All combat elementalist teams to the North Wall to take care of those war-forms. Lena to get to a position where she can snipe those things.

All East Wall ballistae teams, target the siege towers and time on target.
Grenadiers to get their oil and grease ready.

>>14803510
"Fire all the caltrops. Ballistas, maximum shooting speed. Get half of the mercs on the south wall to the east wall. And get Collin over here. We are going to need him."

Also, should we deal with the plant monsters or the normal troops first? By the way, I'm the guy who suggested putting the fire runes on the ammo. I decided to namefag.

I need a better idea of the situation.

North wall: Two of the big nasties?

East wall: How many big nasties? Did the one in the tower stuck outside hatch? Did the one in the tower that was toasted by Laelith hatch?

>>14803616
and i forgot to name. D'OH!

>map, yes the two on the north wall hatched

>>14803682
What about the two on the East Wall? Are they just regular siege towers now?

Info from IRC: Green goo means both towers still on our wall also hatched.

>>14803600
Have to second this, however, we might want to try to lead a charge into those towers and kill the heart. As long as they live, in theory the enemy can keep pumping out these troops for free it seems. Taking out the towers that are coming is important though. We can't afford to give them even more access to our walls.

>>14803600
Addendum:
Daeseu and Collin to the East Wall, since that's where the enemy is concentrating their main conventional forces. We need to destroy those towers.

Justinian, Laelith, and Sansa to also go over to the East Wall. We'll concentrate on the north living tower first.

Also, I think we should place ourselves on the northern part of the east wall this time. I think the south should be fine. Collin should be on the southern part of the wall to help them out and keep Laelith with us so she can help us clear the northern part and perhaps send her to the north wall to clear those living towers if we can get this under control. Sansa can stick with us for now as well.

Also, I suppose we should have our manogels and such target the incoming ram.

Troops on south and west walls should hold, in case the Uurlanthi try anything funny. They should move to plug in any major gaps that show up in our lines on the north and east walls.

Collin and Lena/Bellatrix should move to the north wall to assist. Use the auto-wagons or borrow a horse if it helps.

Laelith and Sansa with us on the east wall.

>>14803788
I'm really worried about the north wall at this point. I think we should at least send Lena/Bellatrix there to counter the big monster things.

Pax, are the towers still magical at this point? I'm under the impression that the enemy life elementalists "merged" to form the big monsters?

>>14803833
Well in the first post I seconded, it said send the elementalist combat teams to the north wall. I assumed that meant Lena while we keep Laelith with us for now.

>>14803833
No, never mind. They were hatched. I remember now.

We may need to storm these towers as well.

Siege engines should attack the large monsters if possible. Otherwise target the incoming towers and rams. Anti-magic ammo and flaming ammo.

rolled 19 = 19

>>14803867
I imagine the siege engines are more likely to hit our own men at this point sadly. Combat.

Okay, consensus seems to be:

West/south wall troops hold in reserve.

Lena/Bellatrix and combat elementalists reinforce the north wall.

Laelith, Sansa, Collin, Daeseu and us to the east wall.

>>14803921
Yes, pretty much.

Are Wulf and Jayne recovered yet?

>>14803944
Likely not. Also, I hope our repeater crossbows are going to prove their worth against their air units.

Seige engine that are free should focus thinning the ranks of the enemies rushing for our gate. Do we need a command roll yet?

>>14803833
>as far as you know at this point and juncture, yes.

You fire off a quick series of signals from your ring, before sprinting to the east wall with Laelith and Sansa in tow. the sky is filled with repeater bolts, both those arcing towards the approaching sergeants, and those trying desperately to swat enemy flying cavalry to the sky. You reach the front of Gaius' unit very quickly, all things considered. Without even thinking about it you and Sansa hack through the larger, more thickly armored creatures protecting the obvious leader, though as soon as you do so the rest of the beasts back off leaving just yourself and the slender, gray-brown skinned thing squared off against each other, baradiche and reach on one side, steel armor, a longblade and a shield on the opposite. You spare a glance to your right to see Collin in a similar situation, Laelith and Daeseu happily slaughtering the lesser creatures with the grace and power that only they can acheive. As massive boulders begin impacting the gatehouse area, you make your move, a quick lunging stab and a following shield punch, like mercury the abomination slides away from your lighting strike, coming around with its baradiche in an attempt to take out your legs. You spin away from the strike, and counter witha backhanded slash, which the creature catches on his baradiches haft, though the kick to his chest is not impeded. The creature snarls at you as it falls back, so you move up to cut it, though with its thick scaly skin and your being at the end of your reach it is only a shallow cut in its chest. The thing spins away, and begins pacing the circle, ignoring your men as they slaughter its servnats, its murderously intelligent eyes focused solely on you.

Our air units should muster and fight defensively over the city. Especially protect our siege engines. Let the heavy repeaters thin out the enemy ranks first. Otherwise we'd have no chance winning.

No consensus on siege engine target. Troops or incoming towers (and that big-ass ram).

rolled 29 = 29

>>14804112
Elementalism roll. Orbiting rock shield around us that will smash into the thing's face.

>>14804136
I think we should have the siege engines target the armored sergeants as they get in range. If our trebuchet is up, have it target that ram.

>>14804190
I don't know. We might want to focus on that ram for now. At least to see if it's protected or not. And our batteries should focus on ripping apart their towers coming in.

