>last time: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/14729642/ >the irc on sup/tg/ is #CommanderQuest You spend most f the rest of the day patiently observing your foes from the observation deck of the gatehouse. They seem to be jointly preparing for another assault, and fortifying their camp against the coming storm. Two of their number sit cross-legged atop abnormally large siege towers, two of the 7 so sized towers they poses. You already know that Wulf has moved his meditation to the top of the gatehouse, after having eaten all of his rations left uneaten for the last several days in one sitting. On a full stomach, and judging by his demeanor, a fully cleared and prepared mind. Ready to fight his own personal war. In the distance Tassadus is riding thermals, diving and weaving, every arrow the Uurlanthi archers fire missing him, some by inches, most by feet.. "Commander, do you have any orders for the storm?" Sansa asks from behind you, her voice affecting in its usual tone, phrasing and candor for business.
Pax !uGYNBMPzOs
>bumping with your updated terakenisis skills, and since I started early after damn near disappearing for the last few weeks
Pax !uGYNBMPzOs
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>>14746435 >derp Stone Spike: combat capable. largest possible 10' L, 3' C
Rend Earth: combat capable. largest possible 18'L,4'6" W, 6' D
Quake: combat capable. richter 6 over a 40yd circle
Wall: combat capable. 6' high, 3' wide, 8'long
Impact: combat Capable. 20' C circle instantly drops 4'
Sculpt Stone combat capable. re-shape 120lbs of stone , can rudimentarily affect new forms
Anonymous
>>14746347 Fuck Yeah CQ.
Yes I do. Get the civilians to get get out all the barrels, buckets, tarps, anything that can collect water. We need to save and keep all the water we can wring out from this storm.
Pax !uGYNBMPzOs
>>14746446 >I dont like to go off of single posts so I'll wait a bit more for a second but if it takes to long I'll go with this I guess Anonymous
>>14746522 I think its because you're quite early today. None of the named are out I believe.
Pax !uGYNBMPzOs
>one more bump for an extra opinion then I guess I'll go with whats been given...
No Gods or Devils, Only Mortals
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Shit, reading.
Anonymous
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>>14746599 Also can your siege weapons reach the towers the enemy elementalists are on? If we can, perhaps we can shake them by launching some big rocks at them. Furthermore get Kyria to etch anti magic runes to 2 of the rocks and the last rock used should have a fire rune on.
No Gods or Devils, Only Mortals
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>>14746603 We were expecting you in the IRC, and since we didn't see you, didn't know that CQ had already started.
>>14746446 Seconding. Also have some overhands and such prepared along the walls so that archers can stay dry while they fire.
The enemy will use the storm as cover to attack, I imagine. Have all troops on alert.
Maximus
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>>14746347 Huh. Didn't see you in the IRC and I missed this somehow. I'll second what's in
>>14746446 but I think we should have Wulf focus on making sure the enemy can't use their air units in this assault but I doubt the enemy is silly enough to use them during a storm. I'd like to say try to mess up their siege towers but I imagine they'll be protected by their elementalists/mages... I guess focus on damaging their men rather than the towers.
Pax !uGYNBMPzOs
You nod as you turn to face your aid "Have the civilians get as many empty containers out as they can to collect additional water, we have the well but...">so, anything else you want to take care of before the storm, or move ahead to tomorrow? (its early in the night right now)
Maximus
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>>14746779 Part of me wants to do some talking with people but I kind of want to get this going to the next battle... I guess skip ahead for now. Can't think of anything immediately that needs to be settled unless people want to deal with Seventus in the chance he dies.
Damn, I hope this storm doesn't screw up our ranged units too much...
Generic
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>>14746446 Sounds like a plan
No Gods or Devils, Only Mortals
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>>14746779 Make sure that all troops are on alert. Were we able to get more volunteers to make up for the City Guard that were lost on the West Wall?
See if those siege towers are in range. The enemy doesn't know about our anti-magic shells yet, they might not be concerned when we attempt to range in our ballistae with conventional ammunition.
GoldPanda
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Have Kryia inscribe anti-magic runes on as many ballistae bolts as she can manage. She mentioned that fire runes were unstable, but maybe we just light the tip of the bolts on fire before we shoot them.
GoldPanda
Maybe while Blackbird and his men are scouting, one of them can try to sneak Aquila out of the siege lines? So he doesn't get hit by enemy CAP when he tries to fly to DragonsReach?
rolled 3 = 3Test roll for likely combat.
No Gods or Devils, Only Mortals
One more thing: Since water will be abundant during this assault, check our water elementalists. See if they can, working as a group, replicate that hydro-shield that the Uurlanthi raiders used against us.
