Tactical discussion: Countering Mumakil - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Beleg Cuthalion · 02-09-2005, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Lindolirian

Other than shouting, "Ware! Ware!" and appealing to the Valar for help, you mean?

According to the History Channel, Hannibal's elephants took fright at the Romans' horses and were much less aggressive in their presence. And Wikipedia.com tells me this: But who knows how much spare bacon the Gondorians had to fry up just for their breakfast guests from Harad?

Cool! LoL!

Kuruharan · 02-09-2005, 06:02 PM

Big caltrops.

Loud trumpets could sometimes scare them too.

Sophia the Thunder Mistress · 02-09-2005, 06:12 PM

I think that in Roman times they also used pigs to scare the elephants. Perhaps Gondor had a hidden hog farm reserved in case of Mumak attacks?

Sophia

[edit:] I should probably read links more thoroughly... but I'll leave this post here, just for anyone who, like me, was too lazy to read the Wikipedia article all the way through.

**The Saucepan Man** · 02-09-2005, 08:30 PM

Big mice.

Kuruharan · 02-10-2005, 08:46 AM

I think I'll stick to my caltrops and trumpets. They smell much nicer and don't require food.

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02-10-2005, 08:46 AM	#5
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,593	I think I'll stick to my caltrops and trumpets. They smell much nicer and don't require food. __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...