Pike & Shot or Line Infantry Better Against Traditional Fantasy Horde?

[Neil]

The morale of fantasy hordes isn't consistently depicted, except in the case of the undead.

[Razgovory]

The morale of fantasy hordes isn't consistently depicted, except in the case of the undead.

Morale is a function of organization.  Usually the hordes are depicted as fairly poorly organized.  I had to look at up what a Trolloc is, but they seem to be large somewhat hairy monsters that are disorganized and cowardly.  I think musket men would make short work of them.

In medieval warfare there was a a lot of charge and retreat going on due to poor discipline.  This why you read about knights making several charges during  battle.  They would charge then balk and then ride back to their starting lines.  I imagine Tim's monsters would be the same.

[jimmy olsen]

The morale of fantasy hordes isn't consistently depicted, except in the case of the undead.

Morale is a function of organization.  Usually the hordes are depicted as fairly poorly organized.  I had to look at up what a Trolloc is, but they seem to be large somewhat hairy monsters that are disorganized and cowardly.  I think musket men would make short work of them.

In medieval warfare there was a a lot of charge and retreat going on due to poor discipline.  This why you read about knights making several charges during  battle.  They would charge then balk and then ride back to their starting lines.  I imagine Tim's monsters would be the same.

While individual monsters vary depending on the setting from insanely bloodthirsty to deceitful and cowardly, the Big Bad usually has minions who control the mooks and make them do what they're told, whether  by reigning in their bloodlust in the first case or simply scaring them more than the enemy in the second. And of course in some settings the horde is controlled directly by the Dark Lord's will.

Case in point, the Trollocs are controlled by the Myrddraal and have lunched charges to the death that make the Somme offensive look plausible in comparison.

[Razgovory]

The Soviets tried that.  Turns out that's an ineffective way to fight.

[jimmy olsen]

The Soviets tried that.  Turns out that's an ineffective way to fight.

I can't disagree with you there.

If only Stalin had been able to get the human-ape hybrids he wanted!

[Slargos]

Pike/musket combination ala the 1700 Carolean army. It's the only way to be sure.

[dps]

Trollocs are controlled by the Myrddraal and have lunched charges to the death that make the Somme offensive look plausible in comparison.

You really do have trouble telling fantasy from reality, don't you?

[Neil]

Pike/musket combination ala the 1700 Carolean army. It's the only way to be sure.

Wasn't that army humiliated and destroyed by a horde?

[Razgovory]

Pike/musket combination ala the 1700 Carolean army. It's the only way to be sure.

Wasn't that army humiliated and destroyed by a horde?

Then the King hung out with the Turks for a while, with the understanding that in a few centuries time the Turks could all hang out in Sweden.

[Razgovory]

Trollocs are controlled by the Myrddraal and have lunched charges to the death that make the Somme offensive look plausible in comparison.

You really do have trouble telling fantasy from reality, don't you?

I missed that.

[jimmy olsen]

Trollocs are controlled by the Myrddraal and have lunched charges to the death that make the Somme offensive look plausible in comparison.

You really do have trouble telling fantasy from reality, don't you?

I missed that.

100,000 dead in half an hour > 60,000 Brits dead in a day.

[Neil]

The Somme always looks plausible. because it actually happened.  Killing 100,000 people in half an hour with medieval weaponry isn't plausible.

[Ed Anger]

This thread is why the nazis were right in burning books.

[jimmy olsen]

The Somme always looks plausible. because it actually happened.  Killing 100,000 people in half an hour with medieval weaponry isn't plausible.

Magic did the killing 

[Siege]

The Soviets tried that.  Turns out that's an ineffective way to fight.

I can't disagree with you there.

If only Stalin had been able to get the human-ape hybrids he wanted!

He did. They are called slavs.