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>>1417623
7th Kriegstrom Platoon
Comprised of the most well-armed and armoured troops, 7th Platoon offers the meanest, fiercest and, given the mortality rate, dumbest soldiers to be found in the Black Company. A more bizarre collection of fighting men and women has likely never been seen. Down-on-their-luck heroes with a magic swords and brooding pasts like Cairsun; escaped slaves with a penchant for magik like Nissar; disgruntled veterans of the Nuemunster Legions like Corporal ‘Jack’ Marcus; Scarred Wildborn ‘Smiles’ (because fighting is really all a Wildborn knows); aging Skald huscarls like Hirstun of Ligh that should have retired long ago. You even have a mute rotten undead warrior, ‘Mask’, which is one even you haven’t heard before. Nevermind the fekking Dragon.

They’re your men (and women). Mercenaries, that kill for money. Warriors, with the right degree of pride and stubbornness. Soldiers, that fight for the man next to them. You never wanted this position, deciding who dies where. Dark Father knows it’s only a matter of time before you get them all killed.

Recap
Following the fall of the Neumunster city of Sarsburg several weeks ago, your Employer has sent his unholy host spread throughout the entirety of the western and northern reaches of the Neumunster Nation. While the main part of the Company and the undead went west to Oxenfurt Bridge, you were tasked with the seizure of the northern town of Kresden.

You've done that. And better yet you've taken it almost entirely intact, protecting both buildings and inhabitants alike from the violence (sort of) and the unsavoury attentions of your own reinforcements (mostly). And now the whole of what's left of Northern Nuemunster stretches before you undefended. Your forces have struck out all across Northern Neumunster. Sword, fire and fang all declare the same truth. This land belongs to the Necromancer now.

But the Free Alliance is not done yet. A final roll of the dice, all their might mustered into one army on one front. Already they have battered the Wild and bloodied the nose of the Warlord. If they can break the Necromancer before winter sets in.... there may still be a Free Realm left to defend come spring. Kresden is the key, no long and drawn out siege here. This will be swift and bloody.

holy shit i'm here first

>>1417692
No it was me

>>1417692
Lmao brah, I've been here for 15 minutes.

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>>1417698
>>1417700
you can't prove it
Haha oh man, I've been only catching these threads in the archives for months, this is amazing.

>>1417713
Brah check dez sweet beats 4 da truf
https://soundcloud.com/theunfinishedpickle/deep-house-plus-420

Don't I count? Bugger.

Actual post in the next minute after grammar check.

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Kresden Town, An Undisclosed Location, While Kiranova and Prince discuss Loyalty, Forbidden Names and Warmachines.

”Hey, Mask.” CPL Saint put a forced smile on her face to the undead warrior. She doubted she’d ever be genuinely friendly with the abomination, but at least it kept to himself.
”I’m here to relieve Trooper ‘Pelt’ for the watch.”

”Sutten Feldenven Lagor eet marn.” The White-maned Grenn growls as he gets up and stalks off.

”…right.” Saint looked from the departing wolfman back to the undead creature. ”What’s his problem?”

”…” Mask extends one bony finger to point at Saints new mark of CPL, a Grenn pelt pinned over her shoulders.

”I guess that would do it.” Saint sighs as she takes a seat, her gaze carefully averted from the boy-heir, her would-be liege lord not too long ago. It does her no avail, the bedraggled boy shifts slightly, carefully regarding her white hair and the scabbard of her Moonlight Blade.

”Did you kill a Heigelen Guard for that blade?” Prince Temuel mutters. ”It won’t work for you, you know.”

”…”

”No… I didn’t think so. That white hair… you’re one of the Heigelen yourself, aren’t you?”

Maybe it’s an urge to explain herself, maybe it’s that Neumunster respect for authority, but something compels her to answer. ”…I was once, yes. Not anymore.”

”It’s not too late, Beati.” Temuel von Brachen leans forward as far as his tight bonds will alow, the faint glimmer of hope in his eyes. ”Remember your oaths, remember your duty. To the Throne, to the Empire.”

Her eyes flickered from the boy to her Moonlight Blade. Sharp as ever, but a dull normal colour rather than the glowing white it used to be. Funny, that it hadn’t even dimmed when she had murdered that child-loving Cardinal but after Sarsburg… Saint looked at Mask, the red warrior hadn’t moved an inch, hand slung casually over his sword hilt. At the end of the day it wasn’t so different from the bonds she shared with her brothers and sisters of the Light. Gruffer, crueller and with baser goals in mind than the salvation of mankind… but there was a twisted sense of belonging there all the same.

Maybe if they had left her with the heir alone she might have done something , let him go even. But cut down a comrade in the doing of it? No. The only reason she was even considering it was because Mask wasn’t technically alive in the first place. The ex-Heigelen Captain Elia von Harti sighs, a sound almost approaching a sob, and leans back against the stone wall. Mask doesn’t budge an inch as she slides the Moonlight Blade out of easy reach with her foot.

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>>1417623
The last few sane brain cells in Prince's head, reporting in.

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>>1417780

”It’s too late for me, my prince. Far too late. Switching sides again won’t make me any less of a traitor.”


”Those oaths are in the past, broken. I’ve got new oaths now, new duties. Your Empire is all but dead anyway, ‘sire’.”

>>1417791
>”Those oaths are in the past, broken. I’ve got new oaths now, new duties. Your Empire is all but dead anyway, ‘sire'."

>>1417692
>Calling first
>On 4chan

>>1417791
>”It’s too late for me, my prince. Far too late. Switching sides again won’t make me any less of a traitor.”

>>1417791
”Those oaths are in the past, broken. I’ve got new oaths now, new duties. Your Empire is all but dead anyway, ‘sire’.”

>>1417780
I love this quest

>>1417791
Red option

>>1417791
>”Those oaths are in the past, broken. I’ve got new oaths now, new duties. Your Empire is all but dead anyway, ‘sire’.”

>>1417791
>”It’s too late for me, my prince. Far too late. Switching sides again won’t make me any less of a traitor.”

She's a sad little soldier, her conviction is lost. Maybe the original Beati would do it but not Saint.

>>1417726
Heh, I'm still jammin to this.

>>1417791
”Those oaths are in the past, broken. I’ve got new oaths now, new duties. Your Empire is all but dead anyway, ‘sire’.”

>>1417791
>”Those oaths are in the past, broken. I’ve got new oaths now, new duties. Your Empire is all but dead anyway, ‘sire’.”
Buuurn

>>1417791
>”Those oaths are in the past, broken. I’ve got new oaths now, new duties. Your Empire is all but dead anyway, ‘sire’.”

>>1417791
”It’s too late for me, my prince. Far too late. Switching sides again won’t make me any less of a traitor.”

>>1417791
>”It’s too late for me, my prince. Far too late. Switching sides again won’t make me any less of a traitor.”]

Not time to fall yet Saint.

>>1417791
>”Those oaths are in the past, broken. I’ve got new oaths now, new duties. Your Empire is all but dead anyway, ‘sire’.”

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>>1417801
>>1417806
>>1417817
>>1417823
>>1417849
>>1417852
>>1417876
>>1417907

”Those oaths are in the past, broken. I’ve got new oaths now, new duties. Your Empire is all but dead anyway, ‘sire’.”

If her voice nearly broke saying those venomous words, Saint covers it up well enough. Harsh, said without real belief in them perhaps. But Saint says them all the same. Perhaps the harshness in her voice comes from the fear that redemption really is there, she’s just turning it down. Or maybe she really does believe, no point in fighting for a lost cause. Not anymore…

The earnest look in Prince Temuel von Brachen’s face is quickly replaced by another, scorn. ”The Empire may fall, but your treachery will not be forgotten. Not by our people nor by our gods nor by you. Enjoy your new oaths of ash, traitor, and your new friends of darkness. I will never understand why the faithful and good of your number die… while creatures such as you live on.” He turns as much as his back on her as he can with the bonds there. They do not speak again.

Mask inclines his head once. Saint The condemnation of her Emperor in exchange for the respect of an undead abomination? Great.
It didn’t feel like the right choice, not by a long shot. But at least it was a choice.