GoldPanda
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>>14747081 Dat cook.
Test roll I guess.
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rolled 47 = 47
>>14747081 Heh. Watch the cook is awesome now all of a sudden. Let's see if that last roll was luck or not.
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rolled 91 = 91Oops. Good thing I'm test rolling.
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rolled 26 = 26Err......
Generic
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>>14747076 Sounds like one hell of a risk.
Generic
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test roll bandwagon!
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rolled 77 = 77
>>14747076 I honestly think it's too risky to send him out. Even if Aquilla can successfully be sent (In this storm remember), he's not going to be able to get back to us.
rolled 95 = 95Roll'n Roll'n Roll'n
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rolled 44 = 44
>>14747152 bah.
It's all a conspiracy.
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rolled 20 = 20Test Roll.
rolled 60 = 60
>>14747080 Fuck it, test rollan
Uurlanthian Noble
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>>14747237 whoops. didn't mean to quote anything there
Pax !uGYNBMPzOs
The rest of the night passes uneventfully, save all of the men staying on alert. The balitae get hasty coverings, and the fields are filled with caltrops. You pace and plan, Kyria carves runes slowly and carefully, a pair of dwarves from the city studying her books. No sun rises through the clouds in the morning, and the crow of roosters and chirping of songbirds is overwhelmed, or silenced by the howling of the wind. The skies are as black as midnight, the rain already heavy, though not a single bolt of lightning has lanced the sky yet. By midmorning, the entire city is hiding, and peering out of windows or from under awnings, getting steadily wetter. All save for Wulf, who stands atop the gatehouse tower facing into the wailing wind and driving rain, his posture aggressive, cloak tearing back away from him in the wind, Tassadus perched on his shoulder. On the top level of the gatehouse's south tower, the one your protege is perched on, Jayne, and two of the life elementalists sit meditating, sending strength and energy to the young man, Lena pacing nervously between them, waiting in her combat robes, arcane designs thick on her arms, and visible, thinly, down at her ankles.>cont'd
Pax !uGYNBMPzOs
Until noon Wulf commands the storm calmly, unmoving, his arms crossed at his chest, unflinching even as the tower explodes next to him from lightning strikes. The men hoot and howl, cheer and taunt, almost overcoming the storm at every bolt that strikes enemy soldiers, or ruins a catapult.>cont'd
Pax !uGYNBMPzOs
In the small hours of the morning, the amount of strikes on both the city and the enemy camp begin to skyrocket, as if the dueling arcanists are desperate to pull every last ounce of power from the storm. Your soldiers had been trying to sleep in shifts when it became apparent that the enemy was not striking during the storms full wrath, though the thunder prevented them from getting more than a Felixsians Rest. The walls, and arrow shields take multiple hits, as do the outskirts of the enemy camp. By late morning Wulf scores a decisive hit, obliterating the top of one of the oversized towers, and an enemy elementalist with it. The top of the tower simply disappears, and you see the entire enemy camp seemingly leap up at once, as if all save for the ones struck by Wulfs Wrath had been suddenly awakened by the tremendous thunderclap that accompanies the strike. Wulf topples backwards after that strike, though no more lightning is to present to be utilized. The storm quickly dies down to naught but a moderate rain, one that would take an hour to drench a grown man. the enemy camp is mad with activity, and you suspect that they will strike within an hour, though bereft of many of their catapults, some of their trebuchets, and a good portion of their smaller siege towers, they will still be more than capable of a staggering blow should things go poorly for you.
Anonymous
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>>14747351 >>14747362 >>14747377 HOLY SHIT WULF! YOU'RE GONNA GET A CHAMPION OF THE DEGNARIAN EMPIRE AWARD/MEDAL/LANDS/SHINY THINGIES AFTER THIS
No Gods or Devils, Only Mortals
>>14747377 Pull Wulf, Jayne, and the life elementalists back to the medical tents.
Send out an alert to all walls to prepare for an enemy attack.
"Men! We are what stands between those Uurlanthi curs and this city! We are the chosen through whom the enemy would break! Unbought by blood, this day shall not be theirs!"
No Gods or Devils, Only Mortals
>>14747455 Retinue deployment:
Laelith on East Wall.
Lena and Bellatrix on the South Wall.
Collin on the West Wall to rally the City Guard.
Daeseu to go to whichever wall feels like it might get breached.
Sansa to be with us on the East Wall.
GoldPanda
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Ask Degrian if it's safe to bring our siege equipment back out.
GoldPanda
Generic
Do we have more of that oil we made from uurlanthi corpses? If so, how much?
