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>>44251155
Carrying over the roll results from last thread.

>Traps: Target not met
>Archers: Target met
>Battlemages: Higher target met

Accumulated Successes: 3

A maelstrom of fire and magic cascades down the hill as your battlemages unleash the spells they’d been preparing. The screams of the enemy cut through the air as they were caught in a chokepoint halfway down the terraces. The barriers were working wonders in terms of funnelling the enemy into killzones – you’d have to remember next time you were under siege. Then again, you’re not as sure you’ll be able to disable their mages. You can still see their mages futilely trying to cast spells, their magic fizzling out as Maloric weaves his own.

Still, the damage was mostly being done to their regular soldiers. The heavy mage-knights continued to bring up the rear, thumping their enormous shields in rhythm as they tried to drive the soldiers forward. Clicking your tongue, you snap a sending to your mages.

‘Bigger spells, aimed at the heavy knights. Let the archers and traps handle the rest.’

At least, you hoped your mages had big enough spells to hurt the heavy knights. Loud rumbling disrupted your thoughts and you leaned over the wall. Clouds of dirt and mud were being spat up into the air by the spiked logs your men had let loose. They churned towards the enemy, accompanied by a rock slide that your men also set off. The enemy knights and soldiers seemed to freeze as they saw death ready to roll over them, scythe in hand.

Then the air split with the blast of a horn and suddenly the enemy was scrambling to change formation. The heavy mage-knights, who had spent the entire charge so far behind the rest of the army, rapidly took up a defensive position to the front. The remaining soldiers cowered behind them.

>continued

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>>44251163
You could hear the cracking of the logs as they ran into a barricade of magically protected soldiers, the wood unable to withstand the forces of the impact. While you’re certain that they did at least some damage to the enemy soldiers it looks pretty minimal as the heavy mage-knight formation hardly rocks in response.

Well, you’d just have to make them rock. Your sword rises and falls with the sunlight once again and this time the heavy mage-knights have to wear it. Accompanying the fireballs were a relatively small number of magical lances and iron balls. Soaring over top of the shield wall they crashed into the centre of heavy knight formation. Fire cascaded down among them as heads were twisted in ways they weren’t meant to be. The lances made a mark as you saw men drop on contact, sometimes missing heads. The whistling of arrows made it clear another volley was launched, and it felled the regular soldiers behind the heavy formation.

The fury of the Seraphi knights was clear, as they howled in rage before resuming their charge up the terraces. Part of you wished you’d turned the terrace into mud but you’d wanted to avoid doing anything to the terrain that would prevent you from sortieing. For now you’d just have to hope that the gate held. It didn’t look like the enemy had brought any additional siege equipment. Which was odd. Did they intend on beating down the gate with their fists?

You…

>1. Continue to hold the outer wall, with your knights ready behind the gate.
>2. Pull back to the inner wall after another volley. You don’t care to fight enemy knights before funnelling them into the outer courtyard.
>3. Custom

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>>44251174
>>1. Continue to hold the outer wall, with your knights ready behind the gate.

>>44251174
>>2. Pull back to the inner wall after another volley. You don’t care to fight enemy knights before funnelling them into the outer courtyard.

>>44251207
shrimpy spellblade!
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>>44251174
>2.

>>44251174
1

>>44251174
>2. Pull back to the inner wall after another volley. You don’t care to fight enemy knights before funnelling them into the outer courtyard.
I suspect their general has some sort of nasty surpise ready for the gate.
I'd rather not have our guys standing in front of whatever they're unleashing before we know what it is, when we still have a second wall we can pull back to.

>>44251174
1

We still have the scorpions

>>44251174
>3. Go for a sortie to quickly scout what's behind the enemy lines.

>>44251174
I say pull our men back to the inner wall, but keep up the ranged attacks as if we didn't. Let them catch on to it themselves, thus giving us time.
Reminder to send our FMK after the mages when the time comes so Mal can concentrate on dishing out a world of hurt.

>>44251174
>2. Pull back to the inner wall after another volley. You don’t care to fight enemy knights before funnelling them into the outer courtyard.

>>44251174
>2. Funnel them into a kill zone?
Yeah, I'm on board.

>>44251174
These knights are mounted, right. I've got a possible dumb idea. Let's create a tripwire with Shadow Blade as we move to the inner wall.

>>44251320
I don't think they're mounted.
Also we're not near the battle itself right now.

>>44251174
>>1. Continue to hold the outer wall, with your knights ready behind the gate.

I"m just going to bring this up. Last nights thread had me awake till work. Now as soon as I get home there is another thread I"ll need to read till it dies.

I think you should consider this a compliment at how glad I am you are back man.

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Asp can you post the char sheet?

>>44251357
>implying Saul can grow respectable facial hair

>>44251357
Looks pretty good.

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>Looks like a 2, writing

>>44251320
No, they're not mounted. Their armour contains enchantments to boost speed and make their heavy armour lighter.

With that said, there are more mounted units now. Between spiritual beast cavalry and magically bred horses, there's a lot of oomph to cavalry units. Also ups the variety of units.

>>44251332
You're on top of the gatehouse on the outer wall.

>>44251357
I've thrown it into a GDocs.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tL_sunRIpjUe7s2CZImebYS6PJC2GTZp30RCsgRSZLw/edit?usp=sharing

Also, that looks way more mature than my vision of Saul.

>>44251357
oh I like this picture of Saul. Young face with enough facial hair for the option to let it grow or shave clean, with a lean athletic build. Aside for why he's got a 2-handed weapon or why he's not wearing a chest plate in that pic, it's a winning look for me.

>>44251402
>spoiler
I agree, same here

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>>44251357
I figured a sense of scale might help with that picture.

>>44251402
>That spoiler
Too bad, honestly its the aspect of him I dislike the most
dammit I miss Talon. Being a mentor character to Finn and Sarah was the best

>>44251402
Cavalry, Ho!

>>44251489
can anyone tell me what happened to our last character?

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>2.

That strange feeling you got from their general, combined with his seeming absence, makes you wary. You don’t charge a magically protected gate with heavy knights unless you can break through it. After spending most of the night waiting for an attack by nightwalker vampires after Glynn’s paranoia over the full moon got to you, you just hope you’re not being overly paranoid.

Snapping off sendings to your officers, you step up to the walls while Malaine begins evacuating the archers. The height of the walls makes it easy to do so without the enemy realising, and having the archers continue sporadic fire gives the illusion that you’re not moving. You hear the chunky sounds of scorpions loosing as the heavy knights get close enough to guarantee penetration and watch as the bolts force the enemy into slowing their charge.

They’re almost at the gate as you continue watching. Curiously, they’re not firing back. Remembering that the wall has a barrier protecting against projectiles, you ignore the urge to slap your forehead out of annoyance with your own forgetfulness. Still, you haven’t yet seen anything of interest in the enemy force, beyond the willingness of the heavy mage-knights to try to absorb attacks that should be tearing up the rest of the army.

