>>29297905
This is the post intended to end last thread. It was linked on Twitter, but I’ve updated twice since then to make it slightly less horrible. Still pretty bad execution for a simple scene.

>Target not met

“It does bother me that I might leave you behind, though. I mean, you mentioned earlier wanting to bond more intimately but you held back because of Undine," you say and you get a slightly troubled look from her. You press on, "And Salamander, in that get-up of hers, might get a chance to outshine you whilst you remain more conservative. I think you’re underselling yourself by-“

“You can touch them, if you like,” Gnome says, interrupting you as she waves her hand in front of her body. “You won't need to worry, once you've felt them - I'm as confident in them as my abilities.” She’s leaning back in her chair now, having just finished peeling her apple. She places her knife in front of her, next to her gauntlets and gives you a slightly prideful look.

You blink and frown. “Touch what?”

“What you were leading to. I’m not worried – it’s just part of being your familiar.”

“I think you’re misunderstanding me…”

“I can read your thoughts, Talon, so no, I’m not,” she says, her voice turning slightly amused now as she changes tack slightly.

“You said you couldn’t do that anymore?”

“I lied.”

“The hell you did,” you growl, realising she’s turned the tables. “Now, say it clearly, what do you mean by ‘them’?”

“If you’re going to get so flustered, you don’t need to. It was just an invitation to make you feel a bit better.”

“And I plan on taking it up once you make it clear what they are.”

“Then I guess you’ll just have to pass, won’t you?”

>continued

>>29297930
The hell you will. Gnome grins victoriously, popping a chunk of apple into her mouth. You move forward suddenly, trying to take the initiative. As you do, you put one hand down on her gauntlets to brace yourself on the table and cup her right breast with the other one.

Gnome freezes, her eyes locked on to yours.

“You did say I could touch them,” you reply to the unspoken question.

Her eyes narrow. “You are. I meant my gauntlets.”

“Why would I want to touch your gauntlets?”

“I thought you were worried about my confidence. I wanted you to touch something I've made to understand my value.”

Ah. Somehow, you don’t think you’re going to get out of this so easily, as Gnome very strongly grips your arm, her face going noticeably red against her brown skin. Perhaps you should have taken Salamander a little more seriously…

Afterwards, nursing a very sore wrist and having fed a very irritated familiar her apple to sate her, you reflect that maybe you should have started off a little lighter. Even so, Gnome doesn’t appear too angry with you – perhaps this even worked out better, in a twisted way, than having teased her about them outright.

>brief Lynn scene next to warm up the thread

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>>29297964
“So, Talon, I’m not going to be dive-bombed by Sala whilst I’m with you, right?” Caitlyn asks you from where she’s marching alongside you.

“She wouldn’t dare,” you growl, keeping a surreptitious eye on your surroundings despite your words.

“Really? She’s certainly dared to do a lot the last few days.”

“Not the last few days. She’s been good since we left Harrowmont.”

“So she’s obviously building up to something big.”

You sigh. Salamander, despite being so dispirited the other day, had bounced back and devoted her entire being to revenge. Playful revenge, though she had been carefully avoiding getting in situations where you could turn the tables.

“Though she wasn’t the only one being strange. Sarah seemed a little scared of you.”

“Scared?” you ask, disbelieving.

Caitlyn nods. “I was doing some self-defence drills with her the other day when you came out with the Arms Master. She seemed very intent on hiding behind me.”

So that’s what she’d been doing, you think. Sarah had been skittish around you those during those few days of preparation before the march. You’d thought that particular scene with Caitlyn had been something else, though.

“Then there’s Undine – though I think she’s mostly happy. You should be marching with her,” you’re told.

‘Happy’ was putting it lightly. Undine had been floating a bit these past few days. Not that anything had happened that you could tell. She had simply been in a very positive mood and helped you a lot with the marching preparations.

Caitlyn makes a discontented noise at the way you’re ignoring her, then goes for the jugular, “And you must be missing Gnome. It was kind of mean leaving her behind – though you had been lunching with her a lot. Were you making it up to her?”

>continued

>>29297973

Hahahhaha. Just got here and what do you know exactly on time.

>>29297989
You smile a bit at that. Salamander and Undine had found out about Gnome’s trickery and taken some revenge on their older sister. That, in turn, had led Gnome to badger you because it had been your fault they’d found out – Undine had followed up with Sala as to you and Sarah. Your ‘punishment’ had been having a long lunch with Gnome each day as her rest break – which you’d held in private because it was cardinally embarrassing to be seen feeding your familiar every day. You had your pride after all – you’d barely dodged a bullet about that Sarah and Sala thing.

“And you must be missing Sarah, too – some of the other soldiers said something about you holding a lot of meetings with her and Salamander. Or are you using sendings to stay in contact now you’re on the march?”

You stare at Caitlyn as you realise what your men are talking about. Bastards! They’d let it slip anyway. Or maybe it had simply built off the recent odd behaviour. Nevertheless, you’re bothered by it – and Caitlyn’s seeming innocent misunderstanding of the gossip.

>1. Explain to Caitlyn what the men actually meant, and that it’s not true. Better she hears it from you.
>2. Preserve her innocence and move on to a different topic.
>3. Custom

>>29298014
>1. Explain to Caitlyn what the men actually meant, and that it’s not true. Better she hears it from you.

>>29298014
>1. Explain to Caitlyn what the men actually meant, and that it’s not true. Better she hears it from you.

>>29298014
>>2. Preserve her innocence and move on to a different topic.

She'll figure it out eventually.

..The CAPTCHA is my name. What.

>talk about posting the map in the second post
>forget to do so

Goddammit. Attached.

>>29298171
Ha

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>>29298171
Or, you now, not. Good start.

>>29298171

Oh irony.

>>29298014
If we explain it to Caitlyn, she'll try to defend us the next time she talks with the men.

Which will just raise suspicions and include *Caitlyn* as part of the rumours

Now, will that help get her into our pants, or hinder instead?

>>29298171
Step it up best QM

>1.

“It would be a little difficult to keep up the sort of ‘meetings’ the men are talking about,” you say drily. As expected, you get little more than a blank look. With a sigh, you preface your next words, “Before I explain this, do know that the men are merely rumormongering - this isn’t something I am actually doing.”

She frowns at that. “They’re just meetings. It doesn’t matter right?”

“’Meeting’ is an euphemism here, Caitlyn. These sort of meetings would usually take place at night in a bedroom. If they were happening at all.”

You’re still getting a blank look and bite back a growl of frustration. She spent several years around Maloric, who is a dirty old bastard. How could she possibly not understand what you and the men actually meant?

>1. She must be playing with you. Tease her right back.
>2. Attempt to explain things as simply and clearly as possible until she understands.
>3. Beat around the bush. You sincerely hope this doesn’t become a ‘birds and the bees’ conversation.
>4. Custom

Rolled 12

>>29298561
>1. She must be playing with you. Tease her right back.

