>>1968377
"Have you any reason to keep us here?"

>>1968377
"Can we have his heart? Also no more icy death pretty please?"

>>1968377
Sholaz stands frozen though out of fear rather then the cold.

>>1968377
The Painted Pair move over to the body of the dead man..."We assume this was judgement for his crimes?" The Gnoll standing front as Aeka goes to the body. "What will become of us?"

>>1968408
Same

>>1968377
"And so his journey ends."
Lef Stands there seemingly unperturbed but if one pays attention you note they slowly make distance from the giantess however they can.

>>1968393
>>1968403
>>1968411
"If you wish, I have a job for you. It might be mutually benificial for the both of us."

>>1968439
"we're listening" the Gnolls says

>>1968439
"Alright."

>>1968439
Sholaz finally gets himself together enough to ask a question.
"And that would be...?"

>>1968439
"What can we do for you?"

>>1968439
What is the task you propose?

"If you wish to kill Khop, this would be satisfactory, and I would allow for you to treat with me in the future. I shall not force you into doing so, as this revelation has rather brought the fact that expanding south would not be beneficial if elementals reside there as well. I would not like to deal with more," she gestures at Gwanraw, "of these."

>>1968439
"What would that job be?"
He inquires while continuing to search for an area to hide from the woman.

>>1968524
"We see, how may we contact you? Im sure we can share information with you as we get it if you so desire?"

>>1968524
"Um sure, will you stop the winter?"

>>1968543
"Yes. Friends are dead, and things like Gwanraw exist. It would be a bother."

>>1968524
"and Where could we find this Khop?"

>>1968553
"Alright we will deal with Khop if you stop the winter now."

>>1968569
>>1968561
"The winter has been stopped. As for the earth elemental designated Khop, I have no idea. It is, as I said, merely a proposal if you seek my knowledge."

>>1968604
"We will see it done, My Masters have the body of his father...we can use it as bait or learn what we can either way" The painted Gnoll concurs "How will we contact you for this knowledge?"

>>1968604
"We will do our best."

Lifting you all out of the abyss on a ledge of ice, Vade promises that if she sees this broken she will stop visitation; but that her creatures will not obstruct you on the way back. Having kept the corpse, the only part which was taken was his heart, consumed by Aeka of the House of Ivory before leaving. Chal seems somewhat perturbed by this.

3d100s for travel home please; DC of 33, as you are no longer being molested.

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>1968649
what if i like being molested?

Rolled 90 (1d100)

>>1968649

Rolled 30 (1d100)

>>1968649

Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>1968649

Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>1968649
Travel back the Painted Gnoll making doubly sure his charge is safe so that she might tell the others what happened here. The She Ghoul is his charge

Rolled 38 (1d100)

>>1968649

True to her word, it seems Vade has carried out her promise. The weather grows warmer, as spring begins on the continent.

YEAR 262 AFTER LIGHT
---
Agriculture: 4/10
Resources: 4/10
Morale: 7/10
Finances: 6/10
---
Population: 1660 people
Buildings: Driftwood/oak wood huts and longhuts, animal pens, shrine to Rok, various settlements, mines, lumberyards, a small dock
Culture: Blood Day (Friday), Winterfest, stone carving, Sports
Technology: Up to metal weapons and tools, rope, leather clothing, basic weapons + dagger-axe, nets, fishing, basic cuisine, kilnworking, money system, basic medical tips (nothing concrete or using herbs truly), basic stoneworking, Early Egyptian irrigation (partial)
Government: Chiefdom
Military: Various weapons, hunters, a lot of kilns, Bloodguard
Navy: Shipbuilding up to early egyptian designs without cabins; navy still a few canoes
Religion: Blood worship (Desanguiere), Rok worship (Rok and Roll)
Law: Cutting off of genitalia if you kill a member of the same tribe, The Gnoll Laws
---
A. Agriculture
B. Culture and Religion
C. Construction
D. Military
E. Law
F. Technology Research
G. Exploration and Colonization
H. Finance
I. Diplomacy and War
J. Other

>>1968695
>G. Exploration and Colonization
It's a day that ends in Y after all

(You return home fine, of course.)

>>1968695
A. Agriculture
Try to bring that food up

>>1968695
A

>>1968695
A.

>>1968695
>A

>>1968695
>A. Agriculture

>>1968695
G

The year is spent working on agriculture, to make sure our stock of food remains steady.

YEAR 262 AFTER LIGHT
---
Agriculture: 5/10
Resources: 5/10
Morale: 7/10
Finances: 6/10
---
Population: 1720 people
Buildings: Driftwood/oak wood huts and longhuts, animal pens, shrine to Rok, various settlements, mines, lumberyards, a small dock
Culture: Blood Day (Friday), Winterfest, stone carving, Sports
Technology: Up to metal weapons and tools, rope, leather clothing, basic weapons + dagger-axe, nets, fishing, basic cuisine, kilnworking, money system, basic medical tips (nothing concrete or using herbs truly), basic stoneworking, Early Egyptian irrigation (partial)
Government: Chiefdom
Military: Various weapons, hunters, a lot of kilns, Bloodguard
Navy: Shipbuilding up to early egyptian designs without cabins; navy still a few canoes
Religion: Blood worship (Desanguiere), Rok worship (Rok and Roll)
Law: Cutting off of genitalia if you kill a member of the same tribe, The Gnoll Laws
---
A. Agriculture
B. Culture and Religion
C. Construction
D. Military
E. Law
F. Technology Research
G. Exploration and Colonization
H. Finance
I. Diplomacy and War
J. Other

>>1968749
A.