>>14804112
>>14804136
Hit the infantry for now, towers when they are closer

rolled 44 = 44

Combat roll again.

rolled 61 = 61

Combat roll.

>>14804213
Using this as command

rolled 71 = 71

>>14804213
>command

You quickly signal for the Balistae to fire into the enemy infantry until the siege equipment is closer. You foe rewards you for that with a roundhouse kick to the side of your head, sending your helmet flying off of your head, and the wall. Before he can land a blow you hurl a loose stone into his face with your elementalism, evening the score. Seconds later the deadly dance resumes, the strange timbre of superhard bone on meteorite, the swooshing of missed strikes scything through the air, even the grunts and roars of exertion seem more real to you than the war going on outside the circle. The scream of uurlanthi soldiers being skewered by balista bolts, the rough splatter of riders and flying beasts striking the wall and ground, all of it seems miles away as you focus on getting though your foes defenses. The beast smiles, and licks its flat,formless lips with its forked tongue, and launches into another assault.

rolled 78 = 78

>>14804410
Elementalism roll.
Let's root him in place and spike him.

rolled 30 = 30

>>14804410
combat roll

rolled 37 = 37

>>14804410
Towers are not close enough yet, continue firing on the infantry.

>command

Can we try "signal flare IN DA FACE" again?

>-----
>audio for this fight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOAHva8TF_M
>-----

You dodge your foes lunge, and roll out of the way of his sweep, buying yourself a second to see that the slaughter of the uurlanthi abominations continues unabated, though they continue to hurl themselves at your soldiers. You see one of your men fall, and a small group of the things descend upon him like starving badgers, dying in droves to eat the flesh from his still living form, coming up twice as fierce and fast even after a single bite. Then you are forced to leap to the side to avoid another downward swipe from your foe. A gout of flame accents a shout of triumph from Sansa, your foe spins, observing the battle and striking at you at once, his tendrils whipping out at your face. You try to erect a massive spike from the wall to pin the thing in place. However, it must have felt the shift, as it uses the rapidly rising stone as a springboard, flying nearly ten feet up, wheeling its bone baradiche above its head. You twist away from the blow as the creature lands, sending tiny shards of stone in all directions where the tip of its blade bit the wall. You turn your twist into an attack, and manage to mirror the slit on the things chest, twice as deep on its back. Again you are forced to punch it with your shield to avoid its lightning fast response from disemboweling you. Snarling, you begin to circle again, lashing out to decapitate a trio of its minions that are trying to inch along the outside of the ring both sides have left clear for the fight.

rolled 99 = 99

>>14804586
Combat roll.

rolled 16 = 16

>>14804599
Oh dear god. Someone botch this good.

rolled 54 = 54

Botch time? Combat roll again.

>>14804599
We must botch this or we will die.

rolled 52 = 52

>>14804599
Botch that shit!

rolled 89 = 89

elementalism, hope I don't pull a Maximus

smack him in the face again.

rolled 56 = 56

>>14804639
Mighty Odin, what the fuck.

rolled 100 = 100

Instruct the men to not get beaten by some goddamn plants.

Command roll.

>>14804639
You basically pulled a me. High five! The dice hate us at the worst times.

Get the ballista to hit the towers if they can. Has the ram been hit at all by the siege weapons behind the walls?

rolled 40 = 40

>>14804586
>>14804586
Towers still not quite close enough. Artillery to continue firing on the infantry. Also, I'd like another wave of grenades thrown into the "mouth of the tower.

>command

>>14804646
And if it makes you all feel better, I just got topped. Let us never speak of this horrible round again. A 99, an 98 and a 100. Wow.

>>14804646
No more rolling for this man.

rolled 44 = 44

>>14804646
>>14804599
>>14804639
wow, this is horrendous. dice gods, why have you forsaken us!

>>14804646
Need a d100 version of this.

Remember lads! Your enemy are a bunch of fools!

The beast leaps at you, arcing its baradiche in a wide sweep, which you dodge, then duck and move to strike back at him, though he blocks the blow. You tear a handful of stones from the wall in front of you and launch them at the beast, shouting out "DONT GET BEATEN BY A BU-" and then the largest of the rocks smashes your jaw, tearing teeth and cheek-flesh loose. The monster strikes the second stone, only milliseconds behind the first back at you with the but of his baradice, and launches forward behind the stone, which tears a shallow gouge in your right shoulder-guard. The abominations finger snakes into the hole as he flashes past you, tearing a chunk of flesh loose from your body, and sliding it into his mouth as the thing turns to face you again, a wicked smile on its almost lipless face.

rolled 89 = 89

>>14804827
let's see if the dice gods are still being cunts. Combat roll

rolled 36 = 36

>>14804862
sure seems that way, and that's the second 89 I've rolled in a row. Looks like I'm done.

rolled 77 = 77

>>14804827

Cleave that smile in two with an earth spike.

Elementalism

rolled 13 = 13

>>14804827
Elementalism roll.
Spike his ass. Maybe we can salvage this.

rolled 20 = 20

>>14804827

Fuck me, I usually lurk in this quest thread, but I feel obligated to step in and help out now.

Elementalism roll. Spike the fucker up the ass. He's made us angry.

