>>12354642
I have been waiting. Excellent.

Meet with the scout ASAP. Bring Sansa with us. On a side note, I suggest we try to bring Sansa with us and mentor her to be used to strategizing on a larger scale and such. I figured it would be nice to have someone we could leave in command if we are elsewhere/we want to split our forces and not worry about them acting on their own.

>bumping for confirmation, and to apologize for being late

see what the scouts want and as a side note we're stil gonna leave 10 legionnaries from cornelius's unit at the village

also FUCK YEAH COMMANDER QUEST

You walk out to see several groups of scouts, the last of Kyrias trackers, a group that was ranging south to observe the approaching raiders/rebels, and two groups sent out to find more local villages that may have aided the rebels.

Sansa approaches you, for once looking timid "I have the casualty tally from the scouting units so far... do you want to hear it now or..." she seems quite uncomfortable bearing bad news.

"Lets have it now, before I would know the price of this knowledge before I receive it." You reply, just out of earshot of the waiting groups of scouts.

"We lost 10 Dwarfs from Captain Esfeldas Dwarven Scouts, 5 from Captain Gaurushs scouts, and 2 from Captain Rex's hunters. Do you want to receive your reports from the different groups of scouts separately or all at once, Commander?"

>>12354786
Part of me wants to say separately in the event multiple people affects what they report but to save time, I say all at once. I know I can get way too in-depth when it comes to questioning so I will save you some trouble Pax, heh.

>>12354786

lets hear it all now , make a mental note to avenge all of our fallen scouts ten-fold

>>12354786
i recall the only dwarves under our command were named finian and uurist and rex was the veteran legionnary commander not the hunter commander

You motion for Sansa in way of a response to your question, approaching the groups of scouts, they all snap to attention and provide salutes. "I'll hear your reports now, one at a time please." you announce, returning their salutes and motioning for the men to be at ease.

The men searching for other nearby villages speak up first "Found two burnt out villages within a days travel, not many signs of resistance, and judging by the bloated feel this one has more than a few fled here." you nod in acknowledgment, and the men step back a few paces, awaiting your dismissal.

The trackers speak up next, pulling out a map, more than a few of the potential ruins sites crossed out. "We tracked the rebels main band as far as the bend in the river here, only a few places they could have went to, but you'd sent out the order to report to you here before you moved out, so thats the best we have. Sorry sir." you once again nod in acknowledgment, and the men step back again.

The last groups leader speaks up only after you look his way, the hunter seems winded "We moved out as far as we could, got a good perch in some taller trees. The last of the raiders should have passed our loacation about 2 hours ago by my reckoning sir... anything headed towards this village now wont get here for at least a few days." As you nod at him, his telescope clanks against something else he has strung into his belt.

>questions for the scouts
>the light colored dots are the enemies tracks up to the point where they were lost, the x's with lines through them have been eliminated as possibilities, you are still at the village (purpleish filled in square)

>>12354923
the commander of your third scout batalion is a female dwarf... I'll throw up a current troop disposition in my next post

196th Legionary
Gaius Rex
200/200
High

454th Legionary
Cornelius Hoursch
190/200
(10 on guard duty at Collins village)
High

98th Warlords
Uurist Titius
150/150
Average

99th Hunters
Aurelius Caspius
73/75
Good

50th Dwarven Scouts
Finian Gaurush
95/100
Average


65th Dwarven Scouts (meet in field)
Kyria Esfelda
90/100
above average

House Garlian Uursan Cavalry
Lady Jayne Garlian
50/50
Good

Sansa Kyrosh - aide
Collin McManerhan - sword-master

>>12355005
What's the thing the scout has in his belt? Are there signs the enemy has been splitting their forces or are they sticking in one large group?

At this point, I recommend we head to the nearby square to our north east. Is that a village or fort? I forgot which one. See if they had any signs on our rebel forces. The rest of our forces should head towards the tracks I suppose.

>>12355057
spare knife, from the looks of it. And that would be a minor city, (which I havent goten around to naking all of yet... for shame, I know I'll have its name in the next major post.)

>>12355083
Well they passed by relatively close to that city. Perhaps someone in that city knows something/is associated with them so it'd be worth checking out. Ask Collins if he knows any other ways through the mountains to where the tracks are heading. I'm wondering if they're trying to lead us into a trap/making an obvious trail. If there's an alternate path near High Pass, then that might be the source of any help they are getting.

>>12355135

i think heading to the city is a good idea , in fact make it our base of operations , then keep scouting , follow the tracks and have small 5 man groups check out each site of ruins

>>12355135
Nodding your dismissal to the scouts you find your way over to Collin "Do you know of any routes to the Northern ruins that lead past HighPass? I'm trying to figure these rebels plan... something smells like a trap"

Collin smacks the child he is curently instructing with the flat of his practice sword, the abnormally tall dwarf looks up at you before responding "Aye Command'r, a few goat trails that start in th'cities farmin valleys, before the main pass west starts... but all that land is guarded close. Why, did ye loose the bastards trail?" he tosses the training sword over his shoulder, a cry of discomfort emenating from the bushes behind him, one of the children scurrying away as fast as his legs can carry him.

