>>2788158
>Return to friendly territory (socialize, shop and heal army HP)

Here's your stats and current status

Name: Hakon Angrimson
Titles: Knight Slayer, Dread’s Bane, Lord's Bane, The Pillager
Stats-
HP: 50/50
Skill: +3
Surge: 14/14
DR: 4+2

Active abilities:
Sunder- deal at least 6 wounds of damage to sunder enemy armor by 2 (cooldown= 3 turns)
Bloodrend- Upgrade of impale. Take no penalty to roll and for every 3 wounds you inflict you place a stack of bleeding damage for 2 turns (can stack up to 5) Uses 10 surge points.
Savage Assault- Expend all surge, double damage done by surge rolls (must have max surge available)
Great Cleave- In exchange for using all surge points if you deal at least six wounds you automatically deal damage equal to the amount of surge points you possess. (requires a two handed weapon)

Passive abilities:
Second wind- for every three wounds you deal gain one surge point up to max value.
Dead Hard- +2 DR that cannot be sundered (stack with armor)

Loot/possessions-

Wealth: 2105

Gear:
>weapons/armor-
Sword and shield (one handed, +2 AD and DD)
"Flesh Render" (Greatsword 1/2h +3/+4 AD, +4 wounds on hit)
“Splitter” (Greateaxe, 2 handed, +4 AD)
Mail Armor (+1 DR)
Slayer’s Armor (+4 DR, can regain DR lost to being sundered during combat)
>Accesories
Ring of Wraithform- During one complete turn of combat (both your attack and your opponents) you avoid all damage. Usable once per combat encounter.
>Potions
3x potion of mending (+20 HP healed in combat)
1x potion of regeneration (+3 HP regained per turn in combat for the entire encounter)

Mounts:
"Tempest" the Thunder-Lion (monstrous mount)

Misc. possessions:
Fancy clothes and travel attire

Army:
3x foot knight (1 seasoned unit)
3x corssbowmen (3 seasoned)
2x lancers (2 seasoned)
1x northmen warband

Thralls/Companions:

Alice Loral- The former wife of a town magistrate who was taken as a captive by William the knight. After clearing the camp of Stewart Dread she agreed to follow you as a thrall and lover. She is technically a lower noble and is a native to Bronzehelm thereby providing firsthand information on the area. She has now expressed interest in managing incomes and properties you might come to possess.

Tor Torvaldson- A distant cousin who is from Breakfang town (your hometown). A big redhaired brusier, Tor is a childhood friend you encountered by chance with some other of your northmen kinsmen on the road while campaigning. He has joined you and is now a lieutenant of sorts.

Miriam Ravenroost- The lord of Ravenroost, a large castle in the southeastern corner of Bronzehelm. Commanding some of the best troops in the kingdom she is a pivotal memebr of the dread faction. After defeating her in battle (and in bed) she you have learned that her cooperation is only guaranteed because her parents are held hostage by the queen. She is now loyal to you and if her parents are rescueed she will betray Dread.

Tempest the Thunder-Lion- A massive beast you purchased from a meneagerie in Guildman castle town. Too wild and strong to be tamed by the staff or any of the locals you took it upon yourself to beat the beast into submission. Fighting the lion creature with your bare hands you had a comical battle where Tempest got frustrated and decided to yield and pout halfway through. You earned his respect and as such you can ride him, but he is ornrey and is liable to annoy you as only a cat can.

Roger Melt- A young wizard encountered after your duel with Miriam. He was taken captive when he admitted to be heading for territory owned by Dread's enemies. He is now in your employ, reducing the costs of potions by half by being on retainer. Roger is very nervous and is terrified to be working for you.

Current army status

Army (525 men)
HP: 1120/1120
-3x seasoned Crossbows (240/240) AR: 2x3 DR: 1x3
-2xFoot Knights (200/200) AR: 2x2 DR: 2x2
-1x Seasoned Foot Knights (120/120) AR: 3 DR: 2
-3x Halberds (240/240) AR: 1x3 DR: 2x3
-2x Seasoned Lancers (140/140) AR: 2x2 DR: 1x2
-1x Northmen Warband (200/200) AR: 4 DR: 3
AR:24
DR: 20

Surge: 65/65

Maneuvers:
Plant Stakes- Your crossbowmen plant stakes in order to ward off cavalry charges. Auto deals 10 wounds to each cavalry unit that attacks your army. Can only be used once. (5 Surge)
Switch Weapons- Your foot knights switch weapons which raises the army AR by 1 but decreases Army DR by 1 and vice versa. Knights by default use their swords and shields and keep their DR +2. (1 surge)
Cavalry Charge- Your lancer units make a cavalry charge against the enemy. During combat your army rolls +3 additional damage dice when this ability is used. Cooldown= 3 turns. (5 surge)
Hold ground- The Halberdiers dig in and boost their AR and DR for the rest of combat by 1 but this effect is canceled if they move. (5 Surge)

Also

Hakon while as general has this passive.

Excellent tactian- when giving orders in the field Hakon gets a +2 to that roll (the 3d20 rolls that come with making plans)

>>2788158
>>Return to friendly territory (socialize, shop and heal army HP)

>>2788158
>>Return to friendly territory (socialize, shop and heal army HP)

>Return to friendly territory (socialize, shop and heal army HP)

>>2788168
>>2788215
>>2788251
>>2788259

>return to friendly territory

The ship rocks gently on the mild waters of the northern sea. Tor continues to live up to his boast about sleeping on a pile of treasure by doing so and Alice and Miriram have joined you in the ships hold. As your female companions sleep against you your mind turns to the next step. Your mind churns as you re-examine your notes and your map.

Saltspear is among the weakest of the territories controlled by house Dread and even with your army the size it is now you could fairly easily move on and repeat your success. But the prospect of sacking the town properly in addition to the region is too tempting. You'll need more troops to make the assault go smoothly, at least 1000 will be needed. Salspear has double that in troops but all you need is a cunning plan to split their forces by raiding the country side to draw away some of their garrison and then hit the town. If your ambitions are met you will deprive Dread of thousands of troops and ruin another region that guards their northern approaches.

Putting your map and papers away you close your eyes. The planning can wait a little longer, once you're in Gullcove your army can encamp nearby and take some time off to spend that hard fought loot while Tor goes up north to gather your kin. In the meantime you can send out a rider to inform Godhart of your success before sending offers to the mercenaries in the south to join you here.

Thoughts drop into the bottomless pit of sleep as your exhaustion and comfortable position between your lovers drags into the realm of dreams.

>You are now in Gullcove

What do you do in Gullcove?
>Write-in
>Shop (for what?)
>Hire troops (before you start buying units let me give a list, there are some new types of units you can buy.
>Social encounter (with who?)

>>2788300
>>Hire troops (before you start buying units let me give a list, there are some new types of units you can buy.)
let's see that new list

>>2788158

>Return to friendly territory (socialize, shop and heal army HP)

>Hire troops (before you start buying units let me give a list, there are some new types of units you can buy.

>Crossbowmen (50)- soldiers in leather and light mail carrying crossbows, stakes, and short swords

Wounds: 60/60
Surge: 5/5
AR: 1
DR: 1

Passive abilities:
Ranged attacker- Unit can attack while not enagaged in melee, allowing them to damage an opponent from a distance (good for focus firing on certain units or just skirmishing from range).
Active abilities:
Plant stakes- The unit plants wooden stakes into the ground to ward off cavalry. Cavalry units cannot charge this unit without auto taking 10 wounds and are stopped. Can only be used once per combat encounter.
Cost: 100 wealth

>Halberdiers (50)- A unit of armored infantry clad in halfplate armor and equiped with Halberds.

Wounds: 80/80
Surge: 5/5
AR: 1
DR: 2

Passive abilities:
None
Active abilities:
Hold ground- Unit gains +1 AR and +1 DR. Lasts for as long as they does not move or break formation. (Cooldown= 3 turns)
Cost: 100 wealth

>Lancers (25)- A unit of medium cavalry equipped with maces and lances.

Wounds: 50/50
Surge: 5/5
AR: 1
DR: 1

Passive abilities:
Active abilities:
Cavalry charge- Cav unit adds +3 AR for one turn of general combat
Cost: 100 wealth

>Foot knights (50)- A unit of mercenary knights that fight on foot. Equipped with swords, shields, and warhammers

Wounds: 100/100
Surge: 10/10
AR: 2
DR: 2

Passive abilties:
Active abilities:
Switch weapons- When in battle foot knights can switch between using their sword/shield and their warhammers. If they switch to hammers they get +1 AR and -1 DR in general combat.
Cost: 200 wealth

>Pikemen (100)- A unit of disciplined pikemen armored in mail and armed with heavy pike spears, shortswords, and small shields.

Wounds: 150/150
Surge: 5/5
AR: 2
DR: 1

Passive:
Pikewall- If the unit remains stationary their DR increases by 2 due to keeping enemies out of close combat with a bristling hedge of spears.
Active abilities:
none
Cost: 200 wealth

>Mounted Knights (25)- Heavy Cavalry armored in heavy plate armor and riding atop barded warhorses. They use heavy lances and warhammers in battle.

Wounds: 100/100
Surge: 10/10
AR: 2
DR: 3

Passive abilities:
Shock cavalry- When a 20 is rolled this unit deals 2 more wounds in combat
Active abilities:
Cavalry charge- Cav unit adds +3 AR for one turn of general combat.
Cost: 250 wealth

>Siege Catapults (25)- Five large siege engines that hurl stone projectiles at both fortifications and enemy units. Can be used as field artillery. When used in a siege they add a +2 to weakening the settlement.

Wounds: 50/50
Surge: 10/10
AR: 5
DR: 0

Passive abilities:
Ranged Attacker same as crossbows
Heavy Ammo- Unit deals +2 wounds on a roll of 20.
Active abilities:
None
Cost: 250 wealth

>cont.

>Dwarven Flamedrakes (10)- A rare unit of Dwarves equipped with Flame throwers. They are in fire reterdant suit and heavy mail and carry axes and hammers as melee weapons.

Wounds: 100/100
Surge: 10/10
AR: 6
DR: 2

Passive:
Terror weapons- the presence of this unit automatically adds a -2 to enemy morale checks if engaged with an enemy,

Active ability:
Flame torrent: Unit increases the amount of lames their flamethrowers produce against a single target. Unit for a turn of battle deals double their standard wounds. This effect only hits enemy units the Flamedrakes are close enough to fire at.

Cost: 300 wealth

Rare unit only 1 to recruit!

>>2788408
Do we have 2105 to spend or only 1,105? Since I want to use that 1k that we send with Tor for the troops

>>2788412
Tor is only going to show it off and you'll be in Gullcove until you've ut your army together so you'll have the full 2105.

also, send our prisioner to Godhart for more monies, ask him to send us a letter with whatever information he spilled during torture together with our reward

>>2788384
Current Army
525 Men
(150) -3x seasoned Crossbows (240/240) AR: 2x3 DR: 1x3
(100) -2xFoot Knights (200/200) AR: 2x2 DR: 2x2
(50) -1x Seasoned Foot Knights (120/120) AR: 3 DR: 2
(150) -3x Halberds (240/240) AR: 1x3 DR: 2x3
(50) -2x Seasoned Lancers (140/140) AR: 2x2 DR: 1x2
(25) -1x Northmen Warband (200/200) AR: 4 DR: 3


485 men
1x Crossbows (100)
1x Halberd (100)
1x Foot Knights (200)
2x Lancers (200)
2x Pikemen (400)
2x Mounted Knights (500)
1x Dwarven Flamedrakes (300)
1x Siege Catapults (250)


485 more men for 2,050 wealth. Leaving us 55 wealth

(1,110-1210 men) Depending if we get 4-8 Northmen

4x Crossbows
4x Foot Knights
4x Halberds
4x Lancers
2x Pikemen
2x Mounted Knights
1x Dorf
1x Siege Catapults
1x +(4-8) Northmen

Since we're going to siege Saltpeter we're going to make up the wealth we lost buying all the troops. I was going for a strong mounted group of the army and a strong foot soldiers. And got to buy that dwarf unit.