>COMPANION QUEST UPDATE ”Fallen Angel”
>THE MOONLIGHT BLADE CANNOT BE ‘RESTORED’ by Sister Aditha
>THE MOONLIGHT BLADE CAN ONLY BE ‘CORRUPTED’ by Page #136 or ‘ALTERED’ by Cairsun

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>>1417925
[2/2]

Kresden Main Square, Just Outside the Manor, Later that Day

You’ve shaved 2 minutes before a suicidal charge into the breach at Far Sut Rus. You’ve shaved in a pitiful trench under cannon fire from an Ajiyimad citadel. One time in Albani, you were caught in the middle of an ambush while shaving. You finished afterwards. However, trying to shave in the middle of square while dozens of your men scatter like a shoal of fish as a trainee-Albani Warmachine pilot stumbles around is perhaps the most challenging of those.

”WOOO! Heeheehehee!” The voice emanating from the odd voice-amplifiers the Albani set up on the Warmachine is positively menacing. At least an angry, barely coherent Albani voice –belongs- there. A giggling juvenile girl? Not so much. ”Hahaha, oh wow oh wow oh wow I wait WOAH!”

The entire yard shudders as she plants a mechanical foot backwards in a hurry to balance herself. She and the machine survives unscathed, the part of your face you were currently shaving does not.

”Shit FEK! Jenny I told you take it slow you little twit!” You whip around, trying to appear as intimidating as a shirtless, weakened man that’s just cut himself shaving can look. You don’t bother trying to stand, you’d probably It doesn’t help that you barely reach up to the Albani Warmachine’s waist. Nonetheless the gigantic machine of rumbling death looks down abashedly, twiddling it’s thumbs. Or whatever deathclaw contraption is there instead of thumbs.

”Sorry Mister-Lieutenant-Sir!” Another giggle erupts from the voice box, more nervous this time. ”It’s just… I’m so excited! It’s like I got my legs back and then- and then super SUPER strong! Like, REALLY super strong. I… thanks mister.”

You try to ignore the little catch in your throat at the muffled sniffle from the voice box.

”Ahem. Yeah, okay.” You throw a dagger start at Schuster and Durvano mockedly batting their eyes at you from the other side of the square. ”You getting the hang of it?”

”Yep! It’s kinda easy. There’s a whole bunch of buttons over here but I don’t know what they 'spose to do, so I don’t press them.”

”Good, don’t.” Below blast it, this girl of a dozen summers at most is probably more switched on than most of the grown men under your command.

”I still haven’t figured out what to call her yet.”

”Her?”

”Of course, silly. This is a her.”

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>”I guess the pilot can name it.” This should be good. [Courage/Clever] Write in a name a little girl might come up with

>”What? No! Below’s Balls, no I’ll name it.” Can you even imagine… [Experience/Elite] Write in a suitably fierce and intimidating name.

>”I guess the pilot can name it.” This should be good. [Courage/Clever]
Bubbles

>>1417942
>>”I guess the pilot can name it.” This should be good. [Courage/Clever]
Mr.Snuffles

>>1417942
>>”I guess the pilot can name it.” This should be good. [Courage/Clever]
Scruffy. After a dead cat she once knew at the orphanage.

>>1417942
>”I guess the pilot can name it.” This should be good. [Courage/Clever]
Blue

>>1417942
>”I guess the pilot can name it.” This should be good. [Courage/Clever] Write in a name a little girl might come up with
Stomper, or Stompy.

>>1417942
>>”I guess the pilot can name it.” This should be good. [Courage/Clever]
Princess

>>1417942
>”I guess the pilot can name it.” This should be good. [Courage/Clever]

Elia

'Daisy-Chains' as a backup.

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>>1417942
>”I guess the pilot can name it.” This should be good. [Courage/Clever]
>"Princess Luna". "Princess" for short.

>>1417942
>>”I guess the pilot can name it.” This should be good. [Courage/Clever]
Lady Fluffles

>>1417942
Ah can't wait for the rumour about Prince sacrificing little kids and bounding their souls into a warmachine.


>”I guess the pilot can name it.” This should be good. [Courage/Clever]

>Nana
>Legs
>Saint

>>1417968
Pony fag get out

>>1417965
>>1417968

At least you guys are giving a feminine name but come on. Prince doesn't need that kind of reputation.

>>1417942
Not a brony but i guess she does identifie prince as a powerfull person so giving her machine a female name of his nickname would be fitting.
>>1417968

>>1417971
>>1417972
> "It's not me! It's the little girl who named the damn thing!"

> "And don't thank me yet, Jessica. I'm sending you into combat later. That's fekked up even by my standards."

>>1417970
'Eila' is saint's original name. I thought it was fitting since she not using it.

For legs... How about 'Peggy'?

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>>1417979
So "Princess Eila" or "Princess Peggy"? I like Princess Peggy she can call it P.P. for short.

>>1417948

>”I guess the pilot can name it.” This should be good. [Courage/Clever]

Mr FIsto
What wepons do it have?

>>1417984
I guess we shouldn't incentive the kid in pressing any buttons in the warmachine....

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>>1417984
>What weapons does it have?
You're still trying to figure that out, hence the untouched buttons. For the most part, it's sheer bulk and weight will serve as a weapon.

Okay, nice to see the creativity of coming with things a little girl might name hahaha

Right, let's narrow it down to the two consistent votes.

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>Princess (or Princess something)
>Snuffles/Scruffles/Fluffles (one of those, or she keeps changing it)

>>1417993
>>Snuffles/Scruffles/Fluffles (one of those, or she keeps changing it)
P

>>1417993
>>Snuffles/Scruffles/Fluffles (one of those, or she keeps changing it)

>Princess (or Princess something)

>>1417993
>Snuffles/Scruffles/Fluffles (one of those, or she keeps changing it)

>>1417993
>>Snuffles/Scruffles/Fluffles (she keeps changing it)

>>1417993
>Snuffles/Scruffles/Fluffles (one of those, or she keeps changing it)
There's something truly demeaning and emasculating about being killed by something called Fluffles. I love it!

>>1417993

>Princess Fisto

So i guce we just going to be smahing then
Or take her out in the flid and start pushing things

>>1417993
Why not combine the two into Princess Snuffles/Scruffles/Fluffles?

If not
>>Snuffles/Scruffles/Fluffles (she keeps changing it)

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>>1417993
>Princess (or Princess something)

>>1417993
>Princess (Peggy, P.P.)

It might be a little on the nose for her to call it Peggy, but I'm fine with it.

>>1417993
>Princess (or Princess something)

>>1418016
So Princess SSF?

>>1418016
Only if it ends up being Princess Waffles.

I'm fine with her calling it 'Princess Snuffles' and then changing it to 'Princess Fluffles' the next day. Unless anyone has any objections this is how I'll put it down.

Hell, bonus points if she repaints the name every time too.

>>1418033
And then Princess Fisto on Tuesdays, right?

>>1417993

>Princess (Peggy, P.P.)
Il chang to this mybe have a 16 on the end of it
When dose she paint it pink
And cute animals on it

>>1418039
This is the Black Company, son. So only Pink Stripes down the side, with flowers and teacups instead of lightning or flames

>>1418033
She paints in a different name when she updates her kill marks.

>>1418048
It's a company prank to go scratch out the name of the mech.

>>1418047
The animals are actually her kill count.

>>1418048
>>1418054
>>1418057

Excellent.

>>1417993
>Snuffles/Scruffles/Fluffles (one of those, or she keeps changing it)

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”I guess the pilot can name it.” Man, you can’t wait to see what she-

”Eeeeeee! Prince Fluffles! No wait- Princess Pancake cos I step on ‘em! No, no! Princess-“

Well, you can’t say you didn’t ask for it. A Trooper you don’t fully recognise snaps to attention in front of you. Trooper ‘Plus One’ or something, you’re not sure why they call him that. You motion for him to stand at ease.

”Sir! The Captain requires your presence at the Western Gates with all haste, sir!” To his credit he is only partially distracted by the gigantic giggling warmachine unsteadily stomping around behind you. Thankfully, Legless Jenny and her ‘Princess Wuffles‘ or whatever accidentally barges into a chicken coop, the resultant laughter of the onlookers and indignant squawking of the homeless chickens serves to drown out the Trooper’s next words for the bystanders. ”The Free Alliance Army is here, sir.”

Ah, already? The Captain hadn't been kidding when she said they'd been hot on her tail. Of course, she never is kidding about anything.

”Tell her I’m on my way.”

The Western Gate is a fair walk away for you in your condition. You’re weak. Too weak to walk there with any sure-fire stability. Might be better to lean on someone, or something, to make sure you don’t keel over on the way there and demoralise every living soul in sight. On the other hand, showing evidence of a swift recovery you don’t feel could bolster their morale something fierce. It’d show them that you can never keep a good Kreigstrom down.


