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Title: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: TheRedwolf on July 09, 2019, 01:14:37 pm

I advise making your civilization somewhat unique from your generic medieval empire. I am not strict at all on themes, so go make your kingdom whatever you want it to be themed after. Hell, you can make a Goddamn Minecraft-themed civilization for all I care. (Don't worry, I won't judge you for that, I actually play Minecraft every now and then.)

Hello and welcome to Land Wars, a forum based grand strategy game! In it, players create fictional high-fantasy nations and send their armies after other players in an effort to conquer the world, or failing that, each other. It's a ton of fun.
 
If you're new, welcome, and read on; it may be a lot but I promise the game is less complicated than it sounds and it's absolutely worth it

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

So, to start off: your kingdom (kingdom is just a traditional name, you can be a republic or hivemind or queendom or something) will need a theme. This is just to give the other players an idea of what your civilization is based off. Your theme can be absolutely anything and is encouraged to have a theme that will stand out; Some players pick high fantasy races like dwarves, elves and orcs. Others base theirs off historical civilizations like rome, the vikings, or native americans. Still others just do broad, general ideas, like primitive steampunk (emphasis on primitive, this is meant to be roughly late middle ages/early renaissance in terms of game balance), undead, demons from hell, or a wizard's guild. If you want, you could roll with an empire based off of or even ripped straight out of a video game, book, or movie-something like the lord of the rings, game of thrones, mario, or skyrim.  Multiple people have even picked minecraft as their theme, and some people even run silly/joke themes like My Little Pony or sentient strawberries. Whatever your theme is, just bear in mind that the technology level should be around high fantasy or late 16th century or balanced for that range-so a primitive steampunk theme would be fine as long as you build up to it and you're not using gatling guns from day 1 or whatever. I will allow sci-fi theming, but keep in mind fancy cyberpunkified muskets are just as effective as standard medieval muskets. So go nuts, as long as it would make sense gameplay wise.
 
Now, once you've got an idea for a kingdom in your head, there are a few things you need to do.

Maps
First off, you need a map of your kingdom. The only requirement is that it's exactly 500 by 500 pixels. It doesn't have to be good or anything close to decent. Seriously, most maps are made in five minutes in MS Paint or the like. Here's an example. Adjust the example if you're gonna use it as necessary so it makes sense your theme-a tribe of desert warriors wouldn't live in the frozen north, etc.

If you need inspiration for a map layout, go find a map in your house of an area roughly town-sized, and base it off that. Remember, since the scale will be 50 pixels per mile, try and base it off of a 10 mile by 10 mile region.
 
All player maps will be edited into one, giant map of the continent the game takes place on, so you know who your neighbors are. Late joiners will appear at a location that has similar terrain to what their map shows.

For map scale, it should be roughly 50 pixels for 1 mile, so a single kingdom map should be roughly 10 square miles.
 

Troops
Troops are the guys that do your fighting. You begin with four different kinds of troops (and can get more kinds in projects, but more on that later). Troops don't necessarily have to fall under the infantry/archer/cavalry trio: feel free to have wizards, war dogs, skittle gunslingers, giant spiders or whatever, as long as they're balanced. In your daily kingdom updates, each troop should have a short description of its capabilities, equipment, backstory if you want to add lore to your kingdom, and its strengths and weaknesses.  Each description should be a couple sentences minimum, and please don't write any longer than a paragraph. Feel free to add an image detailing what the unit looks like if you want.
 
Here are some example troops to give you a general idea:
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Peasant archers: Lowborns trained with the longbow and equipped with minimal armor. They excel at dealing damage over great distance and can fire further than shortbows, but they're not very good in melee and quite vulnerable to cavalry charges.
 
Dwarf warriors: Mighty, bearded fighters wielding an axe in one hand and a shield in the other. They also come with thick plate armor. They're quite strong, and their thick armor gives them good survivability. However, like all dwarves, they're slow and can easily be outrun.
 
Hoplites:The standard warrior unit of the Greeks, equipped with a spear and shield. Fights in tight group formations, and is quite good against cavalry and on the defense, but struggles to lead aggressive charges.
 
Riders of Rohan:Cavalry from the legendary kingdom of Rohan. Obviously much faster than ground infantry, and can devastate the enemy when charging, but attacking on horseback is quite awkward on defense, and they're vulnerable to spears, polearms and the like.
 
Clerics: battle-priests skilled in the art of healing magic. They can heal the wounds of other troops in battle, but have no melee skills whatsoever.
 
Waddle dees: The grunts of king deedee's army. Lacking weapons, they just kinda punch their opposition, which is more effective than it sounds. Their lack of vital organs and inability to feel pain means they can fight for a long time, but they're quite unskilled and will die easily to a well-trained warrior (like kirby).
 
Trebuchets:A big wooden contraption capable of launching massive stones into the enemy and/or his buildings. While quite good in a siege, as it can fire over walls, they're pretty inaccurate even for siege weapons and will generally miss infantry in an open field. Furthermore, they're expensive-building one Trebuchet is equal to recruiting 50 regular troops.

Hopefully you have some troops in mind with those examples. If you're stuck, feel free to look through old land wars games to see what people came up with.

As a side note, I'm not considering "sub-units", or units that could be considered the same as an existing unit with different equipment (but still similar enough to the original one) as different ones.

Heroes
A hero is one unit that's significantly more powerful than the average dude. They can be a powerful wizard, a legendary king who inspires his troops, a super-skilled warrior, the royal guard (hero units can be multiple individuals, just don't get crazy) a dragon, Legolas, Gimli, Jon Snow, Bowser, a giant, the vampire queen, a particularly powerful catapult, Julius Caesar, Moby Dick, Fenrir, or anything you can come up with.
 
Like troops, you should give your heroes a short description of their capabilities and backstory, if applicable.

"Miniheroes", or units which are way more powerful than the average rank and file mook, but not powerful enough to be a hero in itself, like for example, heavily armored machine gunners (If the game even gets to the point where machine guns are available, but just an example.), would be better suited as really high cost troops, and not heroes.

Supplies
A supply is anything unique that your kingdom has at its disposal for war. Basically anything magical or technologically advanced or just unique that your kingdom can use. Whether it's a natural resource (like mythril or super strong wood) a battle supply (like armor, gunpowder, or weapons enchanted with fire magic) or a legendary artifact (like Excalibur or the One Ring). A supply can be whatever you'd like to come up with.
 
Again, in your update (more on this later) you should describe your supplies in a paragraph or less. Your starting supplies are automatically mass-produced, meaning you have a virtually infinite number of them (unless it's a unique weapon or something like that.)

Projects
Projects are arguably the most important aspect of land wars. Each day, you get two project points that you can allocate to improve your kingdom in some way-be it forging new weapons, building new buildings, training your troops to do something, recruiting a hero, or anything you can come up with. Obviously, doing something like inventing muskets would probably take decades if not centuries in real life, but for the sake of gameplay, it's shortened into days. Use this official guideline in order to see how long everything takes:
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(Cost with Industry focus is in parentheses)

Recruit a hero: 2 points (1)
 
Build a fortress: 6 points (4)
 
Train units to do something (fight stealthily, use bombs, etc.): 2 points (1)
 
Mass produce something: 3 points (2)
 
Reverse engineer a foreign item received in trade: 2 points (1) (Free if you get blueprints for it)
 
Train a new type of unit: 2 points (1) (Upgrading already existing units with better weapons (like giving your soldiers double barreled shotguns to replace blunderbusses) will not count as a new type of unit. What does count as a new unit is any particular unit with some form of differentiation from already existing units, like giving them different training, different weapons, etc.)
You can spend more or less project points if you like, but that will affect the quality of your results. If you spend ten days training your troops to fight on boats, you can be damn sure you'll be the best sailors in the world. If, on the other hand, you build a fort in two days, it's probably made of manure and not worth defending as even a ruined building with half of it destroyed with no fortifications would be better.

One more thing: you can spend two project points on one thing, as long as you don't mind forgoing your other project.

Focuses
At the start of the game, you pick from one of the three below:
 
Force: You have a militaristic society, or maybe just a surplus of warm bodies. You may recruit a hundred extra troops (Units that cost more to train are counted as multiple troops) each day.
 
Industry: Your kingdom is full of hard workers, intelligent scientists, and the like. All projects cost 3/4 of their original speed (rounded down).
 
Legacy: Your kingdom is a mighty empire, well established in history, and is quite powerful. You start with 15 completed project points and 1000 extra troops. However, unlike the other focuses, you have no long term bonus.
 
Right, now that's all the mechanical stuff.
 
Each day, you should post an update in this thread. The update should contain all the information above condensed into the following format provided at the bottom of this post.
 
To join the game, you must PM me your day 0 update. For the start of the game (day 0) you should have one hero, two supplies, 2000 troops, and zero spent project points (so no completed projects without the Legacy focus). Once you get the seal of approval, you may post your kingdom in the thread.

Note that your troops per day and projects per day change based on how many kingdoms you own. Here's the official guideline:
1 kingdom = 2 projects, 200 troops
2 kingdoms = 3 projects, 300 troops
3 kingdoms = 4 projects, 400 troops
4 kingdoms = 5 projects, 500 troops

After five kingdoms, you don't get any more benefits (although at that point +you've basically gotten powerful enough to just eradicate anyone who doesn't want to join an alliance with you)
 
Each day, you recruit troops and do projects. When you finish a project, indicate what exactly it did. you finished your baconator project, you should say "project complete" and then give a description of what it adds to your kingdom. Your "information" spoiler should be edited to reflect the new info as well. If you're in a battle and have poison arrows and you don't put it in the supplies and/or troops section, the battle judge will mod the battle as if they weren't there.
 
"Hey, 0cra, all this kingdombuilding is cool and all, but what about the actual war part?"-someone

Glad you asked! With that, let's move on to the two biggest parts of Land Wars: War and Diplomacy.
 
Diplomacy:
 
You may interact with kingdoms in two ways. The first is through letters, which must be posted in the thread at the end of your update. These can be about anything. Maybe you want to establish a non-aggression pact, or maybe you want to trade, or maybe you want to call the enemy king a fuckface. Whatever the reason, you post a quick letter, like so:
Quote from: Letter to King Ragnar of the Vikings
Greetings, your beardedness. We may not see eye to eye with your warrior culture, but we have no bad blood between us. As such, we propose a non-aggression pact between us. Furthermore, if you are interested, we would like to trade some of our healing potions for your mighty direwolves. What say you?
You're kinda expected to be somewhat in character for the letters. You don't need to follow ancient diplomatic tradition or whatever, just don't say "Hey 0cra, non-aggression pact?" or something like that.
 
The other way is through PMs. Obviously I have no control of what you send here so don't bother being in character unless you want to. Generally speaking, PMs, Skype, Discord and the like would be used for plotting joint attacks on enemy civilizations or other things you don't want other people to know about. Doing simple things like non-aggression pacts or alliances in PMs, while not forbidden, is heavily frowned upon. If you want to trade, please do it in the thread so I know why the dwarves suddenly started using elven longbows.

Quick note on trade: how many of each supply each person gives is up to the negotiators. However, you can't mass produce foreign items until you reverse engineer them, which requires a separate project to mass producing. If you trade for/steal the blueprints for the item, you don't need to reverse engineer.
 
War!
 
Alright, so let's suppose you want to fight someone! There are three different ways of duking it out. The first, and by far the most common, is invading. To do this, you would post in the thread separately from your update, and it would include the following:
 
-Who you are attacking
-What your objectives are (nine times out of ten this would be "take an enemy city" but you can burn their farms or steal their supplies if you'd like. The effects of such will be determined by the war mod)
-The troops you or your allies commit to the battle
-The supplies you or your allies commit to the battle
-The attacking strategy
 
The strategy is the most important part. Basically, you split this up into five phases. Each phase you describe what troops you're committing to that part of the plan, and what they're doing.
 
As soon as possible, the defending kingdom will write up a counter strategy. When doing so, the defender should try to avoid metagaming, i.e. they should pretend not to know what the attacker is doing (apart from obvious maneuvers like cavalry going around the side). Defenders can call upon their allies to help them-though there is no guarantee that they will arrive in time if they live on the other side of the continent or across hard to get around terrain.
 
Try to hit the "goldilocks" range for word counts; you should post more than "my raiders attack" but less than something people would spam "TL;DR" over.
 
Once both attack and defense are posted, I will determine the outcome of the battle. This isn't a RTD-all battles will be an impartial, informed decision based on the strategy and capabilities of each side. Once this is done, the battle judge write it up, post the battle in the thread, and determine who won.
 
 
Here is a good example of an attack, the defense, and the war mod's response.
 
The other two types of battles are stealth attacks and duels. Stealth attacks are when small groups of troops enter a kingdom and attempt to carry out a mission-assassinate the general, steal a legendary sword, blow up the city walls, whatever. You can't take cities in a stealth attack, for obvious reasons. How many times have empires successfully claimed cities via stealth missions? (Spoiler alert: None.)
 
Because metagaming would so rampant in stealth missions, when attempting to carry one out, all you post in the thread is who you are attacking. The strategy, troops you're committing, and objectives must be PM'd to me, whereupon the defender will PM as much information as they think is relevant to their kingdom--the layout of their cities, where items are kept, where the general is, where patrols go, etc. If the king, all troops, and all items are kept in an impenetrable bunker of immovable object-unstoppable force alloy with no hope of infiltration or something like that I reserve the right to call bullshit and determine these things using my best judgement. Once I have all the information, I'll post the results of the incursion in the thread.
 
The third type of battle is a duel. In this, two or more kingdoms agree to fight with a certain number of troops on neutral ground. This can be for whatever reason--roleplay, rights to a conquered city, a duel between two warriors, or whatever you want. All involved sides will post their troops being committed but PM their strategies to me.
 
Alrighty, now I know you're probably thinking "holy fuck TL;DR" but there's just a couple more things to be aware of:
For the sake of balance, no looting items off the corpses of enemy troops.
Spies are not allowed.
There's no actual mechanics in terms of diplomacy. A non-aggression pact or alliance can be broken with no penalty--in theory. In practice, doing so will generally cause every other player to hate you and consequently attack you.
You may attempt to intercept and raid enemy trade going to other nations. Consequently, you may also guard your trade convoys with troops.
You may have a maximum of 30,000 troops.
You may have a maximum of 3 heroes at a time. You can recruit 6 heroes over the course of the entire game (so if you have 3 heroes and they die, and you recruit 3 more and they die, you don't get any more.)
You are expected to be active. Obviously if you have real life issues that's fine as long as you communicate with the group. However, dropping off the face of the earth with no warning means that all your kingdom's members are dropped inside the Habbo Hotel pool and left to fend their own against an endless army of stingrays with aids and make it up for grabs by your neighbors. Hopefully they'll fight over it. We do so love our wars here in Land Wars. If you missed any days before I kick you for inactivity, you'll be able to cover them in your post under seperate update spoilers for missed days.
You don't get the benefits for controlling a kingdom until you do a 5 day project to "annex" it. This project cannot be double timed. After this project, you get the extra project slot and 100 troops per day. You also get to fuck around in the archives and grab information on any technology, training methods, or equipment production methods in case you didn't destroy the information you'd want to use for copying their tech.
No changing war strategies. (unless a major event was unaccounted for, such as an obvious super weapon which you did not know about being used)
No technology that's out of reason. Think medieval-times or maybe even steampunk-ish at best with some magic mixed in; not Star Wars or Avatar.
If armies work together in attack or defense, they must be united under one strategy.
It is understood that troops patrol kingdoms and territorial borders even if unstated in updates or logs, unless the player in question states that they're off guard duty.
No using out of game knowledge (army A does project A, Army B doesn't know about project A, yet makes a strategy as if they know about it)
You MUST list all completed projects in your updates. (very important, otherwise it's hard to tell what you have and have not done)
No mass-teleportation.
A limited number of prisoners are allowed but may only be used for information. I, and whoever owned the original troops will discuss what you can find out.
Recruiting units does NOT count as a project.
You may work together on structures and split the days between participating armies.
It's generally assumed that kingdoms have a rough idea of the capabilities of their neighbor's troops, supplies, and completed projects. Projects in progress are secret until the owner reveals his results.
If for whatever reason your civilization is in conditions that are inhospitable to a unmodified human with medieval technology, I'll call bullshit and make it so that they magically are not affected by it whatsoever. Toxic air? Free gasmasks! Floating islands? Free jetpacks! Underwater? Free Scuba Gear!
After you annex an unfortunate civilization that you've conquered, or have gotten units from friendlier nations, you can produce them after you get a project to learn how to train them yourself, provided you can mass produce the unit's key supplies.
I won't mind if you make a civilization of robots, just know that you'll start with steam-powered robotics.
The game will end when either A: There's only one alliance left (either because everyone allied with eachother or killed eachother), B: When someone decides to make their civilization create a mess that fucks over the ingame world beyond repair, or C: The players decide to rebel against the GM by making it hard to maintain a game designed for low GM maintenance.

So, that's the long and short of it! I know that this seems like a lot of information, but that's just because I like to say in ten words what could be done in five. It's really not that complicated

You can now put your pitchforks with "TL;DR" engraved onto them down, the wall of text just ended.
 
If you want to join, PM your day 0 update! The deadline to do so is July 18th, after which point the game will start.

(Replace the placeholder fields with something else.)
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Spoiler: Day X (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name:
Theme: Mundanity
Day 0
Capital: Townton
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus:

Map(s):
A picture of the map of the kingdom and any acquired kingdoms would go here, along with a description of the map and any other necessary material.

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
A description of each unit type would go here.

Heroes:
A description of each of your heroes & their capabilities would go here.

Supplies:
Foreign:
A description of each supply you've acquired through trades and other outside acquisition would go here.

Domestic:
A description of each supply indigenous to your kingdom would go here.

Projects:

Descriptions of any notable completed projects that aren't really self-explanatory ("mass produce healing potions" for example) go here. This would be the best place for projects that involve building a fortress/structure or any project that requires additional explanation.

Other:

Players can choose to leave this area blank. This is an optional space where people can put things such as the history of the kingdom, anything roleplay or in-character related, or it can just be a few random notes about your army and kingdom.

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Note: this shit is not mine, it’s 0cra_Tr0per’s, but I used it with permission. Enjoy.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo 0/6 players
Post by: RoseHeart on July 09, 2019, 01:18:38 pm

Why do I get a feeling this was created in no small part to use Electric Boogaloo in a title.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo 0/6 players
Post by: TheRedwolf on July 09, 2019, 01:21:44 pm

I just needed a title

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo 0/6 players
Post by: RoseHeart on July 09, 2019, 01:50:15 pm

I can respect that. You know, they almost called Deadpool 2, Deadpool: Untitled Sequel. They chickened out though.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo 0/6 players
Post by: piratejoe on July 09, 2019, 01:55:50 pm

Will make a sheet later

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo 0/6 players
Post by: Screech9791 on July 09, 2019, 03:18:59 pm

I'm pretty sure that the LW5 ruleset (which I based both my pregame flop and LW game that lasted long enough to have a first battle happen) had nothing about a player cap.

Either way, reserving. Also, I'm pretty sure the last LW game had almost no formatting issues in the OP.

EDIT: I love 189 day deadlines. Seriously, proofread any dates in your posts, and make sure they're the intentional ones.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo 0/6 players
Post by: TheRedwolf on July 09, 2019, 03:34:08 pm

Oof. My bad
Fixed

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 09, 2019, 03:40:25 pm

A four day deadline. Shouldn't it be extended to July 20 or something?

Also, raising the playercount cap (or removing it entirely) would mean more factions that could do more interesting things. The LW5 ruleset that I based the version I ran on never had anything related to a playercount cap.

also: oh god oh fuck i can't come up with a kingdom oh fuck oh shit

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: frostgiant on July 09, 2019, 05:06:58 pm

This looks fun, I'll type up a day 0 post and Pm it to you

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 09, 2019, 08:24:30 pm

HOOH! I gotta get in on this. I've got so many ideas, some less complete than others, and there's so little time!

Edit: I do hope you'll be willing to pause the timer if you need to give yourself extra time to write battles though.
As well as make posts to alert players when a day has passed, since timezones are a thing and not every player has the best memory.

Also, 0cra, since you're the most familiar with this, what do Supplies even do? Like what benefit do you get from a Supply(that isn't an artifact)?

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 09, 2019, 09:40:19 pm

I'm a bit rusty with the finer mechanics of land wars, especially after... that incident (no it's not immediately related to the kazoombo pit, it was because I forgot I'm shit at writing larger scale battles which quickly fucked over LW1), but supplies are basically any interesting things your nation has that aren't there by default. Basic medieval-grade technology isn't a supply and all kingdoms have an infinite effect, but specialty weapons, unique resources, notable items, and other unique stuff would be a supply.

also i still can't come up with a kingdom pls2halp

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: The_Two_Eternities on July 09, 2019, 10:08:54 pm

Anthropomorphic ice cats?

On a more serious note... hmm. I'd like to play (I can probably reuse Amalthea or whatever it was called), but I don't know if I'll have the best memory. Ah well, I've got three or four days to make a decision.

(assuming, you know, the player cap doesn't fill up. hmm.)

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: TheRedwolf on July 09, 2019, 10:11:22 pm

Removed the cap.
Also idea: memes

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 09, 2019, 10:17:03 pm

Quote from: The_Two_Eternities on July 09, 2019, 10:08:54 pm

Anthropomorphic ice cats?

I think I'll keep that brand of unoriginality inside Gridhood games, thank you very much.

Quote from: TheRedwolf on July 09, 2019, 10:11:22 pm

Removed the cap.
Also idea: memes

oh no

Although I didn't get any meme/joke civ sheets when running LW1 despite my lax policy on theming, I can tell the inevitable will happen.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 10, 2019, 06:15:52 am

Gosh, I really do wish the deadline could be moved back some. Like, I'd really rather try out any of my six other ideas than just bring the Cookies back(though admittedly I do have some new options to work with for them), but I'm legitimately not sure it's even possible for me to make a new map I'd be happy with in the time that's been given, and that's not even including the time encessary to actually come up with all the ideas for the sheet itself.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 10, 2019, 08:53:15 am

Quote from: Failbird105 on July 10, 2019, 06:15:52 am

Gosh, I really do wish the deadline could be moved back some. Like, I'd really rather try out any of my six other ideas than just bring the Cookies back(though admittedly I do have some new options to work with for them), but I'm legitimately not sure it's even possible for me to make a new map I'd be happy with in the time that's been given, and that's not even including the time encessary to actually come up with all the ideas for the sheet itself.

+1

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: TheRedwolf on July 10, 2019, 12:06:09 pm

Fair enuff

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 10, 2019, 03:15:44 pm

Alright, I want some input on this. I've got a total of six different factions I want to play, and I can't quite decide on which one I want the most.


First: The Kingdom of Hallownest, from Hollow Knight. I have most of the stuff for it written already, but the main problems are two-fold; 1. Hallownest is a kingdom built vertically(downwards specifically) rather than horizontally, which works awkwardly with mapping, and 2. I don't really know how the Pale King would act, so I'm not sure how well I could play him.

Second: The Jenny Rich Monsteur Clan, from Ittle Dew. Not decided between Force or Industry focus. An entire army of identical purple-skinned girls in (often silly) costumes. Unit design is easy, but I have no idea what the hell their Supplies would be, other than maybe magic artifacts?

Third: The Crimson Court, based on Darkest Dungeon(but not the same as the DD Crimson Court). A collection of mutants who all uniformly and without fail crave the flesh of other sapient beings above all else. The leading group is Darkest Dungeon based insectoid-vampires, but there's also Pig Men, Psycho vampire fairies, and Fish People. One of their Supplies would have to be the Curse, but I'm not sure how it would work mechanically. There would be a lot of inviting randoms from the other civs over to 'balls' and 'galas', which are exactly what they claim to be, but the guests are more than likely going to be eaten before they get there, and the ones who aren't will come out of it having the curse. Inspired by this song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZsvL7-ovGw)

Fourth: The Kingdom of Cherrystone, from Wargroove. Almost certainly the easiest to make, because the sprites for all the map-stuff have practically been made for me, and all the units(at first at least) will be based on ones from the game. I even know exactly what the Supplies would be. I'm mostly just not certain how interested I am in playing them.

Fifth: The Felheim Legion, also from Wargroove. A sparse and snow filled land united under a necromantic ruler, where the dead and living co-exist in harmony. A much friendlier place than literally everything you just read would lead you to believe. I know what the units, hero, and one of the Supplies would be. The main problem is that I don't know what the other Supply would be, like at all. Also has sprites pre-made to use in the map. More interested in this one than Cherrystone at least.

Sixth: Horrorvale, from the game Horrorvale. A land where every single last native being is undead. Not even the objects are necessarily exempt. Blood flows like water, candy is money, and death is but a setback. And I mean that literally, every single thing from Horrorvale just kinda respawns if they're killed. All heroes are going to come weakened in terms of power to try and make this fair of course, the main question is just, would it even be allowed even with the nerfs to go with it?
This is the one I want to play the most, and there wouldn't be a question about it, if it wasn't for that whole 'respawning' issue. Yeah I could just get rid of it, but that removes a major part of what defines Horrorvales culture, that being the fact that death is just annoying. Necromancy is a big thing as well though, so I... suppose that could somewhat mitigate the whole 'no respawn means it's not really Horrorvale' issue. It's also the most recent idea by far, so it's almost completely unwritten and thus would take the longest.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 10, 2019, 03:58:10 pm

Damn, that's a lot. You can come up with six new kingdoms, yet I, the guy who brought LW to Bay12, can't think of any.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 10, 2019, 04:06:46 pm

Quote from: 0cra_tr0per on July 10, 2019, 03:58:10 pm

Damn, that's a lot. You can come up with six new kingdoms, yet I, the guy who brought LW to Bay12, can't think of any.

To be fair, they're pretty much all taken from existing fiction, and I've been cooking some of these ideas up since before the first game.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: piratejoe on July 11, 2019, 12:14:04 am

Welp sent in my sheet... I made a lot of lore too...Also, Failbird, curse you, now I'm listening to that one song you posted a link to non stop...

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 13, 2019, 12:13:38 pm

Well, pretty much done writing up my sheet. Just need to make the map, which shouldn't actually be too hard.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: piratejoe on July 13, 2019, 01:08:13 pm

Wonder how many people have made any sheets...Also curios what maps people made...

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 14, 2019, 08:00:33 pm

Well, my map is coming along fairly nicely so far. Making use of what few reference images I have to go off of I've begun assembling a map of Horrorvale.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

(https://i.imgur.com/FZ54eQR.png)

This is only a small chunk of the full map, and the sprite for Horrorvale city itself, taken directly from the game, has been cut down to fit better. Though, after having just now remembered the scale of the map, I feel like I may not have actually needed to cut it down any, and that various parts of it could be moved outwards some.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 14, 2019, 09:17:14 pm

Quote from: piratejoe on July 13, 2019, 01:08:13 pm

Wonder how many people have made any sheets...Also curios what maps people made...

For starters you have one guy (me) who can't come up with a sheet to save his own life.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 15, 2019, 10:34:05 am

Alright, I finally managed to get a sheet written out, but it's gonna take some time before I can get a main map. Bear with me.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 15, 2019, 01:54:19 pm

And guess who just realized that I ended up making a major part of my map be 0.12 miles lengthwise which means it would be only 6 pixels long. Might have to upscale it by 2-3x for the sake of said major part being actually noticeable and not a 2 digit amount of pixels worth of solid color, so I resized it to be 30x18 width/height.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 15, 2019, 02:19:03 pm

Sheet made, sending via PM.

I also just realized I was apparently capable of making the mountain coloring the exact same as the Dark theme's background.

Oh, and if anyone missed the Land Wars 1 discord before it snowballed into-well, what happens in the LW1 disc stays in the LW1 disc, the new disc link is https://discord.gg/P8Qe4zh.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 15, 2019, 03:20:33 pm

I've got the map underway, but I'm realizing I have a problem where I know very well what a small portion of the map is, and have no clue what the rest is like in the slightest. I've got a portion of the map that's 2 Square miles tall and a bit more than 3 wide, but I have no idea what to do with the empty space.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 15, 2019, 03:25:08 pm

Quote from: Failbird105 on July 15, 2019, 03:20:33 pm

I've got the map underway, but I'm realizing I have a problem where I know very well what a small portion of the map is, and have no clue what the rest is like in the slightest. I've got a portion of the map that's 2 Square miles tall and a bit more than 3 wide, but I have no idea what to do with the empty space.

Just put whatever you want in the empty space.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 16, 2019, 06:43:06 pm

Well, my sheet has finally been finished, and is now sent. Now it's just a matter of waiting.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 17, 2019, 06:27:34 pm

While we wait, let me remind you: I actually encouraged Failbird to make rocket launchers in LW1.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 18, 2019, 11:54:46 am

Well, since it's past noon EST and I've gotten no GM response regarding my sheet, I'm just gonna put my Day 1 and Day 2 updates here.

Also, I just realized the maps are a bit pagestretchy, so I made them links and not images.

Spoiler: Day 0 - how do i name a day 0 update (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Mercdonalds
Theme: PMC
Day 0
Capital: MCD Saltshaker
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Force

Map(s):
Outside:
http://magaimg.net/img/8h2o.png (http://Exterior Map)
A ship crashed inside a mountain range, with mountains to the south, north, and east, with not much notable terrain, just fields.
MCD Saltshaker Interior (top and bottom decks)
http://magaimg.net/img/8h06.png (http://Interior Map)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Alpha Mercs: A dime a dozen, they're simply well-rounded mercs tasked with one goal: Shoot at anything hostile to us, and don't shoot anything that isn't. They typically have access to most of the arsenal, which for the time being, is muskets (I blame those damn benos - Captain), and all those swords supplied to us by those White Castle guys. The armor is also various plated armor that we have the schematics for thanks to various companies back when the Saltshaker was actually in space, but most of it is more or less standard field armor. Their armor has red accents to distinguish them from other squads.

For the sake of organisation, I'm sorting them into Melee and Ranged Alpha mercs. (and also because I can't be bothered to write two separate infodumps about melee/ranged versions of otherwise near identical troops)

White Castle Screeches: They're screeches that are armed with swords, and have shields + plate armor. We're not sure why they like to screech about wanting to retake Jerusalem, but to each their own. I'm here to command our mercs, not wonder why our screeches screech.

Alpha Medics: Our support units, they're tasked with keeping their fellow mercs alive, and fighting hostiles when they don't have any fellow mercs to heal. They're generally given access to the same weapons as regular alpha mercs, but are also given medical supplies. Their armor also has red accents to mark them as part of the Alpha squad.

Heroes:
Field Commander 'Deusus Maximus': Our main leader for field operations, he manages the officers on the field, who in turn manage the normal mercs in battle. He's equipped with one of our Knight Commander armor sets made before the crash which lead to our advanced manufacturing systems to be destroyed, and wields a high quality broadsword also made before the crash, which sends hostiles flying the fuck away like they were hit with a giant truck, and also causes lightning to flash out.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None... yet. I just hope the civilizations on this planet at least respect our existence enough to trade with us.

Domestic:
Gunpowder: It's a powder that explodes when ignited, used primarily for launching bullets at anything in front of one of our gun users. It's that simple. We found a huge cache of undetonated gunpowder where our ammunition manufacturing systems are, so we at least should have more than enough. (Mass Produced)

Muskets: Since we're pretty desperate, we've resorted to manufacturing these with what's still functional out of the manufacturing part of the ship. They're simple: you insert powder into the back of the barrel, then a bullet, then you cock the gun, and finally, you pull the trigger to hopefully kill whatever you're shooting at. (Mass Produced)

Projects:
We haven't completed any yet.

Other:
Mercdonalds Origin:

Quote from: The shift to being a mercenary group

Humans went into space, and fast food groups ended up being the primary food suppliers. They soon found that it's really hard to keep their supply lines safe from pirates and such.
The higher ups went "Hey this whole franchise thing worked well with food, why not try it with mercs?", and it went over well and ended up as the primary focus of the company. MercDonalds was born from this.

Quote from: Recruitment

Interested parties just need to meet some minimum requirements and follow certain rules to join up.
Something along the lines of: Do you have a ship?, Crew?, Willing to take jobs and not shoot at our stuff?, If so, then good, Welcome to MercDonalds. The supply and job departments will contact you shortly.

Screeches:

Quote from: Screeches - Info 1

An alien race that found their way onto a ship and made themselves useful enough to be kept around. They are friendly to familiar human crew, if a bit obnoxious at times, and will fiercely (even suicidally) defend the ship against hostile incursions.

"screeches alter their bodies and behavior to be appropriate for whatever man-made tools or trappings they first come across" -Unnamed merc

Quote from: Screeches - Info 2

Screeches are one of the most versatile tools available to Man - under a seemingly innocent roundy baldy headed yellow ball lies a being of many faces and infinite power. They say the Big Bang was followed by a sound of screeching, too. Screeches have many specialties - some drop straight into the colony, chasing around any poor xeno they set their sights on, some stand vigilant onboard the ship, ready to harmbaton and call out any potential hostile's location on general channel, some are weak, wielding only pistols, and some don a red bandana and carry a machinegun that wipes weaker xenos in a single burst. And some, when under pressure of seemingly impossible odds, are said to tap into the primordial REE that resides within them, going into a murderous, albeit short-lived rage, it's short span not nearly short enough for any sighted foes to survive the screeching fury...

---

Troops:
600 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
500 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
500 White Castle Screeches
400 Alpha Medics

Total: 2300

Recruitment:
120 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
75 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
75 White Castle Screeches
30 Alpha Medics

Total: 300

Supplies:
Gunpowder
Muskets

Projects:
Create self-contained firearm cartridges: 0/3
Form an elite squad: 0/2

Completed Projects:
None.

Log:
CAPTAIN'S LOG, Day 0 (aka why am I writing a several thousand character story just for some semi-joke kingdom in some online forum game again)
Unngh... What the hell happened? All I remember was someone saying something about those fucking zurganids destroying ISPs, and, well, we crashed. Fortunately, we managed to crash land on a different planet, and not that zurganid-infested hellhole W(H)Y requested us to clear out. Most of our stuff is broken predictably, so I'm gonna run a systems check.

Radio comms are down, and it's unlikely we can repair them this quickly unless we find some method of communication that can substitute for our extremely long range radio network.

I got the surviving crew and mercs to get me scans of this place, and it seems to have a lot of sentient lifeforms that managed to form civilizations, somewhere near medieval tech level, and there's fortunately no signs of zurganids/USMC platoons/wendies, fortunately.

We did some internal mechanical scans, and it turns out that a lot of useful stuff is broken/damaged. It appears the gear vending machines still work, but since they manufacture gear upon request, that means we can't rely on just stored gear, and the firearm manufacturing systems are busted. Since we're kinda desperate at this point, I've removed the ID locking on our equipment, meaning that any registered merc/crewman/screech can use them. However, the simpler merc equipment production machines are intact, so there's that. I've started work on producing muskets as a temporary alternative to our not available yet rifles.

The armor manufacturing is still functional, but we don't have access to the high quality metals that we use for armor making, and the flight packs/exosuits used by the Beta/Gamma squads respectively aren't able to be manufactured yet. It doesn't help that the somehow extremely durable cardboard some armor sets are made out of aren't available.

The medbay still works properly, so there's that. The spider screech ...things infesting science are dead, thankfully, so we should be ready for research after we clear out the spider screech corpses. So were the demons somehow in engineering.

Sadly, our shuttles are no longer functional (for now), so our preferred method of transportation is non-functional right now. The TONK bay is also non-functional. For the record, none of our vehicles are working (yet).

Also, some of the screeches have grabbed medieval equipment and have started screeching about "wanting to reetake Jerusalem", whatever that means.

I've also grabbed some information from the archives, and put them in the Other section of our daily infomation manifests. They might be a bit out of date, but they should at least provide a bit of info for our newer recruits.

I'm not sure why we exactly have 2000+ combat ready troops, but I'm just gonna assume a bunch of our surviving crew has managed to recruit for us promising good pay and high quality technology.

Either way, I've gotten everything I wanted written down in this log. I'll just finish preparing the crew.

Spoiler: Day 1 - A new beginning (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Mercdonalds
Theme: PMC
Day 1
Capital: MCD Saltshaker
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Force

Map(s):
Outside:
http://magaimg.net/img/8h2o.png (http://Exterior Map)
A ship crashed inside a mountain range, with mountains to the south, north, and east, with not much notable terrain, just fields.
MCD Saltshaker Interior (top and bottom decks)
http://magaimg.net/img/8h06.png (http://Interior Map)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Alpha Mercs: A dime a dozen, they're simply well-rounded mercs tasked with one goal: Shoot at anything hostile to us, and don't shoot anything that isn't. They typically have access to most of the arsenal, which for the time being, is muskets (I blame those damn benos - Captain), and all those swords supplied to us by those White Castle guys. The armor is also various plated armor that we have the schematics for thanks to various companies back when the Saltshaker was actually in space, but most of it is more or less standard field armor. Their armor has red accents to distinguish them from other squads.

For the sake of organisation, I'm sorting them into Melee and Ranged Alpha mercs. (and also because I can't be bothered to write two separate infodumps about melee/ranged versions of otherwise near identical troops)

White Castle Screeches: They're screeches that are armed with swords, and have shields + plate armor. We're not sure why they like to screech about wanting to retake Jerusalem, but to each their own. I'm here to command our mercs, not wonder why our screeches screech.

Alpha Medics: Our support units, they're tasked with keeping their fellow mercs alive, and fighting hostiles when they don't have any fellow mercs to heal. They're generally given access to the same weapons as regular alpha mercs, but are also given medical supplies. Their armor also has red accents to mark them as part of the Alpha squad.

Heroes:
Field Commander 'Deusus Maximus': Our main leader for field operations, he manages the officers on the field, who in turn manage the normal mercs in battle. He's equipped with one of our Knight Commander armor sets made before the crash which lead to our advanced manufacturing systems to be destroyed, and wields a high quality broadsword also made before the crash, which sends hostiles flying the fuck away like they were hit with a giant truck, and also causes lightning to flash out.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None... yet. I just hope the civilizations on this planet at least respect our existence enough to trade with us.

Domestic:
Gunpowder: It's a powder that explodes when ignited, used primarily for launching bullets at anything in front of one of our gun users. It's that simple. We found a huge cache of undetonated gunpowder where our ammunition manufacturing systems are, so we at least should have more than enough. (Mass Produced)

Muskets: Since we're pretty desperate, we've resorted to manufacturing these with what's still functional out of the manufacturing part of the ship. They're simple: you insert powder into the back of the barrel, then a bullet, then you cock the gun, and finally, you pull the trigger to hopefully kill whatever you're shooting at. (Mass Produced)

Projects:
We haven't completed any yet.

Other:
Mercdonalds Origin:

Quote from: The shift to being a mercenary group

Humans went into space, and fast food groups ended up being the primary food suppliers. They soon found that it's really hard to keep their supply lines safe from pirates and such.
The higher ups went "Hey this whole franchise thing worked well with food, why not try it with mercs?", and it went over well and ended up as the primary focus of the company. MercDonalds was born from this.

Quote from: Recruitment

Interested parties just need to meet some minimum requirements and follow certain rules to join up.
Something along the lines of: Do you have a ship?, Crew?, Willing to take jobs and not shoot at our stuff?, If so, then good, Welcome to MercDonalds. The supply and job departments will contact you shortly.

Screeches:

Quote from: Screeches - Info 1

An alien race that found their way onto a ship and made themselves useful enough to be kept around. They are friendly to familiar human crew, if a bit obnoxious at times, and will fiercely (even suicidally) defend the ship against hostile incursions.

"screeches alter their bodies and behavior to be appropriate for whatever man-made tools or trappings they first come across" -Unnamed merc

Quote from: Screeches - Info 2

Screeches are one of the most versatile tools available to Man - under a seemingly innocent roundy baldy headed yellow ball lies a being of many faces and infinite power. They say the Big Bang was followed by a sound of screeching, too. Screeches have many specialties - some drop straight into the colony, chasing around any poor xeno they set their sights on, some stand vigilant onboard the ship, ready to harmbaton and call out any potential hostile's location on general channel, some are weak, wielding only pistols, and some don a red bandana and carry a machinegun that wipes weaker xenos in a single burst. And some, when under pressure of seemingly impossible odds, are said to tap into the primordial REE that resides within them, going into a murderous, albeit short-lived rage, it's short span not nearly short enough for any sighted foes to survive the screeching fury...

---

Troops:
720 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
575 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
575 White Castle Screeches
430 Alpha Medics

Total: 2300

Recruitment:
120 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
75 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
75 White Castle Screeches
30 Alpha Medics

Total: 300

Supplies:
Gunpowder
Muskets

Projects:
Create self-contained firearm cartridges: 1/3
Form an elite squad: 1/2

Completed Projects:
None.

Log:
CAPTAIN'S LOG, Day 1
Another morning, another day of cat herding. The engineering team has been working on designing self-contained firearm cartridges again because let's face it, we've lost the ammunition manufacturing schematics in the crash, so we have to rely on simpler, traditional methods which are obsolete by centuries. We're also considering re-activating Delta Squad for some more elite manpower. Recruitment has been going on nicely. We haven't yet gotten any reports regarding the other civilizations yet, so for now it's a test of time. You know, we also haven't gotten a full geographical scan yet, so we're not sure where in this place we even are, besides the fact that we're next to some mountains.

I don't have much else to report, so I'll end this log here.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: PraiseTalos on July 18, 2019, 12:38:40 pm

TheRedwolf and I are on vacation currently. She is driving, so I can respond, but expect delays to finished stuff.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 18, 2019, 12:41:07 pm

Quote from: PraiseTalos on July 18, 2019, 12:38:40 pm

TheRedwolf and I are on vacation currently. She is driving, so I can respond, but expect delays to finished stuff.

Ah, so I take it that the more recent sheets haven't been approved yet?

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: piratejoe on July 19, 2019, 03:54:46 am

I'll wait till Redwolf posts the map and starting thing before I post any day sheets, or at least says "Go ahead", just in case.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 19, 2019, 08:25:14 am

Spoiler: Day 2 - Delta squad reformed. (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Mercdonalds
Theme: PMC
Day 2
Capital: MCD Saltshaker
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Force

Map(s):
Outside:
http://magaimg.net/img/8h2o.png (http://Exterior Map)
A ship crashed inside a mountain range, with mountains to the south, north, and east, with not much notable terrain, just fields.
MCD Saltshaker Interior (top and bottom decks)
http://magaimg.net/img/8h06.png (http://Interior Map)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Alpha Mercs: A dime a dozen, they're simply well-rounded mercs tasked with one goal: Shoot at anything hostile to us, and don't shoot anything that isn't. They typically have access to most of the arsenal, which for the time being, is muskets (I blame those damn benos - Captain), and all those swords supplied to us by those White Castle guys. The armor is also various plated armor that we have the schematics for thanks to various companies back when the Saltshaker was actually in space, but most of it is more or less standard field armor. Their armor has red accents to distinguish them from other squads.

For the sake of organisation, I'm sorting them into Melee and Ranged Alpha mercs. (and also because I can't be bothered to write two separate infodumps about melee/ranged versions of otherwise near identical troops)

White Castle Screeches: They're screeches that are armed with swords, and have shields + plate armor. We're not sure why they like to screech about wanting to retake Jerusalem, but to each their own. I'm here to command our mercs, not wonder why our screeches screech.

Alpha Medics: Our support units, they're tasked with keeping their fellow mercs alive, and fighting hostiles when they don't have any fellow mercs to heal. They're generally given access to the same weapons as regular alpha mercs, but are also given medical supplies. Their armor also has red accents to mark them as part of the Alpha squad.

Veterans: The main forces of the Delta squad, they're equipped with the more expensive and powerful weaponry, and are more specialized. They usually wield heavier weaponry, and are given elite training, and cost 3x as much as a normal merc to recruit because of the more vigorous training they need. Their armor has purple accents to indicate they're part of the Delta squad.

Heroes:
Field Commander 'Deusus Maximus': Our main leader for field operations, he manages the officers on the field, who in turn manage the normal mercs in battle. He's equipped with one of our Knight Commander armor sets made before the crash which lead to our advanced manufacturing systems to be destroyed, and wields a high quality broadsword also made before the crash, which sends hostiles flying the fuck away like they were hit with a giant truck, and also causes lightning to flash out.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None... yet. I just hope the civilizations on this planet at least respect our existence enough to trade with us.

Domestic:
Gunpowder: It's a powder that explodes when ignited, used primarily for launching bullets at anything in front of one of our gun users. It's that simple. We found a huge cache of undetonated gunpowder where our ammunition manufacturing systems are, so we at least should have more than enough. (Mass Produced)

Muskets: Since we're pretty desperate, we've resorted to manufacturing these with what's still functional out of the manufacturing part of the ship. They're simple: you insert powder into the back of the barrel, then a bullet, then you cock the gun, and finally, you pull the trigger to hopefully kill whatever you're shooting at. (Mass Produced)

Projects:
Form an elite squad: By starting to give specific high potential soldiers even more training, we have reformed Delta Squad, which is the elite branch of our forces. They're small in number, but their training makes them lethal on the field.

Other:
Mercdonalds Origin:

Quote from: The shift to being a mercenary group

Humans went into space, and fast food groups ended up being the primary food suppliers. They soon found that it's really hard to keep their supply lines safe from pirates and such.
The higher ups went "Hey this whole franchise thing worked well with food, why not try it with mercs?", and it went over well and ended up as the primary focus of the company. MercDonalds was born from this.

Quote from: Recruitment

Interested parties just need to meet some minimum requirements and follow certain rules to join up.
Something along the lines of: Do you have a ship?, Crew?, Willing to take jobs and not shoot at our stuff?, If so, then good, Welcome to MercDonalds. The supply and job departments will contact you shortly.

Screeches:

Quote from: Screeches - Info 1

An alien race that found their way onto a ship and made themselves useful enough to be kept around. They are friendly to familiar human crew, if a bit obnoxious at times, and will fiercely (even suicidally) defend the ship against hostile incursions.

"screeches alter their bodies and behavior to be appropriate for whatever man-made tools or trappings they first come across" -Unnamed merc

Quote from: Screeches - Info 2

Screeches are one of the most versatile tools available to Man - under a seemingly innocent roundy baldy headed yellow ball lies a being of many faces and infinite power. They say the Big Bang was followed by a sound of screeching, too. Screeches have many specialties - some drop straight into the colony, chasing around any poor xeno they set their sights on, some stand vigilant onboard the ship, ready to harmbaton and call out any potential hostile's location on general channel, some are weak, wielding only pistols, and some don a red bandana and carry a machinegun that wipes weaker xenos in a single burst. And some, when under pressure of seemingly impossible odds, are said to tap into the primordial REE that resides within them, going into a murderous, albeit short-lived rage, it's short span not nearly short enough for any sighted foes to survive the screeching fury...

---

Troops:
840 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
650 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
650 White Castle Screeches
460 Alpha Medics

Total: 2600

Recruitment:
90 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
50 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
70 White Castle Screeches
30 Alpha Medics
20 Veterans

Total: 300

Supplies:
Gunpowder
Muskets

Projects:
Create self-contained firearm cartridges: 2/3
Create magnifying lenses: 0/3

Completed Projects:
Form an elite squad

Log:
CAPTAIN'S LOG, Day 2
We finally have Delta Squad formed again, with our previous pre-crash Delta squad members training our high potential recruits for acceptance into the squad. Other than that, not much new things to recruit. I've had the engineering team start working on magnified lenses so we can have scopes and the like, and also the progress on self-contained firearm cartridges is going well.

We still don't have a map or basic scans regarding other civilizations. I'm guessing it's likely thanks to our long range scanners being broken for now, so we're sending a repair team to investigate.

Still, there's not much else to report these days.

Edit: I somehow forgot to increase the total troops count by 300 this day. I only realized this when writing my day 3 report. Whoops.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 20, 2019, 11:25:13 am

Spoiler: Day 3 - *crickets* (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Mercdonalds
Theme: PMC
Day 3
Capital: MCD Saltshaker
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Force

Map(s):
Outside:
Exterior Map (http://magaimg.net/img/8h2o.png)
A ship crashed inside a mountain range, with mountains to the south, north, and east, with not much notable terrain, just fields.
MCD Saltshaker Interior (top and bottom decks)
Interior Map (http://magaimg.net/img/8h06.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Alpha Mercs: A dime a dozen, they're simply well-rounded mercs tasked with one goal: Shoot at anything hostile to us, and don't shoot anything that isn't. They typically have access to most of the arsenal, which for the time being, is muskets (I blame those damn benos - Captain), and all those swords supplied to us by those White Castle guys. The armor is also various plated armor that we have the schematics for thanks to various companies back when the Saltshaker was actually in space, but most of it is more or less standard field armor. Their armor has red accents to distinguish them from other squads.

For the sake of organisation, I'm sorting them into Melee and Ranged Alpha mercs. (and also because I can't be bothered to write two separate infodumps about melee/ranged versions of otherwise near identical troops)

White Castle Screeches: They're screeches that are armed with swords, and have shields + plate armor. We're not sure why they like to screech about wanting to retake Jerusalem, but to each their own. I'm here to command our mercs, not wonder why our screeches screech.

Alpha Medics: Our support units, they're tasked with keeping their fellow mercs alive, and fighting hostiles when they don't have any fellow mercs to heal. They're generally given access to the same weapons as regular alpha mercs, but are also given medical supplies. Their armor also has red accents to mark them as part of the Alpha squad.

Veterans: The main forces of the Delta squad, they're equipped with the more expensive and powerful weaponry, and are more specialized. They usually wield heavier weaponry, and are given elite training, and cost 3x as much as a normal merc to recruit because of the more vigorous training they need. Their armor has purple accents to indicate they're part of the Delta squad.

Heroes:
Field Commander 'Deusus Maximus': Our main leader for field operations, he manages the officers on the field, who in turn manage the normal mercs in battle. He's equipped with one of our Knight Commander armor sets made before the crash which lead to our advanced manufacturing systems to be destroyed, and wields a high quality broadsword also made before the crash, which sends hostiles flying the fuck away like they were hit with a giant truck, and also causes lightning to flash out.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None... yet. I just hope the civilizations on this planet at least respect our existence enough to trade with us.

Domestic:
Gunpowder: It's a powder that explodes when ignited, used primarily for launching bullets at anything in front of one of our gun users. It's that simple. We found a huge cache of undetonated gunpowder where our ammunition manufacturing systems are, so we at least should have more than enough. (Mass Produced)

Muskets: Since we're pretty desperate, we've resorted to manufacturing these with what's still functional out of the manufacturing part of the ship. They're simple: you insert powder into the back of the barrel, then a bullet, then you cock the gun, and finally, you pull the trigger to hopefully kill whatever you're shooting at. (Mass Produced)

Projects:
Form an elite squad: By starting to give specific high potential soldiers even more training, we have reformed Delta Squad, which is the elite branch of our forces. They're small in number, but their training makes them lethal on the field.

Create self-contained firearm cartridges: We're had to remake the ammunition schematics for our actual military grade ammo due to us loosing the methods of making them during the crash. Either way, we can be assured reloading in the field will be way faster now.

Other:
Mercdonalds Origin:

Quote from: The shift to being a mercenary group

Humans went into space, and fast food groups ended up being the primary food suppliers. They soon found that it's really hard to keep their supply lines safe from pirates and such.
The higher ups went "Hey this whole franchise thing worked well with food, why not try it with mercs?", and it went over well and ended up as the primary focus of the company. MercDonalds was born from this.

Quote from: Recruitment

Interested parties just need to meet some minimum requirements and follow certain rules to join up.
Something along the lines of: Do you have a ship?, Crew?, Willing to take jobs and not shoot at our stuff?, If so, then good, Welcome to MercDonalds. The supply and job departments will contact you shortly.

Screeches:

Quote from: Screeches - Info 1

An alien race that found their way onto a ship and made themselves useful enough to be kept around. They are friendly to familiar human crew, if a bit obnoxious at times, and will fiercely (even suicidally) defend the ship against hostile incursions.

"screeches alter their bodies and behavior to be appropriate for whatever man-made tools or trappings they first come across" -Unnamed merc

Quote from: Screeches - Info 2

Screeches are one of the most versatile tools available to Man - under a seemingly innocent roundy baldy headed yellow ball lies a being of many faces and infinite power. They say the Big Bang was followed by a sound of screeching, too. Screeches have many specialties - some drop straight into the colony, chasing around any poor xeno they set their sights on, some stand vigilant onboard the ship, ready to harmbaton and call out any potential hostile's location on general channel, some are weak, wielding only pistols, and some don a red bandana and carry a machinegun that wipes weaker xenos in a single burst. And some, when under pressure of seemingly impossible odds, are said to tap into the primordial REE that resides within them, going into a murderous, albeit short-lived rage, it's short span not nearly short enough for any sighted foes to survive the screeching fury...

---

Troops:
840 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
650 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
650 White Castle Screeches
460 Alpha Medics
20 Veterans

Total: 2900

Recruitment:
90 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
50 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
70 White Castle Screeches
30 Alpha Medics
20 Veterans

Total: 300

Supplies:
Gunpowder
Muskets

Projects:
Start repairing the firearm manufacturing systems: 0/5
Create magnifying lenses: 1/3

Completed Projects:
Form an elite squad
Create self-contained firearm cartridges

Log:
CAPTAIN'S LOG, Day 3
Apparently the head of our recruitment forgot to update the total combat personell counter. We also now are able to produce actual ammo that has everything needed to load all in one bullet. Gone are the days of inserting the propellant then the bullet. We've also been retrofitting our muskets to accept the more modern ammo.

