> >
> > When the sun comes over the hill, the pikeman
> >drop their pikes, or at least take them out of
> >the "ready to impale incoming wizard" position,
> >to shield their eyes from it.
>
> Ooooh, right. Gandalf loves that trick, doesn't he? That's twice now I can think of that he's used the rising sun to such advantage. But I thought the Uruk-hai weren't afraid of the sun like normal orcs?
>
> -- Dave

I don't know if they were afraid of the sun, so much as simply shielding their eyes from it. You and I do the same thing if the sun is in our eyes.

HOWEVER, there is no way in heck I would drop my pike to shield my eyes from the sun if I had an army charging directly at me.

-Kelly