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>”Very well, Kid pass me that cripple stick.” Use a walking stick to remain upright. [Elite] Medium

>”Alright, Kid come with me.” Lean on Kid along the way there. [Experience] Medium

>”Trooper Kid, give an old man a hand will you?” Use both the stick and lean on kid. [Clever] Easy

>”Right. Off we go.” *pained groan* Walk there unaided. [Courage] Hard

>>1418094
>Write-in: "Princess Fluffles or whatever, think you can give me a ride to the Western Gate without getting me killed?"

Failing that:
>”Trooper Kid, give an old man a hand will you?” Use both the stick and lean on kid. [Clever] Easy

>>1418094

> "Jenny, it's time for our dramatic entrance. Try to keep up, Kid." [Courage/Clever]

>>1418094
>>”Very well, Kid pass me that cripple stick.” Use a walking stick to remain upright. [Elite] Medium

>”Trooper Kid, give an old man a hand will you?” Use both the stick and lean on kid. [Clever] Easy

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Lieutenant 'Prince'
>+3 HP from Doc's careful ministrations. [3/25]

>>1418094
>”Alright, Kid come with me.” Lean on Kid along the way there. [Experience] Medium

>>1418110
This is also a, rather entertaining, option. She hasn't quite got the hang of walking properly but you can try. However the effect of seeing you having to be carried by a warmachine would probably been similar to the Easy option here.

>”Very well, Kid pass me that cripple stick.” Use a walking stick to remain upright. [Elite] Medium

>>1418129

>Write-in: "Princess Fluffles or whatever, think you can give me a ride to the Western Gate without getting me killed?"

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>>1418129
I will delete my vote and support this one then.>>1418110

>>1418110
Supporting

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>>1418159
>>1418144
>>1418138
>>1418110

>DC Easy 80
>DC 80
0 = -2 Discpline for first combat, Roll on the Casualty Table
1 = -2 Discipline for first combat.
2 = -1 Discipline for first combat.
3 = +0 Discipline for first combat. Jenny passes her Driver’s Test.

Riskier choices would have had a better outcome for 3 successes.


No MBFH. You’ll die, duh.

3 rolls of 1d100, gents. Time for a WALK.

>>1418174
Dark father guide my roll

>>1418179
Did rolling change on me?

Rolled 5 (1d100)

>>1418174

Rolled 32 (1d100)

>>1418174

Rolled 38 (1d100)

>>1418174

Rolled 53 (1d100)

>>1418174

Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>1418174
Prince survived his gruesome stabbing only to be trampled to death by a legless orphan.

Rolled 95 (1d100)

>>1418174

>>1418194

Well with your roll it would have happened.

But also funny to have people find out.
This badass dark prince that has dragons and vamps as his botchs and dies from something like that

>>1418187

Should be dice+1d100

>>1418194
Easier than it sounds.

Oh, our naming session sorta overshadowed Saint's Personal Quest. You guys want to make her an Elemental Knight via Cairsun, or perform a demon pact and let her wield a level 10 Soul-Sucking Sword?

Rolled 93 (1d100)

>>1418203
Testing not meant for anything

>>1418216
>Soul-Sucking Sword

So many dick jokes... but i won't go that low.

>>1418220
And of fucking course it's 93

>>1418220
To bad that would have being a good roll.

>>1418216
I think getting Carsiun in on it is the better plan.

>>1418216
I'm willing to go either way
>>1418224
No, it's roll under

>>1418216

Well il go for the sucking sword.
Xouse getting deamons to make you shit naver goes bad.
But if we do we should get somw blood from us, her, the dogo,a vamp and the drgaon to go into makeing it

>>1418221
It's gotta be low if we go that route. It's not called falling for nothing.

Saint will finally be for lewd.

>>1418216
Elemental sounds cooler. We can do dark shit ourselves.

>>1418230

I dont kow about better mybe safe would be better
But at the same time magic is weird and hard to use without a god or mad god powering it
Also how dear you not wanting a blade blisshed by the dark father

>>1418216
Cairsun would be better imo

>>1418238
So she just runs around yelling out fire, wind, lighting, earth and becomes ctapen plant?
Or a bender?

>>1418231
Oh yeah...dam it's being quite long since i had readed the archive.

>>1418235
So we will be going only for "on your knees" low or lower?

>>1418242
I like elemental knight. Even better if she gets Lighting as her element.

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I leave for a couple hours and our paladin falls. Goddamnit.

>>1418254
That might end up happen to the dragon
Whwn we go fight.

>>1418250
I mean if we get to chose and the lighten would ausome to take out anyone whereing metal armor and it can jump to other people
And she can start fires with it

If it happens il go lightening with you.
But only if that vote wins.

>>1418254
Should have stayed up anon. That's what you get for getting late. I tried but i was out voted.

At least now we have a crippled little girl with her own mecha

God I love BCQ but it always reminds me of the great salt, sand ,and waifu wars of BQ

Elemental Knight.

>>1418231
>>1418233
>>1418238
>>1418233
>>1418240
Personally I think Cairsun's 'man finds a way' path would he interesting. Saint might not be nearly as effective, but I like the idea of her not needing to rely on other beings for her power.

#136's pact however, would probably give a whole slew of nice benefits. Sure, she goes through a grung-metal phase and has an irrational fixation with leather and buttless chaps, but she'd get a nice power boost and might get a few tricky demon powers.

>>1418270
How close was the voting? How bad should I feel?

>>1418271
I don't mind it, I view it as a measure of success even (unless it's due to my own bugger up). Even the extremely salty anon from the other thread was only that way because he actually got invested in the quest.

>>1418294
9 to 4, there was nothing you could have done by then.

>>1418294
2:1 in favor of being mean to the little prince.

>>1418294
What forgotten said here>>1418303

>>1418303
I don't mean it in a "there's naught but fighting here" way but in a "BCQ and BQ always ran at the same time and I loved both quests but now Soma has disappeared into the wilds of RL and I don't think he's coming back till QST is gone"

>>1418306
Prince is a shit.
Even if he got away theres still years befor he can come to power
And by then he would just be a puppet for the novles that saved him
And all that other shit

Also guys how do you want to handle the meeting with the guys outside the walls?
I kinda want to have a meeting with there leaders and let them know that theres people here as well us as and try to get them to not use fire and sige wepons so not to kill there own people.

Oh and bring saint so she can have them give her shit and we can tell them about thr homeless people camp and ask how they arw going to take care of them.

So she can see that they are just going to let them hungery and gernaly shit talk them.

We can also tell them that we have the prince locked up and if they kill us or distroy too much of thr town they wont be able to find him alive and then they would have lost what they come here for.

Also im sure if that brat comes into power his going to want to kill the black company

When we meet the rebel leaders I think a good idea is to tell them about the innocent refugees in town and how we want to release them. Tell them we will release three groups across three days, don't tell them the third group will be the largest.

The first groups should be the oldest and weakest.

The second group the deformed, old, pregnant, and weak.

And the third group the rest, ie children, women, and men.

However we should take a portion of our food stockpile, enough to feed each person in group three a sufficient amount. And have troopers on watch to make sure everyone eats THEIR share, and don't do something like give it to their childern.

However we should have the cultists corrupt all the food we feed to group three.
With none in the first two groups turning they might not expect the third and last group to be the real danger.

>>1418383
no just release them they we will have a mutiny within the lower ranks when they have to watch women and children starve because of the no food for civilians order from the generals

>>1418383
Eh, we don't need to poison the villagers. The Free Army will have it's own food supplies, regardless. In that line of thinking it'd be better to just force the citizenry out of town and make the army feed them.

I'd rather not resort to that though.

>>1418383
>The first groups should be the oldest and weakest.
>The second group the deformed, old, pregnant, and weak.
>And the third group the rest, ie children, women, and men.

That is a good idea it will force then to feed those people and end their own food supply. Unless they want to make those people starve.

>>1418383
The citizens in the town are like hostages. They both give leverage in negotiations and serve as shields so that they must be careful in attacking us. Be careful handing them over even if they do eat up supplies.

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>>1418329
Hey mate, please remove your name. That's just a general policy is all. No offence meant.

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>3 SUCCESS
>The onlooking troopers are more entertained and impressed with Jenny’s natural driving than they are concerned about your well-being.
>+5 DC to Albani Warmachine Intervention (Skilled Pilot)

”Heeerrre weee gooooo!”
You grit your teeth as you cling to the lumbering mechanical monstrosity, desperate not to fall off and be crushed underfoot. How was this a good idea? Contrary to your command, Trooper Kid doesn’t even bother trying to run as ‘Princess Snuggles’ or whatever stomps through the streets, waving at you with an amused grin as you quickly outpace them.

