>here's the map

rolled 7 = 7

>>12527946
Myrmidons to help us finish off the unit we're engaging and then send them to help the 196th. Also rolling for combat

rolled 84 = 84

Freeblades charge the lacertans, support the orcs and break them hopefully. 65th and 50th keep pushing right. Try to break the duchy dwarves, have Laelith join us in the center to help with that. Plus we can keep a personal eye on her.

rolled 71 = 71

>>12528001
disregard this, I used 1d10, rollin with 1d100 now

>>12528029
okay, Im not rolling anymore tonight

>>12528003
>>12528029
Why must we get so fucked by yon dice?

Where'd pax go?

At first you thought the form of these swordsdwarfs was simple, but after having an old hole in your chainmail re-opened, and another gash left on your right thigh you realize just how wrong you are. Of course the dwarf who re-opened your mail shirt lost his head, and the one who opened your thigh is now on the ground bleeding out. Seeing their commander getting opened up has no good effects on the dwarves of the 98th, but they fight on nonetheless, continuing to batter their once mighty foes back. You shout to your mercenary battalions, but a blow to your helmet confuses your words, and while the Blackmoore freeblades DO charge your target for them, the Neshtefield Mymidons stop short when they realize they will be charging through a freshly opened firing lane.

>as usual roll for combat and for issuing orders

rolled 21 = 21

>>12528237
That's enough. Rally the men to smash these duchy scum right now. And I restate we should get Laelith up here to light them up and ensure she keeps to her word.

>>12528237
quick question, what is the red line behind the dorf light infantry?

>>12528276
those would be your hunters and Sansa, they are just advancing/firing in a loose formation at the moment

rolled 8 = 8

>>12528276
I think that's our hunters.

>>12528290
ah, well in that case have them attack the duchy light infantry that the 196th is fighting

rolled 72 = 72

>>12528237
Since >>12528268
rolled for command, I'll roll for combat.

>>12528336
I don't know, I think it would be hard to accurately do that with them engaged in a melee.

>>12528370
I meant have the hunters engage them in melee from behind

>>12528294
can we use this for combat?

>>12528428

either of the two rolls is fine right now

rolled 50 = 50

Let's get the myrms to move towards the right fortification and wrap around the Duchy Swordsmen. This will let the lax off, and not leave then open to archer fire. The Light Duchy troops are handled I would like to think.

You lay into the flagging dwarves with a vengeance, your meteorite blade piercing weak spots in the Duchy infantries armor left and right, your face constantly bombarded by the spray of hot blood. You ruin an enemies sword, cleaving its hilt from the blade with the force of your blow, carrying through to put your blade through one cheek, then the other; a spray of blood and teeth trailing the blade as you prepare to behead the unfortunate with a backstroke. Before you land the blow, you notice the dwarves kneeling in surrender, dropping your arms; should you behead this dwarf it will be a signal to slaughter the unit, show mercy and they will be taken prisoner. To your right the 196th continue their butchers work, as do the blackmoore freeblades to your left. You hear a primal roar from the same direction, and see two units of Lacertan Berserkers charging down the pathway, one makes contact with Cornelius and his men, the other angling towards the back of the surrendering dwarves. Behind you the ranged engagement continues, and you can hear Laelith announce her arrival with a gout of flame into the remaining caltrops.

>combat and commands.

>>12528494
>supposed to be a 3 after that 2 in the orks circle...

>>12528494
Not rolling yet; I think we should accept their surrender.
We've got a Lacertan unit bearing down on us, and I don't want to waste time on these dwarves.

rolled 91 = 91

>>12528494

take them as prisoners and get jayne to flank the berserkers engaging cornelius , then charge the second group of berserkers , myrmidons following us so they can take the the fortifications to the left

rolled 78 = 78

I say we leave them. Dwarves tend to be men of word and hold lots of faith in what they say. If they turn on us later, then fuck, if not, we are good. Tell the myrms to get past us and assist with the Lacerta Berserkers. We need to get up farther as well and tell Jayne to meet them in charge or to pull out backwards a bit to over extend the Lacerta Berserkers so that we will have an easier time holding them off or flanking them depending where they decide to actually charge.

rolled 17 = 17

>>12528537

to clarify , i meant the warlords should charge the second berserker unit

>>12528494
let the dwarves live, have them get out of our way while we prepare to deal with the berserkers. Also have the mrymidons advance and attack the unit in the fortification on the left

rolled 93 = 93

>>12528556

can we use our botch and use this>>12528556
instead

rolled 81 = 81

We aren't rolling yet Pomp. He hasn't asked. I just have my dice continuously at Dice 1d100 + noko, that is my disclaimer as a ques/tg/oer.