“Sir, we’re ready to move the last wave,” Malaine tells you as he lands behind you. “You see their battering ram? Or anything of interest?”

[DC80 Magical Senses]

>>44251402
So we could use shadow blade in a fight to set up preemptive parries? If we used a bunch in a row we could theoretically block incredibly strong attacks that would otherwise be unblockable? Can we use shadow blade in mid swing during an attack so long as our blade doesn't collide with it as we withdraw it?

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>>44251489
It does feel like a serious step down, in more ways than one.

Rolled 88 (1d100)

>>44251518
I see magic!

>>44251402
>With that said, there are more mounted units now. Between spiritual beast cavalry and magically bred horses, there's a lot of oomph to cavalry units. Also ups the variety of units.
>MadScientistCloneOfHitlerBeing Aroused.jpg

>>44251489
We can still be a mentor character!
We'll simply be one who's sole thought during every instance of mentoring is "I have no idea what the fuck I'm doing" and who is desperately trying to keep everyone younger than him from noticing.

>>44251476
still shrimpy.
I find it amusing

Rolled 85 (1d100)

>>44251518
Oh God
That got joe

Rolled 37 (1d100)

>>44251518

>>44251513
Basically, we were too good at being an emperor and got way too powerful way too quickly. That combined with some IC/OOC differences led to the end of the quest.

>>44251540
Technically there is no reason he can't still be a mentor character. Saul is pretty good at combat and just because he is unskilled doesn't mean he'll be shooting in the dark or be unintelligent.

>>44251554
I was honestly kind of hoping we would have some colossal fallout there. Like a second fae march and astral adapt war and the likes.

Would have played pretty well with Talon building a army from the myths. I can see why it collapsed though.

>>44251540
More like we be a role model that everyone else tries to copy and somehow learn techniques/lessons by observing us. All the while Saul has no idea what he's doing when he's trying to teach someone.

>>44251518
We don't regen mana during combat unless we use the mana leech ability, right? Would said ability work on enchanted weapons or armor?

>>44251582
Calm down Saitama

Though personally I kind of want to take Saul down a Carolus Rex type route.

>>44251684
LION OF THE NORTH!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw4bGBDKrPs

>>44251684

As much as I like Karl XII, you should keep in mind that he ultimately lost.

>>44251764
;_;

Could be worse. Imagine being alexander the great?

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>>44251741
>Lion
>Not Dragon

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>>44251589
Only if you seriously damage the enchanted item.

>>44251520
The afterimages don't last very long, but otherwise yes.

>Target met

You had seen a few things of interest, you think. A knight that had shrugged off a magical lance. Another knight that had ignored a scorpion bolt burying itself in his armour. The heavy mage-knights were strong as hell, but you had your doubts about shrugging off attacks of that power. The problem was finding the knights that were like that – was there a hint in their magical signature?

You take a deep breath and focus – your senses were honed through years of experience but you rarely used them in any detail. Magic stealth wasn’t really a thing in your experience and you weren’t a monster slayer, homeland be damned. Right now it might be useful, however.

Seeing the battlefield through your magical senses is like staring at the sun on a cloudy day – possible but painful. As such you shift your focus to the knights. You’d dismissed the idea of magical stealth earlier, but it seemed that the magic-resist runes on the Seraphi magical plate was certainly distorting the magical signatures of their wearers. Experience told you that most mage-knights had a decent amount of magical power – the physical boosts of the armour could easily be beaten by even a moderately skilled magical user with little training. Somehow you couldn’t sense much.

You focused more, trying to feel past the armour. A strange itch seemed to scratch your mind and you followed the memory, recalling your old lessons. Nant had always been better at this and you remember what he said:

‘Don’t focus on people or objects, focus on concepts.’

Vague advice, which is why you’d been so terrible at it. Still, you tried to visualise the concept your mind best attached to that of the general. In an instant, your mind clicked and you could feel him. Behind that armour, with a smidgeon of power leaking out a hole in its torso and the helmet.

>cont

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>>44251835
“That’s the general, right there,” you say to Malaine behind you, pointing at the heavy mage-knight you were certain was the general.

In response, the general looks up at you. You can’t see his eyes but you know his gaze is looking unerringly at you. You wave at him.

His halberd slams into the magical afterimages your hand formed in the air, shattering them in an instant. Its path was pushed that very slight bit away however, and it flies off to one side.

“What the hell was that?” Malaine says, stepping up to the wall. “I think we need to pull back.”

You…

>1. Fire off some magical lances at the general while you’re here. Might as well play tag. Pull back after,
>2. Agree and pull back without making much fuss.
>3. The general’s right outside the gate with his knights. Sortie and try to eliminate him with the Black Dragon Knights.
>4. Custom

>>44251855
>>2. Agree and pull back without making much fuss.

So, is this in Harrowmont, with the same situation and characters except the MC isn't Talon?

>>44251855
>>1. Fire off some magical lances at the general while you’re here. Might as well play tag. Pull back after,

Holy shit, dude means business.

>>44251855
>>2. Agree and pull back without making much fuss.

>>44251855
>1. Fire off some magical lances at the general while you’re here. Might as well play tag. Pull back after,
Hey
Fuck you

>>44251887
No different situation. We don't have our champion or sarah yet.

>>44251855
Hey can't we take his Bardiche that he threw(?) at us? Wish we knew basic telekinesis.
>Fire off a magical lance, pull back
I was thinkin necromancy. So what sort of magic did we feel from him?

>>44251855
>2. Agree and pull back without making much fuss.

>>44251855
>2. Agree and pull back without making much fuss.

>>44251813
...Carolus Rex was the Lion of the North

>>44251855
1

Damn magic has gotten a versatility boost

>>44251887
We know quite a few different things is going on now. Sarah is different the vampires are doing something oddly if this is them. A lot seems to be shifted.

>>44251855
One thing, if Mal's dispelling all their crap, does that mean that our AA's can take out the mages due to a lack of barriers? Being able to retask Mal to knight smashing would be good.

>>44251978
If Mal can fool them into thinking he has stopped disruptin them and we can bait them into getting closer, focused fire of scorption+AA+FMK+us can probably take out all the mages, which will mean Mal can get on offense and other things.

>>44251855
>1. Fire off some magical lances at the general while you’re here. Might as well play tag. Pull back after,

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>2 wins, writing

>>44251904
It went really far away when you deflected it.

>I was thinkin necromancy. So what sort of magic did we feel from him?
The same as before. Some form of sorcery that is related to the training in your youth. Could be a vampire.

>>44251978
Their mages are pretty far back. Mal was mostly preventing them from dispelling your barriers and their mages never moved up. Their mages might be getting closer now, however, but they'd still be out of AA range now you've pulled back. FMKs would probably work if you kept Mal tasked to it, but you wouldn't have them when/if the HMKs break into the courtyard.

