Asian Slingers
Missile Infantry(0.6.7)Side / Back
Short description
The people of Western Asia are diverse, numerous, and fierce, and have a long tradition in warfare. These slingers are highly skilled missile troops but are at a huge disadvantage in hand-to-hand combat, especially against cavalry.
Description
The people of Western Asia are diverse, numerous, and fierce, and have a long tradition in warfare. These slingers are highly skilled missile troops but are at a huge disadvantage in hand-to-hand combat, especially against cavalry. They can maintain a sustained and concentrated barrage on enemies and then fall back rapidly to avoid hand-to-hand combat. Slingers carry a shoulder bag with many pieces of lead shot (they can also use stones picked up on the battlefield) and several spare slings including slings of different length for greater or lesser range. Other than a knife and a small shield, they carry no other equipment.