>not many people in here tonight huh?

>>12355242
Indeed. It's unfortunate. "We haven't lost their trail but it seems too easy... With what they stole, you'd expect them to be more careful."

I suggest we send some scouts to these passes Collin knows. They may be heavily guarded but those guards could be dead at the moment... Then we head to that smaller village and see if they know anything about the rebels/if my hunch is correct. We might have to make a pass to High Pass if I am correct.

>>12355242
"No, I just smell a trap in that large pass."

seconding this>>12355292
in addition to this>>12355193

"We havent lost hem Collin" you reply "their actions just reek of a trap is all. Do you think you'd be able to lead a few scouting parties to check those trails... tell us if the enemy has passed near Highpass? I also want to check the city west of HighPass for enemy movements as well." You reply, making sure to keep a respectful tone with your most recent recruit.

"Aye, just give me some men that know how to handle hights and uncertain footings an I'll check it fer ya. Tha other city is Avensgate, by the way." he replies.

>go with the main force to check Avensgate or go with Collin to check the goat trails?

What happened to Centurion, and Redlegion, and them?

>>12355443
Go along with the main force to Avensgate. If it is a trap, we should be with the main army to handle it. I doubt they'll have troops at the other passes if they took em. If they were closely guarded, they'd have to kill whoever was guarding it and run.

>>12355443
We'd better go to the city. We're better at handling people than anyone else. And Collin knows the area, he should be fine.

>>12355453
Perhaps they couldn't make it tonight or they haven't seen the thread somehow. That or it might just be a slow night for /tg/.

>>12355522
Thursdays do tend to be rather slow.

>>12355590
But... It's Wednesday!

>>12355608
Meh, same thing. They're both days that aren't Monday or on the weekend.

>>12355453
dunno, they havent shown yet tonight... life happens I guess. I'm expecting a spike in players when we hit the first battle soonish

>>12355471
>>12355480
"Find 10 good men and check the goat pass then, take the scout that knows where we lost the enemies trail." Signalling for the camp to move out, the columns shift into motion, Collin and his men moving off to the west much faster than the rest of the force.

By the end of the third day of travel you camp with a tiny speck that your assuming is Avensgate off in the distance ahead of you. After camp is made you find yourself standing at the edge of camp watching the sunset... two massive figures dueling against the fiery red backdrop. "They get bigger in the wild." a voice says from behind you. You turn with a tstart to see Jayne, watching the fight unfold on the horizon as well.

"What do, Uursan? I have noticed that most of your mounts are just barely larger than a charger now that you mention it though..." you reply, turning back to the sunset and the battling Uursan in the distance.

"Ah... Bouros, my fathers mount. He caught that bull on campaign after his mount was shot out from under him. No one else can ride the beast... although it will follow me if I use a leadline well enough. I always have wanted the chance to tame a wild Uursan like my father did..." Jayne trails off. As the sun finally sets so does the battle between the massive beasts end.

Later that night you hear a Gryphons shriek, and the pained roar of an Uursan... probably the wounded beast being claimed by the King of the Skies. something compels you to leave your tent, off to the north you can still see the sun... no, wait, the moon is high in the sky and nothing sets in the north... it seems another village is being attacked.

>>12355647
Ride with Jayne's Calvary to fight off raiders
FOR THE EMPIRE!

>>12355647
My chivalry-sense says save them. But, that really depends on how well rested we are.

>>12355647
Ah hells no. We're putting a stop to that. No village in the empire will be pillaged while we sit by and do nothing. I concur with moving in first with the cavalry, while getting our other units to follow us.

Also, quick question. Do we have our own personal unit or do we have to tag along with one of our captains units in a big battle?

>>12355703
decently rested, its been a fairly restful half-week for your men. There's no way your whole Maniple can make it in time, but 4 motivated battalions should be able to make it before the raid is finished

>>12355720
I had assumed we could move independently along with our retinue.

>>12355739
In that case, get the ligher units and cavalry to do this. If it's a raid, they shouldn't be heavily armed and should be expecting an easy attack. I think we can overwhelm them with ranged combat and bear cavalry charges.

>>12355748
correct. you can tag along, go with your retinue (just Sansa at the moment, since you sent Collin off) or part out the retinue and tag along with a unit of your choice.

also, what gear are you gonna wear for this? platemail/chainmail, towershield/kiteshield, spear/longsword?

>>12355783
Let's go heavy. Plate/Tower/Spear.

>>12355817
Clarification: I honestly don't care what armor and shield we use.
Query: Did you read this in his voice?

>>12355783
I'd suggest lighter gear actually. We need to get there ASAP without tiring ourselves, our character was a light spearman before becoming an officer if I remember right and raiding units generally not heavily armoured. Of course, Pax could twist my expectations and make me very sad.

>>12355851
yes, yes I did.

and is the lack of response an agreement that you guys want to take both units of scouts, the hunters and bear cavalry?