>>1968749
>G

>>1968749
C. Construction
Git gud at buildings

>>1968749
263*

>>1968749
G.

>>1968749
>C. Construction

whoops. I meant to pick C.

>>1968749
C

C - what should we build?

A. Infrastructure
B. Fortifications
C. Wonders
D. Other

>>1968815
>C. Wonders
For whatever reason I want this

>>1968815
A. Upgrade our houses to stone.

>>1968815
A.

>>1968815
A

>>1968815
>A. Infrastructure

>>1968815
>A. Infrastructure
Our houses need upgrading or alteast the way we build them. Create sable stone homes

Whilst converting to stone houses is a drain on resources, it acts as a significant boon to many whose houses/huts had seen better days, as well as everyone in general.

YEAR 264 AFTER LIGHT
---
Agriculture: 5/10
Resources: 3/10
Morale: 7/10
Finances: 6/10
---
Population: 1783 people
Buildings: Driftwood/oak wood huts and longhuts, animal pens, shrine to Rok, various settlements, mines, lumberyards, a small dock
Culture: Blood Day (Friday), Winterfest, stone carving, Sports
Technology: Up to metal weapons and tools, rope, leather clothing, basic weapons + dagger-axe, nets, fishing, basic cuisine, kilnworking, money system, basic medical tips (nothing concrete or using herbs truly), basic stoneworking, Early Egyptian irrigation (partial)
Government: Chiefdom
Military: Various weapons, hunters, a lot of kilns, Bloodguard
Navy: Shipbuilding up to early egyptian designs without cabins; navy still a few canoes
Religion: Blood worship (Desanguiere), Rok worship (Rok and Roll)
Law: Cutting off of genitalia if you kill a member of the same tribe, The Gnoll Laws
---
A. Agriculture
B. Culture and Religion
C. Construction
D. Military
E. Law
F. Technology Research
G. Exploration and Colonization
H. Finance
I. Diplomacy and War
J. Other

>>1968869
>G. Exploration and Colonization

>>1968869
C. Set up new lumber yards and quarry

>>1968869
Agriculture

>>1968869
C

>>1968869
C. Set up new lumber yards and quarry

>>1968878
this

>>1968889
I concur

Lately commotions have been heard from the Clan Tor compound in Ierok. Some rumors have gone around saying these arguments have been going on for even longer though no one outside the Clan is sure whats been happening....

C - what should we build?

A. Infrastructure
B. Fortifications
C. Wonders
D. Other

>>1968958
>A. Infrastructure
We need resources so an improved Lumber yard is a must

>>1968958
A.

>>1968958
A. Lumber and stone

>>1968958
C
Ziggurats

>>1968958
A. Infrastructure
Set up new lumber yards and quarry.

>>1968958
A

As new lumberyards and a quarry are set up along the beach, spring turns to summer...

YEAR 265 AFTER LIGHT
---
Agriculture: 5/10
Resources: 3/10
Morale: 7/10
Finances: 6/10
---
Population: 1848 people
Buildings: Driftwood/oak wood huts and longhuts, animal pens, shrine to Rok, various settlements, mines, lumberyards, a small dock
Culture: Blood Day (Friday), Winterfest, stone carving, Sports
Technology: Up to metal weapons and tools, rope, leather clothing, basic weapons + dagger-axe, nets, fishing, basic cuisine, kilnworking, money system, basic medical tips (nothing concrete or using herbs truly), basic stoneworking, Early Egyptian irrigation (partial)
Government: Chiefdom
Military: Various weapons, hunters, a lot of kilns, Bloodguard
Navy: Shipbuilding up to early egyptian designs without cabins; navy still a few canoes
Religion: Blood worship (Desanguiere), Rok worship (Rok and Roll)
Law: Cutting off of genitalia if you kill a member of the same tribe, The Gnoll Laws
---
A. Agriculture
B. Culture and Religion
C. Construction
D. Military
E. Law
F. Technology Research
G. Exploration and Colonization
H. Finance
I. Diplomacy and War
J. Other

>>1969009
G

>>1969009
A.

>>1969009
>A. Agriculture

>>1969009
A

>>1969009
G

>>1969009
>A. Agriculture

Agriculture's significant boost is noted, and we're beginning to see returns on our investment in the quarry and lumberyards.

