In the late evening hours, a small group of refugees sought refuge in the hidden ranger camp of Esteldín. The refugees were followed by a small group of goblin scouts that quickly fled to Dol Dinen to bring word to their chief, Graug. Siniath, the Ranger, has asked you to seek out Graug and defeat him before he can spread word of Esteldín’s location. As you arrive near Dol Dinen, the first rays of false dawn can be seen overhead.
The orcs are about to learn the open secret of Esteldín’s location! We can’t have that. I’m sure anyone who’s a member of a crafting guild that meets there would want to keep the orcs and goblins away from Esteldín as much as possible. Therefore, it is time to mount an attack against Dol Dinen to ensure that the enemy never gets word of the refuge’s location.
Attack at Dawn is the eleventh skirmish we will examine in Pineleaf’s Pictorial Primer to Skirmishing. Here we will discuss the scenario, the enemy, and the encounters you will face as you prepare to maintain the worst-kept secret in Middle Earth.
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May your shield protect you and your spear never break,
Pineleaf Needles
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July 7, 2011 at 10:15 am
Great writeup. I admit that I only skimmed all of the material, so I may have missed this, but during the bombardment of the courtyard the boulders will also damage mobs. I ran this skirmish as a solo and got in trouble while taking the courtyard, but I found that if I could position enemies on the green circles, they would take damage when the boulders fell. This strategy helped me make it through without getting defeated.
July 7, 2011 at 10:38 am
wow. detail overload
July 7, 2011 at 3:03 pm
The “Pineleaf’s Pictorial Primer to Skirmishing” link heads to an article by Zombie Columbus. Should it not instead lead to a list of the primers that Pineleaf has provided?