>>12528600
Actually, Pax did already ask for rolls at the end of >>12528494
Asking for Combat and Command rolls.
Pompieus has given us a 91 Command roll, unless we use our once-per-session botch to negate.

rolled 28 = 28

>>12528621
Blegh, sorry. I'm blind tonight I think.

>botch used... at least you got your orders off
You shout out to Sansa and Aurelius to get these prisoners out of the way before signaling to Uurist and his men to meet the Berserkers had on; before promptly tripping on a corpse and having the whole unit rush past you and into the berserkers, which turns out to be a rather messy affair. You hear Laelith scream in pleasure as she sends three of the Eternal Torches burning wildly out of control, immolating more than a few and smashing their morale. You scream at Aaryn to get his men moving to clear out the other fortification, and order Jayne to hit the other group of berserkers in their flank, which she does with quite a bit of zeal. As the battle rages on around you, you suddenly need to ponder where you are needed the most.

>combat roll then command roll

>>12528368
Command rolls come second, though. Just because people give orders on the roll does not mean it's the command roll.

rolled 9 = 9

>>12528715

charge the berserkers directly ahead of us , also , get our scrub archers up here

rolled 53 = 53

>>12528715
Rejoin the 98th, that's the stickiest spot right now.

rolled 55 = 55

>>12528735

also , did we recover our spear?

if not do so

rolled 41 = 41

We need to find and be ready for those damn Elementalists. Where are our scout and ranger units again? Get through the berserkers, then see if we can get a good vantage point to find Khalless.

rolled 62 = 62

We are once again needed back in the thick of it with our warlords, order the Myrmidions to advance and try to hit the middle zerks in their left flank (the zerk's left). Right and left hand zerks are handled and the light dwarves are being butchered.

Man, we've been in the center of the battle every single fight. Apparently we're an Alexander the Great type of commander rather than a Caeser.

rolled 13 = 13

>>12528786
There is nothing wrong with that good sire.

>>12528803

Apart from dying young from unknown cases.

I'm patently shocked that these rag-tag troops with no nationalistic type loyalty hold together. I mean, in reality 50% losses meant a well disciplined unit was shattered way past the point of recovery. Even 30% losses on gallic barbarians meant they were probably broken. That's 3 out of every 10 men dead or dying.

Rome was unique in that they had "espirit de corps" as it was later known. Most armies in that period broke pretty early into the fight.

Not that I'm saying it's bad the way it is, but we're not going to have any campaign staying power with losses like these. Modern militaries can only sustain heavy losses because of rapid reinforcement and huge long-distance supply trains. Even then, troops are rotated out of combat on a 50/50 basis to preserve morale and reinforce the units.

>>12528860
It's apparent the rebel's leader is a heavily charismatic type, he can make veteran mercenary units "volunteer" for extended service simply by hanging around him for a couple weeks. Magic is probably involved and our enemies should be considered fanatical cultists that will fight until all hope is lost far beyond normal morale, especially his elite troops like the Lacertans.

>>12528885
That's a good point, I suppose this is an exceptional situation. I was expecting to be able to beat his army mostly because of superior morale and discipline, though. If they hold together and can inflict losses like these on our legions... I'm not liking our chances at all. We'll probably wind up losing 1/4 of our most elite troops (warlords, legions, and cavalry) in this fight. And it's not even the majority of his forces.

Question, what are the combat and command rolls for? Is combat for just personal combat or all combat with all units? And is command just commands we give or does it impact the entire army's morale/movement/combat effectiveness?

I don't know if it's that bad. These numbers are probably going to be pumped back up after the fight. Medical tech was a roman advantage too so we are probably just looking at the number of men still in fighting shape rather than ones still alive.

im not quite sure if the long wait is good or bad

You shout out to have a runner sent to get the scrub archers, and for some of the less seriously wounded men to watch your new prisoners here. As you pull your spear from the corpse you left it in, you see Laelith raise her arms as if in prayer, before sweeping them out like some mad symphonic director, raising them up again, arms at her ears; the flames that she started before now enveloping the fortification, while it isnt likely that ALL of the men manning the blockhouse are dead, none will be alive by the time the magical blaze subsides. Aaryns men skid to a halt mere feet from the inferno to a chorus of curses as Laelith collapses to her knees, head down, panting and sweating profusely; after that much effort she will not be of much use again for quite a while... she must have heard the rumors about the torture chambers of the DragonBone Palace then.

