[Grubshire]
Grubshire holds 48 Goblins Total, 8 of which are stone workers, 24 of which are capable at combat, 6 of which are good at combat, and 10 of which are farmers.

It has a broken gate, 5 green mushroom farms, 2 blue mushroom farms, and 1 Moon grass and 1 Sun grass farm. It also holds one goblin which has Petrifying Touch (which he gained after he was petrified by a basilisk and survived), and one goblin who has some knowledge of magic and medicine (He was the shamans apprentice, but the shaman recently passed away).

[Gravenhell]
Graven hell is a goblin village who swore loyalty to you when you saved them from an aggressive take over of the blue mushroom fungus. It has 52 Goblins, 2 of which are metalworkers, 10 of which are miners, 22 of which are capable of combat, 8 of which are farmers, and 10 of which are thieves. The thieves are the ones who accompanied you on your diplomatic mission to the Black Scale Kobolds.

Gravenhell contains a Forge, a Mine, and an Anvil. The mine contains Tin and Copper which is already being made into bronze, and a mysterious yellow crystal which has just been discovered and is being harvested.

The most recent turn of events states that the armies of the Black Scale Kobolds and their scouting parties are around your cities, somewhere, and that one of the local messengers has gone missing. A local goblin commander has a plan for action.

What do you wish to do?

The goblin you last encountered had a plan. A battle plan. ((To be noted: There is a black scale kobold mage you encountered during your mission at their encampment, that is who he is referring to in this plan))

"Ready the military. If a runner has been taken, and scouts are in the vicinity, we must be prepared to make war.

Send armed parties to alert the other villages. Double the guards, then bring the remaining warriors to Gravenhell where you are. Ready all implements of war, and send out picketers to hide in tunnels and ambush scouts.

Once all of the preparations have been made, strike hard and fast against the BlackScales. Take prisoners, especially the mage if you can. Attempt to leave the city as intact as you can, using two volleys of poison bombs to clear the streets before the assault. Since the stonecrafters don't have time to build a battering ram, you're gonna have to break down the gate.

The stonegoblin should use his powers on the Kobolds in the ramparts, and cover the Gobbies as the scale the walls. Once the gobbies hold the wall the stonegoblin must scale it to overlook the battle and continue to support from there.

We can provide direction for our troops, and seek out the mage from there. Once the mage is discovered we will begin to lead from the front, overwhelm him and force a surrender. If the kobolds are unwilling to surrender at that point, it will be all too easy to slaughter the remaining resistance and enslave their women and children.

The only problem I can find is that they are both strongly good and strongly evil. Should they have paladins, which is unlikely, they must be dealt with swiftly. If they have some kind of evil spirit, like the guy we've been fighting periodically, we are likely to be routed unless we can break his influence."

Do you follow in this plan?

>>6899817

Asking for consultation is probably a good idea, and won't take too long. Any other smart goblins should offer counsel too, especially if it's contradictory.

>>6899844

Your goblins gather, in the council there is

-The goblin with stonetouch
-The apprentice of the shaman
-The 7 Goblins skilled in war

One of the 7 goblins has already brought forward his plan (as seen in the post before this).

>>6899862

Does this idea jive with the other ones? Anything they can offer about countering possible magic influence, spirits, etc?

>>6899874

The one with petrification suggests using some of the poison you've extracted from a basilisk you've killed. It could prove useful. The other goblin generals completely support the plan of the first, while the apprentice of the shaman stays quiet.

>>6899888

Do I think he's staying quiet because he's low rank, or has a different opinion? Either way, I keep him around afterward to "consult with him on matters of magic" or some shit.

Seems we've gotten on a good start, but I think we should keep to Defense more than Offense, after all our keeping our lives is more important than taking theirs.

What do you guys think of this?

>>6899905

You can't tell, but he seems nervous, that is for sure.

All of the goblin which cannot fight are retreating into their fortified homes for safety.

i suggest using poison bond fires to weaken the BS before we attack

yep im back from the second thread

>>6899936

Using the bond fires this close to your own towns could cause harm, Do you wish to proceed anyway?

>>6899948
on the BS town when we attack it

>>6899954

Oh yes... yes. Good plan, good plan indeed. But for now you are on the defense, if you leave now without making a counter attack to lead their forces away, Everything could end quiet terrible for your goblins.

What course of action do you take?

>>6899973

Let's just move to gravenhell and initiate the plan. The goblin general has the right ideas.

>>6899995
what he said

>>6899995
>>6900007

You ready your forces and proceed to Gravenhell, and your forces take positions. The sneaks hide in ambush locations, and your forces go to the mines. You know battle is near, you can practically taste it. The rune of bloodlust glows on your blade.