YEAR 266 AFTER LIGHT
---
Agriculture: 7/10
Resources: 5/10
Morale: 7/10
Finances: 6/10
---
Population: 1915 people
Buildings: Stone houses and longhuts, animal pens, shrine to Rok, various settlements, mines, lumberyards, a small dock
Culture: Blood Day (Friday), Winterfest, stone carving, Sports
Technology: Up to metal weapons and tools, rope, leather clothing, basic weapons + dagger-axe, nets, fishing, basic cuisine, kilnworking, money system, basic medical tips (nothing concrete or using herbs truly), basic stoneworking, Early Egyptian irrigation (partial)
Government: Chiefdom
Military: Various weapons, hunters, a lot of kilns, Bloodguard
Navy: Shipbuilding up to early egyptian designs without cabins; navy still a few canoes
Religion: Blood worship (Desanguiere), Rok worship (Rok and Roll)
Law: Cutting off of genitalia if you kill a member of the same tribe, The Gnoll Laws
---
A. Agriculture
B. Culture and Religion
C. Construction
D. Military
E. Law
F. Technology Research
G. Exploration and Colonization
H. Finance
I. Diplomacy and War
J. Other

>>1969088
G

>>1969088
F. Technology Research

>>1969088
I. It is time to gather the Lopen and end the Opian menace.

>>1969088
F

>>1969088
F

>>1969088
F

>>1969088
>F. Technology Research

Rolled 3 + 7 (1d100 + 7)

>>1969088
Lar will work on improving the quality of Ieran metal and insuring all our people have metal tools.

Rolled 73 (1d100)

>>1969088
The House of Ivory have spend these past 5 years turning their primitive camps in the Oasis and the area into proper settlement homes, diging into the ground partially where suitable. Their population evenly distributed between their sites.

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>1969120

Support smithing roll

Rolled 73 (1d100)

>>1969088
>f

Having recovered from my injuries me and the rest of the lost shall return to the wilds of this world. Hoping to increase our abilities to conceal our presence, survive in them properly and most importantly get a closer and greater respect with the world.

Rolled 30 (1d100)

Build more farms along the river

Rolled 66 (1d100)

>>1969088
The Clan leader, Subal, has returned from the east with a magnificent mount! We must find more of these 'zebras' and domesticate them!

The rumors of conflict within Clan Tor have not been mere rumors but truth. Clan Tor rose to Prominence through the hunting and fighting prowess of Torlak Tor, however his lesser known brothers Gaer and Silaz have been hard at work forging there own path through agriculture and exploiting the sea.

The effects of their endeavors on the second generation of the clan was not a good one, with their Sons Tar'an Tor and the now newly named branches Gular Gaeran and Sholaz Silazir coming to blows quite regularly. The fight last year being the worst of which.

The only way to find Compromise between the three was through the Intervention of Gaer and Silaz. In order to maintain unity in the Clan and prevent the branches from overshadowing one another the Clan would take the Name of Torlak Gaer and Silaz father Sholzgaetor.

With things finally at ease the Clan could continue on with their work for the Tribe of Ier.

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>1969088
Hoping to further calm their emus, Maja sends men to begin regularly herding them in hopes of the birds becoming more trusting toward her people.

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Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>1969088
>B Culture

Fac project: work on muh long term martial arts project

Flufftext:
From the outside, the shouts and noise of the masses was audible enough, scores of eager young ghouls eager to learn as much as possible while avoiding annoying obstacles like membership fees, vows of allegiance or the much dreaded concept hard work. They were getting the basics, nothing more.
Inside the Longhouse, San-gou and the eight highest ranking members of the Brotherhood sat cross legged around the central hearth. The child of Temun, a mature woman now, was drawing in the ash with her fingers while speaking in a tone betraying little emotion nor inflection.

“This is what my father left to me, instruction given to me on his deathbed, ideas and theories I’ve been mulling over for the last years.
The idea is simple enough to articulate, a system of combat with bladed weaponry where seniority grants access to the next layer.
Based on my father’s instruction, I’ve come up with the following framework. A total of 36 forms, 8 thrusts, 8 strikes, 8 parries, 4 feints, 4 ripostes and 4 tricks in lack of a better term. An example of the latter would for example be using the shaft of the spear to trip your opponent to the ground.
For the time being this is little more than just what I’ve drawn in the ash here before your eyes, i turn to you senior brethren to make this into reality.”

“This is no small undertaking you propose.” one spoke.

“You speak truth. I expect this to take us many years, completion perhaps unattainable in our allotted lifespans. But our work here will ensure the glory of our descendants.”

Another grumbled: “I do not know. Labouring such as this for year after year, only for our work of art to be stolen and bastardized by the common mob afterwards?”

“Our work shall be ours alone, not to be shared. Of the 36 forms only 9 shall be taught to the laymen, 2 thrusts, strikes, parries and 1 feint, riposte and trick. The next 9 shall only be accessible by those sworn into the Brotherhood, their former ties abandoned. The penultimate 9 shall be for the inner circle, the seniors. The final 9 will be for the for the Elder Brother, or Sister in my case, to be taught in descending line from leader to heir apparent.”

The elders of the Brotherhood grumbled, not all convinced. But San-gou held the rank of Elder, the blood of Temun in her veins and her lifeforce granted by Rok. She was their superior in blood and in connection to the divine, thus her wisdom had to be the same. Questioning her decisions would not do.

“Very well Elder Sister. Where do we begin?”