>>2788408
Cool

>>2788428
how much do we get for him?

>>2788433
I already added the money you got from him. 150 wealth. 50 less the Stewart. But I can add the information that he held that Godhart ripped out of him.

>>2788429
I agree with this and possibly getting 2 more foot knight with the ramson money since we will need a lot of shocktroops to take the walls of the castle and cavalry doesn't work very well on sieges

>>2788445
>>2788441
forget what I said then

agreeing with >>2788429

>>2788429
This

>>2788446
I got the mounted knights, since I think we're going to fight a patrol before heading to the city itself. What do you think?

We can hunt for military regional military weakening the 2k men strength of Saltspear then siege it. Or we can do some raiding and meet the army on the battlefield, after taking care of the army we can then siege saltspear, Or we can just siege it, but I'm more in favor of weakening the military strength of the region first.

>>2788429
+1

>>2788455
I think the best bet would be to hunt for a patrol so we can ambush them, of course, if they are not out we can do some light raiding(commiting little troops) and then ambush with the bulk of our army when they respond with a patrol to the raiding

>>2788463
That works

Rolled 4 + 4 (1d4 + 4)

>>2788429
>>2788446
>>2788454
>>2788458

>This is your new army

General: Hakon "The Pillager" Angrimson
Heroes: Tor "The Bear" Torvaldson

Army (1010 men)
Army HP: (2230/2230 )
-3x Seasoned Crossbows (240/240) AR:2x3 DR: 1x3
-1x Crossbows (60/60) AR: 1 DR: 1
-3x Foot Knights (300/300) AR: 2x3 DR 2x3
-1x Seasoned Foot Knights (120/120) AR: 3 DR: 2
-4x Halberdiers (320/320) AR: 1x4 DR: 2x4
-2x Lancers (100/100) AR: 1x2 DR: 1x2
-2x Seasoned Lancers (140/140) AR: 2x2 DR: 2x2
-2x Pikemen (300/300) AR: 2x2 DR: 1x2
-2x Mounted Knights (300/300) AR: 2x2 DR: 3x2
-1x Siege Catapult (50/50) AR: 5 DT: 0
-1x Dwarven Flamedrakes (100/100) AR: 6 DR: 2
-1x Northmen Warband (200/200) AR: 4 DR: 3

AR: 43
DR: 36
Surge: 155/155

Maneuvers:
Plant stakes- The unit plants wooden stakes into the ground to ward off cavalry. Cavalry units cannot charge this unit without auto taking 10 wounds and are stopped. Can only be used once per combat encounter.
Hold ground- Unit gains +1 AR and +1 DR. Lasts for as long as they does not move or break formation. (Cooldown= 3 turns)
Cavalry charge- Cav unit adds +3 AR for one turn of general combat
Switch weapons- When in battle foot knights can switch between using their sword/shield and their warhammers. If they switch to hammers they get +1 AR and -1 DR in general combat.
Flame torrent: Unit increases the amount of lames their flamethrowers produce against a single target. Unit for a turn of battle deals double their standard wounds. This effect only hits enemy units the Flamedrakes are close enough to fire at.


>rolling for how many Northmen Warbands join your army.

>>2788519
adding
>+8 Northmen warbands

>army
-9x Northmen Warbands (1800/1800) AR: 4x9 DR: 3x9
Army (1210)
Army HP: ( 3830/3830)
Army AR: 75
Army DR: 60
Army surge: 195/195

>>2788519
nice

>>2788541
Ok, let's go to that region and hunt for enemy patrols

>>2788519
Damn that's a good roll
Funny how 9 Northmen Warbands have lot more Wound than 1000 guys

>wriitng update

While I'm cooking up Tor's triumphant return with enough Northmen to make the town crap itself, anyone have any questions?

Like what Godhart got out of Maximillian or if there are any new anons or lurkers with questions about the quest or setting.

>>2788545
Being an entire race of super-chads tends to do that.

>>2788544
Agreed

>>2788553
What did Godhart get out of Maximillian? Has the Queen heard about us yet killing her cousin, and raping her land? Are the people in Dread starting to think causing a civil war wasn't a good idea?

>>2788553
yup, I'm interested in the torture report

also, will we see Northwoman joining the raid?

>>2788567
we should try to get some troops out of the frontlines while we are at their backs, this way the Fairhair's can push beyond their borders while they divide their troops to fight in two fronts. If they bring too much people after we storm the castle we can try to hold it or just do a skirmish retreat to the boats

>>2788553
I'm working so I'm mostly lirking right now and posting on the eventual prompt

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>>2788574
Here is the map, I'm thinking after we take Saltspear we should head back to Gullcove with all our loot buy more units, and head down to Holden's Cairn. I'm thinking the time we go to Gullcove to get units and the time we return to Saltspear to go south, the Dread army is going to send a force to hold it and we can either attack if again, go just keep going down to Holden's Cairn to spread out the enemy, and them having to play catch up while we raid and pillage everything.

>>2788600
I forget to say the red X's are the places we already raided.

>>2788600
yeah, we'll have to see how they react to our rear attack, they might just let us raze that region and focus on the front though, that noble will not be pleased if that happens

>>2788567
>what Godhart got out of Maximillian

Godhart and his wizard were pretty thorough in their interrogation. It helped that you sapped maximillian's spirit by disgifuring him, he wasn't as resistant as a result.

A sealed letter comes in with a group of Godhart's top men and you learn that.

>Fulkmar is pissed to hell and is seething in rage over his lands getting wrecked. He's complaining to the queen about it. His army is deployed in force with half in the field along the border and the rest being garrisoned in his castle.
>The Queen is livid over Miriam being captured because now the castellan of Ravenroost refuses to play ball. The Dread's can't rely on the Ravenroost armies to do anything else but sit on their turf and defend.
>The queen heard about you killing Stewart. She's livid about it along with the other news and wants to find out more about you since most of the aggressive moves made by Godhart are through you. She's also worried that you are a sign of the Northmen getting involved in the war (and surprise surpise they are)
>The peasantry is getting nervous about the war, and is beginning to wonder if the Dread's can protect them at all.
>The Princess and Prince are still in their respective locations that Miriam told you.
>Maximillian Informed you of the locations of several Important Dread generals
>Graveand is at Bronzehelm castle
>Morgan Coldclaw is at his castle training the prince.
>Julius Breakwall is at Fulkmar's castle to take control of the forces there.
>Edward Dread (Maude's Brother) and Highcaller are both at Dreadhill
>Menalt and Albright are in Saltspear and Holden's Cairn respectively.

>The peasant's have taken to calling you the Red Giant or the Red Demon due to your armor.

>You're getting pretty famous

>>2788574
>Northwomen
Yeah at least 40 or so are kinswomen. None that you know though, some are looking for a husband.

>>2788632
Hey there, let's see if any of them can hold themselves in a fight during our battles, we won't settle for anything less than a fucking trainwreck of a warrior.

also, talking about marriage, after this bloody business is over and Mirian's parents are back in power with her brothers and sisters available too, would it be possible for her to become one of our official wives? I imagine she and her family wouldn't want her as just some bedfellow and that could give us some good connections to get workers and engineer to make our keep on the wastlands. I mean, we can have several wives, can't we


Let's put this show on the road and start killing those patrols

>>2788632
Let's go Hunt regional military (weaken regional military strength) in Saltspear

A deep droning horn sounds beyond the spray of the sea. Standing on the docks you can see the haze of ships in the distance.

Long dark ships bearing your kinsmen are coming. Three of them, all the sturdily constructed war galleys used by warleaders to transport war parties across the world's waters.

Ship heads carved into the likeness of beasts and more terrible things, triangular sails meant to catch the wind amred with symbols of clans and the Slayer himself.

A rumbling is heard as they get closer. Drums made from hard black wood and the skin of monsters thunder in time with the massive oars that propel the ships forward at a brisk pace.

At the edge of the dock you cackle in glee, Tor has brought at least two full war parties if they have to travel on three ships.

Looking around at the docks the locals run for cover, some scream and flee crying that they're being attacked.

Good thing you warned the town's lord that these were more troops heading out to raid the Dread side of the country and not the port. It would be a real pain in the ass to fight a battle with the locals because they freaked out.

Once the ships close in, the warriors held on board vault over the side and slam into the wooden dock below. You see the boards splinter somewhat. You'll need to dodge the port authority now to avoid paying for repairs.

As more warriors depart from the ships with their gear and supplies you are summarily greeted by them. The shaking of hands, claps on the back and for those you know personally a hearty hug that squeezes bones. Lots of good lads you know and many you don't. You also see that some of your womenfolk are present. Some are older women who are looking for a husband, you can tell because they linger a little too long when greeting you and they ask if the land's women are to your liking. Not the most subtle of advances.

It is when the last of the passenegrs are greeted that you get together with Tor nd lead them to your encampment outside the town's walls.

"How did you visit go?" You ask.

"Damn good. Once I showed them all the flash they got excited. Told you were in command of an army and that it was growing all the time. Told 'em you was planning more raids and that a town was in need of sacking. Once that was on the table they couldn't come fast enough. Had to ask for the jarl of Shatterclaw to ferry us. He was happy to since two of his younger lads are with us. Yes we got lads and lasies from home, Shatterclaw, Blacktimber, Boneridge, and even a few from Irongrad. Things is shappen up to be real fuckin' fun. Heheheh" Tor cackles before he helps wrangle your kinsmen. Some are eyeing up the local women a little to closely.

Once in a rough column you lead the force of northern warriors to the camp to settle in. In a few more days you can begin operations once you pay off the contracts with the money Tor returned.

>>2788670
>>2788544
Strategic options
>Hunt regional military in Saltspear
I'll get right on that

Any clever write-ins for how you want to go about hunting.

>Like sending out small mobile raiding parties to intentionally draw out a force on ground of your choosing and tricking them into committing with a force too small to fight you effectively by masking your numbers.

>>2788769
Yep, that was we the guys wrote up earlier, draw them with small raids amd smash anu that come oit to face them in ambush

>>2788795
Okay just checking to see consensus.

>writing

>>2788769
Yeah, that's the plan bait them out and just destroy them

>>2788769
also, shed the armor or don't participate on the light raids, we don't want them to know who is here before the ambush

Aboard the ships you are huddled by Miriam, Tor and several of the unit commanders, especially those of your now significant cavalry force.

"Menalt is charged with the defense of Saltspear. Miriam could enlighten us to his habits please?" You ask her as you lay out the detailed map of the region, much smaller then either of the two you've already raided before. The population will be much more packed in especially since the town will be close by regardless of where you postition yourself. Menalt will be the main obstacle, as his reactions will decide if you have to siege the town with his whole army present or if you can draw out his troops.

"Menalt is over eager to fight but he is duty bound. He won't leave the town and neither will he send his whole army for fear of an attack by sea. To goad him you will need to raid the population or the roads, threaten his ability to keep the town supplied. The ultimatum will be face an enemy force without supplies during a siege and be burdened by the refugees or face them in the field with out the full might of his army. The trick will be getting his troops to catch you but on your terms where you can attack the piecemeal."

You mull over this new information and turn it over in your head. possibilities flash through your head until you reach a decision.

"The cavalry elements will begin raiding operations by attacking the roads while the infantry begin raiding the village and settlements, with specific order to allow as many survivors to report their positions. Neither I nor my kinsmen will particiapate and we will mask our prescence beyond the troops we specifically show. The raiding units will convene here." You point to a town at the base of a small hill.

The enemy will be allowed to pursue them while we use the hill to cover our advance from the other side. The battle will start when we crest the hill and our bait units turn to face the enemy. We will have the high ground and draw first blood with out units positioned to counter whichever formation the enemy chooses."

Taking out some wooden peices made to represent your units you arrange them and start issuing standing orders.

