This is where I'm getting hung up. If I use the picture on p.161, the scale would only hold one or two warbands at most and the others would be deployed around the perimeter of the barge. On the other hand I could scrp that Idea and go for a bigger barge and have all the fighting take place on it. I like both ideas and I am thinking of doing both.
I don't see the barge as a transport vessel. It is only the "tool" a Necromancer uses to move about great distances to raise the dead. I think the barge as a whole channels the power of the Necromancer like some giant magical power focus. A thing you should think about is, the barge should invoke horror or dread at least.
just my two cents...
Anomander Rake
I could be totally wrong here....but I thought thom said the barge is huge warmachine.
At one point EE wanted to add warmachines to chronopia...blimps, seige cannons, large troop transport and the like. If I recall, the barge was to fall into the warmachine slot and the original idea was to have it be stupid huge ( I think they had to shrink it down from the original idea).
Memory fuzzy here....but it was to float around a huge battle field and in its wake the dead would raise.
The only thing I've had to go on was the picture from the book. If anybody has ideas(or gets a chance to talk to Thom
), I would appreciate any help.
I've been thinking this over for a while and have decided to go with the smaller warmachine version(atleast for now). The barge will not carry any extra troops( but can be boarded?), except for 2-4 risen archers that will provide some protection from flyers, which is what I had intended originaly, until my imagination ran away with me
. I see the necromancer as the weak link in this scenario and don't want to make it too easy! I really dig the dread/horror idea ( props to anomander) and will steal it wothout a second thought, please forgive me
. I'm still toying with the idea of giving it(barge) a "breath weapon"(see previous post) and am thinking of calling it "breath of unlife"(still working on name), just can'y decide if this will complicate things to much.
I've been aquiring bits and pieces for the barge( thanks again wmeredith for the bones), and I am almost ready to stick it in the drydock.
Thanks to all that have posted, keep it coming.