We need to return to our capital now, we are going to have a hysterical barbarian with us soon.

Prepare for sortie!!!

First things first our new warlord needs levels so send her out on the cwoc with the hounds and have her start hunting with the goal of capturing multiple cwocs (have her go back and forth from a point to legates who will tirn the cwocs) and growwlogators (sound attack will be really nice). Also we should start popping wight foots to use with the hit and run on any units trying to enter our swamp and get too close also,has the hob been turned yet? and regarding flying scouts is it easier to hide in deeper swamp? (mentioned to reduce effectiveness of archers but not much else)

Sorry, was watching Bad Lip Reading.

>>18113255
>>18113325

It is your turn, yes, and swamps will help your units hide from enemy air forces to a degree, yes.

Queue up some Wight-Foots and head back then?

>>18113325

Oh, and the hob is yours. Was yours a while ago.

>>18113453
and some sappers.

I was thinking about how Guerrula wars were fought....
Punji sticks, holes, etc etc.

Also: For the roads in, at about a quarter of the way in, we trap the roads, with about an eight of the total distance being trapped two hexes deep along the edges of the roads.

Why? They hit the trap hex, and deciede to go around, and run into more traps. They are forced to backtrack until they have to come in a certain distance, and by putting traps two or more hexes deep, we make them believe there are far more traps. Four hexes deep would be preferable, but maybe not possible within the time alloted.

>>18113488

If you can figure out how to make traps, you can send someone to do it, yes. Or you can just delegate the job to a subordinate.

We need the frozen cty before goblin scouts start regularly appearing. First, bring the Queen to Rodrom, then explain the situation. Don't let her claim the city, we need the money more than they need a city. Also I don't know about joining the coalition fully. My thoughts were to hide the queen not have her decide our plans.

>>18113517
Delegate to a subordinate.

Always delegate that which we don't know.

Maybe one of the sappers, or wight foots will have an idea.

>>18113557

You set up a suggestion box.

>>18113557
Usually in the comic, only casters, rulers, and warlords are really PCs. Most troops are little more than tools.

>>18113570
Trench's, deadfalls, spikes in the water, on the ground, tripwires which do nothing, tripwires which make rocks fall, holes in the road, pits on the road, pits covered with similar matierial to the road on the road, roadbumps which are packed on one side and loose on the other, or with a divot in them...

>>18113544
>>18113255

You continue your return home with the Queen. You notice Smythe changing up the board in the war room a bit via Bwisp: he is removing all of your positions and troops from the map so that only enemy positions are displayed. It appears that the closes enemy unit is a stack of twenty mounted soldiers.

You inform your guest that the coalition has fallen in totality.

"Not at all an unexpected turn of events, but it saddens me to hear nonetheless. Do you know if any other Heirs survived?"

You pose the question to Smythe. He indicates that a larger group of heirs had fled much earlier, but at that point looked more like envoys than refugees and were well armed at the time.

"It seems a group preceded you."

"Some flew the moment war came, some went on a genuine diplomatic mission. None managed to change the way things went though, and perhaps none will."

Silence falls for the rest of the trip as you contemplate your first actual war with another side. The city looks much nicer as you approach, and the changes are subtle: what appears small is now cozy, some of what seemed rough and ramshackle now looks simple and efficient. The soldiers patrolling the walls are both more numerous when you left and you suspect that their numbers are padded with Foolamancy as well.

2d100

Roll 1d100

rolled 2, 100, 16 = 118

>>18113688

rolled 62, 89, 51 = 202

>>18113717
....Is that good? Bad?

rolled 100, 12, 48 = 160

>>18113688
Here it goes.

>>18113717

She sees right through your veil, but proceeds to not give a boop. In fact, she seems to find your small city and tiny army absolutely charming.

"I like it. Very rustic."

You head on into the castle to the war room. Smythe appears to have bad news. Really bad news.

(Roll another d100, oh boop)

rolled 50 = 50

>>18113883
Oh god I screwed us all

rolled 54 = 54

>>18113883

rolled 29 = 29

>>18113883
And again.

>>18113908

It appears that the Doomenorians are entering into high level negotiations of some sort with Khanate forces. He says he isn't sure how this will go, but perhaps Halston will have a clue.

The Queen looks at your map curiously as you and Smythe talk. She seems intrigued about how much data you seem to have for a freshly popped side.

>>18113956
"pretty impressive right? I bet you're pretty impressed."

Get Halston in here. Explain how we're setting off to the barbarian city right away.

>>18113956
Well she already knows that we aren't a military power so we may as well be upfront with the fact that we are more of a knowledge power

rolled 1 = 1

>>18113995
Knowledge is power after all.

>>18113956
Ask Halston about it.

>>18113992

1d100

>>18114087
>>18113995

"Knowledge is power."

You shrug and gesture to the expanding orange.

"What would you do about it in my position Queen?"

"An excellent question. When I have an answer I'll share it."

rolled 19 = 19

>>18114203
Well, in the meantime.

How is franks mission coming? Will that city be ours soon? Does he need reinforcements?

>>18114228

Halston is uncertain as to what to make of the budding relationship.

"It's very confusing mojo baby, yeah."

>How is franks mission coming? Will that city be ours soon? Does he need reinforcements?

What?

rolled 98 = 98

>>18114228
I tought that Frank was in the city, as in he's the one talking to the queen right now.

>>18114228
Frank is us, you turd.

Tell the queen about the city and ask how I would be best convert them. Say we are planning on going right away with Flowers.

rolled 88 = 88

>>18114258
I thought we sent him to go secure the neutral?