>you implement your plan

How large of a force do you wish to draw out? (this will be dependent on how intensely you raid) Be aware that this gambit will only work once as the enemy commander will cut his losses to avoid taking too many casualties.

>Minor raid (+100 wealth, +0 to enemy encounter) (-1 to castle defense or 1 degree of regional instability)
Draws out 250 enemy troops
>Moderate raid (+200 wealth, +1 to enemy encounter) (-2 to castle defense or 2 degrees of regional instability)
Draws out 500 enemy troops
>Greater raid (+400 wealth, +3 to enemy encounter) (-3 to castle defense or 3 degrees of regional instability)
Draws out 750 enemy troops
>Extreme raid (+800 wealth, +4 to enemy encounter/hard encounter) (-4 to castle defense and 6 degrees of regional disability)
Draws out 1000 Enemy troops

>>2788856
>Greater raid
750 is significant but certainly manageable

>>2788856
>>Extreme raid (+800 wealth, +4 to enemy encounter/hard encounter) (-4 to castle defense and 6 degrees of regional disability)

the roads since it weakens the castle too

>>2788856
Extreme raid

Its bad to face 1000 but every men we kill on the open, and in an advantegeous ambush is one less we have to kill in a much more difficult siege

>>2788856
>>Extreme raid (+800 wealth, +4 to enemy encounter/hard encounter) (-4 to castle defense and 6 degrees of regional disability)
We oursleves have 1000 normal men with our Northen Men we will outnumber them 1k to 1.2k in our favor.

>>2788856
>Extreme Raid
Ambush time

>>2788873
>>2788878
>>2788882
>>2788891
>extreme raid (1000 enemy response)

>roll 3d20+5 to see if you succeed in masking your troop movements well enough to set up the ambush

Be wary if you fail, the enemy will gain the first turn and try to counter your postions as well as be very close to your cavalry forces to start out with who will be alone.

Rolled 17, 8, 16 + 5 = 46 (3d20 + 5)

>>2788904

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>>2788907
>22,12,21 2 successes (DC was 15 by the way because they were expecting a larger force after your rampaged through the province next door)

>you successfull ambush the enemy and position yourself on the hill overlooking the enemy army
>your cavalry is waiting some ways away.

Enemy army (1000)

General: N/A
Heroes: N/A

Army HP: (2200/2200 )
-5x Halberdiers (400/400) AR: 1x5 DR: 2x5
-5x Foot Knights (500/500) AR: 2x5 DR: 2x5
-5x Crossbowmen (300/300) AR: 1x5 DR: 1x5
-6x Lancers (300/300) AR: 1x5 DR: 1x5
-2x Elite Foot Knights (400/400) AR: 3x2 DR: 3x2

AR: 31
DR: 36

Surge: 160/160

Maneuvers:
Plant stakes- The unit plants wooden stakes into the ground to ward off cavalry. Cavalry units cannot charge this unit without auto taking 10 wounds and are stopped. Can only be used once per combat encounter.
Hold ground- Unit gains +1 AR and +1 DR. Lasts for as long as they does not move or break formation. (Cooldown= 3 turns)
Cavalry charge- Cav unit adds +3 AR for one turn of general combat
Switch weapons- When in battle foot knights can switch between using their sword/shield and their warhammers. If they switch to hammers they get +1 AR and -1 DR in general combat.

>postion your units

Any plans?
>write-in

There's a storm blowing through my area so If I don't responed for a while it's probably because my internet or power cut out.

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>>2788978
So here a crude drawing.


Dwarves come out of hiding and flame torrent the Lancers. Crossbowmen on top of hill shooting down on enemy. Dwarves then fallback after that for our Northman to rush and break bones.
Pikeman and halberds attack from the rear
Footknights come from the flank and attack the crossbows.
2 Lancers and Mounted Knights rush the crossbows being murdered by the Footknights
Other 2 lancers and Mounted Knights circle the other flank to pressure them.

>>2788978
we open up smashig their cavalry with our helbardiers descendin on them from the hills

the northman and footknights should engage the enemy footknights and cut them off from the crossbows, this way they have nowhere to retreat and our cavalry mashess them all

our crosbous plant stakes on the top of the hill and attack the flanks of the lancers before the helbardiers make contact with them, after they are in melee with the lancers the crosbows switch targets to the flank of the enemy helbaldiers

>>2789005
I feel that since we have the element of surprise we should look to do max damage in the first turn, with the flames of hell plus our red demon looking present it's going to hurt the enemy morale. With my plan going to sandwiching them.
Our foot knights and some mounted troops will attack there crossbowmen than going to help our Northern attack of the Footknight Flank.

>>2789002
+1

>>2789002
I agree with you on the plan the.

remember to accept all surrenders, it will incentive the people of the castle to throw down their arms later if we treat prisioners well

>>2789054
That's the plan, we just have to get the enemy army at least half hp. Then the morale rolls will happen.

Rolled 4, 12, 18, 16, 4, 10, 1, 13, 2, 20 = 100 (10d20)

>>2789002
>>2789048
>>2789054

>Dwarves get out of a hodden trench and blow their incendiary load all over the enemy cav (flame torrent is used).
>You and the lads/lasses make a bee line for whatever cav remains and get to the rich noble center of the enemy.
>Spears and halberds take the rear
>Crossbows get merc'd by the heavy infantry
>half the cav merc the crossbows because the crossbows don't have time to put down stakes
>The remaining cav covers enemy flank and prevents escape.

By default Hakon and Tor are fighting with your northmen but they'll be targeting enemy formations closest to them so I'll have you roll for their performance.

Roll 10d20+3 for your army attacks
>roll 3 3d20+5 for your Dwarves falling back, Cavalry keeping the enmy penned in and your other forces successfuly encircling the enemy.

Rolled 4, 5, 2 + 5 = 16 (3d10 + 5)

>>2789112

Rolled 5, 7, 10, 15, 15, 9, 20, 4, 8, 9 + 3 = 105 (10d20 + 3)

>>2789112

>>2789117
I guess the dwarves stay then

Rolled 4, 16, 7 + 5 = 32 (3d20 + 5)

>>2789112

>>2789126
>>2789117
You rolled d10 you need to roll d20s

Rolled 19, 1, 1 + 5 = 26 (3d20 + 5)

>>2789130
oh, you are right

>>2789142
holly shit I'll refrein from rolling

we still need another 3 die set

Rolled 11, 2, 5 + 5 = 23 (3d20 + 5)

>>2789112

>your dwarves get a little overzealous burnign the enemy cav and end up sticking around (where they will take damage on the enemy turn if attacks land)
>You cavalry prevents enemy escape (if beaten all remaining troops become prisoners)
>You fail to envelope the enemy force (enemy adjusts their forces to counter yours and they get a +2 bonus for their quick reaction on their next turn)

You army deals: 336-36 wounds
Enemy army deals: 124-60 wounds

Your army HP: 3766/3830
Enemy army HP: 1900/2200

Enemy units killed so far (2x lancer by joint dwarf burning/Northman krumping, 2x crossbows by cavalry charges, 1x Halberd by pike/halberd attack)

>enemy army AR/DR reduced by
AR: -5
DR: -6

Before we move to the enemy reaction

>Hakon+(Tempest)
Wounds: 50+50
Skill: 3+2
AR: 3+2
DR: 6+4
Surge: 14/14

Active abilities:
Sunder- deal at least 6 wounds of damage to sunder enemy armor by 2 (cooldown= 3 turns)
Bloodrend- Upgrade of impale. Take no penalty to roll and for every 3 wounds you inflict you place a stack of bleeding damage for 2 turns (can stack up to 5) Uses 10 surge points.
Savage Assault- Expend all surge, double damage done by surge rolls (must have max surge available)
Great Cleave- In exchange for using all surge points if you deal at least six wounds you automatically deal damage equal to the amount of surge points you possess. (requires a two handed weapon)
Thundering Roar- Enemies must make roll to avoid being stunned and losing their offensive turn (cooldown= 3 turns)

What do you want Hakon to do?
>attack specific unit? (which one he's near a lot right now)

>Tor
Wounds: 50/50
Skill: +1
AR: 2
DR: 3
Surge: 5/5

Active abilities:
Massive slam- Using all his Surge dice Tor slam his opponent so hard they drop to the ground and he gets a free attack if he deals at least 8 wounds.

What should Tor do?
>Attack specific unit? (Which ones he's near a lot right now)

>>2789276
So OP if we use this Thundering Roar- Enemies must make roll to avoid being stunned and losing their offensive turn (cooldown= 3 turns)
It can have the enemy not attack us next turn?

>>2789297
Yeah. Not the entire army obviously but several units near you will be partially deafened and will not have the opporunity to attack.

>>2789276
>Hakon
He will attack the lancers around him. Just kill them all before the turn is over.
>Savage Assault- Expend all surge, double damage done by surge rolls (must have max surge available)
>Thundering Roar- Enemies must make roll to avoid being stunned and losing their offensive turn (cooldown= 3 turns)

>Tor
He'll just support Hakon

>>2789315
this is good

our savage assault opener is a classic already

>>2789315
+1

Rolled 3, 14, 14, 12, 1, 12, 15, 2, 1, 3, 5, 12 + 2 = 96 (12d20 + 2)

>>2789315
>>2789333
>>2789350

>roll 13d20+5 and 14d20+5 for your attack and Tor's
>roll 3d20+2 for Tempest's roar

>rolling for the lancers (you're fighting 5 of them right now at once)

Rolled 17, 14, 9, 2, 17, 12, 13, 19, 20, 13, 2, 8, 3 + 5 = 154 (13d20 + 5)

>>2789367

Rolled 10, 15, 10, 2, 3, 8, 15, 17, 2, 11, 5, 15, 1 + 5 = 119 (13d20 + 5)

>>2789367

Rolled 1, 4, 13 + 2 = 20 (3d20 + 2)

>>2789367

Rolled 18 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>2789367

>>2789373
meow

Rolled 6, 8, 7, 7, 10, 1, 1, 17, 19, 2, 8, 12, 9, 18 + 2 = 127 (14d20 + 2)

>>2789367

Rolled 3, 4, 2 + 2 = 11 (3d20 + 2)

>>2789387
Damn That's a low roll

>>2789394
I hope it's their resist against the roar

>>2789401
Could be morale, since I think we broke at least half the lancers

Rolled 19, 4, 12 - 5 = 30 (3d20 - 5)

Make another 3d20+2 and also make a 3d20+3

Because between you Tempest and Tor you 3 alone dealt 179-5 in terms of wounds

you recieved 10-10 wounds against the lancers. neither you nor Tor nor Tempest get hurt. You just fucking Slay the fuck out of them.

The 6 lancers had 300 total wounds. They took 70 from the dwarves flaming the shit out of them so (230/300) health with one unit dying from being burned to death and another getting hit as well.

Now they are (56/300) with all the units getting merc'd hard and all needing a morale check.

>rolling for the lancers morale (they take -5 due to you and the flamethrowers spooking them.

Rolled 20, 18, 7 + 3 = 48 (3d20 + 3)

>>2789434

>>2789434
>14,-1,7 two fails they break

Enemy army HP: 1679/2200

>>2788158

Do you have an archive of the previous threads?

>>2789441
>Fuck man calm down
You have another running intimidation bonus now. +2 to intimidate because the enemy army saw two guys and a monster slaughter something like 110 men and horses in minutes of time.

>>2789447
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Slayer%2C+Hakon%2C+Collective+Game
Here it is. Enjoy.

Rolled 3, 4, 11 + 2 = 20 (3d20 + 2)

>>2789434

Rolled 3, 14, 6 + 2 = 25 (3d20 + 2)

>>2789457

Rolled 1 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>2789457
Roll 1d20+2

Rolled 17 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>2789462

I just got back from work, I wonder how things are going, they must be in the planning.... wow, that escalated quickly, and very much in our favor! Nice job anons, northmen are crazy!