>>29298561

>4. Tell her to ask Maloric later.

>>29298608
Oh this.

>>29297930
Off topic but you shouldn't talk about your writing like that. It's really not that bad. I certainly enjoy it, else I wouldn't be here.

Also, I'm late but here I am!

>>29298561
3. Flustered Talon is amusing.

>>29298608
>2. Attempt to explain things as simply and clearly as possible until she understands.

Rolled 17

>>29298561
>>29298608
this!
i'm starting to get tired of all this waifuing, it's going to be the end of this quest i'm afraid

>>29298608
I'll throw a vote for this as well.

>>29298736
Not really.

>>29298736
Niggah please. We're marching. Plenty of time to discuss bitches be crazy

>>29298736

>Waifuing

That word does not mean what you think it means.

>>29298736
Given OP's writing style and quest focus I don't think you really have to worry about that.

>>29298979
Meh. The fact that you care enough to try and correct my use of it, kinda proves my point.

>>29298561
2

>>29299109
Er, what's your point?

>4. Tell her to ask Maloric later
plus a split between the rest when they each fail

“You really should just ask Maloric once you get the chance,” you tell her, not really in the mood to try to explain sex to a teenage girl.

Her face shifts and you get the feeling this has come up before as she speaks, “Oh, so this is one of those things. The dwarves would always say to talk to Maloric and he would always say to talk to the dwarves. I’m not letting you go until you answer, Talon.”

“You really should just ask Maloric – he’ll tell you this time.”

“No he won’t. What’s so special that you’re holding meetings in your bedroom.”

“I’m not-“ you start before deciding to try to end this quickly. She can’t be this sheltered. “Look, these meetings aren’t happening; even if they were they wouldn’t be taking place in my bedroom; and the special thing about them is that nobody would be wearing clothes during them.”

You expected something, even that flat smile of hers. Instead her face goes blank again. Well, you tried your best. Blunt it is, then.

“Caitlyn, if I told you to take your clothes off in my room, what do you think would happen next?”

An instant reaction from those words as Caitlyn goes red and immediately focuses very closely on the ground ahead of her.

You sigh. “You knew exactly what I was talking about, didn’t you?”

She nods. “Sala told me you’d be more flustered if I asked you.”

You run a hand through your hair. “Ah, so that’s whose idea it was. Well, I think I’ll have a talk with Salamander now. Try to cool down a bit, Caitlyn.”

You head back into the lines to find Maloric and Salamander. You suspect your friend will be happy to help you pull Salamander into line.

>Brief meeting and update on Olmm’s state next

>>29299109

Not really any more then someone saying their as there. Misusing words gives me a headache.

>>29299165
Damn They're all plotting against us
They work together! Damn it.

Talon's definitely the grumpy of the girls half the time. I find this amusing.

>>29298736
You don't know what waifuing is. I was there for Dragon Quest when we had a flame war over whether to romance or enslave a gold dragon over our erinyes servant. I was there for Blatant Fetish Quest when we had a girlfriend, two pet girls and we argued about whether or not to fuck our dad the incubus. I was there for Psion Quest where every character was a romance option and there was a huge retcon about the one that was finally chosen.
I know waifuing. I've been up to my ears in waifuing. I've seen it make quests and also break them. This isn't waifuing. Not yet at least.

>>29299255
>dad
Missing words

>>29299165
>You suspect your friend will be happy to help you pull Salamander into line.
Honestly, we don't have to "pull her into line"
She teased us, take it like a man.

You set up camp just over the border in Olmm. Glynn’s scouts are reporting back and, from the sendings you’ve already received on your march, the news is likely to be grim.

PROVINCE DATA

Name: Olmm
Owner: Independents
Control: Very Low
Order: Very Low
Population: 500,000
Military Presence: Low; Moderate
Resources: Mine network; quarry
Notable Locations:
>Fort Locke - a small fortress that overlooks the mines and quarry of the province.
>Niorte - the largest town in Olmm. It lies close to the southern border, on the highway to the RSK ports. It was the largest town in the former Darlesian territory and has high walls and a sturdy castle.

FORT LOCKE

“Marshall Tobias is holed up in this old fort,” Glynn tells you, pointing out the mountainous fort on the map. “From what he tells us, he grabbed a lot of equipment from Darlesia. He doesn’t have the men to use it, though. And he won’t, if we don’t move to help him soon.”

Cormann nods. “That equipment would be damned useful. If it’s mage-knight gear, we could improve our power very quickly. Taour is after it though. They’ve been blocking sendings recently, but the last we heard was that a number of mage-knights were advancing on the castle. If we don’t assist the Marshall, they’ll take that equipment. We’ll still need that fortress, too, even after they hole up – there’s no better way to patrol the mines and quarry than being based at that fort.”

>continued

>>29299484
NIORTE

Undine speaks up, having reviewed the notes from your scouts. “We can’t ignore Niorte, though. It’s the largest town here and a large trading hub. If our scouts are right and the militia and council have been infiltrated by thralls, it could fall any day now. A lot of people are at risk, Talon.”

“Taking it won’t be easy, either,” Moss says. “If we let it fall, we’ll have to engage the enemy in the streets. If they send some mage-knight reinforcements, we could face heavy losses.”

>Brief discussion for a little while
>Come up with some plans of how to handle this then I’ll call a vote

>>29299484
Can't let them have that equipment. This should be our first priority.

>>29299512
Do we have any mages who are able to detect mage thralls?

We could send some troops to Niorte to just shore it up so it lasts a few more days, while we directly take fort locke, then take the majority of our troops back to Niorte to finish the job.

>>29299512
Which forces did we bring with us again?

>>29299632
MARCHING ARMY
45 Flying Mage Knights
100 Archers
50 Arcane Archers
140 Medium Mage Knights (Grn.)
15 Battlemages
300 Men-at-arms (Vet.)
100 Men-at-arms (Grn.)

>>29299512
Is there anyway to detect thralls?
Perhaps via aura or something?
Or do they have defficent mental faculties we could test maybe?

>>29299512
Do we only need to hold Fort Locke? If so I say send a good chunk of our archers there along with our less well equipped soldiers, while we take the rest of our army to deal with Niorte.

Aspirational, last thread you suggested I could put actual major cities on the map instead of just capitals. I originally intended to but a few things stopped me
1. I am not sure where most cities actually are in terms of cardinal directions.
2. Its not really to scale so it would be inaccurate.
3. Pretty much every province has cities.
4. map is too small, I am going to take care of that one actually by (for now) shrinking the continent map (since it lacks detail) and enlarging the local map.

>>29299712
Issue is if they get there first our soldiers will be murdered.