We've also managed to get 20 members of our new Delta Squad fully trained and ready for combat. By the time we finally get into any battles, we should have several platoons worth of elite forces.

I still have very little to report, and the repair team hasn't made any progress on our long range scanner repairs.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: TheRedwolf on July 21, 2019, 10:48:14 am

You may all now start posting to day 4 I guess. Map may be a while, but is coming soon.
All are approved.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 21, 2019, 11:03:46 am

Spoiler: Day 4 - error 404: subtitle not found (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Mercdonalds
Theme: PMC
Day 4
Capital: MCD Saltshaker
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Force

Map(s):
Outside:
Exterior Map (http://magaimg.net/img/8h2o.png)
A ship crashed inside a mountain range, with mountains to the south, north, and east, with not much notable terrain, just fields.
MCD Saltshaker Interior (top and bottom decks)
Interior Map (http://magaimg.net/img/8h06.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Alpha Mercs: A dime a dozen, they're simply well-rounded mercs tasked with one goal: Shoot at anything hostile to us, and don't shoot anything that isn't. They typically have access to most of the arsenal, which for the time being, is muskets (I blame those damn benos - Captain), and all those swords supplied to us by those White Castle guys. The armor is also various plated armor that we have the schematics for thanks to various companies back when the Saltshaker was actually in space, but most of it is more or less standard field armor. Their armor has red accents to distinguish them from other squads.

For the sake of organisation, I'm sorting them into Melee and Ranged Alpha mercs. (and also because I can't be bothered to write two separate infodumps about melee/ranged versions of otherwise near identical troops)

White Castle Screeches: They're screeches that are armed with swords, and have shields + plate armor. We're not sure why they like to screech about wanting to retake Jerusalem, but to each their own. I'm here to command our mercs, not wonder why our screeches screech.

Alpha Medics: Our support units, they're tasked with keeping their fellow mercs alive, and fighting hostiles when they don't have any fellow mercs to heal. They're generally given access to the same weapons as regular alpha mercs, but are also given medical supplies. Their armor also has red accents to mark them as part of the Alpha squad.

Veterans: The main forces of the Delta squad, they're equipped with the more expensive and powerful weaponry, and are more specialized. They usually wield heavier weaponry, and are given elite training, and cost 3x as much as a normal merc to recruit because of the more vigorous training they need. Their armor has purple accents to indicate they're part of the Delta squad.

Heroes:
Field Commander 'Deusus Maximus': Our main leader for field operations, he manages the officers on the field, who in turn manage the normal mercs in battle. He's equipped with one of our Knight Commander armor sets made before the crash which lead to our advanced manufacturing systems to be destroyed, and wields a high quality broadsword also made before the crash, which sends hostiles flying the fuck away like they were hit with a giant truck, and also causes lightning to flash out.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None... yet. I just hope the civilizations on this planet at least respect our existence enough to trade with us.

Domestic:
Gunpowder: It's a powder that explodes when ignited, used primarily for launching bullets at anything in front of one of our gun users. It's that simple. We found a huge cache of undetonated gunpowder where our ammunition manufacturing systems are, so we at least should have more than enough. (Mass Produced)

Muskets: Since we're pretty desperate, we've resorted to manufacturing these with what's still functional out of the manufacturing part of the ship. They're simple: you insert powder into the back of the barrel, then a bullet, then you cock the gun, and finally, you pull the trigger to hopefully kill whatever you're shooting at. (Mass Produced)

Projects:
Form an elite squad: By starting to give specific high potential soldiers even more training, we have reformed Delta Squad, which is the elite branch of our forces. They're small in number, but their training makes them lethal on the field.

Create self-contained firearm cartridges: We're had to remake the ammunition schematics for our actual military grade ammo due to us loosing the methods of making them during the crash. Either way, we can be assured reloading in the field will be way faster now.

Other:
Mercdonalds Origin:

Quote from: The shift to being a mercenary group

Humans went into space, and fast food groups ended up being the primary food suppliers. They soon found that it's really hard to keep their supply lines safe from pirates and such.
The higher ups went "Hey this whole franchise thing worked well with food, why not try it with mercs?", and it went over well and ended up as the primary focus of the company. MercDonalds was born from this.

Quote from: Recruitment

Interested parties just need to meet some minimum requirements and follow certain rules to join up.
Something along the lines of: Do you have a ship?, Crew?, Willing to take jobs and not shoot at our stuff?, If so, then good, Welcome to MercDonalds. The supply and job departments will contact you shortly.

Screeches:

Quote from: Screeches - Info 1

An alien race that found their way onto a ship and made themselves useful enough to be kept around. They are friendly to familiar human crew, if a bit obnoxious at times, and will fiercely (even suicidally) defend the ship against hostile incursions.

"screeches alter their bodies and behavior to be appropriate for whatever man-made tools or trappings they first come across" -Unnamed merc

Quote from: Screeches - Info 2

Screeches are one of the most versatile tools available to Man - under a seemingly innocent roundy baldy headed yellow ball lies a being of many faces and infinite power. They say the Big Bang was followed by a sound of screeching, too. Screeches have many specialties - some drop straight into the colony, chasing around any poor xeno they set their sights on, some stand vigilant onboard the ship, ready to harmbaton and call out any potential hostile's location on general channel, some are weak, wielding only pistols, and some don a red bandana and carry a machinegun that wipes weaker xenos in a single burst. And some, when under pressure of seemingly impossible odds, are said to tap into the primordial REE that resides within them, going into a murderous, albeit short-lived rage, it's short span not nearly short enough for any sighted foes to survive the screeching fury...

---

Troops:
930 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
700 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
720 White Castle Screeches
490 Alpha Medics
40 Veterans

Total: 3200

Recruitment:
90 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
50 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
70 White Castle Screeches
30 Alpha Medics
20 Veterans

Total: 300

Supplies:
Gunpowder
Muskets

Projects:
Start repairing the firearm manufacturing systems: 1/5
Create magnifying lenses: 2/3

Completed Projects:
Form an elite squad
Create self-contained firearm cartridges

Log:
CAPTAIN'S LOG, Day 4
The repair team is finally getting their shit together. If you'll excuse me, I'm telling the person in charge of the soldier count reports to get his shit together.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 21, 2019, 01:14:44 pm

Spoiler: Day 0 (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Horrorvale
Theme: Horrorvale(game)
Day 0
Capital: Horrorvale City
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Legacy

Map(s):
(https://i.imgur.com/MSKYAvI.png)
As you can see, there are areas within Horrorvales bounds that aren't technically part of the geographical location of Horrorvale, these are noticeable for being decidedly un-spooky. Also, because some douchewaffle decided they really wanted a full scale McMansion in the only clear path out of Horrorvale valley(and they didn't even stay and live in it, fucker just left), the only way to exit or enter is through the Withering Woods, this is where most Wendigos live, which makes it substantially less dangerous than otherwise, if still exceptionally spooky even compared to the rest of the region.

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

Skeleton Witches/Warlocks - Skeletons where among the first settlers in Horrorvale, back when Hades and Death themselves presided over this section of the Underworld made Overworld. While their complete lack of muscle, biological or ectoplasmic, means they are physically fairly weak(though it does leave them significantly less vulnerable to piercing weaponry), their magical prowess is nothing to scoff at. Thus is the military, they generally serve as a combination Mage-Support unit. Slinging offensive spells such as Firebolt, Bone Barrage, and Heal, while restoring their allies strength with Decay, Death, and Poison. (2 points)

Militia - Zombies, Ghouls, Mummies, less magically inclined skeletons, anyone who isn't automatically filtered into another force for their species, but isn't joining one of the non-species based forces, joins these. While they can't be said to be particularly capable, they can be fielded in great numbers than any fully fledged military force. They most often come equipped with light armor, and simple shortswords. Additionally though, every Militia member comes equipped with one firebomb(fragile potion pouches that spray a liquid which rapidly ignites upon bursting), to be used at their discretion, or that of their Commanding Officer, who is generally a Frankenling.

Vampiric Ambush Force - Vampires, swift, graceful, deadly, able to transform into small animals and suck the blood straight from someones veins. They would be the perfect soldiers if not for their fatal flaws. Sunlight burns their skin, garlic is poison, and stakes might as well come pre-poisoned. While in a Horrorvaleans perfect world the sun wouldn't matter as people would be awake at night and sleep through the day, the average soldier of Horrorvale is well aware that this is only the case in their homeland. As such, VAF units can only be deployed after dark, and must immediately retreate to hidden/defended locations as the sun begins to rise. That being said, when they are deployed, they can be truly frightening. Moving with great speed in their leather gear, their razor sharp daggers easily find gaps in enemy armor and creates bleeding wounds. Their ability to transform into small animals also allows them to sneak into tight places. This makes them excellent for limiting the enemies force before battle can begin, and for dealing decisive strikes to otherwise occupied foes in night battles.

Wendigo Berzerkers - Wendigos, the rarest of Undead species that can truly be said to be a major part of Horrorvale society. Standing head and shoulders over the average man. Their prodigious strength, even for their size, allows them to wield exceptionally large weapons. Their flesh is tough, easily limiting the damage they take even ignoring their armor, and by feasting on meat they can heal their wounds. However, they do not take to tactics well, nor magic, much prefering the very direct solution of "Charge straight forward and cleave anybody that doesn't give up in half." Nevertheless they are an effective, and truly terrifying, fighting force. (5 points)

Ecto-sappers - Ghosts are a very common sight within Horrorvale. More than likely the single most common race here in fact, edging out Wendigos and Zombies combined. That being said, their unique physical traits make them awkward to fit into any un-specialized military unit. The ecto-sappers are one such unit, ghosts making full use of their ability to go intangible at will and possess objects to bypass and destroy enemy fortifications and defenses before the main force moves in. When intangible, mundane objects simply pass through them, though the same cannot be said of magic or anything enchanted, and intangibility can't be partial. Ghosts are quite lacking in physical strength on their own, meaning that when caught not-possessing an object they struggle to fight back, and even if they are possessing an object they will die when it is destroyed. Still, these spectral soldiers can turn an enemies siege weapons and fortifications into their own worst enemies given the chance. (3 points)

Frankenling Shock Troopers - The artificial undead created by the the Mayor. Stitched together from severed parts. While they are not as strong and quick as Wendigos, they are more durable, and more tactically minded, and do trend towards a higher intelligence. Not to mention, while they may not be particularly magically capable, the natural electric charge to their bodies can be used to fire bolts of electricity at close ranges. Each one is equipped with full iron armor and proper broadswords. Frankenlings are the ideal public servants, working as everything from postman to soldier, they are born for their jobs, and they take to them with pride and skill. (3 points)

Heroes:
Mayor Ludwigg... Fikleheim? Fanglefoot? Frankenfurter? Something like that- The Mayor of the town of Horrorvale, a scientist whos technological genius is decades if not more beyond that of his citizens. Yet, he loves them all the same. He was the victim of an incredibly rare condition known as 'Aging', where his body, after hitting maturity, began to ever so slowly degrade. To counteract this, he built a mechanical body, and had his brain implanted into it via brain-jar. This body stands larger than a minotaur, has strength to match, a surprising amount of speed, and can fire off blasts of lightning. Unfortunately, this is not his natural body, and thus not the one he will un-die into should he be slain. Instead it will have to be re-built.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None

Domestic:
Underworld Magic - For the most part, a vague collection of rather simple spells. 'Life' spells for combat, 'Death' spells for healing, some more basic combat spells that just fire different sorts of projectiles, a variety of empowerment spells, that sort of thing. Nothing esoteric such as wishes and polymorphing, just your classic array of magic spells, with a Halloween theme. A note to make however, is that the Life and Death spells do act as they say, it's just the effects of Life and Death magics have inverse effects upon the Undead. This is likely to come as a rude awakening when they find they need to double down on Death spells to both heal and hurt while completely giving up the Life ones.

Necromancy - A major portion of magic used in Horrorvale is Necromancy. And when I say major, I mean as in like, it's the sole option for reproduction for a majority of Horrorvales natives. Skeletons, Zombies, Mummies, Wendigos and Ghosts can't have babies after all, and that's only the major examples. So instead they pluck a lost soul that has been scoured clean of its identity out of Limbo, and slap it into a new, magically formed body, which ages as normal(at least until maturity, where all but the most tragically unlucky will simply stop aging). A notable effect of this is that Horrorvales citizens can't die properly, no form of afterlife will take recycled souls, not even Limbo itself, and so they just wake up again with a new body where they last slept. This doesn't make dying any more pleasant, but it makes it less frightening. That is not the only use for Necromancy however, as it can be used by trained professionals as a way to quickly get Undead who have once again become dead back into the fight.

Reagents-a-plenty - Eye of newt and tongue of frog, wing of bat and hair of dog. The wilderness around Horrorvale is absolutely overflowing with potent Potionology reagents. From the rivers and lakes literally flowing with blood, to bushes that sprout eyes, and every type of poisonous or carnivorous plant you can think of. If it's good for potions, Horrorvale has it. This makes them some of the most accomplished alchemists in the world, with access to all sorts of useful concoctions. The fact that healing potions and poisons have reversed effects on the Undead is made all the better by the fact that they have so much access to poison.

Projects:
Horrorvale [8]- The city of Horrorvale, named for the valley in which it resides. Once, this land was fraught with horrible monsters and unspeakable beasts. Now the monsters are polite and the beasts just undead. Still though, Horrorvale has been built from this time, as such the city is practically a fortress. Every single external wall is thick and made of dark stone bricks, and the city is entirely surrounded by even thicker walls, and the ground is paved in many areas. It is, of course, still a city though, so traps are practically nonexistant in the streets, and siege weapons can be wheeled right through the gate and past the walls entirely if no attempt to stop them is made. Still though, the gates are the only actual weak point in Horrorvales walls. (Makes the Capital of Horrorvale double as an exceptionally sized Fortress, though with the problems that come from being a city)

Reagent Harvest Standardization [3]- A project to standardize and optimize the harvesting of Horrorvales natural supply of Potion reagents. Thus allowing them to easily be accessed when needed by those who need them. (provides the 'Reagents-a-plenty' Supply)

Standardized Ghost Unit [2]- The innate physical weaknesses of being a ghost and their only occasionally corporeal nature lead to them being rather awkward to fit into existing military groups. While they could float through walls or attacks, in doing so they would simply float out of their equipment. This requires ghosts to have specialized Units made to optimize their usage. The Ecto-sappers are merely the first example of such a unit. (provides 'Ecto-sappers' Troop)

Military Frankenling production and training [2]- In anticipation for coming potential conflict, Mayor Faffenpaffers production of Frankenlings has shifted steadily towards military focus. There is some worry about the ethics of creating thinking, unliving people for the singular purpose of war, but the ease of which they integrate into normal Horrorvale society has done well to assuage fears. (provides 'Frankenling Shock Troopers' Troop)

Other:
So basically, as said in the 'Necromancy' section, all residents of Horrorvale will simply respawn if killed. This won't really have any mechanical impact on their numbers, but for heroes, it basically means that Horrorvale heroes require enemies to have a specific thing(more specifically, a method to destroy/imprison/whatever souls) in order to actually be killed, so you can defeat them in battle as hard as you like, but without having the proper tools/capabilities they won't be removed from the hero list. So I'll be weakening the over-all capabilities of said heroes to match accordingly. This does not apply to the Mayor, as his condition means that his natural body is effectively useless for combat, thus if he dies, I will have to 'recruit' him again to re-build his mechanical body, on the plus side though, he probably doesn't need to be nerfed.

With Horrorvales citizens being effectively unable to die, they have been somewhat lacking in terms of military relevant developments, they have newspaper and simple yet functional plumbing for instance(even though a decent portion of Undead don't need baths and even more don't need toilets), but are still working with simple materials that you can dig out of the ground(and simpler stuff like glass). No alloys yet, nor the more 'advanced' medieval weaponry like catapults and crossbows.

Also, despite the color, the land in Horrorvale is not lifeless(well, technically it is) but rather that's just the color of undead grass. The water is blood though, nobody questions it, nobody cares. Except the Vampires, who are very happy with this arrangement.

---

Troops:
250 Skeleton Witches/Warlocks (500 Unit Points)
500 Militia
250 Ecto-sappers (750 Unit Points)
250 Frankenling Shock Troopers (750 Unit Points)
100 Wendigo Berzerkers (500 Unit Points)

Total: 3000

Recruitment:
60 Militia
25 Skeleton Witches/Warlocks (50 Unit Points)
10 Ecto-sappers (30 Unit Points)
6 Wendigo Berzerkers (30 Unit Points)
10 Frankenling Shock Troopers (30 Unit Points)

Total: 200

Supplies:
Underworld Magic

Necromancy

Reagents-a-Plenty

Projects:
Frankenling Combat Armor: Specially designed armor for Frankenling use. (0/2)

Completed Projects:
Horrorvale [8]
Reagent harvest standardization [3]
Military Frankenling production and training [2]
Standardized Ghost Unit [2]

Log:
Log AABY-01; You may be wondering why I'm starting a new log-set on this most innocuous day of all days. Well, call me a fool, but I have this feeling in my... I would say gut, but I don't quite have one of those any longer. Either way, I can feel it, younger kingdoms and polities have been rising both near and... not-so far. By my calculations, they should be reaching critical mass any day now, at which point they will undoubtedly begin to try to expand beyond their borders.
I fear that they may turn their eyes towards us. Be it for our unique resources, some unfulfilled grudge over the mindless dead and Underworld beasts that regularly filtered out of our lands once upon a time, or closed-minded religious teachings telling them that everything we are is wrong. Whatever the case may be, I worry that even with all of my own preparations, my people may not yet be ready for true conflict. Nevertheless, I made a promise to this land and her people when I took this position, and I intend to fulfill it. This is Ludwig Frank[STATIC], signing out.

Spoiler: Day 1 (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Horrorvale
Theme: Horrorvale(game)
Day 1
Capital: Horrorvale City
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Legacy

Map(s):
(https://i.imgur.com/MSKYAvI.png)
As you can see, there are areas within Horrorvales bounds that aren't technically part of the geographical location of Horrorvale, these are noticeable for being decidedly un-spooky. Also, because some douchewaffle decided they really wanted a full scale McMansion in the only clear path out of Horrorvale valley(and they didn't even stay and live in it, fucker just left), the only way to exit or enter is through the Withering Woods, this is where most Wendigos live, which makes it substantially less dangerous than otherwise, if still exceptionally spooky even compared to the rest of the region.

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

Skeleton Witches/Warlocks - Skeletons where among the first settlers in Horrorvale, back when Hades and Death themselves presided over this section of the Underworld made Overworld. While their complete lack of muscle, biological or ectoplasmic, means they are physically fairly weak(though it does leave them significantly less vulnerable to piercing weaponry), their magical prowess is nothing to scoff at. Thus is the military, they generally serve as a combination Mage-Support unit. Slinging offensive spells such as Firebolt, Bone Barrage, and Heal, while restoring their allies strength with Decay, Death, and Poison. (2 points)

Militia - Zombies, Ghouls, Mummies, less magically inclined skeletons, anyone who isn't automatically filtered into another force for their species, but isn't joining one of the non-species based forces, joins these. While they can't be said to be particularly capable, they can be fielded in great numbers than any fully fledged military force. They most often come equipped with light armor, and simple shortswords. Additionally though, every Militia member comes equipped with one firebomb(fragile potion pouches that spray a liquid which rapidly ignites upon bursting), to be used at their discretion, or that of their Commanding Officer, who is generally a Frankenling.

Vampiric Ambush Force - Vampires, swift, graceful, deadly, able to transform into small animals and suck the blood straight from someones veins. They would be the perfect soldiers if not for their fatal flaws. Sunlight burns their skin, garlic is poison, and stakes might as well come pre-poisoned. While in a Horrorvaleans perfect world the sun wouldn't matter as people would be awake at night and sleep through the day, the average soldier of Horrorvale is well aware that this is only the case in their homeland. As such, VAF units can only be deployed after dark, and must immediately retreate to hidden/defended locations as the sun begins to rise. That being said, when they are deployed, they can be truly frightening. Moving with great speed in their leather gear, their razor sharp daggers easily find gaps in enemy armor and creates bleeding wounds. Their ability to transform into small animals also allows them to sneak into tight places. This makes them excellent for limiting the enemies force before battle can begin, and for dealing decisive strikes to otherwise occupied foes in night battles.

Wendigo Berzerkers - Wendigos, the rarest of Undead species that can truly be said to be a major part of Horrorvale society. Standing head and shoulders over the average man. Their prodigious strength, even for their size, allows them to wield exceptionally large weapons. Their flesh is tough, easily limiting the damage they take even ignoring their armor, and by feasting on meat they can heal their wounds. However, they do not take to tactics well, nor magic, much prefering the very direct solution of "Charge straight forward and cleave anybody that doesn't give up in half." Nevertheless they are an effective, and truly terrifying, fighting force. (5 points)

Ecto-sappers - Ghosts are a very common sight within Horrorvale. More than likely the single most common race here in fact, edging out Wendigos and Zombies combined. That being said, their unique physical traits make them awkward to fit into any un-specialized military unit. The ecto-sappers are one such unit, ghosts making full use of their ability to go intangible at will and possess objects to bypass and destroy enemy fortifications and defenses before the main force moves in. When intangible, mundane objects simply pass through them, though the same cannot be said of magic or anything enchanted, and intangibility can't be partial. Ghosts are quite lacking in physical strength on their own, meaning that when caught not-possessing an object they struggle to fight back, and even if they are possessing an object they will die when it is destroyed. Still, these spectral soldiers can turn an enemies siege weapons and fortifications into their own worst enemies given the chance. (3 points)

Frankenling Shock Troopers - The artificial undead created by the the Mayor. Stitched together from severed parts. While they are not as strong and quick as Wendigos, they are more durable, and more tactically minded, and do trend towards a higher intelligence. Not to mention, while they may not be particularly magically capable, the natural electric charge to their bodies can be used to fire bolts of electricity at close ranges. Each one is equipped with full iron armor and proper broadswords. Frankenlings are the ideal public servants, working as everything from postman to soldier, they are born for their jobs, and they take to them with pride and skill. (3 points)

Heroes:
Mayor Ludwigg... Fikleheim? Fanglefoot? Frankenfurter? Something like that- The Mayor of the town of Horrorvale, a scientist whos technological genius is decades if not more beyond that of his citizens. Yet, he loves them all the same. He was the victim of an incredibly rare condition known as 'Aging', where his body, after hitting maturity, began to ever so slowly degrade. To counteract this, he built a mechanical body, and had his brain implanted into it via brain-jar. This body stands larger than a minotaur, has strength to match, a surprising amount of speed, and can fire off blasts of lightning. Unfortunately, this is not his natural body, and thus not the one he will un-die into should he be slain. Instead it will have to be re-built.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None

Domestic:
Underworld Magic - For the most part, a vague collection of rather simple spells. 'Life' spells for combat, 'Death' spells for healing, some more basic combat spells that just fire different sorts of projectiles, a variety of empowerment spells, that sort of thing. Nothing esoteric such as wishes and polymorphing, just your classic array of magic spells, with a Halloween theme. A note to make however, is that the Life and Death spells do act as they say, it's just the effects of Life and Death magics have inverse effects upon the Undead. This is likely to come as a rude awakening when they find they need to double down on Death spells to both heal and hurt while completely giving up the Life ones.

Necromancy - A major portion of magic used in Horrorvale is Necromancy. And when I say major, I mean as in like, it's the sole option for reproduction for a majority of Horrorvales natives. Skeletons, Zombies, Mummies, Wendigos and Ghosts can't have babies after all, and that's only the major examples. So instead they pluck a lost soul that has been scoured clean of its identity out of Limbo, and slap it into a new, magically formed body, which ages as normal(at least until maturity, where all but the most tragically unlucky will simply stop aging). A notable effect of this is that Horrorvales citizens can't die properly, no form of afterlife will take recycled souls, not even Limbo itself, and so they just wake up again with a new body where they last slept. This doesn't make dying any more pleasant, but it makes it less frightening. That is not the only use for Necromancy however, as it can be used by trained professionals as a way to quickly get Undead who have once again become dead back into the fight.

Reagents-a-plenty - Eye of newt and tongue of frog, wing of bat and hair of dog. The wilderness around Horrorvale is absolutely overflowing with potent Potionology reagents. From the rivers and lakes literally flowing with blood, to bushes that sprout eyes, and every type of poisonous or carnivorous plant you can think of. If it's good for potions, Horrorvale has it. This makes them some of the most accomplished alchemists in the world, with access to all sorts of useful concoctions. The fact that healing potions and poisons have reversed effects on the Undead is made all the better by the fact that they have so much access to poison.

Projects:
Horrorvale [8]- The city of Horrorvale, named for the valley in which it resides. Once, this land was fraught with horrible monsters and unspeakable beasts. Now the monsters are polite and the beasts just undead. Still though, Horrorvale has been built from this time, as such the city is practically a fortress. Every single external wall is thick and made of dark stone bricks, and the city is entirely surrounded by even thicker walls, and the ground is paved in many areas. It is, of course, still a city though, so traps are practically nonexistant in the streets, and siege weapons can be wheeled right through the gate and past the walls entirely if no attempt to stop them is made. Still though, the gates are the only actual weak point in Horrorvales walls. (Makes the Capital of Horrorvale double as an exceptionally sized Fortress, though with the problems that come from being a city)

Reagent Harvest Standardization [3]- A project to standardize and optimize the harvesting of Horrorvales natural supply of Potion reagents. Thus allowing them to easily be accessed when needed by those who need them. (provides the 'Reagents-a-plenty' Supply)

Standardized Ghost Unit [2]- The innate physical weaknesses of being a ghost and their only occasionally corporeal nature lead to them being rather awkward to fit into existing military groups. While they could float through walls or attacks, in doing so they would simply float out of their equipment. This requires ghosts to have specialized Units made to optimize their usage. The Ecto-sappers are merely the first example of such a unit. (provides 'Ecto-sappers' Troop)

Military Frankenling production and training [2]- In anticipation for coming potential conflict, Mayor Faffenpaffers production of Frankenlings has shifted steadily towards military focus. There is some worry about the ethics of creating thinking, unliving people for the singular purpose of war, but the ease of which they integrate into normal Horrorvale society has done well to assuage fears. (provides 'Frankenling Shock Troopers' Troop)

Other:
So basically, as said in the 'Necromancy' section, all residents of Horrorvale will simply respawn if killed. This won't really have any mechanical impact on their numbers, but for heroes, it basically means that Horrorvale heroes require enemies to have a specific thing(more specifically, a method to destroy/imprison/whatever souls) in order to actually be killed, so you can defeat them in battle as hard as you like, but without having the proper tools/capabilities they won't be removed from the hero list. So I'll be weakening the over-all capabilities of said heroes to match accordingly. This does not apply to the Mayor, as his condition means that his natural body is effectively useless for combat, thus if he dies, I will have to 'recruit' him again to re-build his mechanical body, on the plus side though, he probably doesn't need to be nerfed.

With Horrorvales citizens being effectively unable to die, they have been somewhat lacking in terms of military relevant developments, they have newspaper and simple yet functional plumbing for instance(even though a decent portion of Undead don't need baths and even more don't need toilets), but are still working with simple materials that you can dig out of the ground(and simpler stuff like glass). No alloys yet, nor the more 'advanced' medieval weaponry like catapults and crossbows.

Also, despite the color, the land in Horrorvale is not lifeless(well, technically it is) but rather that's just the color of undead grass. The water is blood though, nobody questions it, nobody cares. Except the Vampires, who are very happy with this arrangement.

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Troops:
275 Skeleton Witches/Warlocks (550 Unit Points)
560 Militia
260 Ecto-sappers (780 Unit Points)
260 Frankenling Shock Troopers (780 Unit Points)
106 Wendigo Berzerkers (530 Unit Points)

Total: 3200

Recruitment:
60 Militia
25 Skeleton Witches/Warlocks (50 Unit Points)
10 Ecto-sappers (30 Unit Points)
6 Wendigo Berzerkers (30 Unit Points)
10 Frankenling Shock Troopers (30 Unit Points)

Total: 200

Supplies:
Underworld Magic

Necromancy

Reagents-a-Plenty

Projects:
Frankenling Combat Armor [1/2]
Advanced Metal Forging [1/3]

Completed Projects:
Horrorvale [8/6]
Reagent harvest standardization [3/3]
Military Frankenling production and training [2/2]
Standardized Ghost Unit [2/2]

Log:
Log AABY-02; All remains quiet, though I do not expect this to last it is welcome. Though from what little has been seen by our spectral scouts, there seem to be some developments. The object that was seen streaking across the sky some nights ago has reportedly seen some amount of development, though no movement has been reported yet. Either the strange machine is assembling itself, or... no, it is likely that those residing within are simply awake during the day, as opposed to us being awake in the night.
On another note, I have begun working on simpler advancements, thing that I had managed in small scales early on, but can now begin spreading further. Such as proper purifying and alloying of metals. I've also begun working on a more purpose-built sort of military equipment for my Frankenlings. The equipment they have may do its job, but it is very basic. I intend to correct this. Also, I think I need to get this recording device fixed, something went wrong at the end of the last log. Bah, anyway, Fran[STATIC] signing off.

(sorry, my updates are quite big, I can only fit two of them per post, might not even be able to fit more than one by the time I get to day 4, but I kinda doubt that, I should have all my posts up by tomorrow, it'll just take a while to get to the other ones.))

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 21, 2019, 03:10:04 pm

Quote from: Failbird105 on July 21, 2019, 01:14:44 pm

Log:
Log AABY-02; All remains quiet, though I do not expect this to last it is welcome. Though from what little has been seen by our spectral scouts, there seem to be some developments. The object that was seen streaking across the sky some nights ago has reportedly seen some amount of development, though no movement has been reported yet. Either the strange machine is assembling itself, or... no, it is likely that those residing within are simply awake during the day, as opposed to us being awake in the night.

I'm assuming this is referencing the MCD Saltshaker, the current base used by Mercdonalds' forces on this planet.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 21, 2019, 04:40:35 pm

Quote from: 0cra_tr0per on July 21, 2019, 03:10:04 pm

I'm assuming this is referencing the MCD Saltshaker, the current base used by Mercdonald's forces on this planet.

Yeah

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 21, 2019, 06:06:20 pm

Spoiler: Day 2 (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Horrorvale
Theme: Horrorvale(game)
Day 2
Capital: Horrorvale City
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Legacy

Map(s):
(https://i.imgur.com/MSKYAvI.png)
As you can see, there are areas within Horrorvales bounds that aren't technically part of the geographical location of Horrorvale, these are noticeable for being decidedly un-spooky. Also, because some douchewaffle decided they really wanted a full scale McMansion in the only clear path out of Horrorvale valley(and they didn't even stay and live in it, fucker just left), the only way to exit or enter is through the Withering Woods, this is where most Wendigos live, which makes it substantially less dangerous than otherwise, if still exceptionally spooky even compared to the rest of the region.

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

Skeleton Witches/Warlocks - Skeletons where among the first settlers in Horrorvale, back when Hades and Death themselves presided over this section of the Underworld made Overworld. While their complete lack of muscle, biological or ectoplasmic, means they are physically fairly weak(though it does leave them significantly less vulnerable to piercing weaponry), their magical prowess is nothing to scoff at. Thus is the military, they generally serve as a combination Mage-Support unit. Slinging offensive spells such as Firebolt, Bone Barrage, and Heal, while restoring their allies strength with Decay, Death, and Poison. (2 points)

Militia - Zombies, Ghouls, Mummies, less magically inclined skeletons, anyone who isn't automatically filtered into another force for their species, but isn't joining one of the non-species based forces, joins these. While they can't be said to be particularly capable, they can be fielded in great numbers than any fully fledged military force. They most often come equipped with light armor, and simple shortswords. Additionally though, every Militia member comes equipped with one firebomb(fragile potion pouches that spray a liquid which rapidly ignites upon bursting), to be used at their discretion, or that of their Commanding Officer, who is generally a Frankenling.

Vampiric Ambush Force - Vampires, swift, graceful, deadly, able to transform into small animals and suck the blood straight from someones veins. They would be the perfect soldiers if not for their fatal flaws. Sunlight burns their skin, garlic is poison, and stakes might as well come pre-poisoned. While in a Horrorvaleans perfect world the sun wouldn't matter as people would be awake at night and sleep through the day, the average soldier of Horrorvale is well aware that this is only the case in their homeland. As such, VAF units can only be deployed after dark, and must immediately retreate to hidden/defended locations as the sun begins to rise. That being said, when they are deployed, they can be truly frightening. Moving with great speed in their leather gear, their razor sharp daggers easily find gaps in enemy armor and creates bleeding wounds. Their ability to transform into small animals also allows them to sneak into tight places. This makes them excellent for limiting the enemies force before battle can begin, and for dealing decisive strikes to otherwise occupied foes in night battles.

Wendigo Berzerkers - Wendigos, the rarest of Undead species that can truly be said to be a major part of Horrorvale society. Standing head and shoulders over the average man. Their prodigious strength, even for their size, allows them to wield exceptionally large weapons. Their flesh is tough, easily limiting the damage they take even ignoring their armor, and by feasting on meat they can heal their wounds. However, they do not take to tactics well, nor magic, much prefering the very direct solution of "Charge straight forward and cleave anybody that doesn't give up in half." Nevertheless they are an effective, and truly terrifying, fighting force. (5 points)

Ecto-sappers - Ghosts are a very common sight within Horrorvale. More than likely the single most common race here in fact, edging out Wendigos and Zombies combined. That being said, their unique physical traits make them awkward to fit into any un-specialized military unit. The ecto-sappers are one such unit, ghosts making full use of their ability to go intangible at will and possess objects to bypass and destroy enemy fortifications and defenses before the main force moves in. When intangible, mundane objects simply pass through them, though the same cannot be said of magic or anything enchanted, and intangibility can't be partial. Ghosts are quite lacking in physical strength on their own, meaning that when caught not-possessing an object they struggle to fight back, and even if they are possessing an object they will die when it is destroyed. Still, these spectral soldiers can turn an enemies siege weapons and fortifications into their own worst enemies given the chance. (3 points)

Frankenling Shock Troopers - The artificial undead created by the the Mayor. Stitched together from severed parts. While they are not as strong and quick as Wendigos, they are more durable, and more tactically minded, and do trend towards a higher intelligence. Not to mention, while they may not be particularly magically capable, the natural electric charge to their bodies can be used to fire bolts of electricity at close ranges. Each one is equipped with specialized armor that has copper wires for channeling electric attacks, and lightning rods for both maximizing efficiency and recharging from loose electricity, as well as wielding proper broadswords. Frankenlings are the ideal public servants, working as everything from postman to soldier, they are born for their jobs, and they take to them with pride and skill. (3 points)

Heroes:
Mayor Ludwigg... Fikleheim? Fanglefoot? Frankenfurter? Something like that- The Mayor of the town of Horrorvale, a scientist whos technological genius is decades if not more beyond that of his citizens. Yet, he loves them all the same. He was the victim of an incredibly rare condition known as 'Aging', where his body, after hitting maturity, began to ever so slowly degrade. To counteract this, he built a mechanical body, and had his brain implanted into it via brain-jar. This body stands larger than a minotaur, has strength to match, a surprising amount of speed, and can fire off blasts of lightning. Unfortunately, this is not his natural body, and thus not the one he will un-die into should he be slain. Instead it will have to be re-built.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None

Domestic:
Underworld Magic - For the most part, a vague collection of rather simple spells. 'Life' spells for combat, 'Death' spells for healing, some more basic combat spells that just fire different sorts of projectiles, a variety of empowerment spells, that sort of thing. Nothing esoteric such as wishes and polymorphing, just your classic array of magic spells, with a Halloween theme. A note to make however, is that the Life and Death spells do act as they say, it's just the effects of Life and Death magics have inverse effects upon the Undead. This is likely to come as a rude awakening when they find they need to double down on Death spells to both heal and hurt while completely giving up the Life ones.

Necromancy - A major portion of magic used in Horrorvale is Necromancy. And when I say major, I mean as in like, it's the sole option for reproduction for a majority of Horrorvales natives. Skeletons, Zombies, Mummies, Wendigos and Ghosts can't have babies after all, and that's only the major examples. So instead they pluck a lost soul that has been scoured clean of its identity out of Limbo, and slap it into a new, magically formed body, which ages as normal(at least until maturity, where all but the most tragically unlucky will simply stop aging). A notable effect of this is that Horrorvales citizens can't die properly, no form of afterlife will take recycled souls, not even Limbo itself, and so they just wake up again with a new body where they last slept. This doesn't make dying any more pleasant, but it makes it less frightening. That is not the only use for Necromancy however, as it can be used by trained professionals as a way to quickly get Undead who have once again become dead back into the fight.

Reagents-a-plenty - Eye of newt and tongue of frog, wing of bat and hair of dog. The wilderness around Horrorvale is absolutely overflowing with potent Potionology reagents. From the rivers and lakes literally flowing with blood, to bushes that sprout eyes, and every type of poisonous or carnivorous plant you can think of. If it's good for potions, Horrorvale has it. This makes them some of the most accomplished alchemists in the world, with access to all sorts of useful concoctions. The fact that healing potions and poisons have reversed effects on the Undead is made all the better by the fact that they have so much access to poison.

Projects:
Horrorvale [8]- The city of Horrorvale, named for the valley in which it resides. Once, this land was fraught with horrible monsters and unspeakable beasts. Now the monsters are polite and the beasts just undead. Still though, Horrorvale has been built from this time, as such the city is practically a fortress. Every single external wall is thick and made of dark stone bricks, and the city is entirely surrounded by even thicker walls, and the ground is paved in many areas. It is, of course, still a city though, so traps are practically nonexistant in the streets, and siege weapons can be wheeled right through the gate and past the walls entirely if no attempt to stop them is made. Still though, the gates are the only actual weak point in Horrorvales walls. (Makes the Capital of Horrorvale double as an exceptionally sized Fortress, though with the problems that come from being a city)

Reagent Harvest Standardization [3]- A project to standardize and optimize the harvesting of Horrorvales natural supply of Potion reagents. Thus allowing them to easily be accessed when needed by those who need them. (provides the 'Reagents-a-plenty' Supply)

Standardized Ghost Unit [2]- The innate physical weaknesses of being a ghost and their only occasionally corporeal nature lead to them being rather awkward to fit into existing military groups. While they could float through walls or attacks, in doing so they would simply float out of their equipment. This requires ghosts to have specialized Units made to optimize their usage. The Ecto-sappers are merely the first example of such a unit. (provides 'Ecto-sappers' Troop)

Military Frankenling production and training [2]- In anticipation for coming potential conflict, Mayor Faffenpaffers production of Frankenlings has shifted steadily towards military focus. There is some worry about the ethics of creating thinking, unliving people for the singular purpose of war, but the ease of which they integrate into normal Horrorvale society has done well to assuage fears. (provides 'Frankenling Shock Troopers' Troop)

Frankenling Combat Armor [2]- Proper armor dedicated for Frankenling use. Where their iron armor would diffuse the Frankenlings electric bolts causing them to fly off course and wasting a decent portion of electricity, their new armor has been specially crafted with inlaid copper wiring leading towards the fingertips. This means that electrical attacks come out more focused and accurate, with much less of the power diffusing out into the rest of the armor. A pair of lightning rods have also been added to the back, which can channel what electricity does diffuse back into the Frankenling, completely erasing the power wasted in the act of firing bolts. They also allow loose electricity to recharge the Frankenling in small amounts. (upgrades Frankenling Shock Troopers with more accurate and powerful lightning attacks, and greater energy efficiency)

Other:
So basically, as said in the 'Necromancy' section, all residents of Horrorvale will simply respawn if killed. This won't really have any mechanical impact on their numbers, but for heroes, it basically means that Horrorvale heroes require enemies to have a specific thing(more specifically, a method to destroy/imprison/whatever souls) in order to actually be killed, so you can defeat them in battle as hard as you like, but without having the proper tools/capabilities they won't be removed from the hero list. So I'll be weakening the over-all capabilities of said heroes to match accordingly. This does not apply to the Mayor, as his condition means that his natural body is effectively useless for combat, thus if he dies, I will have to 'recruit' him again to re-build his mechanical body, on the plus side though, he probably doesn't need to be nerfed.

With Horrorvales citizens being effectively unable to die, they have been somewhat lacking in terms of military relevant developments, they have newspaper and simple yet functional plumbing for instance(even though a decent portion of Undead don't need baths and even more don't need toilets), but are still working with simple materials that you can dig out of the ground(and simpler stuff like glass). No alloys yet, nor the more 'advanced' medieval weaponry like catapults and crossbows.

Also, despite the color, the land in Horrorvale is not lifeless(well, technically it is) but rather that's just the color of undead grass. The water is blood though, nobody questions it, nobody cares. Except the Vampires, who are very happy with this arrangement.

---

Troops:
300 Skeleton Witches/Warlocks (600 Unit Points)
620 Militia
270 Ecto-sappers (810 Unit Points)
270 Frankenling Shock Troopers (810 Unit Points)
112 Wendigo Berzerkers (560 Unit Points)

Total: 3400

Recruitment:
60 Militia
25 Skeleton Witches/Warlocks (50 Unit Points)
10 Ecto-sappers (30 Unit Points)
6 Wendigo Berzerkers (30 Unit Points)
10 Frankenling Shock Troopers (30 Unit Points)

Total: 200

Supplies:
Underworld Magic

Necromancy

Reagents-a-Plenty

Projects:
Advanced Metal Forging (2/3)
Simple Mechanisms (0/3)

Completed Projects:
Horrorvale [8]
Reagent harvest standardization [3]
Military Frankenling production and training [2]
Standardized Ghost Unit [2]
Frankenling Combat Armor [2]
Log:
Log AABY-03; Good progress is being made. I've finished developing a mostly standardized model for Frankenling armor that I believe should help to maximize their unique capabilities. In addition to working further on the alloy forges, more specifically working Potionology into the mix, I have begun working on making proper mechanical weaponry for our forces. Other than that, nothing of note.

Spoiler: Day 3 (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Horrorvale
Theme: Horrorvale(game)
Day 3
Capital: Horrorvale City
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Legacy

Map(s):
(https://i.imgur.com/MSKYAvI.png)
As you can see, there are areas within Horrorvales bounds that aren't technically part of the geographical location of Horrorvale, these are noticeable for being decidedly un-spooky. Also, because some douchewaffle decided they really wanted a full scale McMansion in the only clear path out of Horrorvale valley(and they didn't even stay and live in it, fucker just left), the only way to exit or enter is through the Withering Woods, this is where most Wendigos live, which makes it substantially less dangerous than otherwise, if still exceptionally spooky even compared to the rest of the region.

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

Skeleton Witches/Warlocks - Skeletons where among the first settlers in Horrorvale, back when Hades and Death themselves presided over this section of the Underworld made Overworld. While their complete lack of muscle, biological or ectoplasmic, means they are physically fairly weak(though it does leave them significantly less vulnerable to piercing weaponry), their magical prowess is nothing to scoff at. Thus is the military, they generally serve as a combination Mage-Support unit. Slinging offensive spells such as Firebolt, Bone Barrage, and Heal, while restoring their allies strength with Decay, Death, and Poison. (2 points)

Militia - Zombies, Ghouls, Mummies, less magically inclined skeletons, anyone who isn't automatically filtered into another force for their species, but isn't joining one of the non-species based forces, joins these. While they can't be said to be particularly capable, they can be fielded in great numbers than any fully fledged military force. They most often come equipped with light armor, and simple shortswords. Additionally though, every Militia member comes equipped with one firebomb(fragile potion pouches that spray a liquid which rapidly ignites upon bursting), to be used at their discretion, or that of their Commanding Officer, who is generally a Frankenling.

Vampiric Ambush Force - Vampires, swift, graceful, deadly, able to transform into small animals and suck the blood straight from someones veins. They would be the perfect soldiers if not for their fatal flaws. Sunlight burns their skin, garlic is poison, and stakes might as well come pre-poisoned. While in a Horrorvaleans perfect world the sun wouldn't matter as people would be awake at night and sleep through the day, the average soldier of Horrorvale is well aware that this is only the case in their homeland. As such, VAF units can only be deployed after dark, and must immediately retreate to hidden/defended locations as the sun begins to rise. That being said, when they are deployed, they can be truly frightening. Moving with great speed in their leather gear, their razor sharp daggers easily find gaps in enemy armor and creates bleeding wounds. Their ability to transform into small animals also allows them to sneak into tight places. This makes them excellent for limiting the enemies force before battle can begin, and for dealing decisive strikes to otherwise occupied foes in night battles.

Wendigo Berzerkers - Wendigos, the rarest of Undead species that can truly be said to be a major part of Horrorvale society. Standing head and shoulders over the average man. Their prodigious strength, even for their size, allows them to wield exceptionally large weapons. Their flesh is tough, easily limiting the damage they take even ignoring their armor, and by feasting on meat they can heal their wounds. However, they do not take to tactics well, nor magic, much prefering the very direct solution of "Charge straight forward and cleave anybody that doesn't give up in half." Nevertheless they are an effective, and truly terrifying, fighting force. (5 points)

Ecto-sappers - Ghosts are a very common sight within Horrorvale. More than likely the single most common race here in fact, edging out Wendigos and Zombies combined. That being said, their unique physical traits make them awkward to fit into any un-specialized military unit. The ecto-sappers are one such unit, ghosts making full use of their ability to go intangible at will and possess objects to bypass and destroy enemy fortifications and defenses before the main force moves in. When intangible, mundane objects simply pass through them, though the same cannot be said of magic or anything enchanted, and intangibility can't be partial. Ghosts are quite lacking in physical strength on their own, meaning that when caught not-possessing an object they struggle to fight back, and even if they are possessing an object they will die when it is destroyed. Still, these spectral soldiers can turn an enemies siege weapons and fortifications into their own worst enemies given the chance. (3 points)

Frankenling Shock Troopers - The artificial undead created by the the Mayor. Stitched together from severed parts. While they are not as strong and quick as Wendigos, they are more durable, and more tactically minded, and do trend towards a higher intelligence. Not to mention, while they may not be particularly magically capable, the natural electric charge to their bodies can be used to fire bolts of electricity at close ranges. Each one is equipped with full iron armor and proper broadswords. Frankenlings are the ideal public servants, working as everything from postman to soldier, they are born for their jobs, and they take to them with pride and skill. (3 points)

Heroes:
Mayor Ludwigg... Fikleheim? Fanglefoot? Frankenfurter? Something like that- The Mayor of the town of Horrorvale, a scientist whos technological genius is decades if not more beyond that of his citizens. Yet, he loves them all the same. He was the victim of an incredibly rare condition known as 'Aging', where his body, after hitting maturity, began to ever so slowly degrade. To counteract this, he built a mechanical body, and had his brain implanted into it via brain-jar. This body stands larger than a minotaur, has strength to match, a surprising amount of speed, and can fire off blasts of lightning. Unfortunately, this is not his natural body, and thus not the one he will un-die into should he be slain. Instead it will have to be re-built.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None

Domestic:
Underworld Magic - For the most part, a vague collection of rather simple spells. 'Life' spells for combat, 'Death' spells for healing, some more basic combat spells that just fire different sorts of projectiles, a variety of empowerment spells, that sort of thing. Nothing esoteric such as wishes and polymorphing, just your classic array of magic spells, with a Halloween theme. A note to make however, is that the Life and Death spells do act as they say, it's just the effects of Life and Death magics have inverse effects upon the Undead. This is likely to come as a rude awakening when they find they need to double down on Death spells to both heal and hurt while completely giving up the Life ones.

Necromancy - A major portion of magic used in Horrorvale is Necromancy. And when I say major, I mean as in like, it's the sole option for reproduction for a majority of Horrorvales natives. Skeletons, Zombies, Mummies, Wendigos and Ghosts can't have babies after all, and that's only the major examples. So instead they pluck a lost soul that has been scoured clean of its identity out of Limbo, and slap it into a new, magically formed body, which ages as normal(at least until maturity, where all but the most tragically unlucky will simply stop aging). A notable effect of this is that Horrorvales citizens can't die properly, no form of afterlife will take recycled souls, not even Limbo itself, and so they just wake up again with a new body where they last slept. This doesn't make dying any more pleasant, but it makes it less frightening. That is not the only use for Necromancy however, as it can be used by trained professionals as a way to quickly get Undead who have once again become dead back into the fight.

Reagents-a-plenty - Eye of newt and tongue of frog, wing of bat and hair of dog. The wilderness around Horrorvale is absolutely overflowing with potent Potionology reagents. From the rivers and lakes literally flowing with blood, to bushes that sprout eyes, and every type of poisonous or carnivorous plant you can think of. If it's good for potions, Horrorvale has it. This makes them some of the most accomplished alchemists in the world, with access to all sorts of useful concoctions. The fact that healing potions and poisons have reversed effects on the Undead is made all the better by the fact that they have so much access to poison.

Alchemy Forges - Through the combination of more advanced forges/techniques, and Potionology, a variety of new useful metal alloys can be made. In addition to the typical metals such as steel and bronze, this also includes metals with unique properties, these include; Flintsteel(Capable of igniting easily when struck in the right way, extinguishes quickly due to being nonflammable), Cold Iron(Iron that weakens magical effects from proximity and contact), Orichalcum(Can be sharpened into incredibly fine edges and holds them longer under use), and Crimtain(slows blood clotting, causing wounds to bleed longer. Vampires like to lick it).
Projects:
Horrorvale [8]- The city of Horrorvale, named for the valley in which it resides. Once, this land was fraught with horrible monsters and unspeakable beasts. Now the monsters are polite and the beasts just undead. Still though, Horrorvale has been built from this time, as such the city is practically a fortress. Every single external wall is thick and made of dark stone bricks, and the city is entirely surrounded by even thicker walls, and the ground is paved in many areas. It is, of course, still a city though, so traps are practically nonexistant in the streets, and siege weapons can be wheeled right through the gate and past the walls entirely if no attempt to stop them is made. Still though, the gates are the only actual weak point in Horrorvales walls. (Makes the Capital of Horrorvale double as an exceptionally sized Fortress, though with the problems that come from being a city)

Reagent Harvest Standardization [3]- A project to standardize and optimize the harvesting of Horrorvales natural supply of Potion reagents. Thus allowing them to easily be accessed when needed by those who need them. (provides the 'Reagents-a-plenty' Supply)

Standardized Ghost Unit [2]- The innate physical weaknesses of being a ghost and their only occasionally corporeal nature lead to them being rather awkward to fit into existing military groups. While they could float through walls or attacks, in doing so they would simply float out of their equipment. This requires ghosts to have specialized Units made to optimize their usage. The Ecto-sappers are merely the first example of such a unit. (provides 'Ecto-sappers' Troop)

Military Frankenling production and training [2]- In anticipation for coming potential conflict, Mayor Faffenpaffers production of Frankenlings has shifted steadily towards military focus. There is some worry about the ethics of creating thinking, unliving people for the singular purpose of war, but the ease of which they integrate into normal Horrorvale society has done well to assuage fears. (provides 'Frankenling Shock Troopers' Troop)

Frankenling Combat Armor [2]- Proper armor dedicated for Frankenling use. Where their iron armor would diffuse the Frankenlings electric bolts causing them to fly off course and wasting a decent portion of electricity, their new armor has been specially crafted with inlaid copper wiring leading towards the fingertips. This means that electrical attacks come out more focused and accurate, with much less of the power diffusing out into the rest of the armor. A pair of lightning rods have also been added to the back, which can channel what electricity does diffuse back into the Frankenling, completely erasing the power wasted in the act of firing bolts. They also allow loose electricity to recharge the Frankenling in small amounts. (upgrades Frankenling Shock Troopers with more accurate and powerful lightning attacks, and greater energy efficiency)

Advanced Metal Forging [3]- With Mayor Frankfurters technological advancements, we've managed to develop a variety of alloys, combinations of different metals. Particularly, through the addition of potionology, we've developed several magical alloys with unique effects. We expect these in particular will see great use in the future, for a variety of purposes. (Unlocks 'Alchemy Forges' supply)
Other:
So basically, as said in the 'Necromancy' section, all residents of Horrorvale will simply respawn if killed. This won't really have any mechanical impact on their numbers, but for heroes, it basically means that Horrorvale heroes require enemies to have a specific thing(more specifically, a method to destroy/imprison/whatever souls) in order to actually be killed, so you can defeat them in battle as hard as you like, but without having the proper tools/capabilities they won't be removed from the hero list. So I'll be weakening the over-all capabilities of said heroes to match accordingly. This does not apply to the Mayor, as his condition means that his natural body is effectively useless for combat, thus if he dies, I will have to 'recruit' him again to re-build his mechanical body, on the plus side though, he probably doesn't need to be nerfed.

With Horrorvales citizens being effectively unable to die, they have been somewhat lacking in terms of military relevant developments, they have newspaper and simple yet functional plumbing for instance(even though a decent portion of Undead don't need baths and even more don't need toilets), but are still working with simple materials that you can dig out of the ground(and simpler stuff like glass). No alloys yet, nor the more 'advanced' medieval weaponry like catapults and crossbows.

Also, despite the color, the land in Horrorvale is not lifeless(well, technically it is) but rather that's just the color of undead grass. The water is blood though, nobody questions it, nobody cares. Except the Vampires, who are very happy with this arrangement.

