Utility of a Master Tactician

AlexanderHowl · 10-05-2018, 03:55 PM

So, I was wondering what would be the utility of a master tactician (IQ 14, Combat Reflexes, and Tactics-24) in your games? In Basic, Tactics allows a leader to place troops correctly to maximize their effectiveness, to outmaneuver enemy units, to start in an advantageous position during personal combat, to use Tactics instead of Perception for the purposes of spotting ambushes, and gives a bonus in Partial Surprise situations. In Martial Arts, Tactics may instead grant a pool of rerolls to the leaders that they can give their allies or allow them to change ally/enemy placement after the initial placement. In Tactical Shooting, Tactics grants positioning bonuses and allows for the assessment of battle situations.

In my mind, a master tactician could be vitally important because they could negate any advantages of their opponents. Imagine a situation where you have medieval samurai versus modern infantry. If the medieval samurai have a master tactician on their side, they could start combat within reach and behind the modern infantry, allowing them to surprise and slaughter the enemy before they can even respond, despite suffering a horrible technological disadvantage.

10-05-2018, 03:55 PM	#1
AlexanderHowl Join Date: Feb 2016	Utility of a Master Tactician So, I was wondering what would be the utility of a master tactician (IQ 14, Combat Reflexes, and Tactics-24) in your games? In Basic, Tactics allows a leader to place troops correctly to maximize their effectiveness, to outmaneuver enemy units, to start in an advantageous position during personal combat, to use Tactics instead of Perception for the purposes of spotting ambushes, and gives a bonus in Partial Surprise situations. In Martial Arts, Tactics may instead grant a pool of rerolls to the leaders that they can give their allies or allow them to change ally/enemy placement after the initial placement. In Tactical Shooting, Tactics grants positioning bonuses and allows for the assessment of battle situations. In my mind, a master tactician could be vitally important because they could negate any advantages of their opponents. Imagine a situation where you have medieval samurai versus modern infantry. If the medieval samurai have a master tactician on their side, they could start combat within reach and behind the modern infantry, allowing them to surprise and slaughter the enemy before they can even respond, despite suffering a horrible technological disadvantage.