You hurl yourself back into the melee as the front of Jaynes cavalry wing pierces the loose formation of berserkers far side. You immidiatly fall into a deadly dance, avoiding obsidian greatblades, thrusting your spear with deadly precision, every thrust cleaving a joint, opening a chest or splitting tendons, you feel invincible as you carve a bloody swath through the berzerkers, untouched by their massive weapons.

>combat and command rolls again.
>while mooching off the parents during college is nice; I REALLY need to get a damned appartment, I shouldnt get pulled away again tonight though

>>12528954
personal combat; orders you give. being in the fray makes the command checks harder

rolled 21 = 21

>>12529022

AIGHT

have jayne wheel back around and charge them again in the rear this time , myrmidons to support the warlords , and have rex's unit move up as well

rolled 22 = 22

>>12529068

also , tell the freeblades to git their candy asses in gear , how tough can 22 lacertan skirmishers be?

rolled 74 = 74

>>12529022
Myrms hit the zerks in support of our warlords, 50th move up and support the 454th/Cavalry.

rolled 36 = 36

>>12529022
Where do you happen to live Pax?
Roll for combat, we need to get to a better vantage point. Khalless isn't going to just be sitting here while we are slaughtering his troops. We need to use this surprise not only to take out these troops, but to disorient the rest of his troops as well. If it comes down to it, we can retreat back into the tunnels, and kite them back to each barricade.

This is actually a pretty crushing victory for us. We just skunked like 1000 troops.

"AHA!! THE LAMBS COME TO THE SLAUGHTER!!!!!" you hear Blackbird bellow, looking off to the right, his normally ice blue eyes alight with bloodlust. Ahead of him Jayne is wheeling her wing around for another run through the berzerkers as you continue your fighting, a few blows to your shield knock you back to reality, and a rather nasty kick to your shin reminds you that these are warriors bred you are fighting, even if you are winning. As the Myrmidons hammer into the berzerkers they simply cry out in glee, to filled with rage and bloodlust to care about their situation yet. The 99th moves into a firing position and begin killing off the fleeing Duchy infantry, Gais' men are catching their collective breaths now that they are unengaged, the dwarves aren't showing the signs of exhaustion yet, but they have a higher endurance then men.

>roll for combat and orders
>about an hour north of Milwaukee

rolled 81 = 81

>>12529304
Hmmm, I live in Columbus Georgia.

Let's get out of the fray. We need Sansa ready to hit the ele's. Have them, meander around the far western wall and wait to engage any flankers and be ready to take down the elementalists and Khalless. It would be an interesting fight, but I don't think we could take him in one on one combat quite yet. Perhaps, but I doubt it.

rolled 34 = 34

Blades advance. 65th gather up wounded and prisoners. Everyone else keep on trucking.

>>12529340
Huh, me too.

rolled 16 = 16

>>12529398
What is your name good sire? I may know you.

Have Gaius's legion advance toward us. He might be able to catch them in the other flank if the flames continue to die off this fast.

>>12529413
Doubtful, I'm an engineering grad student at Auburn presently.

rolled 84 = 84

>>12529498
Ah, nevermind then. Well I did go to Northside if that might tell you anything about me. Was in Engineering program as well. You go to CHS?

>>12529555
SSHS, technically I'm across the river from Columbus.

rolled 8 = 8

>>12529398
this but also
order the 196th up and when the fire goes out have them assist the 98th

"A PALTRY 4 BATALIONS AND THE BLACK DISCIPLES!?!?!?!" Blackbird shouts as if insulted, while he is doing an excellent job of energizing his orks, he isnt doing you any favors. You attempt to extract yourself from the melee swirling about you, only to take a gash to your recently recovered shoulder and be knocked to the ground. your spear a few feet ahead of you, you draw your gladius again, and kill the offending Lacerta before you rise, and are drawn right back into the melee, blood seeping from your wound. The substitute captain of the 50th scouts has the unit form a firing line, in preparation for the inevitable charge, and Jayne is forming her cavalry into a wedge. Gaius and Kyria are making short work of gathering your wounded and enemy prisoners, their men already looking better rested for the light labor, and the berzerkers are quickly being dismantled by flank charges.

>roll for combat and commands
>CS major here...

rolled 70 = 70

rolling for combat

rolled 41 = 41

>>12529704
See if Gaius can get his men to double time it into the fireward flank of the zerks we are fighting.

