>(I'd said)
> > It does hit me though just why the ducks hang out by the Marsh.
They
> >can handle the Undeads but others really can't. It gives them extra
> >protection.
>
> This is a very RQ3 rules related response but considering the size of
> ducks and their favoured weapons (short swords) they'd be so much
> meat versus undead. Only slashing weapons are particularly effective
> versus undead and most ducks are too puny to effectively utilize them.
> It's true you can use a short sword to slash but not underwater. Ducks
> would
> probably use their superior mobility to evade undead. I doubt they'd
fight
> them
> much.
Still, from what I recall of _King of Sartar_ part of the reason Sartar had good relations with the ducks was that the ducks were what kept the Undeads in line in the Marsh. When the ducks were reduced, the Undeads caused trouble. This implies that the Ducks have some sort of way of dealing with them. Might be tactics suited to their amphibious abilities, or special secret magics, or some remembered EWF magics and rituals and charms that would work on critters made by an old EWF mage.
One thing that occurs to me is that it's The Upland Marsh, not The Upland Big Lake. It probably isn't terribly deep except in a few pools, maybe. A human sized Undead is wading hip deep while ducks are swimming and diving around it. The little guys cut its legs out from under it. Small is better. Now if Delecti decided to borrow the Zombie Gerbils from the GURPS Fantasy Bestiary the ducks might be in trouble. :)
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