Trooper ‘Joker’ Schuster gives an impressed whistle as Jenny veers around a corner, the torso having to spin a jarring 90 degrees to catch up with the sudden change in direction form the legs. To her credit the legless orphan isn’t doing too badly, neatly stepping over a barking (and apparently suicidal) dog, pausing to inspect a litter of stray kittens. Buildings, people and other obstacles she avoids by the skin of her teeth with apparent indifference. You count at least six different occasions where someone should have been stepped on, flattened or otherwise sent flying at the speed she is going, but she somehow avoids it all with ease. Or pure, blind luck. You’re not sure.

”Stopping at Kresden West Gate.” The voice-box chirps cheerfully. ”All passengers off!”

You’re relieved to clamber down, until you look up at the Western Gate. Stairs. Stairs are hard. Somehow each step sends a twinge of agony up your neck and across your face. But at least you can lean against the wall somewhat without being so obvious about your poor state. Ah, cold unforgiving stone. Who knew you could be such a friend?

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>>1418416
Handing them over like that gives us a nice three days, and that time could save a lot of brothers.
>>1418410
>>1418403
Their already will the kill starving refugees to keep them eating posined grain, at this point I'm pretty sure the towns refugees will starve too.

>>1418416
Nah we got their Emperor. Get rid of the extra mouths, keep the able bodied men for fire brigades and shit. It's their town they'll want to protect it.

Also fuck meeting outside the walls. We can shout. Don't want them seeing how fucked up we are.

But I do want to put them on the spot for taking care of the refugees.

>>1418329
Are you namefagging now?

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>>1418418

[2/3]

Your half-hearted grin is quickly snatched away as you reach the battlements. It’s an army. More than an army. The might of 3 whole nations pitted here together, marching over those green hills with the notion of sticking a piece of cold steel in your guts.

The Neumunster Legions; banners and, of course, the proud eagle held above the horde of men stomping forth under it’s stern gaze. Glinting spears, in the thousands, waving as they march in near-perfect unison. Tens of thousands. Dark Father, there’s no end to them. How on earth did the Necromancer best them at Weylan River? He didn’t, your employer was only facing a fraction of the Free Alliance’s power. Now every legion from every minor border war has been recalled, the fronts of the Warlord and the Wild King abandoned to counter the Necromancer definitively. No gaggle of Tassenland Greenfoots, this lot. These are veteran legionnaires, seasoned soldiers of a different calibre altogether.

The Chevalisse Knights, resplendent in their coat of arms and . Bright blue and yellow, streaks of orange and bands of green. Every colour under the sun. Chevalisse Maille may be as usefel at stoping a blade as a wet mop but you find yourself hardly comforted by that fact as you see . You’ve never seen that much cavalry in your life, not even the Warlord’s Golden Horde in Albani. Is there so much as a pony or flea-bitten nag even left in the Chevalisse Realms?

Behind them the Neumunster Engineers pit stakes and bring forwards the wagons carrying the siege machinery. They work with that good ol’ Neumunster efficieny, tireless and focused. They’ll probably have the trenches ready by morning at the latest. Already Helenwood Arbalests are taking up forwards positions, you spot the glint of a dozen spyglasses on your own positon. Some of which are just skirting the range of bowshot…

”They’ve come from every corner of the continent. The numberless Neumunster legions, the Paladins of Chevalisse and their Archangels. The Helenwood marksmen and the Circle of Mages. Even Highlanders from the Isabella Clans have appeared, the blessings of their Lady a slap in the face of our Employer according to your cultist friend.”

You turn around, trying not to wince in pain, at the stoic Captain 'Cutthroat' Kiranova. Not a hint of fear, just the way you like it. Makes you more able to pretend you feel the same.

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>>1418418
Our own legless Asuka.

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>>1418434

(1)
>”Heck, boss. That 500 in cold hard Gelt is looking a lot more attractive.” A joke. Or half a joke at least. [Clever]

>”We can stall ‘em. Use the heir as a hostage to hold them at bay.” Should buy you some time at least.” [Experience]

>”…We can hold them, Captain. We –will- hold them.” What’s the alternative, right? [Elite]

>”I was overdue to meet the Dark Father anyway.” It’s not Plan-fekking-A of course. [Courage]
(2) More info about a foe (only pick one, the others will be brushed over)
>”Highlanders? Why should we be worried about a couple of men in dresses over a legion?”

>”Marksmen? Mages? I’m no fan of either but magik especially rubs me the wrong way.”

>”That’s an impressive host. But it’s the Neumunster Legions that will have to carry the walls.”

>”The Paladins have Archangels? As in –literal- Archangels? Can’t be, they’d have shown up at Sarsburg for sure.”

I'm grabbing lunch, so a minor break for now.

>>1418434
I wonder if our Cultist dude has anything flammable we could get Vamps to drop on those siege engines.

Otherwise maybe we can drop a bunch of hay and flour on them and get Asgorga to strafe it.

>>1418438
>”Heck, boss. That 500 in cold hard Gelt is looking a lot more attractive.” A joke. Or half a joke at least. [Clever]
>”The Paladins have Archangels? As in –literal- Archangels? Can’t be, they’d have shown up at Sarsburg for sure.”

>>1418438
>”We can stall ‘em. Use the heir as a hostage to hold them at bay.” Should buy you some time at least.” [Experience]
Operation walking corpses could really do some work.
>”Marksmen? Mages? I’m no fan of either but magik especially rubs me the wrong way.”
Everyone else is bad, mages are worse.

>>1418438
>”We can stall ‘em. Use the heir as a hostage to hold them at bay.” Should buy you some time at least.” [Experience]

>”The Paladins have Archangels? As in –literal- Archangels? Can’t be, they’d have shown up at Sarsburg for sure.”

>>1418438

>”We can stall ‘em. Use the heir as a hostage to hold them at bay.” Should buy you some time at least.” [Experience]

>Marksmen, Mages? I’m no fan of either but magik especially rubs me the wrong way.”

>>1418452
Always geek the mage first.

>>1418438
>”We can stall ‘em. Use the heir as a hostage to hold them at bay.” Should buy you some time at least.” [Experience]

>”Marksmen? Mages? I’m no fan of either but magik especially rubs me the wrong way.”

I wanna ask about the Archangels, but there's the chance that it's not as bad as it sounds. Mages however, will always dick things over.

>>1418438
>”I was overdue to meet the Dark Father anyway.” It’s not Plan-fekking-A of course. [Courage]
>”The Paladins have Archangels? As in –literal- Archangels? Can’t be, they’d have shown up at Sarsburg for sure. Do they have wings? Not good for the walls, or our dragon employee.”
She knows about the heir so I imagine she's considered the hostage option on her own and requires no overt input.

>>1418438
>”We can stall ‘em. Use the heir as a hostage to hold them at bay.” Should buy you some time at least.” [Experience]

>”Marksmen? Mages? I’m no fan of either but magik especially rubs me the wrong way.”

These guys can pick our wall defenses Also mages with enough time can create a rune imprisonament or some other shit magic users do. Fek i hate figthing against magic users...

>”I was overdue to meet the Dark Father anyway.” It’s not Plan-fekking-A of course. [Courage]
>”Marksmen? Mages? I’m no fan of either but magik especially rubs me the wrong way.”

>>1418466
First true of combat even more since mages can cast fire ball or some other stupid magical bulshit into our walls.

>>1418467
Ideally the Cultists will have some sort of hard counter for the Archangels. They'll probably be straightforward anyways.

Mages are fucking sneaky though.

>>1418468
Even your boss needs support sometimes, and Captain's our old flame. It's better to talk about what we can do, rather than say 'Oh well, this is it. We'll go down fighting at least.'

>>1418438

>”We can stall ‘em. Use the heir as a hostage to hold them at bay.” Should buy you some time at least.” [Experience]

>”Marksmen? Mages? I’m no fan of either but magik especially rubs me the wrong way.”

We know the least about mages.

>>1418479
Not even Fireballs. Disguising attacks, disorientating men in combat, sneaking in little familiars to trip shit up, straight up blinding dudes with light, sinking foundations, magicking artillery ammo to do nasty stuff AFTER it lands or guiding it etc.

>>1418481
I'm imagining 14-foot giants with flaming swords that can cut our castle gate like butter. That can also fly.

>>1418468
Still gotta stall for those reinforcements.