GoldPanda
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Distribute remaining corpse-oil between the 4 walls. Instruct the men to use them to set the siege towers / the tower ramps on fire, if said towers make it to the wall.
GoldPanda
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>>14747608 Burly infantrymen can take up this task. Five-to-ten men teams like you said. Have the captains select the ones with good aim and good throwing arms. Don't want to get those oil on friendlies.
Degnar grenadiers, ho!
Pax !uGYNBMPzOs
>>14747608 >you have enough oil for 150 small pots (easilly palmed, only good for a handful of enemy men) "Sansa, see that the life elementalists and Wulf are moved to the medicae. Lena is to aid the South Wall, And Collin the West. You and Laelith will join me here. Move quickly love." Sansa nods and hustles off, rubbing her eyes. You turn to face you tired looking men "Sons and Daughters of Degnar!" you bellow "Today our foes, these Uurlanthi curs, look to despoil our city as their presence does our homelands soil! They think that the lure of sleep will somehow be enough to weaken our arms! That the battle just waged by Wulf and their own elementalists will leave us scared and cowed!" Lena and Jayne walk past, carrying the passed out Wulf, Tassadus riding his chest, hooting gently. "Yet two of theirs, no doubt aided by a choir of life elementalists were barely able to make one of our own sleepy!" you continue, the soldiers rising, their faces draining of tiredness. "We shall not be cowed, nor beaten!" you announce, you own tiredness draining away "We shall paint these walls a Degnarian Crimson with the blood of these animals gathered before us, and they shall again be bested by our wrath!"
The soldiers still sitting or leaning jump up, cheering, smashing their weapons on their shields and armor. the enemy lines begin to advance, and Sansa strides up to you energetically "Collin wants to know your orders, should our foes not strike at the West Wall."
GoldPanda
>>14747775 Then he is to assist High Commander Seventus on the north wall.
Maximus
>>14747775 Not much we can do until they start to get into range. Have our ballista act like we did last battle for now but once their armoured units are in range, it's time we show them the power of our batteries.
Let's hope our elementalism rolls are better so we can topple those towers onto their men or at least stop their movements. Does each unit have ladders or only the levies?
No Gods or Devils, Only Mortals
>>14747817 Actually, I suggest the South Wall.
The North Wall has Seventus and battle-hardened front-line Legion units.
The South Wall has city garrison troops.
Weaker, and less of them.
GoldPanda
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>>14747838 Fine with me, but only if there was no attack on the west wall. Warn about the invisible units. Maybe have the city guard occasionally fire out a volley into the ground below?
>>14747833 I say our ballistae should just fire at their maximum firing rate once enemy units are in range. It's too late for the enemy to counter them, if they do not have a counter already ready.
Focus ballistae fire on the major towers.
Pax !uGYNBMPzOs
>>14747775 "If they do not he is to aid the South Wall." you reply, looking at your own men as they fall into battle formations.
Sansa runs off, as a Daeseu approaches you "Two large towers north, one south. the opposite for regular towers. The west wall only has ladders to contend with. Would you like me to continue hunting for enemy infiltrators, though I expect none survived the Night of Thunder." he informs you, though you are more in shock that Wulfs battle already has a name then Daeseus efficiency.
GoldPanda
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>>14747933 Where does he think he can make best use of his talents? If he doesn't have a suggestion or doesn't want to volunteer for anything, he could guard the gate controls to the east gate.
No Gods or Devils, Only Mortals
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>>14747933 "How good of a shot are you with a bow?"
Was Kyria able to produce any anti-magic arrows? Daeseu might be good as an anti-mage archer if we have any runed arrows available.
Maximus
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>>14747933 Urgh. I hope the other walls can hold... No doubt those large towers are filled with their best troops. Have Daeseu do whatever he thinks is best at the moment. Not really sure what else he could do if there are no infiltrators left.
Pax !uGYNBMPzOs
"If the infiltrators are dealt with, wither go where your blades could be most useful, or grab a bow and some of the magic piercing arrows Sansa and Aurelius have and help with mages near the gates." you reply before turning back to the battle. The enemy line was approaching at a faster pace now. They were not singing this time, though they were creating their own thunder, smashing their shields down their lines, one battalion at a time, and offset. The effect offset by men falling as they step on caltrops.
Maximus
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>>14748103 I assume nothing is in range of our elementalism so there's not much we can do about that. Ranged units open fire when they get within range. Also Pax, any sighting on their air units?
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rolled 7 = 7Let's give these fuckers our OWN song! Degnarian battle hym, go!
rolled 38 = 38Considering that we aren't in range for elementalism on the towers, let us concentrate on preparing a solid elementalism hit on the lead tower.
