The Omnipotent Sphere

Kingdoms of Seyan

@Kartoffel

Make sure to look at the map of what has been claimed on page four.

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@babbysama I'm not sure she would count as a member of your dynasty then, I assumed marriage alliances didn't turn over the character.

@Thrashy might have to elaborate and how he intends marriage alliances to work.

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@Aristo You have not a flawless family two. If my vassals are anything to go by, then your history will have an impact on them.

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@Elitestpotato well that would probably be all you have to say. "The Phantoms of Lucrum, which are separate from Lucrum's mercenary forces, ..."

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@babbysama

Sieges are the most common examples of smaller forces trouncing larger ones. It is much rarer in the field.

@Elitestpotato

Very true. I think Lucrum could benefit from taking the Sellsword flaw, it would allow you to gain another trait point while playing to the strength of Lucrum's significant finances. I mean, IC-wise I believe you suggested they use their money as a defense anyways. It would just be reflecting that in your NS.

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@Elitestpotato I'm not underestimating the style of warfare at all. I'm just saying is that guerrilla warfare is most effective in scenarios where the guerrillas do not have to hold territory, and they have a large area of low mobility to work within. Your nation is so comparably small that burning your own villages and farms would be inconsequential when faced with most invading forces.

Edit:

That style of combat suits Operian more, because they have a larger and more open territory which does not consist of any rough, mountainous terrain. It's mostly forest and rivers.

Basically, all tactics are effective given the right conditions and I'm not sure that the terrain you chose is right for the tactics you chose.

You said it yourself right here: "they'd Rusia-in-WW2 it." That tactic worked for Russia because Russia is darned big, but the supply lines of a nation like Xiang could reach across your nation and straight through Jura to boot.

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@babbysama They look pretty vulnerable though, I'm not sure they have enough territory to thin enemy ranks before they reach a city.

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Sphere. The Men of the Woods can provide lumber for all the needs, in exchange for Iron. Since they don't have any mountians, and they don't like mining the forest floor, the rely on whatever sweeps through the forest rivers, and occasionally make Tamahagane, so they import iron through Bifrost.

@KabenSaal

Yes, but why would Xiang do that when they're sitting on a large forest that Aristo wants to remove anyways? Wood isn't exactly a high-demand commodity on Seyan.

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@Thrashy Alright.

@Aristo Since Thrashy is okay with it, what if the Xiang harvested all the trees you're removing to make their Massive Ships?

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@Aristo I don't know if you'd consider moving, but there is nobody south of my territory and that bottom coastline is the largest continuous expanse of plains on the island. The distance between Ospa, Jura and Xiang wouldn't even change, really.