>>18114332
We are Frank, how could we do that? We're going after checking out Rodrom

rolled 6 = 6

>>18114376
Ah, misunderstood.

Carry on.

>>18114298

"I'm thinking of a trip to another city to bring it under my control."

"That could be perceived as running after such big talk of going to war against the Khan."

"I simply need funding for the war."

"That can be arranged through my friends to the south, if need be. Unless you think you aren't up to the job of holding them off yourself."

rolled 54 = 54

>>18114392
We have nobody we need to prove ourselves to just yet. We saw one coalition go down within three turns. If we are going to weather this barbarian, we need that extra resources over long term, not just short term.

Though I would not say no to extra funding, the short term is less useful for us.

I would like to start sending our weirdomancer (what is his name again?) out with a lost of demons to start building bolt holes.

It should be possible for our weirdomancer to give the demons the dig, and the fabricate ability, allowing them to do the job.

Our first project would be to build a series of bolt holes from our capitol to the edge of the swamp
Also could we start camouflaging our city and mine, to hide them from air scouts.

Somebody explain to the queen strategy and how we aren't looking for a fight. That we can hide through most of this until the khan is unprepared and not expecting us. The mining city is rich.

I love how despite the resource we have yet to ever start catching and turning cwocs and growwlogators (no idea how to spell) and in turn level our units and gain mounts

>>18114493
>>18114485
>>18114452
>>18114427

"We are more interested in a series of hit and run attacks against the Khan's forces to cause as many casualties amongst the veteran forces he brings to bear before we meet him in open warfare."

"Do you think you can withstand him for that long?"

"With enough Schmuckers, sure."

"Many people thought that when the Khan's outriders first came. They thought that they would ride out and beat him in the field while saving up Schmuckers as a hedge against siege. It didn't work. Nor did numbers succeed in stopping him."

"Yes, it was something like two to one against them wasn't it?"

"Something like that in the field, yes."

"Can you give me a bit more information regarding the war?"

"Yes. Ask away."

rolled 36 = 36

>>18114392
There's no need for us to get dirty right now. We will seek to fight the Khan on our terms, not on his. This includes fighting him when he is weak and we are strong. Particularly, alliances build strength. We will take any help we can get, and give any help we can give, under certain considerations of course.

>>18114567
How does the Khan typically operate? How quickly does massages travel thought the force? How do they typically move there forces?

>>18114567

What worked?

rolled 9 = 9

>>18114567
What unit spread did he have? Does he capture and use normal units? Can you dance? Are his units swamp capable?
What kind of leadership bonuses does he have?

>>18114628
>>18114624

The Khan seems to use a combination of natural Thinkamancy and a relay system of flying messengers in order to coordinate his military. They respond fairly fluidly in general, but specific information takes about a turn to process and another turn for him to respond to.

Their forces move through various mounts almost universally, accolades and positions in the Khan's forces seems to be won by capturing mounts, be they flying or not. They pop large number of infantry when they need a screen against enemy melee catching up to them.

What worked against them was straight up melee: when you can force them into a straight fight they aren't any better than any other force of mounted fighters of their type and level. They seriously lack in the heavy department, save what the casters they hire or take prisoner can manufacture.

>>18114638

He had Knights both created and promoted, Pikers, Archers, Slashers, and Stabbers. Mounts ranged from Spidews to Sourmanders. They could not dance fight. He did not seem to have swamp capable units, but a large airforce was sighted. He had quite a few leadership bonuses for some reason, unusual amongst Natural Ally forces.

>>18114567
That's riding out to meet him, we're letting him try to come into our swamp and failing time and time again.

Pop more archers.

So we counteract the air force and let him try popping his large number of melee units in the swamp where they can't because they aren't swamp capable. We ride this wave out.

rolled 38 = 38

>>18114750
Can units wothout swamp-capable enter swamp hexes?
If so, are there any penalties for them to do so?

>>18114905
Nope. It might as well be lava.

>>18114905

>Can units wothout swamp-capable enter swamp hexes?
Only flying units, but they can only move in the air. Archers get a bonus to attacking air units, and get a bonus for being in swamps. So... they're pretty lethal to enemy air.

rolled 66 = 66

>>18114750
How many casters are in his force? can you supplament us with casters for traps and tricks? or did you grab the less useful units?

What doo you want in exchange for helping us beat Khan?

>>18114943

>How many casters are in his force?
They aren't certain, but he seems to have access to some number of them taken from the sides he beats.

>Can you supplement us with casters for traps and tricks?
She cannot, their casters fled into the magic kingdom since they were likely to be taken by the Hobs.

rolled 30 = 30

>>18114942
>>18114942
Are the khan forces strong in flyers?

>>18114943

>What do you want in exchange for helping us beat Khan?

She shrugs and indicates that she wants something like a long term alliance, assistance rebuilding, and the khan's head.

Ask her if she wants to go with us to the barbarians. We need to set off now. Take Flowers, and Shang too. Have the new warlord take some units cwoc catching. Whatever she sees fit until we get back. Make her grab a bwisp to communicate with war room and us.

>>18114982

She indicates that they have a large air force that seemed to stay mostly out of the fighting.

rolled 98 = 98

The flyers are there to get them within striking, and then pop their units up close to bypass.
So we trash the flyers, badly, as much as possible.

>>18115014

You are low on move, but could arrive in a turn or two if you liked.

>>18115064
Do it.

>>18115059
We still let the flyers come to us. Let us be a pebble washed over but not moved.

