With a target chosen, you give your men a good rest and, in the morn, begin to split off from your peer. It does not take long for you to once more become isolated in the woods, hunting down beastmen. Question is, how ill you go about it ?

>If what Prince Pyotr said is correct, the horde should be low on supplies, food is plentiful, but bodies of water capable of quenching a warbands thirst are scarce.

>Split up your troops and spread out, combing the forest till you find the warband.

>March in full force, they are beastmen, they will come to you.

>(Write in?)

>>5007312
>>If what Prince Pyotr said is correct, the horde should be low on supplies, food is plentiful, but bodies of water capable of quenching a warbands thirst are scarce.

>>5007315
>>If what Prince Pyotr said is correct, the horde should be low on supplies, food is plentiful, but bodies of water capable of quenching a warbands thirst are scarce.

>>5007315
>If what Prince Pyotr said is correct, the horde should be low on supplies, food is plentiful, but bodies of water capable of quenching a warbands thirst are scarce.

>>5007315
>If what Prince Pyotr said is correct, the horde should be low on supplies, food is plentiful, but bodies of water capable of quenching a warbands thirst are scarce.

>>5007323
>>5007354
>>5007674
>>5007806

Gimme 1d100 best of 3 to see if you cannot locate a large source of water

Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>5008295

Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>5008295

Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>5008295

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>>5008300
>>5008319
>>5008329

The army advances onwards, following your given instructions looking for large bodies of water.

Eventually, it is brought to your attention that your men had located what appears to be a horde of beastmen, currently busy gorging themselves.

Your presence is yet to be noticed.

>Try to encircle the warband, it is risky as they may spot your men, but if you succeed, these beasts will not escape to haunt the woods later down the line.

>Charge forth, they are unawares, and you’d rather use that advantage now than risk greater gain.

>Wait and watch, this could be just a portion of the beastmen, more may trickle in.

>>5008358
>>Try to encircle the warband, it is risky as they may spot your men, but if you succeed, these beasts will not escape to haunt the woods later down the line.

>>5008358
>>Try to encircle the warband, it is risky as they may spot your men, but if you succeed, these beasts will not escape to haunt the woods later down the line.

>>5008358
>Surround them on 3 sides, but leave a gap through which they can retreat.

We don't want to spread ourselves too thin, nor do we want to completely trap them. As Sun Tzu said "When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard", we want to avoid turning their fear and disorientation into a desperate courage to stand against us and fight to the last beast, give them a path to trickle through while we murder-blend them from all other sides while their strength slips away through a gap we leave them to retreat through. Their morale will plummet as man-beasts see their comrades behind them fleeing through the gap we leave and no one will stand in fight while their comrades leave them to die.

>>5008358
>>5008401
Agreed, if we put our Crossbowmen opposite the gap they'll have an easy time mowing down anyone trying to escape through it. Maximize casualties while still giving just a sliver of hope of escape.

>>5008401
+1
A cornered rat fights to the death but leave a little room to flee and we can slaughter them en masse.

>>5008360
>>5008363
>>5008401
>>5008429
>>5008728

Encirclement maneuver it is.

1d100 best of 3 to see if you can pull it off. Keep in mind, this was a high DC choice. Best of luck.

Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>5009161

"Sigh" I was tempted to just say charge and pin some of them against the lake and do a three pronged encirclement of just one side of the lake so we would fundamentally just be charging as usual, but that's past now. The point anyways is not to spread our mere 3 melee units too thin and not to make the enemy desperate and fight to the last, otherwise they'll essentially get off the full value of their units in terms of mutual attrition. "In war, moral power is to physical as three parts out of four." and so on.

Please roll high anons.

Rolled 58 (1d100)

>>5009161

Rolled 11 (1d100)

>>5009161

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Your men begin to spread out around the small lake, with an attempt to encircle the resting beastmen.

The soldiers however, were never trained or meant to be ambushing troops, as your formations spread further and further, you see one beastman, a large creature, stare absentmindedly towards the direction of your troops. For a moment you think its sheer stupidity will prevent it from warning its kin, but those hopes are dashed when another beastman tracks the direction of the fool and sees your troops.

An alarm is sounded and the beasts begin to shatter, a few groups moving in such away that they can be intercepted by your troops.

>Catch and kill those that you can, it will have to be enough for today.

>Chase the fleeing beasts, after killing those that you can

>Chase the fleeing beasts, leaving your men to deal with stragglers, while you take what is available on the hunt.

>>5009344
>Chase the fleeing beasts, after killing those that you can

>>5009344
>>Chase the fleeing beasts, after killing those that you can

>>5009344
>>Chase the fleeing beasts, after killing those that you can

>>5009346
>>5009360
>>5009375

1d100 best of 3

As it stands, two units can be intercepted and caught right now, lets see if you wipe them out fast enough to give chase.

Rolled 93 (1d100)

>>5009477

Rolled 27 (1d100)

>>5009477

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>5009477

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>>5009482
>>5009554
>>5009564

The disorganized pieces of the horde are slammed into by your men, your heavy infantry folding the flanks and herding the beastmen into the cold embrace of your pikemen, your crossbowmen to the side loose volley after volley of accurate and deadly fire.

It does not take long for your foe to be overwhelmed, broken, surrounded and eventually, but inevitably annihilated.

The process does not even take an hour, but those beastmen who fled have gained distance, it will be difficult to hunt them, however with their comrades destroyed so quickly, you doubt that they expect you to move after them so swiftly.

Once more 1d100 best of 3 to located those that fled.

Rolled 6 (1d100)

>>5009581
We need to train a light cavalry unit for pursuits

Rolled 61 (1d100)

>>5009581
Yeah, cavalry would be nice to have. But first I want to refill our chad pikemen to full strength

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>5009581

>>5009598
>>5009654
>>5009804

After the quick mop-up, the soldiers reorganize and set out is search of more beastmen.

The speed of the march sees you swiftly locate small disparate groups of beastmen, too tired and too weak to be able to get away from you in short time.

You reckon that from the original spotting around the lake, about 1/3 of the beastmen have been caught and slain.

You find yourself in the northern section of the woods, alone for now, surrounded by lush trees and bushes, the gentle stirring of leaves as the gentle wind blows across forest. Aside from that, you do not hear any other noises, birds and critters, even larger beasts have long since abandoned the lands due to the noise of battle.

Unfortunately, this peace cannot last too long, as you still have a war to wage.

>Keep to the North, more beastmen are bound to be here somewhere.

>You could head East; the goblins could still be putting up resistance.

>Those strange men West could still be around, maybe it is worth investigating.

>Turning South you could always head back to camp.

>>5010534
>>You could head East; the goblins could still be putting up resistance.
If we can cut off a retreat, all the better.

>>5010534
>>Keep to the North, more beastmen are bound to be here somewhere.

>>5010534
>You could head East; the goblins could still be putting up resistance.

>>5010534
>You could head East; the goblins could still be putting up resistance.

>>5010534
>>You could head East; the goblins could still be putting up resistance.

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>>5010557
>>5010639
>>5010642
>>5010656
>>5010673

The army wheels Eastwards at your command.

Eventually you start hearing the sounds of battle, it seems still that the goblins are standing strong.

Once you are able to reach a clearing able to provide enough of a field of view, you notice the ongoing combat.

A detachment of heavy infantry has been surrounded by forest goblins, the sheer weight and of the troops means that the goblins are struggling to break the heavies, but the sheer numbers disparity might result in the Prince’s men being exhausted faster than it will take them to break the goblins.

Atop of that, you are also able to spot giant spiders being ridden by goblins slam into the rear of the infantries.

>Hit the goblins on foot, they’ve yet to spot the army, so you might be able to catch and encircle the whole formation.

>Try to sneak through the edge of the battle and slam into the spider riders, it will be difficult, but if you succeed, enemy’s cavalry advantage will disappear.

>(Write in?)

>>5011270
>Hit the goblins on foot, they’ve yet to spot the army, so you might be able to catch and encircle the whole formation.
We have to break the encirclement before the infantry is overrun, or the battle will turn nasty. Send in our own infantry to hit the Goblins in their rear, keep the Pikemen in reserve to react to any potential spider rider shenanigans.

>>5011270
>>Try to sneak through the edge of the battle and slam into the spider riders, it will be difficult, but if you succeed, enemy’s cavalry advantage will disappear.

>>5011270
>Hit the goblins on foot, they’ve yet to spot the army, so you might be able to catch and encircle the whole formation.
>once the crossbow men have a clear shot have them open fire in the spider riders

>>5011270
Supporting >>5011326

>>5011270
>>Try to sneak through the edge of the battle and slam into the spider riders, it will be difficult, but if you succeed, enemy’s cavalry advantage will disappear.

>>5011270
>>Hit the goblins on foot, they’ve yet to spot the army, so you might be able to catch and encircle the whole formation.

>>5011283
>>5011315
>>5011326
>>5011597
>>5011960
>>5012015

Hitting the goblins on foot, with the potential of using crossbows and pikemen against the spider riders.

1d100 best of 3

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>5012124

Rolled 26 (1d100)

>>5012124

>>5012145
Life is not cool right now, we need a champion to save us from bad-to-mediocre rolls.

Rolled 73 (1d100)

>>5012124

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>>5012177

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWcASV2sey0

>>5012135
>>5012145
>>5012177

Your men emerge like vengeful phantoms from tales of old, in the eyes of the goblins, materializing out of nowhere, impacting the greenskins with an expression of Myrmidia’s wrath.

The already damaged goblin units find themselves overwhelmed, their number advantage negated, making them nothing more than sheeps awaiting slaughter.

Heavies that were surrounded, upon noticing this, also begin to push far more aggressively, quickly encircling their would-be killers.

Spider riders, upon seeing their comrades being caught, realizing that saving them would be the honourable and right thing to do, swiftly turnabout and begin fleeing the engagement. Receiving a few volleys from your crossbowmen for their effort, still, the attack wasn’t too effective as their position in the battle, heavy foliage and the sheer speed of them fleeing results in few casualties.

>Time to finish this, mop up the goblins and pursue the riders.

> Time to finish this, mop up the goblins and begin falling back to camp.

>Detach troops to pursue the fleeing riders (Which?)

>(Write in?)

>>5012198
>>Time to finish this, mop up the goblins and pursue the riders.

>>5012198
>Time to finish this, mop up the goblins and pursue the riders.
Careful about traps though, they're crafty little fucks.

>>5012198
>Time to finish this, mop up the goblins and pursue the riders.

>>5012198
>Time to finish this, mop up the goblins and pursue the riders.

