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== Description ==
== Description ==
{{quote|The Art of Strategy}}
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==Effect==
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Teaches :


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*{{cl|Active|Offensive Tactic}}
*{{cl|Orange|Armor Crusher}}
*{{cl|Active|Defensive Tactic}}
*{{cl|Orange|Stance Training}}
*{{cl|Orange|Right on Target}}
*{{cl|Orange|Intimidation}}


==Acquired From==
==Acquired From==
* Sometimes sold by [[Gerlot]], merchant in [[Mannshire]].
* Always sold by [[Valden vir Krenn]], owner of [[Vir Krenn's Printing House]] in [[Brynn]].
* Sometimes sold by [[Bert]], merchant in [[Osbrook]].
{{Acquired from}}
{{Acquired from}}


==Book content==
==Book content==
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-In order to keep peace, the ruler shall never forget about war.
-A poorly trained soldier can cause just as much harm on the battlefield as enemy spies and saboteurs outside of it.
-If there's a possibility of forcing your choice of battlefield upon the enemy, it shall be pursued by all means.
-Exploit every available opening. The ends justify the means.
-Know your enemy. Even the bravest knight will perish if he charges blindly into a pikemen line.
-Battles can often be won before they even begin. Starve your enemy out, break their morale, sow the uncertainty among their soldiers. A good fight is never clean.
-Numerical superiority is not always an advantage. Without proper guidance it might crumble upon itself. A single soldier can defeat a hundred enemies if they approach him one by one.
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Treatises]]
*[[Warfare Treatise I]]
*[[Warfare Treatise III]]
*[[Warfare Treatise IV]]


*[[Treatise]]


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Latest revision as of 12:17, 16 September 2023

Warfare Treatise II
Written by an unknown author
"The Art of Strategy"

Allows you to learn the following Warfare abilities:

Offensive Tactic
Defensive Tactic
Right on Target
Intimidation

Reading this book grants some Experience.
The most popular edition of "The Art of Strategy", its authorship is attributed to at least a dozen different military commanders, scholars, and government officials.
Price300

Warfare Treatise II

Description

The most popular edition of "The Art of Strategy", its authorship is attributed to at least a dozen different military commanders, scholars, and government officials.

Effect

Teaches :

Acquired From


Book content

( . . . )

- In order to keep peace, the ruler shall never forget about war.

- A poorly trained soldier can cause just as much harm on the battlefield as enemy spies and saboteurs outside of it.

- If there's a possibility of forcing your choice of the battlefield upon the enemy, it shall be pursued by all means.

- Exploit every available opening. The ends justify the means.

- Know your enemy. Even the bravest and the most skillful knight will perish if he charges blindly into a pikemen line.

- Battles can often be won before they even begin. Make use of skirmishing to avoid a decisive battle, break the enemy's morale, sow uncertainty among their soldiers. A good fight is never clean.

- Numerical superiority is not always an advantage. Without proper guidance it might crumble upon itself. A single soldier can defeat a dozen enemies, especially if they approach him one by one...


See also