Do you lead out an attack on the Black Scale Kobold city, or do you stay near your towns, knowing the mage is nearby, and will soon be captured.

can i detect evil to see if i can find him my self?

>>6900076

You decide it would be best to find him youself.

"Goblins, Guards, do not let my cities falter." And head off into the caverns, and begin detecting around. Nothing... Nothing yet. 10 minutes pass.

And then, you hear something slither. Basilisks.

crouch down and hide see if you can find them before they find you...

>>6900130

You crouch around, trying to avoid them. But they slither, they hide, They're more intelligent than average animals. One of them strikes, you swing your blade and it's head comes right off. Just a few more... Two more strike. One slash comes fast, and the second with a delay, the second one gets a bite on you. Shit. The poison.

Then a fourth... this one is giant, perhaps twice the size as the others, and you are suffering from the poison. Shit you can't defend yourself.

It strikes... and then falls dead. Something killed it.

You hear laughter.

Goblin laughter.

>>6900155

wait... goblin laughter, either it's reinforcements or... SHIT WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE

see who saved my life
if its the mage say thank you and ask him for help then as he says something unleash all of our stored power to vaporize him on the spot
if it one of mine tell him to get help

>>6900183
>>6900190

You turn, and indeed do see a familiar face. One you would prefer to forget.

Alas, It is Gorewarp. The insane slayer of gods, and the ghost of centuries.

Fuck.

You've gone from a bad situation to a worse one, and he is still laughing.

>>6900220
say thank you and ask him for help then as he says something unleash all of our stored power to vaporize him on the spot

>>6900231

he just saved our life, perhaps he can be of use to us after all. I'm voting against this.

>>6900231
>>6900251

He wants something from us or else he would have let us die.

>>6900251

if makes a motion to harm you or starts muttering in arcane gibberish then vaporize him. if he is willing to speak then so be it. Pump him for info and try to keep a defensive pose. Ready to fight or flee at the drop of a pin.

see what he wants then
if its anything but he wants to swear fealty
kill him

>>6900291
>>6900285
>>6900268
>>6900251
>>6900231

The poison, now paralyzing you, is hindering your movement. Regardless you get up.

"What is it you want spirit? Have you come to just laugh at me? to save me just to kill me afterwords!"

It laughs. It laughs hard. It can't be a "he" anymore, not this monster. It can only be an "It".

And then it laughs some more.

"Shade, I've come to collect my just due, you did after all, steal my gold from before..."

and he approaches closer.

>>6900323

boom...

>>6900349
what he said

>>6900349
>>6900368

You focus your power, Your blade glows in energy. You can't let this little ant taunt you like this.

Dark purple energy excapes your fist, like lightning, and then you release it and a beam of power explodes from it in a straight line, Piercing right through Gorewarp.

There is now a corpse of a goblin on the floor, and the poison is steadily coursing through you.

Also you just wasted much of your stored energy.

>>6900374

He's dead... right? we should get up to check.

how far are we from the village?

>>6900406

10 minutes walk.

>>6900401
>>6900406

Could be a trap guys, better be careful.

>>6900439

We just blasted him with a fuckload of energy. I don't think he would have survived.

The poison progresses, you start loosing your senses.

start walking after about 5 min send a flare at the village get their attention

try to self heal just enough to keep us moving

>>6900488

You raise your arm, gripping... a shot of light escapes. You hope it would have been enough.

...

And it's all black. No, not the black you are used to. It's just, blackness.

And then you awaken, with the familiar faces of your goblins looming over you.

see how long iv been out

ask them to pray for our health...

>>6900535

"Sir... sir are you alright?" One of them says.

"He should be alright, I've administered the right herbs..." Says the shaman apprentice.

Your vision clears, you see your council.

"You've been out hours sir, we've lost... we've lost Grubshire."

Shit.

>>6900560

We've lost grub shire? that means our main means of production, as well as our location of stone working. Are the goblins okay?

>>6900600

"Everyone survived" says one of the generals.

And then a Strike on the gates.

"We are still under attack sir, they will break in any moment. We are trapped like rats."

But there is an escape. You know there is. Through the mines.

>>6900634

at this point I have no idea what to do. Do we escape, or do we stand and fight?

If we stay we could lose our goblins, if we leave we lose our encampment. It's a lose-lose situation.

we're fucked here.

Alright guys it's getting rather slow again, but I do believe it was because I dragged out the beginning to be too long and just cut the quality of the posts from then on to make up for it.

I'll try harder tomorrow, but for now I'm calling it quits.