new Ghengis Kahn
is not only a very charismatic leader and a good tactician but also a able to
use very powerful magic. There could be something similar to the great ghost
dance which was able to defeat the United-States. Let's say our neo-Ghengis
Kahn makes a great ghost ride. Just think of the spiritpowers concealment and
movement applied to a whole army. Or control the weather - a blinding
sandstorm from behind would take out every sensor. If you take this into
account I would be possible for such an army to conquer a whole continent. (I
don't say that I like this idea 'cause we already had the great ghost dance
and this would be nothing more than a variant. And what about the mana-spike
this would cause. There'll be certain powers that might be willing and able to
stop this. For sure this would cause very *big* trouble.)

just a thougt

- Matthias Kerzel