>>5012198
>>Time to finish this, mop up the goblins and pursue the riders.

>>5012243
>>5012401
>>5012432
>>5012707
>>5012800

Kill and full force pursuit.

1d100 best of 3

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>5012973

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>5012973

>>5012983
...Welp...At least we have plenty of company to help with whatever ambush we run into.

Rolled 51 (1d100)

>>5012973
That's a nasty 2.

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>>5012983
>>5012984
>>5012998

The goblins put up a surprising amount of resistance in their final pointless struggle. Inflicting the small, but impactful losses upon one of your heavy infantry units. Despite this, the goblins are finally overwhelmed and slaughtered to the last.

Swiftly reorganizing the men, you also assert control of the other heavy infantries and order a general pursuit of the fleeing spider riders.

The pursuit is difficult, with the thick undergrowth being unsuited for any of your troops, with only the crossbowmen actually making good speed, but they are slowed down by the fact that they have to keep orderly formation.

Eventually you catch the rider formations, with the Princely formation moving as a vanguard.

Suddenly, the ground gives under the heavy infantry formations, pit traps filled with sharpened wooden spears see themselves coloured red by the blood of Prince’s men. At a quick glance, you think that about 2/3 of the formations made it across before the trap was sprung.

The spider riders also turnabout, joined by two more formations emerging from the woods, charging your now cut off heavy infantry.

Meanwhile, battle cries echo across the woods as more goblins on foot emerge surrounding and attack your formation.

>Try to beat of the ambushers, and slowly, but surely make it to the other side of the gap to link up with the rest of the army.

>Rush forth, you cannot allow the army to be split, even if it means abandoning some of your slower men.

>Hold your ground, you can take these vermin, split up or not.

>(Write in?)

>>5013166
>Try to beat of the ambushers, and slowly, but surely make it to the other side of the gap to link up with the rest of the army.

Our men are mostly heavy infantry, they'll be fine against weak goblins. Once we cross then we can use the traps to our advantage as pseudo-walls and the enemy will be forced to either go around or go between the gaps and be forced to fight our superior whole force through bottleneck.

The one thing we need to do is have the men on the side we are crossing to move away from the traps before the enemy impacts them, that way there is room for our men to cross over into, otherwise they'll have to fight and push the enemy back to make room. The other things is we need to get our vulnerable crossbowmen across first so our men are surrounding and protecting them.

>>5013166
>>Try to beat of the ambushers, and slowly, but surely make it to the other side of the gap to link up with the rest of the army.

>>5013166
>Try to beat of the ambushers, and slowly, but surely make it to the other side of the gap to link up with the rest of the army.

>>5013166
>>Try to beat of the ambushers, and slowly, but surely make it to the other side of the gap to link up with the rest of the army.

>>5013206
>>5013240
>>5013333
>>5013361

Crossing the gap. Let us see if you can maneuver and if the heavies can withstand the impact to create space for you.

1d100 best of 3

Rolled 50 (1d100)

>>5013613
It's just goblins, what's the worst that could happen?

Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>5013613

Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>5013613

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>>5013614
>>5013617
>>5013642

You begin an organized fighting retreat, your heavy infantry screening your flanks, allowing your pikemen and crossbowmen to dive behind friendly lines, out of the fears of them being encircled.

Your north begins to fold as your south pushes aggressively, trying to link up with the other half of the army.

The heavies on the other side of the trap are impacted by the spider riders, they causing havoc along the lines, two out of three hold and begin to push back, whilst one unit is almost completely backed into the pit trap.

>Keep going with the plan.

>Try something else (write in?)

>>5014364
>Keep going with the plan.
>Send our Knight to rally the Heavies being pushed by the two spider cav units into the pit. Have him crush those filthy goblins.

>>5014364
Well this isn't going too well. Rally the weak heavy with our presence and command.

>>5014364
>>Keep going with the plan.
>>Send our Knight to rally the Heavies being pushed by the two spider cav units into the pit. Have him crush those filthy goblins

>>5014392
>Support

>>5014364
>>5014392
Aye, this sounds good.

>>5014392
+1

>>5014392
>>5014419
>>5014428
>>5014478
>>5014479
>>5014497

Okay then

2d100 best of 3

First is army
Second is Knight

As you may have noticed, I'm running the combat a bit differently right now compared to last time, but hero rolls are still separate.

Rolled 32, 63 = 95 (2d100)

>>5014511
Lets turn some gobbos into mince meat

Rolled 12, 80 = 92 (2d100)

>>5014511

Rolled 13, 77 = 90 (2d100)

>>5014511

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>>5014512
>>5014521
>>5014611

Sir Alfonso drives his horse forward, at the greatest speed he can achieve, making the impressive jump across the gap and safely landing on the other side. He then proceeds to scream off his lungs, charging onwards his two-handed black blade gleaming. You see him bring the sword down, splitting goblin and spider alike, be it the rough and hard skin of the greenskin or the tough chitin of the arachnid, none can stop the sharp and heavy sword. As the gleaming knight becomes a blood red reaper, you see the spider rider formations collapsing, as the heavy infantry find their spirits and charge, coming back from the edge and once more securing themselves solid footing.

The other two heavies, although not taking too many casualties, finding it difficult to push any further, as the spiders begin spitting both venom and webbings, frustrating the men from any further serious advancement.

Your southern heavy infantry is able to push the goblins back, giving you an opening to get to the other side with your more vulnerable units. This however has proven surprisingly difficult, with losses mounting and the goblins fighting with ever increasing ferocity.

This is when disaster strikes, the northern unit finds itself cut off, with the greenskins charge pummelling through the spread-out lines, encircling your northern heavy infantry. Using their sheer numbers, not so much to kill your men, as much as simply push them into the pit.

As it stands, your southern unit is too engaged to be able to assist your northern unit.

Your pikemen and crossbowmen, on the other hand, find themselves free of goblin attention.

>Deploy your free forces to assist Prince’s heavies, hopefully you can kill the riders before your flank is overwhelmed.

> Deploy your free forces to assist your beleaguered heavies, hopefully you can kill the foot goblins before your flank is overwhelmed.

>Split your units (how?)

>(Write in?)

>>5014821
>> Deploy your free forces to assist your beleaguered heavies, hopefully you can kill the foot goblins before your flank is overwhelmed.

>>5014821
>Have our crossbowmen shoot from where they are into the flank of the goblins surrounding our northern heavies on our right side.
>Have the pikemen assist our southern heavies on the right side, attempt to crush the southern goblins before moving as one to alleviate our northern heavies.
>Personally rally the northern heavies on the right side.

I hate not committing to one side and going back and forth indecisively, but we cannot let units be wiped out, and soon our qualitative advantage should shine through.

>>5014982
>support

>>5014982
+1

>>5014910
>>5014982
>>5014986
>>5015414

2d100 best of 3

First is army
Second is Knight

Best of luck

Rolled 29, 81 = 110 (2d100)

>>5015449

Rolled 27, 23 = 50 (2d100)

>>5015449
Our Army really needs to step the fuck up here.

Rolled 89, 38 = 127 (2d100)

>>5015449

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>>5015454
>>5015460
>>5015463

Volley after volley of accurate bolts raining down upon the exposed goblins allows for an opening that your northern heavies exploit and begin to push down as the horde blocking them scatters to friendly lines.

This combined with your south being reinforced by your pikemen eventually creates a stable frontline. Your heavies holding the line and swatting away the enraged goblins, your pikes further exaggerating the height difference between man and small greenskin, alongside your crossbowmen loosing accurate volleys whenever a gap is exposed, horribly mutilating those goblins that think of themselves as cunning.

Your left, rallied by the presence of your knight continue their push onwards, the small numbers of riders unable to keep them pinned for too long.

Once more, the fortune of battle turns in your favour. With that happening and you ordering your men, you catch glimpses of hesitance in the goblins, with their advantage of an ambush swiftly melting away, these cowardly creatures may soon decide to break away.

>Keep it going as is, the lines have solidified.

>Send some of your units somewhere (which?)

>(Write in?)

>>5015477
>Keep it going as is, the lines have solidified.
>Even out the line on the right so our northern most heavies on the right around being flanked and pushed into the pits. Have the pikemen steadily push the goblins on the right back so we aren't fighting in multiple directions.

>>5015477
>>Keep it going as is, the lines have solidified.

>>5015480
support

>>5015477
>>Keep it going as is, the lines have solidified.

>>5015480
>>5015494
>>5015503
>>5015563

Alright boys and girls, 2d100 best of 3

A good enough roll may finally rout the gobbos, as their pea sized brains are churning.

Rolled 54, 65 = 119 (2d100)

>>5015648

Rolled 50, 7 = 57 (2d100)

>>5015648

Rolled 63, 62 = 125 (2d100)

>>5015648
We suffer from extreme mediocrity right now, where have all the PikeChads gone?

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>>5015653
>>5015698
>>5015718

With proper order of battle re-established, the superior quality of your troops begins to show.

Your troops begin to slowly but surely push back the goblins, their inferior weaponry and strength unable to dent your men now that gaps have been sealed, and no foul trickery is to be played.

Upon realizing this fact, the greenskins begin to disengage in good order, well good order by their standards.

Much the same happens on your left, with the spider riders rushing headlong deeper into the woods.

It seems that victory is yours, though a steep price has been paid for it.

Your men look tired and weary, but if you need them to, they will keep fighting.

>Chase the goblins

>Tend to the wounded and secure the battlefield

>(Write in?)

>>5015857
>>Tend to the wounded and secure the battlefield
Enough blood for the day

>>5015857
>Tend to the wounded and secure the battlefield

We need to reorganize, if we chase we could be led into another ambush, we'll also never catch the spider riders.

>>5015857
>Tend to the wounded and secure the battlefield
Enough battle for now, let's rest up and fall back.

>>5015857
>>Tend to the wounded and secure the battlefield

>>5015857
>>Tend to the wounded and secure the battlefield

>>5015924
>>5016048
>>5016109
>>5016117
>>5016568

Setting about securing the battlefield, you swiftly begin relaying orders for reorganization, tending of the wounded and securing of anything of potential value.

A few hours after, with your men rested and as many as possible saved, you can finally take in losses.

Your pikemen and crossbowmen came out unscathed, particularly of note is the fact that your crossbowmen seem to have performed exceptionally in the combat, being able to find opportunities to loosen they had previously never spotted before (Crossbowmen now an elite unit).

Both of the heavy infantry units under your direct command are damaged, lacking men in the formations, but still capable of performing close to what a full formation is capable of.

