Shinuyama – the ants go marching two by two…

[Trumanator]

Well, #1 your expansion parties were pretty overkill considering normal indy settings, you should aim for 15 provs by late winter year 1. Also, you don't need that many mages searching in one group, since it gave you a lot of overlap. Take a sorceror with a 2 in all his paths + an N2+ mage and search with them. switch to remote searching after you have some gem income.

[Stavis_L]

So, after reading this guide, I'm all gung-ho to try out some hordes of nasty screaming little goblins.

BUT...all the bakemono on Shinuyama's recruitment roster are size 2?? Also, Edi's database backs me up, as does lch's wiki:

http://dom3.servegame.com/wiki/Bakemono_Warrior

Am I crazy here?

Not that the tactics won't necessarily be valid, but some of the math in the preceding examples will be off.