Gato - Stone is limited, and that would be a lot of stone to fill all of those wooden things. And while that way might work, chances of Undead passing are pretty good if they go south (Since walls just keep coming, but no people to kill them). And the plan I drew up is more resource efficient.

If we are talking brute strength. Yama is the king. He's lived a hard life to become so.

Fine...I was just saying that since there are so many undead, a few avians could do a lot of damage with spears or stones the size of a head or something.

Why not let the ogres throw rocks? Use them as artillery.

I could drop stones as large as the average ogres could as well, and get more distance too, but I'd have to go down to where the trebuches are not covering. (the south gates)

Ogres can throw rocks, but once the Undead start getting closer, they will be more useful with giant swords and lots of swining.

Elminster, your guy is not as strong as an ogre.

That is true as well, and my drumming would come in handier once they got in closer as well.

Edit: fine, large stones.

Have we considered volley firing? Any idiot that can hold a bow can do it.


Basically, everyone grabs a bow, and as they get closer you volley fire. Meaning you just let fly and hope that the mass grouping will do it.

Then, when the enemy reach a certain point, you ditch the bows, and leave the trained archers there, and charge out swinging and smashin'

If we used flamed arrows, I suspect we could cut down their numbers a fair bit.

Hey, I never said all they had to be filled with good wall construction rock. The goal with filling them with crap is to make them too heavy to easily move. The purpose of putting them in a an upside-down V and burying shafts into the ground is to make them more resistant to being pulled apart.

The whole original goal of such fortifications was to use less materials than it would take to construct a wall of the same size.

In other news, I'll make my comments about your strat in the thread soon.

Volley shots would be a waste. You need accurate shots to kill a Undead. Just a random arrow in the arm won't even phase an Undead (They feel no pain).

And fire is only for the main road, and then it's still dangerous until the Undead are near the walls.

Edit - The main problem with your plan Gato is if the Undead go the southern path, no units are there to stop them.