Pax !uGYNBMPzOs
You almost begin to pace as the enemy force continues to advance. Boulders begin smashing into the walls, and pots of lit oil sail over it. "Lighting to their thunder..." one of the soldiers near you quips, almost sounding impressed.
No Gods or Devils, Only Mortals
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>>14748331 Deploy Laelith to the northern section of the East Wall, right behind the 196th.
As for Justinian and Sansa, in the southern corner by the 454th.
Also, will this concentration check
>>14748272 count?
Pax !uGYNBMPzOs
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>>14748331 >if your waiting for them to be closer just post an action and I'll skip time to when their close enough for it...
rolled 27 = 27
>>14748331 Wait until the lead tower reaches our concentrated area and then launch a giant earth pillar up into one half of it, hopefully flipping it without needing to defeat the enchantments likely on it.
elementalism
No Gods or Devils, Only Mortals
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>>14748463 Well, that works for me. Let's start making some stone sculptures.
Anonymous
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>>14748463 Wouldn't opening a pit under part of a siege tower be more likely to topple it?
Pax !uGYNBMPzOs
You smash a fairly large pillar of stone up through the mud, skewering the right side of the center siege tower. It stops, and groans terribly loud, but dies not shatter. Quite unnerved your order for our soldiers to continue firing into the enemy soldiers. The Balista crews nervously adjusting their aim, track locks on the batteries open, awaiting your command. A boulder crashes into the massive wood and stone front gate resounding increddibly loudly and sending some cracks through it. The noise is simply drowned out by the singing, false thunder, the rain on the city behind you. Already the battle is enveloped in madness, and you know that it will only go madder.
rolled 73 = 73
>>14748627 Elementalism roll.
Open a big pit right underneath one side of wheels of the nearest siege tower, so that it falls in and gets stuck.
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rolled 29 = 29Should I just give up rolling for tonight.
rolled 46 = 46
>>14748627 I say we show them just what degrian's machines can do.
Stop limiting their rate of fire and put anti-magic bolts into that northern HUGE tower.
Any ballista without anti-magic bolts is to target the enemy's heavier units.
Hopefully the mud will at least tire our foes.
No Gods or Devils, Only Mortals
Order heavy repeater crews to open fire, aimed fire, anti-magic ammo, on the still approaching large towers. Switch to conventional ammo when their shields go down.
tactical routine omicron !/tOwVz0x0k
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Seconding the order to rapid fire. Let's give these fuckers something to consider.
Maximus
>>14748807 We might want to start focusing on their armored sergeants soon though. Let's see what one round does on the tower and based on that, we might want to switch to their infantry.
No Gods or Devils, Only Mortals
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>>14748899 Agreed.
We need to see if these towers are shielded, or just have pure mass as their primary defense.
Generic
>>14748803 Ammendment:
The southern Heavy Repeater buried under those legionaries should use anti-magic ammo on the lead southern HUGE tower. preferably striking the ramp/top levels.
No Gods or Devils, Only Mortals
Pax !uGYNBMPzOs
You calmly signal for the repeaters to unleash their full fury, and are satisfied by the sight of a light magic shield flashing, only to explode prismaticly from the runes. The hail of bolts begins smashing into and against the tremendous tower, some bolts embedding in the thing. It groans, splinters and its outer layer... tears? You realize, much to your horror, that it is a grown, living thing, as you see the wood from some of the larger chips slowly growing back. The repeater battery crews notice this too, and begin to focus their fire on the wounded spots on the thing, and the holes and splinters do begin to become permanent, but it still does not look good to you.
rolled 81 = 81Elementalism on the bottom tower. Let's do what was suggested in
>>14748670 .
Servant of the Emperor
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>>14748990 "Tell me soldier, what have you found that the vine can do. Can it steal the life of the wood around it? Rot it?"
rolled 29 = 29
>>14749020 ... Maybe I shouldn't roll tonight.
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rolled 95 = 95
>>14749051 I know your pain. The roller gives good rolls when they don't matter.
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rolled 92 = 92
>>14748990 Hmm. No one else has anything to say? We might want to start cutting down the levies rather than the towers at this point. It looks like it'll need a ton of fire power and I don't know if we have enough to get it done. What do you guys think?
Anonymous
Can we have Laelith sear the open wounds of the living towers to prevent them from healing and allow our ballistas to be less focused in order to be effective?
rolled 72 = 72Alright, it worked once before, so maybe we should try it again:
rolled 1 = 1
>>14749132 Damnit, are we going to have another streak of absurdly bad rolls?