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Troops:
325 Skeleton Witches/Warlocks (650 Unit Points)
680 Militia
280 Ecto-sappers (840 Unit Points)
280 Frankenling Shock Troopers (840 Unit Points)
118 Wendigo Berzerkers (590 Unit Points)

Total: 3600

Recruitment:
60 Militia
25 Skeleton Witches/Warlocks (50 Unit Points)
10 Ecto-sappers (30 Unit Points)
6 Wendigo Berzerkers (30 Unit Points)
10 Frankenling Shock Troopers (30 Unit Points)

Total: 200

Supplies:
Underworld Magic

Necromancy

Reagents-a-Plenty

Projects:
Simple Mechanisms (1/3)
Orichalcum refit (0/2)

Completed Projects:
Horrorvale [8]
Reagent harvest standardization [3]
Military Frankenling production and training [2]
Standardized Ghost Unit [2]
Frankenling Combat Armor [2]
Advanced Metal Forging [3]

Log:
Log AABY-04; Well, it's here. Our new forges are up and running, and with the introduction of potionology principles and ingredients, we have made a variety of new alloys that are sure to be of great use in the future. Things are going well. Perhaps I was mistaken to assume the worst, certainly the other nations have remained quiet as of late, at least from what little information we've been gathering lately.

(I may have to put up my Day 4 post tomorrow while I work on Day 5, it's getting late.)

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: piratejoe on July 21, 2019, 11:12:44 pm

Spoiler: Llychlyn, Day 0 (click to show/hide)

General Information:
Civilization Name: The Kingdom of Llychlyn.
Theme: Extreme Quality over quantity hunting and ranged based followers of Fanw
Day 0
Capital: Allfshys
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industrial

Map(s):(https://i.imgur.com/MGA4JJF.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

-Gwaywffon Ifanc, 4 RP: Usually lightly or moderately armored with leather and at most some gambeson. Always with a spear in hand, these soldiers are new to the military, and as such, their numbers tend to be one of the highest. Every member of the proper Llychlyn army is a Gwaywffon Ifanc at the start of their career, becoming Bwyell Ifanc after some time training, or Gwaywffyn Mynydd should they grow fond of the spear.

-Bwyell Ifanc, 4 RP: With moderate or heavy armor, commonly incorporating steel, the Bwyell Ifanc are always armed with a shield and a axe. Naturally, once the Children of Fanw who train as a Gwaywffon Ifanc are strong and trained enough, they are granted the ability to become Bwyell Ifanc. Like Gwaywffon Ifanc, the Bwyell Ifanc have a chance to either become Coeden Fwyell or become what most who join the Llychlyn military aspire to become, Helwyr Saethwr.

-Helwyr Saethwr, 5 RP: Armed with bow and moderate armor of steel made to not inhibit dexterity, the children of Fanw in the military who become Helwyr Saethwr are those who have become strong and well trained enough to be granted the most honored role of being able to wield the bow. Granted with warbows and a side arm be it sword or axe, these soldiers fire at extreme range with extreme accuracy. They are some of the best of the best, though, there are even more skilled warriors, though few in number.

-Meistri Rhyfel, 10 RP: The Meistri Rhyfel are the best of the best, soldiers who have lived and trained for ages and honing their skill to an exhaustive degree. Commonly, they are masters of both bow and either spear or axe, wielding both in battle, and commonly they are the ones trained to command and lead the soldiers below them into battle. They are commonly equipped with whatever they desire, and commonly are at least two hundred years old. Few are of their number, but they certainly are a force to be reckoned with, at range or up close.


Heroes:
Fanw Howell: Fanw is the Goddess of hunting, Ranged Combat (though most think its just archery), and Stature (Both meanings of the word). It is believed that they take a form similar to the Children of Fanw, with with the ears, tail, nails and eyes that her children have, specifically with long brown hair and amber eyes and always with a bow in hand or put away. They are considered a fair and kind goddess who cares for their children and who makes sure the woods are plentiful with food and teaming with life. However, it is believed by quite a few that, in defense of her children, she will take away quarry that hunters would go for in the area's of the threat after and instead will fill the woods with predators, far more aggressive than normal, specifically to invaders, and that should things get desperate, she herself will arrive with no restraint on her power. Not everyone believes this entirely, though it is certainly comforting to a degree. Something all followers of Fanw can agree on however, is that she almost always is manifested in the world, and wanders the woods and wilds of the world, calmly hunting and living a simple, but fairly peaceful existence. It's said that mortals who meet her will find her helpful as a friendly guide so long as their intentions are well meaning, making some small talk and sharing some food that she hunted before sometimes informing them of something important to them, such as the location of something they had lost and were looking for, or how to deal with something that has been plaguing them. If the person is ill willed, they usually will simply leave such people alone, though sometimes it is said they will try and convince them to change... It also should be noted that, despite not being a nature/forest god, she does have issue with people completely chopping down entire forests with no intention of any kind of preservation, after all, if you remove the forest, you remove the animals that lived there you could have hunted. Though, the removal of chunks of forests for some development is fine so long as its not a quarter of the entire forest and the new plains can still support small game or something of the like. Additionally, Despite beliefs otherwise, she doesn't view weapons like muskets, slings, or crossbows as lesser weapons, even if her followers will probably argue among themselves claiming otherwise, in fact, in her manifested form, one can find practically every kind of ranged weapon somewhere on her person, from throwing axes to the classic bow, though the weapons in question are only the kind of ranged weapons that are used in the local area, so no one will see her with a crossbow somewhere no one has them or something similar.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None

Domestic:
Children of Fanw: Fanw herself grants protection over the Children of Fanw, and should the worst come to worst and Llychlyn finds itself in a final battle for survival, Fanw will help her children and try to protect them from the ones attacking them personally. Of course, Fanw won't exactly do much directly out side of making wild animals attack invaders more often and lower the amount of prey the invaders can get until Llychlyn is truly desperate, but should the fate of the children of Fanw and Llychlyn rest on a battle, she will be there, and she will do her best to drive them off.

Faith in Fanw: the Children of Fanw have an almost unbreakable faith in their goddess, though they tend to be causal about it and not force their faith upon others who happen to believe in other things. Regardless, the Children of Fanw call themselves that for a reason... Regardless, were Fanw to theoretically manifest in a battle for the heartland of the kingdom, they'd certainly be rallied by it and would fight to the very last, not just for their home, their clans, their kin, but also their goddess. (Think of both of these applying directly to the abilities of Fanw, I think sacrificing both resources for Fanw is fair trade to have Fanw as a hero, as Fanw is a goddess after all...)

Projects:


Other: (this will be a lot)
The Children of Fanw are humanoid creatures that resemble Fanw's common form, they have small claw like nails that don't get in the way of their dexterity but can easily become quite sharp if a bit of care is given to them, two wolf like ears atop their head, and a wolf like tail where you would expect. They tend to have hair colors that are a shade of white, grey, brown, black, orange or red and tend to have blue, brown, yellow, orange, or red eyes with yellow the most common, though green is possible if rare. They are fairly tall, commonly standing at seven and a half feet tall on average, with the shortest and tallest without dwarfism or giantism being six foot ten and nine foot five, and the theoretical shortest and tallest one could be is three feet and two inches and twelve feet and six inches respectively. Interestingly, despite their size, they are extremely agile and dexterous, and naturally fairly strong on average as well, said strength to better be able to throw things or to draw more powerful bows. They have good senses of smell and hearing along with, as one might expect, superb eyesight that allows them to make out things in the distance, even in the dark. Interestingly, their bones are quite durable, possibly due to their size, and they take quite a bit of force to break normally. Lastly, they enter adolescence after sixteen years and adulthood after forty two years and are quite long lived, but will still succumb to old age eventually. Despite all of this however, due to their bodies abilities, they require more food than normal, twice as much as the average human, and the long time it takes for them to grow to maturity doesn't exactly make them the type to have an exploding population...

The Children of Fanw tend to prefer meats over grains, fruits, and vegetables, but can eat and enjoy the latter, especially with the former. They are quite family oriented, with plenty of named clans formed with the marriage of one person from each family. However, they aren't adverse to speaking with other clans. The parents and older members of a clan tend to be very protective of their young, though this to an extent lessens slowly as they become older. They take the loss of a clan member very hard, and also will try to take revenge if the loss is caused by murder, though this doesn't apply to battles in war unless they have a very good and reliable source of info. Despite this, they are quite friendly to people of other races and clans unless they are lied to or have personal or clan related reasons not to like them. They tend to value honesty, competition, family, cunning, tradition, artwork, cooperation, craftmanship, martial prowess, skill, hard work, perseverance, and knowledge. Though, while such things are a social norm to value, others may value some of these more than others, value a few things not listed, not value them as much as most others or any combination of the three.

The Children of Fanw are on average when it comes to intelligence, but are especially talented in the knowledge of ballistics, hunting, team tactics and general cooperation as one might suspect considering their life style and culture. This leads them to be natural sharp shooters and ambushers especially when combined with their eyesight, which alongside smell are above average. They tend to have above average memory as well allowing them to retain their knowledge in old age and makes them take longer to get rusty at some things. Coinciding with their dexterity and agility, they have good hand eye coordination and a very good sense of special awareness with lighting reflexes, able to process things in only 20ms, however this is actually the main reason why they are considered agile and dexterous as opposed to them simply being extremely graceful, as with their reaction speed they can quickly make corrections in their movements and react to things faster than normal giving off the appearance of simply being agile. It also should be noted that particularly high pitched noises can disorient and hurt them.

The Children of Fanw believe that signs of things to come are shown by Fanw in dreams, in smoke, or in changes in the natural surroundings. If the sign is directed to warn or tell one person something in particular, it will be shown through that persons dreams, usually being a sign that specifically effects them or their life unless they are of high importance in Llychlyn, in which it might be a sign of things that might come to Llychlyn or the Children of Fanw in general. Meanwhile, when sacrificing bones to fire during a ritual, Fanw will occasionally show a sign to everyone in the group nearby. Sometimes, Clans use this to try and discover what will happen to them in the future, especially Clan Howell, who use this extensively to try and learn of things to come to both them, the lands near them, and the nation as a whole. Lastly, when a major, unnatural change in the natural surroundings of animals happens, it is generally believed it is a major sign from Fanw of either great things to come, or something terrible bound to happen. Usually, this is fairly easy to discern, as it tends to be either a massive influx of quarry and prey animals suddenly being found by hunters leading to an incredibly food filled day bound to lead to plenty of feasts and celebration of things to come, or the reverse, with almost nothing being found for a single day, and the forests going unnaturally and eerily quiet. These omens are treated with extreme celebration or absolute horror and worry as they are extremely rare and their implications for life for the Children of Fanw are generally speaking drastic.

The Clans that exist in Llychlyn are usually separated into three categories, Ciwed, Teulu and Brenhinol. They are Minor, Local, and Major clans respectively, however, this is not necessarily a strict hierarchy, as while most Teulu and all Brenhinol clans always have some power, Ciwed clans can fairly easily become Teulu clans and given enough time Brenhinol clans as well. Originally, the terms were made to distinguish the size of a clan rather than its status. A Ciwed sized clan is usually just a clan with at most thirty living members, just as the term use to mean, but generally speaking they are fairly insignificant in the grand scheme of things, and as such the term can also be used to describe a fairly modest or peasant family, but often times can easily become Teulu clans, sometimes called newid clans, though they sometimes are unable cement themselves as proper Teulu clans and return back to being Ciwed clans. Teulu clans use to be clans that had forty to seventy living members, however now days the term refers to a clan that is of some importance to the local area, such as a clan that has most of a towns smiths or carpenters, or a clan that has a very skillful and well known hunter, or simply someone who is in charge of the local area. Usually, these clans are the ones that are most well known and commonly are an important part of their community. Lastly, Brenhinol clans use to be clans that had over seventy living members, though the term now means a clan that is extremely important, though usually such clans are normally quite large. Usually, they are dedicated to something in particular, such as the military. An example would be clan Howell, which is dedicated to Fanw, discerning the signs and omens given by her, and simply managing the temples that exist and keeping the records of the ancient stories of Fanw and the creation of Llychlyn.

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Troops:
250 (1 000) Gwaywffon Ifanc
150 (600) Bwyell Ifanc
40 (200) Helwyr Saethwr
20 (200) Meistri Rhyfel

Total: 460 (2 000)

Recruitment:
25 (100) Gwaywffon Ifanc
20 (100) Helwyr Saethwr

Total: 200

Supplies:
Children of Fanw
Faith in Fanw

Projects:
Gwaywffyn Mynydd (0/1)
Coeden Fwyell (0/1)

Completed Projects:
None.

Log: 21st of Ebrill, 254 Ar ôl Uno
Its been some time since I wrote in here. Things have been difficult, hectic, and busy since my mother died and I was to be crowned the new queen of Llychlyn. I knew this day would come eventually, but I hoped it would come much later than it did. She lived a good life, but it was too short, only three hundred and forty eight years. She should have had another fifty at least. I suppose I shouldn't just write my sorrows, it won't bring her back, and writing this I don't feel better. It likely would be best to focus on other things, relating to Llychlyn.

As I wrote, I was to be crowned the new queen, and I was. To be honest I was extremely nervous, and I still am. The fact that the entirety of Llychlyn and all its people now rely on me to lead us children of fanw to the future is something I don't know how to exactly explain other than extremely stressful and worrying. I was a scholar, not a leader...Yet I was first in line for succession...I guess I'll have to make myself a leader, or at least try to act like one, and hiding my nervousness is an important first step.

While I'm not known in the slightest for martial prowess, I suppose checking up on the military and making sure those of the Gwaywffon and Bwyell Ifanc who wish to stay as such but have surpassed the requirements to become more than an Ifanc should be met and properly given the ability to become Gwaywffyn Mynydd and Coeden Fwyell. After all, some get use to the spear and axe, and like to keep using them. Even if they are a bit rare. Usually they change to grow attached to their weapon when innitially wanting to become a Helwyr Saethwr, or so I have heard.

I suppose I'll end this entry here. There really isn't much more to report other than things going smoothly, or at least as smoothly as they can.

Spoiler: Llychlyn, Day 1 (click to show/hide)

General Information:
Civilization Name: The Kingdom of Llychlyn.
Theme: Extreme Quality over quantity hunting and ranged based followers of Fanw
Day 1
Capital: Allfshys
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industrial

Map(s):(https://i.imgur.com/MGA4JJF.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

-Gwaywffon Ifanc, 4 RP: Usually lightly or moderately armored with leather and at most some gambeson. Always with a spear in hand, these soldiers are new to the military, and as such, their numbers tend to be one of the highest. Every member of the proper Llychlyn army is a Gwaywffon Ifanc at the start of their career, becoming Bwyell Ifanc after some time training, or Gwaywffyn Mynydd should they grow fond of the spear.

-Gwaywffyn Mynydd, 5 RP: Commonly moderately armored with leather and gambeson and at most a steel plate, these well trained and physically fit by Children of Fanw standards are significantly better than normal spearmen. Each thrust of their spears tends to be true, and commonly they lead groups of Gwaywffon Ifanc, with only generals and Meistri Rhyfel as their superiors.

-Bwyell Ifanc, 4 RP: With moderate or heavy armor, commonly incorporating steel, the Bwyell Ifanc are always armed with a shield and a axe. Naturally, once the Children of Fanw who train as a Gwaywffon Ifanc are strong and trained enough, they are granted the ability to become Bwyell Ifanc. Like Gwaywffon Ifanc, the Bwyell Ifanc have a chance to either become Coeden Fwyell or become what most who join the Llychlyn military aspire to become, Helwyr Saethwr.

-Coeden Fwyell, 5 RP: Armed with heavy armour and the strength and stamina to make it seem as if they were only wearing moderate protection for most of a fight, the Coeden Fwyell are experts at combat involving the axe and shield. Knowing how to deal with soldiers armed similarly to themselves along with other formations. They, like Gwaywffyn Mynydd, tend to lead groups of Bwyell Ifanc and listen to only generals and Meistri Rhyfel as superiors.

-Helwyr Saethwr, 5 RP: Armed with bow and moderate armor of steel made to not inhibit dexterity, the children of Fanw in the military who become Helwyr Saethwr are those who have become strong and well trained enough to be granted the most honored role of being able to wield the bow. Granted with warbows and a side arm be it sword or axe, these soldiers fire at extreme range with extreme accuracy. They are some of the best of the best, though, there are even more skilled warriors, though few in number.

-Meistri Rhyfel, 10 RP: The Meistri Rhyfel are the best of the best, soldiers who have lived and trained for ages and honing their skill to an exhaustive degree. Commonly, they are masters of both bow and either spear or axe, wielding both in battle, and commonly they are the ones trained to command and lead the soldiers below them into battle. They are commonly equipped with whatever they desire, and commonly are at least two hundred years old. Few are of their number, but they certainly are a force to be reckoned with, at range or up close.


Heroes:
Fanw Howell: Fanw is the Goddess of hunting, Ranged Combat (though most think its just archery), and Stature (Both meanings of the word). It is believed that they take a form similar to the Children of Fanw, with with the ears, tail, nails and eyes that her children have, specifically with long brown hair and amber eyes and always with a bow in hand or put away. They are considered a fair and kind goddess who cares for their children and who makes sure the woods are plentiful with food and teaming with life. However, it is believed by quite a few that, in defense of her children, she will take away quarry that hunters would go for in the area's of the threat after and instead will fill the woods with predators, far more aggressive than normal, specifically to invaders, and that should things get desperate, she herself will arrive with no restraint on her power. Not everyone believes this entirely, though it is certainly comforting to a degree. Something all followers of Fanw can agree on however, is that she almost always is manifested in the world, and wanders the woods and wilds of the world, calmly hunting and living a simple, but fairly peaceful existence. It's said that mortals who meet her will find her helpful as a friendly guide so long as their intentions are well meaning, making some small talk and sharing some food that she hunted before sometimes informing them of something important to them, such as the location of something they had lost and were looking for, or how to deal with something that has been plaguing them. If the person is ill willed, they usually will simply leave such people alone, though sometimes it is said they will try and convince them to change... It also should be noted that, despite not being a nature/forest god, she does have issue with people completely chopping down entire forests with no intention of any kind of preservation, after all, if you remove the forest, you remove the animals that lived there you could have hunted. Though, the removal of chunks of forests for some development is fine so long as its not a quarter of the entire forest and the new plains can still support small game or something of the like. Additionally, Despite beliefs otherwise, she doesn't view weapons like muskets, slings, or crossbows as lesser weapons, even if her followers will probably argue among themselves claiming otherwise, in fact, in her manifested form, one can find practically every kind of ranged weapon somewhere on her person, from throwing axes to the classic bow, though the weapons in question are only the kind of ranged weapons that are used in the local area, so no one will see her with a crossbow somewhere no one has them or something similar.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None

Domestic:
Children of Fanw: Fanw herself grants protection over the Children of Fanw, and should the worst come to worst and Llychlyn finds itself in a final battle for survival, Fanw will help her children and try to protect them from the ones attacking them personally. Of course, Fanw won't exactly do much directly out side of making wild animals attack invaders more often and lower the amount of prey the invaders can get until Llychlyn is truly desperate, but should the fate of the children of Fanw and Llychlyn rest on a battle, she will be there, and she will do her best to drive them off.

Faith in Fanw: the Children of Fanw have an almost unbreakable faith in their goddess, though they tend to be causal about it and not force their faith upon others who happen to believe in other things. Regardless, the Children of Fanw call themselves that for a reason... Regardless, were Fanw to theoretically manifest in a battle for the heartland of the kingdom, they'd certainly be rallied by it and would fight to the very last, not just for their home, their clans, their kin, but also their goddess. (Think of both of these applying directly to the abilities of Fanw, I think sacrificing both resources for Fanw is fair trade to have Fanw as a hero, as Fanw is a goddess after all...)

Projects:


Other: (Read the day 0 post, will link to it in future posts, but its far too much for my normal posts I'd say.)

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Troops:
275 (1,100) Gwaywffon Ifanc
150 (600) Bwyell Ifanc
60 (300) Helwyr Saethwr
20 (200) Meistri Rhyfel

Total: 505 (2,200)

Recruitment:
20 (100) Gwaywffyn Mynydd
20 (100) Coeden Fwyell

Total: 200

Supplies:
Children of Fanw
Faith in Fanw

Projects:
Gwaywffyn Mynydd (1/1)
Coeden Fwyell (1/1)

Completed Projects:
Gwaywffyn Mynydd (1/1)
Coeden Fwyell (1/1)

Log: 22nd of Ebrill, 254 Ar ôl Uno
Checking the military and granting official permision to once again allow the Ifanc to become Gwaywffyn Mynydd and Coeden Fwyell went well. The only reason I heard for that stopping was quite simply the people in the military thinking I might make a strict focus on bowmanship due to the fact that it is the best and most effective weapon. However, I didn't. The bow has a weakness, so its best to have quality troops to protect our best. At least, thats what I believe. I could be completely wrong however, as I have witten before I'm not known for martial prowess or miltiary tactics, the best I am at the military is logistics, but thats it...

Still, after this I plan on working on the construction of a few logging camps with special tools to start gathering Prenhaearn in a decent amount. Those trees are hard to chop down, almost as strong as iron, if not directly as strong. Either way, harvesting it for use in construction, toolmaking, and weaponmaking would be great as it would increase the quality of our already quality tools.

I'll admit though, that despite how things went well and are fine currently, I still feel nervious...Apparently there are also now reports of something from the sky coming crashing down to the earth...Clan Howell believes it isn't a sign from Fanw, and I'd agree with that statement considering the research I have done. But it is worrying...

Spoiler: Llychlyn, Day 2 (click to show/hide)

General Information:
Civilization Name: The Kingdom of Llychlyn.
Theme: Extreme Quality over quantity hunting and ranged based followers of Fanw
Day 2
Capital: Allfshys
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industrial

Map(s):(https://i.imgur.com/MGA4JJF.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

-Gwaywffon Ifanc, 4 RP: Usually lightly or moderately armored with leather and at most some gambeson. Always with a spear in hand, these soldiers are new to the military, and as such, their numbers tend to be one of the highest. Every member of the proper Llychlyn army is a Gwaywffon Ifanc at the start of their career, becoming Bwyell Ifanc after some time training, or Gwaywffyn Mynydd should they grow fond of the spear.

-Gwaywffyn Mynydd, 5 RP: Commonly moderately armored with leather and gambeson and at most a steel plate, these well trained and physically fit by Children of Fanw standards are significantly better than normal spearmen. Each thrust of their spears tends to be true, and commonly they lead groups of Gwaywffon Ifanc, with only generals and Meistri Rhyfel as their superiors.

-Bwyell Ifanc, 4 RP: With moderate or heavy armor, commonly incorporating steel, the Bwyell Ifanc are always armed with a shield and a axe. Naturally, once the Children of Fanw who train as a Gwaywffon Ifanc are strong and trained enough, they are granted the ability to become Bwyell Ifanc. Like Gwaywffon Ifanc, the Bwyell Ifanc have a chance to either become Coeden Fwyell or become what most who join the Llychlyn military aspire to become, Helwyr Saethwr.

-Coeden Fwyell, 5 RP: Armed with heavy armour and the strength and stamina to make it seem as if they were only wearing moderate protection for most of a fight, the Coeden Fwyell are experts at combat involving the axe and shield. Knowing how to deal with soldiers armed similarly to themselves along with other formations. They, like Gwaywffyn Mynydd, tend to lead groups of Bwyell Ifanc and listen to only generals and Meistri Rhyfel as superiors.

-Helwyr Saethwr, 5 RP: Armed with bow and moderate armor of steel made to not inhibit dexterity, the children of Fanw in the military who become Helwyr Saethwr are those who have become strong and well trained enough to be granted the most honored role of being able to wield the bow. Granted with warbows and a side arm be it sword or axe, these soldiers fire at extreme range with extreme accuracy. They are some of the best of the best, though, there are even more skilled warriors, though few in number.

-Meistri Rhyfel, 10 RP: The Meistri Rhyfel are the best of the best, soldiers who have lived and trained for ages and honing their skill to an exhaustive degree. Commonly, they are masters of both bow and either spear or axe, wielding both in battle, and commonly they are the ones trained to command and lead the soldiers below them into battle. They are commonly equipped with whatever they desire, and commonly are at least two hundred years old. Few are of their number, but they certainly are a force to be reckoned with, at range or up close.


Heroes:
Fanw Howell: Fanw is the Goddess of hunting, Ranged Combat (though most think its just archery), and Stature (Both meanings of the word). It is believed that they take a form similar to the Children of Fanw, with with the ears, tail, nails and eyes that her children have, specifically with long brown hair and amber eyes and always with a bow in hand or put away. They are considered a fair and kind goddess who cares for their children and who makes sure the woods are plentiful with food and teaming with life. However, it is believed by quite a few that, in defense of her children, she will take away quarry that hunters would go for in the area's of the threat after and instead will fill the woods with predators, far more aggressive than normal, specifically to invaders, and that should things get desperate, she herself will arrive with no restraint on her power. Not everyone believes this entirely, though it is certainly comforting to a degree. Something all followers of Fanw can agree on however, is that she almost always is manifested in the world, and wanders the woods and wilds of the world, calmly hunting and living a simple, but fairly peaceful existence. It's said that mortals who meet her will find her helpful as a friendly guide so long as their intentions are well meaning, making some small talk and sharing some food that she hunted before sometimes informing them of something important to them, such as the location of something they had lost and were looking for, or how to deal with something that has been plaguing them. If the person is ill willed, they usually will simply leave such people alone, though sometimes it is said they will try and convince them to change... It also should be noted that, despite not being a nature/forest god, she does have issue with people completely chopping down entire forests with no intention of any kind of preservation, after all, if you remove the forest, you remove the animals that lived there you could have hunted. Though, the removal of chunks of forests for some development is fine so long as its not a quarter of the entire forest and the new plains can still support small game or something of the like. Additionally, Despite beliefs otherwise, she doesn't view weapons like muskets, slings, or crossbows as lesser weapons, even if her followers will probably argue among themselves claiming otherwise, in fact, in her manifested form, one can find practically every kind of ranged weapon somewhere on her person, from throwing axes to the classic bow, though the weapons in question are only the kind of ranged weapons that are used in the local area, so no one will see her with a crossbow somewhere no one has them or something similar.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None

Domestic:
Children of Fanw: Fanw herself grants protection over the Children of Fanw, and should the worst come to worst and Llychlyn finds itself in a final battle for survival, Fanw will help her children and try to protect them from the ones attacking them personally. Of course, Fanw won't exactly do much directly out side of making wild animals attack invaders more often and lower the amount of prey the invaders can get until Llychlyn is truly desperate, but should the fate of the children of Fanw and Llychlyn rest on a battle, she will be there, and she will do her best to drive them off.

Faith in Fanw: the Children of Fanw have an almost unbreakable faith in their goddess, though they tend to be causal about it and not force their faith upon others who happen to believe in other things. Regardless, the Children of Fanw call themselves that for a reason... Regardless, were Fanw to theoretically manifest in a battle for the heartland of the kingdom, they'd certainly be rallied by it and would fight to the very last, not just for their home, their clans, their kin, but also their goddess. (Think of both of these applying directly to the abilities of Fanw, I think sacrificing both resources for Fanw is fair trade to have Fanw as a hero, as Fanw is a goddess after all...)

Projects:
Prenhaearn: (2) Some forests in Llychlyn are made up of pine like tree's called Prenhaearn. These trees have wood about as durable as iron and aren't really that flamable. Of course, actually chopping them down and refining them is easier said than done, but its not impossible with the proper tools and techniques which Llychlyn has made. Needless to say, buildings made out of such strong wood are quite resilient, both to fire and to damage, and so too are shields, tool handles, and anything else made from the stuff as well.

Other: (Read the day 0 post, will link to it in future posts, but its far too much for my normal posts I'd say.)

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Troops:
275 (1,100) Gwaywffon Ifanc
20 (100) Gwaywffyn Mynydd
150 (600) Bwyell Ifanc
20 (100) Coeden Fwyell
60 (300) Helwyr Saethwr
20 (200) Meistri Rhyfel

Total: 545 (2,400)

Recruitment:
20 (100) Gwaywffyn Mynydd
20 (100) Coeden Fwyell

Total: 200

Supplies:
Children of Fanw
Faith in Fanw

Projects:
Prenhaearn (2/2)

Completed Projects:
Gwaywffyn Mynydd (1/1)
Coeden Fwyell (1/1)

Log: 23rd of Ebrill, 254 Ar ôl Uno
Construction on proper logging camps with proper specially designed tools for the extraction of prenhaearn has gone underway. The new wood should help once it starts coming in, but it will take time to have tools and other things made out of it. Some scouts were also sent out, both for exploration purposes and also to find out what exactly crashed. They'll likely take a few days, but hopefully they'll return soon with a map of sorts of our surroundings.

Even on quiet days like this things are still stressful though, I can't imagine what it must be like when things are going poorly. At least I'm able to control my expressions, and the pauses I do to try and collect myself are usually just seen as me thinking, so at least they don't know on the inside I'm currently a bit of a mess. Maybe things will become more natural and easier as the days go on. I hope so...I don't want to be stuck doing this over and over and over again with absolutely noting becoming easier without end.

(Edited to fix spelling errors)

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: piratejoe on July 22, 2019, 12:57:31 am

Spoiler: Llychlyn, Day 3 (click to show/hide)

General Information:
Civilization Name: The Kingdom of Llychlyn.
Theme: Extreme Quality over quantity hunting and ranged based followers of Fanw
Day 3
Capital: Allfshys
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industrial

Map(s):(https://i.imgur.com/MGA4JJF.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

-Gwaywffon Ifanc, 4 RP: Usually lightly or moderately armored with leather and at most some gambeson. Always with a spear in hand, these soldiers are new to the military, and as such, their numbers tend to be one of the highest. Every member of the proper Llychlyn army is a Gwaywffon Ifanc at the start of their career, becoming Bwyell Ifanc after some time training, or Gwaywffyn Mynydd should they grow fond of the spear.

-Gwaywffyn Mynydd, 5 RP: Commonly moderately armored with leather and gambeson and at most a steel plate, these well trained and physically fit by Children of Fanw standards are significantly better than normal spearmen. Each thrust of their spears tends to be true, and commonly they lead groups of Gwaywffon Ifanc, with only generals and Meistri Rhyfel as their superiors.

-Bwyell Ifanc, 4 RP: With moderate or heavy armor, commonly incorporating steel, the Bwyell Ifanc are always armed with a shield and a axe. Naturally, once the Children of Fanw who train as a Gwaywffon Ifanc are strong and trained enough, they are granted the ability to become Bwyell Ifanc. Like Gwaywffon Ifanc, the Bwyell Ifanc have a chance to either become Coeden Fwyell or become what most who join the Llychlyn military aspire to become, Helwyr Saethwr.

-Coeden Fwyell, 5 RP: Armed with heavy armour and the strength and stamina to make it seem as if they were only wearing moderate protection for most of a fight, the Coeden Fwyell are experts at combat involving the axe and shield. Knowing how to deal with soldiers armed similarly to themselves along with other formations. They, like Gwaywffyn Mynydd, tend to lead groups of Bwyell Ifanc and listen to only generals and Meistri Rhyfel as superiors.

-Helwyr Saethwr, 5 RP: Armed with bow and moderate armor of steel made to not inhibit dexterity, the children of Fanw in the military who become Helwyr Saethwr are those who have become strong and well trained enough to be granted the most honored role of being able to wield the bow. Granted with warbows and a side arm be it sword or axe, these soldiers fire at extreme range with extreme accuracy. They are some of the best of the best, though, there are even more skilled warriors, though few in number.

-Meistri Rhyfel, 10 RP: The Meistri Rhyfel are the best of the best, soldiers who have lived and trained for ages and honing their skill to an exhaustive degree. Commonly, they are masters of both bow and either spear or axe, wielding both in battle, and commonly they are the ones trained to command and lead the soldiers below them into battle. They are commonly equipped with whatever they desire, and commonly are at least two hundred years old. Few are of their number, but they certainly are a force to be reckoned with, at range or up close.


Heroes:
Fanw Howell: Fanw is the Goddess of hunting, Ranged Combat (though most think its just archery), and Stature (Both meanings of the word). It is believed that they take a form similar to the Children of Fanw, with with the ears, tail, nails and eyes that her children have, specifically with long brown hair and amber eyes and always with a bow in hand or put away. They are considered a fair and kind goddess who cares for their children and who makes sure the woods are plentiful with food and teaming with life. However, it is believed by quite a few that, in defense of her children, she will take away quarry that hunters would go for in the area's of the threat after and instead will fill the woods with predators, far more aggressive than normal, specifically to invaders, and that should things get desperate, she herself will arrive with no restraint on her power. Not everyone believes this entirely, though it is certainly comforting to a degree. Something all followers of Fanw can agree on however, is that she almost always is manifested in the world, and wanders the woods and wilds of the world, calmly hunting and living a simple, but fairly peaceful existence. It's said that mortals who meet her will find her helpful as a friendly guide so long as their intentions are well meaning, making some small talk and sharing some food that she hunted before sometimes informing them of something important to them, such as the location of something they had lost and were looking for, or how to deal with something that has been plaguing them. If the person is ill willed, they usually will simply leave such people alone, though sometimes it is said they will try and convince them to change... It also should be noted that, despite not being a nature/forest god, she does have issue with people completely chopping down entire forests with no intention of any kind of preservation, after all, if you remove the forest, you remove the animals that lived there you could have hunted. Though, the removal of chunks of forests for some development is fine so long as its not a quarter of the entire forest and the new plains can still support small game or something of the like. Additionally, Despite beliefs otherwise, she doesn't view weapons like muskets, slings, or crossbows as lesser weapons, even if her followers will probably argue among themselves claiming otherwise, in fact, in her manifested form, one can find practically every kind of ranged weapon somewhere on her person, from throwing axes to the classic bow, though the weapons in question are only the kind of ranged weapons that are used in the local area, so no one will see her with a crossbow somewhere no one has them or something similar.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None

Domestic:
Children of Fanw: Fanw herself grants protection over the Children of Fanw, and should the worst come to worst and Llychlyn finds itself in a final battle for survival, Fanw will help her children and try to protect them from the ones attacking them personally. Of course, Fanw won't exactly do much directly out side of making wild animals attack invaders more often and lower the amount of prey the invaders can get until Llychlyn is truly desperate, but should the fate of the children of Fanw and Llychlyn rest on a battle, she will be there, and she will do her best to drive them off.

Faith in Fanw: the Children of Fanw have an almost unbreakable faith in their goddess, though they tend to be causal about it and not force their faith upon others who happen to believe in other things. Regardless, the Children of Fanw call themselves that for a reason... Regardless, were Fanw to theoretically manifest in a battle for the heartland of the kingdom, they'd certainly be rallied by it and would fight to the very last, not just for their home, their clans, their kin, but also their goddess. (Think of both of these applying directly to the abilities of Fanw, I think sacrificing both resources for Fanw is fair trade to have Fanw as a hero, as Fanw is a goddess after all...)

Projects:
Prenhaearn: (2) Some forests in Llychlyn are made up of pine like tree's called Prenhaearn. These trees have wood about as durable as iron and aren't really that flamable. Of course, actually chopping them down and refining them is easier said than done, but its not impossible with the proper tools and techniques which Llychlyn has made. Needless to say, buildings made out of such strong wood are quite resilient, both to fire and to damage, and so too are shields, tool handles, and anything else made from the stuff as well.

Castellmeindwr: (8 ) Castellmeindwr is a large fortification made out of mostly prenhaearn The fortification is split into nine separate area's Four inner area's, four outer, and one center. The only way to travel through these area's is through specific entrances. This is done to make an attacking force have to go through choke points and means that should an attacking army go over the walls they can't just capture the entire wall without having to go through many of these choke points. The castle's walls obviously have crenellations and machicolations to make shooting at an attacker that much easier, and a simple ditch with spikes of normal wood surrounds the castle. The center of the fortification includes a main building which has a drawbridge connected to one of the walls, which can be raised and forces the attacking force to have to break through the walls of the main castle, climb it, or simply try to wait out the defenders, and the portion of the castle that is below the drawbridge is dedicated to storage of food and supplies.

Other: (Read the day 0 post, will link to it in future posts, but its far too much for my normal posts I'd say.)

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Troops:
275 (1,100) Gwaywffon Ifanc
40 (200) Gwaywffyn Mynydd
150 (600) Bwyell Ifanc
40 (200) Coeden Fwyell
60 (300) Helwyr Saethwr
20 (200) Meistri Rhyfel

Total: 585 (2,600)

Recruitment:
10 (50) Gwaywffyn Mynydd
10 (50) Coeden Fwyell
25 (100) Gwaywffon Ifanc

Total: 200

Supplies:
Children of Fanw
Faith in Fanw

Projects:
Castellmeindwr (2/8)

Completed Projects:
Gwaywffyn Mynydd (1/1)
Coeden Fwyell (1/1)
Prenhaearn (2/2)

Log: 24th of Ebrill, 254 Ar ôl Uno
I have been advised by some of the members of clan Wynn that a fortress to cover the entrences to our nation would be wise as to blunt any attempted attack on Llychlyn. Of course, there isn't anything actually found that could attack us, at least for now. But, they were very adiment about it. I believe they weren't entirely suggesting it for purely the protection of Llychlyn, but also so they might be able to gain influence, being a major, martial based clan. Though the alternitive of just dismissing them would be worse. So for now, a major fortress is to be constructed.

I'll admit another reason why I agreed to their proposal is because despite their respectful demenor tward me, they had this disturbing pressence for lack of a better term. I don't know why, but I couldn't help but feel intimidated. Maybe its just the stress getting to me, I don't know.

Spoiler: Llychlyn, Day 4 (click to show/hide)

General Information:
Civilization Name: The Kingdom of Llychlyn.
Theme: Extreme Quality over quantity hunting and ranged based followers of Fanw
Day 4
Capital: Allfshys
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industrial

Map(s):(https://i.imgur.com/MGA4JJF.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

-Gwaywffon Ifanc, 4 RP: Usually lightly or moderately armored with leather and at most some gambeson. Always with a spear in hand, these soldiers are new to the military, and as such, their numbers tend to be one of the highest. Every member of the proper Llychlyn army is a Gwaywffon Ifanc at the start of their career, becoming Bwyell Ifanc after some time training, or Gwaywffyn Mynydd should they grow fond of the spear.

-Gwaywffyn Mynydd, 5 RP: Commonly moderately armored with leather and gambeson and at most a steel plate, these well trained and physically fit by Children of Fanw standards are significantly better than normal spearmen. Each thrust of their spears tends to be true, and commonly they lead groups of Gwaywffon Ifanc, with only generals and Meistri Rhyfel as their superiors.

-Bwyell Ifanc, 4 RP: With moderate or heavy armor, commonly incorporating steel, the Bwyell Ifanc are always armed with a shield and a axe. Naturally, once the Children of Fanw who train as a Gwaywffon Ifanc are strong and trained enough, they are granted the ability to become Bwyell Ifanc. Like Gwaywffon Ifanc, the Bwyell Ifanc have a chance to either become Coeden Fwyell or become what most who join the Llychlyn military aspire to become, Helwyr Saethwr.

-Coeden Fwyell, 5 RP: Armed with heavy armour and the strength and stamina to make it seem as if they were only wearing moderate protection for most of a fight, the Coeden Fwyell are experts at combat involving the axe and shield. Knowing how to deal with soldiers armed similarly to themselves along with other formations. They, like Gwaywffyn Mynydd, tend to lead groups of Bwyell Ifanc and listen to only generals and Meistri Rhyfel as superiors.

-Helwyr Saethwr, 5 RP: Armed with bow and moderate armor of steel made to not inhibit dexterity, the children of Fanw in the military who become Helwyr Saethwr are those who have become strong and well trained enough to be granted the most honored role of being able to wield the bow. Granted with warbows and a side arm be it sword or axe, these soldiers fire at extreme range with extreme accuracy. They are some of the best of the best, though, there are even more skilled warriors, though few in number.

-Meistri Rhyfel, 10 RP: The Meistri Rhyfel are the best of the best, soldiers who have lived and trained for ages and honing their skill to an exhaustive degree. Commonly, they are masters of both bow and either spear or axe, wielding both in battle, and commonly they are the ones trained to command and lead the soldiers below them into battle. They are commonly equipped with whatever they desire, and commonly are at least two hundred years old. Few are of their number, but they certainly are a force to be reckoned with, at range or up close.


Heroes:
Fanw Howell: Fanw is the Goddess of hunting, Ranged Combat (though most think its just archery), and Stature (Both meanings of the word). It is believed that they take a form similar to the Children of Fanw, with with the ears, tail, nails and eyes that her children have, specifically with long brown hair and amber eyes and always with a bow in hand or put away. They are considered a fair and kind goddess who cares for their children and who makes sure the woods are plentiful with food and teaming with life. However, it is believed by quite a few that, in defense of her children, she will take away quarry that hunters would go for in the area's of the threat after and instead will fill the woods with predators, far more aggressive than normal, specifically to invaders, and that should things get desperate, she herself will arrive with no restraint on her power. Not everyone believes this entirely, though it is certainly comforting to a degree. Something all followers of Fanw can agree on however, is that she almost always is manifested in the world, and wanders the woods and wilds of the world, calmly hunting and living a simple, but fairly peaceful existence. It's said that mortals who meet her will find her helpful as a friendly guide so long as their intentions are well meaning, making some small talk and sharing some food that she hunted before sometimes informing them of something important to them, such as the location of something they had lost and were looking for, or how to deal with something that has been plaguing them. If the person is ill willed, they usually will simply leave such people alone, though sometimes it is said they will try and convince them to change... It also should be noted that, despite not being a nature/forest god, she does have issue with people completely chopping down entire forests with no intention of any kind of preservation, after all, if you remove the forest, you remove the animals that lived there you could have hunted. Though, the removal of chunks of forests for some development is fine so long as its not a quarter of the entire forest and the new plains can still support small game or something of the like. Additionally, Despite beliefs otherwise, she doesn't view weapons like muskets, slings, or crossbows as lesser weapons, even if her followers will probably argue among themselves claiming otherwise, in fact, in her manifested form, one can find practically every kind of ranged weapon somewhere on her person, from throwing axes to the classic bow, though the weapons in question are only the kind of ranged weapons that are used in the local area, so no one will see her with a crossbow somewhere no one has them or something similar.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None

Domestic:
Children of Fanw: Fanw herself grants protection over the Children of Fanw, and should the worst come to worst and Llychlyn finds itself in a final battle for survival, Fanw will help her children and try to protect them from the ones attacking them personally. Of course, Fanw won't exactly do much directly out side of making wild animals attack invaders more often and lower the amount of prey the invaders can get until Llychlyn is truly desperate, but should the fate of the children of Fanw and Llychlyn rest on a battle, she will be there, and she will do her best to drive them off.

Faith in Fanw: the Children of Fanw have an almost unbreakable faith in their goddess, though they tend to be causal about it and not force their faith upon others who happen to believe in other things. Regardless, the Children of Fanw call themselves that for a reason... Regardless, were Fanw to theoretically manifest in a battle for the heartland of the kingdom, they'd certainly be rallied by it and would fight to the very last, not just for their home, their clans, their kin, but also their goddess. (Think of both of these applying directly to the abilities of Fanw, I think sacrificing both resources for Fanw is fair trade to have Fanw as a hero, as Fanw is a goddess after all...)

Projects:
Prenhaearn: (2) Some forests in Llychlyn are made up of pine like tree's called Prenhaearn. These trees have wood about as durable as iron and aren't really that flamable. Of course, actually chopping them down and refining them is easier said than done, but its not impossible with the proper tools and techniques which Llychlyn has made. Needless to say, buildings made out of such strong wood are quite resilient, both to fire and to damage, and so too are shields, tool handles, and anything else made from the stuff as well.

Castellmeindwr: (8 ) Castellmeindwr is a large fortification made out of mostly prenhaearn The fortification is split into nine separate area's Four inner area's, four outer, and one center. The only way to travel through these area's is through specific entrances. This is done to make an attacking force have to go through choke points and means that should an attacking army go over the walls they can't just capture the entire wall without having to go through many of these choke points. The castle's walls obviously have crenellations and machicolations to make shooting at an attacker that much easier, and a simple ditch with spikes of normal wood surrounds the castle. The center of the fortification includes a main building which has a drawbridge connected to one of the walls, which can be raised and forces the attacking force to have to break through the walls of the main castle, climb it, or simply try to wait out the defenders, and the portion of the castle that is below the drawbridge is dedicated to storage of food and supplies.

Other: (Read the day 0 post, will link to it in future posts, but its far too much for my normal posts I'd say.)

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Troops:
300 (1,200) Gwaywffon Ifanc
50 (250) Gwaywffyn Mynydd
150 (600) Bwyell Ifanc
50 (250) Coeden Fwyell
60 (300) Helwyr Saethwr
20 (200) Meistri Rhyfel

Total: 630 (2,800)

Recruitment:
40 (200) Helwyr Saethwr

Total: 200

Supplies:
Children of Fanw
Faith in Fanw

Projects:
Castellmeindwr (4/8)

Completed Projects:
Gwaywffyn Mynydd (1/1)
Coeden Fwyell (1/1)
Prenhaearn (2/2)

Log: 25th of Ebrill, 254 Ar ôl Uno
Ever since I aggreed to their plan and the fortress had started construction, clan Wynn has been arround for some time now, just...watching and waiting, giving me advice that is purely martial in nature. After some talking to a younger member of their clan, apparently, their leader had a dream, a sign from Fanw that our kingdom would be invaded. Why he didn't just tell me directly I don't know, and honestly, I suppose it doesn't matter. But for the time being, I'm going to follow their advice. I can't let something bad happen to Llychlyn, not while I have the ability to protect it.

The knowedge both calmed me down and made me worried, on one hand Wynn wasn't trying something, but on the other something far worse might happen...

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Happy Demon on July 22, 2019, 02:58:50 am

Well, not too keen on the whole no-map thing. Seems irresponsible to start incomplete rather than delay until ready.
Not to mention it sort of screws over anyone who picked legacy, as their head start is pretty much nullified.
Anyway... Gonna get in my day 0 before reading everything and all that. Also give you a chance to tell me if this is okay, as you didn't give me a reply on my most recent DM.

Spoiler: Day 0 Crunch (click to show/hide)

Civilization Name: The Akatsuki Sente of Honkoku
Theme: Magical Girls Incorporated
Day 0
Capital: Tsukiwara
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industry (Good guys are quality over quantity)

Map(s):
https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T (https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Yari Ashigaru (cost 1): Pikemen clad in basic armor. Because any army requires cannon fodder to send in and occupy a place. They are well drilled, so they excel in area denial with tight formations of pike walls. Though flanking makes them have to draw swords, and they are vulnerable to arrows. So by themselves they can be outmaneuvered or wittled down.

Magi Samurai (cost 5): The noble remnants of the previous regime. The Samurai have adopted the magical crystals of their new overlords, and use it to augment their bushido. The Samurai are excellent melee combatants, and wreathing their swords in moonlight power, they can project sword slashes. This makes them ferocious in a melee, as they can not only cut through steel, but also outreach most spears. Though these special moves drain their crystals faster.

Magi Miko (cost 2): Armed with bows and firing magical arrows. The Miko are apprentice magical girls. Firing magical arrows is a good way to train the channeling of magical power, while keeping their gear relatively light. They have a katana, but no armor and little training. They will do poorly if they're engaged in melee.

Magi Shoujo (cost 10): Clad in the Tsuki no Yoroi, these magical girls are the real deal. They'd look lightly equipped out of combat, with a glaive and a handful pieces of armor. But with a song and a dance, their armor will deploy, making them only second to the samurai in armor. Transformed, their projectiles become even deadlier, not to mention whoever is unfortunate enough to be hit by their glaives. They can also fly, though doing so drains their magical reserves faster than any other. It is important for  the magicla girls to know when to and when not to utilize their aerial capabilities.

Heroes:
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito: The great and honorable leader of the Akatsuki Sente. Akatsuki is a pragmatic girl, willing to kill, cheat and steal to get her way. Her husband, the emperor, is naught but a pawn to her, with no real power. Though not the magical girl she used to be, even having lost her left eye. She is a peerless tactician, intimately aware of the capabilities and limitations of the magical equipment. And ultimately, the people have prospered under her rule.

Supplies:
Foreign:
-Empty-

Domestic:
Tsuki no Kessho Model 2.0: Magical crystal used to store and channel the power of the moon. This newest model retains the output power of the original while having a much larger storage capacity. This means magical girls no longer have to ration their energy expenditure based on the phases of the moon.

Tsuki no Yoroi Model 1.4: The most modern magical armor. It increases the focus of the wearer, while also providing excellent protection. However, it's power consumption is still high. A Magical Girl might just run out in the midst of flight, if they're careless. So most of the time in an inactive state. Only activated once battle starts. It also has a cooling problem, only rarely seen. Like if someone covers them in goo that hinders heat dissipation, making parts deactivate.

Projects:

Yari Ashigaru basic sword training (0/1). When flanked, their pikes are useless. Some basic sword training will make them last a little while, until they can be rescued.

Forge Tsukiwara no Dachi (0/4). The Samurai Akio Kato demands a sword worthy of his service before we can recruit him. This great sword will be infused with moon crystal, to make whoever wields it a Magi Samurai beyond compare.

Troops (2 000) (1 Hero):

600 (600) Yari Ashigaru (1)

100 (500) Magi Samurai (5)

200 (400) Magi Miko (2)

50 (500) Magi Shoujo (10)

Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito

Recruitment (200):

200 (200) Yari Ashigaru (1)

Spoiler: Day 0 Fluff (click to show/hide)

In the land of Honkoku, a land of war and turmoil. Darkness was brewing. The fear and hatred of the people, who were robbed and killed for the little food that remained from their lord's demand gave rise to yokai. They terrorized other people, who in turn gave rise to more yokai. A perpetuating cycle of yokai was set to conquer Honkoku, had it not been for the Magi Shoujo.

Utilizing the power of the moon, the magical girls were able to thwart the yokai plans time and time again. They could not let the people know, or the fear would breed further yokai. Fighting a shadow war for many generations. Until one day, they took a young Akatsuki into their order. Akatsuki wasn't very good, but she was willing to shirk tradition in favor of results. She took sneak attacks, killed humans, and even feigned betrayal to get the edge on the yokai. However, when her master, Chika Moyamoto died, she had decided the shadow war had gotten them nowhere.

The Magi Shoujo had only stalemated the yokai, people still suffered from the warring nobles. Either they were to solve the core issue, or get the army involved. Akatsuki decided to do both. Using her arsenal and her friends, she overthrew the local lord, and enacted a yokai extermination policy. Instead of following rumors, they now followed proper reports. The other lords didn't like this upstart girl, but Akatsuki had her girls start improving their equipment, and resisted their attempts. She defeated some, but their coalition and divine mandate soon had her bogged down in a perpetual war.

However, their divine mandate came from a young emperor. So going for the decisive blow. She flew with a wing of her most elite magical girls to the emperor's palace, to capture him. The battle of Yamato Palace lost her many of her lifelong friends, suffering malfunctions to their prototype gear, and even Akatsuki's eye. But in the end, she captured the emperor. This made the coalition break, with several lords joining Akatsuki, and they crushed the remainder with their combined might. Akatsuki also married the emperor, to solidify her power. He got to have fancy things, but Akatsuki is in charge. And soon, the yokai were naught but myth. And Honkoku is now the domain of the Akatsuki Sente.

Edit: ((Added recruitment.))

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Happy Demon on July 22, 2019, 05:20:46 am

Now to post more days.

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Spoiler: Day 1 Crunch (click to show/hide)

Civilization Name: The Akatsuki Sente of Honkoku
Theme: Magical Girls Incorporated
Day 1
Capital: Tsukiwara
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industry (Good guys are quality over quantity)

Map(s):
https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T (https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Yari Ashigaru (cost 1): Pikemen clad in basic armor. Because any army requires cannon fodder to send in and occupy a place. They are well drilled, so they excel in area denial with tight formations of pike walls. Though flanking makes them have to draw swords, and they are vulnerable to arrows. So by themselves they can be outmaneuvered or wittled down.
Basic Sword Training (1 PP): Given training with a smaller weapon, they will not immediately shatter when flanked.

Magi Samurai (cost 5): The noble remnants of the previous regime. The Samurai have adopted the magical crystals of their new overlords, and use it to augment their bushido. The Samurai are excellent melee combatants, and wreathing their swords in moonlight power, they can project sword slashes. This makes them ferocious in a melee, as they can not only cut through steel, but also outreach most spears. Though these special moves drain their crystals faster.

Magi Miko (cost 2): Armed with bows and firing magical arrows. The Miko are apprentice magical girls. Firing magical arrows is a good way to train the channeling of magical power, while keeping their gear relatively light. They have a katana, but no armor and little training. They will do poorly if they're engaged in melee.

Magi Shoujo (cost 10): Clad in the Tsuki no Yoroi, these magical girls are the real deal. They'd look lightly equipped out of combat, with a glaive and a handful pieces of armor. But with a song and a dance, their armor will deploy, making them only second to the samurai in armor. Transformed, their projectiles become even deadlier, not to mention whoever is unfortunate enough to be hit by their glaives. They can also fly, though doing so drains their magical reserves faster than any other. It is important for  the magicla girls to know when to and when not to utilize their aerial capabilities.

Heroes:
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito: The great and honorable leader of the Akatsuki Sente. Akatsuki is a pragmatic girl, willing to kill, cheat and steal to get her way. Her husband, the emperor, is naught but a pawn to her, with no real power. Though not the magical girl she used to be, even having lost her left eye. She is a peerless tactician, intimately aware of the capabilities and limitations of the magical equipment. And ultimately, the people have prospered under her rule.

Supplies:
Foreign:
-Empty-

Domestic:
Tsuki no Kessho Model 2.0: Magical crystal used to store and channel the power of the moon. This newest model retains the output power of the original while having a much larger storage capacity. This means magical girls no longer have to ration their energy expenditure based on the phases of the moon.