Oh yeah also

Enemy army AR and DR -5 for at total of
AR: 31-10
AR: 36-11

>>2789462
>>2789468
>success
Tempest's roar affects 1 crossbow unit, 1 foot knight and 1 halberd

>>2789451

Muchos gracias.

>writing up the update and MS painting new battle map.

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>Update

Standing at the crest of the hill, low to the ground and with an army at your back you draw your spy glass and moniter the approaching army.

Your cavalry force forms a thin line of lances and uneasily stares down the aproaching army nearly seven times their number. The enemy arrays themselves in conservative formation similar to the one Maximillian used. You're beginning to pick up the military doctrine of this place.

The crossbows remain at the forefront to deter cavalry charges from the front while being supported by a large mass of heavy infantry that could break and support the flanks at a moments notice. The cavalry is massed on one side to make a heavy metal fist capable of bludgeoning the enemy army.

The Halberds hold the rear this time, a wise choice to protect against a rear attack. Only this attack isn't coming from the rear. You have been exceptionally careful to have your army file up the hill one at a time as the enmy army rounds the bottom. Once the enemy force is unable to see the backside of the hill you army wraps round the hilltop and waits to advance.

This is crucial. The enemy force must get ever so close, to close to be able to reposition, to give you just enough time to let you encircle and slay them with no room for them to maneuver.

The dwarves being so few in number are already in position in a secret trench covered up with a blanket of false grass.

When the enemy falls intot he shadow of the hill you give the signal. flags are waved in a rippling sequence, and over 800 troops advance as one. Cresting the hill atop Tempest, at the head of your kinsmen you order for the second signal.

Alchemical arrows screech into the sky and colored streaks point to the appropriate targets downhill. A color for each segment of the army. As one you charge down hill using the slope to speed up.

A squad of burly burst from cover near enough to burn the armored fist of horsemen. Huge gouts of consuming fire devours men and beast whole, the screams of the horses and of the riders is audible even from upslope.

But the dwarves do not withdraw they stay dousing the cavalry with flame, hollering and insulting the enemy in their foreign tongue. Damn them if they don't move, they will be run down when they must shut off their fire hoses (to avoid overheating).

"Tor with me!" Running along side you the red haired giant grunts and follows you downhill. Rocketing toward the dwarves and the enemy riders.

Taking notice your warbands quicken their pace to keep up.

In your peripheral vision you can already sense that your forces aren't moving fast enough. The cavalry broke too late and now the section meant to encircle the crossbows arrives too late. Your knights and your polearmed troops both fail in this regard as well. The enemy forms a solid battle line the troops raising their arms and bristling. Your only consolation is that the other section of cavalry takes up postion where it needs to be.

>cont.

Anxious mounts paw the earth with ironshod hooves all ewaiting to ride down any fool attempting to flee or to cut off any ordered retreat.

You army abandons the encirclement and alings for a full frontal assault. Swords are drawn, heavy bladed halberds and great cumbersome pikes are lowered. Your cavalry units slam into some of the repositioning enemy bowmen. Crushing the lightly armored men under-hoof and impaling the rest the quick display of mounted melee sees maces and hammers pulp the skulls of the crossbows with minimal if any casualties on you side. The horsemen wheel away covered in bone and brains as your left flank crashes into the enemy. Kept at bay by the long spears and pressed by your halberds the exchange is in your favor, outnumbered and pressed the enemy troops suffer grievous losses and first and second ranks hook, stab, and cleave their counterparts expertly.

Leaping over the dwarves as the enemy horse draws near Tor thunders past, his metal boots churning the earth beneath him.

Together you, Tor and Tempest pierce into the mass of lancers.

From below your beast guts the screaming horses only to catch their terifyed riders in his mouth. His swordlike fangs pierce the mail they wear with ease. His violent thrashing rips whatever sorry victim to pieces in seconds only to fill his maw with another, the whole time his clashes strike and rend.

Above your black blade Sends limbs and heads tumbling to the ground below. None can touch you, your arms are a blur of red and black death. Their armor might as well be rotten wool for all the protection it gives, as your scything blows cleave whole men and their mounts in twain.

Tor slogs in on foot not far from you laughing and yellign and swinging his hammer. The heads of men and horses alike are smashed into unrecognizable craters as circling swings sends the riders slamming into the earth or flying through the air.

The three of you are death incarnate, even the coming of you kin is but a minor addition to the slaugther you wreak upon the enemy cavalry. Those few that remain gibber and scream in fear. The Red Demon and his legions have appeared.

The handful of riders panic and flee but they too are cut down. Their fear giving wings but stripping them of any defense.

Looking upon the shifting battle line you throw a torch that Melt gave you a signal for your troops to cover their ears.

The rising torch explode sin a cloud of burning yellow smoke and your kinsmen (and Tor) Hit the ground as they were instructed, plugging their ears. You do the same as you give the order.

"Deafen them!"

Rising to a terrifying height, Tempest rears in his hind legs. His chest expanding and mouth gaping.

His roar is no animal utterance.

It is Thunder.

You feel as though you are slapped in the face by a great storm wind, shaken into numbness by the deafening roar.

>cont.

Foemen drop with bleeding ears. Brought to their knees as the cacophany stripes them of their hearing and their nerves. They roil in confusion and some struggle to stand as they cannot find the balance to stand.

Your Troops rise and collectively you unplug your ears.

Now the battle commences in earnest.

What do order? (make a plan)
>Write-in

remember your maneuvers

Maneuvers:
Plant stakes- The unit plants wooden stakes into the ground to ward off cavalry. Cavalry units cannot charge this unit without auto taking 10 wounds and are stopped. Can only be used once per combat encounter.
Hold ground- Unit gains +1 AR and +1 DR. Lasts for as long as they does not move or break formation. (Cooldown= 3 turns)
Cavalry charge- Cav unit adds +3 AR for one turn of general combat
Switch weapons- When in battle foot knights can switch between using their sword/shield and their warhammers. If they switch to hammers they get +1 AR and -1 DR in general combat.
Flame torrent: Unit increases the amount of lames their flamethrowers produce against a single target. Unit for a turn of battle deals double their standard wounds. This effect only hits enemy units the Flamedrakes are close enough to fire at.

What does Hakon do?
>Write-in
>Attack a specific unit.

What does Tor do?
>Write-in
>Attack a specific unit.

>>2789672
Are the Enemy Halberds holding ground? Are the Enemy Crossbows shooting our Mounted troops or still repositioning?

>>2789679
The enemy halberds will hold ground now that it's their turn. They couldn't before on account of being taken by surpise.

Enemy crossbows will attack you cavalry during their turn but they haven't at of the update as they were repositioning.

>>2789688
do they have stakes up? can our cavalry charge unoposed?

>>2789672
Well the MK and lancers at the the bottom have clear course of actions, what with the vulnerable enemy crossbows. The other group of lancers and MK may as well charge the FK and elite FK. Our crossbows can advance to the bottom left to try and get an angle on the flank of the enemy line. To be honest though our north men and us are about to fold their center so hard The enemy's main foot knight blob is about to get a full surround, and the halberds on the side will be getting attacked by our own, and maybe rear charge when our lancers and MK finish with the crossbows.
>Tor
Attack the elite footknights and help the northmen fold them up.
>Hakon
Seek out the enemy commander.

>>2789692
The enemy crossbows have to choose which side to stake since there are 2 groups of cav. They will make a choice and roll 3d20 to see if they can get it done in time for combat (realistically this is questionable since you would need ample time to do dig stakes in real life but this is a quest not real life).

>>2789696
Actual if the enemy halberds hold instead of attack our pike can hold to the front and our halberds can work on a full surround.

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>>2789672
Alright the bottom Mounted will charge at the crossbow before they start shooting.
Our Pikeman and Halberd will reposition to allow our crossbow men on the hill to have a clear shot on the stand ground healberds.
Our Mounted at the left flank will charge the smaller footknights, while our 4x Footknights clear a path of the enemy footknights to support the mounted units.
Our Northern Troops will take care of the FootKnights


>Tor lead the Northenmen and take care of the Elite Footknights and the rest
>Hakon Clear a path to the enemy Commander to fight him

>>2789696
>Our crossbows can advance to the bottom left to try and get an angle on the flank of the enemy line.
That's really is far for our Crossbows to move, they don't be able to fire.

>>2789706
>>2789696
>seek out enemy commander
This army doesn't have an overall commander but the elite knights are calling the shots on a collective level. Take the out to weaken the army.

>crossbows moving.
Normally corssbows need a directly line of fire that's unobstructed but on a hill they can fire at the targets below without needing a direct line of fire.

>>2789721
It's the elites that get it then, let's see what they are made of

>>2789721
That works out for us
>Tor and Hakon take out the elite Footknights

I still want the Halberds and Pikeman to move so the crossbows can get a clear shot to the stand ground Helberds below. 3x Season crossbows +1 normal Crossbows are going to do lots of damage to that Helberd formation

>>2789706
+1

Alright so

>Crossbows reposition to fuck up the Halberds
>The northmen fuck up the center enemy formtion
>Your right flank units repositions to flank and encircle the enemy halberds
>Crossbows get fucked by your cavalry
>Other cavalry takes on the foot knights and elite foot knights
>Tor and Hakon double team the elites

is this okay?

>>2789762
You forget about our Footknights, half would support our Northmen against the center enemy formation, and the other half should go help out the Mounted units in the left flank.

>>2789773
Okay. Understood.

>>2789773
>>2789777
yup

>roll 3d20+3 for cossbow reposition (gives AR bonus)
>roll 3d20+3 for Right flank unitys to surround enemy halberds (gives AR bonus)

>enemy rolls 3d20 for placing stakes to stop cavalry charge from nehind them.

>roll 10d20+3 for army performance

>roll 13d20+5 and 14d20+5 for Hakon/Tempest attack

>roll 13d20+1 for Tor attack

>I'll roll for enemy army and elite knights

Rolled 10, 5, 2 + 3 = 20 (3d20 + 3)

>>2789823

Rolled 6, 1, 12 + 3 = 22 (3d20 + 3)

>>2789823

Rolled 1, 9, 5, 12, 12, 20, 10, 18, 11, 10 + 3 = 111 (10d20 + 3)

>>2789823

Rolled 12, 19, 7, 19, 20, 20, 15, 13, 5, 20 + 3 = 153 (10d20 + 3)

>>2789823

Rolled 7, 9, 9, 11, 5, 4, 15, 13, 5, 12, 11, 12, 11 + 5 = 129 (13d20 + 5)

>>2789823

Rolled 3, 1, 20, 18, 17, 13, 5, 16, 18, 4, 10, 14, 20 + 5 = 164 (13d20 + 5)

>>2789823

Rolled 14, 14, 1, 4, 1, 7, 11, 2, 3, 14, 19, 12, 11 + 1 = 114 (13d20 + 1)

>>2789823

Rolled 20, 13, 13 = 46 (3d20)

>>2789844
>The Crossbows stake up in time

>>2789848
oof.png

Rolled 16, 18, 18, 10, 17, 13, 19, 14, 16, 17 = 158 (10d20)

Rolled 2 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>2789851
Isn;t there one 1d20+5 missing?

Rolled 18, 5, 15, 6, 19, 5, 8, 7, 1, 9, 11, 1, 7 + 3 = 115 (13d20 + 3)

Army combat results
Enemy does better then expected but it took way too much early damage and your special units do work.

But that being said
>enemy crossbows have stakes defending them from your cavalry positioned behind them which stops you from charging and now you have to roll to get around.

>The Halberds have a x2 AR bonus now because you failed to surround them.

Your army HP: 3656/3830
Enemy army HP: 1420/2200

>>2789865
there was

gonna roll for elite knights against Hakon/Tempest.