>>14804891
See if we can at least use this for command or something... Damnit all.

rolled 54 = 54

The problem is we've got the wrong music playing.
Try this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTBqVx3v92U

Elementalism roll.

rolled 74 = 74

Towers still not quite close enough. Artillery to continue firing on the infantry. Also, I'd like another wave of grenades thrown into the "mouth" of the living towers.
>Command

>dayum. as you didnt botch last session you have a skill opportunity here. switch the two combat rolls and take the next step donw the Warrior skill tree (-10 to all combat rolls)
>>14804862
>>14804872
>or switch the two elementalism rolls and get combat elementalist (- 5 to all ele. rolls)
>>14804887
>>14804891

What the flying fuck dice?

rolled 54 = 54

>>14804862
>>14804887
>>14804926
We're fucked.

>>14804929
COMBAT ROLL, COMBAT ROLL, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD COMBAT ROLL

>>14804929
I have to say combat roll. We are pretty fucked at this point if we don't. I'll probably regret not taking elementalism but at least we'll have a decent bonus to our rolls in the future.

In terms of commands, focus on the towers or ram at this point I think.

>>14804929
I vote combat elementalism.
The 13 has a better chance of killing him, since a 19 Combat wasn't enough to do significant damage last time.

>>14804970
>>14804970

I agree. 13 is lower than 36 and we need all the help we can get.

-10 to combat rolls. Can't use elementalism if we're bleeding out due to multiple stab wounds.

>>14804970
Elementalism rolls have never been enough to finish people off though. Plus in theory the roll would be a 26 with our trait, if I am assuming that's how it works. A little better.

Hey guys what did I mi-
>>14804862
>>14804887
>>14804926
>mfw


Combat roll bonus, please?

>>14804994

Point taken.

Go with the Combat bonus.

>>14805013
Don't forget my 100.

>>14805031

I think we'd all very much like to forget that 100.

Again the thing lunges at you, though this time you are ready, parrying the stab expertly, sidesteping the abominations body, and stepping your foot back to send the thing sprawling to the ground. You prepare to stove its head in with the same stones it used to damn near break your jaw, when a brilliant white flash lances down from the sky. You stones crash into the wall, sending a series of cracks and splinters back towards the walls face. Your blade strikes true, leaving a deep gouge in the abominations right arm, a gout of pearlescent black ichor spewing forth from the deep wound. You look up to see a pair of young forms supporting each other through the city. Both in naught but their smallcloths, one looking emaciated and near dead, the other haggered and beaten. The former is issuing forth bolts of lighting to smite the enemy aerial cavalry, the latter staring blankly at a massive crater where the western Living tower on the north wall once stood. You cannot tell which is supporting the other. Your foe again lunging at you brings you back to the matter at hand, and the fight you are embroiled in.

rolled 51 = 51

COMBAT ROLL

rolled 4 = 4

>>14805098
Time to redeem myself. Combat!

>>14805109
... Damnit. I had such an awesome roll. Make mine elementalism then. Spike him good so he can't move around or not as easily. Or just kill him.

rolled 43 = 43

One last roll before I head to dinner.

Elementalism roll. Stone spike up thine posterior, sir.

>>14805115
>>14805109
GODDAMNIT

Oh. Sorry Max. Let's use yours for Command or use mine for Command.

>>14805115
Can this be our elementalism roll this turn?

>>14805115
Can we use this one as elementalism instead?

Maybe use my roll for command?

Ballistaes start hitting the approaching siege towers. Anti-magic ammo and flaming ammo.

>>14805134
I say make yours command. In terms of command, let's start pouring fire into the towers and rams. I think they're close enough. And damnit, we really need to kill these plant things...

>as the 4 was a double-up it can take the as of yet unrolled command. now agree on some commands

>>14805170
This for our command then.

>>14805177
Bleh. Fine. Focus ballista and siege weapons on the towers and rams. Whatever is in range. And I hope Laelith or someone has some idea on how we can push into the towers or take them out since those hordes of green monsters are not disappearing.

>>14805177
Have the ballistae switch fire to approaching siege towers and battering ram. Incendiary and anti-magic ammunition as the artillery crew sees fit.

If the towers aren't using magic shields, don't waste anti-magic bolts on them.

Back and forth the exchange continues, both you and your opposite now regularly scoring hits, both of you wearing down. You manage to put a stone spike through the things shin even, though it just grins and takes a bite out of your forearm on its next pass. Your balista batteries begin to hammer the approaching siege engines, though they still press onward. Block parry thrust. Your archers step up ever so slightly to get more direct firing angles. Block Parry Slash. The enemy will be climbing the wall soon. BLOCK PARRY LUNGE. Your foe glances about nervously, finally noticing the crater were the northwest tower was, and Laelith calls all the fire in the area back towards herself. A quick stab reminds your foe of where he is, though again the kill evades you. Massive eyes, unseen yet well known seem to be upon you as you circle your foe again, both of you pacing like wounded, angry beasts, hungrily eying your abuser, and finally free of your chains.

rolled 25 = 25

>>14805304
COMBAT ROLL HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
ALSO HOLDING DOWN SHIFT FOR EMPHASIS

rolled 26 = 26

>>14805315
I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO THIS SHIFT THING

ELEMENTALISM

>>14805315
YES! FUCKING YES! EAT THAT SHITBAG!

