--- Jefferson wrote:
> Andrew Janssen wrote:
>
> >>What's the supply situation of the demons in the east?
> >
> > I think, but I'm not sure if it's been definitively stated, that
> the Ice
> > Demons largely live of off foraging, which is part of what drives
> their
> > advances. They can also eat a lot of things humans can't or won't
> eat.
>
> That sort of thing has its limits. Hold them in one place for long
> enough and
> they'll start eating each other. Even the Mongols armies, reknowned
> foragers,
> traveled with herds of cattle or were supplied by the tribute of
> conquered
> nations.
True. It's possible that the Ice Demons have some sort of herds
following them--there's no evidence one way or the other.
> This actually might explain the way the demon army shattered during
> the last
> invasion. If that's the case, though, they probably learned from it.
> Which
> makes sense of the lesser numbers they seem to be using, but would
> still mean
> some sort of supply plan, though it may well be inadequate.
>
> Another thought is that without a supply chain the armies will die
> when they
> reach the northern deserts or the straight. (Of course, the demons
> may not
> realize that.)
Too true.
Andrew
> Jefferson (Exquaestio)
> http://www.picotech.net/~jeff_wilson63/rpg/Exq_Main.html
>
>
>
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