This fight seems to be mostly over.

rolled 69 = 69

>>12529704

we need our hunters on top of the fortifications that blackbird is currently in , and have rex's unit come in to mop up the berserkers we are currently engaging , and have the rangers go to reinforce the scouts

Let's personally fight defensively now, we don't need to take any more punishment.

Have Jayne change targets to the zerks we are fighting now, the right side is fine and wavering.

Oi... Terrible combat rolls. I don't think we're going to be fighting Khalless in personal combat at this rate. Glad I checked /tg/ once more and managed to catch this.

rolled 62 = 62

Yeh, personally I would have liked to pulled out a while ago. We are keeping in step with our Dwarven warlord group mind you. So we are pretty bad ass as it is. Perhaps we can get to where Blackbird is considering we can hear his loudmouthed arse of a face.

Also, I'm bailing after this post sadly.... Friends are over and wish to play some League of Legends

You feel a tremor shoot through the ground, and its not just from the blade your caught on your shield, although the blow does send spikes of pain running down your injured arm. Your target is approaching. Gaius leads his men in a rather complex shortening and lengthening wheel, there is much swearing, but he manages a flank charge. Jaynes Uursan are pawing the ground and howling in rage at the approaching enemy reinforcements, and Aurelius is cursing at his men to move faster. Kyria isn't cursing, but leading by example, running at least 10 feet ahead of her men as they attempt to set up another firing position at the mouth of the corridor your foes are approaching down.

rolled 87 = 87

>>12529866

the berserkers will be finished in another round of combat , so just keep doin' what we're doin' , but once this combat is over we need to get into cornelius' unit to strengthen their resolve

>>12529866
>already had our combat roll, so any more orders, or just prep for the imenant counter-charge?

>and was it just me or was it impossible to pst for a while there?

rolled 85 = 85

>>12529907
All I can think of is wipe the forces we are fighting and prep for the counter charge. It's gonna be dicey with the rolls we have tonight... Test roll to see what my luck is like tonight! And yes, posting was down temporarily.

>>12529907
yeah just mop up the remaining forces then pull back into a line.

The remaining Berzerkers are handily crushed, and after more than a little shouting you are able to set your maniple in a good position to recieve this charge.

In the center is Khaless and his Black Disciples, to either side a batallion of Duchy Heavy Zweihanders, and a mercenary light infantry outside that. You figure you have enough time to have your wounds dressed in the field, and maybe change armor before the charge hits. "Commander" Laelith interjects "If you wish I could sear your wounds shut, healing fire was not amongst the powers I was gifted with, but disowned by the Sucubus Queen I may be able to use it if you wish..."

>change into platemail?
>let Laelith try to knit your wounds together with her powers? (I have magical pseudoscience behind it if you do go for this)
>WHo will you fight with for this battle?

rolled 15 = 15

>>12530040

yeah , platemail definitely , and why not , let laelith try her hoodoo voodoo

as for where we should be , hows about cornelius's unit

rolled 97 = 97

>>12530064

scratch that , put us in the warlords instead

>>12530082
Sounds good. Warlords have served us well so far.

rolled 83 = 83

>>12530040

and can we scrounge up some armor for collin?
a chain shirt at the very least?

rolled 16 = 16

>>12530040
Go for the plate. Can the rangers get up any make-shift fortifications or did any caltrops survive? In terms of who to join... Stick with the warlords I guess. It puts us in the center so we can in theory adjust. Let's hope our archers and their new arrows take out some disciples...

Another roll to see if I should roll anymore tonight.

rolled 69 = 69

>>12530040

and where are the scrub archers?

>>12530040
As to what unit we're with I would say the Warlords, also I would suggest putting the Blades where the 65th is.

And I say it's TIME FOR AN EARTHBENDING DUEL

ROCK SOCCER BALLS FLYING EVERYWHERE

KUNG FU ROMAN ROCK FISTS

LET'S DO THIS

You summon Collin over to you after you strip off your even more battered chainmail "Why arent you in any armor? if you want you can have your pick of what the dead no longer need, and I can see that you get a suit if you wish." you state bluntly, as Laelith, her face scrunched in concentration stares into her flame, it moves from a blazing furious yellow to a warm low red. You strip off your pants as well, Collin seems unfazed by the sight of his commander in his smallclothes as he replies "Thank'ye fer offerin, but a kilt an me shirt are nearly to damned hot'in a battle as it'is. My sword's all the protection Ai need. Trained for a hun'rd years'ta make it as much'a part'a me as my cock, so it works fine." he replies, walking back to the warlords. You can feel more than a few sets of eyes on you as the indentured men in your supply element bring forth your crimson platemail.

