Good guide, you should c&p it into the Guides & Tutorials forum. Apart from the bit at the end about enemies throwing weapons back at you, as I've never seen them do that.
The last time I indulged in Njerpocide, I meant to write a guide on how to do it. But I umm... didn't quite get around to it. I've forgotten most of it now, but I do remember that I was going to advise that armour is most vital on the head, and then on the legs. Once you've taken an arrow to the knee, you are unable to escape and probably in deep doggy doo-doo.
Speaking of doggies, another bit of advice I was going to enlighten the poor benighted heathen with was to use them. Keep them leashed, they are an excellent meatshield. Ensure they are well fed and unencumbered before the fight. Most importantly, pay attention to contour lines on the map. If you are shooting at an enemy at equal or higher elevation than you, you will almost certainly be able to shoot him over the dogs. If the enemy is at a lower elevation than you, you will almost certainly shoot your own dogs. This can be embarrassing, especially if the shot dog cops the right hump and begins to attack you in return.
Njerpocide season is mid-winter to early spring, when the snow is deep. Get good skis and grind that skill. A good longbow, at least three dozen arrows; and you can snipe the buggers and back off whenever they get close, enjoying watching the poor saps floundering through the snow and knackering themselves in the process.
Just remembered that if you don't mind cheesing it; you can leave piles of furs, tools, and useless but heavy weapons such as rocks, stones, clubs etc. along your planned route of extraction. Enemies are almost as greedy as you are, and so will pick them up and slow themselves down. You'll get them back later, after you wipe the camp or village out.
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