As alluded to in various histories (and the Board Game Dragon Pass) disembodied spirits seem to be commonly used as a troop type within a "central genertelan" military action roster.
Mechanistically, how would people suggest spirits are used in such massed military actions; such as the:
- Battle of Night & Day (Sheng Seleris)
- Invasion of Sartar
- Invasion of Prax (1608)
Is it a matter of Shaman types collecting (for want of a better mechanic) bags and bags of spirits that they open, release, and command to attack?
Do Praxian tribal founders (Divine Spell of Waha) serve as a nexus for such collections of spirits or purely as a tribal protective wyter?
Is it a matter of spending ones time collecting multiple spirits (conducive to your plan of action) that you then summon during your time of need - something akin to the Return of the King's Dead Men of Dunharrow - quite a _powerful_ ally of the 'good' guys.
Are military units able (with presumed ritualistic permissions) to summon long expired members of their unit to help either overtly, or defensively (against spirit or mundane attacks) - or is this how the tribal wyter/vexilla gets power to protect its charges.
Although a powerful troop, should it relatively easy to protect versus spirits? So whilst powerful they can be easily countered - such as by Spirit Block/Spirit Screen area affect spells or wyter protections.
Are Humakti against the use of such spirit 'troops' seeing it as something akin to the use of mustard gas, or to a lesser degree, the European knight angst with the introduction of the crossbow.
Are Zorak Zorani for the use of spirits or do they prefer (or just specialise in) the physical body resource for zombie creation - leaving the spiritual to the Kyger Litor mothers.
With RQx (RQ, RQ2, RQ3, RQ-AiG, HW, MRQ, MRQ2, HQ, RQ6, ...) coming out, a good set of mechanics for the shaman will be really useful - something akin to Sandy's Shaman rules being my suggestion - but the need to address the POW economy follows as a necessity. Maybe a Kickstarter stretch goal...
Thoughts?