Generic
>>14748990 steam-repeaters are to switch to normal bolts and start removing lines from the incoming levy formations.
Heavy repeater in the south to target the 2nd wave of enemy infantry if possible. levy units if not.
Anonymous
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If the towers are shielded and self healing then maybe we should have our more mundane artilery focus on the levies.
Anonymous
Anonymous
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>>14749129 This, Laelith is in position, have her cauterize the wounds of that living tower.
No Gods or Devils, Only Mortals
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>>14749152 Second.
All legionnaires to prepare to repel enemy infantry.
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rolled 32 = 32>command roll
Pax !uGYNBMPzOs
You try to focus your elementalism, but another stone annihilating itself against the gate, and several smashing the wall near you, coupled with the intensely uncooperative muddy earth simply causes sloughs of mud to shift back into, and mostly cover the already nearly full pit in front of the northmost tower. Luckily, Laelith sets most of the western holes and divots in the tower ablaze, nearly countering the disaster of your attempt at elementalism. The archers continue to rain fire down on the enemy troops, their own still ineffectually firing on yours. The sounds of fire and panic rising from the city behind you, and the steel serenade already loudly sounding from the northern wall, it all pauses for a brief moment, as a brilliant yellow-white flash can be seen from the south wall. You turn to see one of the smaller towers at that tower simply gone, and a good portion missing from the grown tower as close to the wall as the ones bearing down on your face of the wall are. "When the enemies living tower reaches us, you and I will cut our way to the thing, and you will use your vine to rot and disease the thing." you instruct the man next to you, who nods and closes his eyes, focusing himself. Very soon, the enemy will be ascending the walls.
rolled 87 = 87
>>14749270 >>14749270 >Elementalism
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rolled 48 = 48
>>14749270 One last elementalism roll before the towers reach us.
Try another pit to stop the advancing living tower.
Anonymous
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>>14749283 Damnit, that doesn't count I hit submit before I remembered to set a target
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rolled 58 = 58
>>14749270 Ah hell. 5 towers hitting the walls. We don't have enough men to stop this... Rolling combat.
Anonymous
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Man we suck at defensive warfare.
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rolled 33 = 33
>>14749270 Laelith should hit the smaller tower nearest her. Everyone else to prepare to repel the assault.
>command roll
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rolled 42 = 42
>>14749270 Have the artillery at center wall focus its fire on the closest tower to the south. If that one can turn and continue to fore on that tower even once it reaches the wall it should do so.
Anonymous
Do we have any way to fire those small pots of oil we have into the interior of that living tower once it reaches the wall and opens up?
Generic
>>14749529 we have grenadier squads set up to do so
Pax !uGYNBMPzOs
The levies hit the wall first, their ladders up and men scaling at a speed achievable only by uurlanthi soldiers. The smaller tower at the north edge of your wall is the first to contact. Laelith sets it ablaze just before its door drops, and men armed with longswords, shields and platemail come spilling out, impacting Gaius' well ordered ranks and seasoned soldiers. the fire in the tower grows as pots of blazing oil smash into the men and the tower. The dwarves of the 65th begin firing back at the elves atop the larger tower that is slowly lowering its ramp to the wall, still protected by the tatters of the arrow shield, though you know that that will not last for long.
Anonymous
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>>14749578 Wish I'd realized that sooner so I could have specified in my command roll.
rolled 77 = 77
>>14749584 ... I'm risking it. Elementalism. See if we can stop a tower in front of us from moving or if we're really lucky, cause them to tip.
rolled 2 = 2
>>14749617 And I'm done for the night. I'll stop screwing things up for us.
rolled 11 = 11
>>14749627 maybe we should use our botch so as not to waste that two?
Maximus
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>>14749657 I think we should. I can deal with a 30. Much more than a 77.
Laurentius
Anonymous
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>>14749657 And to finally stall that one tower?
rolled 54 = 54
>>14749584 Steam-repeater on the north tower:
SHRED THAT HUGE TOWER AT POINT BLANK.
make anyone climbing to the ramp section piss himself.
Command, right?
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rolled 29 = 29
>>14749584 Laelith to intensify the fires she's started. Continue artillery barrage on the large towers that haven't reached the wall yet,
>Command roll
rolled 24 = 24oh, and can we try to send a thought to Garagush? (spell check on the war god's name?)
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rolled 73 = 73
>>14749695 God damn it
Maximus
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>>14749738 Don't do it yet. Save it for the final attack that will likely happen. Just use that as combat. Plus I'm sure he's watching.
Uurlanthian Noble
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>>14749738 Jesus why are we trying to suck Garagush's cock so much lately?