>>29299748
oh, i forgot to say... so anyways, i will work on it some more today.

>>29299712
The approaching vamp army is closing enough to the fort that they are able to jam our sending messages. We might arrive before them, we might arrive to find them sieging it already.

FYI: It's about 1-2 days march to reach either location.

>detecting thralls
Maloric says, "Not with a simple sensory spell. I would need to make physical contact with somebody to check if they were a thrall."

Undine says, "The problem with thralls made by daywalkers is that they are essentially normal people who are susceptible to their master's orders."

>>29299712
Your officers believe Fort Locke is under siege or will be before you can arrive and it may be difficult to get troops in without an engagement.

>>29299748
>3. Pretty much every province has cities.
Not really. Only Darlesia, Vitria and Taour have cities. I'd class the rest as towns.

Otherwise, feel free to do what you feel best. It's been pretty good so far.

What about having Salamander fly Maloric with her to the fort, or even just Salamander herself? Having to march on a fort with some heavy magic users probably won't go well.

>>29299800
>Not really. Only Darlesia, Vitria and Taour have cities. I'd class the rest as towns.
Oh... I didn't make the distinction between towns and cities. But now that you said this I suddenly remembered the lorebin lists towns, cities, etc as SIZE classifications.
Yea, that is a good idea to list then.

>>29299800
....So the only way to tell is if he touches them?

Alright
Quickly set up a touch booth.
Maloric must hold everyone's hand in the village, and 'read their fortune'
Tell them it's important. It's, uh, so we can help set them up for a bright future.

Okay, so I see four options proposed here.

VOTE

>1. Focus on Niorte but send a small force to reinforce Fort Locke
>2. Focus on Fort Locke but send a small force to flush out the thralls in Niorte
>3. March on Fort Locke in full force to break the siege
>4. March on Niorte in full force to stop Taour from taking it
>5. Custom

>>29300047
1
That equipment would be great, but we should prioritize people.

>>29300047
2

>>29300047
WAIT QUICK QUESTION
How powerful are Thralls, both flavors of them?
Do we really NEED to send an army to flush them out?

>>29300047
>2. Focus on Fort Locke but send a small force to flush out the thralls in Niorte

Have Mal lead the force to Niorte with a bodyguard of a few Mage-Knights, battle ages and men-at-arms.

>>29300047
>1. Focus on Niorte but send a small force to reinforce Fort Locke

>>29300145
Thralls are ordinary humans - except mages and knights (and even you) could be one. The other issue is that Taour could be sending a force to capture the town - you haven't been able to confirm that.

>>29299918
>Maloric must hold everyone's hand in the village, and 'read their fortune'
Niorte isn't a village, its a large settlement in the district.
Cities 15,000+ people
Town 1,000 to 14,999 people.

(that is odd, the district has 500,000 people and niorte is the only town worth nothing?)

Anyways, thralling random villagers isn't the issue, the problem is that vamps have been thralling the rulers

>>29300047
>2. Focus on Fort Locke but send a small force to flush out the thralls in Niorte
this guy:>>29300155

>>29300047
>1
It is then.
Better to rely on a KNOWN threat, and send some elites to take care of the town. Ask around if we know of a better way to purge the vampiric scum from the town, and if not, we'll just do it the slow way. I trust our generals to handle the battle without us.

>>29300228
>(that is odd, the district has 500,000 people and niorte is the only town worth nothing?)

Hahaha, no. I'm simply abstracting to hell and back to avoid bogging down the quest. There's like a dozen towns in the area plus a bunch of other castles. If I had you capture each one, we'd be here forever.

>>29300245
>Better to rely on a KNOWN threat, and send some elites to take care of the town
I think you mixed up the numbers.
#1 is the town which we suspect has thralled rulers and maybe an incoming invasion force we never detected.
#2 is the fortress we know contains a cache of magical weapons and that we know a vampire army is currently marching on it AND they disrupted our magical communication with it.

>>29300245
The only known way to purge a thrall is to kill them. Supposedly, even the vampire who thralled the human can't undo it. With that said, none of your subordinates are experts on vampirism.

>>29300339
Do we know what happens if you kill the vampire that enthralled them?

>>29300313
...shit

I want our army to go to the fort with the magic equipment.
Smaller elites go to town then.

>>29300339
Well I'd say it's time we got some experience purging them don't you?

>>29300367
Maloric says, "Presumably they remained thralled but have no master - my understanding is that thralls are only susceptible to their master's orders. Finding the daywalker who thralled them might be hard - I wonder if there's one in the town?"

>>29300245
>>29300391
That's a 2. then? That makes it 4-2, in favour of Option 2.

>>29300339
Willing to bet astral power can say "Fuck you" to that. Also, it probably doesn't matter much if you're a daywalker thrall if your daywalker gets murdered

>>29300461
yea, daywalker thralls are still their own people, they simply must obey orders from the daywalker...

The only question is, what if they had standing orders to do X if the daywalker who thralled them is killed. Do they still have to execute those orders after their master's death or not.

>2.

NIORTE FORCE COMPOSITION

You want to send a small force to Niorte to deal with the thralls and potential vampires.

>1. Yourself, Maloric, Undine, Sala and Lynn.
>2. Maloric and a small force of elites (this means you'll lead the attack on Fort Locke)
>3. Yourself and Maloric
>4. Custom

>>29300445
Just so you know OP, I am picturing Daywalkers as JoJo vampire level

>>29300523
>The only question is, what if they had standing orders to do X if the daywalker who thralled them is killed. Do they still have to execute those orders after their master's death or not.

That's what I meant by still being thralled (that, and they'll still ping on Mal's radar). It's not active mind-control, it's more suggestion. So if a daywalker gave his thrall the order to 'Kill all humans' and then somebody killed the vamp, the poor thrall will still keep trying to kill people until somebody stops him.

>>29300524
1

>>29300524
I am assuming lynn can resist vampire thralling.
Can our soldiers?

Do undine and sala have any experience with vampires?

>>29300524
>2. Maloric and a small force of elites (this means you'll lead the attack on Fort Locke)

>>29300524
2

>>29300524
>2. Maloric and a small force of elites
he brings Sala right?

>>29300653
The better you are at using magic and the more magical you are (e.g. non-human) the easier it is to resist. Normal soldiers are probably more vulnerable - nobody is sure whether their armour will protect them or Mal can help them.

Undine has no real experience. Sala has some - her main comments are that they're all that little bit different but they burn easily.

Rolled 5, 2, 2 = 9

>>29300711
Given this, I'd say 2

>>29300711
I want to send Maloric, but send him whatever forces he requests. He's the closest thing we got to an expert here.