>>18115064
Don't we use a fresh mount. But any way lets do it.

While we are gone I want to start experimenting those bolt holes, and different ways to hide them.

>>18115096

You order the others to hold the fort while you, and take Halston and Shang with you. Veris declines to come.

Anything else for turn 12?

rolled 94 = 94

>>18115143
Sappers, and start setting up rings of huts for our archers

>>18115143
Pop 3 more stacks of archers too. Make them study with Whisper, go cwoc catching too if she wants.

>>18115143
Experimenting those bolt holes, building a distillery, making a space for dancing, setting up camo on our city and mine.

>>18115201
>>18115196
>>18115166

Sappers, archers, and ongoing projects? Okay.

Turn end?

rolled 91 = 91

>>18115196
Maybe four stacks of archers, to get em trained up by cwok hunting

I think a hoe down with dance fighting will be real nice.

rolled 94 = 94

>>18115227
yes

>>18115231
Not hunting, catching. Big difference what with us needing mounts.

rolled 80 = 80

>>18115143
Que up 5 stacks of archers, and 14 sappers.
Send troops to capture cwocs. Stacks of 7 pikers and a Highlander, send our warlords too (with their respective stacks of pikers). Send the new sappers, once they pop, to start building the traps. The archers will come in handy later.

>>18115244

Turn end!

Dawn comes, the Hobs take their turn, and Smythe rushes to update the map. The mounted stack discovered the road going into the swamp, stopped for a bit, then moved on. A big stack of about two hundred infantry is moving down the road toward the swamp, though they haven't turned down the road yet. They're about another two turns away from reaching the swamp border.

Your turn!

>>18115248

Why do we need mounts? We can't stack knights or warlords in abundance yet.

rolled 15 = 15

>>18115304
Free units.
Tunnel capable.
Garrison them, and use them to force underground fights.

>>18115268
Nah keep the archers with the archer warlord and go cwoc catching.

>>18115317

But cwocs aren't tunnel units.

>>18115317
There is no underground in the swamp. No tunnels. And cwocs aren't tunnel capable, only spidews are.

You fly another turn.

If nothing to queue, end turn?

rolled 80 = 80

right, messed that up. Was thinking spydews.
Cwocs are for harrasing in the jungle. Inherently they will have more move, and be able to engage and disengage the coulumn as necessary.

>>18115400
Any reports from the cwoc catching warlords?

>>18115340
>>18115374
I think we should hunt them because their XP for our units and heavies we don't have to buy. (as our heavies are extra expensive)

>>18115415

They go onward.

rolled 59 = 59

>>18115400
hnt/capture cwocs, have we been doing this? Have we had warlords do this?

>>18115420
They are our heavies. Thats why we need them. They can be used unmounted as good heavies you know.

>>18115435

They have been doing this without your direction for some time, yes.

>>18115451
Then what is our updated number of cwocs?

>>18115469

They have been croaking them instead of capturing them.

>>18115483
Damn well tell them to start capturing them. Also has any of them leveled yet?

rolled 8 = 8

>>18115400
Can the weirdamancer affect affect the type of a hex? For example turning a road hex into a swamp one, even if only for a turn. And also if you could enhance this effect by a foolamancer, for example, turning a road hex to swamp only for enough time as for a unit to move into the hex, then dispel these effects and have the unit fall into the swamp where they can't move and thus are a disadvantage , or maybe they would even die.

>>18115483
Oh lordy Switch them to capturing enough cwocs to mount all capable units (we can use them as heavies once we are level 3 and can pop them), and capture all growlogators (still no idea how to spell).

>>18115535

They are leveling, yes. You aren't certain how many though.

>>18115535

Yes, many some have leveled, but you aren't sure how many.

>>18115540

They cannot, no.

>>18115548

You give the order.

End turn again?

rolled 4, 1, 4, 3, 2 = 14

>>18115621
yep. We almost to neutral city?

>>18115627

One more turn.

>>18115643
>>18115627

Which is to say next turn.

You end turn. Dawn comes once more after a relaxing night camping. Halston uses some juice to help you guys chill out.

Dawn comes. You see on Bwisp and through Smythe's notes that the Hobs are on the edge of entering the swamp!

Turn 14.

rolled 4, 3, 4, 4, 1 = 16

>>18115672
PREPARE TO SCREW THEM OVER!
Begin trapping!

>>18115678

Whisper seems busy in the war room calculating your defenses. You delegate the trap orders to her.

>>18115694
make sure not to attack right at the edge of the swamp. Let them get a bit into it before croaking them. use the wights as scout ambushers. Make is seem like cwocs doing our work.

SNACK RUN!

Be back in 30.

rolled 10 = 10

Send wights to harrass them, hit and run, trying to lure them even deeper into the swamp, the redhead warlord with stacks of pikers and highlander in them (and some foolamancy to make them look like a bigger force, as bigger as posible) to meet them once they enter the swamps properly so their only option is to retreat or fight on, abigail and her demons should fly behind the invaders, staying out of sight and getting ready to pincer them, landing if they have lots of archers, stacks of slashers should stay behind our own troops and enter the fray once enemy morale is broken or if they decide to fight onwards instead of retreating. Liam should give leadership to the highlanders if able.

That said, we should pop at least one stack of wights, and some more highlanders.

rolled 81 = 81

>>18115976
Also, tell our lookamancer to see the composition of those forces, if they have lots of flyers, send our archers with the warlord for assistance against those units.