Rolled 40 (1d100)

>>1969088
The clan shall work towards improving boats, making them bigger and more sea-worthy, perhaps adding a cabin of sorts

Rolled 66 (1d100)

>>1969088
>F. Technology Research

Faction Project: With the addition of all these new herbs that could we found in the newly conquered area and the already existing herbs, Psoli and his followers have been focusing on advancing the medical abilities that they have at disposal.

>>1969120
>>1969139
A fire is started at the great forge, one that permanently hampers its production of metals (-2 to metalwork for Lar) - however, all hope is not lost. Gaeran's men put out the fire before they push forward with rebuilding. As such, refining of the ore working process has begun, improving purity of our ingots and meaning more people gain metal tools.

>>1969133
You succeed in your goal, also establishing yourselves in the bottom of the cavern on top of the oasis. The biggest challenge found so far was lowering food down below, but after - to put it lightly - pillaging the oasis, enough material is made to create sturdy ropes for the transfers. A shoddy lift is also constructed to make human transport easier, though only one person may go on it at a time.

>>1969164
Your people return to the once more warm woods; becoming stable hunters and coming into contact with the others who dwell there. Most notably, a species of cat seems to live alongside you all. The giants call them ocelots.

>>1969175
Your attempts at building further farms are slowed by the fact that the snow is melting; the river is at least partially flooding, even given the fact it is summer and the irrigation system has been made.

>>1969183
You are able to find a group of these animals and are trying to domesticate them, but they seem to be feisty; you do however realize that they are to be found south, in Opetian lands.

>>1969344
Regularly herding the birds does nothing but anger them, it seems. They remain uncooperative.

>>1969769
Using the butt of the weapon is something that appears to be coming into vogue; one such technique utilizes it as a form of parrying, whilst another uses it as a way to narrow the weapon and thus the area the enemy can stop. You have also realized the utility of the rest of the body in spearfighting; specifically, the feet. By forcing your enemy to thrust low, treading on the blade can often cause them to drop it.

>>1970053
While a cabin concept is not quite fully realized, you have made the boats larger and capable of straying from the coast as far as they can while staying within sight of land. Such things as tables are now able to be placed on the decks of ships while still having room to spare.

>>1970116
With your advances, missing limbs and wounds that emit a lot of blood are no longer a death sentence; merely a high probability.
-----
F - Technology research, what should we do?

A. Boatbuilding
B. Smithing
C. Philosophy
D. Cooking
E. Astronomy
F. Mathematics
G. Transport
H. Other

>>1972085
A

>>1972085
D.

>>1972085
>D. Cooking

>>1972085
F.
We need a numerical system

>>1972085
>F. Mathematics

>>1972085
F

>>1972085
>D. Cooking

Rolled 40 (1d100)

no event roll here

>>1972085
F

>>1972085
D

>>1972174
I. Time to call upon the Lopens and end the Ope menace before they recover more.

>>1972174
G

We focus on developing cooking; specifically, what goes with what, among other things, such as creating specialized things to eat the food on, and to cook it on. We've also made a list of what is edible, and what isn't in our area. In other news, we've heard tell of Opetia's recovery since the war. It seems their southerly position ensured they weren't hit as hard by the weather, as they expand down south under new leadership. Their current King is in fact the leader of the PGF from the war - shockingly, the brother of the prince who Lar had slain.

YEAR 267 AFTER LIGHT
---
Agriculture: 8/10
Resources: 6/10
Morale: 7/10
Finances: 7/10
---
Population: 1986 people
Buildings: Stone houses and longhuts, animal pens, shrine to Rok, various settlements, mines, lumberyards, a small dock
Culture: Blood Day (Friday), Winterfest, stone carving, Sports
Technology: Up to metal weapons and tools, rope, leather clothing, basic weapons + dagger-axe, nets, fishing, basic cuisine, kilnworking, money system, basic medical tips (nothing concrete or using herbs truly), basic stoneworking, Early Egyptian irrigation (partial)
Government: Chiefdom
Military: Various weapons, hunters, a lot of kilns, Bloodguard
Navy: Shipbuilding up to early egyptian designs without cabins; navy still a few canoes
Religion: Blood worship (Desanguiere), Rok worship (Rok and Roll)
Law: Cutting off of genitalia if you kill a member of the same tribe, The Gnoll Laws
---
A. Agriculture
B. Culture and Religion
C. Construction
D. Military
E. Law
F. Technology Research
G. Exploration and Colonization
H. Finance
I. Diplomacy and War
J. Other

>>1972189
>I. Diplomacy and War
muh gnollocide

>>1972189
I. Time to call upon the Lopens and end the Ope menace before they recover more.

>>1972189
G

>>1972189
I

>>1972189
>I. Diplomacy and War
This has awoken me from my nice NAP.

>>1972189
I

>>1972189
>I. Diplomacy and War
Violate the NAP get the neck snap

>>1972189
I
SLAVE CASTE NAO

>>1972189
I
Not sure what the fucks going to happen but Rock knows I won't have to worry about it.

>>1972261
We must gather the warriors of Ier and Lopen, we will move to the village of Manluk from which we will summon the gnoll king and his army. If he does not come we will attack and burn Chapakway.