As Laeliths fire begins to envelop your wounds, you feel them heating up, and you can feel that heat drawing blood through the veins near the wounds. The blaze pulls your skin together, and you can feel your body doing its best to grow the skin back to protect your muscles from the excessive heat, despite the lack of burning. When Laelith stands you can feel the wounds sealed; though you can tell that if your are careless they will tear back open. Within a few moments you have been strapped into your armor, and saunter your way to the front of the 98th warlords. You find yourself staring down two blocks of humans in chailnmail, one group wielding broadswords and circleshields, the other battleaxes. Behind them the Black disciples and Duchy Zweihanders. They will be charging you any moment.

>attempt a rousing speech? (roll if you want to)
>issue firing orders to your ranged units
>roll for combat

>>12530122
no, the arrows go in khalless first, after hes been hit a time or two the archers can shift their fire to other targets.

rolled 47 = 47

>>12530287
Rousing speech. Gods, I hope this roll doesn't mess up...

rolled 25 = 25

>>12530287

all missile fire on the disciples CONCENTRATE ON KHALLES

walk along the front ranks of our unit and bang our shield up against theirs while shouting:

"WHERE IS YOUR COURAGE?"

"WHERE IS YOUR STRENGTH?"

"WHERE WILL YOUR BLADE LAND , OR YOUR SPEAR PIERCE?"

now look at the entire maniple and shout as as loud as possible

"WILL YOU STAND WITH ME?"

>>12530287
FOR THE EMPIRE LADS!!!!

>>12530287
"We've kicked rebel ass so far men, I see no reason to change that tradition. Let's finish this!"

>>12530287
We can't see Khalless here and I recommend we focus fire on the disciples, zweihanders and axeman. No point hitting guys with shields and I imagine the armoured men will be pretty resistant to some of the attacks anyways. I think we should focus our best archers on the disciples though. I figure they're the best troops here and if we can shatter them, it should hurt morale.

Get our rabble archers up here too. Everybody into the field.

We should aim for the lizards first with arrows. They are lightly armored and pack a mighty punch.

Do we get, like, feats or something based on the stuff we do? That would be cool. Like an epic leadership feat ingame would give us the option to choose the higher of the two rolls for our command after the fact, and we would be regarded as a hero. Or maybe the fact we've stuck ourselves in the thickest fighting every time gives us an inspiring reputation that increases morale of the unit we are in and word of our skill in combat will spread among the legions? Maybe three botches in a row would give us a "Victory from the Jaws of Defeat" feat where we get an extra reroll. Things like that. Just food for thought.

Then again, you probably already have a whole system worked out.

You walk along the front line of your maniple, circumventing the hastily constructed palisades the rangers threw together for themselves and the 50th. "These rebel bastards think they can steal from Degnar and get away with it!" you announce, a scowl of anger on your face "We were sent to chastise them and return them to the fold... and they spurned our mercy, trusting a foreign exile and his false gods! And now it has come to this... these fanatics believe this bastard fanatic can lead them to victory." You state plainly, your men laughing out loud at the thought of loosing this battle "Show them how wrong they are!!" you bellow "Sansa, Aurelius and your best men... fill these 'black disciples' with arrows, dwarves of the 50th and 65th, show no mercy to any of them who attempt to retreat or surrender, and scythe down the fools who charge ups with bolts! Legionares and Warlords, show them your courage, stun them with your might! by the end of this day we shall be victorious, and these dogs shall once again fill these ancient halls with the scent of rotting corpese, abandoned as were the remains of the last defenders of this fallen fortress!" you announce, your men roar in agreement and anticipation as you return to your place in the 98th, just as the mercenaries are herded towards your lines.

>any last second commands?

rolled 37 = 37

>>12530485

anyone?

im was just gonna say all melee units in the center just gang up on the first two merc units , while our missile units concentrate on khaless' unit

>>12530485
remind them to take khalless alive

>>12530485
I think we're good. As long as the infantry can hold the line well enough for our reserves to patch up any holes, I think we might manage. Hopefully our elf can lend us some surprise fire magic at a critical point but I think we should just brace for impact and start raining arrows upon them. I guess this battle will determine if we get more favor from that earth god or not, heh.

>>12530528
At this point, I think we might just want to kill him. As long as he's alive, the rebellion can recover if he escapes us and part of me is paranoid enough that he'll be able to talk our own men into joining him if we let him live long enough.

