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== Live combat training == | == Live combat training == | ||
− | Soldiers gain experience in martial skills | + | Soldiers gain experience in martial skills from fighting in real combat, too. For obvious reasons, it is best to boost your soldiers' experience by sparring before they enter a real battle. [[Goblin]]s captured in a [[cage trap]] and released into a closed room count as real combat for the purposes of marksmanship training. Stripping the goblins of their weapons ([[cage|see discussion here]]) can make them effective single-use sparring partners for well-armed dwarves. Leaving the goblins in their armor increases the duration and benefit of the single sparring session, but also slightly increases the risk of a dwarf getting hurt. |
An untrained soldier can easily suffer a career-ending injury from a [[goblin]] invader, whereas a well-armed and armoured Legendary Champion can cut a swathe through an invading column without taking a scratch--at least, so long as there are no enemy archers on the field. | An untrained soldier can easily suffer a career-ending injury from a [[goblin]] invader, whereas a well-armed and armoured Legendary Champion can cut a swathe through an invading column without taking a scratch--at least, so long as there are no enemy archers on the field. |