Tsuki no Yoroi Model 1.4: The most modern magical armor. It increases the focus of the wearer, while also providing excellent protection. However, it's power consumption is still high. A Magical Girl might just run out in the midst of flight, if they're careless. So most of the time in an inactive state. Only activated once battle starts. It also has a cooling problem, only rarely seen. Like if someone covers them in goo that hinders heat dissipation, making parts deactivate.

Projects:

Develop Akatsuki no Megane Model 1.0 (0/3 PP): Treating glass with moon crystal, we can etch magical diagrams onto it, while allowing vision through them. By constructing the right diagrams, we should be able to greatly amplify the vision of our operatives. May help our archers as well. But mainly, it will let us hunt down yokai with even greater efficiency.

Forge Tsukiwara no Dachi (1/4 PP). The Samurai Akio Kato demands a sword worthy of his service before we can recruit him. This great sword will be infused with moon crystal, to make whoever wields it a Magi Samurai beyond compare.

Troops (2 200) (1 Hero):
800 (800) Yari Ashigaru (1)
100 (500) Magi Samurai (5)
200 (400) Magi Miko (2)
50 (500) Magi Shoujo (10)
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito

Reruitment (200)
20 (100) Magi Samurai (5)
50 (100) Magi Miko (2)

Spoiler: Day 1 Completed Projects Log (click to show/hide)

Yari Ashigaru basic sword training (1 PP). When flanked, their pikes are useless. Some basic sword training will make them last a little while, until they can be rescued.

Spoiler: Day 1 Fluff (click to show/hide)

[Great and honorable Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito's Record]

Why?

The yokai are done for, I saw to it myself. I've exterminated every one I found, and the people are quick to report any new sightings. There is no warlord to subjugate either.
Yet every night, I wake up in a cold sweat. Something is coming, I don't know what. Is it that comet? Did it bring some mightier yokai? Is it the lands beyond our borders, or the sea?
I must know. We have completed yet another step in the Ashigaru training program. So now I have ordered the development of new equipment. Optics that let us detect any new yokai, we shall not be taken by surprise.

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Spoiler: Day 2 Crunch (click to show/hide)

Civilization Name: The Akatsuki Sente of Honkoku
Theme: Magical Girls Incorporated
Day 2
Capital: Tsukiwara
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industry (Good guys are quality over quantity)

Map(s):
https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T (https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Yari Ashigaru (cost 1): Pikemen clad in basic armor. Because any army requires cannon fodder to send in and occupy a place. They are well drilled, so they excel in area denial with tight formations of pike walls. Though flanking makes them have to draw swords, and they are vulnerable to arrows. So by themselves they can be outmaneuvered or wittled down.
Basic Sword Training (1 PP): Given training with a smaller weapon, they will not immediately shatter when flanked.

Magi Samurai (cost 5): The noble remnants of the previous regime. The Samurai have adopted the magical crystals of their new overlords, and use it to augment their bushido. The Samurai are excellent melee combatants, and wreathing their swords in moonlight power, they can project sword slashes. This makes them ferocious in a melee, as they can not only cut through steel, but also outreach most spears. Though these special moves drain their crystals faster.

Magi Miko (cost 2): Armed with bows and firing magical arrows. The Miko are apprentice magical girls. Firing magical arrows is a good way to train the channeling of magical power, while keeping their gear relatively light. They have a katana, but no armor and little training. They will do poorly if they're engaged in melee.

Magi Shoujo (cost 10): Clad in the Tsuki no Yoroi, these magical girls are the real deal. They'd look lightly equipped out of combat, with a glaive and a handful pieces of armor. But with a song and a dance, their armor will deploy, making them only second to the samurai in armor. Transformed, their projectiles become even deadlier, not to mention whoever is unfortunate enough to be hit by their glaives. They can also fly, though doing so drains their magical reserves faster than any other. It is important for  the magicla girls to know when to and when not to utilize their aerial capabilities.

Heroes:
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito: The great and honorable leader of the Akatsuki Sente. Akatsuki is a pragmatic girl, willing to kill, cheat and steal to get her way. Her husband, the emperor, is naught but a pawn to her, with no real power. Though not the magical girl she used to be, even having lost her left eye. She is a peerless tactician, intimately aware of the capabilities and limitations of the magical equipment. And ultimately, the people have prospered under her rule.

Supplies:
Foreign:
-Empty-

Domestic:
Tsuki no Kessho Model 2.0: Magical crystal used to store and channel the power of the moon. This newest model retains the output power of the original while having a much larger storage capacity. This means magical girls no longer have to ration their energy expenditure based on the phases of the moon.

Tsuki no Yoroi Model 1.4: The most modern magical armor. It increases the focus of the wearer, while also providing excellent protection. However, it's power consumption is still high. A Magical Girl might just run out in the midst of flight, if they're careless. So most of the time in an inactive state. Only activated once battle starts. It also has a cooling problem, only rarely seen. Like if someone covers them in goo that hinders heat dissipation, making parts deactivate.

Projects:

Develop Akatsuki no Megane Model 1.0 (1/3 PP): Treating glass with moon crystal, we can etch magical diagrams onto it, while allowing vision through them. By constructing the right diagrams, we should be able to greatly amplify the vision of our operatives. May help our archers as well. But mainly, it will let us hunt down yokai with even greater efficiency.

Forge Tsukiwara no Dachi (2/4 PP). The Samurai Akio Kato demands a sword worthy of his service before we can recruit him. This great sword will be infused with moon crystal, to make whoever wields it a Magi Samurai beyond compare.

Troops (2 400) (1 Hero):

800 (800) Yari Ashigaru (1)
120 (600) Magi Samurai (5)
250 (500) Magi Miko (2)
50 (500) Magi Shoujo (10)
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito

Recruitment (200):
100 (100) Yari Ashigaru (1)
20 (100) Magi Samurai (5)

Spoiler: Day 2 Completed Projects Log (click to show/hide)

Yari Ashigaru basic sword training (1 PP). When flanked, their pikes are useless. Some basic sword training will make them last a little while, until they can be rescued.

Spoiler: Day 2 Fluff (click to show/hide)

[Great and honorable Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito's Record]

It's our little secret.

Another night, another nightmare. But it's better now that I got Yoshirou by my side. Yoshirou Ken, to be exact.
If the nobles were to find out, oh they'd be furious. But just like a lord needs a mistress, I have extramarital needs as well. And the emperor is such a dullard.
So things are going better now. The threat of yokai are still a focus, but I need patience. The science department reports success in creating basic lenses.
They can't test on yokai detection, on account of my efficient policy. But Magnifications is good enough. They just need it controllable. If I wanted glasses, I'd order glasses.
There's also a special project going on, the Tsukiwara no Dachi. A special gift for a special man. I intended him as a powerful pawn. But now, he may be needed the most, so it's good it's underway.

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Spoiler: Day 3 Crunch (click to show/hide)

Civilization Name: The Akatsuki Sente of Honkoku
Theme: Magical Girls Incorporated
Day 3
Capital: Tsukiwara
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industry (Good guys are quality over quantity)

Map(s):
https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T (https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Yari Ashigaru (cost 1): Pikemen clad in basic armor. Because any army requires cannon fodder to send in and occupy a place. They are well drilled, so they excel in area denial with tight formations of pike walls. Though flanking makes them have to draw swords, and they are vulnerable to arrows. So by themselves they can be outmaneuvered or wittled down.
Basic Sword Training (1 PP): Given training with a smaller weapon, they will not immediately shatter when flanked.

Magi Samurai (cost 5): The noble remnants of the previous regime. The Samurai have adopted the magical crystals of their new overlords, and use it to augment their bushido. The Samurai are excellent melee combatants, and wreathing their swords in moonlight power, they can project sword slashes. This makes them ferocious in a melee, as they can not only cut through steel, but also outreach most spears. Though these special moves drain their crystals faster.

Magi Miko (cost 2): Armed with bows and firing magical arrows. The Miko are apprentice magical girls. Firing magical arrows is a good way to train the channeling of magical power, while keeping their gear relatively light. They have a katana, but no armor and little training. They will do poorly if they're engaged in melee.

Magi Shoujo (cost 10): Clad in the Tsuki no Yoroi, these magical girls are the real deal. They'd look lightly equipped out of combat, with a glaive and a handful pieces of armor. But with a song and a dance, their armor will deploy, making them only second to the samurai in armor. Transformed, their projectiles become even deadlier, not to mention whoever is unfortunate enough to be hit by their glaives. They can also fly, though doing so drains their magical reserves faster than any other. It is important for  the magicla girls to know when to and when not to utilize their aerial capabilities.

Heroes:
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito: The great and honorable leader of the Akatsuki Sente. Akatsuki is a pragmatic girl, willing to kill, cheat and steal to get her way. Her husband, the emperor, is naught but a pawn to her, with no real power. Though not the magical girl she used to be, even having lost her left eye. She is a peerless tactician, intimately aware of the capabilities and limitations of the magical equipment. And ultimately, the people have prospered under her rule.

Supplies:
Foreign:
-Empty-

Domestic:
Tsuki no Kessho Model 2.0: Magical crystal used to store and channel the power of the moon. This newest model retains the output power of the original while having a much larger storage capacity. This means magical girls no longer have to ration their energy expenditure based on the phases of the moon.

Tsuki no Yoroi Model 1.4: The most modern magical armor. It increases the focus of the wearer, while also providing excellent protection. However, it's power consumption is still high. A Magical Girl might just run out in the midst of flight, if they're careless. So most of the time in an inactive state. Only activated once battle starts. It also has a cooling problem, only rarely seen. Like if someone covers them in goo that hinders heat dissipation, making parts deactivate.

Projects:

Develop Akatsuki no Megane Model 1.0 (2/3 PP): Treating glass with moon crystal, we can etch magical diagrams onto it, while allowing vision through them. By constructing the right diagrams, we should be able to greatly amplify the vision of our operatives. May help our archers as well. But mainly, it will let us hunt down yokai with even greater efficiency.

Forge Tsukiwara no Dachi (3/4 PP). The Samurai Akio Kato demands a sword worthy of his service before we can recruit him. This great sword will be infused with moon crystal, to make whoever wields it a Magi Samurai beyond compare.

Troops (2 600) (1 Hero):

900 (900) Yari Ashigaru (1)
140 (700) Magi Samurai (5)
250 (500) Magi Miko (2)
50 (500) Magi Shoujo (10)
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito

Recruitment (200):
10 (50) Magi Samurai (5)
50 (100) Magi Miko (2)
5 (50) Magi Shoujo (10)

Spoiler: Day 3 Completed Projects Log (click to show/hide)

Yari Ashigaru basic sword training (1 PP). When flanked, their pikes are useless. Some basic sword training will make them last a little while, until they can be rescued.

Spoiler: Day 3 Fluff (click to show/hide)

[Great and honorable Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito's Record]

That was close.

After a particularly nasty nightmare, I almost got Yoshirou caught. The servants entered due to my screams and he had to jump out the window in naught but his fashionable hat.
Still, he understands. Came to comfort me afterwards, but I'm still upset. Those glasses better be ready soon. Or I might just go scouring for yokai myself.
I also made contact with Akio. I buttered him up with some words regarding his upcoming sword. The blade itself is done, it just needs the hilt, a scabbard, and some finishing touches.
Oh he will be a boon. Maybe I'll teach him to hunt yokai when he's in my employ. It'll be a good test run of that sword. Just need to have the hunters stand down, to leave some yokai for us.

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Only three in this post. I need to do stuff.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 22, 2019, 06:47:59 am

My headcanon for why my kingdom hasn't gotten reports on the other civilizations, or their maps until day five, is because in character, their long range scanning equipment normally used for conducting military operations was heavily damaged to the state of being non-functional in the crash. After update 4, others started posting their sheets and updates. So while I was writing up my Day 5 update, I mentioned in my log that the repair team fixing the scanners now finally fixed it.

Spoiler: Day 5 - We're not alone. (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Mercdonalds
Theme: PMC
Day 5
Capital: MCD Saltshaker
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Force

Map(s):
Outside:
Exterior Map (http://magaimg.net/img/8h2o.png)
A ship crashed inside a mountain range, with mountains to the south, north, and east, with not much notable terrain, just fields.
MCD Saltshaker Interior (top and bottom decks)
Interior Map (http://magaimg.net/img/8h06.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Alpha Mercs: A dime a dozen, they're simply well-rounded mercs tasked with one goal: Shoot at anything hostile to us, and don't shoot anything that isn't. They typically have access to most of the arsenal, which for the time being, is muskets (I blame those damn benos - Captain), and all those swords supplied to us by those White Castle guys. The armor is also various plated armor that we have the schematics for thanks to various companies back when the Saltshaker was actually in space, but most of it is more or less standard field armor. Their armor has red accents to distinguish them from other squads. Some of them have attached scopes to their rifles for when they'll be needing to take long range shots.

For the sake of organisation, I'm sorting them into Melee and Ranged Alpha mercs. (and also because I can't be bothered to write two separate infodumps about melee/ranged versions of otherwise near identical troops)

White Castle Screeches: They're screeches that are armed with swords, and have shields + plate armor. We're not sure why they like to screech about wanting to retake Jerusalem, but to each their own. I'm here to command our mercs, not wonder why our screeches screech.

Alpha Medics: Our support units, they're tasked with keeping their fellow mercs alive, and fighting hostiles when they don't have any fellow mercs to heal. They're generally given access to the same weapons as regular alpha mercs, but are also given medical supplies. Their armor also has red accents to mark them as part of the Alpha squad.

Veterans: The main forces of the Delta squad, they're equipped with the more expensive and powerful weaponry, and are more specialized. They usually wield heavier weaponry, and are given elite training, and cost 3x as much as a normal merc to recruit because of the more vigorous training they need. Their armor has purple accents to indicate they're part of the Delta squad.

Heroes:
Field Commander 'Deusus Maximus': Our main leader for field operations, he manages the officers on the field, who in turn manage the normal mercs in battle. He's equipped with one of our Knight Commander armor sets made before the crash which lead to our advanced manufacturing systems to be destroyed, and wields a high quality broadsword also made before the crash, which sends hostiles flying the fuck away like they were hit with a giant truck, and also causes lightning to flash out.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None... yet. I just hope the civilizations on this planet at least respect our existence enough to trade with us.

Domestic:
Gunpowder: It's a powder that explodes when ignited, used primarily for launching bullets at anything in front of one of our gun users. It's that simple. We found a huge cache of undetonated gunpowder where our ammunition manufacturing systems are, so we at least should have more than enough. (Mass Produced)

Muskets: Since we're pretty desperate, we've resorted to manufacturing these with what's still functional out of the manufacturing part of the ship. They're simple: you insert powder into the back of the barrel, then a bullet, then you cock the gun, and finally, you pull the trigger to hopefully kill whatever you're shooting at. (Mass Produced)

Scopes: They're scopes. You look through them, and you can more precisely see stuff from longer distances. We're gonna mass produce them for our soldiers that need the extra accuracy/zoom.

Projects:
Form an elite squad: By starting to give specific high potential soldiers even more training, we have reformed Delta Squad, which is the elite branch of our forces. They're small in number, but their training makes them lethal on the field.

Create self-contained firearm cartridges: We're had to remake the ammunition schematics for our actual military grade ammo due to us loosing the methods of making them during the crash. Either way, we can be assured reloading in the field will be way faster now.

Create magnifying lenses: We've decided some of our men could use scopes, so we've started making them.

Other:
Mercdonalds Origin:

Quote from: The shift to being a mercenary group

Humans went into space, and fast food groups ended up being the primary food suppliers. They soon found that it's really hard to keep their supply lines safe from pirates and such.
The higher ups went "Hey this whole franchise thing worked well with food, why not try it with mercs?", and it went over well and ended up as the primary focus of the company. MercDonalds was born from this.

Quote from: Recruitment

Interested parties just need to meet some minimum requirements and follow certain rules to join up.
Something along the lines of: Do you have a ship?, Crew?, Willing to take jobs and not shoot at our stuff?, If so, then good, Welcome to MercDonalds. The supply and job departments will contact you shortly.

Screeches:

Quote from: Screeches - Info 1

An alien race that found their way onto a ship and made themselves useful enough to be kept around. They are friendly to familiar human crew, if a bit obnoxious at times, and will fiercely (even suicidally) defend the ship against hostile incursions.

"screeches alter their bodies and behavior to be appropriate for whatever man-made tools or trappings they first come across" -Unnamed merc

Quote from: Screeches - Info 2

Screeches are one of the most versatile tools available to Man - under a seemingly innocent roundy baldy headed yellow ball lies a being of many faces and infinite power. They say the Big Bang was followed by a sound of screeching, too. Screeches have many specialties - some drop straight into the colony, chasing around any poor xeno they set their sights on, some stand vigilant onboard the ship, ready to harmbaton and call out any potential hostile's location on general channel, some are weak, wielding only pistols, and some don a red bandana and carry a machinegun that wipes weaker xenos in a single burst. And some, when under pressure of seemingly impossible odds, are said to tap into the primordial REE that resides within them, going into a murderous, albeit short-lived rage, it's short span not nearly short enough for any sighted foes to survive the screeching fury...

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Troops:
1020 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
750 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
790 White Castle Screeches
520 Alpha Medics
60 Veterans

Total: 3500

Recruitment:
90 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
50 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
70 White Castle Screeches
30 Alpha Medics
20 Veterans

Total: 300

Supplies:
Gunpowder
Muskets
Scopes

Projects:
Start repairing the firearm manufacturing systems: 2/5
Mass produce scopes: 0/2

Completed Projects:
Form an elite squad
Create self-contained firearm cartridges

Log:
CAPTAIN'S LOG, Day 5
And the repairmen have finally fixed the long range scanners. While we don't have access to a full map of this place, we now have individual 10 mile by 10 mile squares of maps, three of them, all having some point of interest, most likely a kingdom. I've been prepping groups of negotiators escorted by 10 of our veterans each for making contact with the other civs.

I've been reviewing our scans, and it turns out, there are 3 other kingdoms out there (yet).
The first one doesn't show much signs of movement during the day, and seems to be dark and bloody, with plenty of undead creatures. Contacting them will likely fuck with our sleep schedule, but hopefully it'll be worth it. One of our nutjobs has dubbed this first civilization 'Horrorvale', but that may or may not change if they go from just typical halloween costume parties with hyperrealistic costumes to something that would actually scare the shit out of me.

The second one is a kingdom of hunters and rangers, preferring to train all their troops to be as elite as possible, rather then accepting anyone good enough to succeed basic training. Unlike the first one, this one doesn't have nocturnal inhabitants, which should make interacting with them easier. We've dubbed this civilization Llychlyn.

The third one is comprised of... mages? Excuse me, but if these scans are true, then maybe we are in fact, on a planet with some kind of magical aura. Either way, we might be able to get some interesting and magical hardware by trading with them. They're also not nocturnal. We've decided to refer to them as Honkoku.

That just about covers everything in our log. I'll just quickly write up some letters to the various other civilizations to be sent via their respective groups.

Before anyone asks, yes, I will send in-character messages to each of the other civs in my next post in this thread.

EDIT: Day 5 update written.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Happy Demon on July 22, 2019, 09:03:20 am

Well, best get day 4 out, then.

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Spoiler: Day 4 Crunch (click to show/hide)

Civilization Name: The Akatsuki Sente of Honkoku
Theme: Magical Girls Incorporated
Day 4
Capital: Tsukiwara
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industry (Good guys are quality over quantity)

Map(s):
https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T (https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Yari Ashigaru (cost 1): Pikemen clad in basic armor. Because any army requires cannon fodder to send in and occupy a place. They are well drilled, so they excel in area denial with tight formations of pike walls. Though flanking makes them have to draw swords, and they are vulnerable to arrows. So by themselves they can be outmaneuvered or wittled down.
Basic Sword Training (1 PP): Given training with a smaller weapon, they will not immediately shatter when flanked.

Magi Samurai (cost 5): The noble remnants of the previous regime. The Samurai have adopted the magical crystals of their new overlords, and use it to augment their bushido. The Samurai are excellent melee combatants, and wreathing their swords in moonlight power, they can project sword slashes. This makes them ferocious in a melee, as they can not only cut through steel, but also outreach most spears. Though these special moves drain their crystals faster.

Magi Miko (cost 2): Armed with bows and firing magical arrows. The Miko are apprentice magical girls. Firing magical arrows is a good way to train the channeling of magical power, while keeping their gear relatively light. They have a katana, but no armor and little training. They will do poorly if they're engaged in melee.

Magi Shoujo (cost 10): Clad in the Tsuki no Yoroi, these magical girls are the real deal. They'd look lightly equipped out of combat, with a glaive and a handful pieces of armor. But with a song and a dance, their armor will deploy, making them only second to the samurai in armor. Transformed, their projectiles become even deadlier, not to mention whoever is unfortunate enough to be hit by their glaives. They can also fly, though doing so drains their magical reserves faster than any other. It is important for  the magicla girls to know when to and when not to utilize their aerial capabilities.

Heroes:
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito: The great and honorable leader of the Akatsuki Sente. Akatsuki is a pragmatic girl, willing to kill, cheat and steal to get her way. Her husband, the emperor, is naught but a pawn to her, with no real power. Though not the magical girl she used to be, even having lost her left eye. She is a peerless tactician, intimately aware of the capabilities and limitations of the magical equipment. And ultimately, the people have prospered under her rule.

Supplies:
Foreign:
-Empty-

Domestic:
Tsuki no Kessho Model 2.0: Magical crystal used to store and channel the power of the moon. This newest model retains the output power of the original while having a much larger storage capacity. This means magical girls no longer have to ration their energy expenditure based on the phases of the moon.

Tsuki no Yoroi Model 1.4: The most modern magical armor. It increases the focus of the wearer, while also providing excellent protection. However, it's power consumption is still high. A Magical Girl might just run out in the midst of flight, if they're careless. So most of the time in an inactive state. Only activated once battle starts. It also has a cooling problem, only rarely seen. Like if someone covers them in goo that hinders heat dissipation, making parts deactivate.

Akatsuki no Megane Model 1.0 (Limited Production, 3 PP): Employing glass and crystal, these glasses not only let you freely zoom in on things, but also lets them detect anomalous energies. It's not certain if it can detect yokai, though.

Tsukiwara no Dachi (Unique, 4 PP): A mighty sword infused with moon crystal. No finer conduit for moon power exists. It's an absolute monster at close range, able to cleave many a man in twain in a single slash.

Projects:

Recruit Magi Samurai Akio Kato (0/1): Now a sword is all fine and well, but he needs a little bit more convincing. So we've arranged a hunting trip. Called off the hunters for the day, so he can take the sword for a test run.

Mass produce Akatsuki no Megane (0/2): For fielding them en masse, our current output just isn't enough. We need more. One in every hunter's repertoire. Maybe we can even start fielding hunters as troops.

Troops (2 800) (1 Hero):

900 (900) Yari Ashigaru (1)
150 (750) Magi Samurai (5)
300 (600) Magi Miko (2)
55 (550) Magi Shoujo (10)
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito

Recruitment (200):
100 (100) Yari Ashigaru (1)
20 (100) Magi Samurai (5)

Spoiler: Day 4 Completed Projects Log (click to show/hide)

Yari Ashigaru basic sword training (1 PP). When flanked, their pikes are useless. Some basic sword training will make them last a little while, until they can be rescued.
Develop Akatsuki no Megane Model 1.0 (3 PP): Treating glass with moon crystal, we can etch magical diagrams onto it, while allowing vision through them. By constructing the right diagrams, we should be able to greatly amplify the vision of our operatives. May help our archers as well. But mainly, it will let us hunt down yokai with even greater efficiency.
Forge Tsukiwara no Dachi (4 PP). The Samurai Akio Kato demands a sword worthy of his service before we can recruit him. This great sword will be infused with moon crystal, to make whoever wields it a Magi Samurai beyond compare.

Spoiler: Day 4 Fluff (click to show/hide)

[Great and honorable Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito's Record]

Armed and ready.

The nightmares are milder now. Maybe they knew what day it is. The day when our two main projects are ready.
A means of detecting yokai better, and a sword of immense power. And presenting it to Akio had him smile. He is ready for a hunt.
We only have a few sets of glasses, so I've told them to setup a mass production.
If it goes well, I might just expand the hunter corps. May even field them in the army.
I look forward to the hunt.

---

Edit: ((Forgot the recruitment stuff for a bit.))

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: TheRedwolf on July 22, 2019, 10:24:56 am

Alright soo... I have a problem, well three really, the first is that there are four maps with entirely different scales, the second is that two of witch are irregular land masses and the last is that I’m shit at making maps. This can still run, but with out a well done map.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 22, 2019, 10:51:33 am

Spoiler: Letter to Mayor Ludwigg (click to show/hide)

Well, we never expected a primarily undead civilization. Either way, there's a lot of intriguing stuff about your civilization. Are you perhaps interested in trading some of your various alchemical ingredients, specifically the more poisonous ones, for some of our gunpowder? If that alone doesn't appease you, maybe we could lend you a few hundred or so of our white castle screeches for a bit of additional manpower?

Spoiler: Letter to the Queen of the Kingdom of Llychlyn (click to show/hide)

So it appears that you're the leader of the second kingdom my crew was able to get a scan of. While I don't have any immediate plans regarding you and your people, an alliance wouldn't hurt either of us. I'm also open to various trade deals, if you're looking forward to trying out some of our technology.

Spoiler: Letter to Great and honorable Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito (click to show/hide)

Well, I'm not too sure as to what to write in this letter. Maybe we could form a non-aggression pact or something?

Also, a PSA: Remember to regularly clear your browsing history.

Quote from: TheRedwolf on July 22, 2019, 10:24:56 am

Alright soo... I have a problem, well three really, the first is that there are four maps with entirely different scales, the second is that two of witch are irregular land masses and the last is that I’m shit at making maps. This can still run, but with out a well done map.

Didn't I state in the OP you used (albiet badly copied and formatted) that the scale is 10 pixels/mile?

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 22, 2019, 11:43:50 am

Spoiler: Day 4 (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Horrorvale
Theme: Horrorvale(game)
Day 4
Capital: Horrorvale City
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Legacy

Map(s):
(https://i.imgur.com/MSKYAvI.png)
As you can see, there are areas within Horrorvales bounds that aren't technically part of the geographical location of Horrorvale, these are noticeable for being decidedly un-spooky. Also, because some douchewaffle decided they really wanted a full scale McMansion in the only clear path out of Horrorvale valley(and they didn't even stay and live in it, fucker just left), the only way to exit or enter is through the Withering Woods, this is where most Wendigos live, which makes it substantially less dangerous than otherwise, if still exceptionally spooky even compared to the rest of the region.

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

Skeleton Witches/Warlocks - Skeletons where among the first settlers in Horrorvale, back when Hades and Death themselves presided over this section of the Underworld made Overworld. While their complete lack of muscle, biological or ectoplasmic, means they are physically fairly weak(though it does leave them significantly less vulnerable to piercing weaponry), their magical prowess is nothing to scoff at. Thus is the military, they generally serve as a combination Mage-Support unit. Slinging offensive spells such as Firebolt, Bone Barrage, and Heal, while restoring their allies strength with Decay, Death, and Poison. (2 points)

Militia - Zombies, Ghouls, Mummies, less magically inclined skeletons, anyone who isn't automatically filtered into another force for their species, but isn't joining one of the non-species based forces, joins these. While they can't be said to be particularly capable, they can be fielded in great numbers than any fully fledged military force. They most often come equipped with light armor, and simple shortswords. Additionally though, every Militia member comes equipped with one firebomb(fragile potion pouches that spray a liquid which rapidly ignites upon bursting), to be used at their discretion, or that of their Commanding Officer, who is generally a Frankenling.

Vampiric Ambush Force - Vampires, swift, graceful, deadly, able to transform into small animals and suck the blood straight from someones veins. They would be the perfect soldiers if not for their fatal flaws. Sunlight burns their skin, garlic is poison, and stakes might as well come pre-poisoned. While in a Horrorvaleans perfect world the sun wouldn't matter as people would be awake at night and sleep through the day, the average soldier of Horrorvale is well aware that this is only the case in their homeland. As such, VAF units can only be deployed after dark, and must immediately retreate to hidden/defended locations as the sun begins to rise. That being said, when they are deployed, they can be truly frightening. Moving with great speed in their leather gear, their razor sharp daggers easily find gaps in enemy armor and creates bleeding wounds. Their ability to transform into small animals also allows them to sneak into tight places. This makes them excellent for limiting the enemies force before battle can begin, and for dealing decisive strikes to otherwise occupied foes in night battles.

Wendigo Berzerkers - Wendigos, the rarest of Undead species that can truly be said to be a major part of Horrorvale society. Standing head and shoulders over the average man. Their prodigious strength, even for their size, allows them to wield exceptionally large weapons. Their flesh is tough, easily limiting the damage they take even ignoring their armor, and by feasting on meat they can heal their wounds. However, they do not take to tactics well, nor magic, much prefering the very direct solution of "Charge straight forward and cleave anybody that doesn't give up in half." Nevertheless they are an effective, and truly terrifying, fighting force. (5 points)

Ecto-sappers - Ghosts are a very common sight within Horrorvale. More than likely the single most common race here in fact, edging out Wendigos and Zombies combined. That being said, their unique physical traits make them awkward to fit into any un-specialized military unit. The ecto-sappers are one such unit, ghosts making full use of their ability to go intangible at will and possess objects to bypass and destroy enemy fortifications and defenses before the main force moves in. When intangible, mundane objects simply pass through them, though the same cannot be said of magic or anything enchanted, and intangibility can't be partial. Ghosts are quite lacking in physical strength on their own, meaning that when caught not-possessing an object they struggle to fight back, and even if they are possessing an object they will die when it is destroyed. Still, these spectral soldiers can turn an enemies siege weapons and fortifications into their own worst enemies given the chance. (3 points)

Frankenling Shock Troopers - The artificial undead created by the the Mayor. Stitched together from severed parts. While they are not as strong and quick as Wendigos, they are more durable, and more tactically minded, and do trend towards a higher intelligence. Not to mention, while they may not be particularly magically capable, the natural electric charge to their bodies can be used to fire bolts of electricity at close ranges. Each one is equipped with full iron armor and proper broadswords. Frankenlings are the ideal public servants, working as everything from postman to soldier, they are born for their jobs, and they take to them with pride and skill. (3 points)

Heroes:
Mayor Ludwigg... Fikleheim? Fanglefoot? Frankenfurter? Something like that- The Mayor of the town of Horrorvale, a scientist whos technological genius is decades if not more beyond that of his citizens. Yet, he loves them all the same. He was the victim of an incredibly rare condition known as 'Aging', where his body, after hitting maturity, began to ever so slowly degrade. To counteract this, he built a mechanical body, and had his brain implanted into it via brain-jar. This body stands larger than a minotaur, has strength to match, a surprising amount of speed, and can fire off blasts of lightning. Unfortunately, this is not his natural body, and thus not the one he will un-die into should he be slain. Instead it will have to be re-built.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None

Domestic:
Underworld Magic - For the most part, a vague collection of rather simple spells. 'Life' spells for combat, 'Death' spells for healing, some more basic combat spells that just fire different sorts of projectiles, a variety of empowerment spells, that sort of thing. Nothing esoteric such as wishes and polymorphing, just your classic array of magic spells, with a Halloween theme. A note to make however, is that the Life and Death spells do act as they say, it's just the effects of Life and Death magics have inverse effects upon the Undead. This is likely to come as a rude awakening when they find they need to double down on Death spells to both heal and hurt while completely giving up the Life ones.

Necromancy - A major portion of magic used in Horrorvale is Necromancy. And when I say major, I mean as in like, it's the sole option for reproduction for a majority of Horrorvales natives. Skeletons, Zombies, Mummies, Wendigos and Ghosts can't have babies after all, and that's only the major examples. So instead they pluck a lost soul that has been scoured clean of its identity out of Limbo, and slap it into a new, magically formed body, which ages as normal(at least until maturity, where all but the most tragically unlucky will simply stop aging). A notable effect of this is that Horrorvales citizens can't die properly, no form of afterlife will take recycled souls, not even Limbo itself, and so they just wake up again with a new body where they last slept. This doesn't make dying any more pleasant, but it makes it less frightening. That is not the only use for Necromancy however, as it can be used by trained professionals as a way to quickly get Undead who have once again become dead back into the fight.

Reagents-a-plenty - Eye of newt and tongue of frog, wing of bat and hair of dog. The wilderness around Horrorvale is absolutely overflowing with potent Potionology reagents. From the rivers and lakes literally flowing with blood, to bushes that sprout eyes, and every type of poisonous or carnivorous plant you can think of. If it's good for potions, Horrorvale has it. This makes them some of the most accomplished alchemists in the world, with access to all sorts of useful concoctions. The fact that healing potions and poisons have reversed effects on the Undead is made all the better by the fact that they have so much access to poison.

Alchemy Forges - Through the combination of more advanced forges/techniques, and Potionology, a variety of new useful metal alloys can be made. In addition to the typical metals such as steel and bronze, this also includes metals with unique properties, these include; Flintsteel(Capable of igniting easily when struck in the right way, extinguishes quickly due to being nonflammable), Cold Iron(Iron that weakens magical effects from proximity and contact), Orichalcum(Can be sharpened into incredibly fine edges and holds them longer under use), and Crimtain(slows blood clotting, causing wounds to bleed longer. Vampires like to lick it).
Projects:
Horrorvale [8]- The city of Horrorvale, named for the valley in which it resides. Once, this land was fraught with horrible monsters and unspeakable beasts. Now the monsters are polite and the beasts just undead. Still though, Horrorvale has been built from this time, as such the city is practically a fortress. Every single external wall is thick and made of dark stone bricks, and the city is entirely surrounded by even thicker walls, and the ground is paved in many areas. It is, of course, still a city though, so traps are practically nonexistant in the streets, and siege weapons can be wheeled right through the gate and past the walls entirely if no attempt to stop them is made. Still though, the gates are the only actual weak point in Horrorvales walls. (Makes the Capital of Horrorvale double as an exceptionally sized Fortress, though with the problems that come from being a city)

Reagent Harvest Standardization [3]- A project to standardize and optimize the harvesting of Horrorvales natural supply of Potion reagents. Thus allowing them to easily be accessed when needed by those who need them. (provides the 'Reagents-a-plenty' Supply)

Standardized Ghost Unit [2]- The innate physical weaknesses of being a ghost and their only occasionally corporeal nature lead to them being rather awkward to fit into existing military groups. While they could float through walls or attacks, in doing so they would simply float out of their equipment. This requires ghosts to have specialized Units made to optimize their usage. The Ecto-sappers are merely the first example of such a unit. (provides 'Ecto-sappers' Troop)

Military Frankenling production and training [2]- In anticipation for coming potential conflict, Mayor Faffenpaffers production of Frankenlings has shifted steadily towards military focus. There is some worry about the ethics of creating thinking, unliving people for the singular purpose of war, but the ease of which they integrate into normal Horrorvale society has done well to assuage fears. (provides 'Frankenling Shock Troopers' Troop)

Frankenling Combat Armor [2]- Proper armor dedicated for Frankenling use. Where their iron armor would diffuse the Frankenlings electric bolts causing them to fly off course and wasting a decent portion of electricity, their new armor has been specially crafted with inlaid copper wiring leading towards the fingertips. This means that electrical attacks come out more focused and accurate, with much less of the power diffusing out into the rest of the armor. A pair of lightning rods have also been added to the back, which can channel what electricity does diffuse back into the Frankenling, completely erasing the power wasted in the act of firing bolts. They also allow loose electricity to recharge the Frankenling in small amounts. (upgrades Frankenling Shock Troopers with more accurate and powerful lightning attacks, and greater energy efficiency)

Advanced Metal Forging [3]- With Mayor Frankfurters technological advancements, we've managed to develop a variety of alloys, combinations of different metals. Particularly, through the addition of potionology, we've developed several magical alloys with unique effects. We expect these in particular will see great use in the future, for a variety of purposes. (Unlocks 'Alchemy Forges' supply)
Other:
So basically, as said in the 'Necromancy' section, all residents of Horrorvale will simply respawn if killed. This won't really have any mechanical impact on their numbers, but for heroes, it basically means that Horrorvale heroes require enemies to have a specific thing(more specifically, a method to destroy/imprison/whatever souls) in order to actually be killed, so you can defeat them in battle as hard as you like, but without having the proper tools/capabilities they won't be removed from the hero list. So I'll be weakening the over-all capabilities of said heroes to match accordingly. This does not apply to the Mayor, as his condition means that his natural body is effectively useless for combat, thus if he dies, I will have to 'recruit' him again to re-build his mechanical body, on the plus side though, he probably doesn't need to be nerfed.

With Horrorvales citizens being effectively unable to die, they have been somewhat lacking in terms of military relevant developments, they have newspaper and simple yet functional plumbing for instance(even though a decent portion of Undead don't need baths and even more don't need toilets), but are still working with simple materials that you can dig out of the ground(and simpler stuff like glass). No alloys yet, nor the more 'advanced' medieval weaponry like catapults and crossbows.

Also, despite the color, the land in Horrorvale is not lifeless(well, technically it is) but rather that's just the color of undead grass. The water is blood though, nobody questions it, nobody cares. Except the Vampires, who are very happy with this arrangement.

---

Troops:
350 Skeleton Witches/Warlocks (700 Unit Points)
740 Militia
290 Ecto-sappers (870 Unit Points)
290 Frankenling Shock Troopers (870 Unit Points)
124 Wendigo Berzerkers (620 Unit Points)

Total: 3800

Recruitment:
60 Militia
25 Skeleton Witches/Warlocks (50 Unit Points)
10 Ecto-sappers (30 Unit Points)
6 Wendigo Berzerkers (30 Unit Points)
10 Frankenling Shock Troopers (30 Unit Points)

Total: 200

Supplies:
Underworld Magic

Necromancy

Reagents-a-Plenty

Projects:
Simple Mechanisms (2/3)
Orichalcum Refit (1/2)

Completed Projects:
Horrorvale [8]
Reagent harvest standardization [3]
Military Frankenling production and training [2]
Standardized Ghost Unit [2]
Frankenling Combat Armor [2]
Advanced Metal Forging [3]

Log:
Log AABY-05; Our spectral scouts have been successful at gathering information on other groups. Thus far they've gotten largely minimal information on the population of the others, just as I remember, many of the other races upon this world are primarily diurnal. From what we've seen, the lands of Honkoku have changed recently, the old leadership having been overthrown. The Children of Fanw are... well, as they have been really, not much has been learned but I have been lead to believe their old ruler has passed on, something of a shame I suppose, I was on my third term when she rose to power, I had hoped to meet her some day, bureaucracy permitting.

Quote from: 0cra_tr0per on July 22, 2019, 10:51:33 am

Didn't I state in the OP you used (albiet badly copied and formatted) that the scale is 10 pixels/mile?

50 actually(with the map being 10 miles by 10 miles), but it is stated there.

Also Day 5, plus the response, is in progress. As well as something... extra.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 22, 2019, 12:31:03 pm

Quote from: Failbird105 on July 22, 2019, 11:43:50 am

Quote from: 0cra_tr0per on July 22, 2019, 10:51:33 am

Didn't I state in the OP you used (albiet badly copied and formatted) that the scale is 10 pixels/mile?

50 actually(with the map being 10 miles by 10 miles), but it is stated there.

Oh.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 22, 2019, 02:15:58 pm

Spoiler: Day 5 (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Horrorvale
Theme: Horrorvale(game)
Day 5
Capital: Horrorvale City
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Legacy

Map(s):
(https://i.imgur.com/MSKYAvI.png)
As you can see, there are areas within Horrorvales bounds that aren't technically part of the geographical location of Horrorvale, these are noticeable for being decidedly un-spooky. Also, because some douchewaffle decided they really wanted a full scale McMansion in the only clear path out of Horrorvale valley(and they didn't even stay and live in it, fucker just left), the only way to exit or enter is through the Withering Woods, this is where most Wendigos live, which makes it substantially less dangerous than otherwise, if still exceptionally spooky even compared to the rest of the region.

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

Skeleton Witches/Warlocks - Skeletons where among the first settlers in Horrorvale, back when Hades and Death themselves presided over this section of the Underworld made Overworld. While their complete lack of muscle, biological or ectoplasmic, means they are physically fairly weak(though it does leave them significantly less vulnerable to piercing weaponry), their magical prowess is nothing to scoff at. Thus is the military, they generally serve as a combination Mage-Support unit. Slinging offensive spells such as Firebolt, Bone Barrage, and Heal, while restoring their allies strength with Decay, Death, and Poison. (2 points)

Militia - Zombies, Ghouls, Mummies, less magically inclined skeletons, anyone who isn't automatically filtered into another force for their species, but isn't joining one of the non-species based forces, joins these. While they can't be said to be particularly capable, they can be fielded in great numbers than any fully fledged military force. They most often come equipped with light armor, and simple shortswords. Additionally though, every Militia member comes equipped with one firebomb(fragile potion pouches that spray a liquid which rapidly ignites upon bursting), to be used at their discretion, or that of their Commanding Officer, who is generally a Frankenling.

Vampiric Ambush Force - Vampires, swift, graceful, deadly, able to transform into small animals and suck the blood straight from someones veins. They would be the perfect soldiers if not for their fatal flaws. Sunlight burns their skin, garlic is poison, and stakes might as well come pre-poisoned. While in a Horrorvaleans perfect world the sun wouldn't matter as people would be awake at night and sleep through the day, the average soldier of Horrorvale is well aware that this is only the case in their homeland. As such, VAF units can only be deployed after dark, and must immediately retreate to hidden/defended locations as the sun begins to rise. That being said, when they are deployed, they can be truly frightening. Moving with great speed in their leather gear, their razor sharp daggers easily find gaps in enemy armor and creates bleeding wounds. Their ability to transform into small animals also allows them to sneak into tight places. This makes them excellent for limiting the enemies force before battle can begin, and for dealing decisive strikes to otherwise occupied foes in night battles.

Wendigo Berzerkers - Wendigos, the rarest of Undead species that can truly be said to be a major part of Horrorvale society. Standing head and shoulders over the average man. Their prodigious strength, even for their size, allows them to wield exceptionally large weapons. Their flesh is tough, easily limiting the damage they take even ignoring their armor, and by feasting on meat they can heal their wounds. However, they do not take to tactics well, nor magic, much prefering the very direct solution of "Charge straight forward and cleave anybody that doesn't give up in half." Nevertheless they are an effective, and truly terrifying, fighting force. (5 points)

Ecto-sappers - Ghosts are a very common sight within Horrorvale. More than likely the single most common race here in fact, edging out Wendigos and Zombies combined. That being said, their unique physical traits make them awkward to fit into any un-specialized military unit. The ecto-sappers are one such unit, ghosts making full use of their ability to go intangible at will and possess objects to bypass and destroy enemy fortifications and defenses before the main force moves in. When intangible, mundane objects simply pass through them, though the same cannot be said of magic or anything enchanted, and intangibility can't be partial. Ghosts are quite lacking in physical strength on their own, meaning that when caught not-possessing an object they struggle to fight back, and even if they are possessing an object they will die when it is destroyed. Still, these spectral soldiers can turn an enemies siege weapons and fortifications into their own worst enemies given the chance. (3 points)

Frankenling Shock Troopers - The artificial undead created by the the Mayor. Stitched together from severed parts. While they are not as strong and quick as Wendigos, they are more durable, and more tactically minded, and do trend towards a higher intelligence. Not to mention, while they may not be particularly magically capable, the natural electric charge to their bodies can be used to fire bolts of electricity at close ranges. Each one is equipped with full iron armor and proper broadswords. Frankenlings are the ideal public servants, working as everything from postman to soldier, they are born for their jobs, and they take to them with pride and skill. (3 points)

Heroes:
Mayor Ludwigg... Fikleheim? Fanglefoot? Frankenfurter? Something like that- The Mayor of the town of Horrorvale, a scientist whos technological genius is decades if not more beyond that of his citizens. Yet, he loves them all the same. He was the victim of an incredibly rare condition known as 'Aging', where his body, after hitting maturity, began to ever so slowly degrade. To counteract this, he built a mechanical body, and had his brain implanted into it via brain-jar. This body stands larger than a minotaur, has strength to match, a surprising amount of speed, and can fire off blasts of lightning. Unfortunately, this is not his natural body, and thus not the one he will un-die into should he be slain. Instead it will have to be re-built.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None

Domestic:
Underworld Magic - For the most part, a vague collection of rather simple spells. 'Life' spells for combat, 'Death' spells for healing, some more basic combat spells that just fire different sorts of projectiles, a variety of empowerment spells, that sort of thing. Nothing esoteric such as wishes and polymorphing, just your classic array of magic spells, with a Halloween theme. A note to make however, is that the Life and Death spells do act as they say, it's just the effects of Life and Death magics have inverse effects upon the Undead. This is likely to come as a rude awakening when they find they need to double down on Death spells to both heal and hurt while completely giving up the Life ones.

Necromancy - A major portion of magic used in Horrorvale is Necromancy. And when I say major, I mean as in like, it's the sole option for reproduction for a majority of Horrorvales natives. Skeletons, Zombies, Mummies, Wendigos and Ghosts can't have babies after all, and that's only the major examples. So instead they pluck a lost soul that has been scoured clean of its identity out of Limbo, and slap it into a new, magically formed body, which ages as normal(at least until maturity, where all but the most tragically unlucky will simply stop aging). A notable effect of this is that Horrorvales citizens can't die properly, no form of afterlife will take recycled souls, not even Limbo itself, and so they just wake up again with a new body where they last slept. This doesn't make dying any more pleasant, but it makes it less frightening. That is not the only use for Necromancy however, as it can be used by trained professionals as a way to quickly get Undead who have once again become dead back into the fight.

Reagents-a-plenty - Eye of newt and tongue of frog, wing of bat and hair of dog. The wilderness around Horrorvale is absolutely overflowing with potent Potionology reagents. From the rivers and lakes literally flowing with blood, to bushes that sprout eyes, and every type of poisonous or carnivorous plant you can think of. If it's good for potions, Horrorvale has it. This makes them some of the most accomplished alchemists in the world, with access to all sorts of useful concoctions. The fact that healing potions and poisons have reversed effects on the Undead is made all the better by the fact that they have so much access to poison.

Alchemy Forges - Through the combination of more advanced forges/techniques, and Potionology, a variety of new useful metal alloys can be made. In addition to the typical metals such as steel and bronze, this also includes metals with unique properties, these include; Flintsteel(Capable of igniting easily when struck in the right way, extinguishes quickly due to being nonflammable), Cold Iron(Iron that weakens magical effects from proximity and contact), Orichalcum(Can be sharpened into incredibly fine edges and holds them longer under use), and Crimtain(slows blood clotting, causing wounds to bleed longer. Vampires like to lick it).

Mechanical Weaponry- Crossbows and their variations, as well as catapults and other siege weaponry, have been a notable part of warfare for quite some time. It speaks a lot about the peace in our lands that we have yet to develop such things. Now however, it has gotten to a point where there is simply no reason not to.
Projects:
Horrorvale [8]- The city of Horrorvale, named for the valley in which it resides. Once, this land was fraught with horrible monsters and unspeakable beasts. Now the monsters are polite and the beasts just undead. Still though, Horrorvale has been built from this time, as such the city is practically a fortress. Every single external wall is thick and made of dark stone bricks, and the city is entirely surrounded by even thicker walls, and the ground is paved in many areas. It is, of course, still a city though, so traps are practically nonexistant in the streets, and siege weapons can be wheeled right through the gate and past the walls entirely if no attempt to stop them is made. Still though, the gates are the only actual weak point in Horrorvales walls. (Makes the Capital of Horrorvale double as an exceptionally sized Fortress, though with the problems that come from being a city)

Reagent Harvest Standardization [3]- A project to standardize and optimize the harvesting of Horrorvales natural supply of Potion reagents. Thus allowing them to easily be accessed when needed by those who need them. (provides the 'Reagents-a-plenty' Supply)

Standardized Ghost Unit [2]- The innate physical weaknesses of being a ghost and their only occasionally corporeal nature lead to them being rather awkward to fit into existing military groups. While they could float through walls or attacks, in doing so they would simply float out of their equipment. This requires ghosts to have specialized Units made to optimize their usage. The Ecto-sappers are merely the first example of such a unit. (provides 'Ecto-sappers' Troop)

Military Frankenling production and training [2]- In anticipation for coming potential conflict, Mayor Faffenpaffers production of Frankenlings has shifted steadily towards military focus. There is some worry about the ethics of creating thinking, unliving people for the singular purpose of war, but the ease of which they integrate into normal Horrorvale society has done well to assuage fears. (provides 'Frankenling Shock Troopers' Troop)

Frankenling Combat Armor [2]- Proper armor dedicated for Frankenling use. Where their iron armor would diffuse the Frankenlings electric bolts causing them to fly off course and wasting a decent portion of electricity, their new armor has been specially crafted with inlaid copper wiring leading towards the fingertips. This means that electrical attacks come out more focused and accurate, with much less of the power diffusing out into the rest of the armor. A pair of lightning rods have also been added to the back, which can channel what electricity does diffuse back into the Frankenling, completely erasing the power wasted in the act of firing bolts. They also allow loose electricity to recharge the Frankenling in small amounts. (upgrades Frankenling Shock Troopers with more accurate and powerful lightning attacks, and greater energy efficiency)

Advanced Metal Forging [3]- With Mayor Frankfurters technological advancements, we've managed to develop a variety of alloys, combinations of different metals. Particularly, through the addition of potionology, we've developed several magical alloys with unique effects. We expect these in particular will see great use in the future, for a variety of purposes. (Unlocks 'Alchemy Forges' supply)

Simple Mechanisms [3]- While mechanical contraptions had already seen a good bit of use. They had always been fairly large, and used for fairly large scale things. Stuff like Horrorvales gate, or the elevators in Mayo Furklefoots lab. With this, proper mechanisms are becoming more and more common in everyday life, and are even beginning to find their way into the weaponry utilized by our developing military. (Provides 'Mechanical Weaponry' Supply)

Orichalcum Refit [2]- With the creation of Orichalcum, a metal than can be sharpened incredibly finely and retains its edge even through extensive use, tools in Horrorvale have developed to new heights, trees can be felled at greater speeds when wood is needed, stone can be carved at a greater pace, animals can be skinned and butchered with greater efficiency. It is only natural that such a metal would find its way into the military as well. The brave men, women, and others of our militia have been equipped with new Orichalcum swords, which can cut through far tougher materials than their basic iron weaponry ever could. (Upgrades Militia weaponry to Orichalcum, making them capable of doing increased damage in melee combat)
Other:
So basically, as said in the 'Necromancy' section, all residents of Horrorvale will simply respawn if killed. This won't really have any mechanical impact on their numbers, but for heroes, it basically means that Horrorvale heroes require enemies to have a specific thing(more specifically, a method to destroy/imprison/whatever souls) in order to actually be killed, so you can defeat them in battle as hard as you like, but without having the proper tools/capabilities they won't be removed from the hero list. So I'll be weakening the over-all capabilities of said heroes to match accordingly. This does not apply to the Mayor, as his condition means that his natural body is effectively useless for combat, thus if he dies, I will have to 'recruit' him again to re-build his mechanical body, on the plus side though, he probably doesn't need to be nerfed.

With Horrorvales citizens being effectively unable to die, they have been somewhat lacking in terms of military relevant developments, they have newspaper and simple yet functional plumbing for instance(even though a decent portion of Undead don't need baths and even more don't need toilets), but are still working with simple materials that you can dig out of the ground(and simpler stuff like glass). No alloys yet, nor the more 'advanced' medieval weaponry like catapults and crossbows.

Also, despite the color, the land in Horrorvale is not lifeless(well, technically it is) but rather that's just the color of undead grass. The water is blood though, nobody questions it, nobody cares. Except the Vampires, who are very happy with this arrangement.

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Troops:
375 Skeleton Witches/Warlocks (7500 Unit Points)
800 Militia
300 Ecto-sappers (900 Unit Points)
300 Frankenling Shock Troopers (900 Unit Points)
130 Wendigo Berzerkers (650 Unit Points)
Total: 4000

Recruitment:
60 Militia
25 Skeleton Witches/Warlocks (50 Unit Points)
10 Ecto-sappers (30 Unit Points)
6 Wendigo Berzerkers (30 Unit Points)
10 Frankenling Shock Troopers (30 Unit Points)

Total: 200

Supplies:
Underworld Magic

Necromancy

Reagents-a-Plenty

Projects:
Mechanized Weaponry (0/2)
Crimtain Refit (0/2)

Completed Projects:
Horrorvale [8]
Reagent harvest standardization [3]
Military Frankenling production and training [2]
Standardized Ghost Unit [2]
Frankenling Combat Armor [2]
Advanced Metal Forging [3]
Simple Mechanisms [3]
Orichalcum Refit [2]

Log:
Log AABY-06; Well, I had expected this would come up eventually. We have recieved contact from one of the other nearby groups. Namely, the humans who came from the crashed machine.[font]

Spoiler: Response to MercDonalds (click to show/hide)

Greetings! I must say, I find your people to be similarly interesting. Humans are far from rare, but I can only begin to imagine where you must have come from traveling in that ship of yours. I do believe however that would make for a fine trade. I have heard about gunpowder, I do not doubt it will make a useful force multiplier. I can have samples of several different species of poisonous flora and fauna transported soon.