The 3 other units of heavies have all been damaged as well, their casualties in the engagement coming primarily from the pit trap.

In total, roughly a hundred men lay dead on the battlefield.

As for the goblins, it is difficult to get an accurate reading, but judging by the sheer number of corpses, you think there may be as low as five hundred to as high as one thousand dead goblins this day.

The Sun is in decline by the time you feel you can once again set off, it would be prudent to return to camp for the eve, find out how the Prince faired this day, allow your men proper rest and meals. On the other hand, moving through the woods during the night is exceptionally difficult and dangerous, your foes know this, so if you go against such conventions you are certain that catching them flatfooted is almost entirely guaranteed, unless of course, they are planning the same.

>Return to camp

>Stay in the woods and push on (Where?)

>(Write in?)

>>5016621
>>Return to camp

>>5016621
>Return to camp

>>5016621
>>Return to camp

>>5016621
>Return to camp

>>5016621
>Return to camp

>>5016646
>>5016671
>>5016705
>>5016708
>>5016735

The night is dark and full of terrors (sorry), it is best to return to civilization, such as it is in these woods.

Making your way back to camp, you find a moment to observe the three heavy formations that you had fought alongside with this day. Unlike the two formations lent to you by the Prince, these men, despite their fine equipment, appear weary, saddened and a bit shaken. These are clearly fresh troops, unused to combat, but the fact that these men were given such fine equipment says something about the industrial might of Prince Pyotr.

As you reach the main encampment you see that it is already in full swing. Wounded are dragged off to medical tents, pots are already boiling, the scent of warm food already inviting both you and your men.

With a couple of cursorily glances, you spot a few tents seemingly abandoned, their inhabitants most likely never coming back after today.

Once your men settle in, you find a few free hours, a rarity as of late, to do what you wish. You have no doubt that you will be once again invited to dine with the Prince, so you might as well indulge yourself for the moment.

>Continue reading the treatise of strategy, penned by my father.

>Maybe read about another topic (which?)

>Observe the camp, gather rumours, get a read on the situation.

>The moment is right as any to try and converse with Prince’s officers, maybe you will gleam something useful from the conversations.

>Spend time with your men, they did well this day after all.

>(Write in?)

>>5016792
>>Maybe read about another topic (which?)
Magic, for self defence and to lead from the front

>>5016792
>Continue reading the treatise of strategy, penned by my father.

>>5016802
Supporting

>>5016792
>>Spend time with your men, they did well this day after all.

>>5016792
>The moment is right as any to try and converse with Prince’s officers, maybe you will gleam something useful from the conversations.

>>5016792
>>Spend time with your men, they did well this day after all.
We can read later, now is a good time to talk to and inspire our men

>>5016792
>Spend time with your men, they did well this day after all.
Let's have a chat with our Chadpikes and our champion. We can always read on the road.

>>5016792
>Spend time with your men, they did well this day after all.

>>5016802
>>5016852

Magic

>>5016811

Strategy

>>5017075

Officers

>>5016879
>>5017107
>>5017128
>>5017152

Chadpikes

You sit amongst your men; they seem overall cheerful. They had barely suffered any losses in the last few days, most casualties falling upon the heavies.

They raise a cheer to your name and that of your father’s. The fact that your name echoes before your father’s means, that finally, these soldiers are yours, not your fathers, nor the promises of wealth, but true loyal fighting men, the people you could trust your back to. (+1 Loyalty)

During your down time you also meet up with Sir Alfonso.

“My lady, fine battles this day, though a few close calls here and there, these lands are truly in need of Myrmidias embrace.”

“Couldn’t agree with you more sir. Tell me, how is the sword treating you ?”

“It’s a fine weapon, but the more and more I use it, the more I feel like it was never meant for human hands. The blade’s weight is too unbalanced, though that does result in my attacks carrying far more power behind them. The handle is too long and wide, the guard is elongated to a point where I could use it as dagger in its own right. I do not think I’ll ever be able to wield the blade freely, but I am starting to understand how to use the weight to my advantage, when it comes to my own movement.”

You continue the small talk for a few moments more, before excusing yourself and departing.

(1/2)

>>5017466

It does not take long for a Prince’s servant to find you and once more invite you for dinner.

As you step in the warm tent of Prince Pyotr, you are greeted by the smell and sight of roasted pheasants, fresh baked bread and thick sauce like soup, alongside the wide selection of drinks from the last time.

The Prince seems similar to how you saw him last time, but you do notice a thin sheen of sweat on his forehead, his moves appear reserved and slow. Your own mighty perception allows you to notice the slight quiver of his lips or the twitch of the eyes. The Prince has clearly been injured, despite the fact that he seems to have tried his damnedest to hide the fact.

“Princess Messore, please sit. I heard from my men that you had quite the eventful day.”

“Judging from the few empty tents I also see that you had some excitement.”

“Indeed, the unidentified men, I had to personally attend to it. They seemed quite skilled and dangerous, we discovered far more than a few archers in the woods, hundreds of infantry men began streaming down upon, wave after wave, after wave set down upon us. Chaff really, but dangerous one, the greatest problem were the archers, damn accurate fire rained upon us, and once we exhausted ourselves, heavy infantry emerged from nowhere and slammed into us. Eventually our numbers won us the day. Many of them were killed, but a few slipped away. After pushing further, I discovered some abandoned ruins, but they seem to have been picked clean. I think that the main reason why they disengaged from us was because they found what they were searching for.”

Most of the rest of the night is spent talking about today’s battles, and in the closing hours the Prince says:

“Most of the woods have been cleared, what few bands survive will now be easy to shatter. As such, I do believe I can declare the start of the road. I shall remain encamped here for the foreseeable future and secure my half of the road. Feel free to remain here as long as you wish before you depart.”

And with that, night finally comes and you retire to your tent, with thoughts in your mind about what you should do.

>Depart back home in early morn.

>Allow your men a day’s rest and depart then.

>Stay in camp, there are still some battles to be had in the woods.

>(Write in?)

>>5017468
>>Allow your men a day’s rest and depart then.

>>5017468
>Stay in camp, there are still some battles to be had in the woods.

>>5017468
>>Allow your men a day’s rest and depart then.

>>5017468
>>Allow your men a day’s rest and depart then
Let's use the downtime to read, maybe?

>>5017468
>Allow your men a day’s rest and depart then.

>>5017468
>Allow your men a day’s rest and depart then.

>>5017493
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>>5017647

Deciding to stay still for a day, after some basic organization you find free time for the day, time that you will most likely not have once you return, after all, you are certain that the settlement will survive a day without you.

In the early morning, the army of the Prince leaves once more for the woods, with a skeleton crew left behind to guard the camp.

>Continue reading the treatise of strategy, penned by my father.

>Maybe read about another topic (which?)

>(Write in?)

>>5017706
>>Maybe read about another topic (which?)
M
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>>5017706
>Continue reading the treatise of strategy, penned by my father.

>>5017706
>>Continue reading the treatise of strategy, penned by my father.
myyah

>>5017706
>Continue reading the treatise of strategy, penned by my father.

>>5017717
+1
Come on, let's branch out our skills

>>5017706
>Continue reading the treatise of strategy, penned by my father.
One book at a time

>>5017706
>>Continue reading the treatise of strategy, penned by my father.

>>5017706
>>Continue reading the treatise of strategy, penned by my father.

I am going to be busy for a while. Next update will be on the weekend.

If the thread doesn't die I'll continue here, if it does I will make a new one.

>>5018408
'kay, thanks for the update. Take care.

>>5018408
>If the thread doesn't die I'll continue here, if it does I will make a new one.
Last thing you need to worry about in /qst/ lol

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>>5018049

After a day of rest spent reading your father’s treatises, the army sets out once more, this time missing the two heavy infantry units, as they stayed behind with their Prince.

Roughly over a week worth of travel, the fertile fields and the sturdy wooden wall become visible from the distance.

As you come closer more details become apparent, in just a few scant weeks the number of fields have grown exponentially, you can see a large amount of fishing boats roaming the sea, you even spot armed merchant ships docked at port. As you make your way inside of the settlement proper, you are struck by the sight of numerous people wandering the streets, buildings have been propped up and crammed behind of the safety of your town’s walls.

Once you make your way towards your mansion and begin to settle in, you can finally look over the papers detailing the growth of your town.

As it stands, it took all the scant few favours you had and a little bit of coin (-2 Influence, -1 Wealth), but this has attracted a boggling of people to your home. Most importantly, the people who moved in had large families, so with the exponential explosion of the population as a whole, your city is also overflowing with fit men of fighting age (+5 Population).

The fact that your town did not collapse was enough to convince merchants to conduct trade with your lands, primarily taking in large stocks of wood, cut down from the local forest (+2 Wealth). So far, your lands lack anything other of interest to trade for.

Which raises another issue, the influx of people mean that your fishermen can barely keep up, as reports of escalating troglagob raids increasingly interfere with their productivity. Your fresh, new fields have yet to bear fruit, it will be a few months still.

The engineer you had hired has also prepared projects for your attention:

He wishes to construct a secondary wall around the fields, as the town is already feeling cramped.
He also wants to build a wooden crane at the pier to assist with the process of loading and unloading ships.
He seems to desire the resources needed to make proper roads within the town and the surrounding areas.
He has also finished assessing the costs and time needed for the main road construction between you and Prince Pyotr.

>Inquire further about the projects (which?)

>Inquire more about the troglagobs.

>With the excess manpower, inquire about potential recruitment drives.

>(Write in?)

You can do as many projects and recruit as many troops as you want, presuming you have the needed resources, excess manpower automatically decreases project times.

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>>5022131

YOUR STATS:
Military 2 (Used for military actions, supplies and the like)
Loyalty 4 (Shows the loyalty of the army and their willingness to follow your orders)
Wealth 4 (Your state’s treasury, a collection of taxes, tariffs, loot, uncovered treasures)
Influence 0 (Used for diplomacy and intrigue)
Population 5 (Your future soldiers, current tax base)
Items:
Black super-heavy greatsword
Your current forces:
1 damaged unit of professional pikemen
1 damaged unit of elite pikemen
1 unit of elite crossbowmen
Knight Champion

Forgot settlement map on the last one.

>>5022131
>With the excess manpower, inquire about potential recruitment drives.

We need more manpower and we need to address the raids so our already meagre food supply can avoid being strained, so I vote we recruit some troops so we can have a proper mixed forces with multiple units, some that can hold and some that can maneuver. At the moment we have so few troops that there isn't much room for complex tactics, plus we are missing a cavalry force of any kind.