>>1972273
Seeing as most clan leaders agree, a war of conquest will be declared against Opetia.

Lopenei has agreed to back the Ierans in this conquest, wishing to contribute 300 warriors: 200 giants, and 100 ghouls. Ier ourselves can contribute up to 600 men, discounting women - and of those 600, 50 giants number among them. This brings us to roughly 900 men, against an enemy we do not know the numbers of. Seeing as it is summer and agriculture is looking up, supplies are fine, but morale is a bit lacking given the fact that this is another war within however so many years. Many veterans are only reaching middle age now.

What should you do?

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>>1972519
proposed battle plan

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>>1972522
wrong image

>>1972519
We must gather the warriors of Ier and Lopen, we will move to the village of Manluk from which we will summon the gnoll king and his army. If he does not come we will attack and burn Chapakway.

>>1972546
easy way to score a big victory or a stupid loss

>>1972546
Manluk is in your territory, as all gnoll holdings in the ashlands were ceded to Ier at the end of the last war. This is shown by the ghoul coloured house there.

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>>1972564
revised proposed battle plan

We should simply meet with our Lopen allies at Manluk and attack Chapkway at once. We should seize the initiative quickly, before they rally.

3 rolls then - with a DC of 35.

Rolled 45 (1d100)

>>1972612

Rolled 65 (1d100)

>>1972612

Rolled 100 (1d100)

>>1972597

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>>1972620
Writing.

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The initial march begins late at night, after a week spent adjusting sleep patterns. In summer, the generals think, we need all the advantages we can get, and so we move when only we can see; and when it's not too hot. It takes merely a day or two to reach Threetans, and from there, we converge upon the bank of the great river in the jungle along with our Ehwazi companions. They say their trip was relatively smooth; their forward scouts report nothing, especially as they made an effort to not travel by the gnoll village they were aware of in the area. Our scouts of course, reported similarly - it seems that the gnolls have not noticed our presence, perhaps because of our relatively distant ties to them. Hell, we're closer to the Reptians than we are to the Opetians in terms of social connections.

Moving south, we stop at Manluk briefly, resupplying before heading south once more. Here a few speeches are given and the men spend their time polishing their axes and the like; all this before moving towards Chapkway. As the lights of the Opetian capital draw nearer, our men report a lack of guards. Though this is counted as strange, our push forwards continues, til we are finally noticed in the immediate vicinity of Chapkway. The gnollish patrolmen are struck down, and we move onwards; the sound of 900 pairs of feet marching in unison being what gives us away within the holds of the area. A hastily assembled populace comes out to greet us, with anything being used as a weapon. Those veterans who were here in the last war recognize our location as the streets leading up to the half-pyramid marketplace that marks the center of the city. If we can push a little further, the siege of the city can be completed in its entirety. Our men are ordered forward as the confrontation begins...

>Push towards the half-pyramid immediately
>Work on slaughtering the peasants and burning what we can
>Spread out throughout the city and target multiple areas
>Other

>>1972720
>Push towards the half-pyramid immediately

>>1972720
Slaughter them all!

>>1972720
>Work on slaughtering the peasants and burning what we can
Nothing wrong with some good old slaughter.

>>1972720
>>Spread out throughout the city and target multiple areas

>>1972720
>Push towards the half-pyramid immediately

>>1972720
>A.Push towards the half-pyramid immediately

Push towards the half-pyramid - DC of 40.

Three rolls please.

Rolled 27 (1d100)

>>1972743

Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>1972743

Rolled 9 (1d100)

>>1972743

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>1972743

>>1972720
>>Push towards the half-pyramid immediately

Capture as many gnolls as possible along the way.

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As we move further into the city, the defense seems more intense. Guards that should have been stationed closer to the gate - which was left wide open - appear to be coming out of the woodworks now. Some are dressed in what appears to be ceremonial garb, which begs the question, what's going on? With this new information, morale is somewhat lowered, though no one is panicking. It just feels... odd. Paranoia is held in the eyes of our soldiers as they push forward, and perhaps it's the fact that they hold onto that or that these new gnolls are more well trained compared to the citizens, but it seems that we are being somewhat repelled.

Our troop situation is as such that the giants are at the back causing as much damage as possible; this also prevents them from being harassed by the enemy, though they seem to have some archers scattered about. They are stationed at the backs of the streets we are fighting in, while the ghouls are unfortunate enough to be forced back against them at times by the gnolls. The street based combat is at least partially choking our own control of the field as well as our access to our supplies, as in the past many of our strategies for deployment were based off of open areas. Perhaps it is due to the claustrophobic nature of this town and the jungle itself, but the gnolls seem to have no qualms about this as they keep attacking.

>Switch the deployment of the races - Ehwaz up front, ghouls in the back
>Move away from the half-pyramid and work purely on destruction
>Pile into one lane and push in from there
>Other

>>1972803
>Pile into one lane and push in from there

>>1972803
>Pile into one lane and push in from there

>>1972803
>Pile into one lane and push in from there

>>1972803
>Other
Form shieldwalls and force them into the middle.