>>12355873
Yeah, if we coordinate them the first charge should do enough damage that us, Sansa, and the cavalry can mop up.
>demand joboopho
Captcha I don't know what that is.

>>12355851
Only after I saw the Query part.
>>12355873
I figure the heavier units will be harder to rest up so having them run out now will be worse than the lighter units doing it. Ranged combat should give us an advantage too in this situation I think. Bear cavalry is just bear cavalry. Nothing more to be said.

>>12355906
>>12355903
>>12355869
>>12355851
It takes about half an hour for the men to rouse, the Legionaries and Warlords setting an increased guard while you lead the Scout units, hunters and Cavalry north to the village. You set a grueling pace, by the time you can see the village the last of the militia are being overwhelmed, the villages palisade being burnt down, and a large portion of the raiders moving into the town.

The raiders are a disorganized lot, mostly dwarves and men, an assortment of shortbows, iron blades, circleshields, and a few mauls and hammers between them. The only unifying factor is the presence of a black 4 pointed star with a blood red hammer sigil emblazoned somewhere on each mans person tying them together.

>morale, from now on each group of men will have a morale indicator, lighter shades of green are better, blues average, reds and darker bad.
>the brown squiggles are palisades, the green clump forest.
>how do you want to deploy?

>>12356041
Hunters move through the forest. Cavalry on the far left flank with the scouts in the middle moving forward and firing as they get into range. Hunters should move forward and snipe from the woods and we should aim to hit their left flank. If they move to meet us, don't charge in and wait for the rest of our forces, otherwise charge in and move out after causing havoc with the initial charge.

>>12356041
I assume we're coming up directly behind them, so deploy the Hunters as close as they can get to the forest while still having a clear shot with the cavalry lined up behind that large unit in the center and have the Scouts flanking the Cavalry.

>>12356065
Actually, that works better.

>>12356082
>>12356065
yea, south edge of the map for deployment, durr. and yea, hunters can deploy a bit ahead due to their stealthy nature

Maybe I've played too many Total War games but I'm going to assume morale will be similar. The more units we break, the worse the morale will get for other units. Hence why I suggest we crush the left first.

>taking the space between posts as a "yea do that"

Barking a few orders your batalions fall into formation, the scouts advancing slowly, ready to stop to open fire as soon as they reach range. Things become eerily quiet as the opposing forces advance towards each other, especially from the forest.

>modify any orders?
>where do you lead from, where do you send Sansa?

>>12356065

where will we be?
and as a side note , us and jayne need to go tame a couple of wild uursan so we can have our own mount to lead the cav from the front.
also we should become proficient in the use of the crossbow

>>12356249
That does make logical sense. I mean if those guys are running why the hell should YOU stick around, right?

As a side note I think I know why its so dead in here. There are currently 4 other quests running. Zombiequest, Zergquest, Dragonquest, and Destroyerquest.

>>12356269
Lead the Scouts nearest the bear cav. Jayne should be able to command them best. I say send Sansa with the other scouts, although tempted to say hunters if I wasn't afraid of how things might go with Aurelies being with her. I say concentrate fire on the main central unit and have the bear cav smash the far left unit and pull back after the initial charge.

Also, is the unit inside the palisade militia or more raiders?

>>12356289
that would do it, lol

>>12356269
A Commander's place is in the center of the battlefield where he can most easily observe the battle unfolding. So, with the scout unit on the right.

>>12356299

agreed

this still stands>>12356286

>>12356299
more raiders, the towns militia got all crusheticated.
also, need a concensus here...

>>12356299

also have the hunters try to draw the enemy unit on the far right into the forest so they can thin them out before we take care of them later on

>>12356317
I'll concede right scouts then. The hunters might need assistance and we'd be better off there now that I think about it. Keep Sansa with us in the center. Have her watch us because I think we should mould her into a commander like us so we can safely let her lead units on her own in the future.

As the scouts reach their outside range they form firing lines and open fire on the larger central unit at your command, sansa adding her longbow to the salvo. Shortly afterwards you loose contact with the hunters... ominous. Jaynes bear cavalry ignores enemy arrows, the raiders scrambling to get spears to the flank that is about to be hammered by the massive armored cavalry. The raiders to your west continue to advance towards your battle-line, eschewing their ranged weapons and eager to get to grips with your scouts.

>>12356487
Have the 50th hammer the flank of the unit engaging the cav but ONLY if they can do so without hitting our allies. Have the 65th begin firing on the advancing unit.

>>12356487
Have the cavalry move back once they've done their damage with the charge. The hunters disappearing is annoying but we can't abandon our lines. Have the scouts concentrate fire on the left unit that's been flanked. Their unit is already in disarray so we might get the most damage done then. We can counter charge the unit approaching us once they are close enough. Guess we gotta hope the hunters can manage...