Sincerely, Mayor Ludwigg Fran█████

((The end of the name is cut off by a splotch of ink))

Spoiler: Elsewhere in Horrorvale... (click to show/hide)

A large figure in a trenchcoat and wide brimmed hat steps out of a stagecoach, he pays with a fistful of candy and the driver heads off, somewhat bewildered at why anybody would stop at any random graveyard in particular. The figure moves around the fence, towards the completely un-disguised trap door. Looking around a manner that screams 'I AM ATTEMPTING TO BE STEALTHY' as loudly as one could without actually making a sound, he heads inside. He removes his 'disguise', placing both pieces on one of two identical racks at the entrance, the other one holding a smaller yet otherwise similar outfit. With the removal of his disguise the man underneath is revealed, deep red skin and horns signifying his demonic heritage, and parts of his body stripped down to the bone, a product of his mothers half-skeleton ancestry. Atop his head sits a  hat made of a strange, crumpled, silvery-material

He enters to see his partner in justice and discovery, the frazzly-haired vampire giving all his attention to the corkboard at the back of the room, his head turns to face the larger man.

"Dave, buddy! You wanna talk about the mail? I've been living to talk about the mail." He says, Dave now able to see one of several copies of Mayor Ludwiggs response having been pinned to the board.

Dave gazes at the board, connected to the note by red lines are several other pins, holding things such as statements about humans, artistic depictions of supposed alien sightings, and a sketch by one of the Mayors own Spectral Scouts depicting a large, strange machine buried nose-first into the ground.

"Gene..." Dave says, astounded. "Do you know what this means!?"

"Uh, no."

"THEN WE HAVE TO FIND OUT. EXACTLY. WHAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN HIDING FROM US!" Dave begins shouting, his voice easily audible from the street above, much to the annoyance of several fellow citizens simply attempting to relax.

The two blur into action, tearing through file cabinets that surround the room, pinning files to the board and connecting them seemingly at random. Once they are done, they step back, both taking in what they have made. At the center of the board sits a once blank piece of construction-paper, pinned at all four corners, and with a name scribbled on it in charcoal. 'Pepe Silvia.'

"Gene..." Began Dave, "I think we may have gotten off track-"

"Shhh!" Interrupted Gene, his hair now stuck out wildly and hands pressed against the board, with his face close behind. "I think I've got something here."

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Happy Demon on July 22, 2019, 09:32:28 pm

Well, my nation's based on Japan, an island nation.
But if it's too much of a nuisance, I can remake it.

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Spoiler: Day 5 Crunch (click to show/hide)

Civilization Name: The Akatsuki Sente of Honkoku
Theme: Magical Girls Incorporated
Day 5
Capital: Tsukiwara
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industry (Good guys are quality over quantity)

Map(s):
https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T (https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Yari Ashigaru (cost 1): Pikemen clad in basic armor. Because any army requires cannon fodder to send in and occupy a place. They are well drilled, so they excel in area denial with tight formations of pike walls. Though flanking makes them have to draw swords, and they are vulnerable to arrows. So by themselves they can be outmaneuvered or wittled down.
Basic Sword Training (1 PP): Given training with a smaller weapon, they will not immediately shatter when flanked.

Magi Samurai (cost 5): The noble remnants of the previous regime. The Samurai have adopted the magical crystals of their new overlords, and use it to augment their bushido. The Samurai are excellent melee combatants, and wreathing their swords in moonlight power, they can project sword slashes. This makes them ferocious in a melee, as they can not only cut through steel, but also outreach most spears. Though these special moves drain their crystals faster.

Magi Miko (cost 2): Armed with bows and firing magical arrows. The Miko are apprentice magical girls. Firing magical arrows is a good way to train the channeling of magical power, while keeping their gear relatively light. They have a katana, but no armor and little training. They will do poorly if they're engaged in melee.

Magi Shoujo (cost 10): Clad in the Tsuki no Yoroi, these magical girls are the real deal. They'd look lightly equipped out of combat, with a glaive and a handful pieces of armor. But with a song and a dance, their armor will deploy, making them only second to the samurai in armor. Transformed, their projectiles become even deadlier, not to mention whoever is unfortunate enough to be hit by their glaives. They can also fly, though doing so drains their magical reserves faster than any other. It is important for  the magicla girls to know when to and when not to utilize their aerial capabilities.

Heroes:
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito: The great and honorable leader of the Akatsuki Sente. Akatsuki is a pragmatic girl, willing to kill, cheat and steal to get her way. Her husband, the emperor, is naught but a pawn to her, with no real power. Though not the magical girl she used to be, even having lost her left eye. She is a peerless tactician, intimately aware of the capabilities and limitations of the magical equipment. And ultimately, the people have prospered under her rule.

Magi Samurai Akio Kato (1 PP): A veteran from the civil war. He's faced Akatsuki numerous times. But never able to actually hurt her, thanks to her magical armor. But now that he has Tsukiwara no Dachi, he is a force to be reckoned with. Had he wielded it back in the civil war. Then he would've likely destroyed Akatsuki's magical girls, no problem. But he is no honorbound to Akatsuki's service. For he is an honorable samurai, and thus, trustworthy. Even as a former foe.

Supplies:
Foreign:
-Empty-

Domestic:
Tsuki no Kessho Model 2.0: Magical crystal used to store and channel the power of the moon. This newest model retains the output power of the original while having a much larger storage capacity. This means magical girls no longer have to ration their energy expenditure based on the phases of the moon.

Tsuki no Yoroi Model 1.4: The most modern magical armor. It increases the focus of the wearer, while also providing excellent protection. However, it's power consumption is still high. A Magical Girl might just run out in the midst of flight, if they're careless. So most of the time in an inactive state. Only activated once battle starts. It also has a cooling problem, only rarely seen. Like if someone covers them in goo that hinders heat dissipation, making parts deactivate.

Akatsuki no Megane Model 1.0 (Limited Production, 3 PP): Employing glass and crystal, these glasses not only let you freely zoom in on things, but also lets them detect anomalous energies. It's not certain if it can detect yokai, though.

Tsukiwara no Dachi (Unique, 4 PP): A mighty sword infused with moon crystal. No finer conduit for moon power exists. It's an absolute monster at close range, able to cleave many a man in twain in a single slash.

Projects:

Train Magi Kunoichi (0/2 PP): With the mass production of the glasses halfway done, we can start the first steps in training them in large enough numbers to become part of our army. They are intermediate level Magical Girls. Learning stealth and ambush strategies.

Mass produce Akatsuki no Megane (1/2 PP): For fielding them en masse, our current output just isn't enough. We need more. One in every hunter's repertoire. Maybe we can even start fielding hunters as troops.

Troops (3 000) (2 Heroes):

1 000 (1 000) Yari Ashigaru (1)
170 (850) Magi Samurai (5)
300 (600) Magi Miko (2)
55 (550) Magi Shoujo (10)
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito
Magi Samurai Akio Kato

Recruitment (200):
20 (100) Magi Samurai (5)
25 (50) Magi Miko (2)
5 (50) Magi Shoujo (10)

Spoiler: Day 5 Completed Projects Log (click to show/hide)

Yari Ashigaru basic sword training (1 PP). When flanked, their pikes are useless. Some basic sword training will make them last a little while, until they can be rescued.
Develop Akatsuki no Megane Model 1.0 (3 PP): Treating glass with moon crystal, we can etch magical diagrams onto it, while allowing vision through them. By constructing the right diagrams, we should be able to greatly amplify the vision of our operatives. May help our archers as well. But mainly, it will let us hunt down yokai with even greater efficiency.
Forge Tsukiwara no Dachi (4 PP). The Samurai Akio Kato demands a sword worthy of his service before we can recruit him. This great sword will be infused with moon crystal, to make whoever wields it a Magi Samurai beyond compare.
Recruit Magi Samurai Akio Kato (1 PP): Now a sword is all fine and well, but he needs a little bit more convincing. So we've arranged a hunting trip. Called off the hunters for the day, so he can take the sword for a test run.

Spoiler: Day 5 Fluff (click to show/hide)

[Great and honorable Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito's Record]

Contact.

The nightmares are over, for now. I still have Yoshirou present, though. For I have grown rather fond of him and his charm. Also his skill.
I have managed to recruit Akio Kato. That man has cost me several friends. But that is only testament to his skill. Now that he's on my side, I am unstoppable.
But even still, I am worried. For we have not only surveyed our neighbors, but also received a letter from one of them. The ones from the comet.
Llychlyn is right where we left them. A barbarian nation who's primary resource is their people. Oh how I'd love one of those by my side. They are always so big and strong.
Horrorvale however, is bad news. A land of the dead, even the grass is dead. Their very existence unnerves me.
Then there are the people of the comet, MercDonalds. They have barely cultivated their lands, yet they have an army and a well equipped one at that. That comet must be like a miniature city. If I were to conquer it, then nobody else would stand a chance. But I mustn't underestimate them. My army isn't suited for urban warfare.

Spoiler: Response to MercDonalds (click to show/hide)

Great and honorable Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito, here.

We have surveyed your sparse letter from your equally sparse lands. We must concur that aggression stands in neither of ours interests.
However, your existence is an enigma. People living on a comet, and in such great numbers as well.
What goods do you have to offer? We are masters of magic, and the eradication of demons. So you'd best pay due respect to us.
Do not harbor demons.

Spoiler: Letter to Llychlyn (click to show/hide)

Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito, here.

While our history has not been the best, I would like to restart this on a better footing.
How are you? Who is in charge in this day? And how does your nation fare?
Last time we had contact, you had naught but your people to offer. Do you have new goods? And would you be willing to have some of your people settle in my lands.
Your men and women are strong, and would likely do well in our employ, enough to justify a trade from us in return. We have magical moon crystal with great power.
And if you see any demons, do tell. We are still working hard for their extermination.

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Yeah, Akatsuki is rather cold toward the newcomer.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 23, 2019, 10:55:31 am

Alright. So, I'm kinda confused. Considering me and Failbird traded supplies and a few troops, how would giving troops to another kingdom work? Considering it never happened when LW1 was running, I want stuff to be clear before I fuck up my day 6 update.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: piratejoe on July 23, 2019, 10:58:27 am

Spoiler: Llychlyn, Day 5 (click to show/hide)

General Information:
Civilization Name: The Kingdom of Llychlyn.
Theme: Extreme Quality over quantity hunting and ranged based followers of Fanw
Day 5
Capital: Allfshys
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industrial

Map(s):(https://i.imgur.com/MGA4JJF.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

-Gwaywffon Ifanc, 4 RP: Usually lightly or moderately armored with leather and at most some gambeson. Always with a spear in hand, these soldiers are new to the military, and as such, their numbers tend to be one of the highest. Every member of the proper Llychlyn army is a Gwaywffon Ifanc at the start of their career, becoming Bwyell Ifanc after some time training, or Gwaywffyn Mynydd should they grow fond of the spear.

-Gwaywffyn Mynydd, 5 RP: Commonly moderately armored with leather and gambeson and at most a steel plate, these well trained and physically fit by Children of Fanw standards are significantly better than normal spearmen. Each thrust of their spears tends to be true, and commonly they lead groups of Gwaywffon Ifanc, with only generals and Meistri Rhyfel as their superiors.

-Bwyell Ifanc, 4 RP: With moderate or heavy armor, commonly incorporating steel, the Bwyell Ifanc are always armed with a shield and a axe. Naturally, once the Children of Fanw who train as a Gwaywffon Ifanc are strong and trained enough, they are granted the ability to become Bwyell Ifanc. Like Gwaywffon Ifanc, the Bwyell Ifanc have a chance to either become Coeden Fwyell or become what most who join the Llychlyn military aspire to become, Helwyr Saethwr.

-Coeden Fwyell, 5 RP: Armed with heavy armour and the strength and stamina to make it seem as if they were only wearing moderate protection for most of a fight, the Coeden Fwyell are experts at combat involving the axe and shield. Knowing how to deal with soldiers armed similarly to themselves along with other formations. They, like Gwaywffyn Mynydd, tend to lead groups of Bwyell Ifanc and listen to only generals and Meistri Rhyfel as superiors.

-Helwyr Saethwr, 5 RP: Armed with bow and moderate armor of steel made to not inhibit dexterity, the children of Fanw in the military who become Helwyr Saethwr are those who have become strong and well trained enough to be granted the most honored role of being able to wield the bow. Granted with warbows and a side arm be it sword or axe, these soldiers fire at extreme range with extreme accuracy. They are some of the best of the best, though, there are even more skilled warriors, though few in number.

-Meistri Rhyfel, 10 RP: The Meistri Rhyfel are the best of the best, soldiers who have lived and trained for ages and honing their skill to an exhaustive degree. Commonly, they are masters of both bow and either spear or axe, wielding both in battle, and commonly they are the ones trained to command and lead the soldiers below them into battle. They are commonly equipped with whatever they desire, and commonly are at least two hundred years old. Few are of their number, but they certainly are a force to be reckoned with, at range or up close.


Heroes:
Fanw Howell: Fanw is the Goddess of hunting, Ranged Combat (though most think its just archery), and Stature (Both meanings of the word). It is believed that they take a form similar to the Children of Fanw, with with the ears, tail, nails and eyes that her children have, specifically with long brown hair and amber eyes and always with a bow in hand or put away. They are considered a fair and kind goddess who cares for their children and who makes sure the woods are plentiful with food and teaming with life. However, it is believed by quite a few that, in defense of her children, she will take away quarry that hunters would go for in the area's of the threat after and instead will fill the woods with predators, far more aggressive than normal, specifically to invaders, and that should things get desperate, she herself will arrive with no restraint on her power. Not everyone believes this entirely, though it is certainly comforting to a degree. Something all followers of Fanw can agree on however, is that she almost always is manifested in the world, and wanders the woods and wilds of the world, calmly hunting and living a simple, but fairly peaceful existence. It's said that mortals who meet her will find her helpful as a friendly guide so long as their intentions are well meaning, making some small talk and sharing some food that she hunted before sometimes informing them of something important to them, such as the location of something they had lost and were looking for, or how to deal with something that has been plaguing them. If the person is ill willed, they usually will simply leave such people alone, though sometimes it is said they will try and convince them to change... It also should be noted that, despite not being a nature/forest god, she does have issue with people completely chopping down entire forests with no intention of any kind of preservation, after all, if you remove the forest, you remove the animals that lived there you could have hunted. Though, the removal of chunks of forests for some development is fine so long as its not a quarter of the entire forest and the new plains can still support small game or something of the like. Additionally, Despite beliefs otherwise, she doesn't view weapons like muskets, slings, or crossbows as lesser weapons, even if her followers will probably argue among themselves claiming otherwise, in fact, in her manifested form, one can find practically every kind of ranged weapon somewhere on her person, from throwing axes to the classic bow, though the weapons in question are only the kind of ranged weapons that are used in the local area, so no one will see her with a crossbow somewhere no one has them or something similar.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None

Domestic:
Children of Fanw: Fanw herself grants protection over the Children of Fanw, and should the worst come to worst and Llychlyn finds itself in a final battle for survival, Fanw will help her children and try to protect them from the ones attacking them personally. Of course, Fanw won't exactly do much directly out side of making wild animals attack invaders more often and lower the amount of prey the invaders can get until Llychlyn is truly desperate, but should the fate of the children of Fanw and Llychlyn rest on a battle, she will be there, and she will do her best to drive them off.

Faith in Fanw: the Children of Fanw have an almost unbreakable faith in their goddess, though they tend to be causal about it and not force their faith upon others who happen to believe in other things. Regardless, the Children of Fanw call themselves that for a reason... Regardless, were Fanw to theoretically manifest in a battle for the heartland of the kingdom, they'd certainly be rallied by it and would fight to the very last, not just for their home, their clans, their kin, but also their goddess. (Think of both of these applying directly to the abilities of Fanw, I think sacrificing both resources for Fanw is fair trade to have Fanw as a hero, as Fanw is a goddess after all...)

Projects:
Prenhaearn: (2) Some forests in Llychlyn are made up of pine like tree's called Prenhaearn. These trees have wood about as durable as iron and aren't really that flamable. Of course, actually chopping them down and refining them is easier said than done, but its not impossible with the proper tools and techniques which Llychlyn has made. Needless to say, buildings made out of such strong wood are quite resilient, both to fire and to damage, and so too are shields, tool handles, and anything else made from the stuff as well.

Castellmeindwr: (8 ) Castellmeindwr is a large fortification made out of mostly prenhaearn The fortification is split into nine separate area's Four inner area's, four outer, and one center. The only way to travel through these area's is through specific entrances. This is done to make an attacking force have to go through choke points and means that should an attacking army go over the walls they can't just capture the entire wall without having to go through many of these choke points. The castle's walls obviously have crenellations and machicolations to make shooting at an attacker that much easier, and a simple ditch with spikes of normal wood surrounds the castle. The center of the fortification includes a main building which has a drawbridge connected to one of the walls, which can be raised and forces the attacking force to have to break through the walls of the main castle, climb it, or simply try to wait out the defenders, and the portion of the castle that is below the drawbridge is dedicated to storage of food and supplies.

Other: (Read the day 0 post, linked here. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=174245.msg7998996#msg7998996))

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Troops:
300 (1,200) Gwaywffon Ifanc
50 (250) Gwaywffyn Mynydd
150 (600) Bwyell Ifanc
50 (250) Coeden Fwyell
100 (500) Helwyr Saethwr
20 (200) Meistri Rhyfel

Total: 670 (3,000)

Recruitment:
40 (200) Gwaywffyn Mynydd

Total: 200

Supplies:
Children of Fanw
Faith in Fanw

Projects:
Castellmeindwr (6/8)

Completed Projects:
Gwaywffyn Mynydd (1/1)
Coeden Fwyell (1/1)
Prenhaearn (2/2)

Log: 26th of Ebrill, 254 Ar ôl Uno
The people sent out to scout haven't returned with a proper map just yet, nor a report, and yet despite this it seems we have visitors from other lands. Its a good thing Castellmeindwr is almost done I suppose. Though, I wish I wasn't forced into this position of seemingly having to work on and with the military constantly. I'd much rather focus on economic institutions and constructing a grand university. Barring an unnatural death, I have at least two hundred or so good years left in me, so I suppose that my hopes for something I'd actually like to do in this position will likely be realized sooner or later.

Its still stressful and worrying. Especially considering why we are doing all this military build up in the first place...I just hope we are left alone and the world doesn't fall around us. I guess at least if it does Fanw will protect us, but thats not much of a respite. I should stop writing here and start writing the letters. That would be wise of me. Then I can focus on other things and maybe, just maybe, enjoy reading a few pages of Canllaw Clan Llewelyn ar archwilio'r gwyllt for a bit before dinner and the day coming to a close. I'm not likely to actually go out and explore the wilds, especially with my current duties, but I have yet for the book on science Clan Tudor is rumored to be making to actually be finished.

Spoiler: To the crew of Donald (click to show/hide)

Diwrnod da, I hope I translated your letter properly, if so, I hope you can understand what I'm writing to you now with ease. Your language is quite different, but luckily I read quite a lot on cypher's and linguistics when I was younger, and your language seems to be similar to that of some remnants found from ancient pre Llychlyn settlements that were inhabeted by a short species somewhat similar to our own. I'd not be surprised if you or your culture are related in some way, perhapse they are ansestors of yours. Its quite clear that your species is likely the same as them, especially considering the description given of the one who gave us your letter.

Regardless, I'd be fine with accepting a mutual defensive pact between us, and am curios as to what technology you speak of. I'd have to see it for myself, and I think some of our nations fine Prenhaearn wood might be of use should you desire to trade. However, I would like to see a display of such technology before agreeing to any arrangements. I'm sure you can understand.

Eheubryd o Clan Cadigan, merch Ariella a brenhines Llychlyn

Spoiler: To Mae Marshal mawr ac anrhydeddus y dwyrain (click to show/hide)

It has been some time, at least a hundred years since we have had any contact, that of which mostly being what I believe you call ronin and wokou and one of your more agressive nobles. However, I'm glad to hear you wish to have a fresh start. I am Eheubryd of Clan Cadigan, daughter of Ariella and current queen of Llychlyn. Tragically, the previous queen of Llychlyn, my mother, died not even a month ago, ans since then I have been in charge. I'll admit I'm not feeling as well as I could be, but given the cercumstances I believe I'm as fine as I can be considering. As for Llychlyn itself, the nation is doing fairly well I'd say.

If you wish for people to settle in your lands, you must ask them and their clans personally. However, I request you do not disallow them from practicing rituals to Fanw, nor keep them in your lands against their will should they desire to leave. We do have new goods however, as proper collection of Prenhaearn is well underway. Perfect material for major constructions and tools. I do not know what exactly these crystals you speak of are, though would be interested in seeing a few and learning what they can do.

Lastly, I have not seen any demons nor has there been any rumors of them outside the legends and stories told of ages past, both from before Llychlyn and shortly after its creation. However, if I learn of any that are more than mere myth, I will be sure to inform you.

Eheubryd o Clan Cadigan, merch Ariella a brenhines Llychlyn

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 23, 2019, 12:14:47 pm

Spoiler: Day 6 - SoonTM. (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Mercdonalds
Theme: PMC
Day 6
Capital: MCD Saltshaker
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Force

Map(s):
Outside:
Exterior Map (http://magaimg.net/img/8h2o.png)
A ship crashed inside a mountain range, with mountains to the south, north, and east, with not much notable terrain, just fields.
MCD Saltshaker Interior (top and bottom decks)
Interior Map (http://magaimg.net/img/8h06.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Alpha Mercs: A dime a dozen, they're simply well-rounded mercs tasked with one goal: Shoot at anything hostile to us, and don't shoot anything that isn't. They typically have access to most of the arsenal, which for the time being, is muskets (I blame those damn benos - Captain), and all those swords supplied to us by those White Castle guys. The armor is also various plated armor that we have the schematics for thanks to various companies back when the Saltshaker was actually in space, but most of it is more or less standard field armor. Their armor has red accents to distinguish them from other squads. Some of them have attached scopes to their rifles for when they'll be needing to take long range shots.

For the sake of organisation, I'm sorting them into Melee and Ranged Alpha mercs. (and also because I can't be bothered to write two separate infodumps about melee/ranged versions of otherwise near identical troops)

White Castle Screeches: They're screeches that are armed with swords, and have shields + plate armor. We're not sure why they like to screech about wanting to retake Jerusalem, but to each their own. I'm here to command our mercs, not wonder why our screeches screech.

Alpha Medics: Our support units, they're tasked with keeping their fellow mercs alive, and fighting hostiles when they don't have any fellow mercs to heal. They're generally given access to the same weapons as regular alpha mercs, but are also given medical supplies. Their armor also has red accents to mark them as part of the Alpha squad.

Veterans: The main forces of the Delta squad, they're equipped with the more expensive and powerful weaponry, and are more specialized. They usually wield heavier weaponry, and are given elite training, and cost 3x as much as a normal merc to recruit because of the more vigorous training they need. Their armor has purple accents to indicate they're part of the Delta squad.

Heroes:
Field Commander 'Deusus Maximus': Our main leader for field operations, he manages the officers on the field, who in turn manage the normal mercs in battle. He's equipped with one of our Knight Commander armor sets made before the crash which lead to our advanced manufacturing systems to be destroyed, and wields a high quality broadsword also made before the crash, which sends hostiles flying the fuck away like they were hit with a giant truck, and also causes lightning to flash out.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None... yet. I just hope the civilizations on this planet at least respect our existence enough to trade with us.

Domestic:
Gunpowder: It's a powder that explodes when ignited, used primarily for launching bullets at anything in front of one of our gun users. It's that simple. We found a huge cache of undetonated gunpowder where our ammunition manufacturing systems are, so we at least should have more than enough. (Mass Produced)

Muskets: Since we're pretty desperate, we've resorted to manufacturing these with what's still functional out of the manufacturing part of the ship. They're simple: you insert powder into the back of the barrel, then a bullet, then you cock the gun, and finally, you pull the trigger to hopefully kill whatever you're shooting at. (Mass Produced)

Scopes: They're scopes. You look through them, and you can more precisely see stuff from longer distances. We're gonna mass produce them for our soldiers that need the extra accuracy/zoom.

Projects:
Form an elite squad: By starting to give specific high potential soldiers even more training, we have reformed Delta Squad, which is the elite branch of our forces. They're small in number, but their training makes them lethal on the field.

Create self-contained firearm cartridges: We're had to remake the ammunition schematics for our actual military grade ammo due to us loosing the methods of making them during the crash. Either way, we can be assured reloading in the field will be way faster now.

Create magnifying lenses: We've decided some of our men could use scopes, so we've started making them.

Other:
Mercdonalds Origin:

Quote from: The shift to being a mercenary group

Humans went into space, and fast food groups ended up being the primary food suppliers. They soon found that it's really hard to keep their supply lines safe from pirates and such.
The higher ups went "Hey this whole franchise thing worked well with food, why not try it with mercs?", and it went over well and ended up as the primary focus of the company. MercDonalds was born from this.

Quote from: Recruitment

Interested parties just need to meet some minimum requirements and follow certain rules to join up.
Something along the lines of: Do you have a ship?, Crew?, Willing to take jobs and not shoot at our stuff?, If so, then good, Welcome to MercDonalds. The supply and job departments will contact you shortly.

Screeches:

Quote from: Screeches - Info 1

An alien race that found their way onto a ship and made themselves useful enough to be kept around. They are friendly to familiar human crew, if a bit obnoxious at times, and will fiercely (even suicidally) defend the ship against hostile incursions.

"screeches alter their bodies and behavior to be appropriate for whatever man-made tools or trappings they first come across" -Unnamed merc

Quote from: Screeches - Info 2

Screeches are one of the most versatile tools available to Man - under a seemingly innocent roundy baldy headed yellow ball lies a being of many faces and infinite power. They say the Big Bang was followed by a sound of screeching, too. Screeches have many specialties - some drop straight into the colony, chasing around any poor xeno they set their sights on, some stand vigilant onboard the ship, ready to harmbaton and call out any potential hostile's location on general channel, some are weak, wielding only pistols, and some don a red bandana and carry a machinegun that wipes weaker xenos in a single burst. And some, when under pressure of seemingly impossible odds, are said to tap into the primordial REE that resides within them, going into a murderous, albeit short-lived rage, it's short span not nearly short enough for any sighted foes to survive the screeching fury...

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Troops:
1110 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
800 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
860 White Castle Screeches
550 Alpha Medics
40 Veterans

Total: 3800

Recruitment:
90 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
50 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
70 White Castle Screeches
30 Alpha Medics
20 Veterans

Total: 300

Supplies:
Gunpowder
Muskets
Scopes

Projects:
Start repairing the firearm manufacturing systems: 3/5
Mass produce scopes: 1/2

Completed Projects:
Form an elite squad
Create self-contained firearm cartridges

Log:
CAPTAIN'S LOG, Day 6
We've already gotten responses from the other three civilizations here. I've read through them, and I'm gonna have a bit of responses to write. Progress on fixing our firearm making equipment is going along well, and so is mass producing scopes for our marksmen. The people at Llychlyn will love to see how powerful our fully restored weapon production facilities will be, considering their hunter culture.

We've already prepared a convoy to trade some of our gunpowder with the people at Horrorvale in exchange for some poisonous flora and fauna.

Come to think of it, I'm not sure how we're even able to fit this many people into one ship. The Saltshaker is only roughly 0.12 miles long, and most of the interior space isn't even living quarters. For scale, our ship is three quarters of the lenght of the USS Iowa, a ship from back before the age of space travel. Also, how the fuck have we found about 18 hundred recruits since I first made logs about this place? It's only our sixth day here.

Message responses coming soon^tm.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 23, 2019, 03:28:55 pm

Spoiler: Day 6 (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Horrorvale
Theme: Horrorvale(game)
Day 6
Capital: Horrorvale City
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Legacy

Map(s):
(https://i.imgur.com/MSKYAvI.png)
As you can see, there are areas within Horrorvales bounds that aren't technically part of the geographical location of Horrorvale, these are noticeable for being decidedly un-spooky. Also, because some douchewaffle decided they really wanted a full scale McMansion in the only clear path out of Horrorvale valley(and they didn't even stay and live in it, fucker just left), the only way to exit or enter is through the Withering Woods, this is where most Wendigos live, which makes it substantially less dangerous than otherwise, if still exceptionally spooky even compared to the rest of the region.

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

Skeleton Witches/Warlocks - Skeletons where among the first settlers in Horrorvale, back when Hades and Death themselves presided over this section of the Underworld made Overworld. While their complete lack of muscle, biological or ectoplasmic, means they are physically fairly weak(though it does leave them significantly less vulnerable to piercing weaponry), their magical prowess is nothing to scoff at. Thus is the military, they generally serve as a combination Mage-Support unit. Slinging offensive spells such as Firebolt, Bone Barrage, and Heal, while restoring their allies strength with Decay, Death, and Poison. (2 points)

Militia - Zombies, Ghouls, Mummies, less magically inclined skeletons, anyone who isn't automatically filtered into another force for their species, but isn't joining one of the non-species based forces, joins these. While they can't be said to be particularly capable, they can be fielded in great numbers than any fully fledged military force. They most often come equipped with light armor, and simple shortswords. Additionally though, every Militia member comes equipped with one firebomb(fragile potion pouches that spray a liquid which rapidly ignites upon bursting), to be used at their discretion, or that of their Commanding Officer, who is generally a Frankenling.

Vampiric Ambush Force - Vampires, swift, graceful, deadly, able to transform into small animals and suck the blood straight from someones veins. They would be the perfect soldiers if not for their fatal flaws. Sunlight burns their skin, garlic is poison, and stakes might as well come pre-poisoned. While in a Horrorvaleans perfect world the sun wouldn't matter as people would be awake at night and sleep through the day, the average soldier of Horrorvale is well aware that this is only the case in their homeland. As such, VAF units can only be deployed after dark, and must immediately retreate to hidden/defended locations as the sun begins to rise. That being said, when they are deployed, they can be truly frightening. Moving with great speed in their leather gear, their razor sharp daggers easily find gaps in enemy armor and creates bleeding wounds. Their ability to transform into small animals also allows them to sneak into tight places. This makes them excellent for limiting the enemies force before battle can begin, and for dealing decisive strikes to otherwise occupied foes in night battles.

Wendigo Berzerkers - Wendigos, the rarest of Undead species that can truly be said to be a major part of Horrorvale society. Standing head and shoulders over the average man. Their prodigious strength, even for their size, allows them to wield exceptionally large weapons. Their flesh is tough, easily limiting the damage they take even ignoring their armor, and by feasting on meat they can heal their wounds. However, they do not take to tactics well, nor magic, much prefering the very direct solution of "Charge straight forward and cleave anybody that doesn't give up in half." Nevertheless they are an effective, and truly terrifying, fighting force. (5 points)

Ecto-sappers - Ghosts are a very common sight within Horrorvale. More than likely the single most common race here in fact, edging out Wendigos and Zombies combined. That being said, their unique physical traits make them awkward to fit into any un-specialized military unit. The ecto-sappers are one such unit, ghosts making full use of their ability to go intangible at will and possess objects to bypass and destroy enemy fortifications and defenses before the main force moves in. When intangible, mundane objects simply pass through them, though the same cannot be said of magic or anything enchanted, and intangibility can't be partial. Ghosts are quite lacking in physical strength on their own, meaning that when caught not-possessing an object they struggle to fight back, and even if they are possessing an object they will die when it is destroyed. Still, these spectral soldiers can turn an enemies siege weapons and fortifications into their own worst enemies given the chance. (3 points)

Frankenling Shock Troopers - The artificial undead created by the the Mayor. Stitched together from severed parts. While they are not as strong and quick as Wendigos, they are more durable, and more tactically minded, and do trend towards a higher intelligence. Not to mention, while they may not be particularly magically capable, the natural electric charge to their bodies can be used to fire bolts of electricity at close ranges. Each one is equipped with full iron armor and proper broadswords. Frankenlings are the ideal public servants, working as everything from postman to soldier, they are born for their jobs, and they take to them with pride and skill. (3 points)

Heroes:
Mayor Ludwigg... Fikleheim? Fanglefoot? Frankenfurter? Something like that- The Mayor of the town of Horrorvale, a scientist whos technological genius is decades if not more beyond that of his citizens. Yet, he loves them all the same. He was the victim of an incredibly rare condition known as 'Aging', where his body, after hitting maturity, began to ever so slowly degrade. To counteract this, he built a mechanical body, and had his brain implanted into it via brain-jar. This body stands larger than a minotaur, has strength to match, a surprising amount of speed, and can fire off blasts of lightning. Unfortunately, this is not his natural body, and thus not the one he will un-die into should he be slain. Instead it will have to be re-built.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None

Domestic:
Underworld Magic - For the most part, a vague collection of rather simple spells. 'Life' spells for combat, 'Death' spells for healing, some more basic combat spells that just fire different sorts of projectiles, a variety of empowerment spells, that sort of thing. Nothing esoteric such as wishes and polymorphing, just your classic array of magic spells, with a Halloween theme. A note to make however, is that the Life and Death spells do act as they say, it's just the effects of Life and Death magics have inverse effects upon the Undead. This is likely to come as a rude awakening when they find they need to double down on Death spells to both heal and hurt while completely giving up the Life ones.

Necromancy - A major portion of magic used in Horrorvale is Necromancy. And when I say major, I mean as in like, it's the sole option for reproduction for a majority of Horrorvales natives. Skeletons, Zombies, Mummies, Wendigos and Ghosts can't have babies after all, and that's only the major examples. So instead they pluck a lost soul that has been scoured clean of its identity out of Limbo, and slap it into a new, magically formed body, which ages as normal(at least until maturity, where all but the most tragically unlucky will simply stop aging). A notable effect of this is that Horrorvales citizens can't die properly, no form of afterlife will take recycled souls, not even Limbo itself, and so they just wake up again with a new body where they last slept. This doesn't make dying any more pleasant, but it makes it less frightening. That is not the only use for Necromancy however, as it can be used by trained professionals as a way to quickly get Undead who have once again become dead back into the fight.

Reagents-a-plenty - Eye of newt and tongue of frog, wing of bat and hair of dog. The wilderness around Horrorvale is absolutely overflowing with potent Potionology reagents. From the rivers and lakes literally flowing with blood, to bushes that sprout eyes, and every type of poisonous or carnivorous plant you can think of. If it's good for potions, Horrorvale has it. This makes them some of the most accomplished alchemists in the world, with access to all sorts of useful concoctions. The fact that healing potions and poisons have reversed effects on the Undead is made all the better by the fact that they have so much access to poison.

Alchemy Forges - Through the combination of more advanced forges/techniques, and Potionology, a variety of new useful metal alloys can be made. In addition to the typical metals such as steel and bronze, this also includes metals with unique properties, these include; Flintsteel(Capable of igniting easily when struck in the right way, extinguishes quickly due to being nonflammable), Cold Iron(Iron that weakens magical effects from proximity and contact), Orichalcum(Can be sharpened into incredibly fine edges and holds them longer under use), and Crimtain(slows blood clotting, causing wounds to bleed longer. Vampires like to lick it).

Mechanical Weaponry- Crossbows and their variations, as well as catapults and other siege weaponry, have been a notable part of warfare for quite some time. It speaks a lot about the peace in our lands that we have yet to develop such things. Now however, it has gotten to a point where there is simply no reason not to.
Projects:
Horrorvale [8]- The city of Horrorvale, named for the valley in which it resides. Once, this land was fraught with horrible monsters and unspeakable beasts. Now the monsters are polite and the beasts just undead. Still though, Horrorvale has been built from this time, as such the city is practically a fortress. Every single external wall is thick and made of dark stone bricks, and the city is entirely surrounded by even thicker walls, and the ground is paved in many areas. It is, of course, still a city though, so traps are practically nonexistant in the streets, and siege weapons can be wheeled right through the gate and past the walls entirely if no attempt to stop them is made. Still though, the gates are the only actual weak point in Horrorvales walls. (Makes the Capital of Horrorvale double as an exceptionally sized Fortress, though with the problems that come from being a city)

Reagent Harvest Standardization [3]- A project to standardize and optimize the harvesting of Horrorvales natural supply of Potion reagents. Thus allowing them to easily be accessed when needed by those who need them. (provides the 'Reagents-a-plenty' Supply)

Standardized Ghost Unit [2]- The innate physical weaknesses of being a ghost and their only occasionally corporeal nature lead to them being rather awkward to fit into existing military groups. While they could float through walls or attacks, in doing so they would simply float out of their equipment. This requires ghosts to have specialized Units made to optimize their usage. The Ecto-sappers are merely the first example of such a unit. (provides 'Ecto-sappers' Troop)

Military Frankenling production and training [2]- In anticipation for coming potential conflict, Mayor Faffenpaffers production of Frankenlings has shifted steadily towards military focus. There is some worry about the ethics of creating thinking, unliving people for the singular purpose of war, but the ease of which they integrate into normal Horrorvale society has done well to assuage fears. (provides 'Frankenling Shock Troopers' Troop)

Frankenling Combat Armor [2]- Proper armor dedicated for Frankenling use. Where their iron armor would diffuse the Frankenlings electric bolts causing them to fly off course and wasting a decent portion of electricity, their new armor has been specially crafted with inlaid copper wiring leading towards the fingertips. This means that electrical attacks come out more focused and accurate, with much less of the power diffusing out into the rest of the armor. A pair of lightning rods have also been added to the back, which can channel what electricity does diffuse back into the Frankenling, completely erasing the power wasted in the act of firing bolts. They also allow loose electricity to recharge the Frankenling in small amounts. (upgrades Frankenling Shock Troopers with more accurate and powerful lightning attacks, and greater energy efficiency)

Advanced Metal Forging [3]- With Mayor Frankfurters technological advancements, we've managed to develop a variety of alloys, combinations of different metals. Particularly, through the addition of potionology, we've developed several magical alloys with unique effects. We expect these in particular will see great use in the future, for a variety of purposes. (Unlocks 'Alchemy Forges' supply)

Simple Mechanisms [3]- While mechanical contraptions had already seen a good bit of use. They had always been fairly large, and used for fairly large scale things. Stuff like Horrorvales gate, or the elevators in Mayo Furklefoots lab. With this, proper mechanisms are becoming more and more common in everyday life, and are even beginning to find their way into the weaponry utilized by our developing military. (Provides 'Mechanical Weaponry' Supply)

Orichalcum Refit [2]- With the creation of Orichalcum, a metal than can be sharpened incredibly finely and retains its edge even through extensive use, tools in Horrorvale have developed to new heights, trees can be felled at greater speeds when wood is needed, stone can be carved at a greater pace, animals can be skinned and butchered with greater efficiency. It is only natural that such a metal would find its way into the military as well. The brave men, women, and others of our militia have been equipped with new Orichalcum swords, which can cut through far tougher materials than their basic iron weaponry ever could. (Upgrades Militia weaponry to Orichalcum, making them capable of doing increased damage in melee combat)
Other:
 Click to go to Day 0 for the Other. Got this idea from PirateJoe (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=174245.msg7998807#msg7998807)

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Troops:
375 Skeleton Witches/Warlocks (7500 Unit Points)
800 Militia
300 Ecto-sappers (900 Unit Points)
300 Frankenling Shock Troopers (900 Unit Points)
130 Wendigo Berzerkers (650 Unit Points)
Total: 4000

Recruitment:
60 Militia
25 Skeleton Witches/Warlocks (50 Unit Points)
10 Ecto-sappers (30 Unit Points)
6 Wendigo Berzerkers (30 Unit Points)
10 Frankenling Shock Troopers (30 Unit Points)

Total: 200

Supplies:
Underworld Magic

Necromancy

Reagents-a-Plenty

Projects:
Mechanized Weaponry (1/2)
Crimtain Refit (1/2)

Completed Projects:
Horrorvale [8]
Reagent harvest standardization [3]
Military Frankenling production and training [2]
Standardized Ghost Unit [2]
Frankenling Combat Armor [2]
Advanced Metal Forging [3]
Simple Mechanisms [3]
Orichalcum Refit [2]

Log:
Log AABY-07; No new developments on the technological front, well, militarily that is. In terms of civilian creations, there's been a very interesting creation made known as the Bonecycle, a three wheeled, one person vehicle, that is moved by the circular motion of the rider moving its peddles with their legs. Some changes would be needed to make it militarily viable, but it's certain to be useful, my postal workers have already begun making use of the device. It is not as fast as a Nightmare, but it doesn't need to eat, drink, or sleep, making it a vastly cheaper option, not to mention the potential diplomatic risks of sending your messenger riding upon a large beast of smoky pitch-black ectoplasm with literally flaming red eyes.
Speaking of the post office, I have decided to send a message to the Lychlyn as well. It would serve well to establish connections with the other peoples of this land peacefully, lest their impressions be colored by silent observation. Though... I admit, I am hesitant to make contact with Honkoku. They have long been troubled by their own local breed of spirits and monsters. Perhaps I am simply paranoid, but I worry how they might respond to interaction with those of Horrorvale. Even with several... immigrants from Yomi to help with translation, I worry that they will simply be all the more easy to mistake for... I believe the term was Yokai... speaking of Yokai, from what I understand of them, they are rather similar to the Netherlings, at least in how they form. Perhaps they are the same phenomenon? Maybe some amount of contact would be worthwhile.[font]

A patchwork messenger (https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/9a0672c0-e673-48a3-8628-bc8476dc11d5/dcmun1z-3a9cc5e8-5c06-4796-b1ff-74a056f885fe.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzlhMDY3MmMwLWU2NzMtNDhhMy04NjI4LWJjODQ3NmRjMTFkNVwvZGNtdW4xei0zYTljYzVlOC01YzA2LTQ3OTYtYjFmZi03NGEwNTZmODg1ZmUucG5nIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.xTf-HBAcd438Gh5N7J8XWjlXmvXPM2ds6J0hoJmB-F4) arrives in Lychlyn during the night carrying a letter for the queen. She rides in on a strange, three wheeled contraption of wood and metal, and stands as tall as the average Child of Fanw.

Spoiler: Message to the Lychlyn (click to show/hide)

Greetings! I am Mayor of the city known as Horrorvale, we have long been a very quiet people, simply keeping to ourselves. However, I have decided to begin opening up contact with some of the other peoples in this land. I felt it would be best to establish our relations as friends, rather than risk waiting until we potentially become enemies. I am interested in learning more about your people, I know simple things, what you call yourselves and how you look, but I do not know much of you as a people. I would also, of course, be willing to respond in kind should you wish.

Sincerely, Mayor Ludwigg F█████in

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Happy Demon on July 24, 2019, 05:22:53 am

Spoiler: Day 6 Crunch (click to show/hide)

Civilization Name: The Akatsuki Sente of Honkoku
Theme: Magical Girls Incorporated
Day 6
Capital: Tsukiwara
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industry (Good guys are quality over quantity)

Map(s):
https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T (https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Yari Ashigaru (cost 1): Pikemen clad in basic armor. Because any army requires cannon fodder to send in and occupy a place. They are well drilled, so they excel in area denial with tight formations of pike walls. Though flanking makes them have to draw swords, and they are vulnerable to arrows. So by themselves they can be outmaneuvered or wittled down.
Basic Sword Training (1 PP): Given training with a smaller weapon, they will not immediately shatter when flanked.

Magi Samurai (cost 5): The noble remnants of the previous regime. The Samurai have adopted the magical crystals of their new overlords, and use it to augment their bushido. The Samurai are excellent melee combatants, and wreathing their swords in moonlight power, they can project sword slashes. This makes them ferocious in a melee, as they can not only cut through steel, but also outreach most spears. Though these special moves drain their crystals faster.

Magi Miko (cost 2): Armed with bows and firing magical arrows. The Miko are apprentice magical girls. Firing magical arrows is a good way to train the channeling of magical power, while keeping their gear relatively light. They have a katana, but no armor and little training. They will do poorly if they're engaged in melee.

Magi Shoujo (cost 10): Clad in the Tsuki no Yoroi, these magical girls are the real deal. They'd look lightly equipped out of combat, with a glaive and a handful pieces of armor. But with a song and a dance, their armor will deploy, making them only second to the samurai in armor. Transformed, their projectiles become even deadlier, not to mention whoever is unfortunate enough to be hit by their glaives. They can also fly, though doing so drains their magical reserves faster than any other. It is important for  the magicla girls to know when to and when not to utilize their aerial capabilities.

Heroes:
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito: The great and honorable leader of the Akatsuki Sente. Akatsuki is a pragmatic girl, willing to kill, cheat and steal to get her way. Her husband, the emperor, is naught but a pawn to her, with no real power. Though not the magical girl she used to be, even having lost her left eye. She is a peerless tactician, intimately aware of the capabilities and limitations of the magical equipment. And ultimately, the people have prospered under her rule.

Magi Samurai Akio Kato (1 PP): A veteran from the civil war. He's faced Akatsuki numerous times. But never able to actually hurt her, thanks to her magical armor. But now that he has Tsukiwara no Dachi, he is a force to be reckoned with. Had he wielded it back in the civil war. Then he would've likely destroyed Akatsuki's magical girls, no problem. But he is no honorbound to Akatsuki's service. For he is an honorable samurai, and thus, trustworthy. Even as a former foe.

Supplies:
Foreign:
-Empty-

Domestic:
Tsuki no Kessho Model 2.0: Magical crystal used to store and channel the power of the moon. This newest model retains the output power of the original while having a much larger storage capacity. This means magical girls no longer have to ration their energy expenditure based on the phases of the moon.

Tsuki no Yoroi Model 1.4: The most modern magical armor. It increases the focus of the wearer, while also providing excellent protection. However, it's power consumption is still high. A Magical Girl might just run out in the midst of flight, if they're careless. So most of the time in an inactive state. Only activated once battle starts. It also has a cooling problem, only rarely seen. Like if someone covers them in goo that hinders heat dissipation, making parts deactivate.

Akatsuki no Megane Model 1.0 (3 PP): Employing glass and crystal, these glasses not only let you freely zoom in on things, but also lets them detect anomalous energies. It's not certain if it can detect yokai, though.

Tsukiwara no Dachi (Unique, 4 PP): A mighty sword infused with moon crystal. No finer conduit for moon power exists. It's an absolute monster at close range, able to cleave many a man in twain in a single slash.

Projects:

Train Magi Kunoichi (1/2 PP): With the mass production of the glasses halfway done, we can start the first steps in training them in large enough numbers to become part of our army. They are intermediate level Magical Girls. Learning stealth and ambush strategies.

Train Magi Miko in the use of Akatsuki no Megane (0/1 PP): These new glasses not only provide zoom, but can even spot energy. The Magi Miko are terrible in melee, and you never know what trickery the enemy may be up to.

Troops (3 200) (2 Heroes):

1 000 (1 000) Yari Ashigaru (1)
190 (950) Magi Samurai (5)
325 (650) Magi Miko (2)
60 (600) Magi Shoujo (10)
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito
Magi Samurai Akio Kato

Recruitment (200):
10 (50) Magi Samurai (5)
50 (100) Magi Miko (2)
5 (50) Magi Shoujo (10)

Spoiler: Day 6 Completed Projects Log (click to show/hide)

Yari Ashigaru basic sword training (1 PP). When flanked, their pikes are useless. Some basic sword training will make them last a little while, until they can be rescued.
Develop Akatsuki no Megane Model 1.0 (3 PP): Treating glass with moon crystal, we can etch magical diagrams onto it, while allowing vision through them. By constructing the right diagrams, we should be able to greatly amplify the vision of our operatives. May help our archers as well. But mainly, it will let us hunt down yokai with even greater efficiency.
Forge Tsukiwara no Dachi (4 PP). The Samurai Akio Kato demands a sword worthy of his service before we can recruit him. This great sword will be infused with moon crystal, to make whoever wields it a Magi Samurai beyond compare.
Recruit Magi Samurai Akio Kato (1 PP): Now a sword is all fine and well, but he needs a little bit more convincing. So we've arranged a hunting trip. Called off the hunters for the day, so he can take the sword for a test run.
Mass produce Akatsuki no Megane (2 PP): For fielding them en masse, our current output just isn't enough. We need more. One in every hunter's repertoire. Maybe we can even start fielding hunters as troops.

Spoiler: Day 6 Fluff (click to show/hide)

[Great and honorable Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito's Record]

All is clear.

Now that we have completed the mass production of the glasses. Our hunter corps have swelled in numbers. As they have now employed observers to aid in finding the yokai.
We have even started giving glasses to our priestesses. They can't just use them right away, they need to learn how to control them. This shouldn't take long though, due to their skill.
Now there's the issue of relations. Either the Llychlyn queen is ignorant, or evasive. I need to be more direct with her. Perhaps I can bargain the moon crystal for those people.
We can't just capture them, they would make excellent soldiers. This Prenhaearn seems to be a wood, as there is no mention of weapons. Our best use blades, so that is no good.
Despite the lack of nightmares, there is still a tension in the air. I have this army, but no overt signs of aggression. Maybe I should be more proactive.

Spoiler: Letter to Llychlyn (click to show/hide)

Shogun Akatsuki here.

They are free to have any ritual they want. I just ask allegiance is all. Standard practice for my hunters and soldiers.
But, I will be more direct. I want you to give a clan of your choice the suggestion to move to our lands. The one who you think is most willing. As a queen, your words hold power.
Do this, and I will give you a shipment of our best Moon Crystal. They are not restrained by the dependence on the moon's phases. We don't want to risk their reverse engineering for nothing.
Our Moon Crystals are how we channel the moon's power. To power artifacts or to unleash magical attacks, that will penetrate armor with ease.
I will send you a sample of our old version. It has a much more limited charge, but it serves as a good example. A good beginner spell is creating arrows from thin air.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: piratejoe on July 24, 2019, 05:52:26 am

Spoiler: Llychlyn, Day 6 (click to show/hide)

General Information:
Civilization Name: The Kingdom of Llychlyn.
Theme: Extreme Quality over quantity hunting and ranged based followers of Fanw
Day 6
Capital: Allfshys
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industrial

Map(s):(https://i.imgur.com/MGA4JJF.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

-Gwaywffon Ifanc, 4 RP: Usually lightly or moderately armored with leather and at most some gambeson. Always with a spear in hand, these soldiers are new to the military, and as such, their numbers tend to be one of the highest. Every member of the proper Llychlyn army is a Gwaywffon Ifanc at the start of their career, becoming Bwyell Ifanc after some time training, or Gwaywffyn Mynydd should they grow fond of the spear.

-Gwaywffyn Mynydd, 5 RP: Commonly moderately armored with leather and gambeson and at most a steel plate, these well trained and physically fit by Children of Fanw standards are significantly better than normal spearmen. Each thrust of their spears tends to be true, and commonly they lead groups of Gwaywffon Ifanc, with only generals and Meistri Rhyfel as their superiors.

-Bwyell Ifanc, 4 RP: With moderate or heavy armor, commonly incorporating steel, the Bwyell Ifanc are always armed with a shield and a axe. Naturally, once the Children of Fanw who train as a Gwaywffon Ifanc are strong and trained enough, they are granted the ability to become Bwyell Ifanc. Like Gwaywffon Ifanc, the Bwyell Ifanc have a chance to either become Coeden Fwyell or become what most who join the Llychlyn military aspire to become, Helwyr Saethwr.

-Coeden Fwyell, 5 RP: Armed with heavy armour and the strength and stamina to make it seem as if they were only wearing moderate protection for most of a fight, the Coeden Fwyell are experts at combat involving the axe and shield. Knowing how to deal with soldiers armed similarly to themselves along with other formations. They, like Gwaywffyn Mynydd, tend to lead groups of Bwyell Ifanc and listen to only generals and Meistri Rhyfel as superiors.

-Helwyr Saethwr, 5 RP: Armed with bow and moderate armor of steel made to not inhibit dexterity, the children of Fanw in the military who become Helwyr Saethwr are those who have become strong and well trained enough to be granted the most honored role of being able to wield the bow. Granted with warbows and a side arm be it sword or axe, these soldiers fire at extreme range with extreme accuracy. They are some of the best of the best, though, there are even more skilled warriors, though few in number.

-Meistri Rhyfel, 10 RP: The Meistri Rhyfel are the best of the best, soldiers who have lived and trained for ages and honing their skill to an exhaustive degree. Commonly, they are masters of both bow and either spear or axe, wielding both in battle, and commonly they are the ones trained to command and lead the soldiers below them into battle. They are commonly equipped with whatever they desire, and commonly are at least two hundred years old. Few are of their number, but they certainly are a force to be reckoned with, at range or up close.


Heroes:
Fanw Howell: Fanw is the Goddess of hunting, Ranged Combat (though most think its just archery), and Stature (Both meanings of the word). It is believed that they take a form similar to the Children of Fanw, with with the ears, tail, nails and eyes that her children have, specifically with long brown hair and amber eyes and always with a bow in hand or put away. They are considered a fair and kind goddess who cares for their children and who makes sure the woods are plentiful with food and teaming with life. However, it is believed by quite a few that, in defense of her children, she will take away quarry that hunters would go for in the area's of the threat after and instead will fill the woods with predators, far more aggressive than normal, specifically to invaders, and that should things get desperate, she herself will arrive with no restraint on her power. Not everyone believes this entirely, though it is certainly comforting to a degree. Something all followers of Fanw can agree on however, is that she almost always is manifested in the world, and wanders the woods and wilds of the world, calmly hunting and living a simple, but fairly peaceful existence. It's said that mortals who meet her will find her helpful as a friendly guide so long as their intentions are well meaning, making some small talk and sharing some food that she hunted before sometimes informing them of something important to them, such as the location of something they had lost and were looking for, or how to deal with something that has been plaguing them. If the person is ill willed, they usually will simply leave such people alone, though sometimes it is said they will try and convince them to change... It also should be noted that, despite not being a nature/forest god, she does have issue with people completely chopping down entire forests with no intention of any kind of preservation, after all, if you remove the forest, you remove the animals that lived there you could have hunted. Though, the removal of chunks of forests for some development is fine so long as its not a quarter of the entire forest and the new plains can still support small game or something of the like. Additionally, Despite beliefs otherwise, she doesn't view weapons like muskets, slings, or crossbows as lesser weapons, even if her followers will probably argue among themselves claiming otherwise, in fact, in her manifested form, one can find practically every kind of ranged weapon somewhere on her person, from throwing axes to the classic bow, though the weapons in question are only the kind of ranged weapons that are used in the local area, so no one will see her with a crossbow somewhere no one has them or something similar.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None

Domestic:
Children of Fanw: Fanw herself grants protection over the Children of Fanw, and should the worst come to worst and Llychlyn finds itself in a final battle for survival, Fanw will help her children and try to protect them from the ones attacking them personally. Of course, Fanw won't exactly do much directly out side of making wild animals attack invaders more often and lower the amount of prey the invaders can get until Llychlyn is truly desperate, but should the fate of the children of Fanw and Llychlyn rest on a battle, she will be there, and she will do her best to drive them off.