>>44252009
Of course Mal would resume disruption right before our ranged attackers begin to rain down death.

>>44251855
4. Orderly pull back while making any convenient attacks of opportunity.

I'm saying take available pot shots, not that we should play tag.

Though thinking on it wasn't Talon killed here in the vampire duel? The one in which the main goal for the vampire was to thrall him?

What is the maximum for stats? I recall 4 being something along the lines of tippy-top status for normally attainable for mortals. It goes to 10, right?

>>44252117
no he died in the RSK here

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>>44252117
>>44252172
Klufelstein Castle was were Talon fought Dalrec and where he's died in this setting.

Note that when you change combat scene (which typically means a lull in combat) you lose your accumulated successes.

>2.

Accumulated Successes: 0
Mana: 15

Somehow you feel that antagonising the general might not be a great idea right now. If he hurled his weapon at you simply for pointing him out, he might try to jump here if you attack him back. Or maybe your imagination is going a little too wild – you’re picturing a dramatic showdown atop the gatehouse.

Shutting your imagination down, you take to the air and quickly survey the battlefield as you pull back alongside Malaine. You guessed there were about 700 bodies littering the terraces, although many of them were still moving. Further back you could see their battlemages very slowly approaching, cautiously optimistic as they could cast spells briefly. At least, they could so long as Mal was readying himself at the inner gatehouse after being airlifted. That meant there were around 1500 enemy soldiers right outside the gatehouse. Perhaps you should trigger the pitch and the like that had been set up?

Your sendings are received almost immediately and in response your battlemages trigger the traps from afar. As you fly back to the inner gatehouse you can hear the screams of the Seraphi knights as boiling pitch pours down on them as they approach the gatehouse.

>continued

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>>44252208
You had barely landed on the inner gatehouse when you feel the shattering of a barrier, spinning wildly you can only watch as the outer wall’s gate explodes into splinters. You can both see and feel the darkness seeming to evaporate from the splinters as they soar through the air into the courtyard. Your archers atop the platform wall in the courtyard seem stupefied at the sight of the gate exploding, allowing the enemy to surge into the courtyard unmolested.

Well, except for the pitch that pours on them as your battlemages keep their wits about them.

Also, they’ve got a daywalker. You’re not so addled as to not recognise the shadow magic of their kind. Fan-damn-tastic.

The enemy are surging into the outer courtyard. You have more logs set up along the platform walls facing them. Your archers and mages are lining the inner wall and the platform walls, ready to bombard the enemy. Lynn and her Black Dragon Knights are guarding chokepoint at the upper edge of the ramp between the lower and upper areas of the outer courtyard. Malaine and his flying knights are awaiting orders, available to either bomb the enemy in the courtyard or go after the enemy battlemages.

>Battle plans?

>>44252120
It's 10. Skills go to 5 (rather than the 4 previously), although not all subskills go to 5.

>>44252227
Pour as much fire and misery into them while keeping safe as possible.

Also as Fe when did Sual realize Lyn was a she?

>>44252227
Isolate Daywalker General, that is a given. Prevent that vamp from tearing holes in our defenses.

>>44252227
I think we should have all of our battlemages pull out a big collective spell to see if they can't nuke the daywalker, if we can pinpoint it, that is.

My experience with them thus far is "Kill them really fast, or you're pretty much fucked"

>>44251855
>3. The general’s right outside the gate with his knights. Sortie and try to eliminate him with the Black Dragon Knights.
Use Black Dragon's Rage. We can end this now.

>>44252227
I'd say the FMKs take on their mages, once their mages are engaged we can probaly have Mal switch focus to enemies in the courtyard and we use our traps, mages and archers to make life for those storming the courtyard living hell with the general goal of slowing them down enough to get the General to spearhead their assault.
Once he does that we try to engage him with dragon rage and hope our HMKs and Lynn can keep cover our back so that we can focus that power-boost on the general alone.

>>44252227
Have FMK and AA take ot the enemy's mages asap so Mal can get on offense.
Does it seem like the daywalker is physical, by the way? we should be able to tell, right?
Basically my idea right now is box him in with 4 barrier walls on 4 sides and have Mal immediately cast his most destructive magic on him alon with any spare mages.
then we get down there, go dragon rage and attempt to clean him up if still alive.

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>>44252247
He didn't. I just keep messing up the pronouns.

>>44252289
That's a possibility. 3 minutes is decent amount of time to have 7 strength. If you used it, I assume you would also have the BDKs charge?

>>44252261
How would you isolate him? Also, what makes you think the general used the shadow magic?

>>44252322
AAs can't hit the mages, they're too far away now that you're on the inner wall.

>Does it seem like the daywalker is physical, by the way? we should be able to tell, right?
Daywalkers have two disciplines - shadow and blood. Blood is the physical one. Vampires that specialise in both are relatively rare - that's what made Volante and Aladria so powerful in AEQ, relatively speaking.

>>44252227
We may want to have Saul himself jump in if possible to kill the daywalker.

We should bomb the battlemages to free up Mal to go all out.

>>44252355
I'm guessing mana leech would really ruin the daywalker's party.

>>44252289
This is a decent idea. We could use flight then fight for a bit before dragon raging close enough to the general and the likes.

Though now I get paranoid we may be dealing with the shadow mage from last time.

>>44252401
You mean the vamp who summoned faux-god-knights?

He'd probably paste us by himself were he here.

Uses great spears/javelins to destroy barriers? Baelrus the Great Knight?

>>44252355
Well, if that's the case, then here's my plan.
Have Saul go and solo the enemy mages by flying around the battlefield, have the rest of our troops hold them back, once they get a good ways in, trigger the traps.
Once that done we can get Mal and AA on daywalker duty.
Also, we can tell if the use of that shadow magic that just happened was the same feeling we got from the general or not, right?

>>44252355
>How would you isolate him?
Send the FMKs to tie up their mages, have Mal, our mages and AAs use this opportunity to bomb the courtyards so hard he decideds to spearhed the assualt, confront his charge together with our HMKs and Lynn, switch our AAs and mages to cutting him off and hope our HMKs and Lynn can keep their heavies from supporting him while we dragon rage the general.

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Alright, man plan ideas are:

1. Have the FMKs bomb the enemy mages to free up Mal. Alternatively, have Saul fly out and bomb the mages.
2. Bomb the shit out of the enemy while they're in the lower courtyard, engaging them after softening them up as much as possible. Alternatively, go in hard now to try to get at the daywalker before he does anything drastic.
3. Try to isolate the daywalker with barriers - this is probably best done by Mal, as it's a bit specialised for your battlemages.
4. Engage the daywalker with Saul and use Black Dragon's Rage. This is pretty much unanimous but this question is timing.

Anything I miss? I'll throw up a few votes shortly.

>>44252451
>Also, we can tell if the use of that shadow magic that just happened was the same feeling we got from the general or not, right?
It's the same feeling, but you can't confirm that the general used to magic. That means that the general is almost certainly a daywalker, however.