>>12356487

focus fire on the smaller unit advancing on the unit we're in , whenever the raiders are about to charge , have both scout units counter charge them

Okay, we need a consensus... My thoughts are, we should focus on collapsing the left unit so that the big unit in the center has to move. We don't want them sitting around and exploiting any holes they might create. We can hold the advancing unit in close combat with us and then use Jayne to smash them from behind and hopefully not get caught by the 215 unit depending on what it does. Plus, I want to kill some of their units so we can get people in the forest to find out what happened to the hunters. I'm assuming there was a unit there and hopefully they're better since it is the forest but still.

>>12356557

alright , as long as both scout units charge the unit advancing on the right , so i'l agree with you fire on the unit in combat with the cav , then charge.

and as for the hunters , its the forest ,their specialty , they'll be fine

>>12356557
Alright, but only if the 65th can fire off a volley and still have time to prepare a counter charge.

Jaynes Uursan Cavalry scythes through the raiders like a hot knife through butter. The Mighty beasts roaring, slashing and biting as they barrel forward at full speed. Their riders lashing out with polehammers and warscythes, each blow pulping a limb or severing heads. The 50th continues their barrage on the large central group of raiders, each bolt carefully aimed, each shot a kill. As you command your unit to hold its ground and fire as quickly as possible into the approaching radiers Sansa pokes your arm to get your attention. "Theres fighting going on in the woods, do I have your leave to see to it, Commander?" she asks politely... clearly worried about the flank more than the men at the moment.

>>12356603
She's a former Hunter Commander, better let her go.
And GOD DAMN the cavalry is whooping their asses.

>>12356603
Pull the cavalry back and fire one last volley at the unit that got charged by Jayne. Have the scouts charge the incoming unit and I think we should go with Sansa to check the flank... I'm shocked the hunters got ambushed to be honest. Maybe we should send one scout unit into the woods while the other holds the advancing unit.

>>12356603

alright have jayne pull out , back up a bit and then charge the depleted unit on the left , keep firing on the unit about to charge us , then when the're close enough lead both scout units in a counter charge
also let sansa see to the hunters , we might lose them if we're not careful

>>12356630
I'm with you except I think we should stay with the scouts. If they fall our whole line will crumble.

>>12356727
Agreed. Sansa and the right scout unit into the woods. We hold the line with the 95th and then the rest of what I said. If Jayne is faster, have her flank the unit marching to meet the 95th.

"POACHERS!!!" you hear sansa shout from the forest... javelins, hatchets, leathers and cloaks... better at night than hunters, and just as skilled in the woods. They must have been planning for the eventuality of something moving through the woods; had it not bee Aurelius' battalion...

You tell the nearest man with a horn to signal the cavalry to fall back to prepare for another charge, and shout to the unit you are leading to fire one last volley before the charge hits.

>last easy command before you get sucked into combat... make it count

forgot battlemap... derp

>>12356793
What is the current state of the battlefield?

The large unit in the rear is blue... I'm tempted to say have Jayne charge them and give them one large volley. Then we send the 95th, with us in it, after the approaching 90 and send the other scouts to help take out the poachers. We could use that extra range support and we don't want them to take too heavy losses.

>>12356805
50th start firing into the large unit, Cav move around the rear of our line to flank the Poachers, 65th fire as much as they can before counter charging. The counter charge is ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL.

>>12356793

it would take too long for the scout unit on our right to reach the woods before the charge hits
have both scout units charge the incoming enemies then send the other scouts into the woods to help sansa and the hunters. have jayne recharge the unit she previously charged and hope to break them if not then repeat the process until they do break , dont let them overrun into the largest unit of raiders

>>12356847
The bears will take too long to get into the woods and cavalry in woods is never good. Even if they are bears. I say have the cav smash either of the two units out in the open with ranged support. I still suggest the unit in the rear due to their blue morale. If we can break them...

>>12356869
Yeah, I suppose you're right. I just didn't want the cav to charge a unit that large and get bogged down. Plus, if my plan had worked that would leave our Hunters, the Cav, and a unit of Scouts all ganging up on the large unit.

>>12356805

the hunters have advantage of numbers and sansa , just charge the unit advancing on us with both scout units , then fire on the largest unit and advance on them.
jayne should take care of the other unit in short order if she keeps up the hit and tun tactic.
once the units on the field are taken care of we can spare a unit of scouts to reinforce the hunters

>>12356915
With the way the large unit is shaped, it looks like they won't be able to meet the charge properly. Plus their morale is average. A nice charge with crossbow fire might be enough to break them.

>>12356928
Wait, idea. What if the Cav could charge THROUGH the small unit without slowing down too much and carry through to hit the poacher right in the rear? Of course, this would be banking on bear cavalry being almost as good in the woods as they are on the plains.

>>12356916
Pax said the Poachers are just as good in the woods and even better at night. Even with Sansa and the numbers advantage I don't like their odds.

>>12356970
Too risky. If they can't get through the small unit, they'll be squished between it and the large unit. And then we'd lose a lot of them. Kind of why I wanted to send one scout unit to support the hunters. I'd say the hunters and poachers will be about equal with Sansa there.