As for construction, I think we need to either work on the crane or the road, that way we can get goods from Pyotr and trade them via our access to the sea. I do think the secondary wall will be necessary as some point so we can secure our fields and have room to expand into, otherwise they'll be exposed to raiders of all kinds like the beastmen we've spotted around.

Finally, food seems to be an issue, so we'll have to address that in some way, we'll need multiple sources of food and we need to increase our production, perhaps by making irrigation trenches or something.

>>5022131
Ah, actually I missed that last line about us being able to do multiple things at once.

Since I have no idea about the cost of military units I'll just list a couple I'd like.

>With the excess manpower, inquire about potential recruitment drives. Specifically creating a unit of light cavalry for pursuits and scouting and a unit of medium infantry. If we only have enough supplies for one, then prioritize the cavalry, if we cannot acquire the requisite horses, then get the medium infantry.

>Inquire further about the projects (The road to Prince Pyotr and crane.)

>Inquire more about the troglagobs.

We need to know whether we have time for a recruitment drive, or if the threat to our food supply is so dire that we must take immediate action to stop the raids.

It is also worth noting that while we may be one of the only small fishing towns nearby with professional soldiers in significant numbers, we need more units if we want to defend our town, patrol the roads, occupy the castilo, and have a force to assist or coerce the nearby fishing towns.

>>5022131
>>Inquire further about the projects (which?)
Secondary wall and new roads
>>Inquire more about the troglagobs.

>>5022131
>With the excess manpower, inquire about potential recruitment drives. Fill out the depleted Pikemen first, then see what we can do afterwards.
As the other Anon said, Light Cavalry should be the focus for the new unit since we'll be guarding our section of the road, but I prefer filling out our Pikechads to full strength before then. We also need to capture some horses to breed for our cavalry units if we are to establish our own cavalry. Or alternatively we could buy a contingent from one of the Merchants pulling in to our pier, or put in a request with the Merchants for horses.

>Inquire further about the projects (which?)
>Road
>Secondary Wall
We can build the crane later, right now we're not really exporting something that's heavy enough to require it. After the road is finished and the Princes goods come rolling down it we'll probably need it, but right now it can be put on the backburner.

>(Write in?)
>Send a Diplomat with gifts (1 Wealth) to establish diplomatic relations with the Dwarves of Barak Varr and inqure about aid for a construction project.
We can use the Dwarven expertise in Stoneworking to get the Castillo repaired and rat-proofed, and also later build stone piers to allow their heavy merchant fleet to stay in port, and stone walls around our settlement for increased defense. Hell, just mentioning that we burned a pack of filthy Rakki out of their nest would be cause for celebration among the Dwarves. We'll be best buds in no time.

>>5022131
>>With the excess manpower, inquire about potential recruitment drives.
Replenish pikemen then recruit Light Cav

>Inquire further about the projects (which?)
Roads, wall, cranes

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>>5022201

Okay then, seems that you fellows are interested in everything.

PROJECTS:

>Main trade road – Presuming the work can go without any interference, the project would take 3 weeks and cost 2 wealth.

>Secondary wall – The construction will take about a month, if things go to schedule. It will cost nothing, but the city’s main source of trade – logs, will be used in the construction. So excess income is not to be expected. The people working on the project will spend their earned cash in town, thus keeping you in the black.

>Town roads – will take about 2 weeks and cost 1 wealth.

>The crane – will take 1 week and cost 1 wealth

>>5022261

RECRUITS:

FOOT:

>Light infantry (200 men) (Costs 1 wealth and 2 population) – Ill-disciplined and equipped men, but cheap, plenty, and expendable. The destitute, the desperate, the naïve or the foolish, they will fight until they learn just how harsh the world truly is.

>Medium infantry (100 men) (Cost 1 wealth, 1 military and 1 population) – The stop gap between the poor infantryman and the professional men-at-arms. Faster than heavy infantry, but nowhere near as tough, still superior to light infantry.

>Pikemen (100 men) (Cost 2 wealth, 1 military, 1 population) – Men trained to fight in formation, as long the formation holds, they are an immovable object, but if the distance is closed or they are outflanked, they die as quickly as ranged troops in melee. (No casualties until distance is closed or outflanked.)

>Heavy infantry (100 men) (Cost 2 wealth, 3 military, 1 population) – Tough and reliable infantry, capable of holding its own in most situations, but is expensive and slow. (REQUIRES RESOURCE ACCESS – METALS) (SPECIAL – due to your relationship with Prince Pyotr, you can raise 1 unit free of military cost. Once the road is established and as long as trade is maintained, or an alternative is found, the units can be recruited as usual.)

>Marines (100 men) (Cost 1 Wealth, 1 Military and 1 population) – Soldiers specifically trained in naval warfare and boarding actions. Functions as professional light infantry if forced to fight on land. Taken from those whose skin has long been toughened by the harsh sea winds. (REQUIRES RESOURCE ACCESS – SEA FOOD OR NAVAL SUPPLIES) (RESOURCE PRESENT)

RANGED:

>Archers (100 men) (Cost 1 Wealth, 1 Military and 1 population) – High rate of fire, but weak penetration, make these men excellent ranged unit when dealing with poorly equipped foes. They can also arc their fire to loosen above the heads of their allies and as such are capable of firing into melee, though at a massive disadvantage. (REQUIRES RESOURCE ACCESS – WOOD) (RESOURCE PRESENT)

>Crossbowmen (100 men) (Cost 1 Wealth, 2 Military and 1 population) – The sweet spot between the two extremes, a decent rate of fire and decent penetration. Useful against most foes in most situations, but will be overwhelmed by large hordes or supremely armoured foes. (REQUIRES RESOURCE ACCESS – WOOD) (RESOURCE PRESENT)

>Arquebusiers (100 men) (Cost 2 Wealth, 3 Military and 1 population) – A slow rate of fire, not really all that reliable, but supremely powerful weapons, capable of penetrating the thickest of armours. Each volley, though in large intervals, tends to be absolutely devastating, the enemy will probably break and run long before they can even reach the arquebusiers. (REQUIRES RESOURCE ACCESS – METALS, GUNPOWDER, FOUNDRY)

>>5022262

MOUNTED:

>Light Cavalry (50 men) (Cost 2 Wealth, 1 Military and 0.5 population) – Light armed and armoured riders. They make exceptional scouts and find the most use in battle chasing down fleeing foes. (REQUIRES RESOURCE ACCESS – HORSES)

>Heavy Cavalry (50 men) (Cost 3 Wealth, 3 Military and 0.5 population) – Superb shock and melee cavalry, an unstoppable force, capable of breaking most formations upon impact, faster than footmen and superbly armoured. The undisputed kings of flat terrain. (REQUIRES RESOURCE ACCESS – HORSES AND METALS)

ARTILLERY

>Light artillery (10 pieces) (Cost 4 Wealth and 4 Military) – Small field guns, relatively manoeuvrable but still packing a punch, requires a skilled crew and is difficult to produce, but if used correctly can change the flow of battle and bring down average fortifications. (REQUIRES RESOURCE ACCESS – METALS, GUNPOWDER, FOUNDRY)

>Heavy artillery (5 pieces) (Cost 6 Wealth and 6 Military) – Large field guns, slow and cumbersome, but utterly devastating once brought to bear, requires a skilled crew and is difficult to produce, but if used correctly can change the flow of battle and bring down strong fortifications. (REQUIRES RESOURCE ACCESS – METALS, GUNPOWDER, FOUNDRY)

UNIQUE

>Tercio (200 men) (Cost 1 Wealth, 1 Military, 1 unit of pikemen and 1 ranged unit) – A new unique formation spreading though Tilea and Estalia, combining the greatest advantage of pikes and ranged. The special training allows for the pikemen to manoeuvre more easily, thus avoiding outflanking whenever possible, but they are still vulnerable if the foe closes the distance. (SPECIAL CONDITIONS – TILEAN OR EASTALIAN, OR HAS THE TRAIT “SKILLED TACTICIAN”) (CONDITIONS MET)

Resources can be traded for one time, or even few time, use. You can also see if you cannot call in favours with friendly powers for resources

>>5022264

The troglagob situation has continued to escalate. Your fishermen are near constantly harassed, a raid was launched on land, but it was successfully thwarted by your pikemen garrison. It also seems that the blueskins attention has shifted towards you, as the two nearby fishing villages are now experiencing fewer and fewer raids. Your men speculate that the troglagobs might launch a full-scale attack in a short while.

>Approve projects (which ?)

>Recruit troops (which ?)

>Deal with the nearby fishing villages (
>Coercion,
>peaceful interaction and the continuation of your previous alliance,
>outright conquest,
>just leave them alone.)

>(Write in?)

>>5022266
>Approve projects
>Main trade road - 3 weeks, 2 Wealth
Tempted to begin construction of the secondary wall as well, but the lack of guaranteed income for the duration of it's construction makes me hesitant. I want to train up a few more units so we can effectively guard both our settlement and the road now that the Troglagob raids are picking up, and if we have to spend a month without income we can't do that. If we finish the road first we can count on another trickle of income whilst we build the wall.

>Recruit troops
>Pikemen (100 men) (Cost 2 wealth, 1 military, 1 population)
Since we have two damaged units I assume this option means we can replenish the lost men in those units for the same cost as recruiting a new one, right?
No horses for cavalry, sad. Also something we need to rectify either by trade of by taming a pack of horses.

>Deal with the nearby fishing villages
>peaceful interaction and the continuation of your previous alliance
No reason to alter the Status Quo.

>Write in
>Send an Envoy to establish relations with Barak Varr and ask for assistance in a construction project
Won't have the wealth to send a gift with this selection, but us burning out a whole nest of Skaven should still go over well with them.

>>5022276

So far, you have no means of reinforcing the pike units, that is without lowering the units quality. That is an important balancing act, the more elite a unit becomes, the harder it is to reinforce.

You can pay to reinforce both, but their quality will be lowered by a notch. It will still be easier for them to climb back up, as the veterans quickly teach the rookies, but it will, at least temporalily, reduce the quality of the units.

Sorry for not making that clear, but after an hour of just writing this thing out it slipped my mind.

>>5022285
Thanks for clarifying. It's of course understandable that newly conscripted men would lower the overall quality of the unit until they are either bloodied in combat or drilled into shape.

I'm still for the idea of seeking to replenish our Pikemen to full strength before any other recruitment. The other alternative is to use the one time bonus to pump out a Heavy Infantry unit this turn. I'll wait until we hear from other anons before I decide if it's better to switch over.

