I was running to capture a Hive and a village, and on the way, I encountered 50+ harpies. With Haste, 5 bears, 14 griffins, and 1 phoenix, I didn't consider this a real battle and thought I could just sneak past them. There were 3 stacks of 31 creatures each; two of them were wiped out in the first turn, but the third one caused this unpleasant situation.
Afterward, I realized that I could have simply positioned a griffin in the first round instead of "waiting" and easily won the battle, but who would carefully examine the terrain in such a situation?