>>18115976
we only need enough highlanders as we have melee stacks. Not archers. And we should only do this deep within the swamp. Doing it at the edge brings more of them to us. We want Khan to think the swamp's just full of cwocs killing any scout foolish enough to enter.

>>18116062
We should avoid killing all scouts just the ones who go too deep (we might even be able to kill them by just taking away flight from the mounts or temporarily giveing them swamp capable and using foolomancy and bwisps to lure them).

>>18116112
true. But none can escape with knowledge of us. I wonder what our turned goblin thinks.

Back!

>>18116062
>>18116024
>>18115976

Whisper seems quite busy consulting with Abigail, Alice, Liam, and Smythe, but you manage to get your messages through eventually.

As you move the frozen city looms up at the base of the mountains. They seem to earn their title of The Foreboding Mountains quite handily, as they are very foreboding in Signamancy.

The city sits still, a few watchmen visible near the gate from the air. What's the plan for your approach?

>>18116145
peacefully. We are heroes rescuing them from sleep.

rolled 96 = 96

>>18116062
I didn't mention archers in that post. I agree with you about the highlanders, but they would be even nicer if the had the leadership bonus. If you read again my post you'll see that, again, I agree with you about meeting them in the swamp.

Get the highlanders some warpaint, pic related.

>>18116193
luring them could let them just turn around and report back that there are things in the swamp.

About the road i think we should leave the first days worth of travel distance (i assume it is 3 days long because thats how long the wagons took) for an average infantry unit untrapped so that enemies just poking around out of curiosity dont get suspicious at the trap right at the edge of the swamp and want to investigate further though we do want to trap the swamp hexes near the road like lordhighlander suggests.

>>18116169

You take an easy approach from high altitude: you enter the city's airspace and keep position, having your party wave empty hands while Flowers works his mojo.

As the city unfreezes a watchmen spots you and then does a double take: last he knew there were no fliers inbound, and you seem to have appeared as though from under a veil.

1d100!

>>18116266
why trap hexes they can't enter? They can't go off the road.

rolled 65 = 65

>>18116236
>>18116236
That's why the demons will go behind them, to prevent them from retreating, see?
Then comes the front stack of stabbers and pikers to crush them from behind.

rolled 79 = 79

>>18116289
here OP

>>18116236
that is why the plan is to make sure nothing in the swamp is visible hence the bolt holes. also i just realized that even though we cant use thinkigrams or normal bwisp net to communicate to stack's without warlords we could put a bwisp in every stack and have the other stack members learn a warning flight pattern the bwisp can give to tell them to head for a bolt hole NOW as someone else is nearby and might spot them if they do not.

those traps are for any enemies that have ether mounts or units that are swamp capable to weaken them and discourage there assault in the event of a siege

>>18116295

They freak out at first and sound an alarm, and you see a handful of infantrymen scramble out of the barracks as others run for shelter. A Warlord rushes out of the city's keep and looks up at you as he pulls on his helmet. You hold position for a few tense minutes as they struggle to make sense of what is going on. Eventually a group of Pikers approach you on the wall along with a different Warlord.

"Stranger, you are in Lanteen airspace, what is your intent with this violation of our sovereignty?" He clearly is not aware of the passage of time, and squints at your livery. He and his soldiers are dressed in aquamarine and lime livery.

"I'm sorry to inform you that we have entered your airspace to unfreeze you. It seems likely that you have been frozen here, neutral and unable to act, for hundreds of turns."

The man seems to take the news at first stoically, then it sinks in.

"Wait here."

He heads back down below, and you hear frantic discussion from the stairs as he meets another stack on the way up. Halston leads over to you and whispers something about mojo. Before you can ask him to clarify the Warlord returns with a second Warlord.

"We are finding this whole business a bit hard to believe, but... we seem to be barbarians now. Do you know of what has befallen our Side?"

"Only that it happened a long time ago, and that money mismanagement was somehow involved."

The two exchange a meaningful look.

"Then I ask again: what is your purpose here?'

"To offer you a new lease on life with a new capital side. My capital side."

1d100

>>18116467
responding to:
>>18116293
Also on reflection those traps are way less important than the bolt hols and road traps but I for one still want them in the long run.

rolled 17 = 17

>>18116468

rolled 8 = 8

role

rolled 35 = 35

Show me them 90s!

rolled 86 = 86

>>18116468
so thats the average of 3 right?

>>18116497

They ask for some time to think about it, they aren't certain that they want to join a new side. They go back to ponder things, and some discuss the idea of falling upon their own swords. Eventually the two raise up a call for all troops to assemble, and they explain the situation to them.

"It seems that our Ruler is dead and our capital has fallen. This outsider has offered us the chance to join his side rather than continue here, but some of you may not wish to do so. Here is what I propose: those of us who wish to pursue life should turn to this side, those of you who do not wish to continue may fall upon your own swords.

1d100

>>18116530

Yes.

rolled 44 = 44

>>18116579

rolled 96 = 96

>>18116579
Or, OR!
We can offer to fill this fort, with new warlords, casters, Men.
Turn this small city into something you can be Proud of! And I will promice, you will never fall to be barbarians again, frozen in time for hundreds of turns! For the Titans!

>>18116597

By the time the dust settles, only 44 soldiers remain.

The two look at one another grimly. 2d100

rolled 84, 48 = 132

>>18116637
Bad rollacoaster.

rolled 70 = 70

>>18116632
>>18116637
DAMN!

May the titan's guide them to rest and damn them for robbing themselves of a warriors death.