>>1972803
>Pile into one lane and push in from there

>>1972824
I concur Shield walls form up and force them back so the giants have an easier time too

>>1972803
>Other
send some of the giants and some of the ghouls around the pyramid to attack the gnolls from the rear

>>1972824
Switching to this

>>1972828
>>1972824
Change 2 this

>>1972824
This has my support

Heh. Shield wall time.

DC 60.

Rolled 7 (1d100)

>>1972851

Rolled 1 (1d100)

>>1972851

Rolled 78 (1d100)

>>1972851

Rolled 84 (1d100)

>>1972851

Rolled 95 (1d100)

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As the battle carries on, the assault of the Opetians seems to have no end - but then the shield walls are called for. The problem is, with our generals being ghouls, they too are stuck behind the giants, thus causing a situation where the central column which contains most of the generals is performing activities completely different than that done by the others. While the shield wall formation is working to some extent, the tight quarters are causing some consternation among people who have never fought in this situation before. At last the word gets out about the orders, but as they are followed, disaster strikes.

The men, used to enemies unaware of the shield wall tactics, line up - but as they do so a wedge is driven between both sides, effectively flanking both ends and giving the gnollish forces a chance to harass both them and the giants in the back. It seems some traitor is in our midst, as the gnolls seem well prepared for this move. Morale is low in both the left and right streets, especially among the ghouls, but the centre column is carrying on - or at least they were. A giant trips, falls, and crushes roughly 1/5th of the smaller forces contained there, debris flying into the air. On top of that, the situation with being cut off from supplies still exists. This is ever so obvious as wounded men bleed out in front of our eyes.

>Have the giants push forwards now rather than destroy things
>Use the Opetian's tactics against them, and try to combine the two flanked areas
>Move back to the main street before the entrances to the half-pyramid
>Other

>Have the giants push forwards now rather than destroy things

>>1972927
use the giants to flank around the gnolls

>>1972936
Support.

>>1972936
Subbort

>>1972936
This

Alright then, DC 40.

Rolled 32 (1d100)

>>1972962

Rolled 64 (1d100)

>>1972962

Rolled 86 (1d100)

>>1972936
da>>1972962

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>1972962

Rolled 65 (1d100)

>>1972962

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The flanked ghouls wait for reinforcements - and they come in the form of giants. Noticing their allies were in danger, and ordered to by the generals, some of the smaller ones (6 meters, 7 meters) move in and attack the gnolls. Enemies are swept up into the air before their fall is stopped by the ground below. In this manner, the forward movement of our opponents is halted. This raises morale somewhat, and alleviates some of the problems we had with the supply chain, but it gives some amongst the infantry the jitters, having seen the first true slaughter in many of their careers. Of course, this is not an issue in the center column - there a bloody stalemate is still leaving things rather stagnant, with neither side gaining an advantage. The numbers of the enemy at this point appear to be thinning out.

>One last push forward
>Destroy, burn, plunder
>Demand surrender
>Other

>>1972994
>Destroy, burn, plunder

>>1972994
>>One last push forward

>>1972994
>>One last push forward

>>1972994
>One last push forward

>>1972994
>Demand Surrender

One last push forward to the temple/half-pyramid; DC of 33.

Rolled 38 (1d100)

>>1973021

Rolled 71 (1d100)

>>1973021

Rolled 32 (1d100)

>>1973021

Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>1973021

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>>1973025
>>1973027
Very, very close. Writing.

As the charge forward is called, our forces surge to the command and finally break through the gnollish lines. What they are met with is most definitely not what was expected when finally brought through the streets and into the market square. The sun's rays in the not quite dawn give a glimpse of what lies on the dais next to the pyramid. A heart, left lying out in the open, atop an altar that has been heavily decorated. The rock seems to glimmer with blood, but it couldn't all stem from one person, surely. No, this must have been a ritual event. There are tables everywhere as well, and still warm food lies upon them on wooden plates. All vendors that had been here have been cleared out, in preparation for what looks like some kind of celebration. The guards then, must have come from here - they were dressed in strange cloaks too, come to think of it. Is there a connection? The men await orders as they finish killing off the flanked and wounded of the gnolls, gazing upon this bizarre spectacle as the sun lightens...

>>1973057
"They laid out a feast for us boys! Eat up! Slaughter the wounded, gather any that can still move and then gather in bands to start looting."

>>1973073

DC of 30 then, provide the rolls - I'll give the injured + dead numbers after this.

Rolled 40 (1d100)

>>1973057
"We should also look into finding the Gnolls with useful skills like when Lars brought back that Gnoll from the East many years ago."
>>1973090

Rolled 45 (1d100)

>>1973090

Rolled 69 (1d100)

>>1973090

Rolled 29 (1d100)

>>1973090

As the last few corpses lay rotting in the slimy thoroughfare - no, but really, without the David Bowie references, all gnolls in the vicinity that have been wounded are killed, and all those who were in the area have been gathered. With them out of the way, our men go through looting, raping, killing, and all the good stuff that comes with capturing a settlement. One gnoll captured gives us information after looking around - apparently some kind of marriage was meant to be happening today, with the king taking a wife of some barbarian gnolls to the south. These tribes to the south are news to you, but apparently they've been some trouble to Opetia in the past. This disruption of the peacemaking process, combined with the amount of dead, may be a significant blow to the Opetians. However, the King and most high profile targets, including the High Priest, remain at large.