Anonymous
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>>14749738 Wouldn't Raynha be more appropriate seeing as how we are protecting something? Though I'd rather not ask for favours.
rolled 72 = 72Rolling to psych our self up for the coming battle to reach the tower. maybe identify an easy rout through the melee>Combat prep roll
Pax !uGYNBMPzOs
The northmost living tower drops its ramp finally, and the colorful chaos that is a group of uurlanthi knights spills forth. With stoic determination the legionnaires of the 196th receive them, while their flanks butcher levies and men at arms alike. The latter only being slaughtered as the tower that they rode to the wall was reduced to splinters by the fury of the balista battery that turned to fire into it. You notice Gauis squared off against a quartet of knights, all in like heraldry, brothers no doubt. You see Sasna and Kyria reposition the 65th rangers to fire into the men disgorged from the enemy soldiery as they leave their tower. Men at Arms again, the repeaters cause massive damage to the unit, though they continue to charge forth from the tower. You continue to slaughter levies, before you look back to Gaius.
rolled 78 = 78
>>14749946 >elementalism Fissures to drop the stationary tower backwards
rolled 1 = 1Laelith to intensify and add to the fires she started. repeaters to fire on the stationary tower, which I think has a mage in it getting ready to wreck our shit.>Command
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rolled 82 = 82Combat roll. Fight our way to the nearest tower, life elementalist in tow.
Anonymous
Anonymous
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>>14750002 Why couldn't my elementalism roll have done that
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rolled 73 = 73
>>14749946 North steam repeater:
Shoot the living tower at the wall. Mulch it.
South repeater:
shoot the living tower that is about to hit the southern wall.
Heavy Repeater:
hit the small southern tower if possible (not sure if crew has fled or they have aim...
GoldPanda
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One the southern most ballistae fire into the southern most small tower. Collapse it before it can disgorge more troops.
GoldPanda
Oh and where are our southern corpse-oil teams? Do you see a siege tower hitting our wall? Then light that shit on fire!!
Anonymous
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>>14750002 >>14749969 Maybe we'll be lucky and the artillery fire combined with our somewhat lackluster elementalism will tip it over
Anonymous
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>>14750096 Fuck, I knew I forgot to add something to my command roll.
GoldPanda
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Have our mangonel do *something*. What can they hit?
GoldPanda
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>>14749946 Good job Gaius. If we survive, extra medal for you.
Pax !uGYNBMPzOs
"SPLINTER THEIR TOWERS! PUSH THEM BACK!! CUT YOUR RAGE UPON THEIR FLESH AND SHOW THEM WHAT THE LEGION IS CAPABLE OF!!!!!" you bellow out, your voice cutting above the roar of the battle. For a second, time seems to freeze, even the ramp of the last moving Living Tower as it drops in expectation of striking the wall seems frozen. Then, your maniple surges back towards the wall, carving a blood path through the uurlanthi soldiers accosting your city. You lead the elementalist through the levies, and straight into the blademasters that disgorged from the tower, their badges and blades split evenly, indicating two units. Mere feet from the tower, you find yourself stalled, and being pushed back towards the line, still slowly inching forwards from the surge, of Degnarian soldiery. A glance behind you inbetween fevered blocks shows the 65th still being charged, the front rank already readying their battleaxes, Sansa standing with them, knives drawn. To the north the dead knights number still grows, though a handful are too far from the maelstrom of blood and steel that is Gaius, though his armor is visibly rent in several non-vital places. Again you step back, again you are unable to get on the offensive against the elfs standing opposite you, grinning as he stabs his blade through the meat of your shield arm, toying with you.>SKILL GAINED! >Inspiring Cry: A roll of 25 or lower results in all friendly units going up one morale level and all foes going down one (orange is the lowest they will reach from this technique). In addition, all friendly units gain a 25% bonus to martial actions.
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rolled 40 = 40
>>14750258 Combat Roll to slice through the opposition and get our life elementalist in range to bring the tower down.
rolled 5 = 5Will the panda redeem himself? Combat roll.>you're toyedn
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rolled 26 = 26
>>14750258 combat roll, hope this doesn't go horribly
GoldPanda
>>14750295 Yeah... can we make this command roll? Can Justinian still use signal flare IN DA FACE?