>>18116667

"I'll go on ahead, you take care of things hear."

One proceeds to drive his blade through himself, leaving you with a Warlord, 44 infantry of various types, and a new city!

Quoth
Level 1
Small City (Standard City)
Income: 250

rolled 84 = 84

what can they produce that we cant they were made by another side so they pop what there old capital didif i understand the comic correctly.

>>18116747

Mhm. Let me give you a rundown in a sec.

>>18116775
also, what does it take to turn it to a different type of city? Trader, castle keep, so on. how much to level?

rolled 37 = 37

>>18116710
Gah! damn it, how could you not let us keep the warlords with my 96, it was Right before you posted!

>>18116747

Piker
Level 1
Infantry
Light
Cost: 10 Schmuckers
Upkeep: 4 Schmuckers
Move: 10
Hits: 4
Combat: 4
Defense: 2

Archer
Level 1
Infantry
Archer, Light
Cost: 15 Schmuckers
Upkeep: 5 Schmuckers
Move: 10
Hits: 2
Combat: 4
Defense: 1

Stabber
Level 1
Infantry
Light
Cost: 8 Schmuckers
Upkeep: 3 Schmuckers
Move: 10
Hits: 4
Combat: 5
Defense: 3

Slasher
Level 1
Infantry
Light
Cost: 6 Schmuckers
Upkeep: 2 Schmuckers
Move: 12
Hits: 3
Combat: 5
Defense: 2

Levant
Level 1
Knight Class Infantry
Cost: 30 Schmuckers
Upkeep:10 Schmuckers
Move: 10
Hits: 5
Combat: 6
Defense: 4

>>18116840
it was 2d100 and you're supposed to be replying to him, purposefully rolling.

>>18116850
remember that anything we pop here isn't swamp capable. Can we hear more on the Levant?

>>18116840

Because boy-wizards.

>>18116796

That's determined when it's built. 10,000 again.

>>18116850

Mounts it can produce:

Snub
Level 1
Heavy, Mount, Tunnel Capable, Dig
Cost: 45
Upkeep: 15
Move: ~15
Hits: 9
Combat: 5
Defense: 3

>>18116909
Are there tunnels in Quoth? What about mines? Can we build farms here or some other money making building?

rolled 83 = 83

>>18116909
Then we should set about restocking the city and getting some farms put up.
Get info about this city from our new warlord, after a handshake and an introduction. Pull up some Bwisps if they have to move so we can set him up with the B-Mobile system as well
"Welcome to Rodrom, and the banner of the Swamp Fox."

>>18116887

The Levant is a cheap Knight unit that allows you to build up a mounted force early on. They can use most weapon types, and can be upgraded to Archers at half the regular cost.

>>18116950

It has mines.

>>18116970
Get the mines fully manned using any sappers still existing and popping any others needed. keep the gems here and Frank will occasionally return to convert them. We don't want to create a caravan to get robbed ourselves.

Leave the rest of soldiers here as they cannot into swamps. Have Flowers check them out.

Snubs sound realty good

Levants with archery an spidwes sounds boss to

Any one else think a Snub mounted knight force could turn those mountions into a honey combed nightmare of traps and ambushes.

>>18117004
Still aren't swamp able which makes them useless to us. They can't even go to our captial without going the very far way around the swamp.

Correct me if i am wrong but if all caters and warlords have wallets doesn't that mean we only need a warlord in the city gem caravans are mostly trade between sides and to hubs I would think especially because it is mentioned in the comic some city's haven't seen warlords in many many turns

>>18117020
But we have no enemies there. The Khan will hit our swamp first and we can't use them there.

this is a money city that we will DRAIN until dead.

>>18117050

Something like that, although it gets a bit more complex: someone needs to be an Administrator to accept gems into the treasury. This means their entire turn is spent on inspections around the city boosting income, and they can also receive gems for the treasury while performing this duty.

>>18117000

They have no sappers. Flowers thinks they are made of the right stuff to keep the city working.

>>18117055
I was just thinking that it would be a good thing to prepare, also we might find a gem vain with all that digging. But agree we fouce on protecting our swamp city.

>>18117084
pop 25 sappers and promote Flowers to Administrator. Or start popping a warlord administrator here if people want to keep Flowers close.

>>18117085
We should make it look like we find this place important though, because we do. We'd still need to stock the place with garrison troops to make up for the many that fell on their swords.

>>18117103

This city cannot pop sappers. It can pop Warlords. Casters cannot be administrators.

>>18117106
Just keep the 44. Have them garrisoned. But get some sappers and a warlord.

>>18117118
So just Snubs? Do they at least dig faster than sappers being as they are more expensive?

>>18117134

They dig. You have never seen them dig though.

In the meantime though you get a Bwisp message. Whisper has a conservative plan outlined: a hit and run attack by Wight-Foots and Woof Hounds aimed at any stacks of archers, followed by a volley from a huge stack of archers and a strafing attack by Hellfire Skirmishers. If the enemy is sufficiently softened they may be finished off with Pikers and Slashers with Highlanders and Alice leading them.

>>18117175
Sounds great. Pop 5 snubs I guess. There better dig well. Pop a warlord here too and head back to Rodrom. What's our current money situation?

>>18117201

Better than it was, but constantly shifting.

>>18117175
I approve of this plan but I would suggest that she also see if she can take out the leadership with the archers.

>>18117118
Then pop the snubs and promote the remaining warlord to administrator.

>>18117222
>>18117201

You give the plan tentative approval as Whisper and her group roll out.