Elementalism roll GO

rolled 71 = 71

>>14805304
Keep up the fire on the towers and ram coming in. Let's make them regret pushing again. Command.

rolled 69 = 69

>>14805350
way to not hold shift Maximus

Suddenly, I am remembering how well we rolled when typing all caps during the fight where we discovered angry dwarves solve every problem.

rolled 7 = 7

>>14805350
WHERE IS YOUR SHIFT HOLDING SKILLS MAX!

rolled 3 = 3

>>14805376
>7

LOOKS LIKE THE DICE GODS HAVE SPOKEN! PRAISE SHIFT!

rolled 41 = 41

>>14805358
That's what you meant. Didn't get you at the time. And don't blame me. My dice are wildly inconsistent.

rolled 75 = 75

>>14805315
>>14805339
>>14805385
>>14805376
I GOTTA HAVE SOME OF THE SHIT YOU GUYS ARE SMOKIN'

>>14805385
>>14805376
>>14805339
>>14805315

Proof that holding down the shift key brings good rolls.

rolled 32 = 32

>>14805401
Sorry brah, you can't, you don't believe in gods. We praise the shift god, and he rewards.

rolled 43 = 43

>>14805424
Bah, you and your gods. We should kill them and feast upon their entrails.

You stab and slash, hack and block, but it seems like ages where neither you nor your foe can get the upper hand. Then Laelith unleashes her fury, and in a brilliant red-orange flash the southmost Living tower is a pillar of flame. Somehow, both you and your foe end up grappling on the ground, and damn, the fucker is stronger than Garagush' sex drive. The wailing of the uurlanthi abominations can be heard, and you know you did something with your elementalism, but you are clueless as to what as you and your foe trade off slamming each others skulls into the stones beneath you.

And suddenly, your foe is snaked out from underneath you, he sprints away... through, Uurlanthi? either way the lanky thing leaps off the wall, lands, and rapidly hobbles after the smaller, more primitive versions of himself, catching them in no time. Both siege towers lie dead on the field, and you see massive stone spikes holding the ram at bay. Soemthing familiar, with a voice that is not yet resounds in your head, smelling of the smelter and the anvil somehow, though it has neather substance nor weight, reassuring you that you will not be alone. "Justinian!!" Jayne bellows, Spites reigns in her hand, as she sites atop Stormcloud, the rest of the noble cavalry milling about behind her.

rolled 6 = 6

>>14805510
Command roll here,

"MUSTER YOUR RESOLVE MEN, TIME TO MAKE DUE ON YOUR SEMI-IDLED TIME IN THE CITY. *mounting on Spite* WE CHARGE FOR THE GLORY AND HONOR THAT IS THE DEGNARIAN EMPIRE, THE 2nd PRAETORIAN, AND FOR ME MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS FOR THE DRAGON OF THE EMPIRE!"

>>14805510
Alright, sounds like it's time to introduce the Uurlanthi to Degnarian cavalry.
Let's get on top of Spite, but try to see what the Uurlanthi war-form is doing before dropping down and ordering the gates to open for a sally.

>>14805560
I guess we should also have our siege weapons focus on the towers as well. Might as well finish them off if we can.

rolled 43 = 43

COMBAT ROLL

rolled 69 = 69

I'LL TRY YOUR METHODS THEN. COMBAT.

rolled 29 = 29

so if we sally, it wouldn't be the smartest thing to hit their camp since I assume they could muster a sizable enough force considering their pool of units and quite a bit would be spearmen knowing our luck......the only way I can think of turning this into a decisive victory is to slaughter the men on teh field, then see if we can call the commanders to the field to address them in a parlay

>>14805654
It's unlikely they'll do a parley. The best we can hope for is to wipe their men from the field today.

rolled 23 = 23

>>14805510
Elementalism roll. Have spikes rip through the northern enemy flanks.

>>14805654
Parley for what? Their not going to leave without taking the city, and we sure as hell ain't gonna give them anything.

You look off to see all four groups of... creatures, scattering in separate directions, one headed for Degnarian soil, two simply headed north, and the southmost headed straight for Uurlanth. You leap from the wall and land on Spites back. "Men of Degnar!!" you shout, feeling Jaynes rejuvenating powers going to work on your savaged body "Now we will show these Uurlanthi dogs our true might, we shall smite them with our indomitable spirit! AND WE WILL REMIND THEM THAT _THIS_ _IS_ _OUR_ _CITY!!!!!!!!!_" you scream as the gates begin to open, the local noble wings reponding with cries of "HOME!", while the Garlian and Morzitus riders simply reply with a rousing "DEGNAR!!". In the sky, a brilliant flash can be seen, and as you break back into the midday sun, you realize that the field is already full of riders, luminescent in silver and in gold, their livery that of Degnar, Uurlanthi knights from ages long past, even Lacerta bearing the badges of their Immortal masters. In the sky heroes on griffons and valkeries aid your beleaguered mercenaries alongside great shining wyverns. As the group of mortal riders bears down on the hastily readied spear-walls, you finally realize that it had been men at arms and blademasters pushing that ram, and that you and your men had went through them like a scythe through autumn wheat, not a single uurlanthi soldier having fallen. As you notice you are glowing slightly yourself, you see a wing of ghostly Degnarian riders form up before your group, the Uurlanthi and Immortals servants falling to the flanks. "WHOSE BLOOD FLOWS THROUGH OUR VEINS?" you shout out "WHY IS IT THAT WE ARE THE TRUE LORDS OF THE BATTLEFIELD, AND HOW DO WE KNOW THAT TOUR FOES MINUTES ARE ALREADY COUNTED AND RECORDED??" you shout out, lowering your blood-soaked spear again, ready to drive through to the heart of the enemy camp.

rolled 49 = 49

>>14805804
Why not? In what situation have we actually tried diplomatic solutions? We outmaneuvered them, out-thought them, and fertilized Degnarian soil with their corpses.

