Seelie Squire's Book of Creatures
By Seelie SquireSpecialized Troops
Seelie Squire's Book of Creatures
While standard battalions are tried and trusted for their versatility, sometimes what they have to offer is not enough. Differences in terrain, scale, and enemy can necessitate new strategies for outfitting soldiers. Throughout history, a myriad of interesting gear and training choices have revealed themselves as effective in specific situations.
Troop-scale combat: The following characters are ‘troop scale.’ That means a single stat block does not represent one person. Instead, a single stat block represents an entire group of soldiers. Battlefields for these soldiers would have zones as large, army sized swaths of land. See Sundry Sunday (#44) for an example of a potential battlefield, or an example of standard troops.
Company of Wardrummers
Aspects
Company of 20 drummers • Vulnerable to attack • Carrying large mounted drums • Lightly armedSkills
- +3 Command patterns (Rapport)
- +2 Fear patterns (Provoke)
- +1 Training regiments (Physique and Athletics)
Health
Troops stress
[1Morale stress
[1] • [2]Stunts
Drums of war
Wardrummers inform allies of battle plans through the patterns they play. When the company of wardrummers successfully creates an advantage using Command patterns (Rapport), they get two additional free invokes of the resulting aspect.
Company of Light Infantry
Aspects
Company of 100 foot soldiers • Vulnerable to cavalry charges • Lightly armed and armored • Mobile • Equipped for forest travelSkills
- +2 Mobility training (Athletics)
- +2 Iron morale (Will)
- +1 Close quarters combat (Fight)
- +1 Shortbows (Shoot)
Health
Troop stress
[1] • [2]Morale stress
[1] • [2]Stunts
Press the advantage
Aspects due to terrain that are negatively affecting enemies can be invoked by the company of light infantry for free.
Company of Spearmen
Aspects
Company of 100 spearmen • Low mobility • Wielding long pikes • Anti-charge infantrySkills
- +2 Phalanx (Fight)
- +2 Iron morale (Will)
Health
Troop stress
[1] • [2]Morale stress
[1] • [2]Stunts
Wall of pikes
It is difficult to mount an attack against an army protected by rows of long polearms without careful maneuvering. Any allied troops in the same zone as the spearmen, including the spearmen themselves, get the following ability; When defending against Fight attacks, deal stress back to the attacker equal to the shifts of a successful defense, provided the attacker moved into this troop’s zone earlier on this turn. If there are multiple allied spearmen in this zone, the effect does not stack