>>12530485
How about we not have the lightly armored and exceptionally bloodthirsty orcs in the very front, ready to break and demoralize our men. How did anyone think that a good idea?

With such a narrow approach and them all clustered we will no doubt positively BUTCHER them with arrow fire.

>>12530538
second. he must not survive

I think we should take him back as a war prize if possible. It will give us great glory, and he only was able to start this rebellion because he was set free to roam. The empire will kill him anyway for starting a civil war. We just need to keep him bound and gagged the whole way back.

A torrent of arrowfire greets the charging enemies, and the mercenaries smash ineffectually against your legionaries phalanx. The back portion of the enemy charge advances slowly, taking the arrows mostly, although the Black Disciples are intercepted by the frenzied remains of your Ork Warriors, though Blackbird hangs back. You dont realize why until you looc closer at the approaching Lacerta, they are some of the largest you have ever seen, all in black warpaint, at first you thought them somehow posesed, with their oversized claws, too-bulky forearms and abnormally shaped heads, crowned by long black horns. But as the Orks reach the ordered mob, you realize it is obsidian armor, glistening in orks blood it looks incredibly sinister. You would scarce call it a fight in fact. As one of the orks is lifted up and flensed above a ravenous Lacerta Blackbird retreats back towards your lines, half laughing, half glowering.

>where do you send Blackbird
>should Laelith start burninatin now, or wait a bit longer.
>the scrubs are en-route with your Aurachnospecs, should be here soon

>>12530640
map, derp

>>12530538
I think we should at least try to bring him in alive, we do have orders after all. However, if we do manage to bring him in alive, we weren't ordered not to cut his achilles tendons to keep him from running

>>12530640

blackbird join our unit when we charge the easternmost merc unit , and have laelith hang back a bit until an opportunity presents itself

Blackbird goes to the scouts. They are leaderless thanks to Finian being retarded, and hopefully he will help inspire them. Make sure to tell him not to charge without orders, those troops aren't made for melee.

Hold off on the fire.

Obsidian armor? Really? That's so impractical. Will do great against arrows, unfortunately. But they will tire out fast and be slow as crap in melee.

>>12530640
Save the fire for the disciples. They like heat? Let's give them a lot of it then. Hopefully that'll mess them up more than normal since they'll be too hot.

Blackbird... I have no clue what to do with him. Keep him with us maybe? Is he frozen in fear or something or he just didn't charge because he wasn't stupid?

>>12530719

he was laughing as his brethren were killed so im thinking he had a "just as planned" moment

>>12530719
not stupid
>>12530715
not full armor, just a helmet for intimidation, and the gauntlets for something to attach the obsidian claws to (as all they would really do on the fingertips is a) get pulled off; b) break off; or c) break fingers

Woah yeah, looking at the map get Blackbird back here with us. Moar arrows. Keep firing at the center unit even though we have the orcs engaged. They are dead now, anyway.

>>12530675
I'm not too worried about him running, I'm worried about his followers attacking us in order to free him. He still has a lot of them. I think his head will win us glory enough

>>12530777
Nah! Without him his "followers" are just unpaid mercs and brigands. Even his "wife" knew that she was nothing to him once she was free of his immediate personal charisma. The armies of demagogues are nothing once the leader is defeated and broken.

>>12530818
Speaking of, he had multiple wives. Or at least they called themselves such. Is polygamy normal in the empire?

>>12530777
Only if they know where we are, and that would be easy to make into exactly the kind of mountain pass defensive battle that could break his entire remaining army and destroy this rebellion. Actually that wouyld be a really good idea, snatch him and the primary magical objective then run back to establish a kill zone somewhere, let his remaining troops die rushing us in a heavily fortified position without their genius commander.

>>12530833
Except, depending on our casualties in this battle, they might still win just by sheer numbers. I'm also worried that the mercs working for him will keep working for him if he's been captured. If he's dead, they will have no reason to keep fighting for him.

>>12530846
How will they even KNOW? Are we going to tell them? Are our men? All anyone will know is that a rebel and traitor was last seen defeated on the battlefield facing an Imperial commander. If he didn't die on the field it's assumed he's either executed or will be before any "rescue" attempt could be mounted. Why would sellswords risk their neck for that?

>>12530861
Then there's the small chance they will assume he is alive and hit us anyways. With his wife leading them, she might make them do it anyways. And why would sellswords do this? The same reason why they're fighting for the guy for free. He's charismatic as hell and if there's a chance he's alive, it might be enough for them to keep fighting for him.