Perhaps it is time for them to actually do a tactical retreat and recooperate. Them losing here doesn't mean that the line in the north still won't fall. Bring things that will actually be tactically sound and smart advice for them. If we were in their position, and we were being beaten and had lost probably more than half of our forces, you can bet I would accept defeat to save the rest of my maniple and redeem myself later rather than die senselessly on the battlefield.

>>14805848
>that should read "Not a single Degnarian soldier having fallen"

rolled 29 = 29

>>14805848
Well then. Let's abuse this sudden help from a goddess and run down the enemy camp. Combat.

>>14805851

The enemy offered no quarter to ANYONE inside the city.

We offer none in return. If their men flee, let them run. If the leadership flees, chase them down like dogs.

No one marches onto Degnarian soil, lays siege to a city, and offers no quarter.

rolled 97 = 97

I'd like to disrupt the spear line with elementalism if that would be alright?

rolled 34 = 34

>>14805941
Ah, it's not about offering no quarter, it's about renegotiating the fact that A, it would be a lot better for the both of us if they just called it quits now. They've exhausted pretty much every resource they have by now and we are exhausting the rest of it simply by doing what we do. If they are not smart enough to call it quits then, hell, it just goes back to the way it was.

rolled 100 = 100

>>14805986
I don't fucking believe it...

The response to your questions come in scattershot and uneven, but it has its effect. Fearlessly your men ride through the remnants of the sergeants and armored sergeants, as the even now dissipating fallen heroes continue their ride, cowing the longbowmen for long enough to ensure that what would have been a devastating volley is inaccurate or too late in coming.

Onwards you ride through the wounded and the fleeing, into the heart of the enemy camp. and there, you are shocked by what you see. The man with whom you had parlayed weeks ago, lying dead, a chest full of arrows, along with the bulk of his bodyguards, and the men who you can only assume were the guards of the Uurlanthi whose emblem had been the crossed axes. And there stands the lanky one, his bloody, pierced skull flapping in the wind, the man staring at the scattering creatures "I was supposed to be able to control them..." he gapes, you dismount as your soldiers lay waste to the camp, and the sounds of battle coming from the wall quickly change to those of slaughter.

>>14806000
Well, I'm just going to take the dice command out of my email field now...

>>14806000
Damnit. We should have just been content with the combat roll based on how the guys in the ramp were butchered. Now we're going to look less awesome.

>>14805986
>>14806000
Why would you do that, in our moment of triumph?

>>14806016
"Obviously not! I give you one chance, and one chance only: Yield or die!"

>>14806016
>>14806016
Will he live long enough for us to ask him what he has unleashed into our world?

rolled 91 = 91

>>14806016
There are some things that no one in existence should wield and control.

Proceed to stroll up and behead him?

>>14806055
I say take him alive. There are questions we can ask this one. Many questions. Like what the hell happened there.

rolled 45 = 45

>>14806061
I agree. Especially with the ones that got away, his information could be valuable (assuming he's sane enough to give information).

Okay, so to clear up what that scene was supposed to be:
The lanky one is one of the three commanders who parlayed with us a few weeks back.
The 'skull with piercing arrow' flapping in the wind is his banner.

"Some things cannot be controlled, and others should not be awoken. What did you do, you fool?" you ask, putting your sword to the back of his neck.

He turns to face you, face sliced and bleeding, his eyes dead "Killed my closest friends to unleash a horror long dead upon the world. Allowed myself to be duped by velveted words." He barks out a laugh, slicing the surface of his throat oh your blade as he does so "I was a pawn in some other, greater powers game. Please, mercy?" he begs, leaning into your blade "They were like brothers to me..."

Capture the enemy's standards/banners.

They can take the glory of killing the nobles from us, but we still stand victorious over their force and can claim their damned standards.

Still against giving any quarter, but if they want to surrender as a whole, I guess it wouldn't hurt.

We're still killing their leadership, though. After we torture them for information, of course.

>>14806136
Take him alive. I want to see what he means and I want to know what exactly he's done. Plus, with him taken, we might be able to get some of their men to surrender.

>>14806136
We need this guy alive. We capture him and bring him to the 2nd pretorian.

>>14806136

"You can have your death after you give me every bit of knowledge you have on those abominations. You owe your brothers to give anyone and everyone a way to destroy those... things.

rolled 48 = 48

>>14806136
"What did you unleash, tell me! Tell me what you did and where I can get information about it, and I'll grant you your peace."

>>14806136
"Once you've explained what you mean, I will consider your fate but until then, I will do with you as I see fit. As of this moment, you are now a prisoner of the Degnar Empire."

>>14806136
"Mercy? No. Your death will be made to serve a purpose."
Capture this man, keep him on suicide watch. We have questions, and he will answer them.

You shake your head, and sheath your blade "If they truly were your brothers, you owe it to them to ensure these abominations can be stopped, tell me what you know, and you will have your peace."

You stares blankly at the ruined city walls, another mirthless laugh "My sisters still in that one, I suppose. She didnt even want to join me here. didnt even believe in the Kingdoms Destiny, that we..." he trails off as you clear your throat "I was only told that they were a weapon to lay this city low. I was told that the answers were inside one of the abandoned Vilas archives." he answers.