>>44252539
So in our firsr large scale battle of the quest we might be fighting 2 (TWO!!!!) daywalkers. Possibly one of them shadow one of them blood.
Just wonderful.
Our best bet is probably for us and lynn to take out the blood one with AA support and rage, and hope that our mages and arrows can overwhelm the shadow one.

>>44252598
Pretty sure there's only one general

>>44252539
1. Have the FMKs bomb the enemy mages to free up Mal. Alternatively, have Saul fly out and bomb the mages.
Could it be a spiritual technique?

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>>44252683
Could what be?

FMK VOTE
>1. Have Malaine's FMKs bomb the enemy battle-mages. They'll need support from Mal so they don't get blown to bits.
>2. Have the FMKs bomb the enemy in the courtyard.
>3. Custom

DAYWALKER VOTE
>1. If Mal isn't otherwise busy, have him cast barriers around the enemy general to keep him isolated.
>2. Let Mal do his thing, which might be bombarding the enemy within the outer courtyard if he's not busy with other things.
>3. Custom

SAUL VOTE
>1. Have Saul bomb the enemy battlemages
>2. Have Saul join Lynn's Black Dragon Knights.
>3. Custom

KNIGHT CHARGE VOTE
>1. Hold off with charging with your knights until your mages and archers have softened up the enemy more. Runs the risk of the enemy daywalker messing things up.
>2. Charge with your knight ASAP to deal with the enemy daywalker.
>3. Custom

>>44252635
There is one general, who we know is a daywalker.
However, he threw a bardiche at us super hard, so he's probably a blood type.
If he's a blood type, then he couldn't have cast that shadow spell that broke the barrier, which means there is at least another daywalker among the enemy's ranks.
If the general is indeed blood type, that is.

>>44252695
How fast can saul kill the mages and get back to the battlefield?

>>44252695
>>1. Have Malaine's FMKs bomb the enemy battle-mages. They'll need support from Mal so they don't get blown to bits.
>2. Let Mal do his thing, which might be bombarding the enemy within the outer courtyard if he's not busy with other things.
>2. Have Saul join Lynn's Black Dragon Knights.
>2. Charge with your knight ASAP to deal with the enemy daywalker.

Fucking daywalkers.

>yfw it's Felix under the helm

Boy that would hurt.

>>44252698
Is it possible the general is both?

>>44252695
>2. Have the FMKs bomb the enemy in the courtyard.
>1. If Mal isn't otherwise busy, have him cast barriers around the enemy general to keep him isolated.
>2. Have Saul join Lynn's Black Dragon Knights.
>1. Hold off with charging with your knights until your mages and archers have softened up the enemy more. Runs the risk of the enemy daywalker messing things up.

>>44252695
FMK VOTE
>1. Have Malaine's FMKs bomb the enemy battle-mages. They'll need support from Mal so they don't get blown to bits.

DAYWALKER VOTE
>1. If Mal isn't otherwise busy, have him cast barriers around the enemy general to keep him isolated.

SAUL VOTE
>2. Have Saul join Lynn's Black Dragon Knights.

KNIGHT CHARGE VOTE
>1. Hold off with charging with your knights until your mages and archers have softened up the enemy more. Runs the risk of the enemy daywalker messing things up.

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>>44252729
That depends on how well things go and how much mana you burn. I'm assuming you'll have Mal backing you because otherwise you'll just be hosed down by magic.

It would probably take a while, though.

>>44252695
Could the generals magic be spiritual in nature? If were from Balkarin and we recognize the aura it could be the techniques the Wardens use as well. My grasp of magic in this setting used to be iffy and since the break I lost it all.

>>44252754
I doubt aspie would want to restart the setting so soon again

>>44252695
1
2
1
1

>>44252695
FMK=2
Daywalker=2
Saul=2
Knight charge=2

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>>44252802
No, Saul is certain that the magic is sorcerous. He confirmed that to Cormann before the siege.

Also, Saul will definitely recognise a Warden's magic.

>>44252695
>2
>2
>1
>1

>>44252759
If he is, we're pretty much fucked, but it's unlikely.
>>44252695
>1
Once they're done, have them return and start bombin the enemy from behind.
>2
Until we reach melee range, then do 1
>2
>1
Wait until the mages are dead so Mal can help out as needed.
Only do Dragon range when we're right about to engage, to maximize time with it.

>>44252826
Don't be so melodramatic. There would be shitposting about it forever by a couple of saltlords and the rest of us who were here before would understand, but life would go on.

And someone else would show up who could only ever roll critically.

If Felix shows back up he is probably going to roll like ass.

>>44252695
>2
>1
>1
>2

>>44252845
Ok. I'm still not convinced its a daywalker due to your wording but the only things I can think of them being otherwise would be a dragon (which explains familiarity and sorcerous) or God-knight which kinda seems strange how early it is.

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Next post will be a bit delayed. Sorry.

>>44252754
Second.

>>44252845
Wrong time to travel, great if one wants to study.

>>44252911
Could also be an infernal. Their power is very similar to a daywalker's.

>>44252911
God-Knights are incredibly high profile, even without using their power they are walking mountains of meat, and using astral power is noticable.

We'd likely easily recognize if someone was using actual draconic sorcery thanks to Lyria.

So when Lynn starts to cut loose we may just glance over and think "Oh, shit, a dragon?" nah, breh, just ya boyy Ser Lynn.

Shit guys what if its the Mage PC. There was a reason for Talon not being here but not them. Devilry is close to Daywalker magic if is correct.>>44252961

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>All this meta

>>44253063
I still wish that option won. The description in the google doc was badass.

>>44253072
No?

>>44253080
can has link

>>44252994
I hope Saul never finds out Lynn's not a dude and they can just go on being manlet bros forever

>>44253080
Why the fuck would we want to lose our empathy? Admittedly, the Aefir sounded fun.

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>>44253123
>Lynn is actually a man, Aspie is intentionally fucking up on his nouns just to screw with players

>>44253109
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bS1WFqZ2EOFQnglB2PKHFpYBSAuq1TrEFI7WguRyNYg/edit?usp=sharing

>>44253123
Lynn's way shorter than I remembered.

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Sorry about that. Back now and writing.

>1
>2
>2
>1

>>44253148
I remember something similar being said on the first run of this. Full circle.

>>44253107
No I just have no idea what's going on its weird... I'm scared

>>44253399
It's okay anon, I spend most of these threads confused and overwhelmed with all the terms and references everyone is using too.

>>44253399
>>44253410
looks like you're gonna have to read up some of the archives of the original playthrough of AEQ, and Aspirational's hueg Gdocs for an idea of the terminology. It's okay to meta, we commonly meta for battle strats and ideas, just don't meta too hard using info from the original AEQ.