>>1418488
Launching acid or strange concoctions. Turning stone into flesh or even molding a hole in the stone to sneak inside our garrison. Fecking mages man...

>>1418489
I mean that's a worst case scenario and assuming they'll use them to breach the walls instead of flying in and ganking our officers or trying to seize a gate or something less time consuming then hacking at stone.

Have Asgorga bait them into fire lanes from archers. Send up the fucking Vampires to harass them. Not like we have to worry about keeping Vampires and Cultists alive.

>>1418509
I am forever salty about us not getting a squad mage at the beginning.

Magic in The Black Company setting is low-level but crazy effective if you're sneaky and mean with it.

>>1418509
Also cursed/alchemical shot is why I wanted us to build a trebuchet. Fling tainted gravel at them that would corrupt the soldiers hit with it.

Also guys what do you think of picking out a few place where they are most likely to breech the walls, like the gates and other weak points, and take some of the supports out of nearby buildings.

So that once they get through, because I assume they will, we fall back and have some skellies collapse the place to make it harder to flood troops into town. And they will have to detour or climb over.

To make it worse we could have some jars of oil keep inside of them so once we collapse the rangers can light it up as/if they're trying to cross over the wreckage hopefully burning a fair few of their men.

We could prep other house to collapse and maybe crush them if they try to detour, but I doubt well have enough oil to set those on fire as well.

>>1418438
>>”I was overdue to meet the Dark Father anyway.” It’s not Plan-fekking-A of course. [Courage]
>”The Paladins have Archangels? As in –literal- Archangels? Can’t be, they’d have shown up at Sarsburg for sure.”

>”Heck, boss. That 500 in cold hard Gelt is looking a lot more attractive.” A joke. Or half a joke at least. [Clever]
>”That’s an impressive host. But it’s the Neumunster Legions that will have to carry the walls.”

>>1418547
I don't know about all of that.

But how about skeletons with casks of oil inside of their rib cages, ready to be lit before they run into groups of the enemy.

>>1418547
Ah. My "Burn Everything" plan lives on on a form.

>>1418567
Skeletons rigged to blow with oil, wrapped in hay for extra burn and to compress the fumes, and stuffed with rocks and sharp shit for shrapnel.

>>1418547
Another thing we're going to have to watch out for is Archangels landing on the walls and clearing a breach head to place ladders for the enemy to climb up.

We might want a Vampire/Blackguard Angel Reaction Squad set up if we have anything we could give or enchant them with to make them specifically anti-Angel

>>1418587
Why not just keep the oil and throw it umder the troops assaulting the walls? If we take the warmachines and the mages we can hold for our reforce.

>>1418601
I hope our cultist friend has some good acids or other "crime of war" goodies in his lab.

>>1418609
Is english your first language?

>>1418438

>”…We can hold them, Captain. We –will- hold them.” What’s the alternative, right? [Elite]

>”The Paladins have Archangels? As in –literal- Archangels? Can’t be, they’d have shown up at Sarsburg for sure.”

I was just trying it out for giggles but il drop it.
Also made seeing my posts eayer

>>1418611
No.

>>1418609
Like I said, at worst we can drop a bunch of oily straw on them in the night from above their artillery range and then have Asgorga do a quick strafe.

Or maybe that mage dude who helped us with Mask at the Amphitheater can magic up some shut that has a delayed fire effect to mix in with the oily straw bundles.

We DO know that the Cultist's have a metric fuckton of drugs so we could use stuff that work on skin contact on the walls, and bundle stuff that works as smoke also into the oily straw bundles so they get messed up while their seige engines are burning.

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>>1418547
And, as you start setting the town on fire, what is your plan to ensure that your own forces are not engulfed in flames eventually?

>>1418546
You can't just build a trebuchet in a day or two out of scratch. Maybe an ad-hoc catapult, but not a trebuchet or ballista.

>>1418533
You've had Nissar this whole time, though that is a bag of cats that anons have thankfully been reluctant to open.

>>1418587
>>1418602
As hilarious and terrifying as that image is, where are you guys getting all this oil? And explosives?

>>1418485
>>1418477
>>1418476
>>1418467
>>1418461
>>1418459
>>1418452

You’re fairly certain that the Paladins don’t have actual Archangels. Those simply don’t exist, if they weren’t around helping out when Skarling Kingbreaker was struggling to forge the Neumunster Empire then they probably haven’t just decided to show up out of the blue. Archangels must be a name for something else. Perhaps a special unit? It's now that you notice a disturbing number of those viewing glasses are focused on you. Already you can imagine the hidden Snipers taking aim... Now, Mages on the other hand, those are real and they are always trouble and double that amount of trouble if a couple of them get together.

”Marksmen? Mages? I’m no fan of either but magik especially rubs me the wrong way.”

”Yes, the Isle of Mages had been staying out of the conflict until now. They’ve sent a contingent of their best and brightest under this Archmage Mobius.”

”An Archmage? Gods, Captain he could-“

”I’m well aware of what he could do, especially with a circle of novice Mages assisting him. Turn our walls to Sand, blind our whole force, make the hilts of our weapons to hot to touch.” She must have spotted the look on your face, because she gives you a reassuring smirk. ”He won’t though. They know the Necromancer approaches, and they are reserving all their strength for him. We may see a few tricks, ones that hopefully Page #136 and his sister #88 can counter with the cultists. But, unless the assault falters, they will refrain from any overt displays of power.”

”We might not have to deal with an assault in the first place. We still have their precious heir after all. We can stall ‘em. Use the boy as a hostage to hold them at bay.” Anything to stave off facing that mighty host a little longer.

”I’m afraid it won’t be so easy.” Kiranova glances over her shoulder at you from the top of the stairs. ”Come, you shall see for yourself. Besides He has expressed an interest in speaking to you. We shall discuss tactics on the way.”

”Yes, ma’am. …Our Employer is here already?”

”No. But distance does not mean as much to them as it does to the likes of us.” Great, she’s even talking like them these days. You scowl, but your face generally looks like that anyway now. The Captain never used to be this cryptic.

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>>1418625
Mix drugs with oil. Soak it in bales of hay. Set on fire and catapult into enemy formations.

>>1418627
Hopefully they won't let the town burn down, and put it out. Cause if it burns they will make camp in a charnel pit.

Asgorga shits, right? Fly high over the enemy, higher than they can fire, and unload.

>>1418645
10/10 plan

>>1418645
>Implying the Archmage can't one hit Asgorga.
>implying Asgorga flame is strong enough to cause damage at a far distance.

Let the cultists poison the food for civilians, expel all civvies from the city and watch the fun from the walls

>>1418632
We don't have catapults.

We do have a flying dragon, and Ballista missiles only go up so far.

We should try to drop it on the seige engines though.

>>1418627
I don't have an answer for the explosives.

But regarding the oil, dude we're in a town. Cooking oil, lamp oil, pretty sure that's ubiquitous.

>>1418627
Ingredients for explosives can be extracted from corpses. Let the bodies pile up a bit and I'm sure the Cultists can make some for us.

As for "things that I can light on fire and throw on people climbing the wall", it doesn't have to be oil. Have our troopers go over kitchens and cellars. Commandeer any oil, pitch, tar, etc.

In a pinch, just throw boiling hot water on anyone climbing the walls.

>>1418666
> QM just said they're saving their big magic for the Necromancer.

Knocking a Dragon out of the Sky would count as BIG magic. This ain't DnD.

But if we can take out their mages or put them under pressure, then our Squad mage and demonic pages can use magic to mess with them instead of defending us.

>>1418627
If we wrapped the Skeletons in the oil and drug soaked straw, could they survive an airdrop or be reinforced to survive it?

Then they could pop out and spread it around after dropping it on the siege engines.

>>1418692
I'm pretty sure the skellingtons are extremely brittle.

>>1418681
Would rather drop a HUGE rock under then or the warmachines.

>>1418666
I'm talking literal shit, not fire. But it could be anything else, too. Imagine a boulder the size of a wagon dropping down from a quarter mile in the sky onto a squad of cavalry.