>>12356970
They're bear cavalry. Standard cavalry sucks in tight spaces, but when your mount is a freaking BEAR, woods shouldn't be a problem. Expect them to get bogged down in melee and be unavailable for a charge, but otherwise that should work.
This is what the Legions are for. One good Legion could hold the center of this battle like a living fortress. I'm regretting not being here earlier to request we bring one.

>>12357006
We were far away enough that we thought it would be unwise to send them in. As far as we were aware, this was only a raid and we didn't want to overly tire those troops since they're alot more heavily armoured.

>>12356980
It is risky. But, if it works it'll be AWESOME. And they did cut through a unit of the same size like a hot knife through butter.

>>12357006
I was seriously thinking of suggesting a Legion unit too. But, speed was of the essence and I thought they'd break a lot easier than this.

>>12356970

alright then , have 20 scouts go to reinforce the hunters while we charge the incoming unit of riaders with all of the remaining scouts , jayne keeping up the hit and run tactics

>>12357033
Fair enough, but if they're just gonna be holding the line in the center and not running around the battlefield a lot a Legion should be able to quickmarch to the battlefield without too much effect on performance, for future reference. A Legionnaire is trained for endurance over speed, after all.

>>12357006
This was me, by the way. Just caught up.

you send out the signal for the cavalry to wheel and charge the large unit approaching your line, and tell the men you are leading to draw steel. Even with you, the grizzled raiders have an advantage against the marksmen you are leading though...

>roll1d100 for your fighting, and 1d100 for any orders until you get out of this melee

>>12357058
Yeah I thought the same thing... I thought it'd be easier to break them but I guess we underestimated them. Something we will not do in the future.

rolled 99, 99 = 198

>>12357071
Rollan Music: Time stands Still

rolled 52 = 52

>>12357071
I told you all we wouldn't want to use the scouts as a close combat unit... Now you will all realize I was right in suggesting light infantry!!! *Ahem*

This is for fighting.

>>12357096
Oh dear... We are screwed.

>>12357096
OH WHAT THE SHIT! BLIND GUARDIAN YOU HAVE BETRAYED ME!

rolled 92 = 92

>>12357071

low is good right?

>>12357106
>one more roll for the botch.
>And Then There Was Silence

rolled 44 = 44

>>12357111
can we have a do-over?

rolled 76 = 76

>>12357111

>>12357111
Somebody else better handle this.

>>12357120
Oh thank god you rolled before me. Now we're only a little screwed I imagine.

>>12357096
I don't suppose, Pax, you've changed your mind and consider high rolls good now?

>belligs xxviii,
He sounds important, captcha. Must be some noble jackass.

>>12357132
I recommend he doesn't change his mind. We tend to have low rolls rather than high. The last few rolls are just an oddity. I hope.

>>12357147
Man, why does /tg/ diceroller have to be sentient and hostile? Two 99's on a 2d100 roll in the only quest where high rolls are BAD...

>>12357164
I knew I shoulda put on the Mazinger Z theme.

>>12357108
>the GM's guardian track outweighs yours I guess... at least I wasnt listning to gravedigger... or Age of False Innocence.

As you rush into battle you feel your trusty old shortspear shatter on your second thrust, thrown off balance you lose track of your kiteshield, your men form a protective wall around you while you get back up, and the loss is heavy. You Hear the unit captain, the shapely she-dwarf Kyria Esfelda scream in pain as you rise, with only your blade to defend yourself you charge back into the fray.

Elswhere, Jatnes cavalry executes a perfectly timed wheeling charge, slashing through the center of the larger unit of raiders, splitting them in twain, like a strong man splitting logs, the 50th dwarven scouts fall into confusion for a momen, before Captain Finian orders them to begin concentrating their fire on the western half of the raider unit

>>12357199
How is Jayne so awesome?

>>12357199
Jayne wheel to hit the unit fighting the 65th. The 50th continues to focus on the western unit to make it break and we let the other half do what they want for now.

rolled 18 = 18

>>12357199

SEE , with sansa , the hunters are managing fine on the're own , now call th other unit of scouts to flank the raiders our unit is engaging , have jayne get out of range of the unit she just fucked up , then charge them again

rolled 18 = 18

>>12357199
Order the cavalry to wheel around on the eastern unit, we don't want that large group getting organized. Rolling for orders.

>>12357234
Supporting the other scouts flanking the unit engaged with us.

>>12357235
And to clarify, I meant the eastern half of the unit she just hit, since the western half just took an arrow volley.

>>12357227
Seconding this.

>>12357225
BEAR CAVALRY, kicking ass, actually being willing to provide our untested butts cavalry support, she's just plain awesome.

rolled 52 = 52

>>12357227

alright , have all of the units on the field gang up on the unit we're currently engaging , then turn around and attack the large unit

You look to your left to see Kyrias left arm hanging limp, steel broadsword inthe other hand she fights on however, the grimace on her face is not promising however. You surge ahead, placing your now free hand on you scarcely blooded longsword you cleave two heads on your first swing, on the backswing you take another mans arm, he falls, jetting crimson from his side. You fall into a state of violent zen, it feels as though nothing can touch you... Bellowing at the top of your lungs you command Jayne to push west, and for the 50th to flank the foe you are currently engaged with after one volley. You hear a rousing cry from the woods, Sansa voice rising above the roar of the others.