Rolled 13, 11, 12, 14, 4, 3, 16, 2, 4, 7, 8, 16, 15, 1 + 3 = 129 (14d20 + 3)

Rolled 11, 20, 9 - 3 = 37 (3d20 - 3)

>you deal 105-3 wounds
>you recieve 9-10 wounds

Elite knights 1: 98/200 (morale check 3d20+2-5)

Rolled 4, 11, 14, 18, 17, 4, 12, 4, 2, 9 + 3 = 98 (10d20 + 3)

2nd elite knights against tor (he's using his slam)

Rolled 6, 7, 16 + 3 = 32 (3d20 + 3)

>Tor deal 12-3 wounds
>Tor slams the Elite Knights and they fall down unable to fight.
>Auto wounds them on there turn because they can't attack
>Deals another 2x13=26-3 wounds

>Tor deals a total of 32 wounds
He recieves 18-3 wounds

>You and Tempest HP: 50+50/50
>Tor HP: 35/50

>Elite knights 2 HP: 168/200

Total damage to enemy army
>134 wounds

>Enemy Army HP: 1286/2200
>Elite knights 1 broke 1286-98

>Enemy Army HP: 1188/2200
>1100 to force enemy army to roll for morale

I'll write the update in the morning. I'm signing off for now. Thanks for posting anons.

>>2789918
We're doing lot of work on them. One more round and they'll surrender
See you later OP it was fun

>>2789918
see ya

>>2789918
Have a good one.

>I"m back

Running back and forth across the battle field you issue orders. Tempest's great speed allows you to reach most of the frontline units and with some more arrow based signals you are able to order your more distant units as well.

The crossbows ripple and shift as they move down the slopes of the hill to get a better shot on enemy halberds. At the same time your pikes and haberds sidestep and apply pressure to encircle the enemy flank.

For your other troops, more smokey colored streaks direct them to their designated targets. Returning to the center both you and Tor decide to break the elite knights. Being the most senior soldiers and officers they would be nominally in charge as you can identify no overall commander.

Leaping over the heads of the footknights Tempest crushes several black enameled knights beneath his bulk. Sword in hand death is delivered as the supposedly veteran soldiers are hacked by wide slashes, each hisses like a viper as the fine edge of the blade cuts air. The steel armor remains a non-problem as with each severing strike you barely feel any resistance shoot up your arm. Whether due to the quality of Flesh Render or your own strength you don't know but as a diagonal cut you deliver removes the head and arms of a struggling knight you do know that these soldiers are doomed. They fall like wheat or grass before a sickle. Tempest also enjoys himself as he gorges himself with the flesh of men, breaking knights apart in their armor with his enormous fangs.

Not far off you see bodies fly as Tor settles himself into the heart of the other unit of elite knights. He has far more trouble then you but a booming slam knocks his adversaries to the ground where he pulps them with his great maul before they can get up.

The soldiers around you falter quickly and break once it becomes clear that you have slaughtered about half their number, en wailing in pain as limbs and organs are strewn about the field, and others already dead their heads ruined or forzen in a final moment of agony.

Once freed from the melee you take note that the enemy has more sense and more spine then you anticipated.

With a clea view of the enemy bowmen you see that they have warded off the cavalry behind them with stakes. How they managed to place them so quickly is a mystery but impressive nonetheless. To your left you see that the enemy halberds have adjusted your troops attempt to encircel them and while spread thin they remain unmoved.

Around you in the center and right the fighting rages. Your troops grind against the wall of enemy infantry, and your kinsmen do a fine job of bloodying the enemy. By your reckoning the resolve these Dread troops possess will soon run out and victory will be assured.

>gonna MS paint the map and then give options

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What orders do you give?
>write-in

What does Hakon do?
>Target Specific unit

What does Tor do?
>Target specific unit

mucked up. The cross bows are suppoed to be further to the right,. But they didn't reposition quickly enough to flank the enemy.

>>2790422
I just got up, will post my battle plan once I'm done reading

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>>2790422
Alright, our footknights and Northernmen break the Enemy Footknights
The bottom lancers charge into the Halberd backside, as our Helberds and pikemen keep them busy by poking them.
Hakon goes for the easy targets of the Crossbow men, so they can't fire.
Tor and left flank mounted keep killing the left footknights

Our crossbows will fire at any target if they have any clear shots.
Dwarves can flame the footknights if their no risk of friendly fire, if there is they can keep holding

>>2790431
+1

Rolled 1, 5, 16, 17, 7, 10, 20, 5, 12, 16 = 109 (10d20)

>>2790475
>>2790431

Alright so
>Backline cavalry specifically attacks halberds
>Dwarves burninate the foot knights
>Tor and flank cav attack the left flank knights
>Hakon skull fucks crossbows
>Your crossbows take whatever shots they can make.
>Your pikes and halberds hold.

>roll 10d20+3 for army combat

Rolled 9, 7, 8, 14, 16, 5, 7, 18, 17, 19 + 3 = 123 (10d20 + 3)

>>2790503

Rolled 2, 6, 14 - 2 = 20 (3d20 - 2)

>Enemy army HP: 694/2200
>Your army HP: 3612/3830

>enemy takes big hit.
>Northmen tear up the knigths, cavalry charges to the flank of the 2 knight units, and rear charges to halberds against pikemen who hold with their pikewall.

>rolling morale

>>2790525
>0,4,12= 2 failures the army breaks and being with no route of escape you take the remainders prisoner

>You take approximately 330 prisoners of war.

>>2790529
So we got 800 Wealth also?

>writing update

>>2790531
Yeah

Your prediction comes sooner than expected. Just as you collide with the frantically reloading crossbowmen, your cavalry have already elected to rear charge the halberds to the side. For all the stubborness they have shown against your flanking troops getting flatten and crushed underhoof by the the knights and lancers finally does them in. Throwing down their weapons and surrendering the halberds unknowingly follow suit to the whole enemy army. The knights behind you are mauled. Most of them are dead now, eaither smashed into blood soaked misshapen lumps are hacked into little pieces. Tor begins marshalling the elite knights, occasionally smacking a slow soldier with his hammer.

The men around you just get on their knees and plead. While you hate such disgusting gutlessness you accept and herd them like a sheepdog, curcling about the mass of men while Tempest does the same. Driving them into a column with the other prisoners, ropes, bonds and shackles are liberally applied to your new charges.

Forcing them to reveal their camp you collect all of their supplies and wealth.

>+800 wealth from raiding
>+200 wealth from looting enemy camp.

Enjoying the wine left in the tents of the senior knights you begin to sift through their letters and orders.

As expected the general known as Menalty has held his psotion in town and refuses to weaken his garrison any further.

Looks like the next set of raiding will be easier. If the troops in Salt spear refuse to sally forth to stop you, that jst means you can pillage with impunity.

>you are in camp after the battle. Your troops are fresh and the region is now safe for you to muck about it because the enemy refuses to leave the regional capital.

what do you do?
>write-in
>Socialize (Alice,Tor,Miriam, and Roger are all present you could also talk to your troops)
>Complete your raiding (first you raided the roads now its the countryside's turn, you can roll for an encounter here)
>Return to friendly terrtory (to spend loot)

>>2790606
>>Complete your raiding (first you raided the roads now its the countryside's turn, you can roll for an encounter here)
After that
>Return to friendly terrtory (to spend loot)

>>2790606
>Have a talk with roger and alice. See if he can make any more types of potion, and ask alice about starting up a potion making business, either selling to our own troops or others when our stocks are full.
>Complete your raiding (first you raided the roads now its the countryside's turn, you can roll for an encounter here) I think this counts as socializing with Tor ahaha.
>Send some of our men back via sea to purchase catapults. If it comes down to a siege they'll be useful. And we do set piece or ambush battles enough they can have a place there.

>>2790612
I'm all for raiding but wasn't the plan to capture saltspear before reinforcements from another province could mobilize?

>>2790623
I want to buy more troops before taking Saltspear. Like siege wagons and more troops

>>2790606
>>Complete your raiding (first you raided the roads now its the countryside's turn, you can roll for an encounter here)

Honestly the more troops we pull away from other regions and hack apart piecemeal the better.

>>2790628
I suppose its not like it takes us a ton of time to do so with the sea access, and it would take a long, long time for reinforcements to arrive, if they do at all. I think our troop numbers are good, the difficulty was actually getting into salt spear. The naval attack sounded good but siege weapons would be nice. Even if us and the northmen can smash the gates you'd want something to target the enemy on any approach.

You know I forgot because they weren't placed down on the battle map but you do have a set of catapults in your army.

>>2790636
Oh, well that works too! Tell me, how easy will our dwarf flamethrowers make clearing out enemy forces that are in fortifications in saltspear? I imagine we won't use them on areas we want alot of loot from, but barracks, towers, or blocades will be easy right?

>>2790641
Well yeah. If you place the flamethrowers somewhere and set them to burn something they will damage whatever target really badly and make them flee, and if anything flammable is present the flames will burn it up.

The main thing with siege assaults is to make rolls to circumvent/break down/sabotage the fortifications.

Also being in an enclosed space (like a tower) while someone fire a flamethrower is a bad time.

>>2790633
Unless we stick around and occupy saltspear, so longterm stuff, I'm not sure we'll see too many enemy reinforcements upon reflection. Bronzehelm is a mess, and sending any men would be saying "take me, take me!" to brasshold or gullcove. Holdern's Cairn have few forces, and will not be eager to send them away from their territory when they hear we're around. Anything from dreadhill will take a long time to arrive, and weaken the center of the enemy. Only coldclaw has the forces, and they are likely more in the south of the province with the castle, and likely not very mobilized yet.

>>2790648
Yeah you're correct. Right now Saltspear is naked and in the wind so to speak.

Also for encounters for a raid what are guys in the mood for?

Something funny, a stronger opponent to fight, ,meeting someone or something from a distant land. What are you anons in the mood for.

>>2790648
I kind of want to just use that 1800 wealth to buy more troops and attack Saltspear.
We got 800 from the roads, 200 from the army and we would get 800 more from the settlements.

>>2790655
Something funny, I know more about the Dwarves, since they were pretty good with their flamers.

>>2790655
A young lord or lady who's raised a peasant levy to fight off the invaders. they were captured in their sleep when the peasants and their few retainers failed to post a watch. Everything they do is so pathetic and harmless we can't actually bring ourselves to kill them. We are fine with robbing and imprisoning them.

>>2790655
A airship making it's first flight, two brothers are testing it out on a hill

>>2790660
Or something else, as long as its funny. We're getting a ton of wealth, and I can't see saltspear actually holding too many interesting combatants at the moment. Ohh, maybe an encounter with an elf trader or diplomat, give us some exposition n future potential wars for us?

>>2790665
This is good, a diplomat from Downland searching for future allies against the shitty elves.

As for othe encounters I agree with funny but I'm not really keen on more prisioners for now, I would like to spend more time with the characters we already have.

We could get some smut from the raid though, with some nameless npcs

>>2790688
Ah smut, that would indeed be desirable.

>>2790665
+1

Alright on the itinerary.

>Talk to Roger and Alice about creating a potion side business with Roger making potions and Alice dealing with distribution and sales.

>During the pillaging of the countryside you encounter a pair of bumbling elf inventors and their strange flying machine and then learn they are on a mission from the king of Downland to look for hardened mercenaries interested in jobs.

>A snippet of Hakon enjoying the fat of the land with some of the local women (several women that is)

>return to gullcove to get additional troops

>The assault Saltspear (planning option will go up)

This seem good?

>>2790723
Good shit, my flying brothers are in.

>>2790723
Pretty good.

>>2790723
OP is it safe to say we have 1905 wealth after all the looting? And did anyone unit of our army level up?

>>2790741
Yeah you have 800+800+200 from the raiding and the battle and the 105 left over so yeah.

as for unit promotions I think two of your halberds have fought in enough battles that they have become seasoned

so
>Unit promotions
2x seasoned halberds (+1AR, +20HP

>>2790750
Any of the lancers get seasoned? They had been doing a fair bit of work recently, both with raiding and battle, and IIRC one of the unseasoned ones has been with us awhile.

>>2790723
Oh, and this seems fine.

