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Don't go to the town! They will be expecting another raid so soon! Scout around, find somewhere fresher to raid!

Think ahead. Lure whatever they have out with yourself, and let the smaller trolls go at the other gate with the kobolds?

go looking for the other troll's tribe.

>>6931119
this

>>6931119
Do you want to head towards the Dwarf Outpost at the top of the mountains or try the forest to the west or search the swamps in the east?

>>6931197 and attempt to recruit them.

>>6931241
What do we know about the swamps?

>>6931277
Very little, You know they extend at least ten miles, possibly more. There may be a lake in that direction.

Make the trolls get busy. Let's get some more trolls as our grunts!

>>6931317
Are there roads? Could we walk towards the swamps so the road is visible but we are not? It'd be good to interrogate a knowledgable traveller about the local area. We might even get lucky and find a merchant or something.

>>6931330
On the other side of town a rough road begins.

>>6931351
I say we hit the road and gather intelligence. Moving to expand our knowledge and options can only be a good think, and if travellers start going missing on the roads people will be more hesitant to go to the town. If we set up a watch or hide we could even catch messengers sent out from the town to get help and cut them off.

>>6931371
make sure to make it very brutal/gory, and leave the corpses on the road, so as to scare more people off

Form two parties out of your current regiment, one small band armed with arrows which will be lit and the other consisting of the rest of your forces including yourself. Await nightfall and have the smaller group fire arrows on the opposite side that you are onto the town, forcing them to flee towards your side. The archers must quickly withdraw so the guard does not catch up to them, and you meanwhile attack the exposed town without the guard, allowing you the perfect opportunity to destroy their defenses and take what you like. Live humans can be used as slaves or meat and the rest of the booty is up for grabs. Divide up the treasure mostly for yourself, but award those that bring in the most with a small portion.

have we already tried asking the elf wizard about local towns, etc?

also, i dont trust kobolds doing magic, even simple magic. shouldn't we instead train them to be sneaky little scouts?

>>6931371
>>6931394

Gathering up the Kobolds and the Trolls, you move into the forest inbetween you and the town. When you arrive, you creep along the tree line until you see the road. You can hear the distant noise of running water.

>>6931394
I'd actually disagree. If people just go missing, cool. If we leave obviously troll-murdered bodies, the road wardens or whoever is in charge of protecting the roads are going to know it was us - or that a troll is in the area - and probably come anyway. I'd just drag people away and hey, eat them or something. If we get more humanoid followers we can spread a rumour it's something really, really nasty.

>>6931401

Holy troll god, let us do this.

>>6931453
It won't work perfectly; I would still expect to take considerable losses.

>>6931401
Congratulating yourself on the clever idea, you split your forces. The priest takes one group, accompanied by the second male Troll.
Once you have settled in place, a single bolt of flame arcs through the night sky, followed by a hail of arrows. The six guards sound the alarm and rush to confront your forces.

You charge the gate with the rest of your forces. You crash through the gate with a few body slams. Immediately in front of you are two small cottages and a two storied tavern inn.

>>6931427
Get the stealthier kobolds to scout ahead and run messages to you. Send 2 of the smaller trolls and some kobolds to the other side of the road so you are flanking. Carry on till we find some peeps.

>>6931484
Far less than a direct assault. With the backs exposed, they won't be able to defend with lances or behind barricades. The element of surprise will make the attack very easy, especially with the rest of the townsfolk trying to put out the fires so they won't be able to add to defense. The archers need only have a few buildings catch fire before retreating to the woods and luring the guard away on a goose chase.

>>6931508
Oh god, we're not going to have many Kobbos left after this.

>>6931508
The inn will more likely have more people and wealth, so that is worth considering. Destroying the towns defenses should be the first objective, so you have nothing to disturb your pillaging.

>>6931518
I mean we're going to lose some kobolds. Still, I don't like them much anyway.

Since when do we have bows/arrows/flaming pitch?

