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If we opt to research something new, Golemancy would seem to offer some useful advantages. An enchanted golem maker doesn't put the gems on the front line immediately and we could also pursue golems with enchanted limbs. Of course the golems themselves might be best made with the aid of earth element magic.

Swift Wind Horseshoes
These enchanted horseshoes use the wind to help push the wearer forward. The horse and its rider will feel the wind is at their back carrying them towards their destination. Providing they are shooting forward this can also help an archer's range.

Smooth Earth Horseshoes
These enchanted horseshoes smooth the earth beneath a horse's feet, ensuring that the horse need never be hindered by potholes or uneven ground. The rider of such a horse meanwhile benefits from a smoother ride that makes aiming a bow or other ranged weapon easier.

Biomancy: Detoxicated, Tyrant Leviathsn
Fleshmancy: Detoxicated, Tyrant Leviathan

Thaumaturgy: eS, Doomblade, Talion
Enchanting: eS, Doomblade, Talion

It would be useful to send out some goblins to the ramparts at night. We could use them to build stakes hopefully without alerting the fort. We might want to hold off on that until the next night though.

10 Trolls + 10 Orcs is 50 strength in construction. There is a bunch of stuff we need including trebuchets, but getting some construction workers to the south camp will pay off in the long term in spreading our siege equipment out.

Destruction of newly constructed trebuchets is actually fine. It tells us where the rangers are (especially if we get both construction and supporting wood gathering in one hour). When the trebuchets stop being destroyed we'll know they are moving to another camp and we can estimate when they'll arrive and move trebuchets to compensate. Accounting for wood gathering, ideal strength for trebuchet production is actually 48.

Here is an alternate plan: Gather Horde and Prep Ground
18 Goblins + 9 Orcs: Gather Forces (27 units) [6 hours]
6 Orcs + 6 Trolls: Gather Wood (30 strength) [2 hours], Move to W.Staging Area (Carrying 30w) [4 hours]

Every 6 hours is a breakpoint. The ultimate destination for the orcs and trolls is the south staging area to produce trebuchets/stockpile wood. We will ultimately want the capability to bring trebuchets to all the staging areas and the south one is the most difficult to reach so we benefit the most from getting construction going there quickly. The east and west staging areas could potentially live with receiving regular trebuchet shipments from the central camp. The justification for waiting would be that a 36 strength force can produce 1 trebuchet every 1 hour (although a wood stockpile is required). The advantage of going earlier is getting a trebuchet up in the south ~3 hours earlier (Hour 14 vs Hour 17).

We want 80 wood (30 west, 20 east, 30 south) stockpiled for building fascine. We could use a force to essentially turn up at a rampart to build fascine in 1 hour and then retreat back to the relevant staging area to restock wood. This force still has a problem with knight sallying though so we want to actually build the fascine later after we have a better understanding of how many knights are likely to sally. My guess is we'll want to build stakes first with expendable scouting forces.

There is a question of how much of the first day we can afford to dedicate to troop recruitment expansion. We'd be looking at ~40 for the next 6 hours, ~70 for the 6 hours after and ~100 by the end of the first day if we go that route. Assuming we peel off orc and troll teams for trebuchets and wood gathering for each of the staging areas.

Is there a limit on the number of stakes we can lay?
I'd like to know how easy/possible it is for the enemy to clear Fascine.
How do Mantlets and Siege Towers work? For example for a force of 1 troll, 1 orc and 4 goblins with 1 siege tower and 4 mantlets, how much archery fire do we need to worry about during an attack?

Bovine Pump
Utilising a bovine body and replacing the lungs with additional hearts connected to an umbilical hose, the Bovine Pump can rapidly in take and pressurise water in to a long distance spray. The hose is typically reinforced with additional muscle to help control and direct the water. Originally invented for fire fighting work, the Pump can be repurposed for crowd control. Water is not the most lethal of weapons, but the streams of water act to knock over and wash away undead who stray within range. This makes it ideal for dealing with swarms of lesser undead. Access to water can potentially be an issue, but the Bovine Pumps can be daisy chained where practical.