WELL-TRAINED MILITIA

Everyone can use a spear and shield, but some hard drilling could make us a force to be reckoned with.

Requires one of the following:

• A veteran warrior, able to command a crowd

For each tactic below, you must then Pull Together, requiring a season of drills and 1 Surplus.

• Archery: barrages, ranged ambushes, sniping, etc.
• Cavalry (requires a Herd of Horses): fighting from horseback, charges
• Formations: shield walls, wedges, phalanx, etc.
• Readiness: patrolling, reacting quickly to alarms
• Skirmishing: ambushes, harrassing, hit-and-run

When you Deploy using one of the militia's trained tactics, you are likely acting from a position of strength (you pick the consequence on a 7-9, not the GM).

When the militia has trained in 2+ tactics, increase Defenses by 1.

Each summer, the militia must spend 1 Surplus and a week or so practicing or else lose its training in 1 tactic.