>>14806237
"Who told you this and what Vila are you speaking of? Do you still have whatever told you how to use these things?"

rolled 20 = 20

>>14806237
"It appears I wasn't clear on what I meant in terms of relinquishing what you know. I want EVERYTHING. For now, you will come with me."

let us close this breaking of the siege now, clean up the field, etc.. etc..

>>14806237

"If you order your army to surrender, she might be saved from a pointless death."

>>14806237
"I want everything you know. EVERYTHING. Then we will consider granting you peace.
"With the gods returned, you may want to pray to Neshai before you start your journey towards her coast."

Let's take him into custody and clean up the battlefield.

>>14806307

or Pax can clarify that she's now part of a tower...

>>14806237
I wonder if we can get a boon from Nyetini to save the sister? As a step toward lasting peace between Degnar and Uurlanth, she does life so it could work.

>>14806338
An interesting proposal. We make ourself out to be even more a true hero while the Urlanthi prove themselves to be true monsters. I can get behind this.

>>14806338
sure let's see if we can cut her out of the tower

>>14806338
>>14806351
Nah, lets kill her to get on the good side of the cruelty goddess. She's pretty pissed at us.

>>14806338
I doubt it would be possible and I'm not sure if we want to waste a boon doing that. I don't think Uurlanth would care honestly with the way they throw people at the enemy in war.

You sigh "I said EVERYTHING, you will find me the tome, and then, MAYBE you will have your mercy." you respond harshly turning on your heel to see to the rest of the sieges breaking.

-----CQ-----

It takes until after nightfall to finally round up all of the prisoners, or kill the stubborn ones. The wall is a mess, the cities market in ruins, and the people thoroughly grateful, though Jaynes sister steals most of that praise from you with her relief efforts. some 300 peasant soldiers, all told. The knights and elfs all chose to fight instead of becoming prisoners, but its better than having killed all of them, you suppose. You find the broken man in the same study you ran the dead ex-governor to ground in, sitting in a corner, Sansa hunched over a single sheet of parchment, clearly torn from a book long ago, yet preserved lovingly nonetheless. "Its a genuine sheet, not a forgery, I'm afraid." the elf informs you, sounding frightened.

>>14806338
I'm not sure saving the sister of the madman who released the abominations that I have a feeling are going to be a major world-ending-class threat is going to go over well with all the people who've died so far. Also,
>four groups of... creatures, scattering in separate directions, one headed for Degnarian soil, two simply headed north, and the southmost headed straight for Uurlanth

When these things start spreading and killing people, both the Degnar and Uurlanthi are going to want the one who released them to pay.

Bet you ten bucks we get to go campaigning to hunt the creatures down.

>>14806338
....maybe.
At least have this guy point out the tower where his sister is. Maybe we can try freeing her.
But that's for after the siege is lifted, and the Uurlanthi army surrenders or is run down and killed.

>>14806365
This.

>>14806376

"And you released these things? Things so terrible, even the old bitch herself knew they had to die? And you put your own sister into one of those towers? History will record you as a monster, of that there is no doubt."

>>14806376
Okay, long-term future plans-start a broad search across the entire Degnarian Empire for any and all people of any race with any skill or potential in life elementalism. Consider either placing them under guard or conscripting them. These things apparently spawn new hives using life elementalists, let's not let them do that.

rolled 21 = 21

We need to get the sister out if we can. My line of thinking is along the lines of the edge that Jean Luke Picard had over the borg. If we somehow extract her, we might be able to figure out where they are going.

>>14806376
"You released back into the world something that took Shintja and her armies, WITH THE BACKING OF THE GODS THEMSELVES, 500 years to put down?
"I can only say, that I hope Uurlanth learns its lesson well."

Also, are any of the hives still alive? We may need to study them, and see if the elementalists inside can be salvaged.

>>14806376
Well, before doing the Nyetini thing, the first thing we need to do is to get this information to our reinforcements ans the Second. We broke the siege so he should have clear skies, right. If they see any sign of the damn things they are to BURNBABYBURN and do a DISCO INFERNO over the ashes.

>>14806448
An excellent point.

Hopefully, she can be pulled out in one piece somehow.

>>14806448
Seconding this, if still possible.

>>14806420

seconding

and lets give saving the sister with divine intervention a go

"You damned fool." you eventually manage minutes after finishing the page, your voice unnaturally calm "The Old Bitch herself thought they had to go, and ALL of the immortals, not a few dragons and Elemental Patriarchs or Matriarchs, all 16 immortals, put down their arguments, stopped fighting each other, pooled their strength, and it still took them 500 years to stop the problem. And you brought them back?"

"The destiny of the kingdom of Uurlanth is to unite all thinking beings under one united banner so that never again can the reasoning races be so abused as they once were. Under a single banner we will have justice, we will have peace, and we will have prosperity." the man recites, his voice even less emotional than yours. You attempt to ask him about his sister, but he just starts the same statement over again before you can finish. Sighing you stand up, and send a full letter and status update to the 2nd.

-----CQ-----

The next morning you are standing outside the Hive Spire that originally was partly the captured noblemans sister. "I doubt she remains." the man with the syptionus vine informs you, keeping the thing dormant with his now much more powerful vine, his entire upper torso, and his right arm down to the elbow covered in its woody growth. "Though if you with to try you are more than welcome to try to enter that thing and to pull a part of its consciousness and body back out with you."

Laelilth strides up yo you, sunken eyed, but smiling "I did some figuring and reasearch last night, and with the amount of, and approximate power compared to the First age, it will take the nomad Loukys at least two years to be ready to start growing their new hives, though they will lie very, very low until then."