Faith in Fanw: the Children of Fanw have an almost unbreakable faith in their goddess, though they tend to be causal about it and not force their faith upon others who happen to believe in other things. Regardless, the Children of Fanw call themselves that for a reason... Regardless, were Fanw to theoretically manifest in a battle for the heartland of the kingdom, they'd certainly be rallied by it and would fight to the very last, not just for their home, their clans, their kin, but also their goddess. (Think of both of these applying directly to the abilities of Fanw, I think sacrificing both resources for Fanw is fair trade to have Fanw as a hero, as Fanw is a goddess after all...)

Projects:
Prenhaearn: (2) Some forests in Llychlyn are made up of pine like tree's called Prenhaearn. These trees have wood about as durable as iron and aren't really that flamable. Of course, actually chopping them down and refining them is easier said than done, but its not impossible with the proper tools and techniques which Llychlyn has made. Needless to say, buildings made out of such strong wood are quite resilient, both to fire and to damage, and so too are shields, tool handles, and anything else made from the stuff as well.

Castellmeindwr: (8 ) Castellmeindwr is a large fortification made out of mostly prenhaearn The fortification is split into nine separate area's Four inner area's, four outer, and one center. The only way to travel through these area's is through specific entrances. This is done to make an attacking force have to go through choke points and means that should an attacking army go over the walls they can't just capture the entire wall without having to go through many of these choke points. The castle's walls obviously have crenellations and machicolations to make shooting at an attacker that much easier, and a simple ditch with spikes of normal wood surrounds the castle. The center of the fortification includes a main building which has a drawbridge connected to one of the walls, which can be raised and forces the attacking force to have to break through the walls of the main castle, climb it, or simply try to wait out the defenders, and the portion of the castle that is below the drawbridge is dedicated to storage of food and supplies.

Other: (Read the day 0 post, linked here. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=174245.msg7998996#msg7998996))

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Troops:
300 (1,200) Gwaywffon Ifanc
90 (450) Gwaywffyn Mynydd
150 (600) Bwyell Ifanc
50 (250) Coeden Fwyell
100 (500) Helwyr Saethwr
20 (200) Meistri Rhyfel

Total: 710 (3,200)

Recruitment:
10 (50) Gwaywffyn Mynydd
25 (100) Gwaywffon Ifanc
10 (50) Coeden Fwyell

Total: 200

Supplies:
Children of Fanw
Faith in Fanw

Projects:
Castellmeindwr (8/8)

Completed Projects:
Gwaywffyn Mynydd (1/1)
Coeden Fwyell (1/1)
Prenhaearn (2/2)

Log: 27th of Ebrill, 254 Ar ôl Uno
I'm writing this in the middle of the night where I have been awoken by the news and sight of something, or rather someone very strange looking. Like a doll, made out of cobbled together bits and peaces of flesh. She was creepy, but not because they looked disturbing, no, it was because they looked quite the opposite despite the implications of their appearance. Why would something like that look so non threatening and far from disturbing? I guess I might not be the best to judge here, I always thought of dolls as kind of creepy in a way...And I certainly won't be rude and tell them that.

Maybe I'm just tired. I use to be able to stay up all night accompanied with a book and candle, or some parchment and a quill but now days I don't have the chance to any more and just feel exhausted by the time the sun sets. And being awoken in the middle of the night like this certainly isn't going to help. Still, I should read the letter they delivered and give them my response as quickly as possible without sacrificing quality. I don't want to keep them waiting, or stay up much longer.

Actually, I just received word that another letter has arrived, and that Castellmeindwr has finished construction. It appears I'll be up a bit longer than I'd like.

Spoiler: To Ludwigg (click to show/hide)

Hello, I cant exactly say I've ever heard of you or your people, however considering your messenger, I suppose you might be responsible for some of the legends of creatures in the far reaches of Coedwig Fanw. I'm open to learning about your own people as well, and will write down a few important things of note about our culture and people. I'd write more if I could, but with my current position, time is something I have little of and it was quite late when your messenger arrived.

Generally speaking, we, the people of Llychlen, children of Fanw, worship our creator through rituals, including hunting and the sacrifice of the bones of the animals we hunt. Additionally, bones of those animals are sometimes made into religious objects, like statuettes depicting Fanw, or highly decorated arrows of bone as a few examples. Generally speaking, most religious work is done by the Brenhinol Clan Howell, however a few Ciwed and Teulu clans do this as well, but they usually get absorbed into clan Howell. Temples to Fanw are made commonly out of wood, and usually have intricate carvings along the walls, either depicting stories of the past or simply intricate designs to look nice. Usually the former is on the parts of the walls on the inside of the building and the latter on the other half of the walls facing outside the building.

Since I wrote of them so much, there are three kinds of clans, Brenhinol, Teulu, and Ciwed. Brenhinol are large, powerful clans that usually are well known and dedicate themselves to a specific field of work, such as religion in the case of clan Howell, or martial prowess in the case of clan Wynn. There even is one dedicated to exploration, clan Llewelyn, which is located mainly at Llundain, a city they founded on the coast named after one of their most legendary explorers. Though, the name of the city has diverged from its original name a bit now days.

A important thing to note is that we are very protective of our clan members, and especially our children, and generally speaking the loss of one is something that is very difficult for us to get over. Sometimes, this has lead to violence, specifically in one case where a hunter from the Teulu clan Pryde killed the daughter of someone from the Ciwed clan Cecil in a hunting accident. The hunter in question was attacked by the father and mother, but luckily the latter were able to be stopped before they killed him. However, the former after his wounds were healed actually left his home and gave all his possessions to clan Cecil. I expected some sort of foul play but I actually met him in Coedwig Fanw when my mother forced me to go with her on a hunting trip. He was quick to inform us he was planning on leaving Llychlyn entirely.

Being reminded of that story, I feel bad for both of them, the look that hunter had clearly told me he felt he deserved his self imposed exile, and the members of clan Cecil had to have suffered so much because of their loss. I can't imagine what they went through, though I can guess it was even worse than what I felt after I heard the news that my mother had passed on. I still miss her. I can't blame either of them for how they reacted though. I'd likely feel the same way. I'm getting off track here, very far off track. Terribly sorry for that.

I suppose you have questions, and since I doubt you want me to send you the entirety of the Chwedl Ariellan o Llychlyn a Fanw or the Creu Fanw along with me not having much time to write at the moment, I will end this here and hope it is to your satisfaction.

Eheubryd o Clan Cadigan, merch Ariella a brenhines Llychlyn

Spoiler: To Mae Marshal mawr ac anrhydeddus y dwyrain (click to show/hide)

I am happy to hear that they will be able to such rituals without interference, however, I will not directly force a clan out of Llychlyn. I will speak to a few of the Ciwed clans but its much more likely that only a few young members of some of these clans will agree, and even fewer of their kin will just allow them to go without trying to convince them or otherwise make them stay. However, the younger members of clan Llewelyn might be interested, they usually have a desire to explore and leave Llychyln for at least a time, likely due to their upbringing. But, if they say no I will not directly order them or anyone else to go to your lands. Should I find any who are willing to go with you to see and live in your lands, I will let you know. I doubt more than a hundred will agree, and expect less than fifty.

I'll send you a message in two to five days, by then I'll likely have found a ciwed clans worth of people at least, likely young and from clan Llewelyn. I'd not be surprised if all of them are from clan Llewelyn in fact, as they are likely the only clan who would be fine with letting their members wander off to a foreign land without the rest of the clan going with them. In the meantime while I try and see who is actually interested, I'll have some of my advisers from clan Tudor inspect the old version given to us. I hope you can understand, and don't mind the time it may take to get a few people willing to join you.

Eheubryd o Clan Cadigan, merch Ariella a brenhines Llychlyn

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 24, 2019, 06:33:04 am

Spoiler: Day 7 - Double timing my arsenal restorations because fuck it. (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Mercdonalds
Theme: PMC
Day 7
Capital: MCD Saltshaker
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Force

Map(s):
Outside:
Exterior Map (http://magaimg.net/img/8h2o.png)
A ship crashed inside a mountain range, with mountains to the south, north, and east, with not much notable terrain, just fields.
MCD Saltshaker Interior (top and bottom decks)
Interior Map (http://magaimg.net/img/8h06.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Alpha Mercs: A dime a dozen, they're simply well-rounded mercs tasked with one goal: Shoot at anything hostile to us, and don't shoot anything that isn't. They typically have access to most of the arsenal, which for the time being, is muskets (I blame those damn benos - Captain), and all those swords supplied to us by those White Castle guys. The armor is also various plated armor that we have the schematics for thanks to various companies back when the Saltshaker was actually in space, but most of it is more or less standard field armor. Their armor has red accents to distinguish them from other squads. Some of them have attached scopes to their rifles for when they'll be needing to take long range shots.

For the sake of organisation, I'm sorting them into Melee and Ranged Alpha mercs. (and also because I can't be bothered to write two separate infodumps about melee/ranged versions of otherwise near identical troops)

White Castle Screeches: They're screeches that are armed with swords, and have shields + plate armor. We're not sure why they like to screech about wanting to retake Jerusalem, but to each their own. I'm here to command our mercs, not wonder why our screeches screech.

Alpha Medics: Our support units, they're tasked with keeping their fellow mercs alive, and fighting hostiles when they don't have any fellow mercs to heal. They're generally given access to the same weapons as regular alpha mercs, but are also given medical supplies. Their armor also has red accents to mark them as part of the Alpha squad.

Veterans: The main forces of the Delta squad, they're equipped with the more expensive and powerful weaponry, and are more specialized. They usually wield heavier weaponry, and are given elite training, and cost 3x as much as a normal merc to recruit because of the more vigorous training they need. Their armor has purple accents to indicate they're part of the Delta squad.

Heroes:
Field Commander 'Deusus Maximus': Our main leader for field operations, he manages the officers on the field, who in turn manage the normal mercs in battle. He's equipped with one of our Knight Commander armor sets made before the crash which lead to our advanced manufacturing systems to be destroyed, and wields a high quality broadsword also made before the crash, which sends hostiles flying the fuck away like they were hit with a giant truck, and also causes lightning to flash out.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None... yet. I just hope the civilizations on this planet at least respect our existence enough to trade with us.

Domestic:
Gunpowder: It's a powder that explodes when ignited, used primarily for launching bullets at anything in front of one of our gun users. It's that simple. We found a huge cache of undetonated gunpowder where our ammunition manufacturing systems are, so we at least should have more than enough. (Mass Produced)

Muskets: Since we're pretty desperate, we've resorted to manufacturing these with what's still functional out of the manufacturing part of the ship. They're simple: you insert powder into the back of the barrel, then a bullet, then you cock the gun, and finally, you pull the trigger to hopefully kill whatever you're shooting at. (Mass Produced)

Scopes: They're scopes. You look through them, and you can more precisely see stuff from longer distances. We're gonna mass produce them for our soldiers that need the extra accuracy/zoom.

Projects:
Form an elite squad: By starting to give specific high potential soldiers even more training, we have reformed Delta Squad, which is the elite branch of our forces. They're small in number, but their training makes them lethal on the field.

Create self-contained firearm cartridges: We're had to remake the ammunition schematics for our actual military grade ammo due to us loosing the methods of making them during the crash. Either way, we can be assured reloading in the field will be way faster now.

Create magnifying lenses: We've decided some of our men could use scopes, so we've started making them.

Start repairing the firearm manufacturing systems: Now that we've gotten all the stuff we'll need for modern firearm operation and manufacturing, like actually decent ammo, we've decided we have sufficient ability to finally repair our firearm manufacturing machinery. We just have to make a few adjustments, and soon we'll soon have the ability to dominate in ranged combat. Assault rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles, shotguns, submachine guns, pistols, and all that other good stuff.

Other:
Mercdonalds Origin:

Quote from: The shift to being a mercenary group

Humans went into space, and fast food groups ended up being the primary food suppliers. They soon found that it's really hard to keep their supply lines safe from pirates and such.
The higher ups went "Hey this whole franchise thing worked well with food, why not try it with mercs?", and it went over well and ended up as the primary focus of the company. MercDonalds was born from this.

Quote from: Recruitment

Interested parties just need to meet some minimum requirements and follow certain rules to join up.
Something along the lines of: Do you have a ship?, Crew?, Willing to take jobs and not shoot at our stuff?, If so, then good, Welcome to MercDonalds. The supply and job departments will contact you shortly.

Screeches:

Quote from: Screeches - Info 1

An alien race that found their way onto a ship and made themselves useful enough to be kept around. They are friendly to familiar human crew, if a bit obnoxious at times, and will fiercely (even suicidally) defend the ship against hostile incursions.

"screeches alter their bodies and behavior to be appropriate for whatever man-made tools or trappings they first come across" -Unnamed merc

Quote from: Screeches - Info 2

Screeches are one of the most versatile tools available to Man - under a seemingly innocent roundy baldy headed yellow ball lies a being of many faces and infinite power. They say the Big Bang was followed by a sound of screeching, too. Screeches have many specialties - some drop straight into the colony, chasing around any poor xeno they set their sights on, some stand vigilant onboard the ship, ready to harmbaton and call out any potential hostile's location on general channel, some are weak, wielding only pistols, and some don a red bandana and carry a machinegun that wipes weaker xenos in a single burst. And some, when under pressure of seemingly impossible odds, are said to tap into the primordial REE that resides within them, going into a murderous, albeit short-lived rage, it's short span not nearly short enough for any sighted foes to survive the screeching fury...

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Troops:
1200 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
850 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
930 White Castle Screeches
580 Alpha Medics
60 Veterans

Total: 4100

Recruitment:
90 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
50 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
70 White Castle Screeches
30 Alpha Medics
20 Veterans

Total: 300

Supplies:
Gunpowder (M)
Muskets (M)
Scopes

Projects:
Mass produce modern firearms: 0/2
Mass produce scopes: 1/2

Completed Projects:
Form an elite squad
Create self-contained firearm cartridges
Create magnifying lenses
Start repairing the firearm manufacturing systems

Log:
CAPTAIN'S LOG, Day 7
Some chucklefuck accidentally tossed the letters I was going to send into the garbage. In the mean time, we've decided to focus our workforce on restoring our firearm manufacturing systems, and we've finished fixing it, and we've also recovered the blueprints for just about all of our firearms we used to be able to make back from when we weren't crashed. Just a few more days and we can finally mass field them, and probably slaughter enemy civilizations en masse. We've also managed to make the machinery produce DNA-locked weapons, so only our people can wield them. We've also managed to create ammunition belts/chest rigs for easy access to reloading in combat, as well as carrying a lot of ammo.

We've also had to deal with some morons in both our science and engineering teams to get them to correctly log projects.

Spoiler: Letter to Eheubryd, queen of Llychlyn (click to show/hide)

Well, we finally got that technology we were talking about. Your soldiers are going to love this. We'll bring some samples of our new firearms including ammo to one of your firing ranges for demonstrations, and we'll be happy to provide instructors on how to use them properly. It'll take some time before we can mass produce them, but hopefully we'll be able to provide enough initial weapons and ammunition for you to make a decision. They're extremely accurate, really fast firing with some of our models, and are lethal to almost any person they hit. Keyword: Almost, as not everything will very quickly die with a few bullets from kinetic-based firearms to the body and/or face.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 24, 2019, 03:46:11 pm

Would it be accurate to assume the trade has gone through now?

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 24, 2019, 05:21:03 pm

Quote from: Failbird105 on July 24, 2019, 03:46:11 pm

Would it be accurate to assume the trade has gone through now?

I'm still not sure what the mechanics are regarding giving troops to other kingdoms, so we'll have to ask the GM on that.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 24, 2019, 05:42:25 pm

Quote from: 0cra_tr0per on July 24, 2019, 05:21:03 pm

I'm still not sure what the mechanics are regarding giving troops to other kingdoms, so we'll have to ask the GM on that.

Well, I didn't actually ask for Troops, just the gunpowder.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 24, 2019, 05:45:53 pm

Spoiler: Day 7 (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Horrorvale
Theme: Horrorvale(game)
Day 7
Capital: Horrorvale City
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Legacy

Map(s):
(https://i.imgur.com/MSKYAvI.png)
As you can see, there are areas within Horrorvales bounds that aren't technically part of the geographical location of Horrorvale, these are noticeable for being decidedly un-spooky. Also, because some douchewaffle decided they really wanted a full scale McMansion in the only clear path out of Horrorvale valley(and they didn't even stay and live in it, fucker just left), the only way to exit or enter is through the Withering Woods, this is where most Wendigos live, which makes it substantially less dangerous than otherwise, if still exceptionally spooky even compared to the rest of the region.

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

Skeleton Witches/Warlocks - Skeletons where among the first settlers in Horrorvale, back when Hades and Death themselves presided over this section of the Underworld made Overworld. While their complete lack of muscle, biological or ectoplasmic, means they are physically fairly weak(though it does leave them significantly less vulnerable to piercing weaponry), their magical prowess is nothing to scoff at. Thus is the military, they generally serve as a combination Mage-Support unit. Slinging offensive spells such as Firebolt, Bone Barrage, and Heal, while restoring their allies strength with Decay, Death, and Poison. (2 points)

Militia - Zombies, Ghouls, Mummies, less magically inclined skeletons, anyone who isn't automatically filtered into another force for their species, but isn't joining one of the non-species based forces, joins these. While they can't be said to be particularly capable, they can be fielded in great numbers than any fully fledged military force. They most often come equipped with light armor, and simple shortswords. Additionally though, every Militia member comes equipped with one firebomb(fragile potion pouches that spray a liquid which rapidly ignites upon bursting), to be used at their discretion, or that of their Commanding Officer, who is generally a Frankenling.

Vampiric Ambush Force - Vampires, swift, graceful, deadly, able to transform into small animals and suck the blood straight from someones veins. They would be the perfect soldiers if not for their fatal flaws. Sunlight burns their skin, garlic is poison, and stakes might as well come pre-poisoned. While in a Horrorvaleans perfect world the sun wouldn't matter as people would be awake at night and sleep through the day, the average soldier of Horrorvale is well aware that this is only the case in their homeland. As such, VAF units can only be deployed after dark, and must immediately retreate to hidden/defended locations as the sun begins to rise. That being said, when they are deployed, they can be truly frightening. Moving with great speed in their leather gear, their razor sharp Crimtain daggers easily find gaps in enemy armor and creates wounds that bleed far longer than normal. Their ability to transform into small animals also allows them to sneak into tight places. This makes them excellent for limiting the enemies force before battle can begin, and for dealing decisive strikes to otherwise occupied foes in night battles.

Wendigo Berzerkers - Wendigos, the rarest of Undead species that can truly be said to be a major part of Horrorvale society. Standing head and shoulders over the average man. Their prodigious strength, even for their size, allows them to wield exceptionally large weapons. Their flesh is tough, easily limiting the damage they take even ignoring their armor, and by feasting on meat they can heal their wounds. However, they do not take to tactics well, nor magic, much prefering the very direct solution of "Charge straight forward and cleave anybody that doesn't give up in half." Nevertheless they are an effective, and truly terrifying, fighting force. (5 points)

Ecto-sappers - Ghosts are a very common sight within Horrorvale. More than likely the single most common race here in fact, edging out Wendigos and Zombies combined. That being said, their unique physical traits make them awkward to fit into any un-specialized military unit. The ecto-sappers are one such unit, ghosts making full use of their ability to go intangible at will and possess objects to bypass and destroy enemy fortifications and defenses before the main force moves in. When intangible, mundane objects simply pass through them, though the same cannot be said of magic or anything enchanted, and intangibility can't be partial. Ghosts are quite lacking in physical strength on their own, meaning that when caught not-possessing an object they struggle to fight back, and even if they are possessing an object they will die when it is destroyed. Still, these spectral soldiers can turn an enemies siege weapons and fortifications into their own worst enemies given the chance. (3 points)

Frankenling Shock Troopers - The artificial undead created by the the Mayor. Stitched together from severed parts. While they are not as strong and quick as Wendigos, they are more durable, and more tactically minded, and do trend towards a higher intelligence. Not to mention, while they may not be particularly magically capable, the natural electric charge to their bodies can be used to fire bolts of electricity at close ranges. Each one is equipped with full iron armor and proper broadswords. Frankenlings are the ideal public servants, working as everything from postman to soldier, they are born for their jobs, and they take to them with pride and skill. (3 points)

Beast-Kin Ranger - Beast-kin is less a species of undead, and more a classification. Wolf-people, cat-people, bird-people, spider-people. If it's an animal, there's a beast-kin species for it. That being said, each one possesses traits common for said animals, which very uniformly make them skilled for fighting and surviving in the wilderness. With our new crossbows, a non-magical ranged unit has become all the more viable and useful, and as such, these rangers take full advantage of that. (2 points)

Heroes:
Mayor Ludwigg... Fikleheim? Fanglefoot? Frankenfurter? Something like that- The Mayor of the town of Horrorvale, a scientist whos technological genius is decades if not more beyond that of his citizens. Yet, he loves them all the same. He was the victim of an incredibly rare condition known as 'Aging', where his body, after hitting maturity, began to ever so slowly degrade. To counteract this, he built a mechanical body, and had his brain implanted into it via brain-jar. This body stands larger than a minotaur, has strength to match, a surprising amount of speed, and can fire off blasts of lightning. Unfortunately, this is not his natural body, and thus not the one he will un-die into should he be slain. Instead it will have to be re-built.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None

Domestic:
Underworld Magic - For the most part, a vague collection of rather simple spells. 'Life' spells for combat, 'Death' spells for healing, some more basic combat spells that just fire different sorts of projectiles, a variety of empowerment spells, that sort of thing. Nothing esoteric such as wishes and polymorphing, just your classic array of magic spells, with a Halloween theme. A note to make however, is that the Life and Death spells do act as they say, it's just the effects of Life and Death magics have inverse effects upon the Undead. This is likely to come as a rude awakening when they find they need to double down on Death spells to both heal and hurt while completely giving up the Life ones.

Necromancy - A major portion of magic used in Horrorvale is Necromancy. And when I say major, I mean as in like, it's the sole option for reproduction for a majority of Horrorvales natives. Skeletons, Zombies, Mummies, Wendigos and Ghosts can't have babies after all, and that's only the major examples. So instead they pluck a lost soul that has been scoured clean of its identity out of Limbo, and slap it into a new, magically formed body, which ages as normal(at least until maturity, where all but the most tragically unlucky will simply stop aging). A notable effect of this is that Horrorvales citizens can't die properly, no form of afterlife will take recycled souls, not even Limbo itself, and so they just wake up again with a new body where they last slept. This doesn't make dying any more pleasant, but it makes it less frightening. That is not the only use for Necromancy however, as it can be used by trained professionals as a way to quickly get Undead who have once again become dead back into the fight.

Reagents-a-plenty - Eye of newt and tongue of frog, wing of bat and hair of dog. The wilderness around Horrorvale is absolutely overflowing with potent Potionology reagents. From the rivers and lakes literally flowing with blood, to bushes that sprout eyes, and every type of poisonous or carnivorous plant you can think of. If it's good for potions, Horrorvale has it. This makes them some of the most accomplished alchemists in the world, with access to all sorts of useful concoctions. The fact that healing potions and poisons have reversed effects on the Undead is made all the better by the fact that they have so much access to poison.

Alchemy Forges - Through the combination of more advanced forges/techniques, and Potionology, a variety of new useful metal alloys can be made. In addition to the typical metals such as steel and bronze, this also includes metals with unique properties, these include; Flintsteel(Capable of igniting easily when struck in the right way, extinguishes quickly due to being nonflammable), Cold Iron(Iron that weakens magical effects from proximity and contact), Orichalcum(Can be sharpened into incredibly fine edges and holds them longer under use), and Crimtain(slows blood clotting, causing wounds to bleed longer. Vampires like to lick it).

Mechanical Weaponry- Crossbows and their variations, as well as catapults and other siege weaponry, have been a notable part of warfare for quite some time. It speaks a lot about the peace in our lands that we have yet to develop such things. Now however, it has gotten to a point where there is simply no reason not to.
Projects:
Horrorvale [8]- The city of Horrorvale, named for the valley in which it resides. Once, this land was fraught with horrible monsters and unspeakable beasts. Now the monsters are polite and the beasts just undead. Still though, Horrorvale has been built from this time, as such the city is practically a fortress. Every single external wall is thick and made of dark stone bricks, and the city is entirely surrounded by even thicker walls, and the ground is paved in many areas. It is, of course, still a city though, so traps are practically nonexistant in the streets, and siege weapons can be wheeled right through the gate and past the walls entirely if no attempt to stop them is made. Still though, the gates are the only actual weak point in Horrorvales walls. (Makes the Capital of Horrorvale double as an exceptionally sized Fortress, though with the problems that come from being a city)

Reagent Harvest Standardization [3]- A project to standardize and optimize the harvesting of Horrorvales natural supply of Potion reagents. Thus allowing them to easily be accessed when needed by those who need them. (provides the 'Reagents-a-plenty' Supply)

Standardized Ghost Unit [2]- The innate physical weaknesses of being a ghost and their only occasionally corporeal nature lead to them being rather awkward to fit into existing military groups. While they could float through walls or attacks, in doing so they would simply float out of their equipment. This requires ghosts to have specialized Units made to optimize their usage. The Ecto-sappers are merely the first example of such a unit. (provides 'Ecto-sappers' Troop)

Military Frankenling production and training [2]- In anticipation for coming potential conflict, Mayor Faffenpaffers production of Frankenlings has shifted steadily towards military focus. There is some worry about the ethics of creating thinking, unliving people for the singular purpose of war, but the ease of which they integrate into normal Horrorvale society has done well to assuage fears. (provides 'Frankenling Shock Troopers' Troop)

Frankenling Combat Armor [2]- Proper armor dedicated for Frankenling use. Where their iron armor would diffuse the Frankenlings electric bolts causing them to fly off course and wasting a decent portion of electricity, their new armor has been specially crafted with inlaid copper wiring leading towards the fingertips. This means that electrical attacks come out more focused and accurate, with much less of the power diffusing out into the rest of the armor. A pair of lightning rods have also been added to the back, which can channel what electricity does diffuse back into the Frankenling, completely erasing the power wasted in the act of firing bolts. They also allow loose electricity to recharge the Frankenling in small amounts. (upgrades Frankenling Shock Troopers with more accurate and powerful lightning attacks, and greater energy efficiency)

Advanced Metal Forging [3]- With Mayor Frankfurters technological advancements, we've managed to develop a variety of alloys, combinations of different metals. Particularly, through the addition of potionology, we've developed several magical alloys with unique effects. We expect these in particular will see great use in the future, for a variety of purposes. (Unlocks 'Alchemy Forges' supply)

Simple Mechanisms [3]- While mechanical contraptions had already seen a good bit of use. They had always been fairly large, and used for fairly large scale things. Stuff like Horrorvales gate, or the elevators in Mayo Furklefoots lab. With this, proper mechanisms are becoming more and more common in everyday life, and are even beginning to find their way into the weaponry utilized by our developing military. (Provides 'Mechanical Weaponry' Supply)

Orichalcum Refit [2]- With the creation of Orichalcum, a metal than can be sharpened incredibly finely and retains its edge even through extensive use, tools in Horrorvale have developed to new heights, trees can be felled at greater speeds when wood is needed, stone can be carved at a greater pace, animals can be skinned and butchered with greater efficiency. It is only natural that such a metal would find its way into the military as well. The brave men, women, and others of our militia have been equipped with new Orichalcum swords, which can cut through far tougher materials than their basic iron weaponry ever could. (Upgrades Militia weaponry to Orichalcum, making them capable of doing increased damage in melee combat)

Mechanized Weaponry [2]- Weaponry using simple mechanisms to function rather than pure strength. While this sort of weaponry may be less useful for our more physically adept soldiers, being that they cannot make use of their prodigious strength with it, for our other forces these should prove invaluable. Already we have begun the creation of a proper force to make use of these new weapons, which should allow us to deal dangerous strikes at range without relying upon magic. (Unlocks 'Beast-kin Ranger' Troop)

Crimtain Refit [2]- Crimtain also presents to us a design of use. While civilian-wise it is at best a novely for vampires, for military use it allows our weapons the bleed out enemies with far lighter injuries than would otherwise be necessary. Naturally, Crimtain knives make a perfect fit for our Vampiric Ambush Force. Allowing them to strike unseen and leave their targets crumpling to the ground bleeding.(Upgrades Vampiric Ambush Force with crimtain weaponry, causing foes cut by them to bleed for much longer, greatly increasing the risk of bleeding out)

Other:
 Click to go to Day 0 for the Other. Got this idea from PirateJoe (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=174245.msg7998807#msg7998807)

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Troops:
375 Skeleton Witches/Warlocks (7500 Unit Points)
800 Militia
300 Ecto-sappers (900 Unit Points)
300 Frankenling Shock Troopers (900 Unit Points)
130 Wendigo Berzerkers (650 Unit Points)
Total: 4000

Recruitment:
60 Militia
25 Skeleton Witches/Warlocks (50 Unit Points)
10 Ecto-sappers (30 Unit Points)
6 Wendigo Berzerkers (30 Unit Points)
10 Frankenling Shock Troopers (30 Unit Points)

Total: 200

Supplies:
Underworld Magic

Necromancy

Reagents-a-Plenty

Projects:

Further Alchemical Materials research (0/3)
Recruit Bodyguard (0/2)

Completed Projects:
Horrorvale [8]
Reagent harvest standardization [3]
Military Frankenling production and training [2]
Standardized Ghost Unit [2]
Frankenling Combat Armor [2]
Advanced Metal Forging [3]
Simple Mechanisms [3]
Orichalcum Refit [2]
Mechanized Weaponry [2]
Crimtain Refit [2]

Log:
Log AABY-08; Communication with the Lychlyn continues. In the meanwhile, having developed and put into use both Crimtain and Orichalcum, though both will likely see more use in the future, I have begun to look towards what other materials we can achieve through the use of Alchemy. Similarly, though we have only just begun to put mechanisms into wide-spread use, I already have so many ideas for things I could potentially achieve with them.
In the meantime though, I have realized that, while my army may now be becoming rather powerful, I am still potentially at threat. As such, I have deigned to hire a guard, somebody who can protect my laboratory from theoretical assassins or simple intruders. I am looking for the best of the best at this, though admittedly I am also looking for somebody who specifically fills the role of a guard for a large location. They may not be the most effective elsewhere, but I have high hopes.

The messenger arrives again, though this time it closer to sunrise rather than in the middle of the night. Where last time she seemed awake and eager, today she seems, well, tired, like someone who was awake long past when they'd normally be sleeping.

Spoiler: Message to the Lychlyn (click to show/hide)

Ah, I suppose those would have been about the mindless dead. Thankfully that problem has been solved for quite some time now. I do apologize for keeping you up as well, I had heard some of your people would be awake during the night, I suppose it had been somewhat foolish of me to act on my hopes that you would be one of them. I doubt my messengers will be happy staying up so late into the day.

Your culture sounds quite interesting, the focus on hunting reminds me somewhat of the local Wendigo clans, though their clans are much more of the familial variety, and their hunting is very much a primal, animalistic sort of affair.

Horrorvale is, as you may have been able to surmise by Shelby's appearance, a land of the dead. Or more accurately; the un-dead. Death, in fact, is rather more of an inconvenience for us, with Horrorvale itself being effectively an uprooted chunk of one of many Afterlives. This means that souls who pass on in Horrorvale simply stay here, and the bodies of those whose souls are from Horrorvale are simply resurrected. The true death is a rare thing in our lands, when it happens it is either a weary soul deciding to finally pass on after a long and, generally, fulfilling un-life, or a fool driven mad by a lust for power choosing to tear anothers very being asunder to empower themselves, or even just for the sake of unmaking another person, both are the single gravest crime one can commit within our society.
In something of a related topic, I offer my condolences  for your loss, and I can only hope your mothers life was fulfilling as well.

In terms of religion, ours are somewhat scattered, yet organized things. The largest by far being the Church of Death, built around the worship of Death himself, as well as the idea of Past Selves. The thought that every soul within Horrorvale was once the soul of a living person who passed on with no afterlife of their own to go to. While I am not a religious man myself, scientifically the theory is both sound and likely. After all, souls do not simply form without a body to inhabit, and it is accepted fact that undead do not naturally form without a lost soul present.

As for species, many varieties of Undead reside within Horrorvale, yet there are too many who are simply too rare to be aware of each, let alone count them. I do apologize, but this section will likely go on rather long.
 The Wendigos I have already touched lightly on, they are large and powerful beings, with the traits of both wolf and deer but the strength of great beasts, a proud, individually powerful, and fairly stubborn people, they often keep to themselves within the regions woodlands.
Ghosts are the most common outcome of a lost soul simply being left untouched long enough that it forms into an undead naturally, their bodies are made of pure ectoplasm, and can become intangible at will.
Ghouls are the closest Horrorvale gets to humans, the only real differences being the glowing eyes, blue skin, pointed ears, and unlife.
Vampires are one of the very few(exactly two to be precise) species of undead that could theoretically occur without someone having died, with vampires being able to directly convert a willing living being into another vampire. They are pale skinned and crave blood(which, in Horrorvale, is effectively the equivalent of craving water, and thus matters little), not to mention burning in direct sunlight, but their great speed and shapeshifting capabilities help to make up for this.
Lycanthropes are the counterpart to Vampires, and are actually caused by a disease spread through bodily fluids(primarily saliva). On the night of a full moon(or simply at night in Horrorvale), they shift into a powerful, animal like form. The animal in question is different for everyone, but nobody has ever seen one without fur.
Skeletons are... rather self explanatory, they are simply skeletons that are able to move through means of natural magic. While physically weak, they make up for it with great magical skill.
Zombies are often regarded as unfortunate among Horrorvales citizens, their body rots as they age, and when they reach maturity they are simply stuck with their bodies rotted in such a way for the rest of their un-life. This does not stop them from living just like any other citizen however.
Mummies came to Horrorvale from a far off land, before it was displaced to this world long ago, and are more of a cultural variant of zombies than their own species. Mummy families will give their children a steady diet of preservatives which minimize rotting but also blacken their skin, and they garb themselves in an almost full covering of bandages.
Finally, one you have already met, are the Frankenlings, a type of undead created by myself. Formed together from donated limb and organs, powered by electricity(Effectively raw, non-magical energy, like lightning but weaker and more controlled), and granted a soul through means based on the typical modern Necromancy used by Horrorvale families to have children. They largely work in government own jobs, post offices(effectively a government sponsored guild of messengers), police force(you likely have something similar, they work to deal with crimes within our lands), tax collectors, some hospitals and schools, and more recently, the military. Though I assure you they are given a choice in the matter in case you were worried about such. It is not even unheard of for them to simply choose to find or make their own jobs instead.

Sincerely, Mayor Ludwigg Fra███i█

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 24, 2019, 06:55:39 pm

Quote from: Failbird105 on July 24, 2019, 05:42:25 pm

Quote from: 0cra_tr0per on July 24, 2019, 05:21:03 pm

I'm still not sure what the mechanics are regarding giving troops to other kingdoms, so we'll have to ask the GM on that.

Well, I didn't actually ask for Troops, just the gunpowder.

Oh, well I'll add the poisonous flora and fauna to my day 8 sheet.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 24, 2019, 07:19:39 pm

Quote from: 0cra_tr0per on July 24, 2019, 06:55:39 pm

Oh, well I'll add the poisonous flora and fauna to my day 8 sheet.

Poisonous undead flora and fauna.
The difference is that living things can die, but breed, while undead ones can't breed naturally but respawn when killed.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 24, 2019, 08:00:52 pm

Quote from: Failbird105 on July 24, 2019, 07:19:39 pm

Quote from: 0cra_tr0per on July 24, 2019, 06:55:39 pm

Oh, well I'll add the poisonous flora and fauna to my day 8 sheet.

Poisonous undead flora and fauna.
The difference is that living things can die, but breed, while undead ones can't breed naturally but respawn when killed.

Noted.

edit: holy fucking shit check the reply number

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Happy Demon on July 24, 2019, 11:55:11 pm

Spoiler: Day 7 Crunch (click to show/hide)

Civilization Name: The Akatsuki Sente of Honkoku
Theme: Magical Girls Incorporated
Day 7
Capital: Tsukiwara
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industry (Good guys are quality over quantity)

Map(s):
https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T (https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Yari Ashigaru (cost 1): Pikemen clad in basic armor. Because any army requires cannon fodder to send in and occupy a place. They are well drilled, so they excel in area denial with tight formations of pike walls. Though flanking makes them have to draw swords, and they are vulnerable to arrows. So by themselves they can be outmaneuvered or wittled down.
Basic Sword Training (1 PP): Given training with a smaller weapon, they will not immediately shatter when flanked.

Magi Samurai (cost 5): The noble remnants of the previous regime. The Samurai have adopted the magical crystals of their new overlords, and use it to augment their bushido. The Samurai are excellent melee combatants, and wreathing their swords in moonlight power, they can project sword slashes. This makes them ferocious in a melee, as they can not only cut through steel, but also outreach most spears. Though these special moves drain their crystals faster.

Magi Miko (cost 2): Armed with bows and firing magical arrows. The Miko are apprentice magical girls. Firing magical arrows is a good way to train the channeling of magical power, while keeping their gear relatively light. They have a katana, but no armor and little training. They will do poorly if they're engaged in melee.
Basic Akatsuki no Megane Training (1 PP): Equipped and trained in the use of the Akatsuki no Megane models. This enhances their sight range due to the magnified lens, and lets them detect anomalous energies.

Magi Shoujo (cost 10): Clad in the Tsuki no Yoroi, these magical girls are the real deal. They'd look lightly equipped out of combat, with a glaive and a handful pieces of armor. But with a song and a dance, their armor will deploy, making them only second to the samurai in armor. Transformed, their projectiles become even deadlier, not to mention whoever is unfortunate enough to be hit by their glaives. They can also fly, though doing so drains their magical reserves faster than any other. It is important for  the magicla girls to know when to and when not to utilize their aerial capabilities.

Magi Kunoichi (cost 4, 2 PP): Adorned with the Akatsuki no Megane, and wielding a magical naginata. These women operate as battle ninjas. Sneaking around enemy lines to  hit vulnerable areas. But if they are caught out in the open, they will not fare well, on account of no armor or extra mobility. High risk, but they can reap a bloody harvest if they ever get to someone's archers or other support units.

Heroes:
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito: The great and honorable leader of the Akatsuki Sente. Akatsuki is a pragmatic girl, willing to kill, cheat and steal to get her way. Her husband, the emperor, is naught but a pawn to her, with no real power. Though not the magical girl she used to be, even having lost her left eye. She is a peerless tactician, intimately aware of the capabilities and limitations of the magical equipment. And ultimately, the people have prospered under her rule.

Magi Samurai Akio Kato (1 PP): A veteran from the civil war. He's faced Akatsuki numerous times. But never able to actually hurt her, thanks to her magical armor. But now that he has Tsukiwara no Dachi, he is a force to be reckoned with. Had he wielded it back in the civil war. Then he would've likely destroyed Akatsuki's magical girls, no problem. But he is no honorbound to Akatsuki's service. For he is an honorable samurai, and thus, trustworthy. Even as a former foe.

Supplies:
Foreign:
-Empty-

Domestic:
Tsuki no Kessho Model 2.0: Magical crystal used to store and channel the power of the moon. This newest model retains the output power of the original while having a much larger storage capacity. This means magical girls no longer have to ration their energy expenditure based on the phases of the moon.

Tsuki no Yoroi Model 1.4: The most modern magical armor. It increases the focus of the wearer, while also providing excellent protection. However, it's power consumption is still high. A Magical Girl might just run out in the midst of flight, if they're careless. So most of the time in an inactive state. Only activated once battle starts. It also has a cooling problem, only rarely seen. Like if someone covers them in goo that hinders heat dissipation, making parts deactivate.

Akatsuki no Megane Model 1.0 (3 PP): Employing glass and crystal, these glasses not only let you freely zoom in on things, but also lets them detect anomalous energies. It's not certain if it can detect yokai, though.

Tsukiwara no Dachi (Unique, 4 PP): A mighty sword infused with moon crystal. No finer conduit for moon power exists. It's an absolute monster at close range, able to cleave many a man in twain in a single slash.

Projects:

Develop Tsukihagane (0/9 PP): During the forging of the Tsukiwara no Dachi, we found that we had by chance created a special metal, with excellent magical properties. The amounts were minute, but with enough development, we may be able to consistently create it. This will mark a new age for the Akatsuki Sente.

Develop Tengu no Yoroi Model 1.2 (0/3 PP): A lighter version of the magical armor. It resembles standard clothing, and only changes into more fancy clothes when activated. It doesn't provide the same focus, and especially not the same protection. But don't underestimate the strength of magically infused cloth. A big feature is the limited floating ability. Which will not only render all falls safe. But also allow them to glide away from danger.

Troops (3 400) (2 Heroes):

1 000 (1 000) Yari Ashigaru (1)
200 (1 000) Magi Samurai (5)
375 (750) Magi Miko (2)
65 (650) Magi Shoujo (10)
0 (0) Magi Kunoichi (4)
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito
Magi Samurai Akio Kato

Recruitment (200):
25 (50) Magi Miko (2)
5 (50) Magi Shoujo (10)
25 (100) Magi Kunoichi (4)

Spoiler: Day 7 Completed Projects Log (click to show/hide)

Yari Ashigaru basic sword training (1 PP). When flanked, their pikes are useless. Some basic sword training will make them last a little while, until they can be rescued.
Develop Akatsuki no Megane Model 1.0 (3 PP): Treating glass with moon crystal, we can etch magical diagrams onto it, while allowing vision through them. By constructing the right diagrams, we should be able to greatly amplify the vision of our operatives. May help our archers as well. But mainly, it will let us hunt down yokai with even greater efficiency.
Forge Tsukiwara no Dachi (4 PP). The Samurai Akio Kato demands a sword worthy of his service before we can recruit him. This great sword will be infused with moon crystal, to make whoever wields it a Magi Samurai beyond compare.
Recruit Magi Samurai Akio Kato (1 PP): Now a sword is all fine and well, but he needs a little bit more convincing. So we've arranged a hunting trip. Called off the hunters for the day, so he can take the sword for a test run.
Mass produce Akatsuki no Megane (2 PP): For fielding them en masse, our current output just isn't enough. We need more. One in every hunter's repertoire. Maybe we can even start fielding hunters as troops.
Train Magi Kunoichi (2 PP): With the mass production of the glasses halfway done, we can start the first steps in training them in large enough numbers to become part of our army. They are intermediate level Magical Girls. Learning stealth and ambush strategies.
Train Magi Miko in the use of Akatsuki no Megane (1 PP): These new glasses not only provide zoom, but can even spot energy. The Magi Miko are terrible in melee, and you never know what trickery the enemy may be up to.

Spoiler: Day 7 Fluff (click to show/hide)

[Great and honorable Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito's Record]

Time to get ambitious.

With things so unnervingly quiet. We have decided to undertake a great project. The Tsukihagane. Created in minute quantities when making Akio's blade, it is by far the strongest metal.
With it, we can make an invincible army. The magical armor will take the strongest arrows with ease, our glaives will cleave stone. This will be the new Steel Age. Making steel as obsolete as bronze.
We have also begun the creation of a lighter magical armor. One we can give to our trainees and hunters. It wont be as powerful, but it is much more manageable in it's use.
It will especially benefit the new Magi Kunoichi units. As they will be in the thick of things. More likely to survive discovery.
I just hope no major enemy attacks before we can finish out new steel.

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Yes, very ambitious project.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: piratejoe on July 25, 2019, 09:28:34 am

Spoiler: Llychlyn, Day 7 (click to show/hide)

General Information:
Civilization Name: The Kingdom of Llychlyn.
Theme: Extreme Quality over quantity hunting and ranged based followers of Fanw
Day 7
Capital: Allfshys
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industrial

Map(s):(https://i.imgur.com/MGA4JJF.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

-Gwaywffon Ifanc, 4 RP: Usually lightly or moderately armored with leather and at most some gambeson. Always with a spear in hand, these soldiers are new to the military, and as such, their numbers tend to be one of the highest. Every member of the proper Llychlyn army is a Gwaywffon Ifanc at the start of their career, becoming Bwyell Ifanc after some time training, or Gwaywffyn Mynydd should they grow fond of the spear.

-Gwaywffyn Mynydd, 5 RP: Commonly moderately armored with leather and gambeson and at most a steel plate, these well trained and physically fit by Children of Fanw standards are significantly better than normal spearmen. Each thrust of their spears tends to be true, and commonly they lead groups of Gwaywffon Ifanc, with only generals and Meistri Rhyfel as their superiors.

-Bwyell Ifanc, 4 RP: With moderate or heavy armor, commonly incorporating steel, the Bwyell Ifanc are always armed with a shield and a axe. Naturally, once the Children of Fanw who train as a Gwaywffon Ifanc are strong and trained enough, they are granted the ability to become Bwyell Ifanc. Like Gwaywffon Ifanc, the Bwyell Ifanc have a chance to either become Coeden Fwyell or become what most who join the Llychlyn military aspire to become, Helwyr Saethwr.

-Coeden Fwyell, 5 RP: Armed with heavy armour and the strength and stamina to make it seem as if they were only wearing moderate protection for most of a fight, the Coeden Fwyell are experts at combat involving the axe and shield. Knowing how to deal with soldiers armed similarly to themselves along with other formations. They, like Gwaywffyn Mynydd, tend to lead groups of Bwyell Ifanc and listen to only generals and Meistri Rhyfel as superiors.

-Helwyr Saethwr, 5 RP: Armed with bow and moderate armor of steel made to not inhibit dexterity, the children of Fanw in the military who become Helwyr Saethwr are those who have become strong and well trained enough to be granted the most honored role of being able to wield the bow. Granted with warbows and a side arm be it sword or axe, these soldiers fire at extreme range with extreme accuracy. They are some of the best of the best, though, there are even more skilled warriors, though few in number.

-Meistri Rhyfel, 10 RP: The Meistri Rhyfel are the best of the best, soldiers who have lived and trained for ages and honing their skill to an exhaustive degree. Commonly, they are masters of both bow and either spear or axe, wielding both in battle, and commonly they are the ones trained to command and lead the soldiers below them into battle. They are commonly equipped with whatever they desire, and commonly are at least two hundred years old. Few are of their number, but they certainly are a force to be reckoned with, at range or up close.


Heroes:
Fanw Howell: Fanw is the Goddess of hunting, Ranged Combat (though most think its just archery), and Stature (Both meanings of the word). It is believed that they take a form similar to the Children of Fanw, with with the ears, tail, nails and eyes that her children have, specifically with long brown hair and amber eyes and always with a bow in hand or put away. They are considered a fair and kind goddess who cares for their children and who makes sure the woods are plentiful with food and teaming with life. However, it is believed by quite a few that, in defense of her children, she will take away quarry that hunters would go for in the area's of the threat after and instead will fill the woods with predators, far more aggressive than normal, specifically to invaders, and that should things get desperate, she herself will arrive with no restraint on her power. Not everyone believes this entirely, though it is certainly comforting to a degree. Something all followers of Fanw can agree on however, is that she almost always is manifested in the world, and wanders the woods and wilds of the world, calmly hunting and living a simple, but fairly peaceful existence. It's said that mortals who meet her will find her helpful as a friendly guide so long as their intentions are well meaning, making some small talk and sharing some food that she hunted before sometimes informing them of something important to them, such as the location of something they had lost and were looking for, or how to deal with something that has been plaguing them. If the person is ill willed, they usually will simply leave such people alone, though sometimes it is said they will try and convince them to change... It also should be noted that, despite not being a nature/forest god, she does have issue with people completely chopping down entire forests with no intention of any kind of preservation, after all, if you remove the forest, you remove the animals that lived there you could have hunted. Though, the removal of chunks of forests for some development is fine so long as its not a quarter of the entire forest and the new plains can still support small game or something of the like. Additionally, Despite beliefs otherwise, she doesn't view weapons like muskets, slings, or crossbows as lesser weapons, even if her followers will probably argue among themselves claiming otherwise, in fact, in her manifested form, one can find practically every kind of ranged weapon somewhere on her person, from throwing axes to the classic bow, though the weapons in question are only the kind of ranged weapons that are used in the local area, so no one will see her with a crossbow somewhere no one has them or something similar.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None

Domestic:
Children of Fanw: Fanw herself grants protection over the Children of Fanw, and should the worst come to worst and Llychlyn finds itself in a final battle for survival, Fanw will help her children and try to protect them from the ones attacking them personally. Of course, Fanw won't exactly do much directly out side of making wild animals attack invaders more often and lower the amount of prey the invaders can get until Llychlyn is truly desperate, but should the fate of the children of Fanw and Llychlyn rest on a battle, she will be there, and she will do her best to drive them off.

Faith in Fanw: the Children of Fanw have an almost unbreakable faith in their goddess, though they tend to be causal about it and not force their faith upon others who happen to believe in other things. Regardless, the Children of Fanw call themselves that for a reason... Regardless, were Fanw to theoretically manifest in a battle for the heartland of the kingdom, they'd certainly be rallied by it and would fight to the very last, not just for their home, their clans, their kin, but also their goddess. (Think of both of these applying directly to the abilities of Fanw, I think sacrificing both resources for Fanw is fair trade to have Fanw as a hero, as Fanw is a goddess after all...)

Projects:
Prenhaearn: (2) Some forests in Llychlyn are made up of pine like tree's called Prenhaearn. These trees have wood about as durable as iron and aren't really that flamable. Of course, actually chopping them down and refining them is easier said than done, but its not impossible with the proper tools and techniques which Llychlyn has made. Needless to say, buildings made out of such strong wood are quite resilient, both to fire and to damage, and so too are shields, tool handles, and anything else made from the stuff as well.

Castellmeindwr: (8 ) Castellmeindwr is a large fortification made out of mostly prenhaearn The fortification is split into nine separate area's Four inner area's, four outer, and one center. The only way to travel through these area's is through specific entrances. This is done to make an attacking force have to go through choke points and means that should an attacking army go over the walls they can't just capture the entire wall without having to go through many of these choke points. The castle's walls obviously have crenellations and machicolations to make shooting at an attacker that much easier, and a simple ditch with spikes of normal wood surrounds the castle. The center of the fortification includes a main building which has a drawbridge connected to one of the walls, which can be raised and forces the attacking force to have to break through the walls of the main castle, climb it, or simply try to wait out the defenders, and the portion of the castle that is below the drawbridge is dedicated to storage of food and supplies.

Other: (Read the day 0 post, linked here. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=174245.msg7998996#msg7998996))

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Troops:
325 (1,300) Gwaywffon Ifanc
100 (500) Gwaywffyn Mynydd
150 (600) Bwyell Ifanc
60 (300) Coeden Fwyell
100 (500) Helwyr Saethwr
20 (200) Meistri Rhyfel

Total: 745 (3,400)

Recruitment:
40 (200) Coeden Fwyell

Total: 200

Supplies:
Children of Fanw
Faith in Fanw

Projects:
Cymeriadau Arbennig (1/10)
Dur Bendigedig (1/6)

Completed Projects:
Gwaywffyn Mynydd (1/1)
Coeden Fwyell (1/1)
Prenhaearn (2/2)
Castellmeindwr (8/8)

Log: 28th of Ebrill, 254 Ar ôl Uno
Today was...extremely eventful. First off, someone from Clan Howell who was interested in smiting as much as faith ended up getting in contact with a Teulu Clan, Clan Nist, and ended up experimenting with them before they managed to find something. Apparently, they had made something they refer to as Dur Bendigedig. This Dur Bendigedig is exactly that according to them, blessed by Fanw for creating it out of the bones of hunted animals rather than normal means, giving it special properties. Most importantly, the steel apparently is able to keep its strength much better along with an edge, however they believe it can do much more as one of them apparently had a dream from Fanw on how to make it even better through Cymeriadau Arbennig, as they call it. They are experimenting with both of these things, interestingly enough, and apparently they hope to show results.

Normally, this kind of experimentation is the kind of stuff I'd expect to see out of Clan Tudor. But I am interested in what will result out of their project. That wasn't the only thing to happen today however, I did say that there was quite a lot done today after all. The people of crew of Donald arrived and showed off their weapons. Fire arms as they called them. They reminded me of crossbows, and the controversy they caused when they were first introduced. It took years until everyone could agree the crossbow is like a bow and good for those who haven't had the chance to use a proper bow or were to young to use them...I suppose most others thought the same thing...

So, once again, there are debates over a new ranged weapon being worthy of being in our arsenal or if they should be tossed aside as novelties, or worse, burned as heresy. Clan Tudor is united in their belief that the weapons are fine, but Howell is divided, and so are many other clans. Even my own sisters and brother are fighting among themselves over it. While I will remain impartial to both sides. Personally, I think the weapons could be useful...Though, I do see the points of those who are against them. After all, firing so much into a animal like a deer would ruin the hide...Personally, I think the ones that fire only a single shot each time one fires them should be okay, but the ones that don't are...distasteful, if useful as war weapons. I suppose I'll just try to remain out of the issue for now.