>>6931552
>>6931518
>>6931401

Trolls aren't expert tacticians.

>>6931552
As you barrel down the street towards the opposing gate, your forces spear down a number of humans and elves. A group of ten or so guards is lingering behind cover at the gate, most armed with crossbows.

Your forces have been driven back to the woods, both sides are taking potshots at each other.
>>6931590
The kobolds use the bows for hunting but usually prefer their spears. The fire is coming from the Priest, it sppears he has some magic beoynd regenration.

>>6931626
The whole point of the quest is we are a smart troll.

>>6931626

maybe suprisingly intelligent highland trolls are. i am eagerly awaiting the outcome of this raid. I say we dispatch the guard and defenses asap, send some kobolds and one troll lieutenant to guard the inn, make sure no one escapes in the meantime.

ransack the inn first, travelers stay in inns, that means any heroes in town will likely be there. also, Inns are generally better stocked with food and money than peasant cottages

>>6931661
Man, inns have adventurers in them.

>>6931626
I'm a distant cousin of the troll bridge known as a River Troll. We are quite clever and do not like preconceptions forced upon us based upon stupidity when we have been looting and gobbling travelers for many centuries.

>>6931644
Destroy the guards at the gate first, then assault the guards that followed your archers. Their purpose is to lead them away from the town so you can flank your enemy, not be a measurable attack force.

have one troll and the kobolds flank. take the other one and jump the guards from behind

>>6931715

Bridge troll, you mean?

>>6931715
>>6931731
Sending a group around to flank, you smash into the crossbowmen at the gate. You are able to kill three with a single swing. The rest turn towards you. One is hit in the neck by a Kobold arrow, the other two get shots off before one gets speared by the Troll leader. One of the bolts bounces off your armour and the other bites into the side of your leg.

The four guards wielding pikes turn to face you.

>>6931816
Throw your club into them, then run forward and start dual-wielding pikes.

lure pikemen out into volleys of kobold arrows?

>>6931832
keep the club, rush them, the priest can heal you

use your club to smash their pikes, laugh as they try to pierce your armor with broken sticks. Then eat one within eyesight of enemy forces for maximum morale impact.

>>6931832
Fuck yes.

>>6931878
No point getting injuries if we don't have to.

>>6931768
Why yes, that is exactly what I mean. Earthly Troll isn't my first language.

>>6931816
Remove the bolt with a haughty laugh and command your minions to attack the pikemen or follow >>6931832 advice. It isn't wise to throw yourself into a group when you can easily be outnumbered by enemies with the weapons that can reach your more vital spots. If your nearby troops are thinned out, command them to attack one while you destroy the other two.

>>6931832
>>6931869
You throw your club them crippling one and sends the other thee back. ne of the pikemen stumbles into the open and is hit with an arrow and a bolt of flame. The other two level their pikes. One manages to score a hit on your shoulders. Just as the second is about to stab you, he is hit with an arrow from behind. Your flankers move up and quickly eliminate the other.

>>6931944
TWO PIKES. TWO HANDS. ONE TROLL. FINAL DESTINATION.

We regenerate, right?

>>6931910

It's all good, I suspect at times I may have some Board Troll blood in me sometimes.

>>6931816

Do something scary, bite the head off of a dead soldier and roar or something. Perhaps you can break their morale and start a rout.

Failing that, let your archers cut them down, and break their pikes with your club if they get too close

>>6931959
You heal minor injuries by the end of the night.
You grab two pikes. It appears that the towns defenses have been eliminated. Several buildings are on fire and the civilians are attempting to flee.

>>6931944
Tear out the crippled dudes heart and bite it between your teeth. Let them know fear. Also, what's happening at the inn?

>>6931944
Excellent, remove the bolt in the leg and finish off any other defenders that exist. Gather all of your troops for looting and pillaging, mainly the inn first or any large homes near the entrance. Townsfolk are to be captured and only injured if they resist or attempt to escape.