>>29300524
>2. Maloric and a small force of elites (this means you'll lead the attack on Fort Locke)
Have him take all of the battlemages and some mage-knights as a protection force. If an enemy invasion force arrives they are to retreat and not engage - the thralls which have infiltrated the city will compromise its defence too easily.

>>29300711
Sounds like salamander is best placed fighting the army of vampires at fort locke.
However, we need mal to detect thralls. I would hate to seperate them, but it seems like the most reasonable choice.
Also, the vamp army at fort locke probably has mages, which mal can shut down. We really need him in both locations.

>>29300780
it is possible that the thralls are in high position and would order the local human military to whomever we send to purge the thralls if there are too few of them.
Also, we might need some battlemages ourselves.

However, i do support him having lots of battlemages.

How about:
Town - Mal + half battle mages + small group of mage-knights + Lynn.
Fortress - Talon, Salamander, Undine, rest of army.

>2.

“Mal, I want you to take a small force of men to Niorte. Do your best to flush out the thralls but if Taour assaults the town, retreat. You won’t have the capacity to it against a proper assault.”

“Alright. I’ll take only a few mages and a small number of knight in that case. Too many more and we’ll just be too open to being infiltrated by thralls ourselves.”

MAL’S FORCE
Maloric Reegan
5 Battlemages
10 Medium Mage-knights

VOTE
>1. Send Salamander and Lynn
>2. Send Sala
>3. Send Lynn
>4. Leave the force alone
>5. Custom

>last vote before marching

>>29300889
I like your split, but I doubt Lynn will be happy about it. What's the point of being our bodyguard if we just send her off.

Speaking of which, we really need to let her recruit those additional soldiers for our personal guard.

>>29300977
4

>>29300977
>1. Send Salamander and Lynn

>>29300977
>3. Send Lynn

>>29300977
>4. Leave the force alone

>>29300977
3. Send lynn.

>>29300977
>Ask Maloric
Which one would be the most help?

>>29301121
"Salamander would be - the only risk I feel is that of a daywalker being in the town, in which case I will need all the power I can get.

"But you might need her as much as I."

>>29301181
Changing this
>>29301065
To sending Sala then

>>29300977
2

>>29301181
Salamander and Lynn

With instructions to Sal to be serious while Maloric works.

>>29300977
>>4. Leave the force alone

>>29301267
Why send Lynn, she's the only person in our bodyguard?

We are going to face an army, he is going to face maybe one horrifically powerful creature (daywalker).
Lynn is our bodyguard but she is also best against individuals. Salamander is best against armies.
But honestly, I am fine with whatever.

>>29301301
She has been shown to be resistant to illusion. And i bet her dragon blood will be of great help to her when facing thralls and vampires.

However, if you don't feel her going is required then i'm none too fussed.

Rolled 1

Tie-breaker Completely equal vote. I'm leaving out 'Send no-one' as 3/4 are opposed to that.

1= Option 1
2= Option 2
3= Option 3

>>29301389
2
Will damage us the least.

>>29301389
2

>>29301389
You know. It doesn't really seem fair to reject the nothing option and keep the all option in.

>>29301389
I am okay with this. Maloric needs the protection if it is a daywalker.

I kinda want to battle it ourselves, actually. Wish we could...but all in due time

>>29301389
Sending lynn is a bit much, but okay.
>>29301497
Most people are against it and they are just arguing weather we should send lynn or not.

>>29301633
Speak for yourself. I'm mostly against sending Salamander, given her army killing capabilities.

>>29301497
Uh, it does when people are opposed that one idea only.

>>29301680
mal is a squishy mage and a daywalker is great great against squishy mages.

>1.

“Take both Salamander and Lynn. If you encounter one of Taour’s daywalkers I want you to have the best chance you have.”

Afterwards, you gather the remainder of your men and march north to Fort Locke, being sure to keep up active scouting. After a day and a half’s march, you are close enough to the castle to be able to make contact with Marshall Tobias using a sending device without interruption.

The voice that comes through the small device is old and weary. “General Tal- Ah, my apologies. It’s Imperator Talon now, isn’t it? I am Marshall Cervante Tobias. We didn’t meet in Darlesia while you were there, unfortunately. I am glad you have come to aid me.”

“What’s the situation, Marshall?”

“Poor, I’m afraid. My men and I have holed up in the keep – they’ve taken the outer walls but our barrier is keeping them out. I’ve only a few dozen men here and the foe numbers in the hundreds.”

Glynn speaks up, “So the bastards sent more than just mage-knights?”

“Oh, no,” Tobias says, “they’re all mage-knights. Their armour is extraordinarily large and cumbersome from appearances. They must have sent their best men from Darlesia.”

You bite your lip. Hundreds of heavy mage-knights? It is a good thing you came here first – if they’d fortified themselves in the castle they’d be nearly impossible to unseat.

You get some more details on the enemy. They’re moving their camp up into the courtyard of the castle and appear to be waiting out the Marshall. Most likely they lack any dedicated barrier-piercing capabilities. They are either waiting for reinforcements are for Tobias to starve – the latter will take a few weeks, though. The area around the fort is heavily forested and the fort itself is on a rise, with the keep in the centre of a circular wall around it. The gates and outer barriers aren’t functioning from the assault.

>continued

>>29301815
You don’t know whether heavies are veterans or not, but their armour is better than any of your men’s and they can easily hold chokepoints.

HEAVY MAGE-KNIGHTS (HMK)

Heavy mage-knights are a recent attempt by the RSK to make anti-mage units. The magical plate is not only made thick and bulky but is loaded with a large amount of enchantments (typically defensive, strength and barriers, with only enough speed and mass-reduction to make the armor usable). Earlier, machined plate could never stand against mages - now heavy mage-knights can wear this (expensive) machined plate and withstand powerful spells and empowered blows. With that said, the focus on defensive enchantment means the wearers move slowly and exhaust themselves quickly. Units of heavy mage-knights are best used as strikeforce units to break combat magister formations or elite shock troops.

>battleplans etc
>I'll call a vote once you have some ideas

Force composition is:
>>29299676
less 5 mages and 10 knights

>>29301856
heh

Their moving camp and wanting to wait out a siege, while wearing heavy and slow armor.

Hit their food stores, burn everything, hit and run tactics. Force them to pull out or face starvation.

>>29301856
Can Gnome turn stone into mud? Making the HMK sink into the ground?

>>29301856
FYI, it'd take Sala about 2 days to fly to where you are.

Scouts report that the enemy is around two hundred strong with no mage complement. They had some siege equipment but they've abandoned it outside the walls.

>>29301910
Gnome is back in Harrowmont. It'd take her a week to get here.

>>29301856
What is their force composition?
And what areas of the fort can be invaded?(also will we have to renovate this place as well?)

>>29301856
They're cumbersome and slow. Use Undine to trap them in muck, than pound them into nothing with ranged attacks.