Spoiler: To Ludwigg (click to show/hide)

I hope I don't bother your messengers too much. The one that sent your most recent letter seemed exhausted. I will say though that, had you started writing a few months earlier, I'd likely have no issues with staying up so late, though a few months earlier you'd likely have been writing to my mother and not myself. Thank you for your condolences as well, I'd believe that she did indeed live a very fulfilling life. Apparently, at least if a few members of Clan Howell are correct, Fanw has her by her side, and she will join her to protect Llychlyn in a great time of need. Though, while I don't doubt she's by her side, I do doubt she'll be able to join Fanw in protecting us.

I should also clarify that our clans are familial based. Usually Ciwed clans will merge with each other and over time change. Sometimes they turn into Teulu clans only to return back into Ciwed, or sometimes they manage to remain stable or merge into Brenhinol clans, rarely even simply becoming Brenhinol clans themselves. From the sounds of it though, these Wendigos sound somewhat similar to ourselves, though I suspect they may look more wolf like than us, and I wouldn't say we are particularly suborn or proud. That is more on an individual basis.

I will say your faith certainly sounds interesting. Generally speaking, its believed that when we die, one of three things happens. Some of us will join Fanw's side, able to accompany her as she wanders the wilds of the world in her hunts and are given the ability to do so ourselves, others will be reborn and live once again in Llychlyn, or lastly, are reborn as one of the animals of the wilds. So I can see some similarity in regards to the 'Past Selves' portion of your peoples beliefs. I am curios however, given you are more knowledgeable on it, how are souls created? I have some presumptions, but I believe you might know more on the subject.

I believe we are both interested in each others culture still, so, if you have any particular questions, I'll be glad to answer them, and I'll likely ask some in return. I'll likely have more time to write given that these letters won't come in the middle of the night. Though, I suppose it might be best to just inform my messenger to stay over at your place for as long as it takes for you to give a letter back, as I don't want to have your own messengers suffer from exhaustion.

Eheubryd o Clan Cadigan, merch Ariella a brenhines Llychlyn

Spoiler: To the crew of Donald (click to show/hide)

I will say your weapons are interesting, though, I'm unsure if they will have a place in our society at the moment. I don't mean any offense, nor do I wish to not engage in trade, but certain things about your weapons are worrying and a bit bothersome to some. Though, to others its quite interesting and innovative. I believe it would be best to give my people time to speak about your weapons for a time before we commit to purchasing them en mass. Though, I'm sure in the future we will be able to arrange some sort of deal. If not for your weapons for something else.

Eheubryd o Clan Cadigan, merch Ariella a brenhines Llychlyn

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 25, 2019, 12:16:34 pm

Spoiler: Day 8 - So we back in the mine (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Mercdonalds
Theme: PMC
Day 8
Capital: MCD Saltshaker
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Force

Map(s):
Outside:
Exterior Map (http://magaimg.net/img/8h2o.png)
A ship crashed inside a mountain range, with mountains to the south, north, and east, with not much notable terrain, just fields.
MCD Saltshaker Interior (top and bottom decks)
Interior Map (http://magaimg.net/img/8h06.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Alpha Mercs: A dime a dozen, they're simply well-rounded mercs tasked with one goal: Shoot at anything hostile to us, and don't shoot anything that isn't. They typically have access to most of the arsenal, which for the time being, is muskets (I blame those damn benos - Captain), and all those swords supplied to us by those White Castle guys. The armor is also various plated armor that we have the schematics for thanks to various companies back when the Saltshaker was actually in space, but most of it is more or less standard field armor. Their armor has red accents to distinguish them from other squads. Some of them have attached scopes to their rifles for when they'll be needing to take long range shots.

For the sake of organisation, I'm sorting them into Melee and Ranged Alpha mercs. (and also because I can't be bothered to write two separate infodumps about melee/ranged versions of otherwise near identical troops)

White Castle Screeches: They're screeches that are armed with swords, and have shields + plate armor. We're not sure why they like to screech about wanting to retake Jerusalem, but to each their own. I'm here to command our mercs, not wonder why our screeches screech.

Alpha Medics: Our support units, they're tasked with keeping their fellow mercs alive, and fighting hostiles when they don't have any fellow mercs to heal. They're generally given access to the same weapons as regular alpha mercs, but are also given medical supplies. Their armor also has red accents to mark them as part of the Alpha squad.

Veterans: The main forces of the Delta squad, they're equipped with the more expensive and powerful weaponry, and are more specialized. They usually wield heavier weaponry, and are given elite training, and cost 3x as much as a normal merc to recruit because of the more vigorous training they need. Their armor has purple accents to indicate they're part of the Delta squad.

Heroes:
Field Commander 'Deusus Maximus': Our main leader for field operations, he manages the officers on the field, who in turn manage the normal mercs in battle. He's equipped with one of our Knight Commander armor sets made before the crash which lead to our advanced manufacturing systems to be destroyed, and wields a high quality broadsword also made before the crash, which sends hostiles flying the fuck away like they were hit with a giant truck, and also causes lightning to flash out.

Supplies:
Foreign:
Toxic Undead Flora & Fauna: We've gotten these from trading with Horrorvale, these plants and animals are not only undead, but poisonous, and we should be able to develop a protocol for extracting as much resources as we can from these as soon as we get sustainable habitats for them.

Domestic:
Gunpowder: It's a powder that explodes when ignited, used primarily for launching bullets at anything in front of one of our gun users. It's that simple. We found a huge cache of undetonated gunpowder where our ammunition manufacturing systems are, so we at least should have more than enough. (Mass Produced)

Muskets: Since we're pretty desperate, we've resorted to manufacturing these with what's still functional out of the manufacturing part of the ship. They're simple: you insert powder into the back of the barrel, then a bullet, then you cock the gun, and finally, you pull the trigger to hopefully kill whatever you're shooting at. (Mass Produced)

Scopes: They're scopes. You look through them, and you can more precisely see stuff from longer distances. We're gonna mass produce them for our soldiers that need the extra accuracy/zoom. (mass produced)

Modern Firearms: Assault rifles, shotguns, sniper rifles, machine guns, SMGs, pistols, pretty much a huge bulk of our arsenal back when we were in space and not a group of crash landed mercs on some unknown planet. Not yet mass produced, so it won't be employed en masse yet.

Projects:
Form an elite squad: By starting to give specific high potential soldiers even more training, we have reformed Delta Squad, which is the elite branch of our forces. They're small in number, but their training makes them lethal on the field.

Create self-contained firearm cartridges: We're had to remake the ammunition schematics for our actual military grade ammo due to us loosing the methods of making them during the crash. Either way, we can be assured reloading in the field will be way faster now.

Create magnifying lenses: We've decided some of our men could use scopes, so we've started making them.

Start repairing the firearm manufacturing systems: Now that we've gotten all the stuff we'll need for modern firearm operation and manufacturing, like actually decent ammo, we've decided we have sufficient ability to finally repair our firearm manufacturing machinery. We just have to make a few adjustments, and soon we'll soon have the ability to dominate in ranged combat. Assault rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles, shotguns, submachine guns, pistols, and all that other good stuff.

Other:
Mercdonalds Origin:

Quote from: The shift to being a mercenary group

Humans went into space, and fast food groups ended up being the primary food suppliers. They soon found that it's really hard to keep their supply lines safe from pirates and such.
The higher ups went "Hey this whole franchise thing worked well with food, why not try it with mercs?", and it went over well and ended up as the primary focus of the company. MercDonalds was born from this.

Quote from: Recruitment

Interested parties just need to meet some minimum requirements and follow certain rules to join up.
Something along the lines of: Do you have a ship?, Crew?, Willing to take jobs and not shoot at our stuff?, If so, then good, Welcome to MercDonalds. The supply and job departments will contact you shortly.

Screeches:

Quote from: Screeches - Info 1

An alien race that found their way onto a ship and made themselves useful enough to be kept around. They are friendly to familiar human crew, if a bit obnoxious at times, and will fiercely (even suicidally) defend the ship against hostile incursions.

"screeches alter their bodies and behavior to be appropriate for whatever man-made tools or trappings they first come across" -Unnamed merc

Quote from: Screeches - Info 2

Screeches are one of the most versatile tools available to Man - under a seemingly innocent roundy baldy headed yellow ball lies a being of many faces and infinite power. They say the Big Bang was followed by a sound of screeching, too. Screeches have many specialties - some drop straight into the colony, chasing around any poor xeno they set their sights on, some stand vigilant onboard the ship, ready to harmbaton and call out any potential hostile's location on general channel, some are weak, wielding only pistols, and some don a red bandana and carry a machinegun that wipes weaker xenos in a single burst. And some, when under pressure of seemingly impossible odds, are said to tap into the primordial REE that resides within them, going into a murderous, albeit short-lived rage, it's short span not nearly short enough for any sighted foes to survive the screeching fury...

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Troops:
1290 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
900 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
1000 White Castle Screeches
610 Alpha Medics
80 Veterans

Total: 4400

Recruitment:
90 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
50 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
70 White Castle Screeches
30 Alpha Medics
20 Veterans

Total: 300

Supplies:
Gunpowder (M)
Muskets (M)
Scopes (M)
Modern Firearms

Projects:
Mass produce modern firearms: 1/2
Figure out the perfect conditions for mass harvesting toxins from our new shipment of poisonous flora and fauna: 0/2

Completed Projects:
Form an elite squad
Create self-contained firearm cartridges
Create magnifying lenses
Start repairing the firearm manufacturing systems
Mass produce scopes

Log:
CAPTAIN'S LOG, Day 8
To whoever has been playing that Donald Trump Thomas the Tank Engine remix over the intercomms while breaking a lot of tables, please report to the brig. Also, our crew have made a russian roulette/drinking game hybrid, where they play russian roulette each time someone makes a misconception about who we are and what our ship is called.

Our cargo manifest also somehow was staffed by clowns yesterday, as our newly regained access to all sorts of guns wasn't listed in our supply list yesterday. Fortunately, we just received a shipment of poisonous flora and fauna from Horrorvale, which are unsurprisingly undead, given the source location. We've assigned our science team to figure out what are the best ways to get as much poisons from these new creatures and plants as possible, most notably by getting a good environment for sustainable harvesting. Some chucklefuck has tried sabotaging the projects because "it would violate the Geneva Convention", despite the locals probably not even knowing what the Generva Convention is.

Am I paid enough for my job?

Also, friendly reminder: Mercdonalds is my kingdom's name, and the MCD Saltshaker is the ship that my kingdom has as their base. Are we on the same page now?

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: TheRedwolf on July 25, 2019, 12:34:03 pm

Got our pick axe swinging from side to side

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 25, 2019, 02:09:48 pm

Quote from: TheRedwolf on July 25, 2019, 12:34:03 pm

Got our pick axe swinging from side to side

oh god
what have i done
you must pay
or be mcnuked^tm

Spoiler: Attack on TheRedwolf (click to show/hide)

Troops Commited
69 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
69 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
69 White Castle Screeches
69 Alpha Medics
69 Veterans
Total: 345

Objective
Take TheRedwolf alive for his various crimes, such as:
-Taking a joke update name seriously
-Not making the fucking map already
-Not announcing day 1 on time
-Not being in the disc, therefore making him uncool
-Jaywalking.

Retreat Conditions
Retreat if over 150 units have been killed
Retreat if TheRedwolf recieves significant reinforcements (69+)
Retreat if the MCD Saltshaker is attacked by anyone who the 4065 units back at base can't handle

Strategy
Pull up in black ford raptor trucks and helicopters at Ram Ranch TRW's house, causing TRW's house to go under siege, under lockdown and enter through every possible entrance, including doors, chimney, windows, and basment (if applicable), breaching and clearing rooms of hostiles, and try to take TheRedwolf alive.

Should any mercs get injured, that's why we have 69 Alpha Medics in the strike team.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 25, 2019, 03:03:46 pm

Spoiler: Day 8 (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Horrorvale
Theme: Horrorvale(game)
Day 8
Capital: Horrorvale City
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Legacy

Map(s):
(https://i.imgur.com/MSKYAvI.png)
As you can see, there are areas within Horrorvales bounds that aren't technically part of the geographical location of Horrorvale, these are noticeable for being decidedly un-spooky. Also, because some douchewaffle decided they really wanted a full scale McMansion in the only clear path out of Horrorvale valley(and they didn't even stay and live in it, fucker just left), the only way to exit or enter is through the Withering Woods, this is where most Wendigos live, which makes it substantially less dangerous than otherwise, if still exceptionally spooky even compared to the rest of the region.

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

Skeleton Witches/Warlocks - Skeletons where among the first settlers in Horrorvale, back when Hades and Death themselves presided over this section of the Underworld made Overworld. While their complete lack of muscle, biological or ectoplasmic, means they are physically fairly weak(though it does leave them significantly less vulnerable to piercing weaponry), their magical prowess is nothing to scoff at. Thus is the military, they generally serve as a combination Mage-Support unit. Slinging offensive spells such as Firebolt, Bone Barrage, and Heal, while restoring their allies strength with Decay, Death, and Poison. (2 points)

Militia - Zombies, Ghouls, Mummies, less magically inclined skeletons, anyone who isn't automatically filtered into another force for their species, but isn't joining one of the non-species based forces, joins these. While they can't be said to be particularly capable, they can be fielded in great numbers than any fully fledged military force. They most often come equipped with light armor, and simple shortswords. Additionally though, every Militia member comes equipped with one firebomb(fragile potion pouches that spray a liquid which rapidly ignites upon bursting), to be used at their discretion, or that of their Commanding Officer, who is generally a Frankenling.

Vampiric Ambush Force - Vampires, swift, graceful, deadly, able to transform into small animals and suck the blood straight from someones veins. They would be the perfect soldiers if not for their fatal flaws. Sunlight burns their skin, garlic is poison, and stakes might as well come pre-poisoned. While in a Horrorvaleans perfect world the sun wouldn't matter as people would be awake at night and sleep through the day, the average soldier of Horrorvale is well aware that this is only the case in their homeland. As such, VAF units can only be deployed after dark, and must immediately retreate to hidden/defended locations as the sun begins to rise. That being said, when they are deployed, they can be truly frightening. Moving with great speed in their leather gear, their razor sharp Crimtain daggers easily find gaps in enemy armor and creates wounds that bleed far longer than normal. Their ability to transform into small animals also allows them to sneak into tight places. This makes them excellent for limiting the enemies force before battle can begin, and for dealing decisive strikes to otherwise occupied foes in night battles.

Wendigo Berzerkers - Wendigos, the rarest of Undead species that can truly be said to be a major part of Horrorvale society. Standing head and shoulders over the average man. Their prodigious strength, even for their size, allows them to wield exceptionally large weapons. Their flesh is tough, easily limiting the damage they take even ignoring their armor, and by feasting on meat they can heal their wounds. However, they do not take to tactics well, nor magic, much prefering the very direct solution of "Charge straight forward and cleave anybody that doesn't give up in half." Nevertheless they are an effective, and truly terrifying, fighting force. (5 points)

Ecto-sappers - Ghosts are a very common sight within Horrorvale. More than likely the single most common race here in fact, edging out Wendigos and Zombies combined. That being said, their unique physical traits make them awkward to fit into any un-specialized military unit. The ecto-sappers are one such unit, ghosts making full use of their ability to go intangible at will and possess objects to bypass and destroy enemy fortifications and defenses before the main force moves in. When intangible, mundane objects simply pass through them, though the same cannot be said of magic or anything enchanted, and intangibility can't be partial. Ghosts are quite lacking in physical strength on their own, meaning that when caught not-possessing an object they struggle to fight back, and even if they are possessing an object they will die when it is destroyed. Still, these spectral soldiers can turn an enemies siege weapons and fortifications into their own worst enemies given the chance. (3 points)

Frankenling Shock Troopers - The artificial undead created by the the Mayor. Stitched together from severed parts. While they are not as strong and quick as Wendigos, they are more durable, and more tactically minded, and do trend towards a higher intelligence. Not to mention, while they may not be particularly magically capable, the natural electric charge to their bodies can be used to fire bolts of electricity at close ranges. Each one is equipped with full iron armor and proper broadswords. Frankenlings are the ideal public servants, working as everything from postman to soldier, they are born for their jobs, and they take to them with pride and skill. (3 points)

Beast-Kin Ranger - Beast-kin is less a species of undead, and more a classification. Wolf-people, cat-people, bird-people, spider-people. If it's an animal, there's a beast-kin species for it. That being said, each one possesses traits common for said animals, which very uniformly make them skilled for fighting and surviving in the wilderness. With our new crossbows, a non-magical ranged unit has become all the more viable and useful, and as such, these rangers take full advantage of that. (2 points)

Heroes:
Mayor Ludwigg... Fikleheim? Fanglefoot? Frankenfurter? Something like that- The Mayor of the town of Horrorvale, a scientist whos technological genius is decades if not more beyond that of his citizens. Yet, he loves them all the same. He was the victim of an incredibly rare condition known as 'Aging', where his body, after hitting maturity, began to ever so slowly degrade. To counteract this, he built a mechanical body, and had his brain implanted into it via brain-jar. This body stands larger than a minotaur, has strength to match, a surprising amount of speed, and can fire off blasts of lightning. Unfortunately, this is not his natural body, and thus not the one he will un-die into should he be slain. Instead it will have to be re-built.

Supplies:
Foreign:
Gunpowder - A substance I've heard tales of from far off lands. Gunpowder is an explosive powder, typically used for the propulsion of projectiles. While we could simply make use of this directly, plans are rather to use it as a base to build off of on our own.

Domestic:
Underworld Magic - For the most part, a vague collection of rather simple spells. 'Life' spells for combat, 'Death' spells for healing, some more basic combat spells that just fire different sorts of projectiles, a variety of empowerment spells, that sort of thing. Nothing esoteric such as wishes and polymorphing, just your classic array of magic spells, with a Halloween theme. A note to make however, is that the Life and Death spells do act as they say, it's just the effects of Life and Death magics have inverse effects upon the Undead. This is likely to come as a rude awakening when they find they need to double down on Death spells to both heal and hurt while completely giving up the Life ones.

Necromancy - A major portion of magic used in Horrorvale is Necromancy. And when I say major, I mean as in like, it's the sole option for reproduction for a majority of Horrorvales natives. Skeletons, Zombies, Mummies, Wendigos and Ghosts can't have babies after all, and that's only the major examples. So instead they pluck a lost soul that has been scoured clean of its identity out of Limbo, and slap it into a new, magically formed body, which ages as normal(at least until maturity, where all but the most tragically unlucky will simply stop aging). A notable effect of this is that Horrorvales citizens can't die properly, no form of afterlife will take recycled souls, not even Limbo itself, and so they just wake up again with a new body where they last slept. This doesn't make dying any more pleasant, but it makes it less frightening. That is not the only use for Necromancy however, as it can be used by trained professionals as a way to quickly get Undead who have once again become dead back into the fight.

Reagents-a-plenty - Eye of newt and tongue of frog, wing of bat and hair of dog. The wilderness around Horrorvale is absolutely overflowing with potent Potionology reagents. From the rivers and lakes literally flowing with blood, to bushes that sprout eyes, and every type of poisonous or carnivorous plant you can think of. If it's good for potions, Horrorvale has it. This makes them some of the most accomplished alchemists in the world, with access to all sorts of useful concoctions. The fact that healing potions and poisons have reversed effects on the Undead is made all the better by the fact that they have so much access to poison.

Alchemy Forges - Through the combination of more advanced forges/techniques, and Potionology, a variety of new useful metal alloys can be made. In addition to the typical metals such as steel and bronze, this also includes metals with unique properties, these include; Flintsteel(Capable of igniting easily when struck in the right way, extinguishes quickly due to being nonflammable), Cold Iron(Iron that weakens magical effects from proximity and contact), Orichalcum(Can be sharpened into incredibly fine edges and holds them longer under use), and Crimtain(slows blood clotting, causing wounds to bleed longer. Vampires like to lick it).

Mechanical Weaponry- Crossbows and their variations, as well as catapults and other siege weaponry, have been a notable part of warfare for quite some time. It speaks a lot about the peace in our lands that we have yet to develop such things. Now however, it has gotten to a point where there is simply no reason not to.
Projects:
Horrorvale [8]- The city of Horrorvale, named for the valley in which it resides. Once, this land was fraught with horrible monsters and unspeakable beasts. Now the monsters are polite and the beasts just undead. Still though, Horrorvale has been built from this time, as such the city is practically a fortress. Every single external wall is thick and made of dark stone bricks, and the city is entirely surrounded by even thicker walls, and the ground is paved in many areas. It is, of course, still a city though, so traps are practically nonexistant in the streets, and siege weapons can be wheeled right through the gate and past the walls entirely if no attempt to stop them is made. Still though, the gates are the only actual weak point in Horrorvales walls. (Makes the Capital of Horrorvale double as an exceptionally sized Fortress, though with the problems that come from being a city)

Reagent Harvest Standardization [3]- A project to standardize and optimize the harvesting of Horrorvales natural supply of Potion reagents. Thus allowing them to easily be accessed when needed by those who need them. (provides the 'Reagents-a-plenty' Supply)

Standardized Ghost Unit [2]- The innate physical weaknesses of being a ghost and their only occasionally corporeal nature lead to them being rather awkward to fit into existing military groups. While they could float through walls or attacks, in doing so they would simply float out of their equipment. This requires ghosts to have specialized Units made to optimize their usage. The Ecto-sappers are merely the first example of such a unit. (provides 'Ecto-sappers' Troop)

Military Frankenling production and training [2]- In anticipation for coming potential conflict, Mayor Faffenpaffers production of Frankenlings has shifted steadily towards military focus. There is some worry about the ethics of creating thinking, unliving people for the singular purpose of war, but the ease of which they integrate into normal Horrorvale society has done well to assuage fears. (provides 'Frankenling Shock Troopers' Troop)

Frankenling Combat Armor [2]- Proper armor dedicated for Frankenling use. Where their iron armor would diffuse the Frankenlings electric bolts causing them to fly off course and wasting a decent portion of electricity, their new armor has been specially crafted with inlaid copper wiring leading towards the fingertips. This means that electrical attacks come out more focused and accurate, with much less of the power diffusing out into the rest of the armor. A pair of lightning rods have also been added to the back, which can channel what electricity does diffuse back into the Frankenling, completely erasing the power wasted in the act of firing bolts. They also allow loose electricity to recharge the Frankenling in small amounts. (upgrades Frankenling Shock Troopers with more accurate and powerful lightning attacks, and greater energy efficiency)

Advanced Metal Forging [3]- With Mayor Frankfurters technological advancements, we've managed to develop a variety of alloys, combinations of different metals. Particularly, through the addition of potionology, we've developed several magical alloys with unique effects. We expect these in particular will see great use in the future, for a variety of purposes. (Unlocks 'Alchemy Forges' supply)

Simple Mechanisms [3]- While mechanical contraptions had already seen a good bit of use. They had always been fairly large, and used for fairly large scale things. Stuff like Horrorvales gate, or the elevators in Mayo Furklefoots lab. With this, proper mechanisms are becoming more and more common in everyday life, and are even beginning to find their way into the weaponry utilized by our developing military. (Provides 'Mechanical Weaponry' Supply)

Orichalcum Refit [2]- With the creation of Orichalcum, a metal than can be sharpened incredibly finely and retains its edge even through extensive use, tools in Horrorvale have developed to new heights, trees can be felled at greater speeds when wood is needed, stone can be carved at a greater pace, animals can be skinned and butchered with greater efficiency. It is only natural that such a metal would find its way into the military as well. The brave men, women, and others of our militia have been equipped with new Orichalcum swords, which can cut through far tougher materials than their basic iron weaponry ever could. (Upgrades Militia weaponry to Orichalcum, making them capable of doing increased damage in melee combat)

Mechanized Weaponry [2]- Weaponry using simple mechanisms to function rather than pure strength. While this sort of weaponry may be less useful for our more physically adept soldiers, being that they cannot make use of their prodigious strength with it, for our other forces these should prove invaluable. Already we have begun the creation of a proper force to make use of these new weapons, which should allow us to deal dangerous strikes at range without relying upon magic. (Unlocks 'Beast-kin Ranger' Troop)

Crimtain Refit [2]- Crimtain also presents to us a design of use. While civilian-wise it is at best a novely for vampires, for military use it allows our weapons the bleed out enemies with far lighter injuries than would otherwise be necessary. Naturally, Crimtain knives make a perfect fit for our Vampiric Ambush Force. Allowing them to strike unseen and leave their targets crumpling to the ground bleeding.(Upgrades Vampiric Ambush Force with crimtain weaponry, causing foes cut by them to bleed for much longer, greatly increasing the risk of bleeding out)

Other:
 Click to go to Day 0 for the Other. Got this idea from PirateJoe (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=174245.msg7998807#msg7998807)

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Troops:
375 Skeleton Witches/Warlocks (7500 Unit Points)
800 Militia
300 Ecto-sappers (900 Unit Points)
300 Frankenling Shock Troopers (900 Unit Points)
130 Wendigo Berzerkers (650 Unit Points)
Total: 4000

Recruitment:
60 Militia
25 Skeleton Witches/Warlocks (50 Unit Points)
10 Ecto-sappers (30 Unit Points)
6 Wendigo Berzerkers (30 Unit Points)
10 Frankenling Shock Troopers (30 Unit Points)

Total: 200

Supplies:
Underworld Magic

Necromancy

Reagents-a-Plenty

Alchemy Forges

Mechanical Weaponry

Projects:

Further Alchemical Materials research (1/3)
Recruit Bodyguard (1/2)
Improve Gunpowder (0/3)

Completed Projects:
Horrorvale [8]
Reagent harvest standardization [3]
Military Frankenling production and training [2]
Standardized Ghost Unit [2]
Frankenling Combat Armor [2]
Advanced Metal Forging [3]
Simple Mechanisms [3]
Orichalcum Refit [2]
Mechanized Weaponry [2]
Crimtain Refit [2]

Log:
Log AABY-09; Communication continues on with Lychlyn, meanwhile the shipment to and from Mercdonalds has finally been taken care of. We now have access to gunpowder. Although, I do not particularly intend to make use of it in this form. Call me greedy, but recent experimentation with alchemy has lead me to desire better than what I've observed in testing. No doubt some attention from the alchemists will make this stuff quite a thing, but that will take some time. Still, it's on the docket.

Today it is not actually the same messenger as the previous two times, but rather someone new. He stands somewhat short by the standards of a Child of Fanw, but is instead quite broad. He also arrives quite a bit earlier than last time. And rather than the strange three-wheeled contraption, he rides in on what appears to be a pitch black horse, its body cutting off a bit more than halfway down and instead replaced with trailing smoke.

Spoiler: Message to the Lychlyn (click to show/hide)

Ah yes, my apologies on that. I assure you Shelby is doing fine, she's been given a day off after her extended work hours yesterday. The people of Horrorvale(and the Underworld in general really), those who sleep at least, are almost exclusively nocturnal. Nobody quite knows when it started, but it is probably because of how Vampires are burned by sunlight and Lycans only transform under the moon.

As for the question of souls, well, there are two ways that we know of. The first, and most common, is with life. When a living being forms, its body naturally begins to produce a soul over time, though I suppose it would be possible for a soul that has not been taken to any form of Afterlife yet to inhabit one. It is likely that even if the soul where somehow removed, if such a thing is even survivable, a new one would slowly grow in its place. This is in stark contrast to we undead where a body will form around a lost soul on its own if the soul is not given one to inhabit through necromancy. The second way is through the work of the divine. Gods, and being of sufficiently god-like levels of power, can simply form souls through their own power.

Also, yes, I believe I will take your advice on that matter. The combination of various factors doesn't do well for their energy. Well, I suppose in terms of questions, what is it like, living where you do? I must admit, spending all night and day working to better my societies technology is certainly fulfilling, but it can leave me bored simply waiting for results.

Sincerely, Mayor Ludwigg Fr█n██ie█

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 25, 2019, 03:06:11 pm

Hey failbird, your gunpowder supply description is cut off. Might want to fix that. Also, three projects... I'm assuming you just have one there to keep track of progress while you research the other two.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 25, 2019, 03:18:16 pm

Quote from: 0cra_tr0per on July 25, 2019, 03:06:11 pm

Hey failbird, your gunpowder supply description is cut off. Might want to fix that. Also, three projects... I'm assuming you just have one there to keep track of progress while you research the other two.

Ah, fixed. And yeah, the first two are what I'm actually working on, third is just a general 'remember to work on this' thing.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Happy Demon on July 26, 2019, 02:12:40 am

Spoiler: Day 8 Crunch (click to show/hide)

Civilization Name: The Akatsuki Sente of Honkoku
Theme: Magical Girls Incorporated
Day 8
Capital: Tsukiwara
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industry (Good guys are quality over quantity)

Map(s):
https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T (https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Yari Ashigaru (cost 1): Pikemen clad in basic armor. Because any army requires cannon fodder to send in and occupy a place. They are well drilled, so they excel in area denial with tight formations of pike walls. Though flanking makes them have to draw swords, and they are vulnerable to arrows. So by themselves they can be outmaneuvered or wittled down.
Basic Sword Training (1 PP): Given training with a smaller weapon, they will not immediately shatter when flanked.

Magi Samurai (cost 5): The noble remnants of the previous regime. The Samurai have adopted the magical crystals of their new overlords, and use it to augment their bushido. The Samurai are excellent melee combatants, and wreathing their swords in moonlight power, they can project sword slashes. This makes them ferocious in a melee, as they can not only cut through steel, but also outreach most spears. Though these special moves drain their crystals faster.

Magi Miko (cost 2): Armed with bows and firing magical arrows. The Miko are apprentice magical girls. Firing magical arrows is a good way to train the channeling of magical power, while keeping their gear relatively light. They have a katana, but no armor and little training. They will do poorly if they're engaged in melee.
Basic Akatsuki no Megane Training (1 PP): Equipped and trained in the use of the Akatsuki no Megane models. This enhances their sight range due to the magnified lens, and lets them detect anomalous energies.

Magi Shoujo (cost 10): Clad in the Tsuki no Yoroi, these magical girls are the real deal. They'd look lightly equipped out of combat, with a glaive and a handful pieces of armor. But with a song and a dance, their armor will deploy, making them only second to the samurai in armor. Transformed, their projectiles become even deadlier, not to mention whoever is unfortunate enough to be hit by their glaives. They can also fly, though doing so drains their magical reserves faster than any other. It is important for  the magicla girls to know when to and when not to utilize their aerial capabilities.

Magi Kunoichi (cost 4, 2 PP): Adorned with the Akatsuki no Megane, and wielding a magical naginata. These women operate as battle ninjas. Sneaking around enemy lines to  hit vulnerable areas. But if they are caught out in the open, they will not fare well, on account of no armor or extra mobility. High risk, but they can reap a bloody harvest if they ever get to someone's archers or other support units.

Heroes:
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito: The great and honorable leader of the Akatsuki Sente. Akatsuki is a pragmatic girl, willing to kill, cheat and steal to get her way. Her husband, the emperor, is naught but a pawn to her, with no real power. Though not the magical girl she used to be, even having lost her left eye. She is a peerless tactician, intimately aware of the capabilities and limitations of the magical equipment. And ultimately, the people have prospered under her rule.

Magi Samurai Akio Kato (1 PP): A veteran from the civil war. He's faced Akatsuki numerous times. But never able to actually hurt her, thanks to her magical armor. But now that he has Tsukiwara no Dachi, he is a force to be reckoned with. Had he wielded it back in the civil war. Then he would've likely destroyed Akatsuki's magical girls, no problem. But he is no honorbound to Akatsuki's service. For he is an honorable samurai, and thus, trustworthy. Even as a former foe.

Supplies:
Foreign:
-Empty-

Domestic:
Tsuki no Kessho Model 2.0: Magical crystal used to store and channel the power of the moon. This newest model retains the output power of the original while having a much larger storage capacity. This means magical girls no longer have to ration their energy expenditure based on the phases of the moon.

Tsuki no Yoroi Model 1.4: The most modern magical armor. It increases the focus of the wearer, while also providing excellent protection. However, it's power consumption is still high. A Magical Girl might just run out in the midst of flight, if they're careless. So most of the time in an inactive state. Only activated once battle starts. It also has a cooling problem, only rarely seen. Like if someone covers them in goo that hinders heat dissipation, making parts deactivate.

Akatsuki no Megane Model 1.0 (3 PP): Employing glass and crystal, these glasses not only let you freely zoom in on things, but also lets them detect anomalous energies. It's not certain if it can detect yokai, though.

Tsukiwara no Dachi (Unique, 4 PP): A mighty sword infused with moon crystal. No finer conduit for moon power exists. It's an absolute monster at close range, able to cleave many a man in twain in a single slash.

Projects:

Develop Tsukihagane (1/9 PP): During the forging of the Tsukiwara no Dachi, we found that we had by chance created a special metal, with excellent magical properties. The amounts were minute, but with enough development, we may be able to consistently create it. This will mark a new age for the Akatsuki Sente.

Develop Tengu no Yoroi Model 1.2 (1/3 PP): A lighter version of the magical armor. It resembles standard clothing, and only changes into more fancy clothes when activated. It doesn't provide the same focus, and especially not the same protection. But don't underestimate the strength of magically infused cloth. A big feature is the limited floating ability. Which will not only render all falls safe. But also allow them to glide away from danger.

Troops (3 600) (2 Heroes):

1 000 (1 000) Yari Ashigaru (1)
200 (1 000) Magi Samurai (5)
400 (800) Magi Miko (2)
70 (700) Magi Shoujo (10)
25 (100) Magi Kunoichi (4)
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito
Magi Samurai Akio Kato

Recruitment (200):
10 (100) Magi Shoujo (10)
25 (100) Magi Kunoichi (4)

Spoiler: Day 8 Completed Projects Log (click to show/hide)

Yari Ashigaru basic sword training (1 PP). When flanked, their pikes are useless. Some basic sword training will make them last a little while, until they can be rescued.
Develop Akatsuki no Megane Model 1.0 (3 PP): Treating glass with moon crystal, we can etch magical diagrams onto it, while allowing vision through them. By constructing the right diagrams, we should be able to greatly amplify the vision of our operatives. May help our archers as well. But mainly, it will let us hunt down yokai with even greater efficiency.
Forge Tsukiwara no Dachi (4 PP). The Samurai Akio Kato demands a sword worthy of his service before we can recruit him. This great sword will be infused with moon crystal, to make whoever wields it a Magi Samurai beyond compare.
Recruit Magi Samurai Akio Kato (1 PP): Now a sword is all fine and well, but he needs a little bit more convincing. So we've arranged a hunting trip. Called off the hunters for the day, so he can take the sword for a test run.
Mass produce Akatsuki no Megane (2 PP): For fielding them en masse, our current output just isn't enough. We need more. One in every hunter's repertoire. Maybe we can even start fielding hunters as troops.
Train Magi Kunoichi (2 PP): With the mass production of the glasses halfway done, we can start the first steps in training them in large enough numbers to become part of our army. They are intermediate level Magical Girls. Learning stealth and ambush strategies.
Train Magi Miko in the use of Akatsuki no Megane (1 PP): These new glasses not only provide zoom, but can even spot energy. The Magi Miko are terrible in melee, and you never know what trickery the enemy may be up to.

Spoiler: Day 8 Fluff (click to show/hide)

[Great and honorable Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito's Record]

Sneaky.

So apparently one of the ninjas is a bit of a voyeur. She's good at hiding, but I could detect her magic footprint after the fact.
It's worrying, as I've just recently established the Magi Kunoichi corps. I am also putting more effort into bolstering my ranks of them, so they may be in large enough numbers to make a difference.
Anyway, I can't really do much about the voyeur. I think it might be Hibiki Mori. But if I report her, then she might tell of my affair. I'll do it if I catch her. But until then, it's stealth training.
Besides, her interest isn't in men, so she's not going to try taking Yoshirou from me. And the ninjas are all under an oath of secrecy. I need to trust them, and they need to be trustworthy.
Other than that, our projects are progressing. The steel is slow, as one would expect. But the armor has made decent progress. We have cloth that turns solid when activated.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: piratejoe on July 26, 2019, 05:18:37 am

Spoiler: Llychlyn, Day 8 (click to show/hide)

General Information:
Civilization Name: The Kingdom of Llychlyn.
Theme: Extreme Quality over quantity hunting and ranged based followers of Fanw
Day 8
Capital: Allfshys
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industrial

Map(s):(https://i.imgur.com/MGA4JJF.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

-Gwaywffon Ifanc, 4 RP: Usually lightly or moderately armored with leather and at most some gambeson. Always with a spear in hand, these soldiers are new to the military, and as such, their numbers tend to be one of the highest. Every member of the proper Llychlyn army is a Gwaywffon Ifanc at the start of their career, becoming Bwyell Ifanc after some time training, or Gwaywffyn Mynydd should they grow fond of the spear.

-Gwaywffyn Mynydd, 5 RP: Commonly moderately armored with leather and gambeson and at most a steel plate, these well trained and physically fit by Children of Fanw standards are significantly better than normal spearmen. Each thrust of their spears tends to be true, and commonly they lead groups of Gwaywffon Ifanc, with only generals and Meistri Rhyfel as their superiors.

-Bwyell Ifanc, 4 RP: With moderate or heavy armor, commonly incorporating steel, the Bwyell Ifanc are always armed with a shield and a axe. Naturally, once the Children of Fanw who train as a Gwaywffon Ifanc are strong and trained enough, they are granted the ability to become Bwyell Ifanc. Like Gwaywffon Ifanc, the Bwyell Ifanc have a chance to either become Coeden Fwyell or become what most who join the Llychlyn military aspire to become, Helwyr Saethwr.

-Coeden Fwyell, 5 RP: Armed with heavy armour and the strength and stamina to make it seem as if they were only wearing moderate protection for most of a fight, the Coeden Fwyell are experts at combat involving the axe and shield. Knowing how to deal with soldiers armed similarly to themselves along with other formations. They, like Gwaywffyn Mynydd, tend to lead groups of Bwyell Ifanc and listen to only generals and Meistri Rhyfel as superiors.

-Helwyr Saethwr, 5 RP: Armed with bow and moderate armor of steel made to not inhibit dexterity, the children of Fanw in the military who become Helwyr Saethwr are those who have become strong and well trained enough to be granted the most honored role of being able to wield the bow. Granted with warbows and a side arm be it sword or axe, these soldiers fire at extreme range with extreme accuracy. They are some of the best of the best, though, there are even more skilled warriors, though few in number.

-Meistri Rhyfel, 10 RP: The Meistri Rhyfel are the best of the best, soldiers who have lived and trained for ages and honing their skill to an exhaustive degree. Commonly, they are masters of both bow and either spear or axe, wielding both in battle, and commonly they are the ones trained to command and lead the soldiers below them into battle. They are commonly equipped with whatever they desire, and commonly are at least two hundred years old. Few are of their number, but they certainly are a force to be reckoned with, at range or up close.


Heroes:
Fanw Howell: Fanw is the Goddess of hunting, Ranged Combat (though most think its just archery), and Stature (Both meanings of the word). It is believed that they take a form similar to the Children of Fanw, with with the ears, tail, nails and eyes that her children have, specifically with long brown hair and amber eyes and always with a bow in hand or put away. They are considered a fair and kind goddess who cares for their children and who makes sure the woods are plentiful with food and teaming with life. However, it is believed by quite a few that, in defense of her children, she will take away quarry that hunters would go for in the area's of the threat after and instead will fill the woods with predators, far more aggressive than normal, specifically to invaders, and that should things get desperate, she herself will arrive with no restraint on her power. Not everyone believes this entirely, though it is certainly comforting to a degree. Something all followers of Fanw can agree on however, is that she almost always is manifested in the world, and wanders the woods and wilds of the world, calmly hunting and living a simple, but fairly peaceful existence. It's said that mortals who meet her will find her helpful as a friendly guide so long as their intentions are well meaning, making some small talk and sharing some food that she hunted before sometimes informing them of something important to them, such as the location of something they had lost and were looking for, or how to deal with something that has been plaguing them. If the person is ill willed, they usually will simply leave such people alone, though sometimes it is said they will try and convince them to change... It also should be noted that, despite not being a nature/forest god, she does have issue with people completely chopping down entire forests with no intention of any kind of preservation, after all, if you remove the forest, you remove the animals that lived there you could have hunted. Though, the removal of chunks of forests for some development is fine so long as its not a quarter of the entire forest and the new plains can still support small game or something of the like. Additionally, Despite beliefs otherwise, she doesn't view weapons like muskets, slings, or crossbows as lesser weapons, even if her followers will probably argue among themselves claiming otherwise, in fact, in her manifested form, one can find practically every kind of ranged weapon somewhere on her person, from throwing axes to the classic bow, though the weapons in question are only the kind of ranged weapons that are used in the local area, so no one will see her with a crossbow somewhere no one has them or something similar.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None

Domestic:
Children of Fanw: Fanw herself grants protection over the Children of Fanw, and should the worst come to worst and Llychlyn finds itself in a final battle for survival, Fanw will help her children and try to protect them from the ones attacking them personally. Of course, Fanw won't exactly do much directly out side of making wild animals attack invaders more often and lower the amount of prey the invaders can get until Llychlyn is truly desperate, but should the fate of the children of Fanw and Llychlyn rest on a battle, she will be there, and she will do her best to drive them off.

Faith in Fanw: the Children of Fanw have an almost unbreakable faith in their goddess, though they tend to be causal about it and not force their faith upon others who happen to believe in other things. Regardless, the Children of Fanw call themselves that for a reason... Regardless, were Fanw to theoretically manifest in a battle for the heartland of the kingdom, they'd certainly be rallied by it and would fight to the very last, not just for their home, their clans, their kin, but also their goddess. (Think of both of these applying directly to the abilities of Fanw, I think sacrificing both resources for Fanw is fair trade to have Fanw as a hero, as Fanw is a goddess after all...)

Projects:
Prenhaearn: (2) Some forests in Llychlyn are made up of pine like tree's called Prenhaearn. These trees have wood about as durable as iron and aren't really that flamable. Of course, actually chopping them down and refining them is easier said than done, but its not impossible with the proper tools and techniques which Llychlyn has made. Needless to say, buildings made out of such strong wood are quite resilient, both to fire and to damage, and so too are shields, tool handles, and anything else made from the stuff as well.

Castellmeindwr: (8 ) Castellmeindwr is a large fortification made out of mostly prenhaearn The fortification is split into nine separate area's Four inner area's, four outer, and one center. The only way to travel through these area's is through specific entrances. This is done to make an attacking force have to go through choke points and means that should an attacking army go over the walls they can't just capture the entire wall without having to go through many of these choke points. The castle's walls obviously have crenellations and machicolations to make shooting at an attacker that much easier, and a simple ditch with spikes of normal wood surrounds the castle. The center of the fortification includes a main building which has a drawbridge connected to one of the walls, which can be raised and forces the attacking force to have to break through the walls of the main castle, climb it, or simply try to wait out the defenders, and the portion of the castle that is below the drawbridge is dedicated to storage of food and supplies.

Other: (Read the day 0 post, linked here. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=174245.msg7998996#msg7998996))

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Troops:
325 (1,300) Gwaywffon Ifanc
100 (500) Gwaywffyn Mynydd
150 (600) Bwyell Ifanc
100 (500) Coeden Fwyell
100 (500) Helwyr Saethwr
20 (200) Meistri Rhyfel

Total: 785 (3,600)

Recruitment:
50 (200) Bwyell Ifanc

Total: 200

Supplies:
Children of Fanw
Faith in Fanw

Projects:
Cymeriadau Arbennig (2/10)
Dur Bendigedig (2/6)

Completed Projects:
Gwaywffyn Mynydd (1/1)
Coeden Fwyell (1/1)
Prenhaearn (2/2)
Castellmeindwr (8/8)

Log: 29th of Ebrill, 254 Ar ôl Uno
Well, the debates are still ongoing, and eating up many people's time, and with things so quiet, I actually have some time to myself for once... I've done some speaking to the younger members of Clan Llewelyn and some smaller clans, though, outside of a few, I haven't directly suggested they go to Honkoku. And I feel...wrong for trying to convince them to go. Maybe I should have just said I couldn't find anyone or apologized and told them I'd not be sending people over. But then what would my word be worth?

I suppose its too late now. And, if anyone is reading this in the future, I'm sorry for my foolish mistakes. I know I've already written enough how I don't think I was the best to have succession to the throne, and don't know why my mother was so confident in my abilities outside of me being her first born child. I just keep asking the same question over and over and over again, what would mother do right now? And it just ends with the same answer, I don't know. But what I do know is she'd not do this, what I have done. I only realized what exactly I was doing now that I have a moment to breath and think about things for longer than a minute. They say I'm wise and take my time with my decisions, but that's a lie, I just take time to compose myself enough to not seem like a incoherent mess.

Though I know that my regret is not enough. I just hope that there time in Honkoku is a good one and I haven't been tricked to sell my people into a kind of unthinkable torment where their will means nothing. Maybe I should have just abdicated and given the crown to my sister and went myself with them? Or better yet just have done that in the first place. I suppose that would have been the smart thing to do, or at least the honorable thing to do, maybe. I must have re written that letter over a hundred times. I know I kept track by writing it down after a while but right now I can't remember the exact number. I suppose its not important.

Maybe the stress of all of this is just getting to me and crashing down hard now. Or maybe it isn't and my thoughts are actually rational right now. I don't know.

Its funny, isn't it? The one time I have free time, I wish I didn't.

Spoiler: To Ludwigg (click to show/hide)

Thats nice to hear, I was worried. With what you have told me on souls however, its very interesting. I do wonder though, does Fanw create more souls when there are more born then had previously died, or are the souls of animals used instead? I suppose that's something I should discuss more with clan Howell rather than you, but I do thank you for informing me of this.

Living here is generally speaking quite nice. Most people live in large houses that fit the entirety of their clan unless they are part of a Brenhinol clan. And the forests and plains are lush with life. Its quite peaceful really, and something I commonly use to do would be to go out and read while outside, laying against one of the many hills that exist. Sadly, as I've mentioned, I myself have been quite busy, so I can't actually enjoy such things, but the lands are quite beautiful and lush. Perfect for hunting, but of course, we make sure to hunt selectively as to make sure the populations of animals around us are stable or slightly growing.

I guess that is a good way to describe life here, peaceful. And yet, for me, lately everything seems so hectic. Maybe its just because of my position and by extension duty, maybe its stress or the arguments over these new things called fire arms that the crew of Donald showed us not too long ago. I don't know. I suppose I should ask, what is it like designing technology and doing scholarly work? I didn't really get the chance to do much other than read the works of clan Tudor, despite my desire to do research myself. And now I believe I'll likely be unable to do such a thing.

I must also say, despite knowing you for only a short time, and despite the fact we are both leaders, you've been quite friendly and willing to not be strictly all business and such. I wasn't expecting a foreign leader to be so...kind I suppose. And I must thank you for that. I was considering maybe visiting your nation, and leaving my sister as a regent during my absence, but I wanted to know your thoughts on such a thing first. That, and I believe that, at least at this moment in time, it might not be best for me to just leave.

Eheubryd o Clan Cadigan, merch Ariella a brenhines Llychlyn

rhowch gynnig ar ddau gant a deugain saith

Spoiler: To Mae Marshal mawr ac anrhydeddus y dwyrain (click to show/hide)

I've managed to convince some people to go to your lands. Please, treat them well, and inform me of how they are doing regularly if you could. They should arrive at one of your towns or cities sooner or later. There are in total thirty eight of them. I hope that is enough, as I'm sure you know our population isn't the largest and how there are plenty who would rather stay in Llychlyn. I'm making this letter short simply because I don't want to take up too much of your time, I hope you can understand.

Eheubryd o Clan Cadigan, merch Ariella a brenhines Llychlyn

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 26, 2019, 10:19:08 am

Spoiler: Day 9 - At long last (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Mercdonalds
Theme: PMC
Day 9
Capital: MCD Saltshaker
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Force

Map(s):
Outside:
Exterior Map (http://magaimg.net/img/8h2o.png)
A ship crashed inside a mountain range, with mountains to the south, north, and east, with not much notable terrain, just fields.
MCD Saltshaker Interior (top and bottom decks)
Interior Map (http://magaimg.net/img/8h06.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Alpha Mercs: A dime a dozen, they're simply well-rounded mercs tasked with one goal: Shoot at anything hostile to us, and don't shoot anything that isn't. They typically have access to most of the arsenal, which is assault rifles, shotguns, submachine guns, pistols, revolvers, and all those swords supplied to us by those White Castle guys. The armor is also various plated armor that we have the schematics for thanks to various companies back when the Saltshaker was actually in space, but most of it is more or less standard field armor. Their armor has red accents to distinguish them from other squads. Some of them have attached scopes to their rifles for when they'll be needing to take long range shots.

For the sake of organisation, I'm sorting them into Melee and Ranged Alpha mercs. (and also because I can't be bothered to write two separate infodumps about melee/ranged versions of otherwise near identical troops)

White Castle Screeches: They're screeches that are armed with swords, and have shields + plate armor. We're not sure why they like to screech about wanting to retake Jerusalem, but to each their own. I'm here to command our mercs, not wonder why our screeches screech.

Alpha Medics: Our support units, they're tasked with keeping their fellow mercs alive, and fighting hostiles when they don't have any fellow mercs to heal. They're generally given access to the same weapons as regular alpha mercs, but are also given medical supplies. Their armor also has red accents to mark them as part of the Alpha squad.

Veterans: The main forces of the Delta squad, they're equipped with the more expensive and powerful weaponry, and are more specialized. They usually wield heavier weaponry, and are given elite training, and cost 3x as much as a normal merc to recruit because of the more vigorous training they need. Their armor has purple accents to indicate they're part of the Delta squad.

Heroes:
Field Commander 'Deusus Maximus': Our main leader for field operations, he manages the officers on the field, who in turn manage the normal mercs in battle. He's equipped with one of our Knight Commander armor sets made before the crash which lead to our advanced manufacturing systems to be destroyed, and wields a high quality broadsword also made before the crash, which sends hostiles flying the fuck away like they were hit with a giant truck, and also causes lightning to flash out.

Supplies:
Foreign:
Toxic Undead Flora & Fauna: We've gotten these from trading with Horrorvale, these plants and animals are not only undead, but poisonous, and we should be able to develop a protocol for extracting as much resources as we can from these as soon as we get sustainable habitats for them.

Domestic:
Gunpowder: It's a powder that explodes when ignited, used primarily for launching bullets at anything in front of one of our gun users. It's that simple. We found a huge cache of undetonated gunpowder where our ammunition manufacturing systems are, so we at least should have more than enough. (Mass Produced)

Muskets: Since we're pretty desperate, we've resorted to manufacturing these with what's still functional out of the manufacturing part of the ship. They're simple: you insert powder into the back of the barrel, then a bullet, then you cock the gun, and finally, you pull the trigger to hopefully kill whatever you're shooting at. (Mass Produced)

Scopes: They're scopes. You look through them, and you can more precisely see stuff from longer distances. We're gonna mass produce them for our soldiers that need the extra accuracy/zoom. (mass produced)

Modern Firearms: Assault rifles, shotguns, sniper rifles, machine guns, SMGs, pistols, pretty much a huge bulk of our arsenal back when we were in space and not a group of crash landed mercs on some unknown planet. We now have them mass produced because fuck balance.

Projects:
Form an elite squad: By starting to give specific high potential soldiers even more training, we have reformed Delta Squad, which is the elite branch of our forces. They're small in number, but their training makes them lethal on the field.

Create self-contained firearm cartridges: We're had to remake the ammunition schematics for our actual military grade ammo due to us loosing the methods of making them during the crash. Either way, we can be assured reloading in the field will be way faster now.

Create magnifying lenses: We've decided some of our men could use scopes, so we've started making them.

Start repairing the firearm manufacturing systems: Now that we've gotten all the stuff we'll need for modern firearm operation and manufacturing, like actually decent ammo, we've decided we have sufficient ability to finally repair our firearm manufacturing machinery. We just have to make a few adjustments, and soon we'll soon have the ability to dominate in ranged combat. Assault rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles, shotguns, submachine guns, pistols, and all that other good stuff.

Other:
Mercdonalds Origin:

Quote from: The shift to being a mercenary group

Humans went into space, and fast food groups ended up being the primary food suppliers. They soon found that it's really hard to keep their supply lines safe from pirates and such.
The higher ups went "Hey this whole franchise thing worked well with food, why not try it with mercs?", and it went over well and ended up as the primary focus of the company. MercDonalds was born from this.

Quote from: Recruitment

Interested parties just need to meet some minimum requirements and follow certain rules to join up.
Something along the lines of: Do you have a ship?, Crew?, Willing to take jobs and not shoot at our stuff?, If so, then good, Welcome to MercDonalds. The supply and job departments will contact you shortly.

Screeches:

Quote from: Screeches - Info 1

An alien race that found their way onto a ship and made themselves useful enough to be kept around. They are friendly to familiar human crew, if a bit obnoxious at times, and will fiercely (even suicidally) defend the ship against hostile incursions.