You check out your new warlord. 3d20

rolled 5, 10, 17 = 32

>>18117256
Nottaacasternottacasternottacaster

Maybe a Dirtamancer or croakamancer'd be cool though.

>>18117272

The Warlord... is a girl! Golden-Almond eyes lock on yours. Her hair is dark, and her skin olive. She carries a sickle-shaped sword and a sling.

Ayesha
Level 4 Warlord
Upkeep: 60
Move: 12
Hits: 15
Combat: 18
Defense: 7
Leadership: +8

hey OP can we NOT go until 4am tonight?

>>18117320
promote her mayor. Tell her to get the mines running at full steam whatever the cost. Then leave. Tell her we'll send a bwisp she can conntact us later.

>>18117320
All male casters
All female warlords

You have a Spark lady warlord, I see fit to take you to the capital for court. Stack up with me and we'll be off.

Leave the highlander here, we'll try to pop another warlord here later for admin, a level 4 is too valuable.
Leave Bwisps here for future B-Mobile change for the newly popped warlord/admin. Then send other Bwisps nearby to scout further south.

>>18117324
but it's only 9 pm

>there is only one timezone in the world, everyone else is living in the past.

>>18117388
WTF NO. we need her to administrate here.

>>18117388
Good points seconded.

>>18117388
>>18117347

Roll off.

>>18117388
Except a highlander can't run the city.

>>18117407
We can pop a level one warlord to hold HERE.
She is the highest ranking warlord under our banner at the moment (Besides Abagail) and we'll need her at the front. Flying mounts we have, so the swamp is of no issue to her. She seems to have Archer too, before she has a sling? We could switch her out to a bow.

>>18117420
How about this point... She isn't swamp capable.

rolled 71 = 71

>>18117420
I don't like it. She knows the city. She should be it's leader.

rolled 24 = 24

>>18117414
Good to have some powerful unit in the city for the troops. Or we could throw some smuckers around and promote one of the possibly veteran troops in the city to warlord to admin the place.
>>18117411
Ok then.

>>18117435
Knowing the city wont matter if we get killed by the khan and she's a barbarian again!
We should take her to our city.
To Court.

>>18117451
It's rolled.

We need someone to command the troops here. That's her as a level 4.

>>18117428
>Gwiffons
>Flying Mounts that can pass over swamp hexes.
>And a level 4 on a gwiffon with a good leadership bonus could be a great boon against the khans airforce.

>>18117462
It's rolled. Fate has decided.

For now she remains here as city administrator. You nod at her as you leave, though you can only manage a few hexes in move before you have to stop. You will arrive at your capital in two turns at this rate.

End turn?

>>18117482
Check in with how many cwocs they've captured.

>>18117488

None: they are now scrambling to get ready to take out the 200 infantry marching down the road to your capital.

>>18117498
lazy assholes. End turn.

>>18117482
Cue up another warlord in that city
and some of the Snubs

Archers and Wightfoots and Woofs in our capital, enough that wouldnt put us in the red

>>18117498
What? We had two warlords doing that for 2 turns. How did they get none?

>>18117519
Try croaked every one.
You dont get xp from captured units.

>>18117509
>>18117516

You set production and then end turn.

>>18117519

They've been killing Cwocs, not capturing them. Since you ordered them to capture they've shifted priorities.

>>18117536
We've been saying catch not hunt for a while now.

>>18117545

Not to your Warlords.

rolled 18 = 18

...Why are we leaving a massive bonus sitting as an administrator? Just wondering. Especially if we have a massive fight coming up...

Dawn comes. After a long period of waiting you get a report from Smythe. A large airforce of various unit types, all carrying Hobgobwins, has been sighted moving across the plains. The big group of 200 infantry have moved toward your capital down the road, entering the swamp's mass.

Some units pop, and turn 15 begins.

>>18117592
On wondering that myself, when we could've promoted an infantryman, or waited for another warlord to pop them.
Instead, we leave miss juicy Level 4 in the level 1 city.

>>18117592
stop whining.

>>18117602
Frank and stack head towards Rodrom. Leave the battle to Whisper and Alice.

>is she Alice from Superjail?

rolled 12 = 12

>>18117606
NEVER!

>>18117602
pop more archers. Order farms built around our other city. If we have enough shmuckers we should either upgrade it now, or upgrade it after the attack.

Thirty minutes to an hour more for tonight I think. After that I'll stay on to answer questions.

>>18117631
>>18117626

Head toward Rodrom, build single terrace farm, queue archers, and end turn?

>>18117642
wait. where can we build farms?

rolled 4 = 4

>>18117633
Lets let our peeps deal with them hobs.

And then after farms are built, and units popped, I see no reason not to end turn... We have a warlord ordered in each city, right?

rolled 9 = 9

>>18117648
City two.
>>18117642
Yep.

>>18117642

Sounds like a plan.

>>18117648

One terrace farm outside Quoth.

>>18117652

One in each, arriving... oh, one pops in your capital next turn during the battle, the next pops on turn 19.

>>18117659
Yes, build farms, check the War room for the movement and give Whisper encouragement.

Pop additional demons if we need it.

>>18117664
>>18117659
>>18117648

You move as far as you can, queue it up, and end turn.

Night falls. Dawn comes. The Hobs move ever closer to your capital. Your turn comes, and it begins...

3d20 first and foremost.

rolled 16, 7, 14 = 37

>>18117689

rolled 4, 18, 16 = 38

>>18117689
Hmm time to murder some hobbs.

Too bad we don't have flying archers yet.