>>44253410
I kinda hope I never understand some of the references and stuff

It'd take the fun out for me

He might have nightwalkers, they need to be uncovered to actually transform. Fack

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>1, 2, 2, 1

Plans were definitely your strong suit, you think. You were fortunate that people tended to actually do what you asked them to currently, as convincing them wasn’t your strong point. Yet.

After snapping off a series of sendings to your officers you glide down to join Ser Lynn and his knights. Above you soar Malaine and his mage-knights as they take off down to the other end of the battlefield. You can hear the panicked shouts of the Seraphi soldiers as they see them go and realise they’re not getting any support.

It’s also raining fire and arrows on them, so the panicked shouts could be related to that. You weren’t knowledgeable enough in human suffering to read the difference.

“Their magic was quite impressive. I’m surprised Maloric didn’t stop them from destroying the gate,” Lynn says to you as you approach. He’s standing at the front of his formation of knights as you drop down and join them. Magical bolts are scorching the stone ramp leading up to you but you’re not too concerned. The heavy-mage knights aren’t so much as charging as slowly inching their way towards you – you suspect the log traps are keeping them cautious.

>continued

>>44253469
We never really meta'd that hard, we stuck to what Talon knew IC pretty well, since we as players rarely knew any better outside of our shadowruns.

I remember the Blackwater fight, almost had that tricky bastard but we were off the mark on his shifty shit by just enough to not count.

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>>44253528
“That wasn’t the sort of magic Magister Maloric could stop,” you say, watching the enemy closely. You need to wait for the right moment to charge in and take care of this daywalker vampire.

“Oh? That doesn’t sound right,” Lynn says, tilting his helmet at you.

“The shadow magic that destroyed the gate was a daywalker,” you say.

“How do you know that?” he asks.

“I know my vampires. If he’s anywhere near as dangerous as what Malaine and Lyria make them sound, then we’ll need to hit him hard and fast,” you say. You pause briefly then ask despite yourself, “Are you with me?”

Lynn doesn’t respond but the knights behind him do. Their roar of approval is joined by the thundering of their enormous black tower shields and bardiches against the stone and each other. You try not to look too surprised at the strength of their response. You absolutely directed that at them.

You hear the rumbling of the log traps and know that the fight is truly on now.

[DC80 Traps]

[DC62/80 Bombardment]

Roll two d100s each please.

Rolled 6, 23 = 29 (2d100)

>>44253541
Pls

Rolled 8, 1 = 9 (2d100)

>>44253541
you activated my trap card!

Rolled 75, 18 = 93 (2d100)

>>44253541

Rolled 48 (1d100)

>>44253547
>>44253551
Fuuuuck.

>>44253541

Rolled 32, 26 = 58 (2d100)

>>44253541

Rolled 38, 53 = 91 (2d100)

>>44253541

>>44253547
>>44253551
>>44253557

Jesus Christ I had no idea it was possible to fail this hard

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>>44253547
>>44253551
>>44253557

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>>44253557
>>44253551
>>44253547
shif, fuck, cunt, cuck, ass, motherfucker, goddammit!

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We didn't pass with a single roll, even the non-valid ones.

This has to be a record.

My anus hurts.

Rolled 75, 46 = 121 (2d100)

>>44253591

Don't worry, my non-valid rolls got this

Now we're back to AEQ! Fuck you, dice, I missed your bullshit.

>>44253591
Eh, given the number of rolls and how high he set the bar it isn't that surprising.

All that happened is they shrug off our traps and arrows etc and struck back

Could be worse

>>44253627
Nat 1, anon.

Our FMK just got fucking rekt.

>>44253541
>anywhere near as dangerous as what Malaine and Lyria make them sound, then

Wait does anybody but us know about Lyria or does our character have a habit of referring to her as an imaginary friend?

>>44253551
Ah, yes. Now this is a true AEQ reboot.

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>>44253617
The probabilities weren't that bad.

>Traps: Target not met

The log traps are as stunningly ineffective as last time. You make a mental note to make them from steel next time. Or stone. Let’s see those knights stand in the way of massive rolling bars of that.

>Bombardment: Dramatic failure

It also seems that the courtyard isn’t giving you the advantage you’d like to have in terms of bombardment either. Fire and steel rain down on the enemy, and although you are doing significant damage to the weaker troops at the back of the mass of soldiers in the courtyard, the heavy knights seem resolute in not dying like the dogs they are.

A sudden surge of magic causes the hairs on the back of your neck to raise. The air past the platform wall seems to ripple for a moment as a cascade of magical bolts are fired by the enemy knights. You barely spot a dozen or more daggers made of shadow amongst them. This time the screams of pain and panic are among your men as the archers on the platform walls take heavy damage. Without prompting, the archers immediately begin pulling back, dragging as many of the wounded with them. The fusillade of magical bolts continues as the heavy knights ignore the magic raining down on them to concentrate on killing as many of your men as they can reach.

Your knights are still maintaining formation. Their professionalism means they’re not breaking ranks to charge the enemy foolishly but you don’t exactly like seeing your men take casualties. A sending from Captain Moss calms you, telling you that it appears to be mostly injuries rather than deaths. You…

>1. Push the archers back onto the platform walls and continue your strategy.
>2. Let Moss pull his archers back to the inner wall and hold the top of the platform wall with your knights.
>3. Abandon your strategy and charge the enemy down the ramp.
>4. Custom

>>44253791
>everyone thinks Saul is touched in the head for talking about his "friend" Lyria

Oh jeez.

>>44253811
>2. Let Moss pull his archers back to the inner wall and hold the top of the platform wall with your knights.

>>44253811
2

>>44253811
>>2. Let Moss pull his archers back to the inner wall and hold the top of the platform wall with your knights.

>>44253811
>2. Let Moss pull his archers back to the inner wall and hold the top of the platform wall with your knights.

>>44253811
>2

>The probabilities weren't that bad.
I didn't mean the probabilities were that bad, just high enough that failure isn't as shocking as he made it out to be.

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>2.

As Moss pulls his archers back to the inner wall you ready yourself for the enemy’s charge. In the distance you can see Malaine and his knights beginning to swoop over the Seraphi mages. You hope they mop up sooner rather than later – you really want Maloric to lend you a hand with these knights. His magic will surely be more than enough to rip through them.

The ground shakes as the Seraphi heavy mage-knights begin moving in earnest, abandoning their shield wall formation in order to get up the ramp as fast as possible. Lynn holds his greatsword aloft in the air, causing your ears to fill with the clatter of metal as his knights assume their counter-charge formation. You’d only seen the Black Dragon Knights charge from a distance before – to be a part of it would be an incredible lesson in how to become a human wrecking ball. Not that you could follow their lead – knights relied a little too much on being the biggest, baddest, most heavily armoured douche on the battlefield. You naturally managed one of the three, could do another if you tried but one would forever be out of your reach.

As you summon magic from within yourself your senses catch a familiar power to your right. Out of the corner of your eye you see a Seraphi knight charging from the platform wall to the inner gatehouse. How did he get up there?