We estimate roughly 175 gnolls are dead, while 100 of our own men are dead, and 50 injured. Most of that comes from the Ierans, but a handful of giants are dead too, including the one who fell - he was slain by the hands of the gnolls who rushed his neck.

>>1973145
Roughly 300 Opetians have been captured, along with 100 Reptians, and even 10 Lopenei.

Plan, discuss, execute - your choice.

>>1973157
Commence the burning and pillaging of this city

>>1973157
Slaughter 200 of the Opetians, Free the Lopenei, escort, we will sell the Reptians back to their home and enslave 100 Opetians.

We will send out a hunting part of 50 of our best hunters to track down the king and high priest. They will gorge upon gnoll flesh then track them.

>>1973157
let the giants take everything they want from the archives of the city, then burn and loot and pillage.

>>1973145
Also loot all the food and valuables.

>>1973165
>>1973167
Combination of these two, but also search the city for anything of value, espically tech

>>1973165
>>1973157
This make sure to separate the Gnolls with useful skills from the ones who don't. the skilled ones being the ones we want to focus on enslaving.

Rolled 85 (1d100)

>>1973157
The Capan bois will work on healing slme of the injured bois and amending their wounds. Need to get that field experience ya know.

>>1973165
It will be done

Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>1973199
Also rolling for looting, the House of ivory seek to understand these temples and such any riches or whatever

Rolled 77 (1d100)

Loot everything you can carry back to Ierok. For clan Falzer.

Rolled 8 (1d100)

rolling for loot

>>1973180
You are able to tend to the wounds of most of the injured, with 10 dying. That leaves 25 operable for combat, and 15 more who will have to avoid the field for a while.

Current numbers:

Ierok
95 dead
15 heavily injured
20 lightly injured
450 uninjured

Lopen:
15 dead
5 lightly injured
280 uninjured

>>1973208
>>1973219
>>1973230
The Erabenim are not as successful as the House of Ivory or Clan Falzer, who both are able to loot much, especially from the governmental buildings that sit on the lake.

However, as the chief has called for looting of food and valuables, it is unclear if he condones these actions.

>>1973165
The actions regarding the prisoners are carried out; give me 3 rolls regarding the hunting party, DC 65.

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>1973282

Rolled 31 (1d100)

>>1973282

Rolled 45 (1d100)

>>1973282

Rolled 1 (1d100)

>>1973282
Loot shall go half to the gatherer and half to the Tribe, the slave shall be communal.

Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>1973282
Gelur's men go about looking for new tools or types of weapons that we don't have back home

It seems that the high priority targets are out of range, and their location is unknown. Our hunters come back with no good news on that front, unfortunately.

>>1973298
You find a few weapons, and ask the natives to identify them for you; the macahuitl is one, of course, but they also have a variety of knives and clubs, with the former often being curved, and the latter most often being pieces of wood with stones and the like being placed in for blunt damage.

(And to bed I go.)

Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>1973282
Time to snatch something shiny to bring home with us.

Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>1973330
Might as well sellout like the rest and look for some l00t.

Rolled 74 (1d100)

I look around in a nearby swamp for the grossest shit I can find and gather as much of it as possible.

>>1973933
>>1974068
Unfortunately you find little material wealth; a few pretty flowers to bring home though. A gnoll slave recommends a particularly pretty one, known as a fire lily. You both are nibbling at the end of it, wondering of its taste with such an appearance, when you are told to stop by a passing local Lopenei. Apparently the plants are extremely poisonous, and can kill those who ingest them. For you he says, it could just be queasiness, and indeed, you feel that way at your close encounter with death.

>>1974674
Seeing as no swamps are known of, you gather what you can find in the city; and indeed, the newly bloodied streets are awash with things you could utilize.

As for planning, what is your next move?

Current numbers:

Ierok
95 dead
15 heavily injured
20 lightly injured
450 uninjured

Lopen:
15 dead
5 lightly injured
280 uninjured

Rolled 58 (1d100)

I take all the gross shit and mix it into an elixir for curing upset stomach.

>>1975933
Slaughter 200 of the Opetians, Free the Lopenei, escort, we will sell the Reptians back to their home and enslave 100 Opetians.

We will send a mixed war party of 300 to strike at the smaller village we know of, we will also search for a map of their territories and interrogate the prisoners for more information.

>>1976020
Also send out jungle ghoul scouts.

>>1976020
>>1976038
this

>>1976020
>>1976038
Sounds good

>>1976020
This

>>1976020
>>1976038
this

The war party does not need to roll; nor do those searching for a map. That will be posted in just a moment.

Interrogation has a DC of 40, so 3 rolls for that.

As for jungle scouting, DC 60, another 3 rolls.