>>5022261
>>Main trade road – Presuming the work can go without any interference, the project would take 3 weeks and cost 2 wealth.
>Town roads – will take about 2 weeks and cost 1 wealth.

>Pikemen (100 men) (Cost 2 wealth, 1 military, 1 population) – Men trained to fight in formation, as long the formation holds, they are an immovable object, but if the distance is closed or they are outflanked, they die as quickly as ranged troops in melee. (No casualties until distance is closed or outflanked.)

>(Write in?)
recruitment drive

>>5022266
>Projects
Trade road

>Recruitment
1 Pikemen

>Diplomacy
Maintain friendship

>Special
Inquire Pyotr about buying some spare horses
Inquire Barak Varr about rebuilding castello

>>5022261
>Main trade road – Presuming the work can go without any interference, the project would take 3 weeks and cost 2 wealth.

Get this up so we have goods to trade via the sea, that is the strength of our coastal position after all, it was explicitly stated to be so previously.

>>5022262
>Heavy infantry (100 men) (Cost 2 wealth, 3 military, 1 population) – Tough and reliable infantry, capable of holding its own in most situations, but is expensive and slow. (REQUIRES RESOURCE ACCESS – METALS) (SPECIAL – due to your relationship with Prince Pyotr, you can raise 1 unit free of military cost. Once the road is established and as long as trade is maintained, or an alternative is found, the units can be recruited as usual.)

I think we ought make use of our one time free unit. (free of military cost at least)

It is also worth noting that we have no units capable of fighting well in close quarters as the battle in the castilo demonstrated. We just have pikes and crossbowmen.

If the vote for the heavy infantry or main road doesn't win, it may be worth getting some marines to help deal with the blue skins.

Later I'd like to form a tercio, but we need more units first before we start forming up combination units.

>>5022266
>peaceful interaction and the continuation of your previous alliance,

This isn't the time to conquer them yet, we have too much on our plate, we have to deal with the raids. Once we deal with our enemies and build up a little bit more we should subsume the other fishing villages into our realm. It doesn't pay to be a nice gal who never takes advantage of the weakness of people who cannot defend themselves, we are in the Border Princes, a certain degree of ruthlessness is required. As long as we treat them well after we conquer them, all should be relatively well.

>>5022285
QM, if we were to combine our current pikes and crossbows, would it create an elite-level tercio?

>>5022762
>I think we ought make use of our one time free unit. (free of military cost at least)
I was thinking of training up the Heavy Infantry next turn after we gather more Wealth, getting the Pikemen replenished now will give them more time to train back up to their old level of quality. The bonuse we have to skip the Military and Resource Cost will still be there then.

>>5022266
>>Approve projects (which ?)
>Main trade road – Presuming the work can go without any interference, the project would take 3 weeks and cost 2 wealth.
>Town roads – will take about 2 weeks and cost 1 wealth.

>>Recruit troops (which ?)
>Pikemen (100 men) (Cost 2 wealth, 1 military, 1 population) – Men trained to fight in formation, as long the formation holds, they are an immovable object, but if the distance is closed or they are outflanked, they die as quickly as ranged troops in melee. (No casualties until distance is closed or outflanked.)

>Deal with the nearby fishing villages (
>Coercion

>>5022889
I'm fine with that I guess.

The price of replenishing two units should be the price of one unit at most, right? Since we'd be splitting a full unit essentially to restore our two pikemen units to full?

>>5022266
>Approve projects
>Main trade road – Presuming the work can go without any interference, the project would take 3 weeks and cost 2 wealth.
>The crane – will take 1 week and cost 1 wealth

>Recruit troops (which ?)
>Pikemen (100 men) (Cost 2 wealth, 1 military, 1 population) – Men trained to fight in formation, as long the formation holds, they are an immovable object, but if the distance is closed or they are outflanked, they die as quickly as ranged troops in melee. (No casualties until distance is closed or outflanked.)

>Deal with the nearby fishing villages (
>peaceful interaction and the continuation of your previous alliance,

>>5022266
Backing >>5022737

>>5022276
>>5022690
>>5022737
>>5022762
>>5022949
>>5023073
>>5023224

Main Trade road, pikes and peaceful interactions for now.

There was some interest in city roads, but not enough to go over half.

I've also seen some murmurings for sending envoys, so I decided to include this.

>Contact your father's old friend once more (ask him for what ? return the loan ?)

>Contact Baron Caino of House Razza, the vassal of house Ventrone owes you a favour, for saving his cousin-in-law (ask him for what ?)

>Send envoys to Barak Varr (Asking for what ? Sending what ?)

And the one final question, the new pike unit.

>Leave it as a separate unit

>Combine it with your existing units. (Decreases quality)


YOUR STATS:
Military 1 (Used for military actions, supplies and the like)
Loyalty 4 (Shows the loyalty of the army and their willingness to follow your orders)
Wealth 0 (Your state’s treasury, a collection of taxes, tariffs, loot, uncovered treasures)
Influence 0 (Used for diplomacy and intrigue)
Population 4 (Your future soldiers, current tax base)
Items:
Black super-heavy greatsword
Your current forces:
1 damaged unit of professional pikemen
1 damaged unit of elite pikemen
1 unit of elite crossbowmen
Knight Champion

>>5022767

Yes, if you combine two elite units, the new formation will also be elite.

>>5023351
>Contact Baron Caino of House Razza, the vassal of house Ventrone owes you a favour, for saving his cousin-in-law
>Inquire if we can get a stable population of horses to breed for a future cavalry force

>Send envoys to Barak Varr
>Establish cordial relations and ask for aid in rebuilding an old fortress we reclaimed from the Skaven.


>Combine it with your existing units. (Decreases quality)

>>5023351
Supporting >>5023455

>>5023351
>Contact your father's old friend once more (ask him for what ? return the loan ?)
Inform him we have establish ourself, and offer him a good trade deal. Also remind him we haven t forgot the favour of his.

>Contact Baron Caino of House Razza, the vassal of house Ventrone owes you a favour, for saving his cousin-in-law
Ask if it would be possible to send us artisans of different kinds here. We can extend a trade deal between us as well.

>Send envoys to Barak Varr
Establish cordial relations and trade relations. If this goes well first, we can perhaps ask for aid in rebuilding the old fortress we reclaimed from the Skaven, our envoys need to understand if is feasible before asking. We don t want to be laughed upon, it would be wise to bring a decent drawing of the fortress as well. Beside the fortress even our capital and future settlements might need more proper walls/fortifications, an information for possible future construction deal between us.

>Combine it with your existing units. (Decreases quality)

>>5023351
Backing >>5023455

>>5023772
+1

>>5023455
support

>>5023455
>support
But is there any way we could have the veteran pike train the new guys or could we have it since their are veteran pike in the unit we could speed up the process for them to regain veteran status

>>5023455 (Most votes)

You order the engineer to being construction of the trade road connecting your land with that of Prince Pyotr. Hopefully the job will be done on time and under cost.

Meanwhile, you put your new citizenship to work, drawing volunteers to refill the ranks of your pikemen formations, it will take sometime for the formations to once more fight at full efficiency, but one or two battles should bloody your new men enough.

Messengers are also sent to the nearby fishing villages, deciding that it is prudent to hold your deal for now, especially when you are facing a potential food shortage. The villages fulfil their end of the bargain delivering fresh fish to your larders.

An envoy is also dispatched to contact Baron Caino, deciding that it is about time to call in a favour. Hoping for some breeding stock to make your own cavalry force, it is a process that will take a while, but the lack of cavalry has haunted your battles ever since you arrived to these bloody lands.

And finally, though a long-shot, the Dwarfs are skilled craftsmen of all kinds, renowned across the old world and while stubborn, and prideful. Having them on your side would make restoring that castello not only a certainty, but without a doubt, it would become one of the greatest keeps of the Borderlands. Again, the dwarfs have no relations to you or your people, for good or for ill, though remembering your father’s stories on just how badly dwarfs hold grudges, it is better to be an unknown.
Alright people, a roll for Baron, dwarfs and the road construction. Three rolls of 3d100 in total, best of 3.
Now that peace has come, let us see if your luck holds.

Also, only update for today, am fucking tired.

Rolled 43, 16, 78 = 137 (3d100)

>>5024899
The luck of the dice bring me dwarven allies please.

>>5024900
Well, at least the Road is going alright.

Rolled 97, 66, 87 = 250 (3d100)

>>5024899

Rolled 75, 32, 17 = 124 (3d100)

>>5024899

>>5024900
>>5024917
>>5024968

As hours turn into days and nights, two weeks pass before you start receiving reports:

The road is progressing on time, if weather holds, the job will be done a couple of days early. Your cleaning mission was mostly successful, with a few disorganized bands of orks bothering the workers, but those were easily repelled by the guard force.

Your envoy, travelling swiftly by the sea was able to reach Barak Varr and meet the dwarfs. He reports that he was met by a minor representative, after waiting for 4 days. He states that the dwarfs had met him with indifference and almost a cold disregard, but up on mentioning the situation with the castillo, most importantly how you cleared it, they became far more boisterous and friendly. They even agreed to look over the preliminary plans of the castillo, but they had promised and said nothing about the subject. Being an old and prideful race, your envoy thinks that far more will be needed for the dwarfs to truly warm-up to the idea of any dealings with your holdings. Establishing a stronger position, may make the dwarfs far more interested in further dealings, so far they seem to view your lands as just another hamlet, to be overwhelmed in a years’ time by the myriad of hostile beings in the Borderlands. The awkward conversation was not helped by the fact that your new home does not even have a name, simply being referred to as “The realm of Princess Messore”.

Your messenger to the Baron brings good news. The Baron has sent a hundred horses, under escort, to your new lands, as long as the animals are allowed freedom, in a few years’ time their numbers should swell. With this, the Baron views his debt to you repaid.

Another matter of note draws your attention however. A troglagob horde has attacked one of the villages, you thought that moving to their aid would be wise, until you saw an even bigger horde gathering near your settlement, judging from the stupid grins on their faces, or so your scouts report, they believe this to be a master stroke, to draw you away with a minor force and hit your home with great fury once you are gone, they appear to be entirely ignorant of the fact that they made near to none effort to hide. You can only presume that the troglagobs are truly unused to how war works on land. (Jesus, poor fuckin gobbos, they rolled like absolute shit)

>Rally out to meet the troglagobs on the field, move fast and hard, hit them before they know what happens.

>Rally out to meet the troglagobs on the field, move slow and steady, encircling these creatures and butchering them to the last, this will at least for a while put an end to this annoyance.

>Let them come, you built walls for a reason.

>Perhaps time has come for a trap ? (write in?)