Lanky guy (does he have a name?) needs to tell us exactly which god he made his dark bargain with. That's the important part.

Let's call this one in. We need to phone Nyteni.

rolled 63 = 63

>>14806622
"In a moment."

Sit down, meditate, commune, etc... We need information, and we need it now.

>>14806622
"Volunteers only for this. I'm not sure if this mad scheme will even work, but if it means gleaning some intelligence on where those things plan to go, I'm willing to risk it."

Let's go in, and try to find us a girl to save.

You settle into a meditative stance "I'll know in a moment whether I will need some volunteers or not." you reply, quickly sliding into meditation and communication with the gods. You find yourself quickly bombarded with one general sensation from all ten, and it basically all boils down too "What the hell just happened?" the only real question for you right now however, is who to answer first, and what question is the right one to ask back.

>>14806705
Goddess of cruelty. Can't remember her name.

>>14806705
Find Nyteni. Request assistance getting the girl out.

"Which one of you brought the Loukys back?"

Seconding Nyetini.

Then go visit Rahnya and Jorga to thank them for their help.

>>14806726
Since we're already talking with them...
Seconding talking with Nyetini, then thanking Raynha and maybe Jorga if he helped.
Then broadcasting to all of the gods "Okay, who let the Loukys back in, because it wasn't me."

rolled 89 = 89

>>14806725
I seem to remember that Lamynus was in a bad enough mood to eat our soul the last time we communed with the gods.

>>14806705
General announcement to all the gods. "The Loukys are back. The Uurlanthians did the life elementalist sacrifice thing and now there are 4 bands of them running wild."

Then talk to Nyetini. And get her aid to get the girl out of there.

>>14806766
Then let's not show mercy to these Uurlanthi scum. We can win her over a bit.

>>14806778
At the cost of Raynha's support? Are you daft? Or just ignorant?

rolled 64 = 64

>>14806778
Pompeius? Is that you? The reason she hates us is because we converted one of her first worshippers in millenia away from her, being mean to some guys isn't going to fix that. And even if it did, fuck that bitch.

rolled 90 = 90

>>14806801
Atta boy, keep at 'er, playing the ignoring main character in the ero-ge will either make her go tsundere or yandere for us.........not sure if I want yandere though.

>>14806774
>>14806738
>>14806726
So, why are we trying to save this girl?

>>14806799
Neither. I just don't really like Raynha and like Lamnyus.

rolled 78 = 78

>>14806839 I refer you to my post >>14806448

>>14806839
To be awesome. And because the girl may possibly be able to sense them, ala Locutus of borg/Jean Luc Picard once we pull her out.

rolled 4 = 4

>>14806839
see if she has any idea about possible locations the hives are going. And to be a nice guy. And to say we seduced a tower once.

rolled 90 = 90

>>14806774
>>14806758
>>14806727
seconding a combination of this

You head over to Nyetini, and are quickly pulled into her domain, her striking features already covered, much to your dismay. "Ah, Justinian, I'm so very glad you came to me first. Do you think you could tell me what happened?" she asks, trailing a finger across your shoulders and stopping directly in front of you, looking up, hands at your hips, but not quite touching them, smiling.

"A man, very foolish, was duped into finding, and resurrecting three hives worth of Loukys, then into killing his closest friends when they tried to stop the madness." you reply honestly, trying very hard to keep a level head with the goddess of beauty and love holding herself so very close to you, trapping you in place without even touching you.

"Almost sounds like Baasheks work, but the guilty party was shielding their thoughts from all of us." the goddess muses, before sighing and heading over to the spring in the corner of this small, personal area of her domain. "Care to finish our conversation over a swim? The waters here have a wonderful effect for your mortal form." she promises, a wide grin on her face.

>>14806778
Err, she's not even in charge of cruelty. You're trying to suck up to the wrong goddess. Lamynus's portfolio is lust and gratuitous destruction. We stole Laelith from her.

Goddess of cruelty is pissed off at us but we have a truce with her for now.

>>14806873
The cruelty goddess is who I mean. The one whose army we killed that lives on that kickass boat.

rolled 16 = 16

>>14806866
I'm for taking a quick cannon ball by splashing her, break the ice etc, but we do need to make clear why we are here.

Ask her if we can save the girl in the tower, we think she might be one of the few if any at all to be able to resist or be strong enough to pull through as a dominant mind therefore be intact just from the character trait her brother offered us.

>>14806866
Is she offering a freebie cosmetic fix to our jaw?

Come on, that's what we have a skilled life elementalist on retainer for. That's the best she's going to try to bribe us with?

"I could go for that, yes. I have a request, though, one I believe to be inline with your morals. There is one woman in particular, still inside one of the towers. She is the sister of the commander I just captured. Is it possible to...reassemble her from that abominable mess?"

>>14806898
I second the conversational items, but you understand I must decline the acceptance of the offer for a swim.

>>14806900
This way is less painful and faster though. And the last time we turned down a freebie from Garagush, he got all angsty and bitchy on us, and he is a *male* god.

Swim with goddess of love. Ask for help with the Loukys and rescuing the enemy life elementalists. Offer to do some investigative work to find the guilty god.

>>14806945
This. Also, the cannonball.