Order your 'bolds to chase down the fleeing civilians/shoot them in the legs. We need slaves to labor in the expansion of our lair/trade to other organizations. You can take on the pikemen alone.

there will probably be a small contingent in the inn. we should work to demoralize them, maybe they will an hero.

>>6932016
Survivors will make slaves and the burning buildings should be ransacked first. The town is only for gathering supplies, you do not need to preserve it for keeping. Unless you plan to have your kobolds disguised as humans to lure others in

>>6931975
>>6932025
You pick up the crippled soldier and pull off his head in your teeth.

A small fire has started on the second floor of the Inn and two Kobolds have gone inside.

Perhaps the kobolds should tackle the civilians, make sure they don't run off into the woods and escape. Meanwhile the other trolls can make a sweep of the village for any nasty surprises and loot. Besides, the trolls can probably carry more loot than the rest of the kobolds combined.

>>6932090
this

bellow out loudly to the kobolds to come out of the Inn. We need no unnecessary casualties.

>>6932050
>>6932063
>>6932090

The rest of the kobolds pursue cilivilans while the trolls search the buildings, starting with the burning cottages. Hefting your pikes, you approach the inn. You hear the sounds of fighting from within. The broken body of a Kobold flies out through the front door.

>>6932123
So knew it. I want to steal the class levels of adventurers if we find them in here. We've totally got the Int to go Wizard (or Duskblade, wat).

Scream out to the inn defenders that unless they surrender immediately, you will collapse the inn on top of them (with your club)

dammit, i knew there would be fighters up in that bitch. well, call my lieutenants to me and get in there.

>>6932123
Erupt through the wall and bellow out loud to signal nearby friendlies to your aid. Defenders of the inn must be defeated, kill any of the sorcery dealing types and cripple the strong ones.

>>6932163

I change my vote to this

place is burning already, wont have time to extinguish flame and salvage anything useful. just let it burn down. keep an eye open for people fleeing from wreckage. there will be plenty enough to pillage here, and the violence was reward enough.

also, try to capture weak humans for slave work and amusement.

>>6932163
You shatter the wall, emerging into the room just in time to see the familiar form of the axeman rushing out of the room. There are three human youths cowering against the staircase to the second floor. The severed torso of a kobold lies in the middle of a pool of blood, on top of a table.

grab one of the youths and threaten to eat him alive unless the axe wielder surrenders. (likely he won't, but who knows)

>>6932211
Grab youths and throw them out so your forces can capture them immediately. Leave the inn and destroy it so it collapses. Order two kobolds to guard the building to ensure no one survives it and to look out for possible aid from another town. Begin looting and capturing humans, using their carriages to hold the humans so they may be transported easily.

>>6932211
Throw the pike at him, or where he'll be through the wall. I feel a dice roll would be appropriate here.

rolled 3, 4 = 7

FIND THE DWARF AND DISARM HIM BEFORE HE CAUSES MORE CASULTIES

dont kill em though

>>6932256
(Geez, making me dig out my dice. I kid, but let's see... rolling a d6 here and...5)

Out of fustration you hurl your pike through the back wall, it passes through the wall and collides with something that twists and falls down. You throw two of the youths to your waiting lieutenants. Taking the remaining human in your hands you bellow out your threat in awkwardly spoken Dwarven.

>>6932307
Oh god the tension.

Awesome

You hear the sounds of struggle from the back of the inn.

>>6932329
The weakling is harmed, now is the time to either send others in after him and escape before the fire overtakes the rest of the inn or leave and let his fate be with the flames. I suggest leaving him to die, he is too impudent to make a good slave

>>6932329
Move forward. Can't decide if we should kill the hostage or not. Just knock him out or throw him outside or something.

Investigate personally, we have already lost at least two kobolds, we cannot afford more losses with the relatively small band we have right now.

how much of the inn is on fire at the point?