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Although the enemy has surrounded the town, the Captain believes that the hammer will fall to the West or North. The Free Alliance likely knows that the Necromancer approaches in force, and will not want to leave their baggage train vulnerable or caught between stone walls and a hostile force. She plans to have the mortal forces; the Black Company Platoons, Tassenland recruits, Cultists, Ajiyimad Mercs and Yellow Dog remnants, shore up crucial positions and rely heavily on the meandering skeletal minions to flesh out their defences. Meanwhile, you and the Kreigstrom will be held in reserve. To be deployed where anywhere the defences are flagging or at risk of falling. Odds are you’ll be retaking some positions multiple times as the situation deteriorates.
There are three lines of defence. First are the walls. Already some houses are being collapsed, or prepared to collapse at short notice. Barricades, petty traps and other hazards are being prepared as the two of you speak. In fact Kiranova pulls you by the scruff of your neck out of the path of a pit of shit-covered spikes in the middle of the main causeway. You struggle to focus on the discussion as the pain of keeping up with her pace grows. Where are you bloody going?

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>>1418673
We do have one sorta.
The warmarchine has hands and can thow things over the wall.

Also the horses need alot of green to wat and oats
Havinf that many horse on not beening able to take the town fast is going to kill there auppley not to mention killing the grass behind them and the shitting they would do,
With this many people sickness and shit will hecome a big issues for them
We can pretty much just let them eatthemslfs to death.

Im all for using the towns flok to hurt moral for them and having them start shit.

Well we can just thow like happy drugs or posio there drink supple with happy druggs so they ether fight badly or cant stand.

But also of the mages know about the big host coming did they tell any one eils?
They might be dick mages about that info

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>>1418714
I'm going for a smoke, brb.

I apologise for not addressing every single one of the interesting ideas you guys have put forth. Prince has the 'Clever' trait, but that's mostly street smarts and dirty tricks on a relatively small scale. Captain 'Cutthroat' Kiranova is actually the one running this show. Having some of your ideas shot down without discussion is unfortunately the hard truth of being a junior officer. Don't worry, the majority of your decisions that would impact The Big One occurred during the offensive, and you were almost universally successful there. Almost.

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(1) Vampires
>Night Defence. Superhuman predators prowling the walls at night will allow your mortal forces much needed rest.
>Night Attack. Risky, with all those holy folk over on the other side, but Vampires excel in inflicting fear and dread in mortal folk. You don’t need to be invited into a tent after all…
>Mobile Day Force. Vampires are weaker in sunlight, but these ones are young and well-fed so it is not yet lethal. They can shore up where the defences are flagging during the assaults.


(2) Cultist
>Full Control. No room for tricks, but the skeletal minions on the walls will fight at peak efficiency.
>Diminished Control. (+1 Bag of Tricks Option per day, -10DC Undead Support on all fronts)
>Basic Automaton. The skeletons won’t be effective killers, but the cultists will be free for a lot more magik and counter-magik capabilities. (+3 Bag of Tricks Option per day, -20DC Undead Support on all fronts)

(3) Skeleton Warriors
> Keep the skellies on the wall. Your forces will be spread thin enough as it is. [+5DC Undead Support on all Fronts]
>Kiranova has already taken the liberty of a few buried pits out there. Should make for a nasty surprise. [-1 Discipline to non-Holy forces you enter combat with]

(4) Albani Warmachine “Princess Duffles”
>Use Jenny to clear keep the North and Wester gates clear of battering rams and other threats. It’s open ground, but you’ll hold the walls longer with her there.
>Hold her in reserve until fighting reaches the streets. In those tight confines her inexperience won’t matter.

(5) Asgorga
>You’re going to run that lizard ragged. Ordering active attacks on the enemy positions beyond the wall as often as you can. You might call him back and change strategy if a credible threat from the sky materialises.
>You’re going to keep him in reserve, bringing him up only when using your FLRE in combat. You don’t like the sound of these ‘Archangels’, best to keep your own air support cards close to your chest.

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>>1418732
That's not the image I meant to post, but okay.

>Night Defence. Superhuman predators prowling the walls at night will allow your mortal forces much needed rest.
>Diminished Control. (+1 Bag of Tricks Option per day, -10DC Undead Support on all fronts)
>Kiranova has already taken the liberty of a few buried pits out there. Should make for a nasty surprise. [-1 Discipline to non-Holy forces you enter combat with]
>Hold her in reserve until fighting reaches the streets. In those tight confines her inexperience won’t matter.
>You’re going to keep him in reserve, bringing him up only when using your FLRE in combat. You don’t like the sound of these ‘Archangels’, best to keep your own air support cards close to your chest.

>>1418732
>Night Defence. Superhuman predators prowling the walls at night will allow your mortal forces much needed rest.

The first night at least.

>Basic Automaton. The skeletons won’t be effective killers, but the cultists will be free for a lot more magik and counter-magik capabilities. (+3 Bag of Tricks Option per day, -20DC Undead Support on all fronts)

They're kind of cap anyways unless we can do skeleton hay bombs and such.

>Kiranova has already taken the liberty of a few buried pits out there. Should make for a nasty surprise. [-1 Discipline to non-Holy forces you enter combat with]

>Hold her in reserve until fighting reaches the streets. In those tight confines her inexperience won’t matter.

She's no good if she breaks discipline out there.

(5) Asgorga

Bombing of enemy seige positions with flaming drug straw bombs but otherwise kept close. Use 1 bag of tricks to make it go off.

>>1418732
>Night Defence. Superhuman predators prowling the walls at night will allow your mortal forces much needed rest.
>Diminished Control. (+1 Bag of Tricks Option per day, -10DC Undead Support on all fronts)
> Keep the skellies on the wall. Your forces will be spread thin enough as it is. [+5DC Undead Support on all Fronts]
>Use Jenny to clear keep the North and Wester gates clear of battering rams and other threats. It’s open ground, but you’ll hold the walls longer with her there.
>You’re going to keep him in reserve, bringing him up only when using your FLRE in combat. You don’t like the sound of these ‘Archangels’, best to keep your own air support cards close to your chest.

>>1418732
>Night Defence
>Full Control
>On the Wall
>Hold in Reserve
>Hold in Reserve (But tell him why)

>>1418755
Supporting.

>>1418738
It's still a great image.

>>1418732
Backing >>1418748

>>1418760
Seriously duck seige engines. And Arch-Angels flying doesn't matter if we don't engage them in the air.

With 1 bag of tricks we can also glamour or magically hide Asgorga from the troops. Or say have the straw set to smolder on the inside and then cast a magical breeze to flare it up and catch the oil soaked outsides when the stawbombs land.

>>1418755
Yep, I like this.

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>>1418732
1
>Night Defence. Superhuman predators prowling the walls at night will allow your mortal forces much needed rest.
2
>Basic Automaton. The skeletons won’t be effective killers, but the cultists will be free for a lot more magik and counter-magik capabilities. (+3 Bag of Tricks Option per day, -20DC Undead Support on all fronts)
3
>Kiranova has already taken the liberty of a few buried pits out there. Should make for a nasty surprise. [-1 Discipline to non-Holy forces you enter combat with]
4
>Hold her in reserve until fighting reaches the streets. In those tight confines her inexperience won’t matter.
5
>You’re going to run that lizard ragged. Ordering active attacks on the enemy positions beyond the wall as often as you can. You might call him back and change strategy if a credible threat from the sky materialises.
This is what we've prepared for fellas! The Big One!

>>1418772
supporting

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>>1418732

>Duffles
She already changed the machines name eh...
Also supporting this >>1418755

>>1418732
Do we need Bag of Tricks to counter enemy magic?

>>1418755
Supporting this

>>1418755
Supporting this.

>>1418732

>>1418748
Literally everything this man said.

If things go bad we can be more liberal with Jenny and the Vampires, but this is good if they try to do a slow and safe siege.

Things will go bad. We'll have to throw men at the problem until it goes away. But right now we do all we can to keep our men alive. They can afford to let units die. We can't.

>>1418732
(1) Vampires
>Night Attack. Risky, with all those holy folk over on the other side, but Vampires excel in inflicting fear and dread in mortal folk. You don’t need to be invited into a tent after all…

Dont have to kill or get close to holy guys, since theres a big army they cant have them all over the place i mean they can just fuck with horses and supples.

(2) Cultist
>Basic Automaton. The skeletons won’t be effective killers, but the cultists will be free for a lot more magik and counter-magik capabilities. (+3 Bag of Tricks Option per day, -20DC Undead Support on all fronts)
We want them for the ticks and druges.

(3) Skeleton Warriors
>Kiranova has already taken the liberty of a few buried pits out there. Should make for a nasty surprise. [-1 Discipline to non-Holy forces you enter combat with]


(4) Albani Warmachine “Princess Duffles”
>Hold her in reserve until fighting reaches the streets. In those tight confines her inexperience won’t matter.