>roll for combat again, as well as any commands

>>12357293
I get the feeling that if we do this the large unit will engage the Scouts before the other unit is wiped out and we'll have the largest mosh pit in the world.

rolled 73 = 73

>>12357409
Combat ahoy!

rolled 93 = 93

>>12357409
Alright, lets try something different.
Queen:Princes of the Universe

>>12357428
... Sigh. I am done rolling for the night.

rolled 92 = 92

>>12357409

well sansa took care of the situation in the forest
, so have her and the hunters come and shoot up the raiders to the right of jayne and have the scouts gangrape the raiders we're fighting , also go to kyrias's aid and protect her. we dont want a captian dieing in our first real battle

>>12357438
That's it dicebot I'm declaring jihad on you.

The dice hate us all tonight it seems.

rolled 33 = 33

>>12357409
can we SERIOUSLY have a do-over cuz this is just riddickulous

>>12357480
Well, think about it like this. Some of the most entertaining parts of Bloodquest were when the dicebot royally dicked us over.

>>12357500
Ture, but how often were we putting more than ourselves on the line? Here a bad roll will kill our troops.

Something jars you out of the zen-like state you had been in, that would be an sword gracing your arm, through a chink in your trusty old chainmail. You attempt to fight your way over to Kyria, but are barely able to hold your own for some reason. She screamsin pain again, a raider with a set of punch-daggers nearly disembowling her, she dodges at the last second, but the lower portion of her leather bodyarmor is shredded. She dives into a roll to avoid a spears-stab... and you finally see her unit tatoo, at the base of her back. You try to shout for Sansa to move in to support this unit, but your cry is cut short by a mace catching you in the gut.

You hear shouts of combat being joined to your west, as well as the sound of men fleeing in terror... but are too bogged down in the melee to know what the source of it is

>>12357564
Oh yeah, and we actually have a reputation to maintain here to boot. Fuck.

And did anyone else the eastern half of the large unit retreating toward the town? They cannot be allowed to warn the rest of the Raiders.

rolled 70 = 70

>>12357570
SECOND WIND! Get up, rally, and kick some ass! DICE, DON'T FAIL ME NOW!

>and dintagn
REMEMBER DINTAGN!

rolled 30 = 30

>>12357570

where the fuck are the hunters?
we need support NOW
have the hunters try and get to us before we die of bad dice rolls , and once the other scouts and cav take care of their unit of raiders tell them to get their happy asses over here ON THE DOUBLE TIME!!!

rolled 68 = 68

>>12357593
Well shit.

rolled 16 = 16

>>12357570
Jayne about face and DOUBLE CAVALRY CHARGE COMBO!
Riding the Storm: Running Wild

rolled 3 = 3

>>12357570
Jayne needs to hit these troops engaging us or the 50th now.

The dice roller loves Jayne tonight guys. We have learnt something key. The dice roller loves bear cavalry and we must invest in more.

USE THIS FOR THE LOVE OF THE OLD GODS>>12357611

>>12357626
We also must invest in more because even when we didn't roll she slaughtered everything in her path.

>>12357593

please for the love of the old gods DONT use this>>12357593

and this>>12357605
doesnt count

rolled 1 = 1

>>12357605
This has no orders, so it shouldn't count.
>>12357611
>>12357610
These do. PLEASE USE THEM!

You just cant seem to get to Kyria, as you break free of the particularly tough, skilled old raider that had been trying to block your way, a trio of men come at you. they are only able to inflict minor cuts on you... but they inflict so many of them. You scram out at the top of you lungs "SANSA GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE!!!!" not caring how much face you may loose shouting commands like that, you need that support now... and finally you catch a brake, you see her and the hunters bounding off rooftops over the pallisade, and the immidiately begin firing into the two units still out in the field. Without orders, Jayne wheels her cavalry towards the city, her unit of 50 yet to take encounter a foe that can penetrate their plate armor and barding.

>>12357686

FUCK THE OTHER POSTERS , USE YOURS YOU GOT A ONE!!!

A FUCKING ONE!!!!

>>12357686
And now you've GOT to use them. Natural one, yes?

>>12357686
>>12357611
>>12357610
>started typan and mappan before the rolls, consider your next 3 covered

>12357686
Stop begging for rolls to be used. I figure Pax will be generous to us when he feels it is necessary but there are times when we will fail in this quest. We should accept that now rather than expect to always succeed. I maintain this is karma punishing us for not taking light infantry. Heh.

>>12357692
have Sansa and the hunters rain arrows upon our foes like rain. Only more. Might as well have Jayne rout the people in the city.

>>12357703
I maintain that the scouts are superior to light infantry in every way.
>>12357702
Bueno

>>12357692

first save kyria

second fuck up raiders

third , jayne charge the raiders fighting the 50th

>>12357724
Except in melee as we saw today. Our poor scouts got ripped... By raiders no less. I didn't realize they'd be that tough to be honest though. Fighting the lacterans will be a pain.

