Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-27991709-20160830194352

The kingdoms of men in the mod pretty much have the weakest armor and weapons compared to most other factions. Mordor also has some weak equipment, but they got Olog-hai. I was thinking of something to add that could help with that.

Red arrows in lore were used by Gondor to summon allies. Usually only Gondorians would answer the summons, but later on right before the Battle of Pelennor Fields, it was used to summon the Rohirrim for said battle.

Red arrows work as mini Horns of Conquest, summoning one invasion wave worth of allies. There will be two types of red arrows, one for Gondor and one for Rohan. To use these, all you need to do is fire it with a bow (make sure the red arrow is in a slot that puts it ahead of other arrows in your inventory). Troops will spawn wherever the arrow lands. The troops spawned are regular NPC's, not troops, so they will not take orders from you. Once the arrow lands and summons the troops, it will disappear and you cannot retrieve it. If it hits an enemy, it will do damage corresponding to the bow you use like a regular arrow and also disappear.

Red arrows are crafted on either a Gondorian or Rohirric crafting table, and the table it is crafted on determines the troops that it will summon. The crafting recipe will be more costly than regular arrows. It requires 3 iron ingots, one stick, 4 red dye, and one feather. The shape will be the same as the crafting recipe for lances, except the bottom stick is replaced with a feather. The rest of the space is filled with red dye. Red arrows will not stack and require 1000+ alignment with the faction the red arrow belongs to in order to craft and use it.

If red arrows are too overpowered, then we can scrap the crafting recipe and have it rarely found in chests or bought from unit hirers for a hefty sum (roughly 1000 coins). They would still require 1000+ alignment to use.

Sure we have Dale, but they're already getting the BLACK arrows.

We got this thread from sometime, but it didn't get endorsed: http://lotrminecraftmod.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:180488 