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Old 04-19-2006, 04:37 AM   #728
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A nice tone in the attack! So looking very good indeed.

But just two questions that bother me a bit (I would like to know, whether I have misunderstood something).

Easterlings hiding on the "far side" would mean the west side of the hill? That sounds quite reasonable. But as our scouts have come there first, it would have been very stupid from them indeed, not to have rode around the hill anyway - or at least have checked the top of the hill (where this Alinarmi & those easterlings that will be coming down the hill would be waiting?). And if they have been caught (who should they be then?), the party would be very alarmed as approaching the hill and seeing no sign of their friends.

Another thing: if they are to encircle us, how could they do it without us noticing it? Those spreading to our flanks and back could not hide themselves all the time as they move to their positions? And if they would have settled to their places prior to us coming to the foot of the hill, then shouldn't the scouts have noticed something - as their duty is to check all the suspicious places around the path?

All this is of course something to be lived up with quite easily - and I might have partly misinterpreted the post, or just not noticed something obvious (and my broken english might be a cause too).

I guess we just have to forget this scout thing, and just assume, that the encirclement was succesful. But if there is an explanation I haven't seen, please inform me anyone: it would make playing forwads - at least later on - easier (as we could for instance start jumping on each others throats about what went wrong!).

For Rohan!

PS. I'll leave a save with a short description in the thread. It will be filled later today (have some work to do first)
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