>Instead of cavalry, how about chariots? Maybe with enclosed bodies
>and pulled by something amphibious, so that they can go from land to
>water? (although they'd still have trouble with soft mud).
Which explains why the Sartarite Drulz don't use them as they live in a marsh.
>I can see a horde of of duck warriors in their chariots, skirmishing
>with the enemy, peppering them with crossbow bolts, harsh words, and
>cigar ashes, flowing across the land and out onto water and back
>again, in a manner than few other forces could match (or would want to).
Well Mastakos was born under the sea so he could provide an amphibious chariot.
>Something like a coracle
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>with wheels. Well, and maybe a couple of built in amenities, like a
>quiver for holding the crossbow bolts, and a slightly smaller one for
>holding cigars.
-- Donald Oddy http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/
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