Are there any good sources of water around? Would it be possible to have Undine flood the courtyard while our mages put up barriers at the gate's remnants?

>>29301931
are we to assume these knights are thralls?
>>29301908
if they are then this plan will not succeed.

>>29301931
Set up archers, both regular and arcane, in key positions and prepare for an extended period of volleying on the opposition. Have them focus on the wings. After that, surround and destroy them with our heaviest assault force

>>29301856
We could simply counter-siege them by taking the Outer-walls back, thereby encircling them. I doubt that they brought as much provisions as is inside the fortress itself. My main worry would be the possibility of breakout (as these HMKs seem the perfect unit to do so), or the possibility of enemy reinforcements.

Other than that I think engaging them from a distance, thereby utilizing our arcane archers, would be beneficial. I mean, we have enough men that we could probably win an all-out assault, especially if we're aided by a sally from the Keep, but it'd be a meat grinder for our men.

>>29301856
Are the heavy mage knights human thralls, or vampires in armor? (or would heavy armor protect a nightwalker vampire from the sun?)

>>29302003
speaking of supplies. if they are vamps instead of thralled humans inside those armors then undine might be able to sabotage their food supples (blood).

>>29301975
Dry as a bone. No rain recently and this is a reasonably high altitude area. She could manifest some though.

>>29301952
All HMKs. The fort is simple. Just an outer wall with some buildings attached and a keep in the centre.

>>29301991
It's unlikely they are all thralls but their leaders may be. Thralls still need to eat, though.

>>29302023
They're not vampires. Taour may be ruled be daywalkers but there would be very few. The leader could be one, you think. It's still sun-up so they can't be the nocturnal variety, either.

>>29301931
These mage-knights are too heavy to fly right? Lets' just build a bunch of waist high walls outside the fort and hit them with Undine's artillery, and eventually the arrows.

I thinking of having 5-8 soldiers per HMK.

>>29302081
If the fort in the middle has no anti air magic, we can ferry in supplys while we wittle our foe down.

hitting their supplys in the first encounter is still a good move though. If Undine can destroy their water supplys then theyll have to leave in a big hurry.

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Alright, I shrunk the continent map and increased the size of the local region. As well as fully standardized the province colors between the two maps so its now one list for both.
I still need to clean it up (it looks really jugged at places), but now I should be able to put in a lot more detail on the map itself.

>>29302129
they can probably smash right through those walls, as they are tanks. But we could exploit their lack of air mobility (as well as mobilty in general) by kiting them from the air or ground

>>29302129
I'm going to agree with this. The area is heavily wooded, so lets build another wall surrounding the Fort. We cut off their supplies and whittle them down with magical and archer attacks from a distance.

We have to have a QRF ready for break-out attempts; as well as scouts along the main avenue of likely reinforcement.

>>29302245
the one and two need to be moved.

Anymore ideas guys?

>>29302203
Tobias reported some volleys of arrows during the siege, so presumably they have some bows. Furthermore, their weapons can presumably fire magical bolts like your own knights.

>>29302129
They could likely plow through wooden walls in a charge but not stone. Also, although they can't fly they are reasonably mobile and can hop/leap over waist-high walls (slightly less than an IRL soldier in plate).

>plans right now are to attack their supplies; wall them in; capture the walls/ring them with archers
>any more?

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>>29302302
oh, oops. salt mines too.

>>29302354
Well kiting them and doing guerrilla warfare is my vote.

>>29302354
I have one, Can Undine make a heavy frost form over night, as to further hamper their mobility? I know it won't do much, but it's something.

>>29302377
The funniest thing about seeing these maps is that I forgot I put a mage tower in Port Temby.

>>29302390
Ah, I missed that plan. So we've got four. I might call a vote in a few minutes.

>>29302402
Kitting them is very important. That's a super key tactic in Starcraft-tier RTS

>>29302370
undine can do some illusions can she not?
We could draw them into a trap with the right illusion.

>>29302402
what do you mean?
From lorebin:
Name: Port Temby
Owner: Vitria
Control: High
Order: High
Population: 280,000
Military Presence: Low; Weak
Resources: Large port and fishing piers; mage tower
Notable Locations:
Port Temby (town) - a large port town that handles a lot of trade and fishing. A lot of trade with the RSK takes place here.

>>29302402
>>29302399
Here is another idea since these guys are so slow why not do some charge tatic where the quickest units do routine surprise attacks all day.

>>29302444
>What do you mean?
oh nevermind, I misread it.
You clearly said
>is that I forgot I put
I just thought you said something else. Me tired. I only managed to sleep 3 hours last night and that was 10 hours ago.

>>29302402
>Port trembly has a mage tower
You know what, I think gnome might be able to build some sort of highly defensible path for us to move troops from harrowmont directly to port trembly. We take that district we get money, trade with RSK, and our very first mage tower which has a ton of uses.

TACTICS VOTE

>1. Guerilla warfare / hit-and-run
The HMKs are slow and you have several units better suited to speed. If you combine your flyers, mages, archers and Undine you could attempt to do a lot of damage to the foe with little in return. The risk would be that they elect to charge you outside the fort rather than try to hold it.

>2. Strike at their supplies
The enemy has moved most of their food and water into the buildings lining the walls. If you make targeted hit-and-run attacks at these you may be able to force them to retreat. The risk is that you may take heavy losses trying this or that they will try to charge you regardless.

>3. Wall them in and ring them with archers
By constructing your own walls over some time (you lack any magical way to quickly build them) or seizing the outer wall yourself, you can then engage them from range and try to hold off any counteroffensive. This is risky as it would likely draw a full engagement.

>4. Attempt a trap
With some help from Undine and your mages, you can attempt to lure them out of the fortress into a trap. Or otherwise attempt to strike at them with their guard down.

>>29302680
>1. Guerilla warfare / hit-and-run

>>29302680
1&2

>>29302680
>1. Guerilla warfare / hit-and-run

>>29302680
>1. Guerilla warfare / hit-and-run

>>29302680
A combination of 1 4 and 2 springs to mind.

If we attack guerrilla style and bait them into a trap, it would also give us an opening to hit their supply's, but that is dependent on how large a number of men we can goad into chasing us.

>>29302680

1 with a hint of 4.

use the Guerilla warfare to encourage them to send patrol forces out of the fortress where we will gank them...

>>29302680
>1. Gorilla warfare / hit-and-run

>>29302680
>1. Guerilla warfare / hit-and-run

Finally, it's night-archery-taim!

>>29302680
I am thinking 3 followed by 4 followed by 1.
That is, doing 3 is sure to draw a full engagement.

When they try to fully engage us, we will hold for a bit and then let them "breach" the outer walls again only to find it is a trap.

If they survive in force we fall back and use mobility to hit and run at them.