>>18117691

C-C-Combo Breaker! You've popped your first male warlord.

can archers fire on hexes other than their own?

>>18117719
Oh goody, I was worried we were going to be sexist with all male casters and all female warlords.

Ok, I wasn't really worried, but it was getting a bit odd.

>>18117700
We hand ranged demons capable of that, and we can take archer stacks in the megagwiffon

>>18117729

Yes, they can shoot "volleys", which are limited in number and effect for in-game balance. Literally.

rolled 24 = 24

>>18117719
waiting on stats.

>>18117744

He has crimson hair, green eyes, pale skin, and paces like a caged tiger while twirling his warhammer, hungry for battle.

Joshua
Level 1
Warlord, Infantry, Swamp Capable
Upkeep: 50
Move: 12
Hits: 5
Combat: 16
Defense: 5
Leadership: +4

It seems the key to victory lies in archers hinding in the swamps and shooting down air units and and volleying enemies that go down the road

I propose we send our heaviest units in the middle of the road, just out the Hob's move range, as bait. Maybe use Foolamancy to make them appear to be straglers from the coalition, maybe have someone play the Heir who refuses to admit defeat, making a big scene to draw the Hobs in. Then arrows, arrows everywhere, plus pikers/wightfoot/whatever else we got bust out from the flanks and smashes them to pieces.

>>18117782
Seems fucking tough. Do we need another? Intoduce all around and put him in with the Pikers. Have Flowers check him.

>>18117800

Flowers is with you, though you will arrive at the capital this turn as the battle on the road occurs.

Do you have anything you want to rush to completion before the fight?

>>18117805
Do we have a highlander for every melee stack?

>>18117817

You have Highlanders mixed in, yes. Some were left along with a basic garrison in your keep though.

>>18117805
Play them at their own game? send abigail around and pass her payment for more demons, popping on their flank?

>>18117838

You pass the note to Abigail and Whisper, who are moving their units into position. They pop more Hellfire Skirmishers.

>>18117782
don't like how he only has 5 hits. Have him take a stack of slashers/stabbers and go cwoc hunting so he can level a bit

Also cue up 5 more stacks of slashers, and five more stacks of Archers. Archers go to guard the flanks of the road, Slashers get garrisoned for free upkeep.

Thinking about it, even with the air mounts, Khan's men are going to be forced to go down a narrow road to reach us. Ask Abigail if the demons can rig up any form of explosive, so we can go minesweeper on them.

>>18117827
ungarrison any pikers and highlanders, leaving slashers and the few archers in the city.

Just wondering during all the hunting what units/warlords leveled?

>>18117800
We have 4 at the moment right?

>>18117786
Step 0: ARM EVERYONE! we have those armor suits and weapons, if any aren't equiped, equip them now

Step one: Have Whisiper take some archers for some hit-and-run volley peppering on the hobbs, then have her fall back to the fortress to aid the deamons for the inevitable flyer rush.

Step two, the hobs are now chasing us, have some sappers dig up the road and have Joshua lay a piker trap with foolamancy from Bill.

Step three: HAve the other female warlord that we popped not to long ago (the swamp-capable one) take the Slashers and woof-hounds with +move juice and flank the hobs in A pincer attack

Step buy more deamons, We may need them for the flyers.

Shit, I wonder if the flyers are meant to take our capital while we duke it out with the infantry.

>>18117848

It is too late for them to arrive for the battle.

>>18117846

You have Smythe pass him a note, though Smythe is preoccupied as boop. Daemons cannot in fact build bombs, and you queue up a few more.

Now then, battle time...

>>18117884
Shang is with us.

>>18117889

The Hobgobwins sit quietly, waiting along the road for night to come so they can make camp. They glance ahead, the ones in the rear glance behind, and some occasionally look up, but very few look to the sides. They fail to notice, though your Bwisp can clearly see, two stacks of Wight-Foots slip into the hex stacked for stealth. Woof Hounds are charging in some distance behind.

2d100

rolled 79, 80 = 159

>>18117913
Oh god, what am I rolling for?

>>18117949

The strike is like clockwork: the Wight-Foots have closed with the enemy unnoticed and restacked just as the Woof-Hounds burst from the swamp behind them. The tiny force bites into the enemy quickly, perhaps two full stacks of Hobgobwins falling quickly to the strike. Then your Wight-Foots fall back, covered by the faster Woof-Hounds. The enemy is quick to react though.

Another 2d100

rolled 84, 98 = 182

>>18117990
Well lets see how this goes

>>18118001

The enemy move to counter expertly, but your units are quicker. Your Woof-Hounds come away wounded, but they are free once they hit the brush, and the second strike commences!

1d100

rolled 91 = 91

Titans guide us

>>18118019

>>18118019

Whisper's boop-huge stack of archers loose on the infantry as they are turned away facing the other swamp. The first they hear of the attack on their other flank are the sounds of their own men crying out and the thunks of arrows into Hobgobwin flesh!

Abigail leads a broad formation, a big stack of Hellfire Skirmishers, as they buzz in low across the treetops. The Daemons power through the air, maintaining a height just out of reach of enemy Pikers and coming in two low and fast to be easy targets for enemy archers. The Daemon cackle gleefully as jets of flame shoot down upon the enemy infantry, sizzling hot flesh as they scorch a pattern across the Hex. 1d20

>>18118007
Please don't disqualify my roll>>18118019
I forgot about the reply thing, but it was one dice that time

rolled 16 = 16

>>18118049
Who want's some hobb jerky?