Gloquenteentleman !yVrZbEGJ8A
rolled 17 = 17
>>14750258 Elementalism roll here
I WANT A SPIKE HITTING EVERY LADDER SO PRECISELY THAT THE LADDERS LITERALLY FUCKING FLIP OVER TOSSING EVERYONE ON THEM OFF
that or
SPIKES COMING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE RAMPS ON THE TOWERS MAKING AN IMPROPTU SPIKE WALL GOING THROUGH THE RAMP PREVENTING ANYONE GETTING THROUGH WITHOUT THEM BASICALLY SQUEEZING THROUGH A LESS THAN FOOT SPACE
hopefully all this yelling will get me something
Maximus
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>>14750313 In terms of actual commands, I think we should have the 76th and their battery focus on the men in the north if they can. Try to whittle down the guys hitting the northern part of the wall. Laelith torch those knights if she can and... I guess everyone do their thing with who they can hit.
rolled 66 = 66
>>14750325 apparently the dice gods respect caps. who knew?
Anonymous
>>14750258 Artillery crews can pick their own targets and fire at will at this point. have the 76th and their battery focus on the men in the north if they can. Try to whittle down the guys hitting the northern part of the wall. Laelith torch those knights if she can
>Command GoldPanda
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Rear ranks of the 454th, help out the rangers, dammit! Don't let our ranged units get charged without at least flanking the charging unit.
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rolled 42 = 42
>>14750343 Crap, stupid captcha
>missed command Gloquenteentleman !yVrZbEGJ8A
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rolled 58 = 58
>>14750325 whoops, well 34 isn't bad either, accidentally had 50 instead of 100 from a previous thread
>>14750342 nah, I was holding shift, for emphasis
Pax !uGYNBMPzOs
You sidestep your foes downward slash, and sever the elfs sneering head from his body. You block a blow, and dodge another to pick the head up off the ground "WHY ARE THESE DOGS STILL ON OUR WALL??!?!!" you shout, your voice still slicing the clamor and insanity of warfare "PAINT THE WALL WITH THEIR BLOOD, SET OUT A FEAST FOR THE CARRION BIRDS!!!" you bellow, the rain cleaning your blade and armor, still driving. You then proceed to turn and hurl the severed head at the nearest elf, stunned, you are able to step up to cut him down, and between yourself and the elementalist you are able to reach the tower. Sansa cannons forward along with the rest of the front rank of the rangers, light infantry with battle-axes, they die, but are not slaughtered. Sansa is beautiful in her wrath, leaping and spinning, her entire body a weapon, expertly wielded against Uurlanth.
rolled 65 = 65
>>14750489 going to do command this time
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rolled 25 = 25
>>14750489 Terrakinesis to create a whirling shield of stones to protect us and our life elementalist soldier.
Gloquenteentleman !yVrZbEGJ8A
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rolled 19 = 19
>>14750489 elementalism roll, perhaps not trying to spike or lift the ramp off, how about sloughing off the part that the ramp is sitting on, effectively dropping the ramp instead of letting it sit on the wall. should be easier considering we are working /with/ gravity instead and just basically forming slanted lines on the ramparts so that they just slide off, the ramp along with it?
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rolled 33 = 33Combat roll. Protect our life elementalist. Try to knock a torch into the tower if we can.
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rolled 27 = 27
>>14750489 If our elementalist needs time then we buy him time
>Combat No Gods or Devils, Only Mortals
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>>14750507 Actual orders:
Rear ranks of the 454th, assist the 91st!
Center-South repeater batter fire on the levies and sergeants.
South heavy repeater, increase elevation to 0 and fire over open sights against all Uurlanthi coming over the wall.
The North seems to be holding their own. No change in orders.
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rolled 77 = 77454th should use this respite to help the rangers.
Pax !uGYNBMPzOs
You throw up a rotating shield of stones around the life elementalist, as you throw yourself into the fray with a redoubled effort. Several more blademasters fall to you, as your men press hard against the levies stranded on the wall. A pary-thrust-kick allows you to see Sansa, who is now covered in both blood and soaked with rain now, standing victoriously over the last of the live men at arms, the unit smashed by a flank from a portion of the 454th legionary.
Pax !uGYNBMPzOs
rolled 65 = 65"HONOR OR DEATH!"
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rolled 80 = 80
>>14750653 Let's make sure our elementalist remains safe and get off this rotting tower
>Combat Anonymous
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>>14750682 So glad you rolled before me
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rolled 89 = 89
>>14750653 ARCHERS TARGET THE ROBED ONES!
command
rolled 6 = 6
>>14750653 Elementalism roll.
Earth spike to kill the enemy life elementalists before they can regroup or get away.
rolled 85 = 85
>>14750653 Tip the tower onto the enemy
>elementalism Anonymous
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rolled 88 = 88Have the 76th and 65th fire a volley of *fire* arrows into the rotting siege tower.