>>6932359
>>6932365
Trolls are too big to easily manage through doorways. The time there would put you at great risk when some kobolds could drag him out in a few seconds

>>6932365
>>6932356
>>6932359

Throwing the youth against the stairs, you move to the back of the Inn and see two of your kobolds injured and one dead. The axeman is near the palleside, digging through one of his pouches.

>>6932403
Throw the second pike. Spit the fucker.

>>6932383
It is still confined to the upper floor but thick smoke is beginning to pour down the stairs. From outside you can see that the entire right side of the upper floor is ablaze.

bull rush axeman, strike at his axing arm. destroy destroy destroy!

do we know how many of our number are accounted for? if any are missing find out what the noise is about. otherwise, fuck that noise and lets round up the loot

rush the little runt with all the strength you can muster and plaster his sorry ass against the wall.

>>6932442
>>6932427
Throw the other pike, dudes. You really want to get his fucking flash powder or acid flask in your face?

throw the pike!

You hurl your pike.
(Roll=3)
It sails through the air, hitting his shin, going clean through. You bullrush the Dward. You see him raise a bottle to his lips and drink, just as you collide with him. His body yields and you are surrounded by a cloud of smoke as his body disintegrates.

goddamn magical vanishing leprechauns

we smashed him so hard he turned into a bloody mist!

>>6932486
He's aiming to escape, and with this smoke form, it looks like he will. Unless there is a way to harm it, book it outside. No purpose in getting killed trying to fight smoke

>>6932486
Oh well, at least we fucked up his leg. Let's get out of there right quick now.

>>6932516
I thought we were supposed to be a smart troll...

nigs. allright, round up the gang and get the loot back home. no need to hang around here too long

fuck it, order one lieutenant and some kobolds to help you loot this building before it burns down completely. second lieutenant is to take another handful of kobolds and loot the rest of the buildings. third lieutenant and remainder of kobolds should watch out for other guard, etc, as well as keep an eye on our prisoners.

now we're fighting fuckin dracula. wagons, humans, weapons. load it all up an gogogo

We need to get the hell out of dodge before he kills any more of our troops!

>>6932547
you mean the burning building that we smashed a big hole into? we're a smart troll remember? get outside and grab our loot

i will not run in fear from this wounded dorf! continue with this plan >>6932547

>>6932547
You stand the prisoners, about twenty five in total in the middle of the village. Beside them, you stack a pile of loot. There are 23 barrels, 9 crates and 4 chests. There are also a number of less useful items that you've scattered in from of the houses while you were looting them. Most of the village is in flames or burnt to cinders by this point.

You've lost five Kobolds in total, bringing you to 12 Kobolds currently in the area. four of those are heavily wounded.

oh smart troll, i keep forgetting that part.

Okay, exit burning inn. loot rest of buildings.

OH, IMPORTANT

When you get back, BEFORE eating the elf, torture it into revealing what magics could improve upon the troll form. After all, it seems that you mountain trolls seem tied to the earth, maybe earth magic or something might refine you.

>>6932636
that sounds fun. troll elemental!

misison accomplished. back to base

>>6932626
Gather these supplies, prisoners, and the wounded so you may return to the cave by wagons. Also remember to take any weapons you come across, the crossbows and lances may prove useful in the future, especially for defending your warren. Once home, make an inventory of what you have gathered, especially food and of monetary value. A prison may need to be constructed for the slaves and one troll may need to be slave master.

>>6932636
Still too valuable to eat. Besides, we have 25 other people less useful that we can eat if we want to.

>>6932626
We need to better equip our kobolds. we should strip the dead guards for their armor and weapons. The stuff that doesn't fit we can sell to more humanoid creatures later. Load up the trolls with as much of the most valuble stuff as possible, tell the kobolds they can take whatever is left over, we need the valuables to fund developments/plots. Instruct the kobolds to shoot any captive who tries to run when returning back to base.