>(write in?)

>>5025677
>>Perhaps time has come for a trap? (Appear to move out with one of our units of pikemen, when the troglagobs move in have the crossbowmen reveal themselves atop the walls and release a volley into the oncoming horde and our other unit of pikemen to engage them so they can't easily untangle themselves and retreat, meanwhile our other unit which will have moved out of easy eyesight will sneak around to the enemy rear and kill any foes retreating piecemeal before hammer and anviling the trogs between our two pikemen, front and back.)

If this vote doesn't win then I'd like to...
>Rally out to meet the troglagobs on the field, move fast and hard, hit them before they know what happens.

We saw how tough it was to sneak around and ambush foes even if they are unaware of us and when we have to move sneakily with hundreds of men. It may be more likely to succeed because they could believe we are just moving out for the initial part of our maneuver but they'll know once we start advancing on them, hence why it is important to move quickly and strike hard and fast rather than to surround them and attempt to not let any escape.

Mauling them badly will show them we aren't easy prey and they should leave us alone.

>>5025677
Was the ambush being easy to spot due to the 97 I rolled? (which is a crit, I believe?) Or was the 97 for something else?

>>5025708

The 97 was for the horses, a success would have netted you guys 50, but the crit gave you 100

>>5025708
>>5025709

To further clarify, in battle only your rolls matter on how well the thing goes, anything outside of that, I roll for the enemy factions. In this case, the gobbos got a 16 atop of a high DC roll, so that is why they are sitting around like retards, giggling to themselves.

>>5025677
>>5025706
>Perhaps time has come for a trap ? (write in?)
To build further on this Anon's idea, we can pretend we're sallying out to aid the village that's under attack with one Pikemen and our Crossbowmen to give the illusion we've fallen for the bait, and then as they attack our walls we'll pincer them between the walls and our ambush units.

>>5025712
Okay, thanks for the clarification.

>>5025734
Yeah, that was my intent, they would think we were leaving to assist the other villages. The only reason I didn't list the crossbowmen as leaving is well is that I'm not sure how hard it is to wield a pike on top of a wall, so I wanted the crossbowmen on top to take advantage of the height advantage to pop up and surprise them, otherwise we'll have a hard time utilizing them once our troops are engaged in melee with them unless they can get a flanking shot.

Though I realise it is less convincing if we don't leave in force, it is still plausible because we'd want to leave something for defence and presumably there'd be native allied forces to assist us at the other villages, so we wouldn't need to take everything out to be believable.

The plan would be something like...once the enemy gets close the pikemen either come around from the gate entrance to form in front of the walls and confront the trogs and anvil them, while the crossbowmen pop up and release a volley into them and our other pikemen unit that was feigning leaving sneaks around outside of eyesight and comes up from the enemy rear and acts as the hammer in the "hammer and anvil".

Though other variations are possible.

>>5025784
I understand the reasoning for wanting to keep the crossbowmen in the settlement, it's completely reasonable to have them remain to use the palisades and the walkways to their advantage. What I'm afraid of is if we're unlucky the Gobs manage to breach the wall and it becomes a melee brawl inside the city before our ambush units can arrive to pincer them. If we leave a unit of Pikemen behind, even if they lack ranged attacks they'll (hopefully) be able to hold the wall until we can crash in to the flank of the Gobs, and then sally out to help rout them. At least that's my reasoning.

Man, I really regret not going for the Heavy Infantry now, it would've been excellent to have them and the crossbowmen in town as we circle around for the ambush.

>>5025916
Yeah, some heavies or medium infantry would be great here.

We could have one unit of pikes come out the gate as the trogs get close and come in front of the palisade to fight the trogs, thus preventing them from getting in close with crossbowmen, while the other pikemen sneak around. That was my original intent, sorry if it wasn't clear.

I'm just worried it may be hard to wield a pike over a wall. Though if they had time to get in formation and cover the side streets, a pike formation in the streets of our town wouldn't be terrible, the problem would be prearranging it in the event of a breakthrough by the trogs, somehow performing a preemptive orderly action in response to an unpredictable chaotic occurrence

Hypotheticals aside, it seems we have a general jist of the plan we want.

>>5025969
Actually yeah, having the garrisoned Pikemen meet the Trogs in front of the walls is a great idea, it allows them to fight effectively on flat terrain without having to worry about how well they'd do on the walls or doing barricade prepworks inside the settlement.

I'm still for sallying out with the other two units, as if we leave too strong a garrison they might be hesitant to commit to an attack. Maybe we can sneak the Crossbowmen back into the settlement again after they leave with us? Then they won't be expecting anything but a single unit of Pikemen as a garrison, making a Crossbow volley from the walls a devastating surprise.

>>5025983
Hmmm, if we could easily sneak the crossbowmen back easily I'd be for it, but I'm not sure we can, it depends on where they are watching us from. Maybe we can sneak them back via boat. Or we could fake a large exodus of our military forces by using dust clouds to cover our movements, like by tying tree branches to horses and having them kick up dust or fooling the dumb trogs by having some of our normal civilians leave with a unit of our pikes with the civs holding farming tools, that way it seems like lots of forces are leaving, at a distance it may be too hard for them to distinguish between a proper polearm and a farming implement.

I'd like to avoid leaving with more than one unit, though I agree we need to present an easy target, hence more deception suggestions.

>>5025677
>>Rally out to meet the troglagobs on the field, move fast and hard, hit them before they know what happens.

>>5025706
supporting

>>5025706
>>5025734
>>5025784
>>5025916
>>5026019
>>5026051
>>5026244

So, if I am not mistaken, you allow one unit of pikemen (professional or regular one?) to march off giving the gobbos a good show and dance, and when they take the bait, have crossbowmen on the palisade hit them, and have the other pike unit outside the palisade in formation. Then the unit that left hits the rear of gobbos.

1d100 best of 3 to see how well you pull off the plan.

Rolled 88 (1d100)

>>5026718

Rolled 67 (1d100)

>>5026718

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>5026718

>>5026718
The less experienced one should sent out so they don't end up becoming our last line of defense.

>>5026718
Yes, that is correct. I also second using the less experienced one.

>>5026724
>>5026729
>>5026733
>>5027669
>>5027685

It does not take long for your plan to be carried out. The pikemen formation is dispatched with flair and pomp, making sure that it is as noticeable as possible. The troglagobs, showing remarkable patience, sit and wait for whole 20 minutes after your formation disappears from sight. Excited that their plan worked out so perfectly, they begin bellowing and charging, giving you more than enough time and warning to allow your more experienced pikemen formation to move outside the walls and display their pikes. Meanwhile your crossbowmen spring from the palisade and begin loosing bolts into the troglagobs.

Your formation holds, but the sheer weight of numbers does begin to press in, now the time has come to see if your hammer and anvil tactic will work out.

1d100 best of 3

Rolled 10 (1d100)

>>5027725

Rolled 78 (1d100)

>>5027725

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>5027725
Come on no critfail.

>>5027727
>>5027732
>>5027739

The troglagobs are entirely concentrating upon your men guarding the town, failing to notice your other unit returning, a fatal mistake on their part. The pikemen unit at the rear thrusts straight into the middle of the troglagob formation, sending shockwaves across the enemy’s lines and they begin to rout, these creatures are even more cowardly than the goblins you had encountered in the forest, it seems like they had easy living in the sea, doing nothing much more than harassing fishermen. Still, the sheer size of the horde means that only about half of them have been encircled, and that has come at the cost of your lines being extremely stretched out. Had the foe the courage, they could’ve have possibly broken through the lines and perhaps even been able to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Luckily, these foes are not brave, courageous or valorous, upon seeing their kin encircled, the rest simply chose to flee, abandoning any chance at success. Now, all that remains is to slowly close the circle, and kill off the remaining troglagobs.

Once again 1d100 best of 3, success here will see this menace put down.

Rolled 53 (1d100)

>>5027782
Sons of Myrmidon, end this threat!

Rolled 73 (1d100)

>>5027782

Rolled 55 (1d100)

>>5027782

Well, looks like we've ended this menace for a good while. I'm up for some management and hammering out a few more details about our realm now since we've done quite a lot. We've got a lot of development we could do with a few "turns" of taxes and trade, that and we really need to expand and round out our fighting force, both for the sake of effectiveness and to make these battles more interesting.

I think the next few things we ought to focus on are getting a few turns of income, expanding our military so we can do multiple things at once like patrol our road, garrison places we take over, garrison our main town, and project power against other domains or fight off any random itinerant raiders.

Then we ought to take over the nearby fishing villages so our realm isn't literally just another small fishing village with an unusually large military, after that I think we ought to form a trade route selling Prince Pyotr's goods and selling goods we acquire from trade to some of the other Border Princes, to that end we'll eventually want that crane and expanded docking facilities.

Also, since agricultural wealth is basis for wealth in a medieval or even early-modern society we ought to see if we can find some other grains or cash crops and make full use of our land, maybe get some irrigation going. Then we should make further use of the trees we have available. After that we can use our hinterland and less arable lands as grazing land for sheep and cows and horses. (Assuming they are the kind that doesn't require being stable fed with grains, though if our horses are high quality they probably are.)

>>5027827
The Crane is probably the next construction we should fund, with the road up and running we'll be exporting the wares from Pyotr's realm and having the extra loading/unloading capacity of the crane would up the efficency by a ton.

For military, using the bonus to Heavy Infantry is probably the best choice for the short term. We'd probably want one garrisoned unit in the Castillo and one unit patrolling our part of the road while leaving two units garrisoned in the main settlement, one of them being the Crossbowmen. Once the Castillo is repaired we should train and permanently garrison another ranged unit in there. Afterwards we can either jew it up and wait until we have enough Military Score to train a unit of Heavy Cavalry or train some more Pikemen, Medium Infantry or Light Cavalry to round us out.

We should probably also name our Realm so we don't end up with another Faux Pas when we try to establish relations with other factions.

>>5027786
>>5027805
>>5027821

Thrust after thrust, pained cries, blood, guts, screams of rage and fear fill the air of your town. Much like their inland kin, these blueskins end up impaled upon the pikes of your men, more are also pierced through with accurate bolts. By the end of it, there is a small mound of red-stained blue corpses in front of the gates. From just a quick glance, you think close to eight hundred troglagobs lay dead. And your casualties ? A few wounded men, fit to fight in a few weeks time at most. A more perfect victory could only be achieved had you’ve been able to catch the other half. With this however, you doubt that the blueskins will be foolish enough to harass your lands.