>>12357744
From now on we bring at least one dedicated melee unit to every battle. Agreed?

>>12357760
Agreed. Raiders or peasants or what. We will always have at least one melee unit.

>>12357744
Legion should be best in melee, hunters are good as light flankers, and scouts should stay as ranged. I agree we should have traded one of our scouts for a light infantry, but not taking a Legion with us hurt us more here. This would have been an easy fight with a Legion to hold the center.

"WE ARE THE BULWARK AGAINST THE WEST!!!" you begin, shouting at the top of your lungs, slashing your way towards Kyria.

"WE ARE THE SHIELD AGAINST CORRUPTION!!!" the men on the field shout back, as Sansa and the hunters pelt the raiders with arrows.

"WE ARE THE WRATH OF THE EMPIRE!!!" you continue, catching a blow aimed at the now prone Kyrias neck.

"WE ARE THE DENGARIAN LEGION, WE ARE INVINCIBLE!!!!" the dwarves in the50th echo, and so the various battle cries of the Legion continue to resound across the field as your men rally, smashing the remnants of the raiders outside the town... and taking no prisoners as they cleanse the inside of the walls of raiders. You feel two great presences laying their eyes on you... confused that you would call upon them in battle of all places...

>you got a natural one for a command roll, what did you expect

>>12357817
*Bulwark against the East*... mistyped... derp

>>12357817
Oh crap. Send Jayne to take captives of the men that escaped then. We need prisoners. Unless we took some from those outside the village.

>>12357817
Which presences would those be?

>>12357817
Also, what presences could we be feeling... I'm confused on what that could be referring to and whether or not that's good or bad.

>>12357817
>two great presences
...did we just inadvertently summon gods back to the world or something? Because I'm totally cool with that.
>>12357849
Agreed. We need to know more about these bandits.

clue:
>>12357633

you have no fucking clue though, it could be some of the 10 Gods, something new, you have no idea, and its freaking you out to be honest

>>12357908
Odin and Thor?

>>12357908
Great, now we've got otherwordly powers keeping an eye on us. Shake it off and snag some prisoners, we REALLY want to ask about this
>black 4 pointed star with a blood red hammer sigil emblazoned somewhere on each mans person tying them together
thing.

>>12357908

well , we just discovered our patron god , paint his/her symbol on our army's shields and magic get

>>12357933
Not to mention any info on where they are, what forces they have, who their leader is, what they're planning, etc.

>>12357938
Well the presences were confused we would call on them in battle. So that's not a good idea. We should first find out who they are before worshipping them. Does the empire even allow that kind of stuff publically?

>>12357938
But we don't know who it is other than >old gods
and >two
so no symbols to paint yet. Too bad, we could bloody well use magic.

>>12357961
I'm going with Odin and Thor.
Here's why: Clue=Old Gods
Old Gods=Old Gods of Asgard=Odin and Thor

Does the empire have a state religion?

i remember something about faith dying along with the magic , so if we start to worship some new god , will the clergy accuse us of heresy or something?

>>12357961
Good point. The Empire uses magic items, but if I remember right there was a huge war involving fighting religious types followed by the elimination of one of the leaders/Emperor's advisers related to magic/religious stuff. Might not be a good idea to revive religion. I say ignore it until further notice.

>>12357933
>>12357938
>>12357944
you round up the wounded, cravens and the handful Jayne was able to round up. Most of the wounded are to unfocused to answer your questions... but they cravens and the captives may do well...

you send a runner to have the medical staff moved to this village as quickly as possible, and for the rest of the camp to follow as quickly as they can.

You shake off the feeling you had in your head... even whatevers attention you grabbed even agreed that they had no place on a battlefield; they felt so very, very old too...
>roll 3d100 for interrogation,

>>12357984
Odin and Thor are pretty warlike and they're Earth gods, this world has/had its own pantheon not necessarily related to our world's.

>>12357984
You're assuming Pax's universe uses the same gods though. It could be his own group of gods we suddenly called on.

rolled 91, 92, 49 = 232

>>12358004
Ware Koso Wa Baran Doban: SRW

rolled 74 = 74

>>12358004
One roll for me!

rolled 40 = 40

>>12358004
Let's do this! Rolling once to let others have a shot as well.

>>12358011
>>12358012
Yeah, but it'd be really cool.
Oh, and
>>12358020
SON OF A BITCH. MOTHERFUCKER. Ok I'll take that.

Someone change their name to Jayne or Bear Cavalry and see how your dice rolls end up...

>>12358004
Great, now some neolithic deity knows about us.

Pic related.

rolled 84, 53, 38 = 175

>>12358033
Good idea...

>>12358024
Good point. Pax, could you only take one of my rolls? It's pretty obvious which one I want you to take, but you can go with whichever.

rolled 19, 89, 85 = 193

>>12358052
Or not.

rolled 70, 88, 92 = 250

Let's try this.