You shout at Blackbird to fall in with you, as he does a group of head-sized rocks fly into the warlords. You catch one on your kiteshield, but the a few miss, but two find their marks, felling several dwarves. Looking into the unit opposite yours you see 4 lacerta with a ring (never more than 4) of similarly sized rocks orbiting a raised fist, and a pink and blue form pushing its way to the front of the unit. To wither side of yourself your legionary batallions continue to hold their phalanx, though both your scouts and rangers find themselves too preoccupied with the Duchy heavy infantry hacking away at their defenses to fire into the advancing Disciples.

>last second commands?
>roll for combat, and announce if you wanna go for Kahless
>your aurachnospecs are gonna sprint to your side so...

>>12530846
Any mercs will either disappear once the money dries up or stay on because they've been converted and bribed by his wives. He will have no effect once he's neutralized, whether dead or alive.
The remaining Wives will probably be able to tell he's alive using magic and they should know he's the only thing keeping the army together, so they'll probably come after him-and us-with everything they can scrounge up.

rolled 97 = 97

>>12530883
Go for Khaless. LET'S DO THIS!

>>12530895
Godsdamit, any other quest ever and that would be an awesome roll. I'm not rolling again.

rolled 13 = 13

>>12530883

scrub archers and hunters fire on khaless' unit , then charge the human mercs on the right with the warlords , and once we are outta the way jayne and the freeblades charge into the lacertans

>>12530883

FOR THE EMPIRE! OFF WITH HIS UGHLY BLUE HEAD!

>>12530895
And we're screwed... The rangers and scouts might want to fall back now that their almost being attacked by heavy dorfs. I'm assuming they won't last long in combat against them. Might need our bear cav and the light infantry to hold them off.

>>12530895
>>12530911
I kinda liked that swap-for-traits idea, so...
Warrior ~or~ LevelHeaded

rolled 88 = 88

>>12530895
Man what. We get another botch since it's another combat, right? Or is that once per thread?

rolled 44 = 44

>>12530933

level headed , once we finish off the mercs on the right we can gang rape khalles' unit and finish him off then

>>12530895
FUCK!!!!

order the blades up, the 65th back.
order the myrm up and the 50th back.
all ranged attack focus fire on the disciples.
order laelith to burn the disciples, try to make them come to us. when they are nice and toasty charge with the 98th.

sound good?

rolled 39 = 39

>>12530933
What do they do?

rolled 1 = 1

>>12530933
Level Headed sounds good. Leave the berzerkan to the berserkers, amiright?

rolled 88 = 88

>>12530962

all of that except swap 98th with bear cav

the 98th should charge the human mercs on the right so we can roll up his battle line and minimise casualties

>>12530964
sorry, should have specified, derp
Warrior is the swap, you get the better combat roll, and a slight bonus to combat.

Level-headed is a bonus to commanding when in combat.

you will have a chance to get more of these as time passes and I see fit; depending on what situations arise

rolled 22 = 22

>>12530981

then definitely level headed

why don't we use one or both of the merc units we have in reserve? have them attack khalless or maybe one of the merc units engaging the legionaries

rolled 30 = 30

>>12530981
In that case I'm switching my vote to Warrior and WHAT THE FUCK.
>>12530972
Wow. I don't know why I let myself be surprised by this anymore.

>>12530981
Warrior seems way better out of those two, since if we aren't in combat we get no bonus from either but if we are in combat Warrior can help both stats with the switching.

Level headed sounds cooler in my opinion. I think we try to be more of a level headed commander than a warrior commander, to be honest. Warrior is simply a better ability.

>>12531013
Maybe Warrior can switch the better roll to combat but Level Headed can switch the better roll to command?

>>12530981
of course the get the better roll bit only applies to this swap, in the future its just the slight combat bonus

>>12531030
So, like we can only swap the rolls once?

Not worth it then, at all. Maybe if it let us auto-1 a roll at will some time in our career. Maybe. But the perm bonus is better. Level Headed gets my vote.

>>12531051
Warrior is a permanent -5 to combat rolls, level headed is the same for commanding from a fight. with a 13/97 split for the swap one either your gettin your shit rocked, or your men are gonna do whatever seems best to their captains (or lack thereof)

Have Laelith explode those elementalists if she can. Otherwise now would probably be a good time to explode the torches of the elites, so they start freezing in the middle of combat.

rolled 92 = 92

>>12531065
I'd rather we not get fucked up while the charging the BBEG, and our captains should be able to handle themselves for a round. My vote is for Combat.