>>2790750
Current Army (1,210 Men) (3,870 HP) (1,905 Wealth)
-3x Seasoned Crossbows (240/240) AR:2x3 DR: 1x3
-1x Crossbows (60/60) AR: 1 DR: 1
-3x Foot Knights (300/300) AR: 2x3 DR 2x3
-1x Seasoned Foot Knights (120/120) AR: 3 DR: 2
-2x Seasoned Halberds (200) AR: 2x2 DR: 2x2
-2x Halberdiers (160/160) AR: 1x2 DR: 2x2
-2x Lancers (100/100) AR: 1x2 DR: 1x2
-2x Seasoned Lancers (140/140) AR: 2x2 DR: 2x2
-2x Pikemen (300/300) AR: 2x2 DR: 1x2
-2x Mounted Knights (300/300) AR: 2x2 DR: 3x2
-1x Siege Catapult (50/50) AR: 5 DT: 0
-1x Dwarven Flamedrakes (100/100) AR: 6 DR: 2
-9x Northmen Warband (1,800/1,800) AR: 4 DR: 3

Buy List
1x Siege Catapult? (250) (25 Men)
2x Crossbows (200) (100 Men)
2x Halberds (200) (100 Men)
2x Lancers (200) (50 Men)
3x Footknights (600) (150 Men)
2x Pikemen (400) (200 Men)
1,850 Wealth 625 Men

After buying (1,610 Men) (4,900 HP)
-3x Seasoned Crossbows (240/240) AR:2x3 DR: 1x3
-3x Crossbows (180/180) AR: 1x3 DR: 1x3
>300 Crossbows
-6x Foot Knights (600/600) AR: 2x6 DR 2x6
-1x Seasoned Foot Knights (120/120) AR: 3 DR: 2
>350 Footknights
-2x Seasoned Halberds (200) AR: 2x2 DR: 2x2
-4x Halberdiers (320/320) AR: 1x4 DR: 2x4
>300 halberds
-4x Lancers (200/200) AR: 1x4 DR: 1x4
-2x Seasoned Lancers (140/140) AR: 2x2 DR: 2x2
>150 Lancers
-4x Pikemen (600/600) AR: 2x4 DR: 1x4
>400 Pikemen
-2x Mounted Knights (300/300) AR: 2x2 DR: 3x2
>50 Mounted Knights
-2x Siege Catapult (100/100) AR: 5x2 DT: 0
>50 men (10 Siege Engines)
-1x Dwarven Flamedrakes (100/100) AR: 6 DR: 2
-9x Northmen Warband (1,800/1,800) AR: 4 DR: 3
>210 Special men
>300 Range 50 Siege 200 Mounted 1,050 Footmen 210 Special Total

This is just a idea, let me guys know what you guys want. Also this list could change depending on what encounter or magic item OP shows us.
Since we're going to siege soon, I went more for foot soldiers and siege machine. Pikeman are the cheap attack troops AR 2, while Halberd are for defend (DR 2). Footknights are all around.

>business proposition

Within your personal tent you look over a sample of Roger's new brew. Good quality stuff, easily capable of keeping your troops in the field and in fighting shape. The cubic flasks glows as the greenish blue liquid gives off the telltale eldritch light that accompanies most magical potions.

"Roger, so far you've only been making mending potions are there any others you can make? I'm not looking a gifted horse in the mouth but I'm curious." You say this as you experimentally slosh the potion about in its glass container.

Roger's hand clench and unclench at his sides, and a broad forced smile splits his face. You know that he does that mostly to keep himself calm rather than to maintain a facade of amiability, but you would like that he stopped doing that. He looks like a man who has just had his toes ripped off.

"I can make most of the potion you can expect on the open market Hakom, just ask what I know to brew and I will. I can amke a potion that increases the durability of your skin and muscle, some of that savagery potion you liked and the regenertion recipe. There are also some others I can make if you're curious." Roger speaks very softl and stands ramrod straight, his eyes locked onto you as sweat beads down his face.

"Roger I'm not going to kill please calm down for fuck's sake. I wanted to talk to you because I have an idea that can benefit both of us. Alice could you explain?" As you say this she appears and lays out her stock of documents and plans.

"I would gladly explain love. For fuck's sake lad come here!" Alice drags the young wizard by his collar and drags him to the table when he seems to paralyzed by dear to move.

"There now. I've been thinking since you're working for us now and potions being such a rare commodity I have an idea to enrich both of us. You see here? I had my parents send some manifests of potion supplies by the stone being sold to soldiers all over the country right now on the Fairhair side. Lots of gold see? What I would like to know is if you were given some laborers and some new equipment could you mass produce product for retail?" Alice wraps up her explanation by showing the young wizard some mock up charts to show how they could increase the amount of gold they could acquire by seeling a fixed amount of the magic brew each month.

"Uh. Ah. Well. Yes. Actually." Roger looks dumbfounded before he finally collects himself, most likely only possible because he's not talking to an 8 foot giant.

"If you purchased some larger sets of glassware, and tanks to store product as well as necessary alchemical equipment. I believe that with some dregs to work with me I could do this. I mean. Wizards who run these rackets are only really needed at specific points to handle the arcane element. All the mixing and chemical preperations can be done by just about anyone. Would you be willing to uh. Fund me?" Roger squeaks out the last part, afraid to ask for money most likely.

>cont.

"Yes." You state plainly.

"Wealth is no issue and this is an investment that I stand to collect from in time and Alice I trust is fully capable of managing the projects clerical and mercantile aspects. All you need to do is what you're doing now and you'll be given your appropriate cut for being the producer."

Roger blankly stares at you for a time, before he finally shrugs and takes a personal look at the documents on the table.

"Hell I have nothing to lose. I'll take a stab at it." Roger finally says.

"Good you see it that way." You say. Alice takes hold of your hand and smiles brightly. You smile back at her and tell that she's done a good job. Slayer knows you couldn't figure all the numbers and merchant jargon out.

You're also glad to see Roger do something other than cower in fear. Hopefully this litle business venture will straighten him out a little.

>social encounter end

>Option available (Potion business- fund Alice's project to get Roger better equipment and gain passive income)

Up next are the elf diplomats and their flying machine.

>>2790824
Its not a bad list, but I would wait to see if there are any special units, or magic things which would help in a siege, etc. But for now its gives us a good baseline plan for recruitment.

>>2790854
Yeah, that's the plan. Just a suggestion list, from what we already know.

>>2790859
What I'm thinking for something to spend money on is bows for our northmen. They would be huge warbows, far from cheap, but they could really work out well. Our northmen and other infantry give us a killer infantry core already, and our cav look good. We have a decent amount of crossbows but they are usually matched by our enemy's, and have less value when the battle closes with blocked lines of sight. So buying more of them seems a poor investment, and there are no other bow infantry. But, our northmen can have dual roles! All our northmen are no doubt proficient with their bows, and given the huge draw weight for them the bows no doubt have massive range compared to our crossbows. So they could soften the enemy up before battle is joined, or together with our long range catapults force enemy armies to have to advance on positions we prepare. Also they'd be good in sieges. And when it comes time our northmen just switch back to their melee role.

>>2790885
Buying bows for Northmen work, just that the Crossbows have value to them. But it's really depending on if the enemy have range units themselves, and if we're the ones attacking or defending. They are good at protecting a flank against cav with their stakes, which helped us out in battles from time to time.
They just need to roll better since they rolled ass last battle

>A very odd encounter

"Dear Brother?" An elf says, nervously. Sweat forming on his very fine brow. Fingers reflexively twitching.

"Yes?" Says another elf. Covered in soot and grease as he tinkers with a strange looking machine, mucking about with the internal machinery. A hint of fear in his voice.

"Someone's coming dear brother. Someone quite large and armed." The first elf says this time his voice hitching slightly in fear.

"Is it that red fellow that the locals say kills hundreds of warriors and rapes the land without fail?" The second elf says, his mechanical ministrations becomeing more hurried and frantic, his fingers catching and cutting on the metal gears within.

"He's quite large and his armor is red so I should assume yes dear brother. Him and about a dozen more large fellows are coming towards us." The first elf is shaking now, his eyes blurring, he feels faint.

"I blame you for this! You just had to haggle with the dwarves for fuel! And when we couldn't get the price YOU wanted we had to cut half the fuel with booze! YOU said this thing has to burn clean to bloody work and yet YOU wanted to skimp!" The first elf explodes and kicks the second in the ribs. The second flails his legs while prone beneath the machine before responding.

"And I blame mother for Shitting you into the world you limp milksop! Life was good for the years that you weren't there to stifle my genius!" The second rises from beneath the machine and shoves his brother.

"GENIUS! You couldn't feed or clothe yourself, let alone negotiate any work without me you socially inept toadstool!" The first fires back shoving the second.

"I should have put your head into that ge-!" Both Elves freeze and look at the towering red figure that now stands over them.

"Well hello good sir. How may we help you today?" The first lamely says out of habit. his body frozen in fear.

You examine the two finely featured men. It's the first time you've ever seen one before besides the female thralls back home. They are tall but lanky built with pointed ears that are quite long almost comically so. They are similar in appearance obviously brothers or close relatives anyway.

You turn to the real reason you bothered to walk up this steep hill.

Behind the two elves is a ship of sorts with a large ballon above it. Connected to many ropes and a metal frame the voluminous orb seems filled with air.

You had from a distance seen it fly through the air before landing. A machine that could fly is a novel concept one that intrigues you. After all flying war beasts were used why not something else that could be built rather than bred or trained?

>do you say anything to the elves? Ask any questions?
>write-in

>>2790907
Excellent point. Still really want to get bows for our northmen though, they could essentially be human ballistae(maybe not quite, but still). Something tells me it will be expensive though.

>>2790918
What are two elves with a flying machine doing in Bronzehelm?

>>2790918
"Why hello, what an interesting sight! I am Hakon Angrimson, and who might you be? And what is that fascinating contraption you are working on?"
Smile and be pleasant, even though our smile likely terrifies them kek.

>>2790918
Elves in Bronzehelm? Are you natives or passing by, what business do you have here, don't you know that there is a war going on?

"Why hello, what an interesting sight! I am Hakon Angrimson, and who might you be? And what is that fascinating contraption you are working on?" Your voice booms and the elves pale further.

When the brutality they expect doesn't come they share mutual looks of disbelief. They look at you (and your terrifying smile) and they both lap on fragile smiles born of their desperate wish to not die.

"Why my good man I am glad that you asked! I am Phineas and this is my lead tongued brother Porthos! We are emissaries from the kingdom of Downland on a very important task given to us by the great King Aldinius and to accomplish our errand we make of this!" The first elf now identified as Phineas flourishes and pulls your attention back the machine.

"This. Is our air ship, a wonder of elven engineering. You see this wonderous machine uses an engine of my brother's design to fill yonder ballon with large amounts of wind. Using magical spouts to generate the wind and the enginer to power the spouts we can adjust how high into the air we go. The gine also power a propeller that churns the air and allows us to move forward. See this rudder much like a naval vessal we use it to turn and maneuver as a normal ship does. Uh. Unfortunately we are encountering some technical difficulties at the moment, my brother must repair the engine before we can be on our way and so forth." Phineas nervously nudges his brother as if to say "Start fixing our ship so we can get the fuck out of here you simpleton."

Your curiosity about the ship sated you ask another more pertinent question.

"What are two elves with a flying machine doing in Bronzehelm? Are you natives or passing by, what business do you have here, don't you know that there is a war going on?" You say this blandly considering that whatever errand the elves are doing for the king of the elves is beneath your notice.

"Ah yes. We have been sent by our king to find stalwart mercenaries in order to thwart the plans of those dastardly fellows in Brightwall." Phineas genial act drops and he leans closer to you.

"You interested. Plenty of gold, Brightwall is rich you know, real rich in everything you northern giants like. Gold, treasures of magic and all manner of beauteous women ripe for the taking. If you go to the court of my king and get a contract I can swear on my mother's yet to be filled grave that you can make more in plunder and pay then any man here can." Phineas places a disk in your hand.