You freeze as you recognise the power. The enemy general was charging your gatehouse. To be more specific, he was charging where Maloric was – Malaine and his knights were still bombarding the enemy knights at this stage. If he lost his focus…

You…

>1. Let Maloric and your other men deal with the daywalker general temporarily while you focus on weakening the enemy knights with Lynn.
>2. Intercept the daywalker general.
>3. Custom

>>44254162
>>2. Intercept the daywalker general.

>>44254162
>2. Intercept the daywalker general.
Protect our squishy magebro!

>>44254162
>>2. Intercept the daywalker general.

>>44254162
>2. Intercept the daywalker general.

>>44254162
>2

>>44254162
>>2. Intercept the daywalker general.

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>>44254162
>>2. Intercept the daywalker general.

Oh, look, someone who wants to die.

>>44254162
>knights relied a little too much on being the biggest, baddest, most heavily armoured douche on the battlefield. You naturally managed one of the three, could do another if you tried but one would forever be out of your reach.

>angry manlet noise intensifies

>>44254162
Unleash the dragon then charge him

>>44254287
>manlet
SHRIMPY!

>>44254162
>2. Intercept the daywalker general.
UNLEASH THE DRAGON!

>>44254351
>>44254287
I hope you realize this will never go away aspie

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>>44254351

>>44254386
It's fine. We just need Lyriamilk to grow. So later in the quest we'll have the option to stop being short.

>>44254386
It's fine. He's just ya know only as tall as my eleven year old niece who only comes up to my chest.

>>44254386
It's fine. All that needs to happen is for us to make a company of dwarven fighters and we'll fit right in.

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>>44254386
At this point I'm just rolling with it. In fact, it'll probably be made fun of by enemies countless times too.

>>44254415
Are you 7'? Because that's how tall you'd need to be for Saul to only come up to your chest.

>>44254415
wtf your 11 year old niece is 5'6 where the fuck is thor he has some jotun to smite

>>44254466
>In fact, it'll probably be made fun of by enemies countless times too.

Oh god damn it anons what have you done. Now we're Ed.

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>2.

“Lynn, cover this front,” you say before taking off as fast as you can.

It’s a fair distance between the gatehouse and the platform wall, so you assumed you’d have plenty of time to catch the daywalker. He was moving inhumanly fast, however. You instinctively knew that if you didn’t catch him before the wall he’d leap up it and…

Crash into the barrier on the inner wall? No, it was down and the gate was open. While Moss and his archers were still retreating the barrier was down, allowing your men through. That left your mages a stark choice – activate the barrier and close out the enemy knight charging the open gatehouse or else leave your archers in the midst of a heavy mage-knight running faster than any heavy mage-knight had business doing. You were confident in your running speed but to catch this monster you would need to run faster than you’d ever run before.

Or you could just fly, you suddenly realise. Pumping magic into your body you rapidly increase in speed and slam into the daywalker sword first. Your sword skates on the enchanted armour but the momentum of your flying tackle sends the daywalker flying. With practiced ease you reverse your momentum with magic and set your feet on the ground.

“Oh, it’s the boy,” says the knight. “Here I thought it might be York’s protégé, come to avenge him.”

You have no idea what he’s talking about. You’re preparing to call on Lyria’s rage, opening a telepathic connection, when suddenly his armour explodes. From within it stands a man who looks like he could probably benchpress ten of you. In fact, you think his bicep is as thick as your head.

“If you wish to dance with an immortal, boy, be my guest. I am the almighty Dalrec, vanquisher of your former master, slayer of…”

You tune him out once you realise he’s monologuing. Also, there’s a dragon in your head who wants to know what’s going on.

>What do you do while Dalrec is monologuing?

>>44254519
were like 5'6 not that bad plus were now Kammile only with height

>>44254536
>rage! dragon rage! feel the rage of the shrimpy spellblade!

>>44254536
RIP
I
P
And
TEAR
E
A
R
RIPNTEAR

>>44254558
>>44254536
add to this with the battlecry: "I'M NOT SHRIMPY!"

>>44254466
You were saying he was only 5'3 before. Im about 6'3 6'6 depending on convience store.

>>44254536
Yeah that's cool and all but let me interrupt with something. Sword to face.

>>44254536
dragon rage and beat his ass

>>44254536
Activate our dragon power and stab the fuck.

>>44254536
>What do you do while Dalrec is monologuing?
Absentmindedly tell Lyria what's going on.

Maybe throw in a "Sorry, wasn't really paying attention" to annoy him.

>>44254536
>What do you do while Dalrec is monologuing?
Sending Malaine to redirect his bombardments to the talky dayfucker. Call on Lyria for strength and snap into him while he's being interrupted.

Made himself an awfully good target without his armor.

Dragon Rage + Explosive thrust into the head

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VOTE
>1. Activate Black Dragon's Rage and attack Dalrec while he's distracted.
>2. Let Lyria know what's going on and sass the daywalker in the meantime. Maybe he'll do something stupid(er than monologuing).
>3. Attack Dalrec without using Black Dragon's Rage, making use of an Explosive Thrust to the face.
>4. Custom

>>44254671
As stated in the sheet, you can't combined BDR with other magical abilities. You're too busy hulking out to focus your mind on evocation.

>>44254671
support!

>>44254699
1

>>44254699
>1.

What could possibly go wrong?

>>44254699
1

>>44254699
>1. Activate Black Dragon's Rage and attack Dalrec while he's distracted.

>>44254699
>>1. Activate Black Dragon's Rage and attack Dalrec while he's distracted.

GANK. GANK NOW WHILE HIS BACK IS TURNED! It's what Talon would've wanted!

>>44254699
>1. Dragon rage
I'M NOT SHRIMPY!

>>44254651
This.

>>44254699
>>1. Activate Black Dragon's Rage and attack Dalrec while he's distracted.

>>44254699
>2. Let Lyria know what's going on and sass the daywalker in the meantime. Maybe he'll do something stupid(er than monologuing).

>>44254699
>>44254651
supporting this.

>>44254699
>1. Activate Black Dragon's Rage and attack Dalrec while he's distracted.

>>44254732
>>44254755
Actually I think I misread it. It may only be his helmet that he busted.

>>44254699
>1. Activate Black Dragon's Rage and attack Dalrec while he's distracted.

The treachery of the little people are well known around these parts

activate supermanlet rage

>>44254545
5'3
We manlet.

>>44254799
>supermanlet
supershrimpy

>>44254811
I thought he bumped it up a lil?

Time to start up a reputation for interrupting monologues.

>>44254536
>Here I thought it might be York’s protege
FINN! On a quest for bloody vengeance!

>>44254811
5'6-5'7 you illiterate fuck

>>44254859
Literally Napoleon's height

>>44254859
It got changed. Because it sure as hell says 5'3 here: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/44231399/#p44234510

>>44254841
I want to go back to being 5'3".

