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Old 10-06-2018, 06:01 AM   #10
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Default Re: Utility of a Master Tactician

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Originally Posted by RyanW View Post
At the very least, it would let him know what conditions he would need. Knowing when not to fight is as important a part of tactics as any.

However, a tactical genius samauri forced to fight modern infantry would very quickly decide the plan needed to start with "Step 1: Acquire guns."
And assuming they have to take them from soldiers (rather than just buying them), creating some reason for soldiers to have to patrol a tightly build-up area or dense bush and ambushing them would be one way of doing this. It plays to the samurai's strengths (close combat), while negating the soldier's (massive ranged fire-power). The master tactician's Tactics roll might be suffering significant penalties due to the general imbalance of the forces, but that's why he bought Tactics-24 - it lets him soak a lot of penalties and still be nearly certain to beat your average professional with Tactics-12.
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