With the matter solved so perfectly, you find breathing room with your food situation, a few days later, none of your fishermen report being harassed, the nearby fishing villages also state that their issues have been solved, to further add to this, they send a large shipment of fish. But most importantly, pearls. Beautiful white, high quality pearls, these would make fine gifts to any lord or lady, or any merchant willing to open up their purses (+2 Wealth). Your trade of logs also nets you the usual income (+2 Wealth).

The road connecting your lands to those of Prince Pyotr is also finished on time and completed properly, you will now have to deal with the headache of guarding the road.

The horses from the baron also finally arrive, some land will have to be set aside for them, but hopefully, this will allow you more manoeuvrability (Once the horse population reaches 1,000 – HORSES will become a permanent resource in your settlement)

There are still many things that need to be done in your now far more secure lands.

PROJECTS:

>Secondary wall – The construction will take about a month, if things go to schedule. It will cost nothing, but the city’s main source of trade – logs, will be used in the construction. So excess income is not to be expected. The people working on the project will spend their earned cash in town, thus keeping you in the black.

>Town roads – will take about 2 weeks and cost 1 wealth.

>The crane – will take 1 week and cost 1 wealth

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RECRUITS:
>>5022262
>>5022264

DIPLOMACY:

>The local fishing villages are happy with the current status quo. But with the home front safe, they are unlikely to embrace you now that no one is threatening them.

>Prince Pyotr’s caravans will start coming down next month, this should increase your trade value, but you fear that it could alienate the two trade cities set upon river deltas. Perhaps sending envoys early would be wise ? Of course, this could be interpreted as a show of weakness.

>It is far too early, but if you are feeling lucky, you could try to set up a colony on the other side of the gulf, one that hopefully has access to the resources you are currently lacking.

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>>5027855

YOUR STATS:
Military 1 (Used for military actions, supplies and the like)
Loyalty 4 (Shows the loyalty of the army and their willingness to follow your orders)
Wealth 4 (Your state’s treasury, a collection of taxes, tariffs, loot, uncovered treasures)
Influence 0 (Used for diplomacy and intrigue)
Population 4 (Your future soldiers, current tax base)
Items:
Black super-heavy greatsword
Your current forces:
1 unit of pikemen
1 unit of professional pikemen
1 unit of elite crossbowmen
Knight Champion

>>5027855
>The crane – will take 1 week and cost 1 wealth

>Heavy Infantry, use the Pyotr bonus.

>The local fishing villages are happy with the current status quo. But with the home front safe, they are unlikely to embrace you now that no one is threatening them.

The villages are the next logical step as I said.

As the prompt says, it is too early for more colonies, there is no need to rush and do things out of order or in the wrong sequence.

As for the trading towns, fuck em, if they want to coerce us or influence us it is up to them to come to us, not the other way around, they are no legitimate right to influence how Pyotr or us conduct trade or anything else for that matter, if they threaten violence, then we can play hardball, opening an offensive front against us just weakens them for others to take advantage of, and who can say if they can even take us and Pyotr in a fight, 10000 is much more of a population than us, but even with a unrealistic mobilization rate of 10-12% (the highest most human societies can manage) they'd only have 1000 green men plus maybe some mercs, Pyotr nearly has that many himself and we may rapidly be able to afford similar numbers in a few months.

>>5027855
PROJECTS
>The crane – will take 1 week and cost 1 wealth

RECRUIT
>Heavy infantry (100 men) (Cost 2 wealth, 3 military, 1 population) Use [BONUS]

DIPLOMACY
>The local fishing villages are happy with the current status quo. But with the home front safe, they are unlikely to embrace you now that no one is threatening them.
Rather than threatening them, we could attempt to find ways to peacefully integrate them over time. Since we're becoming a port town, maybe we can suggest they come peddle their fish and (more importantly) their pearls at our markets? We should have enough throughput to generate a decent chunk of money for these villages, and a nice taxation bonus for us as we tax the sale of goods. This will tie them to us economically and should help facilitate integration later down the line.

Fuck the Trade Cities, if they were better merchants they wouldn't be outcompeted by an upstart community like this.

>>5027855
Maybe we can use the cleared forest as horse pasturage, with a fence to keep them from running away and patrols to prevent theft.

In any case, Crane, Trade Roads, and heavy infantry with our bonus.

>>5027887
I agree, if we can get them to see the benefit of our town as a sort of community center or provincial capital as well as market center and main port then that would be great. The same could be said for getting them to see us as a benevolent defender or at least de facto "person with the biggest stick" and as someone who even if coercive is at least not intent on ruining them and acting tyrannical, the outline we had for our state is probably the best you could reasonably hope for in a setting like Warhammer. I see the forcefully integrating them into our realm and tax base as a last resort.

THAT BEING SAID, I still think we ought to make it clear that we want further integration and to make it clear our primacy in terms of status, at the very least. We ought to make clear, significant strides towards further integration. As I said, it does not pay to be the whipped "nice gal" who does things for free and to be nice in this setting, we want clear concessions in regards to them integrating their economies at least, if not outright political merger with us at the head and them as nobles.

Integration can take a few months or turns or whatever, but we shouldn't be spending more than a year or two at most consolidating mere fishing villages into our domain. We can afford to have this take time and be a process and take place in phases, but we want clear progress.

>>5027887
support

>>5027855
>>Town roads – will take about 2 weeks and cost 1 wealth.
>>The crane – will take 1 week and cost 1 wealth

>Heavy Infantry

>The local fishing villages are happy with the current status quo. But with the home front safe, they are unlikely to embrace you now that no one is threatening them.
Use incentives and encouragement to foster closer economic and political ties with them until they are completely reliant on us

>>5027855
>>Town roads – will take about 2 weeks and cost 1 wealth.
>>The crane – will take 1 week and cost 1 wealth

>Heavy Infantry

>The local fishing villages are happy with the current status quo. But with the home front safe, they are unlikely to embrace you now that no one is threatening them.

Town roads doesn't just mean small trade, but also the possibility to travel faster to small settlements, a thing that we can use at our advantage and that this small villages would definitely appreciate it for their own affairs and safety if they want to live.

>>5027855
>>Town roads – will take about 2 weeks and cost 1 wealth.

>>5028493
>>Heavy infantry (100 men) (Cost 2 wealth, 3 military, 1 population) – Tough and reliable infantry, capable of holding its own in most situations, but is expensive and slow. (REQUIRES RESOURCE ACCESS – METALS) (SPECIAL – due to your relationship with Prince Pyotr, you can raise 1 unit free of military cost. Once the road is established and as long as trade is maintained, or an alternative is found, the units can be recruited as usual.)

Okay, town roads and the pier crane. As well as one unit of heavy infantry.

1d100 best of 3, let us see how the construction goes.

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>5028559
Big construction gains!

Rolled 52 (1d100)

>>5028559

Rolled 50 (1d100)

>>5028559

That's painfully mediocre.

I thought that immediately after rolling.

>>5028561
>>5028562
>>5028563

The construction proceeds with no great fanfare or anything exciting. Your excess manpower allows you to take upon yourself both projects.

At the end of the two weeks, both are finished.

The down time has also allowed your formation to drill the new men into shape. Any further advancement could only be achieved through good old fashion blood and sweat. (Pikemen now professional)

The equipment provided by Prince Pyotr has also been used up, now a formation of gleaming men in splint awaits your orders, they are green as grass, but with enough fighting, you hope that they will reach the standards of the rest of your army soon enough, lacking any experienced men, it will be up to them to figure out how to best act in battle through experience.

PROJECTS:

>Secondary wall – The construction will take about a month, if things go to schedule. It will cost nothing, but the city’s main source of trade – logs, will be used in the construction. So excess income is not to be expected. The people working on the project will spend their earned cash in town, thus keeping you in the black.

>With the trade road finished, the castillo has become more readily accessible, you will have to send your engineer with skilled help to figure out what needed repairing, replacing or just outright remaking. The time, cost and manpower necessary for such a project will be intense, you will also require good quality stone for the reconstruction, stone which requires quarries. Quarries that you do not yet possess.

>Extend the trade route – it will take two weeks and cost one wealth. With this, you will be able to connect the fishing villages to your lands. Still, unless you want to strong-arm them, you will require their permission to connect their lands to yours.


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RECRUITS:
>>5022262
>>5022264

DIPLOMACY:

>The local fishing villages are happy with the current status quo. But with the home front safe, they are unlikely to embrace you now that no one is threatening them.

>Prince Pyotr’s caravans will start coming down in two weeks, this should increase your trade value, but you fear that it could alienate the two trade cities set upon river deltas. Perhaps sending envoys early would be wise ? Of course, this could be interpreted as a show of weakness.

>It is far too early, but if you are feeling lucky, you could try to set up a colony on the other side of the gulf, one that hopefully has access to the resources you are currently lacking.

>Some of your men had raised concerns that with the growth of the town as a centre of trade, a proper name for it is required. (Write in?)

>A few inland hamlets and villages have started to use your trade road, your men wish to know how to deal with them ? Should they be allowed to use it freely ? Or should you impose tolls ? And if tolls are imposed, you need men for garrison duty to carry out your will.

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>>5028613

YOUR STATS:
Military 1 (Used for military actions, supplies and the like)
Loyalty 4 (Shows the loyalty of the army and their willingness to follow your orders)
Wealth 0 (Your state’s treasury, a collection of taxes, tariffs, loot, uncovered treasures)
Influence 0 (Used for diplomacy and intrigue)
Population 3 (Your future soldiers, current tax base)
Items:
Black super-heavy greatsword
Your current forces:
2 units of professional pikemen
1 unit of heavy infantry
1 unit of elite crossbowmen
Knight Champion

>>5028613
>Extend the trade route – it will take two weeks and cost one wealth. With this, you will be able to connect the fishing villages to your lands. Still, unless you want to strong-arm them, you will require their permission to connect their lands to yours.

>>The local fishing villages are happy with the current status quo. But with the home front safe, they are unlikely to embrace you now that no one is threatening them.

>>5028613
>>Some of your men had raised concerns that with the growth of the town as a centre of trade, a proper name for it is required. (Black Silk Bay)

The name is a misleading name, it takes the various components from the fact that we are in the Black Gulf, are along the old Silk Road and that our settlement is right alongside a small bay.

>A few inland hamlets and villages have started to use your trade road, your men wish to know how to deal with them ? Should they be allowed to use it freely ? Or should you impose tolls ? And if tolls are imposed, you need men for garrison duty to carry out your will.