I like playing short characters. They can fit into cupboards I never could.

>>44254841
Where did it get bumped up?

>>44254874
OH MY GOD HE CHANGED IT BACK TO SHORTIER
ASPIE WHY

>>44254871
5'6 was above average

>>44254875
He'll always be 5'3'' in my heart

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He's just shy of 5'6 for those who didn't pay attention last thread. I changed it when somebody pointed out a more accurate height distribution. He's still shorter than like 60-70% of people.

>>44254891
That was the original post, christ.

>>44254859
What orifice did you pull that fact out of?

>>44254909
Emperor Waise the Stumpy Interrupter.

>>44254914
>>44254909
Get fucked

>>44254937
>Stumpy
Shrimpy
ffy

>>44254909
>yfw no "Is he a dwarf?" jokes can be had because some ass blasted anons wanted to be average height.
>yfw we can't have the MC climb around the bigger foes like a man scaling a cliff face and jimmy his blade into areas he should have no right being able to.
>yfw he dosent get to ride em cowboy to a day walker in heavy armor and lop off its head at the end.
Being normal is suffering. People who can't make the best out of something suck.

>>44254909
Man, that's boring. Now he's just bland and average rather than angry midget tier.

>>44254909
Shorter than 60-70% of modern people.
He's probably closer to the median but further from the average in setting, since nutrion will be worse but magic 10 foot tall supersoldier will screw up the statistics

>>44254967
>thinking people are going to take a midget seriously
Not a good thing for a wannabe emperor

>>44254986
Blame manlet anons

>>44254995
after he rips a nigga in half

>>44254995
Evidently you cannot into Napoleon.
Though seriously. if someone judges you for being short, you just get to stab them in the nutts while their laughing. Being underestimated constantly is a fucking godsend for getting further than anyone expects.

>>44254995
Neither is having an imaginary friend that you talk about from time to time.
At least he doesn't actually say 'unleash the dragon.' That'd be too much.

>>44254995
If we have to rely on stature rather than force of personality to command the attention and respect of our peers and subjects, we're doing something wrong.

>>44254986
>5'6"
>average
manlet detected

>>44254986
Think of this: Most of the enemies we personally face in combat will probably be taller than us by a good 2~4 inches.

>>44254995
That's what makes it fun.

No enemy's morale will ever recover after the tiniest emperor destroys them.

>>44255047
Eh, it's not short enough to be unusual.

>>44255024
Napoleon wasn't even short, that was just British propaganda.

>all these manlets defending their shit manlet protag
Talon was better

>>44255073
That was the joke.
Hence: though seriously.

>>44255073
but the propaganda stuck in their heads. Now it can't be removed.

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>>44254990
I'm using more modern heights because nobody understands that people were generally far shorter in the past due to poor nutrition.

>1. Activate Black Dragon's Rage and attack Dalrec while he's distracted.

Accumulated Successes: 1 (from intercepting Dalrec)

If you’d heard right, this vampire claimed to have been the one to have killed Talon York. You hardly knew the man yourself, but he was a good man to go by what you’d heard. Avenging him would be satisfying.

With that in mind, you finally use the telepathic connection you’d formed with Lyria to draw on her rage. She offered it as freely as usual, the emotions of an ancient dragon flooding the link and drowning your mind and body. Power surged through your body, your blood seeming to superheat and boil in your veins. Where such a sensation would normally be pure pain, you instead feel pure strength. You can vaguely feel Lyria’s satisfaction on the other end of the link, as the dragon watches the proceedings through your mind as usual.

Your sword snaps out at the vampire in a chopping motion, with intent to open him from shoulder to waist. Dalrec spots your attack at the last second and you grin inwardly in delight as you realise he’ll be aware of your attack right before he dies.

>continued

>>44255075
Go home Mal, you are drunk

>>44255075
Not denying that, but manlet protag is more fun than "slightly below average" protag.

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>>44255089
A flash of light seems to erupt from Dalrec’s scabbard and you only barely realise that’s the speed of him drawing his sword to block. A jarring sensation runs up your arm as if you’d struck a solid block of steel, except you’re pretty sure you could cut through that anyway with this draconic strength. Before the shock clears your system your blade pushes through Dalrec’s, the enchantments in your blade overwhelming his and you scythe clean through his sword. That momentary delay is enough for the vampire however, and he steps back just out of reach. Your sword carries on the momentum of your swing, cleaving deep into the ancient stonework beneath your feet.

You spring backwards, dust flying up from the ground where you pull your sword free. Your face would show surprise were it not for the fact that your mind is overwhelmed with pure rage. Lyria covers that for you, with her surprise on the other end of the link just barely registering in your mind.

“Well, perhaps I dismissed you too quickly, boy,” Dalrec says, dropping his sword. “Perhaps you will make a better vampire than even York – and you’re even close enough in height to my beloved daughter to make a nice pairing.”

Later you’ll sincerely hope that nobody heard that, because they’ll no doubt interpret your enraged charge and shout as responding to the insult. For now, you’re not really paying attention as you’re channelling Lyria’s rage for as long as you have it.

[DC77 Black Dragon’s Rage 1; DC77 Black Dragon’s Rage 2]

>>44255075
> Look at me! LOOK AT ME! I AM BAIT, DESTROYER OF THREADS.

>>44255106
By the power of Wrenloft! Let these rolls strike true!

Rolled 74, 4 = 78 (2d100)

>>44255106
KILL KILL KILL

Rolled 9, 65 = 74 (2d100)

>>44255106
shrimpy

>>44255075
I agree. But we were sadly outvoted when we tried for Talon 2.

Rolled 72, 70 = 142 (2d100)

>>44255106

Rolled 49, 91 = 140 (2d100)

>>44255106
Crap

>>44255126
Talon 2 a shit

Demon Summoner Master Race

Rolled 35, 3 = 38 (2d100)

>>44255106

>>44255106
>>44255122
>>44255124
>>44255127
Fails across the board. Lovely.

>>44255127
>>44255124
>>44255122
i miss talon
>>44255137
i really miss him

>>44255122
>>44255124
>>44255127
Manlets, when will they ever learn?

>>44255106
>Perhaps you will make a better vampire than even York
So they did vamp him...

>>44255157
Too short to roll high.

>>44255175
We need wolverine being angry images.

>>44255153
Agreed.

What's the downside of being a vamp anyway? Immortality sounds pretty rad.

>>44255157
At least with the accumulated success we have at least one success here.

>>44255213
Let's use the accumulated success on the second.

>>44255211
Having to feed, generally finding it hard to grow or improve, being someone elses bitch for near eternity.

Why are the DCs so high?

>>44255207
Yeah, my hean image of Saul is basically Logan at this point.

>>44255248
Young, inexperienced, short.
We basically chose hard mode.

>>44255248
54% chance of success against boss aint bad

>>44255248
Dalrec is a vampire. In this setting vampires are really scary powerful.