>>29302680
>4. Attempt a trap
Draw them out sneak in with the archers and hit them from the opposite end with flying knights. Two-front assault and taking enemy fortress at the same time.

>>29302761
Seconded.
>>29302680
1&2&4

>>29302680
question, can the inner magical shields which they have failed to breach allow people in selectively?

Because we might be able to sneak in our own underarmored troops into the inner area, get them equipped, then have them hit the enemy from the back.

>>29302861
that would probably a combo of 1&4.

>>29302680
>1

>>29302861
>question, can the inner magical shields which they have failed to breach allow people in selectively?

Kind of sorta. The barriers are active whilst doors/gates are closed, but come down when they open (in most cases). However, you could attempt to sneak in men through the roof by flying them in.

>1. with 4. as an option later

The best way you can think of to fight a large number of heavily armoured foes is with hit-and-run tactics. As it’s almost sunset, you start arranging your men to enact this strategy. You will use your flying knights, mages and arcane archers to begin a night assault. Undine says she might be able to lay an effective trap, too, if you care to risk it. In anticipation of a counterattack, you will have your own mage-knights prepare to intercept any enemy attackers, and you lighter armoured men-at-arms flank them or take the keep if they leave it open.

>Any final changes or plans before you begin your first night assault?
>I’ll proceed with it otherwise

>>29303115
No changes
It's a good plan right? ;~;

>>29303115
No changes, except maybe if we have the chance throw some flame arrows on their provisions.

>>29303115
no changes
>Almost sunset
damn. thats not good for us.

>>29303279
I'm doing an early night-attack, unless people are opposed.

>>29303270

Get out of here with your flame arrows, I remember you from the last time that came up.

Enacting guerrilla warfare at dusk, so naturally let's let up our arrows and give them general areas our guys are at. Brilliant.

>>29303315
I'm good with it.
Since we are doing hit and run tactics.

>>29303350
I was thinking of shooting them when we are leaving and forcing them to go after us and do a trap.

>>29303350
Last time was a forrest, this time is a camp full of cloth tents. Flame arrows are a good idea for an opening volley were not many men will be in the open.

>rentain operation

Indeed captcha

>First night attack begin

Not long after sunset, you give the orders to move on Fort Locke. Progress is slow, but your men are camped only an hour out. Without any moonlight, and with little noise other than the crunch of leaves and brush, it feels much longer though. You keep in regular contact with your flying scouts, in case the enemy detects you and reacts.

Fortunately, it appears they are unaware of your presence and complacent enough not to maintain patrols. You wait quietly at the edge of the forest, Undine by your side, as the rest of your soldiers move into position. You’ve decided that sendings will make a perfect targeting mechanism, and Moss will have his archers launch volleys targeted by your flyers. Nate’s soldiers in the air will then rain explosive spells as they do flyovers. Your men will be positioned as far from the front gatehouse as possible, which Undine and your mages will attempt to trap with spells should they attempt to charge out into the night to battle you.

From there, you have the rest of your men in position to react as you please.

Nate gives you the signal and you know the battle can start.

>1. Stay with your reinforcing knights to monitor the battlefield.
>2. Work with Undine and your mages to harm any reinforcements.
>3. Join your archers with your own bow, albeit from atop the castle walls to provide magically-enhanced bombardment.
>4. Custom

>>29303315
Ideally we would have reached here at noonish, but giving them a whole night extra to prepare is equally bad as attacking when the nightwalkers are active. So just go with it as is.

>>29303473
>3. Join your archers with your own bow, albeit from atop the castle walls to provide magically-enhanced bombardment.

>>29303473
>1. Stay with your reinforcing knights to monitor the battlefield.
spot their leaders, and engage them for quick victory

>>29303473
>3. Join your archers with your own bow, albeit from atop the castle walls to provide magically-enhanced bombardment.
Once they get close to us, then we go into a melee.

>>29303473
Stay with reinforced knights.
While we know our bow is powerful, these are reinforced soldiers and this is just the first night.

Keep your bow in reserve for incase a counter attack is launched.

>>29303473
1

>>29303473
>>1. Stay with your reinforcing knights to monitor the battlefield.

>>29303473
>1. Stay with your reinforcing knights to monitor the battlefield.

We'd stand out like a sore thumb with the Archers, they'd know who to charge if they spot us.

>>29303473
Aspirational, when a province says:
>Military Presence: Very Low; Moderate
what does that mean? Is the first value the quantity and the second the quality?
Also, what is the scale (I need some numerical conversion so I can put it down as 1,3 for example if I am to put it in every province.)

>1.

“Undine, I’m going to join Glynn to keep an overview of the battlefield. Make sure anybody who steps out of that keep goes down in an instant but don’t give away your position.”

You then quickly and quietly move over to join Glynn and his knights. From here you can see all your forces with your empowered sight and easily remain in communication with all of your captains.

“Give Captain Moss the order to engage.”

[DC12 Army Archery]

Rolled 3

>>29303770

Rolled 9

>>29303770

Rolled 15

>>29303770

Rolled 2

>>29303770

>>29303728
>Is the first value the quantity and the second the quality?
Correct.

>scale
Very Low/Very Weak = 1
Low/Weak = 2
Moderate = 3
High/Strong = 4
Very High/Very Strong = 5

Rolled 12

>>29303770

Rolled 18

>>29303814
thank you.
I am guessing this same scale also applies to control and order.
And 0 for "none" which is actually the case in a few locations.

>target met

Screams and shouts from within Fort Locke signal the early success of your plan. You monitor the constant array of sendings between your knights and your archers and marvel at the ability of your men to aim and fire based on directions from above. The opening volley made use of your special enchanted arrows to ensure purchase on the enemies they struck, and Nate reports a number of knights going down in screams. With the cover of night and the soldiers having only light in the courtyard, they appear to be scrambling around in terror.

“Sir, they’re beginning to gather. I think some officers have shown themselves.”

>1. Have Nate begin her bombardment and target the massed troops
>2. Keep your flyers in reserve and try to have Moss’s archers target the massing troops
>3. No change to strategy
>4. Custom

>>29303977
>1

Rolled 6

>>29303977
>>4. Custom
Have Nate begin her bombardment and target the massed troops and have Moss’s archers target the massing troops

>>29304053
1

Rolled 7

>>29303977
>2. Keep your flyers in reserve and try to have Moss’s archers target the massing troops
let us not be hasty, and counter whatever they come up with

>>29304088
2

Rolled 8

>>29303977
1. but only when they are real nice and tight, wait a little longer for them to group close together so we get as many as possible with AoE

>1.

“Have Nate light them up. I want to hear them scream as her fire rains down.”

[DC12 Army Bombardment]

Rolled 6

>>29304230

Rolled 1

>>29304230

Rolled 5

>>29304230

Rolled 17

>>29304230

>>29304257
Welp, I've done it again. Meticulous planning out the window!