"This is a little pass that I was told to give to prospective employees. You have a reputation well established around here. If you take the offer please be kind and remember us. Our family name is Wickman." He smiles, a very tight and uneven smile. The smile of a desperate man.

>do you say anything or have any other questions?
>write-in

>>2791075
Take the pass
"Thank you my good man, I might take you elves on that offer, after my business is done here in Bronzehelm."

>>2791075
Take the pass

Why my good man, working with you seems delightful


Who said elves where insuferable, I quite liked these guys

>>2791085
"Thank you my good man, I might take you elves on that offer, after my business is done here in Bronzehelm. Working with you seems delightful." You place the pass into your armor and remain with the elves for a time. Committing the names to memory you decide to leave them alone and let them live. If they return to their king alive they can report your accomplishments. You'll need another palce to go and another job after the war here ends.

Pillaging the glittering realm of the Brightwall and plundering its fine women would be excellent goals. If nothing else seeing the slapstick routine those two elves perform will be amusing.

You force the elves to let you take a ride on their airship though. Flying is badass.

>Encounter end
>You know about the Brightwall-Downland war and have a pass to get an audience with the king of Downland
>You have met Porthos and Phineas Wickman

Next up is the lewd

>>2791116
>Elves being insufferable
The thing with elves is they have a racial quirk. With elves their quirk is that they gravitate toward extremes especially in behavior. If they are annoying they are absolutely insufferable, if they are neurotic they are wound tighter then a piano string. If they are wise they are infinitely patient and erudite and f they are an ass they are the single most subborn and dimwitted person on earth. It's one of the reasons why elves are had to live near.

>>2791143
*hard to live near

>>2791143
Interesting. While they make great advances as individuals it must be hell trying to get some form of cohesion in their society, and thus implement those advances beyond the individual level.

>>2791143
Nice

I would ask to propose a deal to them, we could use their machines to do some scouting for us, and deliver a payload too, a fire payload provided by the dwarves maybe?

If they still haven't left we can propose to help fixing it with our dwarves(they probably have fuel) in exchange for some help in the siege

>>2791165
If we were using flying I wouldn't use it for a bomb deliver, I'd use it for a "bomb delivery". Something like dropping us, Tor, and our mount if it can handle it, on a Saltspear gatehouse in the night. Just us, our mount, and Tor are practically 5 or 6 units worth of death, and it would be easy to hold the gate open and clear the walls until our main force arrived.

>At some point during your galavanting through countryside

It's near dusk now. The sun is dipping beneath the horizon and you and the lads are having a bit of fun.

About fifty of you are stalking up to a village, a sleepy bumb on the ass of this land filled with lazy farmers not aware of or caring that a war is going on that you're army is in the region. No sentries no attempts to prevent a sneak attack just the sounds of people going about their evening and the sounds of farm animals mucking about in their pens and stalls.

This will cost them everything. You are not in your normal armor, you're in leathers to reduce the mount of noise you produce as you move. despite your great bulk you creep like the predator you are, slinking up to the edge of the settlement.

about forty homes in all, barely one per man but these are some nice looking houses, each are two floors minimum and there's a quaint little temple here and high sturdy barns with all kinds of goods stacked high as well as fat livestock to eat and sell.

This aught to be real good.

Hunched low and silently passing through shadows you have several options for the first mark before the panic begins.

What do you hit first?
>The temple plenty of gold and riches are in places of worship, plus it's dedicated to Menah the goddess of healing, she won't give a shit if you ransack the place.
>A big house with a brick wall around it. Hardly a barrier for you, but a big hosue with a wall means money and valuables.
>A big barn. Taking some good livestock will mean a good breakfast for you and good coin by selling it. This war economy has a funny way of making livestock very profitable.

>>2791182
>>2791165
Hold on to these ideas when the planning phase for the town assault happens. These are both good.

>>2791185
>The temple plenty of gold and riches are in places of worship, plus it's dedicated to Menah the goddess of healing, she won't give a shit if you ransack the place.
Nuns a go, especially if there is a battle nun!

>>2791185
>>The temple plenty of gold and riches are in places of worship, plus it's dedicated to Menah the goddess of healing, she won't give a shit if you ransack the place.

>>2791185
>The temple plenty of gold and riches are in places of worship, plus it's dedicated to Menah the goddess of healing, she won't give a shit if you ransack the place.

Lets ravage some priestess
Let try going for 3 or four don't really care who, se are leaving in a bit anyway

>>2791207
I'm trying to limit our pokemon gathering is what I'm saying kek

>>2791207
>>2791212
Thralls are the ones we keep around, and should be very selective with. This is just background stuff.

>>2791219
agreed, seed it and leave it

>>2791143
Just needs to be sure that elf lady in our future is neurotic about us

>the temple

Creeping along you signal your fellows that you're going for the temple. Tor and the lads give the thumbs up and creep to their own targets.

Remaining out of the fading light and keeping to the growing darkness you reach the edge of the building. Staying close to the wall and hiding behind a nearby statue of Menah you allow a group of men to pass by. A pair of farmers who have come in from the field looks like although they both smell of booze so they might have just been drinking. Either way they pass without noticing anything amiss.

Rounding the corner to the front of the temple you carefully scan for any who might see you and then crack the door and do you best to squeeze in inconspicously.

Within the temple you pass the threshold and enter a seconf pair of doors, more ornate one bearing wooden carving of Menah soothing the hurts of the wounded.

Entering through the second set of doors you see faint candlelight at the end of the high roofed chamber. There are no windows, just tapestries and more carvings to Menah along the walls. The floors are tiled and rows of pews are on either side of a path that leads to an altar.

Standing before the lit candles and bowed lightly in reverance before an idol of the goddess.

Treading from behind you rise to your full height. Coming closer it becomes cleaer that the person at the altar is a woman. From the vestments she wears she's not a priestess, just a common nun. A young woman dedicated to healing the injured curing the sick and soothing the sorrowful.

A walking symbol of virtue and kindness. Gonna be awful of you to do anything to her but nuns and holy women are a weakness of yours. The idea of despoiling such an earnest young woman and laying up your seed in her, it's something almost dreamlike.

Well only if she's good looking. If she's just an honest soul who's not much for looks you'll just tie her up and ransack the place. You have standards after all.

Crossing the distance between you and the nun you loom over her until she picks up on your presence and turns.

"Ah!" The nun reveals herself and backs up into the altar.

She's a pretty thing. Soft green eyes and straw colored hair under her hood. She has a very rounded freckled face. She has a full face, the sign of a woman with some meat on her bones.

>say anything to the nun?
>write-in

>>2791355
I guess you know what happens now right my dear? I'm a raider, you a young pretty thing, it doesn't have to be bad for you, come close and don't scream, for now anyway.

I should warn you, if you have any other friends here that are as pretty as you we should get them now, It's going to be way easier for you if you can share.

I like how he was bluntly honest the first time we did it in thread one, he just treat this like it's a normal thing, because for his people it is

>>2791355
>Say Anything?
Nope, straight to the binding and gagging. If she's not the priestess there's hopefully more. If not, well we can have some fun.

>>2791355
Punch her head clean off the shoulders

>>2791394
If you were an actual khornate instead of just a expy that would be the default course of action but this is a lewd encounter.

I can understand that it's not your cup of tea and that for you it detracts from the rest of the quest but calm down man.

>>2791400
Oh, I thought we were sneaking. And that was to stop her from getting attention from the others.

>>2791367
This, casually ask her where are the others.

But get close enough to put a hand on her mouth while we talk if she tries to scream

>>2791408
That would be a hilarious miscommunication within the quest.

"Why the fuck did you punch her head off?"

"I thought we were being sneaky so I made sure to shut her up."

"We came here to fuck women anon."

"Oh."

"Got real distance off of the head though."

"Sweet."

>>2791415
this way we keep sneaky about it I meant

>>2791415
Yeah, let's do that instead of punching her head off

>>2791367
>>2791415
>>2791426


Bearing down on the nun you place your massive hand over mouth.

Paralyzed by fear her eyes go wide as you whisper in her ear.

"I guess you know what happenes now my dear? I'm a raider, you're a pretty young thing, it doesn't have to be bad for you, come close and on't scream for now anyway. I should warn you, if you have any other friends here that are as pretty as you we should get them now, It's going to way easier for you if you can share."

The nun eyes you questioningly despite her apparent fear. When you remove your hand she stares dumbly.

Goodhearted but dim not a great combination to help her out of this situation.

"I'm a big man and I'm going to have sex with you. You'll want to show me if any other women are around I can sex up as well. It will be easier on you because otherwise you'll be be exhausted from being sexed up over and over. You understand?"

She nods but then she shakes her head.

"I canna do that I don't want you to do that to the mother Venna and Dacey. Just take me i'll do what you want. I will I'll be quiet." The nun pleads. She's mucked up though she gave away that other owmen are near.

Putting a gag in her mouth you tie her up and carry her over your shoulder while you look deeper into the temples. Your careful hearing picks up feminine voices coming from a flight of stairs. ascending the steps you peek into a nearby room where two women are chatting.

They wear no hoods unlike the nun. Once is clothed in fine vestments of blue and grey and another is in plainer undyed cloth.

They are elder women probably both past thirty winters each. They are fair though. The woman in fine vestments (almost certainy the priestess in charge) is indeed beautiful. Gold locks are held back in a tight bun on her head. Her eyes are a bright blue that shines with a motherly quality. Her face is smooth but elegant in structure the face of woman a skillful painter would make a portrait of for free.

Her counterpart is night to her day. She has a button nose and dark brown hair the color of soil. Even in her vestments you can tell she's sturdily built. If she wasn't a nun you would mistake her for a farmer's wife. Not very tall but wide and built for childbearing and lots of rutting. Ulf you know has a weakness for such women, you admit that you do too. Your only regret is that at most you'll only father one or two children on such a woman when she could birth many more.

Entering into the room both of the occupants lock eye and freeze, not unlike the nun over your shoulder.

"Evening. I have come to do some sacraments on behalf of my god. I would like for you three to help if it isn't too much trouble." You keep your voice low and calm. Even and cool. If you play your cards right this will be more fun than you've had with strange women in years.

>Say anything to the nun and priestess?
>write-in

>>2791474
Sex them

>>2791474
You see, I'm in deep sorrow, I haven't sexed a woman for many...hours... and my heart is full of sadness for not spreading pleasure around, I'm sure you goddess, kind as she is, wouldn't want to see me like this. that smirk

My god demands and I shall not let him wanting, I'm sure you understand

let's ungag the pretty thing on our shoulder and start with her

"You see, I'm in deep sorrow, I haven't sexed a woman for many...hours... and my heart is full of sadness for not spreading pleasure around, I'm sure you goddess, kind as she is, wouldn't want to see me like this." You smirk wryly. Might as well add a little blasphemy to your list of crimes committed while in this country.

"How dare you. You come into this place of worship, where the wounded and troubled come for help and you threaten us and make to break our vows of chastity? Have you no decency?" The priestess rises from her seat while her underling looks on silently and with worry etched into her face. They both look and fret over their fellow nun slung over your shoulder.

"My god demands and I shall not let him wanting, I'm sure you understand." You say as the priestess huffs.

"And what go do you serve?" She says to you.

"I am Hakon Angrimson and the Slayer is my god. His commands are simple. If one wishes to earn his favor than you must grow strong and spread across the earth. To the strong go the spoils and the right to spread long across the earth. Do you gainsay this? I have read the texts. Your goddess has been made a bedwarmer. She can claim no maidenhead nor chastity." At your words the brown haired nun gasps looks to her superior. The priestess frowns and bows her head in submission. No resuce is coming and there are stuck in the room with a northman (they might have not figured it out because your shrunk down right now for the sexy times and sneaking) and there's no escape from that.

You set the younger nun on her feet and relase her bonds and gag. You push her lightly to join her fellow while you stand by the door.

"You have a bedchamber?" The pirestess nods and you carefully follow the women to their shared room before barring the door.