>>44255248
Because this is a boss battle that we prematurely engaged in?

>>44255248
We're doing best of three.
Those DCs aren't that hig, we're just rolling pure shit.

>>44255279
>/tg/ dice
>adhering to probability

Pick one.

>>44255106
Saul's pretty arrogant ain't he? Emperor notions aside, he's already thinking of later even though the enemy general is still alive in front of him.
Kids got balls.

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>>44255248
They're not. You had a 20% chance of failing both rolls (combined), which is pretty damned good. You guys are just rolling god damn terribly.

>Target not met, both rolls

Your body is heaving under the exhaustion, sweat coating your body under your armour and increasing your discomfort rapidly. All that vanishes in your mind in an instant, as you enter the last minute of Lyria’s rage. Your senses are slowly returning and you can feel Lyria’s concern on the other end of the link. All you could feel was frustration.

The problem wasn’t your strength or skill – Dalrec couldn’t touch you, especially without his sword. You were at least as skilled as he was, and considerably stronger. No, the problem was that every time you rent him open he just regenerated in front of your eyes in the time it took to take another swing. You could reveal his heart to the world, with it spurting blood all over the stonework, his entrails spilling out from his body. Then they would just reassemble themselves within him, sometimes growing anew as bone and sinew reconstructed themselves.

“You can’t win this, you know?” he says. “Why don’t you merely give in?”

You would have answered him were it not for your current incoherence. Fortunately, a friend answers for you. Dalrec’s chests explodes into gore as a strange light on the ground bursts into it. Out of the corner of your eye you see Malaine’s knights making their return journey, and behind you is still the ongoing melee between the knights of both sides. You feel another snap of Maloric’s magic as a series of balls of goo snap onto Dalrec’s body as he heals.

The vampire snarls, using his superhuman strength to break free. “I’ll turn you, then end this fortress.”

He leaps at you, his wounds steaming where Mal’s magic sticks to them.

[DC66 Black Dragon’s Rage 3]

>>44255410
Could be a cool character flaw. He lives in the future, not the present.

>>44255412

Rolled 23 (1d100)

>>44255412
No

Rolled 61, 77 = 138 (2d100)

>>44255106

Rolled 69 (1d100)

>>44255412

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>44255412

Rolled 16 (1d100)

>>44255412

Rolled 33 (1d100)

>>44255412

Rolled 17 (1d100)

>>44255412
I'M NOT SHRIMPY

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>44255412
for Talon

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>44255412

Looks like the rolls around here are a little bit... small.

>>44255472
clutch save man. clutch.

Rolled 53 (1d100)

>>44255412

>>44255503
I think you mean they're coming up short.

>>44255472
Damn. I was kind of hoping we'd fail this to see if we'd get vamped and go all dark lord on this setting...

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>44255412

>>44255535
We don't need to be vamped to go dark lord. But it would help.

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Yeah, all you need was one success. Dalrec's strong, but as Saul could smash Talon into little pieces with BDR as they both were at the start, it's no contest.

>Target met

Your sword snaps out in an instant and then you’re faced with two halves of Dalrec flying at you. The vampire look unconcerned by your attack, his fangs bared and gaze fixated on your face. You snarl in return as your body twists with the momentum on your swing. To an observer, it might look as though you’d made a mistake, bringing your face and neck closer to a vampire intent on eating them. At least Lyria knows better, her glee at what comes next mingling with the rage she’s still feeding you.

Your fist crashes into Dalrec’s face, breaking his extremely uncomfortable gaze. Then it breaks his nose, his jaw, most of his skull and then it’s through. You suddenly leap backwards, blood and gore splattering all over the stonework as Dalrec’s upper half follows you partway. His head is wrenched off your forearm with rapid twist of your arm and it flies into the nearby melee between the knights.

The vampire is assuredly dead, you think. You think that again as Maloric and the other battle mages hose down his corpse with magical blasts of fire. On the other hand, you’re still being pumped full of sweet, sweet draconic rage and the Seraphi knight still haven’t broken. Guess you’ll break a few of them.

>1. Fight the Seraphi knights until they surrender, running down those that try to flee. No mercy.
>2. Beat the RSK soldiers until they retreat or surrender. They were likely being manipulated – potentially with thralled officers.
>3. Participate in the melee but leave the aftermath to Lynn and your knights, as they’re doing much of the heavy lifting right now.
>4. Custom

>>44255657
>1. Fight the Seraphi knights until they surrender, running down those that try to flee. No mercy.
It may be better to add the spoilers like that after the post

>>44255657
>1. Fight the Seraphi knights until they surrender, running down those that try to flee. No mercy.

>>44255657
>2. Beat the RSK soldiers until they retreat or surrender. They were likely being manipulated – potentially with thralled officers.

>>44255657
>2. Beat the RSK soldiers until they retreat or surrender. They were likely being manipulated – potentially with thralled officers.

>>44255657
>2

>>44255657
>1. Fight the Seraphi knights until they surrender, running down those that try to flee. No mercy.
YES

>>44255657
>1. Fight the Seraphi knights until they surrender, running down those that try to flee. No mercy.

>>44255657
>>1. Fight the Seraphi knights until they surrender, running down those that try to flee. No mercy.

>>44255657
>2. Beat the RSK soldiers until they retreat or surrender. They were likely being manipulated – potentially with thralled officers.

>>44255657
NO QUARTER

>>44255657
>2. Beat the RSK soldiers until they retreat or surrender. They were likely being manipulated – potentially with thralled officers.
kind of a dick move to kill fleeing mooks

>>44255657
>1. Fight the Seraphi knights until they surrender, running down those that try to flee. No mercy.

>>44255657
>2. Beat the RSK soldiers until they retreat or surrender. They were likely being manipulated – potentially with thralled officers.
Goddamn Vamps.

>>44255657
>1. Fight the Seraphi knights until they surrender, running down those that try to flee. No mercy.

>>44255657
>1. Embrace the rage.

Sounds good boss!

>>44255657
>2. Beat the RSK soldiers until they retreat or surrender. They were likely being manipulated – potentially with thralled officers.
Might be able to use some of the soldiers.

>>44255657
2

>>44255657
>4 Allow the grunts to flee. We're keeping the shiny armor.

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>1 wins

Can I get a d100? Average of first three will determine proportion of surviving soldiers that surrender. The rest die, on top of the massive casualties you cause with option 1.

>>44255657
1

No mercy

>>44255657
2.

Rolled 11 (1d100)

>>44255859
Calling on Napoleon's charisma

Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>44255859

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>44255859

Rolled 83 (1d100)

>>44255859
Here we go...

Rolled 45 (1d100)

>>44255859
Fucking hell, we're going to need another shower.

Rolled 95 (1d100)

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>>44255888
>>44255879
Way to drop the average shorties!

>>44255879
>>44255886
>>44255888
Some of those guys did really, really well at not-dying.