As much as I want to see this through guys, I am collapsing here and have to get up for work in less than 4 hours. Kick ass and bring this rebellion down. Just try to minimize casualties while possible, heh.

>>12531065
Will this have any effect on us in the future beyond the numbers? Because if it's a roleplay thing I vote levelheaded, because that's the longterm way I see Justinian going. If it's entirely a numbers thing then warrior, because combat rolls being bad has fucked us up way way worse than command rolls being bad.

rolled 30 = 30

>>12531065

alright then , i dont want to get mega fucked up during this battle , so i'll change my vote to warrior

>>12531091
>it will have roleplay effects, but Warrior isnt gonna fuck personality that much, just make him a bit more martial than he already was, same with Lavel-headed (the continuation of these tracks will be more pronounced of course.)

update inbound

>>12531121
Level Headed all the way then, clearly. We still make command rolls even if we aren't fighting personally so it's by far the better choice for the long term and especially if it has roleplay effects.

>>12531134
we need warrior because otherwise we have to take a 93 instead of a 13.

>>12531175
One roll won't kill us. Long term plans trump short term.

>>12531200
what about the -5 to combat rolls? that's nothing to scoff at.

"For Dengar!!!" you cry, hurling youself at Khaless, who floats several pieces of stone up to him, molding them into plates gloating a few inches from his bare chest. At the Same Moment Laelith causes the fire contained in several of the fires contained within the crystals around each of the Disciples necks, the explosions most certainly kill the wearers, but do a splendid job of blinding everyone near them, including you. Which is why you only barely manage to get your spear past the stone plates, leaving a nasty deep gash across the dwarfs chest, and a new hole in his arm. As Khaless backs away from your attack, collecting himself you notice that the battle would be a rather close affair were it not for Laeliths efforts. You begin to shout orders, but a trio of fist sized stones smack into your new helmet, drowning out your words and knocking you back a few steps, turning to look, you see a pair of wicked looking obsidian blades in your foes hands.

To your left, the 50th has fallen back, and the Freeblades are trying their best to take down the Duchy heavy infantry, but things arent looking very good for them.

To your right, Kyria has her battalion take one last, devastating, point blank volley at the Zweihanders, her men drawing their battleaxes just in time to meet the assault of the armored dwarves. To her left Jayne is thundering through the light infantry, driving a hard line to support Kyria. you can hear your bests approaching you, and Wulf shouting at his charges, trying damn hard to keep them in line in this battle.

>>12531259
Well no, but neither is -5 to command rolls when we use command constantly too. We even use command when we aren't in the thick of combat and hanging back to direct our troops, in fact.

>>12531269
Myrmidions need to relieve those scouts quickly. Nothing we can do about the mercs getting chewed up by the dwarves.

rolled 96 = 96

>>12531269
Have our spiders smash into the troops fighting the 196th. We need to break them quick.

rolled 70 = 70

>>12531310
Son of a bitch.

herp AND derp, I swapped the 50th and 65 in my post, but the map caught it... also roll for combat and commands

>>12531269
have the mrymidons move to support us in the center.

rolled 28 = 28

>>12531269
I guess we got Warrior?

rolled 40 = 40

>>12531316
Rolling.

Question, are we locked into the warrior track now?

The scream of steel on steal holds your attention on Jaynes charge through the light mercenaries and into the Zweihanders for just a hare too long, as you find yourself on the ground with two obsidian blades in your shield arm, once again rendering it nearly useless, as the dwarf on top of you raises his blades to go for your head, a black blur slams into him, the aurachnospecs cracking stone plates, and reaching around them to snip and slice at any flesh that Fluffy can find. You rise, discarding your shield and drawing your sword as Khaless ends your respite by sending a rather large rock into your beasts thorax. "Keep your beasts out of this" the dwarf spits as the melee swirls around you and your foe.

The myrmidons are still stationary, confused by your alternating battle cries and orders, the rest of the battle continues on as before, although Kyria's dwarfs are setting another firing line so that they can fire into the Zweihanders as soon as the Freeblades are out of their way.

>roll for combat and command

>>12531386
you are not. its a take as you go deal, so yo can take more traits on that track, or ignore it as you will from here out

rolled 69 = 69

Myrmidions support the scouts! Scrubs aid the 454th!

>>12531475
It seems that we're the only two guys in here now... I think I'll call it a night. u wanna archive or should I?

rolled 9 = 9

Jesus Christ why are we getting so fucked?

>>12531484
You can go ahead, I can't write an interesting description.

>>12531496
right-o. I'll be on again saturday at the usual time so, see ya then