>>12358067
I guess it has to be a combination of Jayne and bear cavalry.

rolled 40, 48, 41 = 129

I've got an idea.

so I'm guessing we trip and accidentally behead some of the captured with our rolls

>>12358075
Well, I guess that's my new name.

rolled 35, 47, 29 = 111

Hmm. Maybe I should switch too. Switching to unoriginal name due to lack of being original.

>>12358115
I just grabbed this one from Badass of the Week. So, no originality here either.

rolled 53, 56, 61 = 170

>>12358062
I'm demoting myself.

>>12358020
>>12358021
>>12358024
>3rd roll, each of your rolls.
you gather up the three most senior, best equiped commanding looking prisoners to question, each of them seems to have been gifted with an amulet by their master, and their fellows look to them for direction.

"M-Master Sharash sent us here from our camp at the river bend... he gave us pendants he forged the night we split from the main army... said that "The Master" will protect us... but the amulets broke after we left the river-bottom." the first man says... then the 'broken' amulet flared black... and the man was no more.

You try you best to not be unnerved as the body flayed itself, screaming in pain and writhing in agony... decaying before it finished dying. "This sigil" you demand, throwing a chunk of wood with the icon emblazoned on it at the next prisoners feet.

The dwarf pisses himself, staring at his former comradde. "T-Taker this damned amulet off of me and I'll answer your questions... I SWEAR IT" you reach out with your sword and pluck it from the dwarves neck, dangling the arcane jewelry from the tip of the blade. "master of my masters sign" he mumbles before fainting dead away.

"I wonder if this will do the same thing if I throw it at you..." you ponder aloud, looking at the third captive you selected "Where were you headed?" you ask him blankly, setting the amulet to spinning on your sword.

The man trys to shy back, but several dwarves from the 65th hold him back "North... ruins, tunnels... I DONT WANT TO DIE!!! he screams, before freezing in place after his amulet flashes and desintigrates, the dwarves holding him draw back, as if burnt, before surging at each other in rage, the palms of their gloves blackened and cracked... it takes three men to restrain each of them.

>All you know of religion was that there were 10 gods, 5 benevolent and 5 malicious, that they were family by wedlock, then enemies by morals and divorce.

>>12358131
It's alright. The voices in Justinian's head needed some changes to spice up his commanding skills.

rolled 73, 91, 47 = 211

>>12358138
And now a promotion!

>>12358147
Damnit. There are two ruins to the north. Unless he means immediate north. I suggest in the morning we march for the camp the first prisoner mentioned. We should aim to hit the camp before they get word of this units destruction and we should also check out how bad the damage was to the city.

rolled 75, 13, 34 = 122

>>12358161
Ick. I'll stick with the name that got me a natural 1

>>12358147
Scouts should start checking for the following:
>camp at river bend
>cave/tunnels to the north at ruins sites

Can we get a zoomed-out map of the area? The earlier map posted is too small, river's barely in it.

>>12358147

we can continue to interrogate the dwarf later , send the scouts to try and find this camp by the river bend , then form up the maniple

>you are at the orange dot (half a days ride from Avensgate), the last tan dot is where your scouts lost the enemies trail, the grey dot where the prisoner pointed out the camp.

Sansa walks up to you with a sheet of pachment "The Barbers Tax" is all she can manage.

99th Hunters
Aurelius Caspius
50/75
Good

50th Dwarven Scouts
Finian Gaurush
90/100
Average


65th Dwarven Scouts
Kyria Esfelda
-lame left arm
-torn midriff
--out of combat for the nex week at best, amt may never recover
50/100
Below average

at least the surgeons will be able to save a few of the wounded

>>12358229
How bad does it look that the unit with the heaviest casualties was the one we personally led?

>>12358229
*arm

>>12358229
Sorry guys but it's too late for me to stay up more. Too much to do tomorrow and I'm going to be dying as it is. Suggest we get scouts at the camp and check out the northern ruins from a distance while we keep heading to Avensgate to meet up with Collin and let our wounded rest in a better place.

Night all. See you whenever you run this next Pax.

>>12358245
Very bad... Morale amongst the troops won't be super high, that's for sure.

>>12358245
they survived, when they obviously shouldnt have by all rights, outclassed and outnumbered from the outset, only 50% losses is a good thing in those situations

rolled 65, 61, 58 = 184

>>12358254
Well I think we learned our lesson about using scouts for mainline melee troops, right guys? RIGHT?

>>12358275
That's why I wanted light infantry damnit! Melee troops that could keep up with our scouts! I knew I wasn't crazy!

well, I got stuff to do in the morning as well, someone archive please... I'll be back at 8PMish thursday... err today. gonna be a busy-ass weekend and I wanna keep up three threads a week.

later

>>12358275
sure...

>>12358254
Oh, well that and our HOT-BLOODED RALLYING CRY. Ought to make us look pretty good then.

And I'm with>>12358253
I gotta get up in 5 hours. Night all, until next time. See you Space Cowboy.

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