(5) Asgorga
>You’re going to keep him in reserve, bringing him up only when using your FLRE in combat. You don’t like the sound of these ‘Archangels’, best to keep your own air support cards close to your chest.
Have him stay close and take out and siges wepons that get too close and can drop things on them

>>1418732
>Night Attack. Risky, with all those holy folk over on the other side, but Vampires excel in inflicting fear and dread in mortal folk. You don’t need to be invited into a tent after all…
Skeletons don't need sleep either.

>Diminished Control. (+1 Bag of Tricks Option per day, -10DC Undead Support on all fronts)

>Kiranova has already taken the liberty of a few buried pits out there. Should make for a nasty surprise. [-1 Discipline to non-Holy forces you enter combat with]

>Use Jenny to clear keep the North and Wester gates clear of battering rams and other threats. It’s open ground, but you’ll hold the walls longer with her there.
I'm not sure I want her firing that warmachine's weapons in close quarters. And I believe she would actually be more vulnerable in close quarters than out in the open.
Just have Asgorga rescue her if she gets into trouble. Speaking of the Dragon:

>You’re going to keep him in reserve, bringing him up only when using your FLRE in combat. You don’t like the sound of these ‘Archangels’, best to keep your own air support cards close to your chest.
The Dragon is the Ace up our sleeve. Save him for rescuing Jessica, or if it looks like we're about to lose a gate.

>>1418791
>>1418786
>>1418770
>>1418760

Okay so what to do with our 3 tricks?

I think 1 for the Dragon Bombing to make it only have to be done once to get the majority of their seige engines.

The skeletons are just fleshing out the troops so how about Drug Skeletons? Skeletons stuffed with drugs putting out noxious fumes that just run into and around enemy lines carrying the fumes away from our guys.

Or alternatively can we give like stimulants to act as combat drugs to the crappier guys?

>>1418804
Oh I don't know, MAYBE WAIT UNTIL THEY'RE NEEDED TO FIND A USE FOR THEM

>>1418795
QM already said that there won't be a "slow and safe" siege. The Free Alliance knows that the Necromancer's Host will be here soon. They're going to rescue their heir before that happens.

>>1418774
>>1418732
>>1418760
>>1418770
>>1418775
>>1418786
>>1418791

Linking supporting votes for easy counting.

>>1418817
Better to have possible plans in place and decide to do something else then try to come up with stuff on the fly.

>>1418804
Wait until we learn what they are?

>>1418732
Yes made one!

I'll back >>1418772

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>>1418755
>Bringing out the Dragon this early

>>1418833
Dude I'm just trying to spitball ideas here.

>>1418845
That's what we have a bag of tricks for. I picked the option that gives us 3 for a reason.

>>1418846
Here an idea: give yourself a post natal abortion.

>>1418732

Tactically speaking, our situation is shit. If we don't break their cohesion and fuck them up thoroughly, we're in trouble.

Here's the problem - we have to fight on three battlefields at once: Magical, mundane and aerial. Our success will come from being able to neutralize at least one of these. If we keep aerial and magic in reserve, we try to hold those walls with our own poor forces and uncontrolled skellies.

So here's what we do
>Vampires: Assassination jobs. We feed the living shit out of them today, if we can. They infiltrate and assassinate mages, especially the Archmage. That will let us put our own cultists back in control of the skellies.

>Cultists: They control the skellies, magic circle traps where possible once the walls fall.

>Skeleton warriors: Keep them on the walls. The only reason buried pits will be any good will be if we can use them to demoralize and surprise the enemy in coordination with an attack of our own.

>Albani Warmachine: Keep the gates clear. The wall is not our only asset, but it is our biggest. Maybe detail a squad of Kriegstrom (ideally with those magical healing pixies we could buy once upon a time) to ride Princess, and dismount as Jenny goes to work. Their job will be arrow fire to keep the Warmachine from getting swamped. The princess will get in, smash, and retreat.

Asgorga: IF the archmage can be neutralized, keep him in reserve to deal with the Archangels. Otherwise, use the vampires as scouts to spot for him doing night attacks.

OOOOOOH, GOOD idea. Use the vampires to spot the mages encampment and deploy the FLRE. ASGORGA makes a pass and the vamps attack. Fuck those guys.

>>1418852
Well Dragon Bombing definitely could use one.

Don't want to go through the battle not using them because they MIGHT be useful.

>>1418862
Pretty sure neutralizing the Archmage is out.

Also they're all holied up so Vampire assassination is out unless you mean a nocturnal attack on their command structure - which has the same problems with possible Archangels as sending out Asgorga.

-1 discipline is worth it for the majority of their troops vs +5dc for our skeletons which are really just in support positions.

And we don't have an extra squad of Kriegstrom to protect Jenny.

I guess you want reduced control for Cultists to be able to do magic AND control skeletons? Or we can get them to try to magically spot the mages, and other tricks.

If we don't have Jenny on the gate we should hide her inside a building then when the army begins to go past her she pops out and smushes them

>>1418862
I'm pretty sure the Mages are the few people in the Free Alliance camp who are decked out with holy men bodyguards and holy talismans up the wazoo.

I'm assuming that Night Attack means the Vamps carry out sabotage missions and assassinations against junior officers and NCOs. They won't be protected nearly as much, and the loss to their chain of command will be devastating.

>>1418845
I mean it makes sense if we're using the Dragon for a quick strike then having it pull back.

Might even bait out their air defenses for ambush with Vampires or Archers or whatever Cultists can whip up.

>>1418906
I don't know if it's worth the lack of rest our troops would get for the rest of our Army.

I mean they have a pretty big army, I don't know if we could kill a significant amount of their midranks to really make an impact given the cohesion of their forces.

>>1418906
Like they can probably just throw men at us with instructions to "go get stuck in".

>>1418818
I'm not talking about starving us out. I'm talking about taking the time to make siege engines. With their numbers they could literally just swarm our walls and win the battle by climbing over the bodies of their allies if they wanted to. They're concerned about the necromancer though. They want to win before he shows up, but they also want to avoid a pyyrhic victory.

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>Night Defence. Superhuman predators prowling the walls at night will allow your mortal forces much needed rest.
>Basic Automaton. The skeletons won’t be effective killers, but the cultists will be free for a lot more magik and counter-magik capabilities. (+3 Bag of Tricks Option per day, -20DC Undead Support on all fronts) I'm glad you guys picked this. Bag of Tricks will be FUN.
>Kiranova has already taken the liberty of a few buried pits out there. Should make for a nasty surprise. [-1 Discipline to non-Holy forces you enter combat with]
>Hold her in reserve until fighting reaches the streets. In those tight confines her inexperience won’t matter.
>Bombing of enemy seige positions with flaming drug straw bombs but otherwise kept close. Use 1 bag of tricks to make it go off. (This will have the same effect as using him offensively, but I will be sure not to have this happen without giving you the option to use a Bag of Tricks that might apply to the Dragon)

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You always left the big-scale things to Kiranova. It’s why she made Corporal before you, it’s why she made officer before you. It’s why she’s the Captain. Nevertheless you find yourself contributing a few ideas yourself, you must be coming into this officer shtick well enough. Some of your ideas she dismisses, some she takes under consideration, some she has already thought of. You don’t worry about that as you enter the abandoned warehouse, one identical to where your men hid a few weeks ago, it’s always been like that.

”Ah, if it isn’t the Dear Dark Prince. Slayer of Skalds, they call him. Tamer of Dragons. Scourge of Traitors, Old One Eye himself.” A diminutive child sitting in the centre of a chalk circle grins at your with carnivorous teeth.

”And if it isn’t the terror of Far Sut Rus, stealer of children and eater of rats and kittens.” Page #137 always did give you the willies. Still, you take comfort in knowing this monster is on your side. Against their will perhaps, but the end result is the same.

”Oh I have missed our little exchanges. However, you must excuse my lack of threats concerning my appetite and your internal organs. I am busy awaiting-SKRAH!”

It sounds like the daemon is in pain, real pain. They writhe and screech, flailing about on the floor. If his sister Page #86 holds any concern for her sibling in agony, they show no evidence of it. Apparently, this is how the unnatural and magik-inclined commune over great distances. The more powerful the intruding presence is, the less tender in their seizure of control they are likely to be. Judging from the mewling, twitching daemonhost in front of you… your Employer is powerful indeed.

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>>1418936
By that logic wouldn't it make sense to use Asgorga to take out the siege engines and then retreat back to the town so that they HAVE to use whatever Archangels they might have to take the walls?