Anonymous
>>14750653 Laelith needs to amp up the fires around the knights in that tower. Punish them for still being in the tower.
>command
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rolled 27 = 27
>>14750751 Let's see what you would have gotten...
Pax !uGYNBMPzOs
As you backpedal with your life elementailst, you block a blow from a pusuing elf, and manage to skewer all three vomiting life elementalists. However, a trio of blows from the blademsater opens your sword arm. and right thigh through the armor, not deep, but enough that you are unable to get out any intelligible commands. As the enemy forces on the wall are whittled down to their elite, the sergeants begin to fall back to their lines. Realizing that victory is most likely yours, the exhaustion of your men begins to show. The archers mostly begin firing to deal with the elven archers atop the Living siege towers, clearly hoping to prevent any heavy objects from being dropped on the arrow shields keeping them from being taken to pieces in the night. The slaughter still continues, though the vigor of your soldiers is clearly flagging with rest now in sight.
Gloquenteentleman !yVrZbEGJ8A
rolled 26 = 26
>>14750803 command here
THE FINAL PUSH FOR NOW COMRADES!!!!
Gloquenteentleman !yVrZbEGJ8A
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rolled 44 = 44
>>14750828 or something similar and to that affect, whatever you feel appropriate for that roll
rolled 90 = 90
>>14750803 Command Roll.
"Come on, men! One more push, and the drinks are on me!"
Have all repeaters begin firing on the retreating sergeants.
Archers and crossbowmen target the tops of the siege towers.
Legionnaires for one last push to throw the Uurlanthi off of our walls.
No Gods or Devils, Only Mortals
>>14750837 >>14750828 Okay....Good thing you rolled before I did.
Wanna roll elementalism for us too?
rolled 5 = 5
>>14750803 Earth spikes into the bottom of the sickened siege tower. hopefully to deny the men inside a means of escape.
Elementalism
Gloquenteentleman !yVrZbEGJ8A
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rolled 8 = 8
>>14750848 and spoil my luck? no thanks......
rolled 65 = 65*Fire* arrows into that rotting siege tower. Roast those blademasters alive.
tactical routine omicron !/tOwVz0x0k
>>14750828 >>14750858 I think this fight is over.
rolled 47 = 47
>>14750863 65, huh.
Since this is likely the last exchange, should we use our botch?
Generic
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>>14750886 the battle isn't over until the enemy is completely out of our range.
tactical routine omicron !/tOwVz0x0k
Y'know, once this fight is over, since we're hurting for rations, I seem to recall boiled leather is edible, and we just got a rather large delivery of it.
No Gods or Devils, Only Mortals
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>>14750938 Maybe, as emergency rations. We just need to last out another week and a half for reinforcements to arrive.
Pax !uGYNBMPzOs
"FINISH THE JOB!!!" you shout, plunging your blade into the chest of the nearest elf. You immediately feel the retalitory blows, though your armor catches them, you know that you heard ribs give out. An arrow sprouts between the elf in questions eyes, and you turn to see Sansa standing, firing through the ranks and into the remaining Uurlanthi on the wall. The fighting continues apace, though most of the enemy sergants escape mostly unstcathed. Sighing relief, you move to cap off the battle by destroying the siege tower clinging dead and rotten to the wall. What surprises you, is when the stone spikes you put through its base cause it to... explode. Unfortunately, most of the men that could discern why the dead tree went up in a cloud of splinters and rot, taking a decent portion of your walls eastward face with it are already passed out. In fact, as the rain slows to a light patter, you realize that many of your healthy soldiers are simply opting to sleep on the wall. Not all that surprising when you see the moons shining through the comparatively thin rainclouds.>damn I'm beat, callin it here for the night. >someone archive please >I'll be back sunday at 10pmish server time (that Game of Thrones man, that Game of Thrones) >if ya have any CQ/setting questions just e-mail me at paxcomquest@yahoo.com
GoldPanda
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>>14750923 I'm under the impression that we already used our botch.
At least our Uursan won't go hungry!
Anonymous
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>>14750923 didn't we already use our botch?
Anonymous
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>>14750938 We are not quite that desperate.
... Yet
Anonymous
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I've been wondering, what the hell does that silver mark at the gate mean?
No Gods or Devils, Only Mortals
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>>14750957 Damnation and Hellfire. We're going to need to get that wall fixed as soon as we get our ribs checked out.
Anonymous
>taking a decent portion of your walls eastward face with it
No Gods or Devils, Only Mortals
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>>14750997 In the IRC, Pax said that the unexpected explosion was great enough to damage the wall.
Also, the session has been archived. Don't forget to vote.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/14746347/