>>18118053

It's the one I used, in absence of others.

>>18118062

The Hobgoblins cook, and your Skirmishers likely level.

A few hobs in the center struggle with something as your Daemons leave the Hex, and from the center of the formation something shoots off into the air leaving a trail of glowing flame, and suddenly an airburst occurs over the hex! They didn't get any of your Daemons, but red and blue lights dance across the sky for a moment. That moment passes as your Pikers, led by Alice, swing into the Hex followed by Whisper and her Archers lending support. From the other side sever a stacks of Slashers spearheaded by Highlanders move in to complete the pincer formation.

8d20

rolled 13, 8, 1, 2, 3, 12, 10, 20 = 69

>>18118104

rolled 20 = 20

>>18118104
That is a bunch of dice.

rolled 12, 1, 14, 1, 9, 17, 4, 19 = 77

>>18118104
Role on

>>18118104
Crap, a signal. How far into our territory were they? Some misderection may be be needed here

rolled 6, 18, 20, 10, 17, 1, 8, 2 = 82

>>18118127
Oh damnit I hate when I put the wrong number.

>>18118126

Your Pikers sweep into the enemy ranks, and with Alice's bonus and half of Whisper's for her being in the hex they clear a big stack all by themselves within a short time, although they are halted by two smaller forces of Hobgobwins pressing in from both sides. The flanking maneuver is stopped by Whisper's Archers, who pour on the fire to slow the enemy charge. The Slashers meet with disaster as the enemy on their side rallies and all but wipes them out!

5d20

rolled 16, 1, 14, 4, 5 = 40

>>18118158
Those poor slashers.

>>18118135
I might have an idea.
After we've dealt with them, send off All the signals, then send our own turned hobgobwin along to wait here and spin the tale that the lot of Idiots went and accidentally set them all off. Well, the messenger was nearby and say about their punishment, to walk one by one into a cwoc's mouth to be eaten. It got rather fat too. It was really a funny sight.

>>18118163

Whisper's Archers are completely unable to fire due to the confusing melee, and out of nowhere find themselves face to face with an enemy unit! Your Pikers manage to swing through half of another stack as the enemy that was fighting your Slashers fails to get turned around in time to help.

5d20 again.

>>18118163
Well, thats what they're paid for. Er, what we payed for them for

>>18118174
If only we could have had bill intercept that transmission and change the colors to, well spaghetti or something.

rolled 7, 5, 7, 20, 10 = 49

>>18118181
So many 8's and 1's

>>18118190

The Hobs rally! The big stack of Pikers loses a few, some archers are lost, but more Hobs than humans. It seems that without leadership bonuses the Hobgobwins won't fight as well no matter how hard they struggle...

Again 5d20

rolled 16, 11, 17, 17, 4 = 65

What if we were to have Shang-Low set off explosive lights all over the swamp, coming from several directions. Then silent with no returning soldiers. Khan thinks they go eaten by cwocs.

rolled 8, 19, 16, 14, 15 = 72

>>18118200
Stike the blow, Where is our air support! Where is our knights!

>>18118214

The Hobgobwins fight as though it is their finest hour! In spite of that they die horribly. A combination of a renewed surge by your Pikers and Whisper stepping into melee range to buy your Archers some space to renew their firing results in the enemy force being cut in half. The Hobs recoil and restack for the end.

4d20

rolled 16, 6, 1, 3 = 26

>>18118238

rolled 7, 11, 13, 1 = 32

>>18118238
Once more, from above!

rolled 15, 8, 20, 3 = 46

>>18118238
>>18118214
Good idea We should do that random fireworks thing.

>>18118245

It ends pitifully. Their lines collapse and they fall into chaos rather than restack, your lines end up simply marching over them as they croak.

VICTORY!

>>18118214
>>18118252
Shang is still with us, hexes away from the battle. Also, we should do nothing and hope that nobody saw anything. We don't even know that it was a signal. It could have been a attack on our flyers that missed.

>>18118259
contact the warlords. Congratulate them and tell them to prepare for more. Inquire about our exact numbers. tell them to get a mounted division going by turning more cwocs.

For tonight, quest end.

Questions and strategy time.

>>18118287
what are our numbers now after the battle?

Is there a road between Quoth and Rodrom? Can we make one?

When next?

>what are our numbers now after the battle?

You lose a total of:
-3 Highlanders
-24 Slashers
-8 Pikers
-7 Archers

>Is there a road between Quoth and Rodrom? Can we make one?

There is none. You could, but you would have to clear away the swamp.

>When next?

I'm not sure honestly. Perhaps wednesday?

>>18118310
don't build a road. unbuild all roads.

slashers suck.

Did we gain any money or mounts? Levels?

>>18118328

Just about everything that fought leveled.

Your slashers got a natural 1, the enemy got a natural 20, and you didn't have leadership bonuses while they outnumbered you. Kind of impossible for them to have survived.

>>18118328
Slashers are awesome bullet sponges.

Just think, we saved about 20 pikers or archers from croaking.

I think we should pump up our airforce: have them kill Cwocs we don't capture because they are too far out of our way to keep leveling. A bunch of skirmishers to screen and some heavy knights for melee combat when it's time to close.

So did we get anything?

How does a level boost a unit?
How does a level boost a warlord?
Does leveling do anything other than boost stats?1

>>18118381

>How does a level boost a unit?
Stat bump

>How does a level boost a warlord?
Stat bump, leadership bump sometimes

>Does leveling do anything other than boost stats?
Raises cost too.

Bump