It is our fucking road, patrolled by our men, at our expense, built with our money and our materials, and formed from the agreement between two border princes who keep the area safe, fuck yes they are paying tolls and if they refuse and say by what right do we charge them tolls we can tell them everything I just listed and the fact that they are just lucky we don't take over their villages.

Obviously we'll have to evaluate their goods passing by so as to toll them a fair toll that doesn't overcharge them and disincentivize them from using the road but still gives us some sort of benefit. But, please, no free trade bullshit, if they aren't integrated with us yet then they ought to pay us for maintaining this road and its security.

>Patrol the road with 1 of our pikemen units and 1 of our Heavy Infantry units, that way we'll have an experienced unit along a green unit to support each other and learn from one another if they encounter anything.

We can reassign them if something pops up or the castilo is ready to be occupied later.

>>5028647
We have no money my dude, and the option you chose cost money.

One thing we could do if there is a long lull and a while to wait until the next bout of taxes comes in is travel back the way we came to set up our colony with some of our men to participate in some conflict in order to build influence and get money, but we should probably wait until we get a few more units first and complete our integration of the other fishing villages and occupation of the castilo first at the very least, then once our realm is adequately garrisoned we can see about some adventurous mercenary work.

>>5028662
Seems good to me, give the villages a choice between a toll or integration. Black Silk Bay is a pretty solid name, and I don't feel creative enough to make up another better one. Those patrols make sense, too. I don't really think there's much else to do for now, so let's keep an eye out and wait for cash to flow.

>>5028662
Sounds good. I'd also add that we should further integrate the coastal villages into our sphere by way of gifts and a little coercion.

>>5028662
>support

>>5028613
What was our dad's name again? We should name the town after him.

What we shouldn't do is gimp our military in order to squeeze pocket change out of the peasants who feed us. None of our troops are suitable for patrol duty anyway; you leave that sort of thing to light cav, medium infantry, or rangers.

As for our relationship with the delta towns, that should probably be the next place we march our army. We can build up good will, inspire a little fear, maybe even create a few debtors.

>>5029298
The people using our road aren't ours and they don't feed us, they are from other towns that don't belong to us or the prince that we are trading with

>>5029327
You're right, I didn't read that correctly. Still don't want to divert the troops yet.

The first caravans of Prince Pyotr had finally arrived to Black Silk Bay, the new name for your settlement. For the usage of your port, you also receive a fine cut of the material (+2 Military), you can use it for your purposes, or you could of course turn around and simply sell it to the very same merchants that Prince Pyotr is dealing with.

Alongside Prince Pyotr’s goods, your people also peddle the usual collection of logs (+2 Wealth).

Your established patrols also begin exacting tolls upon those thinking that they can use your fine road for themselves (+1 Wealth).

Alongside the taxes flowing through your new road, information also comes easily. From what you can gather, most of the plain’s settlements appear to be exceedingly rich in agricultural wealth, with relatively large populations and walled settlements. Still, these settlements are constantly and endlessly harassed by orkish warbands and beastmen hordes, due to this, they never could unite, nor could there be a powerful enough Princedom to unite them, due to the fact that most of their population is concentrated on defence and farming, having issues procuring proper arms and armours, they are constantly on the backfoot and in an defensive stance. Based on this information, your sharp mind is able to quickly figure the main reason of why the castillo is where it is, if you could rebuild it, and most importantly garrison it with a large, mobile force. It is highly likely that these plain’s settlements will simply fold and proclaim you as their princess, presuming you could protect them.

PROJECTS:

>Secondary wall – The construction will take about a month, if things go to schedule. It will cost nothing, but the city’s main source of trade – logs, will be used in the construction. So excess income is not to be expected. The people working on the project will spend their earned cash in town, thus keeping you in the black.

>With the trade road finished, the castillo has become more readily accessible, you will have to send your engineer with skilled help to figure out what needed repairing, replacing or just outright remaking. The time, cost and manpower necessary for such a project will be intense, you will also require good quality stone for the reconstruction, stone which requires quarries. Quarries that you do not yet possess.

>Extend the trade route – it will take two weeks and cost one wealth. With this, you will be able to connect the fishing villages to your lands. Still, unless you want to strong-arm them, you will require their permission to connect their lands to yours.


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>>5029661

RECRUITS:
>>5022262 (You)
>>5022264 (You)

DIPLOMACY:

>The local fishing villages are happy with the current status quo. But with the home front safe, they are unlikely to embrace you now that no one is threatening them.

>It is far too early, but if you are feeling lucky, you could try to set up a colony on the other side of the gulf, one that hopefully has access to the resources you are currently lacking.

>The inland settlements are wary of you and your ambitions. You also need to consider the position of Prince Pyotr, he had been quite adamant about the castillo a while back.

>With first shipments already on the seas, you can now only wait and see the response of the trading cities.

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SPECIAL:

>Some strange murmurings have reached your ears, apparently, a small group of Tilean ships have entered the Black Gulf, searching for the daughter of a “traitor” who dared to rebels against his betters. It could be a simple coincidence, but it does sound awfully like you.

YOUR STATS:
Military 3 (Used for military actions, supplies and the like)
Loyalty 4 (Shows the loyalty of the army and their willingness to follow your orders)
Wealth 3 (Your state’s treasury, a collection of taxes, tariffs, loot, uncovered treasures)
Influence 0 (Used for diplomacy and intrigue)
Population 3 (Your future soldiers, current tax base)
Items:
Black super-heavy greatsword
Your current forces:
2 units of professional pikemen
1 unit of heavy infantry
1 unit of elite crossbowmen
Knight Champion

One, we ought be wary of these Tileans, we should prepare marines soon.

Two, the castilo requires prep and resources we do not yet have, we should consider gathering more influence, learning dwarvish and later send an envoy again to the dwarves or perhaps go in person. But that comes later, as does the work on the castilo itself.

It is tempting to finish off easy projects like the secondary wall or to extend the trade route to gather more wealth, however I think we should focus on other things.

First, I think we ought use the time we would devote to a project to learning dwarvish together with our envoys.

Two, instead of building another wall we ought spend that wealth training more troops, the additional military might will act as better security than the wall at the moment anyways, and it goes towards furthering our goal of expanding our military might such that we have the freedom of action to conquer other villages and garrison them, or otherwise integrate them in a friendly manner but offer protection so that they know we can actually help them. We also just need more units in general to have a more versatile force.

To that end I suggest we do the following...

>Project: Learn Dwarvish together with any diplomatic envoys we typically send to other locations.

>Recruit 1 unit of Light Cavalry and 1 unit of Marines

This uses up our wealth and might for this turn. But it prepares us beforehand for the Tileans and also finally gives us a cav unit to scout with or pursue any forces with. Also, Marines explicitly work as a 100 man unit of professional light infantry on land, making them better but less numerous than the actual light infantry unit.

Diplomacy...
>The local fishing villages are happy with the current status quo. But with the home front safe, they are unlikely to embrace you now that no one is threatening them.

It's time, we should either begin a two or three stage process of integrating them by offering economic incentives and an official offer of protection (there'll be no promises of not integrating them on our part, but otherwise they'll have the freedoms we discussed in our vote of how our political system will work) or we should just get this over with and give them an ultimatum of integrating with us and getting all the benefits that entails or facing the point of our pikes.

Remember, these are fucking random fishing villages, they shouldn't have the professional military to contend with us even all together given typical real life civilian-military ratios of populations, don't be too tempted to try and avoid rebellions or worrying about being liked or being nice, we gotta become an actual noteworthy power soon given how much stronger Pyotr is than us and how much larger the proper riverine trading towns are than us and the fact that the Tileans are looking for us.

>>5029661
>Extend the trade route – it will take two weeks and cost one wealth. With this, you will be able to connect the fishing villages to your lands. Still, unless you want to strong-arm them, you will require their permission to connect their lands to yours.

>>5029662
>The local fishing villages are happy with the current status quo. But with the home front safe, they are unlikely to embrace you now that no one is threatening them.

>>5029661
>Extend the trade route – it will take two weeks and cost one wealth. With this, you will be able to connect the fishing villages to your lands. Still, unless you want to strong-arm them, you will require their permission to connect their lands to yours.
Combine this with asking their permission and suggesting they come sell their wares at our markets.

>>5029662
Recruit
>Marines (100 men)
We're a coastal town/village/settlement, having a professional force to handle ship-to-ship combat is a must. Also because there are people coming up the river to kill us.

>>5029672
>First, I think we ought use the time we would devote to a project to learning dwarvish together with our envoys.
No. Khazalid isn't taught to non-dwarves. It's their secret language that they believe other races aren't worthy to hear or speak. If we walked up to the Dwarves and started conversing in Khazalid we'd be insulting them greatly.

>>5029732
Ah, very well then, I didn't know, as I said last thread, I'm not familiar with Warhammer fantasy.

Right, I've noticed that the thread dies on Sundays, so I suppose I will update on Monday when more people have voted.

>>5029661
>>Extend the trade route – it will take two weeks and cost one wealth. With this, you will be able to connect the fishing villages to your lands. Still, unless you want to strong-arm them, you will require their permission to connect their lands to yours.

>Recruit 1 unit of Marines
>Recruit 1 unit of Light Cavalry

>The local fishing villages are happy with the current status quo. But with the home front safe, they are unlikely to embrace you now that no one is threatening them.

>>5029662
>>Extend the trade route – it will take two weeks and cost one wealth. With this, you will be able to connect the fishing villages to your lands. Still, unless you want to strong-arm them, you will require their permission to connect their lands to yours.

>Recruit 1 unit of Marines
>Recruit 1 unit of Light Cavalry

>The local fishing villages are happy with the current status quo. But with the home front safe, they are unlikely to embrace you now that no one is threatening them.

Offer to be connected with the roads, more trade will come to their villages thanks to this. And we will also offer to protect them and thanks to the roads it will be far easier to reach them for repel raiders or beasts.
With the system of government we have envisioned we could accept a representative from each of the villages, for hear their problems.

People have voted for:

1 unit of marines (Cost 1 Wealth, 1 Military and 1 population)

1 unit of light cav (Cost 2 Wealth, 1 Military and 0.5 population)

and also the extension of the road network (1 Wealth)

As you can see, you are 1 point of wealth over. So if you want to, you can go with this and go into the negative. But there are possible negative repercussions, your guys decision.

>Buy it all and max out your credit card

>Reduce spending (how?)

>But it all and take out a loan

>>5031535
>Reduce spending (how?)
Do not recruit the Cavalry.

I know a cavalry force is good to have but our horses are limited, we only have 100 horses total right now. I want to wait until the herd we've been given to reach a more sustainable number before we start draining them to make cavalry units.