"Alright. You there what's your name?" ou ask the young nun you first found.

"Agatha." She responds light tears in her eyes.

"Alright come here now. You'll be first." You say as you remove your clothes.

>Lewdpost to follow.

I'll write it up and post it tomorrow. After this is the planning and prep stage for the first siege. When I come back tomorrow I'll go through how a siege is different than a regular field battle.

Have a nice night anons I'll try to get back at around noon but I gotta fix my roof shingles because of the storms that have been passing through my area so I might be busy with that.

>>2791540
night man, see ya

>>2791540
Goodnight

New Anon reading up on the previous thread, really enjoying it. Always love a good old fashioned warband type quest.

Catched all up. Just wanted to say I think our long-term goal should be to eventually become the King of the Northmen.
After we're done in Bronzehelm and also after at least one other campaign/contract, we should return home bringing all our gold and spreading a good portion of it amongst our people liberally, and setting up a fort settlement to be our HQ, perhaps challenging some of the other leaders of the Northmen and gaining legitimacy- finding a good Northwoman bride to be our Queen perhaps. I imagine our kin would not look too kindly on a Greenlander queen.
Also I think we should work with the Tusk after Bronzehelm. It's sort of two birds with one stone. Downland should indirectly profit from us hurting Brightwall in Tusk- perhaps enough for them to pay us a bit- and the Tusk Barbarians sound like perfect allies (and possible future subjects?) for the Northmen.
Also, what exactly is the Slayer? Is he just Khorne? Does he have dedicated worshiping Warbands? I really really liked earlier when he granted us the sick armor. Maybe we could start trying to earn his favor as we go about our warrior business more directly?

>here's the lewd
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>>2792175
>What exacty is the Slayer?
I'm glad you asked the question I was hoping for an anon to start asking since I drop the name a lot.

The Slayer is one of the gods of the Setting and is among the most powerful if not the most powerful. During the god wars The Slayer killed numerous deities including the five whose corpses now stink up the wastes up north.

The way I can describe him is that he's a mixture between khorne (a great love of battle and combat with an emphasis on fighting strong opponents), Crom (From Conan who does not care overmuch for direct worhsip but his gift to men is the strength to choose their own path and make their own decisions), and a couple other deities with honor codes mixed in.

The Slayer told your ancestors to go to the wastes to gain great power and they did by living there and becoming the giants they are today.

The Slayer like humans the most out of the mortal races because he sees potential in them and sees them as being free of the machinations of any single god.

The Slayer does not ask for worship but if a warrior becomes great and worships him he will test the warrior and if pleased he will reward ans bless them.

The Slayer's schtick is that he will offer challenges for you to accomplish for blessings in the form of passives, active abilities, and equipment.

Be wary though if you become too strong he will want you to join him in his hall and he will summon the spirit of a Northman hero to come collect you (but if you win he will be really happy and reward you handsomely).

>>2792175
I partially agree with you man, but I believe our kin marry multiple times, with greenlanders and northwomans.

As for doing a keep, yeah that would be nice, but I don't think I want to expand our empire beyond the wastelands. Our people enjoy being free and doing whatever they want, I don't think they need a king, we can be a warleader and raidmaster, but a king? I don't know...let's see.


as for the next contract, I'm set on Downland man, I want that elven princess their king can give us as one of our brides. we can do tusk too, maybe even do them both at the same time since they are fighting the same enemy and we will probably have a navy

>>2792195
>>2792198
One thing about northmen is without exposure to the wastes and magical Godblood contamination, as well as just the challenge of survivng there, northmen over the generations just degenrate to slightly tall regular humans. So for us, while we may enjoy everything we take from the southern world, we don't want to stay, or rule, anything there. Also keep in mind most of the northmen we'll have under our control will be from many tribes, and not like us turning on others, plus a civil war would weaken the northmen in the face of the many monsters and challenges they face. I won't say being a king doesn't sound like a good ultimate goal, its just better to achieve that mostly through acclaim. What we should aim for is establishing a new settlement and becoming a Yarl first. I'm glad your enjoying the quest, Northern's doing good stuff.

>>2792198
Well Tusk still had 2 years it could meaningfully hold out northern said, and if we tear it up in the downlands that may be greatly extended as forces are sent back.Between the two downlands has the much greater potential for reward and greater enemy encounters, and for a northmen its all about the fighting and loot. Tusk struck me more as a beginner zone, with a lower intensity conflict, in a less developed, and lootable, area. But who knows, we'll see what happens down the road.

>>2792198
Damn, that's good thinking, we can charge both Tusk and Dawnland for our help since we will be fighting the same enemy and both of them will benefit from it, maybe a nice barbarian/elf alliance can come out of it.

>>2792202
Also agree with this, my goal is a nice coastal settlement/fortress where we can set sail for raids and shit. Get Mirian's, Castle builders to make it for us since us northman probably don't have the patiemce for it and her knight society must have lot's of experience in it.

Become a Jarl, welcome those who wish to follow us and become a cool ass leader that mostly leave everyone to do their thing unless it's something that can thrraten all of us, I think most northen leaders are like that

>>2792210
I'm basing this behavior on the Slayer himself actually. Se don't need anyone to follow us, but if they do they can if they can fight for themselves. We take what we want, enjoy a good challenge but don't require anyone to follow us, our destiny is our own

>>2792195
Crom and Khorne, what's not to like? We should definitely start dedicating some slayings of strong opponents to him and maybe ask for a challenge at some point. Maybe get Tor in on this too, dual Aspiring Champions sort of.
>>2792198
We don't have to be a tyrant King. More like the Irish Kings of the dark ages- King in title and ceremony more than anything else, who receive tribute in gold and warriors from the entire nation rather than ruling them directly. I don't want to muck up the Northmen with any civilization, after all.
Also I thought I recalled that breeding with non-Northmen dilutes the bloodline and makes them into really big and strong humans rather than near-giant humans?
>>2792202
>>2792207
By making the Tusk subjects I don't neccessarily mean betrayal, just kicking ass so hard that we become their de facto ruler after saving their asses from the Elves. But, just having them as allies is cool too. Either way we should definitely encourage seeding their women to help relations and give them that good old fashioned Northman strength and size. Downlands would get more time if we fight in Tusk, allowing us to still go back down there after our return to the Northmen. I think we should build up more in Tusk because we've still mostly been facing relatively tame opponents. Who knows what foul magic the Elves can wield? Also I think going for both Tusk and Downland might not be the best idea. We'd be spread out pretty thin and we seem to be at our best as a close, direct assault force. But we could definitely lend Downland a small force perhaps with a Northman captain loyal to us while we work in Tusk. Or vice versa if everyone else wants to do Downlands.

>>2792214
I think mixing doesn't make them just strong tall guys, I think that living out of the wastland is what makes them weak. The wssteland has these dead gods mojo flowing in it and even if mixed the guys that are born there become powerful and proud northmans.

At least that's what I got from what the QM wrote, he described some guys as having multiple wives from various origins and never said it was a problem I don't think that there is a sub-caste of half breeds, I think they are just as badass as the others due to northman powerful genes and living in the dead gods magic playground that is the wastelands

>>2792214
>breeding with non northmen dilutes the strength

Not really. Children fathered or birthed by your kin are giants just like their parents. It takes at least a couple generation to breed that out and the offspring would need to live outside the wastes for the degeneration to really occur.

It is a little strange though when Northmen breed with non-humans though. A northmen's sons are human but his daughters are their mothers race, but really huge.

A muscular giant elf woman is a sight few people get to see.

>>2792210
>too civilized
In truth the Northmen aren't really all that primitive. The towns are really more like fortress settlements with stone walls and proper defenses. They have engineers, large proper forges for weapons and they have a system of writing with runes. The only thing about them that's arguably primitive is that they are still a clannish/tribal society with not much in the way of a united government. They tend to not really bother each other though.

Most fight between northmen are traditional fights where the victor recieves tribute from the loser. Nobility when defeated and all that. No shame in being beaten fair and square as long as you're not a pussy and live to learn from it.

>>2792214
I think you misunderstood. You said our goal was to become king in the north by challenging other northmen and fighting them, and by extension their clans, for position. Thats what was disagreeable. As fr sending some men to tusk, I'd rather not split our forces, especially if the northern elves are much larger, more militarized, and more capable than the dreads. Which they seem to be, what with being unified and expanding. While I wouldn't be opposed to the tusks being quasi subjects or allies, I don't think it would make much difference. They are a somewhat backwards tribal people, and likely couldn't give a good tribute. Anything else we want from them just involves us recruiting that specifically, troops, specialists, thralls, etc. when we pay them a visit.

>>2792228
Heh, I wonder if the 7ft dwarf/northmen woman has to argue all the time with any foreigners if she's really a dwarf.

>>2792228
>Not really.

Good, I would hate to have to play eugenics and close ourselves to a world full of diferent and interesting wives. It's mostly about how the kid is raised and if he is living on the wastelands then

>>2792228
Ah okay, so it's like >>2792223 said and mostly about the wasteland magic rather than bloodline? Cool.
Also, how widespread is the 'worship'/recognition of the Slayer and what are people's views of him? I imagine it varies a lot by region.
>>2792231
I don't mean conquering and subjugating them but challenging the leaders themselves in duels and things of that nature. I'd also prefer to not split our forces. I think you're not seeing the beauty of Tusk, though. It'd be less profitable in terms of loot probably, but kicking Magicky-Elven ass straight out of some Barbaric-Human land with pure raw steel is just so righteous in the Khorney kind of way.
>>2792235
They'd probably be more like Dark Sun Mul.

>>2792238
>Worship of the Slayer and how it is recieved beyond the Northmen?

The Slayer is a hard god to please as you have be genuinely successful to even garner his actual personal attention in the slightest.

Most civilized people respect him but few actively worship him. Some warlike societies do worship him though.

The gifts the Slayer has given to mortals are methods of making strong weapons, and magic to heal wounds/deformities and basically opening up the waste as the worlds nastiest but most effective bootcamp,

His main contribution has been to small groups of worshipers who prove they have the right stuff and get blessed.

He's not god most would pray to unless they were really determined.

But no one gives him any guff. No one smarty anyway. Crazy bastard has killed dozens of gods and no god living wants to pick that fight anymore than a mortal does.

>>2792195
I got so cought up in debate that I didn't take the time to thank you for your work man.

That one was great like the others, very nice smut.

Loved how Hakon defended the other girls when the priestess tryed to shame them even though there was nothing they could do, like blaming your neighbor for the sun rising.

>>2792248
He sounds like a pretty swell guy. The smut was also really good by the way.
Anyways, are we going to proceed?

Alright the discussion has been nice but down to business.

>>2792258
yeah. I just waited for discussion to die down and for any questions to be asked before starting.

Wrapping up your raiding, you've once more picked clean everything of value. Depriving the captial town of vital resources and crushing local forces, you now must consider your next milestone as a war-leader.

You must besiege and storm the town of Saltspear. Collecting the wealth accumulated within and killing off both its garrison and commander will set you up for the next big step.

Godhart has opened the door, pull this off and you'll get enough troops under your banner to take out Fulkmar castle and from there ride out the war as the largest mercenary commander bar none.

As your army packs up and prepares to move you start turning the gears in your head.

What do you do?
>go back to friendly territory (heal up army and buy more troops, or buy other stuff)
>Begin planning phase for Saltspear siege
>write-in

>>2792262
>Begin planning phase for Saltspear siege
Troopwise we definitely have enough, although I respect that others may want to head back for more.

>>2792262
>>go back to friendly territory (heal up army and buy more troops, or buy other stuff)
Let's get more troops

>>2792262
>Begin planning phase for Saltspear siege
We've got the troops and equipment and stocking back up in friendly territory would give them too much time to prepare and possibly reinforce.
If the Elf brothers are still around we should 'persuade' them to allow us to do that drop insertion thing someone previously mentioned. Opening the gates from the inside out would be a truly glorious maneuver and improve our chances immensely.