>>14806945
>>14806898
This stuff in the realm of the gods does take time, and the longer we wait the harder it will be to free the girl/s. I say we (regretfully) decline and rush through the rest of this so as to get back to the mortal realm and start fixing this horrendous fuckup

>>14806961
Oh come on. No cannonball. We're in the presence of a goddess, not some ordinary tart.

>>14806898
A cannonball? What, try to win her over with our childish charm?

Besides, time still flows in the outside world. The longer we stay here, the worse the situation with the girl in the hive will get.

rolled 31 = 31

>>14806988
A goddess who is used to being treated with utmost respect by mortals, we are a peer remember? we made that clear with everyone in our dealings. Besides, we need to loosen up around her as well. Can't have our balls shoot up into our brain everytime we see her now can we?

>>14807016
>>14806980
>>14806988
>>14806917
Let it not be said that Justinian Trentz gets distracted when there is a woman in danger! Even if the distraction is another incredibly beautiful woman.

>>14807016
They've been in there for days. I don't think a few hours will make or break things.

Fine. *grumble grumble* Beg Nyetini for a rain check. Go thank Raynha and Jogra for doing us a solid, and then head back to the mortal realm.

Seriously, who turns down a swim date with Nyetini?

>>14807047
Someone who wants to get her panties wet by being hard to get.

>>14807047
not a red-blooded son of degnar, cannonball ahoy!

If it's not the gods, I'm thinking that it's that same damn cult again. If they plan to rule the world as liches with armies of Undead, then they don't care about parasites that suck up all the nutrients in the soil.

>>14807047
>>14807071
We have work to do, i'm ok with this stuff when there's nothing pressing but now is not the time

>>14807047
We're trying to save lives, man!

We are also asking what being a part of a hive mind would have done to these poor women, right? Have any of you stopped to think that maybe we can't bring them back as they were?

>>14807133
That's why we're asking a goddess if it can be done.

You smirk, and run up to leap into the pool, but you freeze mid-air "Dressed?" the goddess queries, raising an eyebrow at you. Before floating you back to the shore "Calmly please, little eager one." she chides, giggling.

You ease into the pool, only to be splashed in the face by the goddess, who laughs even more "What was-" you are cut off spluttering as you are splashed again and again, the goddess now laughing hysterically as you try to splash her back, but find that the pool will not stir for you, save to let you move about in it.

"Now, you had something you wanted to ask me about, right?" she asks as she calms down, leaning back against a root deeper in the pool, her shoulders just barely above the waterline.

You slowly collect yourself, before responding "There is a girl who was used to create one of those abominations... hives. Sister to the man I caught, who will likely die alone, loathed, and happy for it without some modicum of forgiveness from her. I was hoping you could..."
>cont'd

rolled 61 = 61

>>14807133
Yeh, I voiced that concern in IRC.....it might be bad, but we still have to try, and if push comes to shove, who knows, we might get a Louky "Queen/Princess."

The goddess frowns, and somehow the small, minimalist expression of sadness is heartbreaking on her face, like a ghost she stands, and swims through the water, coming up behind you, and wrapping you in a hug. Her skin making the water seem as coarse as tree-bark by comparison "They have been brought together, one life, one mind, one body... it even has one soul. Were it not an abomination that sends its children to die I would respect it." the goddess coos in your ear, you can see the smile on her face even though she is behind you, its rather hard to forget it. "This siege really wore you down, you were barely able to keep your thoughts coherent, arguing with yourself on how to accept my offer, or if playing hard to get would work on me." she pouts, releasing you from the hug, immediately leaving you feeling cold and alone somehow, longing for that touch to return "And you promised to be better sport this time too." she laments, before sending you back to the hub between realms. You spend a few moments clearing your head, and making sure all of your cloths are back on, and correct. Now the only question is, whom will you try to speak with next?

>remember, the gods didnt make creation, they just got left in charge of this chunk of it, and even they have rules they cant break

Rayhna.

>>14807161
Alright. Raynha next. Gotta thank her for the timely assist.

>>14807161
>"This siege really wore you down, you were barely able to keep your thoughts coherent, arguing with yourself on how to accept my offer, or if playing hard to get would work on me."
>"And you promised to be better sport this time too."

Wait, what?

rolled 60 = 60

>>14807192
Pax is using his GM joo-joo and metaing slightly because of IRC I assume is what you are missing

>>14807192
Just a way for Pax to demonstrate that the gods can read our mind unerringly when we're on their plane.

>>14807133
I think we have a pretty good idea of what it's like to be in a hive mind.

>>14807231
All we're missing is a single voice that can only think about SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE

You make a swift stop through to see Raynha, to thank her for helping you end the siege. In no short terms she tells you that with how you had been carrying yourself according to her tenants she was beginning to loose face with the other gods for having not helped you more than she already had. As for as the Loukys, Raynha is just as clueless as to the real perpetrator as you are, and argues that the whole scheme was too bold to be Baashek. She does however, hope that the threat will be dealt with swiftly before if can destroy and homes or families.

Jogras thoughts are much the same as his wifes, though he is simply glad that you allowed Sansa to have her revenge so cleanly. When you rise from your trance it is roughly midday, and aside from a few Grunt Loukys corpses strewn about, nothing has changed.

>gah, I'm tired as shit, I'm gonna call it here for tonight
>someone archive please
>I'll be back thursday at 9pm server time
>if you have any setting/CQ questions just email me at paxcomquest@yahoo.com

Wait... Sansa took her revenge already?

>>14807351
She got the evidence to fuck up McRape's Shit. The magic tape recorder remember.

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