Rolled 25 (1d100)

>>1976080

Rolled 35 (1d100)

>>1976080

Rolled 37 (1d100)

>>1976080

Rolled 84 (1d100)

>>1976080

Rolled 18 (1d100)

>>1976080

Rolled 90 (1d100)

>>1976080

Rolled 24 (1d100)

>>1976080

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The first gnoll clearly knows something, but refuses to cooperate - he is killed. Then the next, and the next; down the line the faces become more willing but less knowledgeable, until we are left with those with no ill will. By the order of the chieftain, they too are met with the blade - 200 die this way within the course of a week. A cloak made of gnollskin is made for him, a clear show of force if the slaughter wasn't. Fortunately, a map was procured that seems to alleviate some of the uncertainty of the past. The Opetians must have expanded south or been present there longer than we ever could have imagined, judging by these carvings. While the names are written in a different text than we are used to, that does not matter; merely their locations do.

The battle set to happen at the village never does, it left seemingly abandoned. Our men there are looting the place for the time being. Meanwhile, our scouts report back that all movement from the gnolls seems to be from the south-easternmost portion of the map. This seems to be the site of an elevated settlement, their second largest in our records. However, before orders can be given, we also receive word that an army 400 strong is marching towards Threetans. If we move to cut it off now, we could meet it around the mountain pass there if we hurry.

It is the second week since the conflict began.

Orders?

>>1976245
Move to destroy the army that would dare move into the Gray.

>>1976245
“We must defend the mountain pass, lest the Gnolls march upon Ierok itself. Rally the entire army and march to meet them.”

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>>1976245
We will rally 730 men setting up to meet them on our side of the pass.

>>1976256
>>1976267

Supporting

>>1976267
This is only 500 men, my bad.

>>1976288
Send a runner to the war party telling them to flank the pass.

>>1976288
455 men

>>1976267
get the cav in there

Before anything else starts, I'd like 3 d100s, DC of 60.

Rolled 3 (1d100)

>>1976371

Rolled 69 (1d100)

>>1976371

Rolled 61 (1d100)

>>1976371

Rolled 35 (1d100)

>>1976371

Those in the war band have noticed something amiss; rustling in the bushes and the like. The leader there - Chap, healed from his injuries - sends some scouts out and discovers a force of close to 200 men moving on them from the west. It would seem that among them are some tribals as well as the Opetians. Thinking back, no one has ever spoken of what lies in the jungle south of Lower Lopen, and perhaps this is why. The runner sent from Ierok - where the main army has gone back to under orders to bring back loot - arrives just as this news is received from the reconnaissance team.

What should we do?

>>1976399
Set up a ambush in the jungle for the 200 with our 300.

>>1976399
>>1976417
This

Alright then, once more 3 rolls, this time with a DC of 50 for the set up.

>>1976399
Meet them and engage in a head-on fight.

>>1976417
I concur

Rolled 17 (1d100)

>>1976437

Rolled 61 (1d100)

>>1976437
>▶

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>1976437

We are able to form a reasonable facsimile of the enemy's own ambush plan from the previous war within minutes. We wait in the bushes as the enemy draws nearer, archers in front of the giants, but them waiting oh so ready to spring out and give the gnolls a walloping. This group seems somewhat similar to the Opetians, but perhaps that's merely a resemblance - anyways, as the supply lines are cleared of troops and the infantry divided up with shield guard divisions, it's still up in the air what our first move should be...

>Arrow rain to disorient the enemy
>Lopenei attack to scatter them
>Deploy our men as normal
>Other

>>1976525
>Arrow rain to disorient the enemy

>>1976525
>>Arrow rain to disorient the enemy
>>Lopenei attack to scatter them
Why not both?

>>1976525
>Arrow rain to disorient the enemy

>>1976530
This has my support

>>1976525
>Arrow rain to disorient the enemy

We strike first with the twang of bows - DC of 30.

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>1976544

Rolled 100 (1d100)

>>1976544

Rolled 70 (1d100)

>>1976544

As the shots make themselves known among the enemy's line, men fall, dead. It seems our shots are more accurate than we had originally hoped for - and that's great. Man after man continues to fall, and a second volley is even let out as the gnolls struggle to find the source of their woes. Our men are mostly positioned on a hill and the creek behind it, giving giants ample cover to get behind, and a place for the archers to shoot down on their unwary victims. As it is night, the gnolls are not strengthened as much as we ghouls are. Night vision is a lovely thing, especially in this madness. The enemy line, if it could even be called that, begins to break apart, some even fleeing. But it seems these furred two legs are about as stubborn as the information dealers of Chapkway. That's fine; for as our morale surges, and everything goes according to plan, they still haven't figured out our location.

>Just keep firing
>Send in the giants now for shock damage
>Send in the infantry in their smaller divisions
>Other

>>1976584
>Send in the giants now for shock damage

>>1976584
>Just keep firing

>>1976584
>Just keep firing
Can't hit what you can't see

>>1976584
>Send in the giants now for shock damage

"Let the big fellows have thier fun."

>>1976586
Change to keep firing.

DC 40, now then.

Rolled 29 (1d100)

>>1976593

Rolled 65 (1d100)

>>1976593

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>1976593