Rolled 19

>>29304296
well, the planning might mean that instead of nate dying, she and her troops just fails to do any damage.

>>29304296
Stop rollin' niggah

Rolled 4

>>29304257

there goes our air support...

>>29304296
Look at it this way.

We have no ground troops to be caught, and any retaliation will be arrow fire, but even then artillary fire is longer ranged so the damage should still be minimal. It just means well face an assault sooner than later.

>dramatic failure

As Nate’s knights swoop down, spells at the ready, you hear your screams. It’s just that they’re coming from the wrong side.

“They’ve spotted them,” your aide tells you. “They need to-“

Whatever he was going to tell is drowned out by the raucous sound of a hundred magical bolts being fired at once. You see your swooping men, now lit up by the vibrant display of magic, suddenly swoop and swerve to avoid being knocked out of the sky. For many of your troops – too many, you think bitterly, it’s not enough to avoid the mass of magical energy. You see some of your most capable knights go down in flame as Nate hurriedly pulls her unit out of its dive, doing little more than firing off a few blasts of explosives futilely.

Enough of them made it out, you think, to still provide air support and spotting, but the losses sting.

“Sir, they’ve split into three. Captain Nate believes that the officer that directed their volley is still inside but they’re sending forces to the walls near Moss and out the gatehouse.”

>1. Aid Moss yourself, leaving your knights and Undine to guard the gatehouse
>2. Take your knights with you to aid Moss, leaving Undine and the mages to guard the gatehouse
>3. Keep the plan as is, Moss and Nate will just need to hold off any knights that come their way.

>>29304567
>2

>>29304567
>1. Aid Moss yourself, leaving your knights and Undine to guard the gatehouse

>>29304567
>1. Aid Moss yourself, leaving your knights and Undine to guard the gatehouse

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Rolled 8

>>29304567
>1. Aid Moss yourself, leaving your knights and Undine to guard the gatehouse
this was why i wanted to do 1.

Rolled 18

>>29304567
1

>>29304717
Stop wasting our good rolls man
Pls

You can’t risk those knights engaging your archers. You signal to Glynn to take command and charge over to where Moss is, not bothering to try to remain stealthy. As you run, you hear explosions and screams from behind you at the gatehouse. You have faith that there’ll be little threat posed from that angle for at least a little while, though you hope Glynn doesn’t engage just yet.

As you approach the side of the fort, you notice Moss has scattered his archers. The enemy knights are massing on the walls, some with bows and others using magical bolts. Both sides are trading arrows – your arcane archers are more accurate but have difficulty against their heavy armor, and your men are just too open otherwise. Even so, you suspect the next move by the enemy knights will be to leap over the battlements and charge Moss’ men.

You need to intervene. You also need to consider withdrawal after this brief engagement.

>1. Attempt to take out the mass of troops with a magically-enhanced arrow.
>2. Leap atop the walls and engage the unit in melee to allow Moss to reposition his unit and Nate to provide fire support.
>3. Join Moss’s men in order to countercharge the knights if they attempt a charge.
>4. Custom

>>29304904
>2

Rolled 7

>>29304904
>1. Attempt to take out the mass of troops with a magically-enhanced arrow.
>2. Leap atop the walls and engage the unit in melee to allow Moss to reposition his unit and Nate to provide fire support.
Fire and then charge quickly.

>>29304904
>1. Attempt to take out the mass of troops with a magically-enhanced arrow.

>>29304940

sounds like a plan

>>29304904
1
Time for a bit of cover fire.

>>29304904
2

>>29304904
Can we tell who is in charge of this group?

>>29305054
Not really. They all look the same at this distance, and they're mobbing up so it's hard to see many of them.

>>29304904
2
Talon's more of a melee guy

>>29305091
+1

>>29304904
>1. Attempt to take out the mass of troops with a magically-enhanced arrow.

>>29304940
Seconded.
>>29305091
Both actaully

>1

You drop into a crouch and unlimber your bow. Taking up a stance and lining up your shot, you channel magic into the arrow. You’re not entirely certain what you did back when you fought the dragon, but if you can replicate even a fraction of its power then it’ll add a lot of punch to your attack.

[DC11/17 Enhanced Archery]
>Double DC rolls work like degrees of success. If you beat the higher target you get a better effect.

Rolled 14

>>29305234

Rolled 7

>>29305198

Rolled 12

>>29305234

Rolled 15

>>29305234

>>29305266
>>29305293
>>29305296
so we beat the lower target 3 times. huh.

>Target met

Your arrow flies true toward the massed knights. You weren’t able to reproduce the effect from the battle against the dragon, but that is unsurprising given you have yet to train that ability.

Even so, the arrow works well against the massed knights. For all the resistance of their armour, you are mightier and you see several of them go down, tumbling into their comrades as they perish. Your arrow went straight through the armour of several of them, and the remainder are in disarray. Moss and his archers are regrouping in cover, firing at the massed knights as they go, and you catch Nate’s men swooping down at an angle to avoid enemy fire.

You get a sending from Glynn, “Mages are spent – will engage if we do not withdraw now. 50+ knights leaving keep.”

You have 130 knights lying in wait, along with hundreds of regular men-at-arms. There are perhaps 30 Taour knights on the battlements near you, preparing to leap over the battlements and engage.

>1. Withdraw
>2. Engage the knights near you (that are threatening your archers)
>3. Join Glynn and his knights and engage at the gatehouse
>4. Try to regroup all forces for an all-out assault on the gatehouse
>5. Custom

>>29305476
>1. Withdraw

Rolled 8

>>29305476
>2. Engage the knights near you

>>29305476
>2. Engage the knights near you

>>29305476
>2. Engage the knights near you (that are threatening your archers)

>>29305476
1.
fighting withdrawal.

lead the enemy into the forest. Have Undine start fogging up the place, then work to take them down, one by one...

>>29305476
>2 so that our troops may 1

I assume they'll provide some support.

>2.

You charge towards the base of walls, ready to intercept the enemy knights before they can engage. As you do so, you signal Nate to issue a partial withdrawal. You need her and Moss to regroup their troops and you don’t want Glynn getting bogged down in a battle with the enemy knights at the gatehouse. If you can hold the foe here, you may be able to flank and crush a large portion of their force, but you still must be wary of any traps the enemy may have lain.

The first of the enemy knights hits the ground near you and you move in for the kill.

[DC14 Combat]

Rolled 6

>>29305857

LEROY JENKINS!!!

Rolled 18

>>29305857

Rolled 1

>>29305857
I love dice.

Rolled 5

>>29305857

>>29305904

Well this is not going well at all tonight.

>>29305904
i hate you though.

>>29305904
Sadly, they do not love you.