It's not running him ragged to do an Alpha strike.

>>1418962
>>1418965
Nevermind apparently it is.

Meh.

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>>1418962

”I HAVE COME.” Page #137’s head snaps up towards you at an awkward angle, their eyes pitch black. ”Be not afraid, my good and faithful servants, approach your master.”

”Mmmm, yes. The daemon does not lie, there is the distinct aura of destiny about you. Strings of fate tug you to and fro. Strings can always be severed though. Death cuts through such things most efficiently.” You’ve never heard the Necromancer speak before, never even seen him in person actually. If Page #137 was disturbing this… this is something else. They appear at once emotionless and ravenously hungry.”Now… I hunger. bring forth the prize…”

He can only mean the boy-heir. You look at the Captain, she appears unperturbed. She glances at you with a raised eyebrow.

”This is all you, Lieutenant. I don’t speak the Black Tongue.”

That puts on the spot, a development you don’t exactly welcome.

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(In Black Tongue)

>”Oh Gracious One, we had hoped to use the boy to stall the foe until your arrival.” Risk displeasing your Employer to hold the Free Alliance at bay. But this won’t go down well when he does arrive. And, perhaps, a small part of you isn't 100% on board dooming a child to... whatever this is. [+1 Secret Softy] We will say it is either out of wanting to prevent fighting that might kill your men, or it might be not sacrificing the souls of children is a good thing.

>”As you wish, My Lord. The last living heir of Skarling Kingbreaker is yours.” He better return some sort of favour or reward for this. Like, a real game-changing one." [+1 Black Heart] A desire to win, to even the harsh odds currently against you. Also a lack of care of children and their souls.

>>1418962
Oh boy i love page 137.

>>1418965
I don't want to send our biggest hitter to get nuked early. A dragon is worth removing from the fight.

These siege engines are in wagons. Not set up yet. There may be some ready to go, but we've got time before they're fully operational.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>1418981
Dice gods away

1. Softy
2. Evil

>>1418981
Softy. Protect Saint's smile.

>>1418981

>”Oh Gracious One, we had hoped to use the boy to stall the foe until your arrival.” Risk displeasing your Employer to hold the Free Alliance at bay. But this won’t go down well when he does arrive. And, perhaps, a small part of you isn't 100% on board dooming a child to... whatever this is. [+1 Secret Softy] We will say it is either out of wanting to prevent fighting that might kill your men, or it might be not sacrificing the souls of children is a good thing.

I mean could we say that if we don't get reinforcements quick enough we could be forced into it?

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>1418987
Trusting a chaotic entity with a two way option.
>>1418981

Well fuck it i will do it to

1-softy
2- evil

>>1418996
Forced into what?

>>1418981
>”Oh Gracious One, we had hoped to use the boy to stall the foe until your arrival.” Risk displeasing your Employer to hold the Free Alliance at bay. But this won’t go down well when he does arrive. And, perhaps, a small part of you isn't 100% on board dooming a child to... whatever this is. [+1 Secret Softy]

It'd be nice if they were afraid of burning the city to the ground through conventional means. Holding him is a good idea.

>”Oh Gracious One, we had hoped to use the boy to stall the foe until your arrival.” Risk displeasing your Employer to hold the Free Alliance at bay. But this won’t go down well when he does arrive. And, perhaps, a small part of you isn't 100% on board dooming a child to... whatever this is. [+1 Secret Softy]
>giving away our bargaining to the guy who left us in sarsburg surrounded by demons

>>1418997
>>1418987
Ahh i love you dice gods.

>>1418981
>Write-in: Bargain with the Necromancer:
>”Oh Magnanimous and Most Powerful One, we had hoped to use the boy to stall the foe until your arrival. If we give you the last living heir of Skarling Kingbreaker, will you please grant us a boon to even the odds for us?"

At the end of the day, we're still sellswords, not servants or slaves. Payment up front, if you please.

>>1419008
*chip

>>1418981
1) Honestly it's not like he can't recapture the boy later AFTER defeating them.

>>1418985
Nothing says he's going to be nuked, and we can use one of our tricks to protect him.

Besides forces they send against him are forces they aren't using against us.

It's worth the risk to cripple their options for breaking through the seige.

>>1418981
>”As you wish, My Lord. The last living heir of Skarling Kingbreaker is yours.” He better return some sort of favour or reward for this. Like, a real game-changing one." [+1 Black Heart]

>>1419008
That was the crazy sister. He wasn't at the battle.

Huh. Okay, a lot more defiance in the face of the Necromancer than I expected.

Out of curiosity, what is your plan when he does arrive? He's not going to be too happy, even if you do hand over the heir there and then. Syka has been chomping at the bit to get rid of the uppity mortal Company.

>>1418981
>>”Oh Gracious One, we had hoped to use the boy to stall the foe until your arrival.” Risk displeasing your Employer to hold the Free Alliance at bay. But this won’t go down well when he does arrive. And, perhaps, a small part of you isn't 100% on board dooming a child to... whatever this is. [+1 Secret Softy]

>>1419000
Like if we don't have the resources to hold out until he gets here he could lose the town, his forces, AND the boy.

>>1419027

Please see my write-in QM. We're just asking for a little quid pro quo here.
>>1419016

>>1419027
>Syka has been chomping at the bit to get rid of the uppity mortal Company.

I had a plan to kill her though it depends on how those seals on that stop the demons from killing you work

>>1419030
He wants the boy right now. Even if you are appropriately lickspittle about it, you are still refusing him his prize.

It's not necessarily the -wrong- choice, this will buy you some time after all. But it is still defiance at the end of the day. This >>1419039 is more acceptable, but still bargaining with him rather than the run-of-the-mill obedience the Necromancer is used to.

>>1419027
Offer to hunt down the boy again now that his armies are smashed? Necromancer ain't gonna die of old age any time soon.

Get women to rape the kid so one of them gets pregnant with his heir?

Find out his true name and backstab him if he tries to do us in first?

I wonder if anyone on the other side could help us out with tthe name deal.

> Still haven't talked to the Archivest

>>1419042
seals from salburg that the cultists had on their bodies work

>>1418981
>”As you wish, My Lord. The last living heir of Skarling Kingbreaker is yours.” He better return some sort of favour or reward for this. Like, a real game-changing one." [+1 Black Heart] A desire to win, to even the harsh odds currently against you. Also a lack of care of children and their souls.

>>1419046
Well let's go with payment up front then.

>>1419047
In 9 months you could have a dozen Emperors!

>>1419046
Fuck face needs to deal with us while we do our contract we are under him. If he dislike the way it's done let HIM brake the contract.

Fucking stupy up tiddy necro-asshole.

>>1419061
We DO still have a Dragon. And it's not like he won't have to deal with the remaining Army and Archmages etc. Afterwards.

>>1418981
>As you wish, My Lord. The last living heir of Skarling Kingbreaker is yours.” He better return some sort of favour or reward for this. Like, a real game-changing one." [+1 Black Heart]

>>1419027
Against an all-powerful overlords we can only try and show how useful we really are.

I do want to talk to Saint and the city major about the history of this place. Try and figure out more about the Necromancer in preparation for the worst.

Hey, the bright side is if he really decides to go apeshit our contract gets dissolved.

>>1419068
And the armies of the other warlords to.

>>1418981
>>”As you wish, My Lord. The last living heir of Skarling Kingbreaker is yours.” He better return some sort of favour or reward for this. Like, a real game-changing one." [+1 Black Heart]
I do prefer if we ask him what our reward will be first

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That is 5 votes to deny the Necromancer and 5 votes to hand the boy over. (plus 1 to secure some bargaining before that happens)

I'm not sure I should really roll for something like this. Holding the boy-heir is why you were worrying about a traitor for so long after all, they're why you had to kill 'White Bitch' and you almost died ensuring they didn't escape. This has been a major part of the last dozen threads, you sacrificed a lot to secure the boy heir until now. Do you hand them over to the bossman for some kind of reward, or keep them here to try and delay the siege? It makes sense that LT Prince would be torn up about this. Satisfy the Necromancer's whim and ensure a battle, or defy the Necromancer to stave off the battle? This is by no means an easy decision but I won't hold a snap vote because those never fail to end in samefag accusations.


>Hand the Heir over?
>DC 50


Roll a dice and select either Yes or No in your post. First person to make a selection and beat the DC has their decision select.

>>1419089
No

Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>1419089
no

Rolled 4 (1d100)

>>1419089

Yes

>>1419089
Eh I think you should wait 15 more minutes or so