You arrive back at the ravine as the sun is rising. You bring the parts of the loot you can carry, and quickly get into cover. The Elf is sitting in the chamber, watched over by the nursing mother and the Kobold scout you sent out a few days ago. The pups are currently in a magic lesson, it appears two of them have particular talent.

(Where exactly do you want to keep the prisoners?)

no need to strip guards. there's probably carts around here somewhere, throw loot and dead guards into carts, have slaves pull wagons.

>>6932751
Depending on how many there are, you may need a few rooms. They should be kept at maybe 5-10 at one time in a room. Two guards should always be stationed with them, and encourage punishment if prisoners do not follow orders. They need to understand you are the boss and they do as you say or they will die.

>>6932723
The barrels appear to be full of foodstuffs. Three contains salted meat, two contain a mass of pickled cabbage in brine and the rest contain various kinds of alchool.
The crates contain wool in various stages of production: freshly sheered, spun and woven.
The chests are split evenly into containing glass and parchment.

>>6932754
Comes with the benefit of not having to waste any of those slaves on food for the time being, also comes in handy for food to feed the slaves (how else were we going to feed 25 slaves?)

we should keep the slaves in a pit guarded 24/7 by at least two guards. when we need to bring one out, we lower a rope ladder. pit should be inside to further reduce chance of escape.

i like the pits idea. have slaves dig 5 pits, have two guards to each pit, 5 slaves to a pit.

>>6932824
Food stockpiles will provide useful while you recuperate and begin planning next attack. Instruct elder to interrogate humans so that a seamstress or clothing maker is found and is put to work making bolts of cloth from the wool. Glass and parchment appear to be useless, but might be needed in the future.

>>6932825
Use of pits is highly recommended, but slaves should number less than 12-15 per hole to prevent uprising. Feed them meager rations for now, as being fed more will be a reward in the future for them when they are set to work. Men will be best at physical labor while females will tend to minor assistance for den mothers or whatever simple tasks are needed.

If there are any human/elf infants, give them to the females to raise, if they survive, you will have more soldiers (and ones more adept at infiltrating human cities)

>>6932825
>>6932850
Recruiting some of the mothers to help, you manage to wrangle enough guards to watch the pits. Off set from the Troll's bed chamber (and the only one with a ceiling large enough for you to stand is a divided chamber with five separate pits.
Feeling elated, you settle into your bedding in the main chamber and sleep.

You awaken as night is falling again. The wounded Kobolds have been healed. The messenger Kobold lays in the dirt in front of you in supplication.

im all for the human/elf brainwashing

Forcibly question elf about earth magic, and it's potential benefits if used upon you (to improve/augment oneself). Barring that being viable, ask about any magics that could strengthen you.

Have Kobold priest present so that he can try to catch her is she attempts falsehood.

Tell her that if she cooperates, and can improve you, you will spare her life, and let her go free in exchange for services rendered (this being a lie). Make sure the priest knows the general plan here beforehand.

Make sure other golems are kept distant so they can't interject and ruin the charade.

Magic is a potent thing, it is best learned of.

>>6932933
Have him relay the message immediately. If it was more important, he would have waken us

>>6932925
You pull two infants away from their mothers and give them to the Kobolds to raise. One is a half-elf and the other, a human.

>>6932971
I am curious as to how magic works in the setting as well: If we could get magic runes etched into our stone hide, that would be quite handy, pending the discovery of the right kinds of runes/magic.

>>6932925
deal with the messanger and immediatley turn our attention to the raising of human and elf warriors

>>6932971
i like the way you think

>>6932971
Informing the priest of your plans, you interrogate the Elf. She tells you that she doesn't think your hide is actually close enough to stone to be improved by earth magic. She tells you that she knows some short term spells for strength and intelligence enhancement but would need some study to be able to cast them. For anything more powerful or long term, she would need a new spellbook.