>>29305904
they hate you

>>29305904
And as usual when I roll well someone else wipes it out.

>>29305904

well, this went shit quickly.... outnumbered by heavies, no support.... nat 1..... I predict a fatepoint burn and the death of either nate or moss...

>dramatic failure

The knights make for easy prey as you engage them one-by-one as they come down. Fire rains down around you as Nate provides covering fire during her regrouping. You receive a sending warning you that the enemy is engaged in a full sortie.

Then you nearly black out from a sudden onslaught of pain. You’re on the ground, your sword knocked aside and you feel dazed. You catch a glowing figure standing nearby, in a combat stance with a greataxe.

“To leave yourself so open, Talon York, is what makes it clear you were never fit for the queen’s favour,” the figure tells you.

You groan, and roll to the side to avoid his blow. You recognise that voice – General Ares Cufton, who argued bitterly with the queen about abandoning Darlesia. It seem the noble general has been enthralled – and yet he still retains his hatred of you.

The ground burns around you and he swirls with magical energy. You hear the clash of weapon and shouts, but they’re too far away for you to do anything. His surprise attack has stolen the initiative and now you need to break out of it.

[DC17 Defense]

Rolled 16

>>29306134
Rolling to be hurt

Rolled 2

>>29306134
This time for sure, guys.

Rolled 5

>>29306134

Rolled 17

>>29306134

Rolled 8

>>29306134
>fuck, dc 17

Rolled 20

>>29306134

>>29306194
One late.

Still made it, though.

>>29306181
>>29306187

DAMN IT

>>29306194

EVERYTHING IS AWFUL.

Pure curiosity, how are their magical bolts reaching our archers, they should be at least 200 meters out from the keep. (Max longbow range is ~275 practical, 310+ for the really skilled. Modern archery doesn't really concern itself with volleys at maximum range or any other type of distance shooting so its hard to get accurate numbers)

>target not met

The heat scorches your face and every strike of his axe rings in your ears. You spin around to catch him off-guard but he catches your shield with his pommel. Stumbling back, you try to surge forward only to meet his charging bulk. With a crack, you feel your sword pommel crash into your chest and you go down. Rolling again to avoid his axe, you feel your fabric catch fire from Ares’ spell.

You snarl and ignore it, trading blows through your exhaustion with the once-great general. You see what Undine meant by them being just as they were before – once the greatest knight and general of Darlesia, he still remains every bit as formidable as he sounded.

The ground rumbles with a few more explosions and you hear Ares scream out in pain and stagger. Nearby, you catch Captain Moss readying another arrow to help you. If Ares charges him, it’ll all be over for him…

>1. Take advantage of Ares’ opening and charge him
>2. Withdraw through the opening Moss made and end the battle
>3. Reorient yourself to cover Moss, ordering him to pull out whilst you handle Ares
>4. Custom

>>29306356
IIRC we were told earlier their archers do use some magic, just not as good as our magic bows.
Also, they might be blasting us with magic missiles and the like instead of actual arrows.

>>29306361
>>1. Take advantage of Ares’ opening and charge him

>>29306361
>1. Take advantage of Ares’ opening and charge him

>>29306361
>1. Take advantage of Ares’ opening and charge him
I hope we don't fail this time, because Moss will probably die.

>>29306361
1 with a hint of 3.

>>29306356
They were positioned closer to the walls to be able to target the whole courtyard, so when the knights moved they were open. The bolts can go about 100m and they do have bows - mind you, there was a reason they were gonig over the walls to charge you.

>>29306361

What is with Darlesian generals and using axes?

>3. Reorient yourself to cover Moss, ordering him to pull out whilst you handle Ares

Leaving him alive will only make the second strike harder.

>>29306361
>1

Rolled 4

>>29306361
1&3

>>29306361
1
to do 3 is bad idea, if we have moss withdraw then continue to fail we will die.
Moss just bailed us out, we should either retreat or continue battle, but we shouldn't send everyone away and stay alone.

Rolled 5

>>29306361
>1. Take advantage of Ares’ opening and charge him
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3

>>29306361
>>1. Take advantage of Ares’ opening and charge him

>1.

Ares is a major threat. You’re certain he was the one who directed the volley that cost the lives of many of your best men. If you take this opening you will gain the upper hand in the battle.

You charge him as he tries to pull himself back into a fighting stance, his magical fire dissipating as you watch. At the very least, if you fail, you will try to cover Moss.

[DC14 Combat]

Gah, I can't handle two quests where the dice turn against me at once
Just
Can't.
I'll be back later to read how horribly things go.

Rolled 13

>>29306575
And then someone dies...

Rolled 1

>>29306575

Rolled 20

>>29306575
please

Rolled 12

>>29306575

>>29306606
>>29306618
>>29306622

This doesn't fail to disappoint.

Rolled 5

>>29306618
>>29306622
thank god this counts as a success.

>>29306575
>>29306606
>>29306618
>>29306622

I know why this is happening.
It's because Wolf quest is running.

>>29306649
We still failed. Just not dramatically.

Endurance leveling up like a CHAMP

>>29306675
Fucking Wolf Quest. It's a singularity for all the good rolls

Rolled 15

>>29306676
no this quest has different rolls about nat 20s and 1s.

>>29306618
>>29306622

My heart can't handle all these 1s.

>>29306721
>>29306676
Rules.

>>29306433
Cool, other fun facts:
Assaulting properly defended castles is really tough. Take a look at the fall of Constantinople where the Otoman turks finally found the winning ratio to offset the roman fortifications. The ratio? Depending on sources it was 2 to 1 all the way up to 43 to 1

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Now with even more province info built in.

>>29306887
Awesome.

>>29306831
Yeah, I'm aware of a fair bit of that. You'll note that the tactics used here and the magic available make things a tad different, though.

>target met
Remember that rolling the same number of 1s and 20s is a success.

Sparks fly in front of your eyes and your breath catches in your throat as Ares meets your charge with his own. You shift your feet and roll to the side. Air blasts by you as his great bulk, furiously glowing with magical power, surges through where you once were. Sensing an opening, you charge at him again.

His scream echoes through the night, the fire he had been manifesting against flaring in a dance with his pain, as your sword penetrates the rear of his breastplate. He growls like a bear and swings his arm behind him and you hop back.

Raising your guard again, you weigh up your opportunities. The battle is fainter now, and you suspect the gatehouse fight is quite furious.

>1. Finish Ares now
>2. Pull away from this fight and join in at the gatehouse
>3. Withdraw your forces entirely
>4. Custom

>>29306969
>1

>>29306969
>1. Finish Ares now

>>29306969
>1. Finish Ares now
He is a major player here.

>>29306969
>1. Finish Ares now

>>29306969
>1. Finish Ares now

>>29306969
>1. Finish Ares now

We should start collecting Darlesian General axeheads.