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For that to make sense, maybe Dante has been convinced that it has been a portal to the gods or perhaps that it was made to seal a ancient secret and for some reason he raised a lesser army to face the daemons, after all Dante is the strongest famous living person of the empire, (one of godlike nature), it is natural to underestimate a unknown force no? Even with his wisdom.


It is idiotic because it is our first or atleast still early encounter with an unknown force? :)
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He may be powerful, but he is also humble. Attacking an unknown enemy is one of the worst strategic mistakes possible. Especially considering that [i]we don't even know if they're hostile.[/i]

[quote=@ClocktowerEchos]
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That's the world of Deaus for you, its in whats basically the medieval era. Honor, prestige and glory still play a huge part of war. Lords would drool at the amount of glory to be at "beating back the invaders" in the name of the king or the Gods or whatever. Plus this was before there was anything close to modern tactical and strategic planning and order of command wasn't quite as strictly followed as it was literally a bunch of squabbling nobles occasionally pointed at a common goal. There was enough lords and generals who wanted a direct fight so they basically threw away Dante's orders and went on the offensive themselves; you can't really do much when about 90% of your subordinates are rebelling against your orders but watch and facepalm in stupidity.

As for how long the battle will last and until the fantasy character can be introduced, I am not sure, depends on how fast the scifi people post. But I'm thinking of way to engage the fantasy characters through way of Eko the Incarnate/NPCs so they will get some action at least.
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That's [i]super[/i] not how feudalism, militaries, tactics and basic logic work. As far as "tactical and strategic planning" goes, I'll remind you that The Art of War was written in 500 BC, which is the most basic strategy possible.

Here's something that would actually make sense. A local force, possibly a militia, positioned near the invaders' outpost attacks out of fear and impulse (far more realistic motivations than "honor and glory). Nothing really can be done, as the Imperial Legions aren't responsible for the local lord's private forces.

Alternatively, this is the cover story for a probing attack, perhaps by an auxiliary legion. Dante wishes to gauge the invaders' strength, and will blame a vassal lord to wash his hands of the matter when negotiations arise.

Anyway, it would have been prudent to establish at least a secondary plotline to keep the fantasy characters occupied in the meantime. If you have two distinct groups of characters, only giving one of them anything to do doesn't really make sense.