The priest confirms that as far as he call tell, she is telling the truth.

>>6933041
(Derp, forgot the first part of this one)

>>6932981
The Kobold tells you that a satyr has declared his interest and will be coming to a nearby meadow tomorrow night for a meeting.

>>6933041
hmmm prehaps once we have a more powerful force we can raid a mage's home/shop for somthing she can use. how exactly are mages organized in this setting op? are magic books sold in stores for anyone to purchase or are they available only to mages and magic schools?

>>6933081
excellent. make sure the elf prisoner is being treated well, ideally we want this woman to develop Stockholm syndrome so she becomes more useful and reliable

>>6933107
(Only really found in the homes of mages, at schools or in the collections of wealthy people)

>>6933041
It's very possible she could betray us, so I would not go this route. Armor can easily be made if defense is the concern.

>>6933081
Why would a satyr want to meet us? Unless it is considering trade, it most likely will not be able to help us. If the meeting goes along, make sure to be ready to flee the situation if needed.

Also now suggesting having a human attendant to serve our needs. Teach it our language by beating it if it does not do what we say. This human translator may provide use should more humanoids approach us.

>>6933139
potentally exploitable. all we need now is to locate a man of importance and wealth. but that is a task for when we are far more powerfull. in the mean time, lets decide the nights agenda. are all the pits in working order?

>>6933158
agreed a human translator would be benificial. who is this satyr? do we know anything about him or why he wishes to meet with us?

Check our base of operations and it's status, we wouldn't want to accidentally overlook anything that could bring our destruction.

>>6933184

It's either a trap, He needs something from us, or he is interested in trade/helping us for his own purposes. Needless to say saytrs are tricky beings. Best to exert caution.

>>6933158
>>6933163
>>6933184
>>6933191
how are the pits doin? and why does the goatman want to meet?

Satyr is interested in elf, didn't we send out a kobold checking for interest?

>>6932016
I think we and the Kobold leader should take the tme to learn common

>>6933158
>>6933184
>>6933163
>>6933191

You sent the scout out to look for creatures interested in trading for the Elf. Your scout found him wandering through the forests on the mountain.
All the pits are in working order and filled with the prisoners.
Everything appears to be in order, the three wagons you used to bring the loot back to the ravine are still sitting at the edge of the cliff.

>>6933241
Additionally, one of the humans speaks a tiny bit of Gobbish and ou begin to train him as a Trollish translator, albiet slowly.

>>6933241
the elf is proving to be very valuable. he better have one hell of an offer. in the mean time, any chance of scouting out some other kobold or troll groups in the area? im sure they could be made to see how joining us would be benificial to their survival

>>6933241
What of value would a satyr have? She may prove more useful as a magic teacher than currency, but perhaps the satyr has something worth to trade. If trade continues, bring some kobolds to fight your way out if it's a trap. Hide the wagons somewhere so they do not reveal our location. Under the bridge would be the best option

>>6933304
theres very little chance the saytr has anything worth trading the elf for but we should still met with him to see if there is anything else he would like to trade for. bring along some kobolds to follow in secret and one of the trolls in case shit goes crazy

Even if we wanna keep the Mage, should have another elf or so to trade, failing that, female humans.

>>6933272
The only group of trolls you know of in the area is the band of trolls your lieutenants came from.
>>6933304
The Kobold says that the Satyr did not mention what he had to trade.

>>6933346
we should try and look for the other trolls.

(Yeah, looks like I'll be stopping here for tonight, been a pleasure /tg/)

>>6933479
Seeing as most trolls seem to be coming from the mountains, it's unlikely we'll come across anymore in the near future.

>>6933346
Proceed with meeting, but have a bagged human in place of elf at the front. Elf should be hidden with a group of goblins as they watch you and a small retinue talk with satyr.

>>6933548
Ok, Thanks again for the fun quest TrollTime.

>>6933548
Was lots of fun. I'm off like a prom dress!