"screeches alter their bodies and behavior to be appropriate for whatever man-made tools or trappings they first come across" -Unnamed merc

Quote from: Screeches - Info 2

Screeches are one of the most versatile tools available to Man - under a seemingly innocent roundy baldy headed yellow ball lies a being of many faces and infinite power. They say the Big Bang was followed by a sound of screeching, too. Screeches have many specialties - some drop straight into the colony, chasing around any poor xeno they set their sights on, some stand vigilant onboard the ship, ready to harmbaton and call out any potential hostile's location on general channel, some are weak, wielding only pistols, and some don a red bandana and carry a machinegun that wipes weaker xenos in a single burst. And some, when under pressure of seemingly impossible odds, are said to tap into the primordial REE that resides within them, going into a murderous, albeit short-lived rage, it's short span not nearly short enough for any sighted foes to survive the screeching fury...

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Troops:
1410 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
920 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
1070 White Castle Screeches
640 Alpha Medics
100 Veterans

Total: 4400

Recruitment:
120 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
20 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
70 White Castle Screeches
30 Alpha Medics
20 Veterans

Total: 300

Supplies:
Gunpowder (M)
Muskets (M)
Scopes (M)
Modern Firearms (M)

Projects:
Create grenades: 0/2
Figure out the perfect conditions for mass harvesting toxins from our new shipment of poisonous flora and fauna: 1/2

Completed Projects:
Form an elite squad
Create self-contained firearm cartridges
Create magnifying lenses
Start repairing the firearm manufacturing systems
Mass produce scopes
Mass produce modern firearms

Log:
CAPTAIN'S LOG, Day 9:
We're still awaiting an after-action report regarding a decently sized battalion of our men assaulting some forum shitposter's house for being the reason why we aren't getting full map scans.

Also, we've fully mass produced our new firearms, so that's a plus. We're now working on grenades.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Happy Demon on July 26, 2019, 10:59:36 am

Spoiler: Day 9 Crunch (click to show/hide)

Civilization Name: The Akatsuki Sente of Honkoku
Theme: Magical Girls Incorporated
Day 9
Capital: Tsukiwara
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industry (Good guys are quality over quantity)

Map(s):
https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T (https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Yari Ashigaru (cost 1): Pikemen clad in basic armor. Because any army requires cannon fodder to send in and occupy a place. They are well drilled, so they excel in area denial with tight formations of pike walls. Though flanking makes them have to draw swords, and they are vulnerable to arrows. So by themselves they can be outmaneuvered or wittled down.
Basic Sword Training (1 PP): Given training with a smaller weapon, they will not immediately shatter when flanked.

Magi Samurai (cost 5): The noble remnants of the previous regime. The Samurai have adopted the magical crystals of their new overlords, and use it to augment their bushido. The Samurai are excellent melee combatants, and wreathing their swords in moonlight power, they can project sword slashes. This makes them ferocious in a melee, as they can not only cut through steel, but also outreach most spears. Though these special moves drain their crystals faster.

Magi Miko (cost 2): Armed with bows and firing magical arrows. The Miko are apprentice magical girls. Firing magical arrows is a good way to train the channeling of magical power, while keeping their gear relatively light. They have a katana, but no armor and little training. They will do poorly if they're engaged in melee.
Basic Akatsuki no Megane Training (1 PP): Equipped and trained in the use of the Akatsuki no Megane models. This enhances their sight range due to the magnified lens, and lets them detect anomalous energies.

Magi Shoujo (cost 10): Clad in the Tsuki no Yoroi, these magical girls are the real deal. They'd look lightly equipped out of combat, with a glaive and a handful pieces of armor. But with a song and a dance, their armor will deploy, making them only second to the samurai in armor. Transformed, their projectiles become even deadlier, not to mention whoever is unfortunate enough to be hit by their glaives. They can also fly, though doing so drains their magical reserves faster than any other. It is important for  the magicla girls to know when to and when not to utilize their aerial capabilities.

Magi Kunoichi (cost 4, 2 PP): Adorned with the Akatsuki no Megane, and wielding a magical naginata. These women operate as battle ninjas. Sneaking around enemy lines to  hit vulnerable areas. But if they are caught out in the open, they will not fare well, on account of no armor or extra mobility. High risk, but they can reap a bloody harvest if they ever get to someone's archers or other support units.

Heroes:
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito: The great and honorable leader of the Akatsuki Sente. Akatsuki is a pragmatic girl, willing to kill, cheat and steal to get her way. Her husband, the emperor, is naught but a pawn to her, with no real power. Though not the magical girl she used to be, even having lost her left eye. She is a peerless tactician, intimately aware of the capabilities and limitations of the magical equipment. And ultimately, the people have prospered under her rule.

Magi Samurai Akio Kato (1 PP): A veteran from the civil war. He's faced Akatsuki numerous times. But never able to actually hurt her, thanks to her magical armor. But now that he has Tsukiwara no Dachi, he is a force to be reckoned with. Had he wielded it back in the civil war. Then he would've likely destroyed Akatsuki's magical girls, no problem. But he is no honorbound to Akatsuki's service. For he is an honorable samurai, and thus, trustworthy. Even as a former foe.

Supplies:
Foreign:
38 Children of Fanw.

Domestic:
Tsuki no Kessho Model 2.0: Magical crystal used to store and channel the power of the moon. This newest model retains the output power of the original while having a much larger storage capacity. This means magical girls no longer have to ration their energy expenditure based on the phases of the moon.

Tsuki no Yoroi Model 1.4: The most modern magical armor. It increases the focus of the wearer, while also providing excellent protection. However, it's power consumption is still high. A Magical Girl might just run out in the midst of flight, if they're careless. So most of the time in an inactive state. Only activated once battle starts. It also has a cooling problem, only rarely seen. Like if someone covers them in goo that hinders heat dissipation, making parts deactivate.

Akatsuki no Megane Model 1.0 (3 PP): Employing glass and crystal, these glasses not only let you freely zoom in on things, but also lets them detect anomalous energies. It's not certain if it can detect yokai, though.

Tsukiwara no Dachi (Unique, 4 PP): A mighty sword infused with moon crystal. No finer conduit for moon power exists. It's an absolute monster at close range, able to cleave many a man in twain in a single slash.

Projects:

Develop Tsukihagane (2/9 PP): During the forging of the Tsukiwara no Dachi, we found that we had by chance created a special metal, with excellent magical properties. The amounts were minute, but with enough development, we may be able to consistently create it. This will mark a new age for the Akatsuki Sente.

Develop Tengu no Yoroi Model 1.2 (2/3 PP): A lighter version of the magical armor. It resembles standard clothing, and only changes into more fancy clothes when activated. It doesn't provide the same focus, and especially not the same protection. But don't underestimate the strength of magically infused cloth. A big feature is the limited floating ability. Which will not only render all falls safe. But also allow them to glide away from danger.

Troops (3 800) (2 Heroes):

1 000 (1 000) Yari Ashigaru (1)
200 (1 000) Magi Samurai (5)
400 (800) Magi Miko (2)
80 (800) Magi Shoujo (10)
50 (200) Magi Kunoichi (4)
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito
Magi Samurai Akio Kato

Recruitment (200):
50 (200) Magi Kunoichi (4)

Spoiler: Day 9 Completed Projects Log (click to show/hide)

Yari Ashigaru basic sword training (1 PP). When flanked, their pikes are useless. Some basic sword training will make them last a little while, until they can be rescued.
Develop Akatsuki no Megane Model 1.0 (3 PP): Treating glass with moon crystal, we can etch magical diagrams onto it, while allowing vision through them. By constructing the right diagrams, we should be able to greatly amplify the vision of our operatives. May help our archers as well. But mainly, it will let us hunt down yokai with even greater efficiency.
Forge Tsukiwara no Dachi (4 PP). The Samurai Akio Kato demands a sword worthy of his service before we can recruit him. This great sword will be infused with moon crystal, to make whoever wields it a Magi Samurai beyond compare.
Recruit Magi Samurai Akio Kato (1 PP): Now a sword is all fine and well, but he needs a little bit more convincing. So we've arranged a hunting trip. Called off the hunters for the day, so he can take the sword for a test run.
Mass produce Akatsuki no Megane (2 PP): For fielding them en masse, our current output just isn't enough. We need more. One in every hunter's repertoire. Maybe we can even start fielding hunters as troops.
Train Magi Kunoichi (2 PP): With the mass production of the glasses halfway done, we can start the first steps in training them in large enough numbers to become part of our army. They are intermediate level Magical Girls. Learning stealth and ambush strategies.
Train Magi Miko in the use of Akatsuki no Megane (1 PP): These new glasses not only provide zoom, but can even spot energy. The Magi Miko are terrible in melee, and you never know what trickery the enemy may be up to.

Spoiler: Day 9 Fluff (click to show/hide)

[Great and honorable Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito's Record]

Rawr.

We got ourselves some Children of Fanw. And I have a new bedside companion. Iorwerth Pritchard, or just Iolo. A big dog, with a big bone. I am never going back to humans again.
The rest have taken to becoming demon hunters, but with more focus on archery. In fact, there's one, Myfanwy Hier, or just Myf. It's not her skill in the bow that's spectacular. It's magic.
Children of Fanw may be big and strong, but they make due with that strength. For one to excel in magic, now that is rare. She's stuck with basic training for now, until the armor is done.
The Spell Cloth of the armor is too stiff, it seems. They had to get creative in the design, and boy does it look conspicuous. Good for combat, but terrible at sneaking.
Fortunately, it can transform. So now they just need to design it so it looks mundane when inactive. The progress on the Moon Steel is slow as always.

Spoiler: Letter to Llychlyn (click to show/hide)

Shogun Akatsuki, here again.

I am well aware of your limited population. But each of yours are worth several of mine. I must say, your men are big and strong, especially where it matters. Rawr >:3
But it would hardly be fair if we didn't give anything in return. I have sent 120 packs of Moon Crystal. We always carry more than one, like an archer has more arrows.
I'm sure you will see why those old crystals are obsolete. As they just keep running out of power.
Who knows, maybe they will revolutionize your archery traditions.

And don't worry about the length of your letters. I do enjoy keeping in touch.

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I was very tempted to make a YOLO reference, but with You replaced with I.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 26, 2019, 09:08:05 pm

Spoiler: Day 9 (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Horrorvale
Theme: Horrorvale(game)
Day 9
Capital: Horrorvale City
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Legacy

Map(s):
(https://i.imgur.com/MSKYAvI.png)
As you can see, there are areas within Horrorvales bounds that aren't technically part of the geographical location of Horrorvale, these are noticeable for being decidedly un-spooky. Also, because some douchewaffle decided they really wanted a full scale McMansion in the only clear path out of Horrorvale valley(and they didn't even stay and live in it, fucker just left), the only way to exit or enter is through the Withering Woods, this is where most Wendigos live, which makes it substantially less dangerous than otherwise, if still exceptionally spooky even compared to the rest of the region.

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

Skeleton Witches/Warlocks - Skeletons where among the first settlers in Horrorvale, back when Hades and Death themselves presided over this section of the Underworld made Overworld. While their complete lack of muscle, biological or ectoplasmic, means they are physically fairly weak(though it does leave them significantly less vulnerable to piercing weaponry), their magical prowess is nothing to scoff at. Thus is the military, they generally serve as a combination Mage-Support unit. Slinging offensive spells such as Firebolt, Bone Barrage, and Heal, while restoring their allies strength with Decay, Death, and Poison. (2 points)

Militia - Zombies, Ghouls, Mummies, less magically inclined skeletons, anyone who isn't automatically filtered into another force for their species, but isn't joining one of the non-species based forces, joins these. While they can't be said to be particularly capable, they can be fielded in great numbers than any fully fledged military force. They most often come equipped with light armor, and simple shortswords. Additionally though, every Militia member comes equipped with one firebomb(fragile potion pouches that spray a liquid which rapidly ignites upon bursting), to be used at their discretion, or that of their Commanding Officer, who is generally a Frankenling.

Vampiric Ambush Force - Vampires, swift, graceful, deadly, able to transform into small animals and suck the blood straight from someones veins. They would be the perfect soldiers if not for their fatal flaws. Sunlight burns their skin, garlic is poison, and stakes might as well come pre-poisoned. While in a Horrorvaleans perfect world the sun wouldn't matter as people would be awake at night and sleep through the day, the average soldier of Horrorvale is well aware that this is only the case in their homeland. As such, VAF units can only be deployed after dark, and must immediately retreate to hidden/defended locations as the sun begins to rise. That being said, when they are deployed, they can be truly frightening. Moving with great speed in their leather gear, their razor sharp Crimtain daggers easily find gaps in enemy armor and creates wounds that bleed far longer than normal. Their ability to transform into small animals also allows them to sneak into tight places. This makes them excellent for limiting the enemies force before battle can begin, and for dealing decisive strikes to otherwise occupied foes in night battles.

Wendigo Berzerkers - Wendigos, the rarest of Undead species that can truly be said to be a major part of Horrorvale society. Standing head and shoulders over the average man. Their prodigious strength, even for their size, allows them to wield exceptionally large weapons. Their flesh is tough, easily limiting the damage they take even ignoring their armor, and by feasting on meat they can heal their wounds. However, they do not take to tactics well, nor magic, much prefering the very direct solution of "Charge straight forward and cleave anybody that doesn't give up in half." Nevertheless they are an effective, and truly terrifying, fighting force. (5 points)

Ecto-sappers - Ghosts are a very common sight within Horrorvale. More than likely the single most common race here in fact, edging out Wendigos and Zombies combined. That being said, their unique physical traits make them awkward to fit into any un-specialized military unit. The ecto-sappers are one such unit, ghosts making full use of their ability to go intangible at will and possess objects to bypass and destroy enemy fortifications and defenses before the main force moves in. When intangible, mundane objects simply pass through them, though the same cannot be said of magic or anything enchanted, and intangibility can't be partial. Ghosts are quite lacking in physical strength on their own, meaning that when caught not-possessing an object they struggle to fight back, and even if they are possessing an object they will die when it is destroyed. Still, these spectral soldiers can turn an enemies siege weapons and fortifications into their own worst enemies given the chance. (3 points)

Frankenling Shock Troopers - The artificial undead created by the the Mayor. Stitched together from severed parts. While they are not as strong and quick as Wendigos, they are more durable, and more tactically minded, and do trend towards a higher intelligence. Not to mention, while they may not be particularly magically capable, the natural electric charge to their bodies can be used to fire bolts of electricity at close ranges. Each one is equipped with full iron armor and proper broadswords. Frankenlings are the ideal public servants, working as everything from postman to soldier, they are born for their jobs, and they take to them with pride and skill. (3 points)

Beast-Kin Ranger - Beast-kin is less a species of undead, and more a classification. Wolf-people, cat-people, bird-people, spider-people. If it's an animal, there's a beast-kin species for it. That being said, each one possesses traits common for said animals, which very uniformly make them skilled for fighting and surviving in the wilderness. With our new crossbows, a non-magical ranged unit has become all the more viable and useful, and as such, these rangers take full advantage of that. (2 points)

Heroes:
Mayor Ludwigg... Fikleheim? Fanglefoot? Frankenfurter? Something like that- The Mayor of the town of Horrorvale, a scientist whos technological genius is decades if not more beyond that of his citizens. Yet, he loves them all the same. He was the victim of an incredibly rare condition known as 'Aging', where his body, after hitting maturity, began to ever so slowly degrade. To counteract this, he built a mechanical body, and had his brain implanted into it via brain-jar. This body stands larger than a minotaur, has strength to match, a surprising amount of speed, and can fire off blasts of lightning. Unfortunately, this is not his natural body, and thus not the one he will un-die into should he be slain. Instead it will have to be re-built.

Supplies:
Foreign:
Gunpowder - A substance I've heard tales of from far off lands. Gunpowder is an explosive powder, typically used for the propulsion of projectiles. While we could simply make use of this directly, plans are rather to use it as a base to build off of on our own.

Domestic:
Underworld Magic - For the most part, a vague collection of rather simple spells. 'Life' spells for combat, 'Death' spells for healing, some more basic combat spells that just fire different sorts of projectiles, a variety of empowerment spells, that sort of thing. Nothing esoteric such as wishes and polymorphing, just your classic array of magic spells, with a Halloween theme. A note to make however, is that the Life and Death spells do act as they say, it's just the effects of Life and Death magics have inverse effects upon the Undead. This is likely to come as a rude awakening when they find they need to double down on Death spells to both heal and hurt while completely giving up the Life ones.

Necromancy - A major portion of magic used in Horrorvale is Necromancy. And when I say major, I mean as in like, it's the sole option for reproduction for a majority of Horrorvales natives. Skeletons, Zombies, Mummies, Wendigos and Ghosts can't have babies after all, and that's only the major examples. So instead they pluck a lost soul that has been scoured clean of its identity out of Limbo, and slap it into a new, magically formed body, which ages as normal(at least until maturity, where all but the most tragically unlucky will simply stop aging). A notable effect of this is that Horrorvales citizens can't die properly, no form of afterlife will take recycled souls, not even Limbo itself, and so they just wake up again with a new body where they last slept. This doesn't make dying any more pleasant, but it makes it less frightening. That is not the only use for Necromancy however, as it can be used by trained professionals as a way to quickly get Undead who have once again become dead back into the fight.

Reagents-a-plenty - Eye of newt and tongue of frog, wing of bat and hair of dog. The wilderness around Horrorvale is absolutely overflowing with potent Potionology reagents. From the rivers and lakes literally flowing with blood, to bushes that sprout eyes, and every type of poisonous or carnivorous plant you can think of. If it's good for potions, Horrorvale has it. This makes them some of the most accomplished alchemists in the world, with access to all sorts of useful concoctions. The fact that healing potions and poisons have reversed effects on the Undead is made all the better by the fact that they have so much access to poison.

Alchemy Forges - Through the combination of more advanced forges/techniques, and Potionology, a variety of new useful metal alloys can be made. In addition to the typical metals such as steel and bronze, this also includes metals with unique properties, these include; Flintsteel(Capable of igniting easily when struck in the right way, extinguishes quickly due to being nonflammable), Cold Iron(Iron that weakens magical effects from proximity and contact), Orichalcum(Can be sharpened into incredibly fine edges and holds them longer under use), and Crimtain(slows blood clotting, causing wounds to bleed longer. Vampires like to lick it).

Mechanical Weaponry- Crossbows and their variations, as well as catapults and other siege weaponry, have been a notable part of warfare for quite some time. It speaks a lot about the peace in our lands that we have yet to develop such things. Now however, it has gotten to a point where there is simply no reason not to.
Projects:
Horrorvale [8]- The city of Horrorvale, named for the valley in which it resides. Once, this land was fraught with horrible monsters and unspeakable beasts. Now the monsters are polite and the beasts just undead. Still though, Horrorvale has been built from this time, as such the city is practically a fortress. Every single external wall is thick and made of dark stone bricks, and the city is entirely surrounded by even thicker walls, and the ground is paved in many areas. It is, of course, still a city though, so traps are practically nonexistant in the streets, and siege weapons can be wheeled right through the gate and past the walls entirely if no attempt to stop them is made. Still though, the gates are the only actual weak point in Horrorvales walls. (Makes the Capital of Horrorvale double as an exceptionally sized Fortress, though with the problems that come from being a city)

Reagent Harvest Standardization [3]- A project to standardize and optimize the harvesting of Horrorvales natural supply of Potion reagents. Thus allowing them to easily be accessed when needed by those who need them. (provides the 'Reagents-a-plenty' Supply)

Standardized Ghost Unit [2]- The innate physical weaknesses of being a ghost and their only occasionally corporeal nature lead to them being rather awkward to fit into existing military groups. While they could float through walls or attacks, in doing so they would simply float out of their equipment. This requires ghosts to have specialized Units made to optimize their usage. The Ecto-sappers are merely the first example of such a unit. (provides 'Ecto-sappers' Troop)

Military Frankenling production and training [2]- In anticipation for coming potential conflict, Mayor Faffenpaffers production of Frankenlings has shifted steadily towards military focus. There is some worry about the ethics of creating thinking, unliving people for the singular purpose of war, but the ease of which they integrate into normal Horrorvale society has done well to assuage fears. (provides 'Frankenling Shock Troopers' Troop)

Frankenling Combat Armor [2]- Proper armor dedicated for Frankenling use. Where their iron armor would diffuse the Frankenlings electric bolts causing them to fly off course and wasting a decent portion of electricity, their new armor has been specially crafted with inlaid copper wiring leading towards the fingertips. This means that electrical attacks come out more focused and accurate, with much less of the power diffusing out into the rest of the armor. A pair of lightning rods have also been added to the back, which can channel what electricity does diffuse back into the Frankenling, completely erasing the power wasted in the act of firing bolts. They also allow loose electricity to recharge the Frankenling in small amounts. (upgrades Frankenling Shock Troopers with more accurate and powerful lightning attacks, and greater energy efficiency)

Advanced Metal Forging [3]- With Mayor Frankfurters technological advancements, we've managed to develop a variety of alloys, combinations of different metals. Particularly, through the addition of potionology, we've developed several magical alloys with unique effects. We expect these in particular will see great use in the future, for a variety of purposes. (Unlocks 'Alchemy Forges' supply)

Simple Mechanisms [3]- While mechanical contraptions had already seen a good bit of use. They had always been fairly large, and used for fairly large scale things. Stuff like Horrorvales gate, or the elevators in Mayo Furklefoots lab. With this, proper mechanisms are becoming more and more common in everyday life, and are even beginning to find their way into the weaponry utilized by our developing military. (Provides 'Mechanical Weaponry' Supply)

Orichalcum Refit [2]- With the creation of Orichalcum, a metal than can be sharpened incredibly finely and retains its edge even through extensive use, tools in Horrorvale have developed to new heights, trees can be felled at greater speeds when wood is needed, stone can be carved at a greater pace, animals can be skinned and butchered with greater efficiency. It is only natural that such a metal would find its way into the military as well. The brave men, women, and others of our militia have been equipped with new Orichalcum swords, which can cut through far tougher materials than their basic iron weaponry ever could. (Upgrades Militia weaponry to Orichalcum, making them capable of doing increased damage in melee combat)

Mechanized Weaponry [2]- Weaponry using simple mechanisms to function rather than pure strength. While this sort of weaponry may be less useful for our more physically adept soldiers, being that they cannot make use of their prodigious strength with it, for our other forces these should prove invaluable. Already we have begun the creation of a proper force to make use of these new weapons, which should allow us to deal dangerous strikes at range without relying upon magic. (Unlocks 'Beast-kin Ranger' Troop)

Crimtain Refit [2]- Crimtain also presents to us a design of use. While civilian-wise it is at best a novely for vampires, for military use it allows our weapons the bleed out enemies with far lighter injuries than would otherwise be necessary. Naturally, Crimtain knives make a perfect fit for our Vampiric Ambush Force. Allowing them to strike unseen and leave their targets crumpling to the ground bleeding.(Upgrades Vampiric Ambush Force with crimtain weaponry, causing foes cut by them to bleed for much longer, greatly increasing the risk of bleeding out)

Other:
 Click to go to Day 0 for the Other. Got this idea from PirateJoe (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=174245.msg7998807#msg7998807)

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Troops:
375 Skeleton Witches/Warlocks (7500 Unit Points)
800 Militia
300 Ecto-sappers (900 Unit Points)
300 Frankenling Shock Troopers (900 Unit Points)
130 Wendigo Berzerkers (650 Unit Points)
Total: 4000

Recruitment:
60 Militia
25 Skeleton Witches/Warlocks (50 Unit Points)
10 Ecto-sappers (30 Unit Points)
6 Wendigo Berzerkers (30 Unit Points)
10 Frankenling Shock Troopers (30 Unit Points)

Total: 200

Supplies:
Underworld Magic

Necromancy

Reagents-a-Plenty

Alchemy Forges

Mechanical Weaponry

Projects:

Further Alchemical Materials research (2/3)
Recruit Bodyguard (2/2+)
Improve Gunpowder (0/3)

Completed Projects:
Horrorvale [8]
Reagent harvest standardization [3]
Military Frankenling production and training [2]
Standardized Ghost Unit [2]
Frankenling Combat Armor [2]
Advanced Metal Forging [3]
Simple Mechanisms [3]
Orichalcum Refit [2]
Mechanized Weaponry [2]
Crimtain Refit [2]

Log:
Log AABY-010; Heh, I must say, introspection was not exactly scheduled for today. Then again, is suppose that's the sort of thing that rarely is. Meanwhile, work continues, a promising candidate has been found, but we will be taking time to make sure he is properly trained and knowledgeable of what will be his place of work for the long-term. He will need it after all if he is to be my right-hand man, and left, and several more. Hah, we have fun here.

This time, it seems that Ludwigg has taken your advice, as your own messenger comes back later than usual, carrying a new reply

Spoiler: Message to the Lychlyn (click to show/hide)

You are welcome. I'm happy to be of assistance.

Life in Horrorvale is... different from what you're used to, to say the least. The city of Horrorvale rest within a valley, surrounded on two sides by mountains, and the other two by a dense forest. The colors of... everything really, are more often dark and dull than not, a side effect of the undead Flora I suppose. Then there's Horrorvale itself, practically as much a fortress as it is a city. Tall, thick walls surround it on all sides, the streets are paved in stone and raised stone tiles sit on both sides to give ample room for walking out of the way of carriages and bonecycles. The buildings are, similarly, sturdy stone with thick walls, and stretch rather high into the air. It can often be hard to tell where one building ends and the next begins.

As a similar inverse, my own life is comparatively... peaceful, compared to the hustle and bustle of the city streets down outside of my laboratory. Though often I wonder if I am confusing peace with routine. The life of an inventor is one that is time consuming, yet, I would say satisfying. Compared to my work as Mayor, approving laws, deciding on public construction projects, managing funds, mostly stuff that the average citizen would never see or experience. My inventions meanwhile, they change things, for everyone living down there. With my mechanisms, each page of a book can be copied and re-printed endlessly, indistinguishable from the original copies, every home has direct access to fresh blood from the blood-falls past the Withering Woods(blood, to be clear, replaces all but rain-water in the Underworld, and Horrorvale is a similar case)

As for my demeanor. Well, perhaps it's because I am more scholar than leader, but honestly, if there is anything my 400 or so years as Horrorvales Mayor have taught me; leadership can be tiresome. Keeping track of everything, making sure not one issue slips through the cracks. Meanwhile, I have become all to used to those who would attempt to 'befriend' me, nodding and yes-ing to my every word in the hopes of getting the power of the mayor behind their ambitions, as though my word could give them the strength to oppose President Hades himself. The thought of loosening my paranoia, meeting someone new, someone more interested in genuine learning than political chess, I suppose I am rather eager.

I would love for you to visit. Though, there would be complications. What with my tight schedule, and our almost inverse sleeping schedules. While I do not sleep, few of my people can say the same, even those who don't need to would rather spend the day sleeping than sit and wait for the rest of the city to wake up around them. So do feel free to take all the time you need to decide, after all, such an event is going to need quite a bit of preparation what with our differing circumstances.

Sincerely, Mayor Ludwigg Fr█n██ie█

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: TheRedwolf on July 26, 2019, 11:21:36 pm

Result of attack on TheRedwolf
After sending an army after the GM of this very game, you quickly realized that it was a mistake to do so. As soon as your troops arrive, they realize there mistake as they arrive in Hell. The last thing they hear before they get chased back to the surface is Next time Read My profile before you pull bullshittery like this.

The map is coming god damn it.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Happy Demon on July 27, 2019, 04:29:02 am

Well, probably going to be a vacation from tomorrow until Tuesday.
Hopefully I wont be needed for anything.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Happy Demon on July 27, 2019, 11:51:51 am

And... it's cancelled. No vacation, so it can be smooth sailings.
Anyway, it's hit 6 PM for me, so...

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Spoiler: Day 10 Crunch (click to show/hide)

Civilization Name: The Akatsuki Sente of Honkoku
Theme: Magical Girls Incorporated
Day 10
Capital: Tsukiwara
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industry (Good guys are quality over quantity)

Map(s):
https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T (https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Yari Ashigaru (cost 1): Pikemen clad in basic armor. Because any army requires cannon fodder to send in and occupy a place. They are well drilled, so they excel in area denial with tight formations of pike walls. Though flanking makes them have to draw swords, and they are vulnerable to arrows. So by themselves they can be outmaneuvered or wittled down.
Basic Sword Training (1 PP): Given training with a smaller weapon, they will not immediately shatter when flanked.

Magi Samurai (cost 5): The noble remnants of the previous regime. The Samurai have adopted the magical crystals of their new overlords, and use it to augment their bushido. The Samurai are excellent melee combatants, and wreathing their swords in moonlight power, they can project sword slashes. This makes them ferocious in a melee, as they can not only cut through steel, but also outreach most spears. Though these special moves drain their crystals faster.

Magi Miko (cost 2): Armed with bows and firing magical arrows. The Miko are apprentice magical girls. Firing magical arrows is a good way to train the channeling of magical power, while keeping their gear relatively light. They have a katana, but no armor and little training. They will do poorly if they're engaged in melee.
Basic Akatsuki no Megane Training (1 PP): Equipped and trained in the use of the Akatsuki no Megane models. This enhances their sight range due to the magnified lens, and lets them detect anomalous energies.

Magi Shoujo (cost 10): Clad in the Tsuki no Yoroi, these magical girls are the real deal. They'd look lightly equipped out of combat, with a glaive and a handful pieces of armor. But with a song and a dance, their armor will deploy, making them only second to the samurai in armor. Transformed, their projectiles become even deadlier, not to mention whoever is unfortunate enough to be hit by their glaives. They can also fly, though doing so drains their magical reserves faster than any other. It is important for  the magicla girls to know when to and when not to utilize their aerial capabilities.

Magi Kunoichi (cost 4, 2 PP): Adorned with the Akatsuki no Megane, and wielding a magical naginata. These women operate as battle ninjas. Sneaking around enemy lines to  hit vulnerable areas. But if they are caught out in the open, they will not fare well, on account of no armor or extra mobility. High risk, but they can reap a bloody harvest if they ever get to someone's archers or other support units.

Heroes:
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito: The great and honorable leader of the Akatsuki Sente. Akatsuki is a pragmatic girl, willing to kill, cheat and steal to get her way. Her husband, the emperor, is naught but a pawn to her, with no real power. Though not the magical girl she used to be, even having lost her left eye. She is a peerless tactician, intimately aware of the capabilities and limitations of the magical equipment. And ultimately, the people have prospered under her rule.

Magi Samurai Akio Kato (1 PP): A veteran from the civil war. He's faced Akatsuki numerous times. But never able to actually hurt her, thanks to her magical armor. But now that he has Tsukiwara no Dachi, he is a force to be reckoned with. Had he wielded it back in the civil war. Then he would've likely destroyed Akatsuki's magical girls, no problem. But he is no honorbound to Akatsuki's service. For he is an honorable samurai, and thus, trustworthy. Even as a former foe.

Supplies:
Foreign:
38 Children of Fanw.

Domestic:
Tsuki no Kessho Model 2.0: Magical crystal used to store and channel the power of the moon. This newest model retains the output power of the original while having a much larger storage capacity. This means magical girls no longer have to ration their energy expenditure based on the phases of the moon.

Tsuki no Yoroi Model 1.4: The most modern magical armor. It increases the focus of the wearer, while also providing excellent protection. However, it's power consumption is still high. A Magical Girl might just run out in the midst of flight, if they're careless. So most of the time in an inactive state. Only activated once battle starts. It also has a cooling problem, only rarely seen. Like if someone covers them in goo that hinders heat dissipation, making parts deactivate.

Akatsuki no Megane Model 1.0 (3 PP): Employing glass and crystal, these glasses not only let you freely zoom in on things, but also lets them detect anomalous energies. It's not certain if it can detect yokai, though.

Tsukiwara no Dachi (Unique, 4 PP): A mighty sword infused with moon crystal. No finer conduit for moon power exists. It's an absolute monster at close range, able to cleave many a man in twain in a single slash.

Tengu no Yoroi Model 1.2 (Limited Production, 3 PP): A much reduced magical armor compared to the Tsuki no Yoroi. But is lighter, less conspicuous, and more manageable for rookies. It looks like regular clothing, but once activated, it becomes an elaborate dress. It's magical weave gives protection, additional focus, and even limited flight. However, it's activation is still flashy. So once activated, stealth ends.

Projects:

Develop Tsukihagane (3/9 PP): During the forging of the Tsukiwara no Dachi, we found that we had by chance created a special metal, with excellent magical properties. The amounts were minute, but with enough development, we may be able to consistently create it. This will mark a new age for the Akatsuki Sente.

Recruit Magi Huntress Myfanwy "Myf" Hier (0/3 PP): Given extensive training in the field of magic. Myf will become a mighty Magi Huntress. Protected with the Tengu no Yoroi, given vision with the Akatsuki no Megane, and using our tried and tested spell bow. She'll rival Fanw herself (not really).

Troops (4 000) (2 Heroes):

1 000 (1 000) Yari Ashigaru (1)
200 (1 000) Magi Samurai (5)
400 (800) Magi Miko (2)
80 (800) Magi Shoujo (10)
100 (400) Magi Kunoichi (4)
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito
Magi Samurai Akio Kato

Recruitment (200):
100 (100) Yari Ashigaru (1)
25 (100) Magi Kunoichi (4)

Spoiler: Day 10 Completed Projects Log (click to show/hide)

Yari Ashigaru basic sword training (1 PP). When flanked, their pikes are useless. Some basic sword training will make them last a little while, until they can be rescued.
Develop Akatsuki no Megane Model 1.0 (3 PP): Treating glass with moon crystal, we can etch magical diagrams onto it, while allowing vision through them. By constructing the right diagrams, we should be able to greatly amplify the vision of our operatives. May help our archers as well. But mainly, it will let us hunt down yokai with even greater efficiency.
Forge Tsukiwara no Dachi (4 PP). The Samurai Akio Kato demands a sword worthy of his service before we can recruit him. This great sword will be infused with moon crystal, to make whoever wields it a Magi Samurai beyond compare.
Recruit Magi Samurai Akio Kato (1 PP): Now a sword is all fine and well, but he needs a little bit more convincing. So we've arranged a hunting trip. Called off the hunters for the day, so he can take the sword for a test run.
Mass produce Akatsuki no Megane (2 PP): For fielding them en masse, our current output just isn't enough. We need more. One in every hunter's repertoire. Maybe we can even start fielding hunters as troops.
Train Magi Kunoichi (2 PP): With the mass production of the glasses halfway done, we can start the first steps in training them in large enough numbers to become part of our army. They are intermediate level Magical Girls. Learning stealth and ambush strategies.
Train Magi Miko in the use of Akatsuki no Megane (1 PP): These new glasses not only provide zoom, but can even spot energy. The Magi Miko are terrible in melee, and you never know what trickery the enemy may be up to.
Develop Tengu no Yoroi Model 1.2 (3 PP): A lighter version of the magical armor. It resembles standard clothing, and only changes into more fancy clothes when activated. It doesn't provide the same focus, and especially not the same protection. But don't underestimate the strength of magically infused cloth. A big feature is the limited floating ability. Which will not only render all falls safe. But also allow them to glide away from danger.

Spoiler: Day 10 Fluff (click to show/hide)

[Great and honorable Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito's Record]

Some new clothes, for added safety.

The Tengu no Yoroi has been completed. It's in limited production, but getting a personal one is fine. It helps defend me when I don't feel like wearing the heavier armor.
I've also put in an order for a large one, for Myf. I've also gotten her some of the best tutors we have to offer. Which will help her reach her true potential.
In fact, she may even become the new goddess of the hunt. I wonder if Fanw could use moon magic. Would make her superhuman feats somewhat believable.
We have also made a breakthrough in the creation of Tsukihagane. We have managed to create flecks of it. The only problem is that it's weak. Nowhere near the power of the Tsukiwara no Tachi.
But progress is progress.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: piratejoe on July 27, 2019, 12:02:47 pm

Spoiler: Llychlyn, Day 9 (click to show/hide)

General Information:
Civilization Name: The Kingdom of Llychlyn.
Theme: Extreme Quality over quantity hunting and ranged based followers of Fanw
Day 9
Capital: Allfshys
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industrial

Map(s):(https://i.imgur.com/MGA4JJF.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

-Gwaywffon Ifanc, 4 RP: Usually lightly or moderately armored with leather and at most some gambeson. Always with a spear in hand, these soldiers are new to the military, and as such, their numbers tend to be one of the highest. Every member of the proper Llychlyn army is a Gwaywffon Ifanc at the start of their career, becoming Bwyell Ifanc after some time training, or Gwaywffyn Mynydd should they grow fond of the spear.

-Gwaywffyn Mynydd, 5 RP: Commonly moderately armored with leather and gambeson and at most a steel plate, these well trained and physically fit by Children of Fanw standards are significantly better than normal spearmen. Each thrust of their spears tends to be true, and commonly they lead groups of Gwaywffon Ifanc, with only generals and Meistri Rhyfel as their superiors.

-Bwyell Ifanc, 4 RP: With moderate or heavy armor, commonly incorporating steel, the Bwyell Ifanc are always armed with a shield and a axe. Naturally, once the Children of Fanw who train as a Gwaywffon Ifanc are strong and trained enough, they are granted the ability to become Bwyell Ifanc. Like Gwaywffon Ifanc, the Bwyell Ifanc have a chance to either become Coeden Fwyell or become what most who join the Llychlyn military aspire to become, Helwyr Saethwr.

-Coeden Fwyell, 5 RP: Armed with heavy armour and the strength and stamina to make it seem as if they were only wearing moderate protection for most of a fight, the Coeden Fwyell are experts at combat involving the axe and shield. Knowing how to deal with soldiers armed similarly to themselves along with other formations. They, like Gwaywffyn Mynydd, tend to lead groups of Bwyell Ifanc and listen to only generals and Meistri Rhyfel as superiors.

-Helwyr Saethwr, 5 RP: Armed with bow and moderate armor of steel made to not inhibit dexterity, the children of Fanw in the military who become Helwyr Saethwr are those who have become strong and well trained enough to be granted the most honored role of being able to wield the bow. Granted with warbows and a side arm be it sword or axe, these soldiers fire at extreme range with extreme accuracy. They are some of the best of the best, though, there are even more skilled warriors, though few in number.

-Meistri Rhyfel, 10 RP: The Meistri Rhyfel are the best of the best, soldiers who have lived and trained for ages and honing their skill to an exhaustive degree. Commonly, they are masters of both bow and either spear or axe, wielding both in battle, and commonly they are the ones trained to command and lead the soldiers below them into battle. They are commonly equipped with whatever they desire, and commonly are at least two hundred years old. Few are of their number, but they certainly are a force to be reckoned with, at range or up close.


Heroes:
Fanw Howell: Fanw is the Goddess of hunting, Ranged Combat (though most think its just archery), and Stature (Both meanings of the word). It is believed that they take a form similar to the Children of Fanw, with with the ears, tail, nails and eyes that her children have, specifically with long brown hair and amber eyes and always with a bow in hand or put away. They are considered a fair and kind goddess who cares for their children and who makes sure the woods are plentiful with food and teaming with life. However, it is believed by quite a few that, in defense of her children, she will take away quarry that hunters would go for in the area's of the threat after and instead will fill the woods with predators, far more aggressive than normal, specifically to invaders, and that should things get desperate, she herself will arrive with no restraint on her power. Not everyone believes this entirely, though it is certainly comforting to a degree. Something all followers of Fanw can agree on however, is that she almost always is manifested in the world, and wanders the woods and wilds of the world, calmly hunting and living a simple, but fairly peaceful existence. It's said that mortals who meet her will find her helpful as a friendly guide so long as their intentions are well meaning, making some small talk and sharing some food that she hunted before sometimes informing them of something important to them, such as the location of something they had lost and were looking for, or how to deal with something that has been plaguing them. If the person is ill willed, they usually will simply leave such people alone, though sometimes it is said they will try and convince them to change... It also should be noted that, despite not being a nature/forest god, she does have issue with people completely chopping down entire forests with no intention of any kind of preservation, after all, if you remove the forest, you remove the animals that lived there you could have hunted. Though, the removal of chunks of forests for some development is fine so long as its not a quarter of the entire forest and the new plains can still support small game or something of the like. Additionally, Despite beliefs otherwise, she doesn't view weapons like muskets, slings, or crossbows as lesser weapons, even if her followers will probably argue among themselves claiming otherwise, in fact, in her manifested form, one can find practically every kind of ranged weapon somewhere on her person, from throwing axes to the classic bow, though the weapons in question are only the kind of ranged weapons that are used in the local area, so no one will see her with a crossbow somewhere no one has them or something similar.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None

Domestic:
Children of Fanw: Fanw herself grants protection over the Children of Fanw, and should the worst come to worst and Llychlyn finds itself in a final battle for survival, Fanw will help her children and try to protect them from the ones attacking them personally. Of course, Fanw won't exactly do much directly out side of making wild animals attack invaders more often and lower the amount of prey the invaders can get until Llychlyn is truly desperate, but should the fate of the children of Fanw and Llychlyn rest on a battle, she will be there, and she will do her best to drive them off.

Faith in Fanw: the Children of Fanw have an almost unbreakable faith in their goddess, though they tend to be causal about it and not force their faith upon others who happen to believe in other things. Regardless, the Children of Fanw call themselves that for a reason... Regardless, were Fanw to theoretically manifest in a battle for the heartland of the kingdom, they'd certainly be rallied by it and would fight to the very last, not just for their home, their clans, their kin, but also their goddess. (Think of both of these applying directly to the abilities of Fanw, I think sacrificing both resources for Fanw is fair trade to have Fanw as a hero, as Fanw is a goddess after all...)

Projects:
Prenhaearn: (2) Some forests in Llychlyn are made up of pine like tree's called Prenhaearn. These trees have wood about as durable as iron and aren't really that flamable. Of course, actually chopping them down and refining them is easier said than done, but its not impossible with the proper tools and techniques which Llychlyn has made. Needless to say, buildings made out of such strong wood are quite resilient, both to fire and to damage, and so too are shields, tool handles, and anything else made from the stuff as well.

Castellmeindwr: (8 ) Castellmeindwr is a large fortification made out of mostly prenhaearn The fortification is split into nine separate area's Four inner area's, four outer, and one center. The only way to travel through these area's is through specific entrances. This is done to make an attacking force have to go through choke points and means that should an attacking army go over the walls they can't just capture the entire wall without having to go through many of these choke points. The castle's walls obviously have crenellations and machicolations to make shooting at an attacker that much easier, and a simple ditch with spikes of normal wood surrounds the castle. The center of the fortification includes a main building which has a drawbridge connected to one of the walls, which can be raised and forces the attacking force to have to break through the walls of the main castle, climb it, or simply try to wait out the defenders, and the portion of the castle that is below the drawbridge is dedicated to storage of food and supplies.

Other: (Read the day 0 post, linked here. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=174245.msg7998996#msg7998996))

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Troops:
325 (1,300) Gwaywffon Ifanc
100 (500) Gwaywffyn Mynydd
200 (800) Bwyell Ifanc
100 (500) Coeden Fwyell
100 (500) Helwyr Saethwr
20 (200) Meistri Rhyfel

Total: 835 (3,800)

Recruitment:
40 (200) Helwyr Saethwr

Total: 200

Supplies:
Children of Fanw
Faith in Fanw

Projects:
Cymeriadau Arbennig (3/10)
Dur Bendigedig (3/6)

Completed Projects:
Gwaywffyn Mynydd (1/1)
Coeden Fwyell (1/1)
Prenhaearn (2/2)
Castellmeindwr (8/8)

Log: 30th of Ebrill, 254 Ar ôl Uno
I suppose I managed to somehow handle that letter well enough. After so many tries I realized I needed to keep it short to not show any of my actual feelings on the small letter, and they believed my excuse. Its a small respite, but nothing more. I think considering everything, it might just be best to go to Horrorvale and Ludwigg. It will probably help me, and maybe they can have some advice. Maybe they might make me feel better about what I did as well, if I actually get the courage to admit such a thing. But, I know too well that I'm going to be stuck here in the home I was born in, at least for a while. Maybe just maybe the arguments over firearms will not take years like the ones over crossbows, but I doubt it. Maybe its a punishment of sorts for my terrible decision?

Maybe I should, if I get some free time, try and get some sort of information from Fanw. Maybe she'll speak to me like she did to my mother, at least, if her claims were even true in the first place. Though, if they weren't, I guess she'd never be given Ergydcaled. I've seen her use that bow, and I highly doubt that there is any way whatsoever that it could do half the things she was able to do with it if it weren't granted to her by Fanw. Hopefully she'll help me, in one way or another.

I've also gotten more letters, though, I don't think I'll respond to one of them. Not yet, I feel I need to do some things first before I can actually write to them without writing things I'd rather not send to them. I think she'd see some of such things as a sign of weakness.

Spoiler: To Ludwigg (click to show/hide)

I'm sorry if this might take you by surprise but...I feel I need to write a few things. Things I probably should have written down in my last letter.

To be honest, and I genuinely hope no one but you see's this, I actually am not really confident in my abilities as a leader. I'm not like my mother or sister, and while it may seem to others that I'm merely thinking about my decisions, I'm just trying to calm myself down and appear calm. And lately I feel as if I've made a terrible mistake as well. Yet, I feel trapped. I can't just abdicate and let my sister take the crown. It just wouldn't be right. I know she'd be a better leader, and she probably would be all to happy to take my place but it feels as if doing that would just be wrong and as if I was abandoning my duities. I was my mothers first born child but, she clearly had to have seen something considering she didn't just exclude me from sucsession.

I've writen things like this far to many times in my own logbook, but maybe actually expressing these feelings to someone else will allow me to get some kind of insight and confirm or dispel my fears. Or simply give me a new perspective on them. I'm sorry to bother you with all of this, but you have been the closest thing to a friend I've had since I took power and had practically all my time dedicated to ruling Llychlyn. I suppose I should talk about something more than just my feelings about myself and my rule and instead focus on something else, like being able to go to your kingdom, or well, republic I suppose. I think the only issue is simply how busy you and I are, though the second I get the chance, should the main thing taking up all my time now not last for seventy nine years like the last, similar incident that happened, I'll send you a letter to inform you.

This letter I feel is a bit more sparse than my pervious letters, but, I will say if you are at all interested, I'd be happy to have you here in the future, should you find the time. Though, I believe I'm more interested in visiting you and Horrorvale than you visiting me and Llychlyn. But I think that might just be because I see it as a possible escape for a few days where I can genuinely relax and maybe get myself into some semblence of order, or at least have some time not to stress and worry about anything.

Eheubryd o Clan Cadigan, merch Ariella a brenhines Llychlyn

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 27, 2019, 04:38:52 pm

Spoiler: Day 10 - what's a geneva convention (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Mercdonalds
Theme: PMC
Day 10
Capital: MCD Saltshaker
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Force

Map(s):
Outside:
Exterior Map (http://magaimg.net/img/8h2o.png)
A ship crashed inside a mountain range, with mountains to the south, north, and east, with not much notable terrain, just fields.
MCD Saltshaker Interior (top and bottom decks)
Interior Map (http://magaimg.net/img/8h06.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Alpha Mercs: A dime a dozen, they're simply well-rounded mercs tasked with one goal: Shoot at anything hostile to us, and don't shoot anything that isn't. They typically have access to most of the arsenal, which is assault rifles, shotguns, submachine guns, pistols, revolvers, and all those swords supplied to us by those White Castle guys. The armor is also various plated armor that we have the schematics for thanks to various companies back when the Saltshaker was actually in space, but most of it is more or less standard field armor. Their armor has red accents to distinguish them from other squads. Some of them have attached scopes to their rifles for when they'll be needing to take long range shots.

For the sake of organisation, I'm sorting them into Melee and Ranged Alpha mercs. (and also because I can't be bothered to write two separate infodumps about melee/ranged versions of otherwise near identical troops)

White Castle Screeches: They're screeches that are armed with swords, and have shields + plate armor. We're not sure why they like to screech about wanting to retake Jerusalem, but to each their own. I'm here to command our mercs, not wonder why our screeches screech.

Alpha Medics: Our support units, they're tasked with keeping their fellow mercs alive, and fighting hostiles when they don't have any fellow mercs to heal. They're generally given access to the same weapons as regular alpha mercs, but are also given medical supplies. Their armor also has red accents to mark them as part of the Alpha squad.

Veterans: The main forces of the Delta squad, they're equipped with the more expensive and powerful weaponry, and are more specialized. They usually wield heavier weaponry, and are given elite training, and cost 3x as much as a normal merc to recruit because of the more vigorous training they need. Their armor has purple accents to indicate they're part of the Delta squad.

Heroes:
Field Commander 'Deusus Maximus': Our main leader for field operations, he manages the officers on the field, who in turn manage the normal mercs in battle. He's equipped with one of our Knight Commander armor sets made before the crash which lead to our advanced manufacturing systems to be destroyed, and wields a high quality broadsword also made before the crash, which sends hostiles flying the fuck away like they were hit with a giant truck, and also causes lightning to flash out.

Supplies:
Foreign:
Toxic Undead Flora & Fauna: We've gotten these from trading with Horrorvale, these plants and animals are not only undead, but poisonous. We've developed protocols and manuals for maximizing poison extraction and reliably keeping a sustainable source of them respectively. Plans to weaponise it are being considered if we have to break the Geneva convention.

Domestic:
Gunpowder: It's a powder that explodes when ignited, used primarily for launching bullets at anything in front of one of our gun users. It's that simple. We found a huge cache of undetonated gunpowder where our ammunition manufacturing systems are, so we at least should have more than enough. (Mass Produced)

Muskets: Since we're pretty desperate, we've resorted to manufacturing these with what's still functional out of the manufacturing part of the ship. They're simple: you insert powder into the back of the barrel, then a bullet, then you cock the gun, and finally, you pull the trigger to hopefully kill whatever you're shooting at. (Mass Produced)

Scopes: They're scopes. You look through them, and you can more precisely see stuff from longer distances. We're gonna mass produce them for our soldiers that need the extra accuracy/zoom. (mass produced)

Modern Firearms: Assault rifles, shotguns, sniper rifles, machine guns, SMGs, pistols, pretty much a huge bulk of our arsenal back when we were in space and not a group of crash landed mercs on some unknown planet. We now have them mass produced because fuck balance.

Projects:
Form an elite squad: By starting to give specific high potential soldiers even more training, we have reformed Delta Squad, which is the elite branch of our forces. They're small in number, but their training makes them lethal on the field.

Create self-contained firearm cartridges: We're had to remake the ammunition schematics for our actual military grade ammo due to us loosing the methods of making them during the crash. Either way, we can be assured reloading in the field will be way faster now.

Create magnifying lenses: We've decided some of our men could use scopes, so we've started making them.

Start repairing the firearm manufacturing systems: Now that we've gotten all the stuff we'll need for modern firearm operation and manufacturing, like actually decent ammo, we've decided we have sufficient ability to finally repair our firearm manufacturing machinery. We just have to make a few adjustments, and soon we'll soon have the ability to dominate in ranged combat. Assault rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles, shotguns, submachine guns, pistols, and all that other good stuff.

Figure out the perfect conditions for mass harvesting toxins from our new shipment of poisonous flora and fauna: Self explanatory, we've been finding out both 1: How to maximise harvests from each invividual plant/animal, and 2: How to reliably and self sustainably keep getting enough flora/fauna to harvest toxins from.

Other:
Mercdonalds Origin:

Quote from: The shift to being a mercenary group

Humans went into space, and fast food groups ended up being the primary food suppliers. They soon found that it's really hard to keep their supply lines safe from pirates and such.
The higher ups went "Hey this whole franchise thing worked well with food, why not try it with mercs?", and it went over well and ended up as the primary focus of the company. MercDonalds was born from this.

Quote from: Recruitment

Interested parties just need to meet some minimum requirements and follow certain rules to join up.
Something along the lines of: Do you have a ship?, Crew?, Willing to take jobs and not shoot at our stuff?, If so, then good, Welcome to MercDonalds. The supply and job departments will contact you shortly.

Screeches:

Quote from: Screeches - Info 1

An alien race that found their way onto a ship and made themselves useful enough to be kept around. They are friendly to familiar human crew, if a bit obnoxious at times, and will fiercely (even suicidally) defend the ship against hostile incursions.

"screeches alter their bodies and behavior to be appropriate for whatever man-made tools or trappings they first come across" -Unnamed merc

Quote from: Screeches - Info 2

Screeches are one of the most versatile tools available to Man - under a seemingly innocent roundy baldy headed yellow ball lies a being of many faces and infinite power. They say the Big Bang was followed by a sound of screeching, too. Screeches have many specialties - some drop straight into the colony, chasing around any poor xeno they set their sights on, some stand vigilant onboard the ship, ready to harmbaton and call out any potential hostile's location on general channel, some are weak, wielding only pistols, and some don a red bandana and carry a machinegun that wipes weaker xenos in a single burst. And some, when under pressure of seemingly impossible odds, are said to tap into the primordial REE that resides within them, going into a murderous, albeit short-lived rage, it's short span not nearly short enough for any sighted foes to survive the screeching fury...

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Troops:
1530 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
940 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
1140 White Castle Screeches
670 Alpha Medics
120 Veterans

Total: 4700

Recruitment:
120 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
20 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
70 White Castle Screeches
30 Alpha Medics
20 Veterans

Total: 300

Supplies:
Gunpowder (M)
Muskets (M)
Scopes (M)
Modern Firearms (M)
Assorted Toxins (M)

Projects:
Create grenades: 1/2
Create blueprints for toxiguns: 0/2

Completed Projects:
Form an elite squad
Create self-contained firearm cartridges
Create magnifying lenses
Start repairing the firearm manufacturing systems
Mass produce scopes
Mass produce modern firearms
Figure out the perfect conditions for mass harvesting toxins from our new shipment of poisonous flora and fauna

Log:
CAPTAIN'S LOG, Day 10:
We've not only 1: made progress on grenades, but 2: finished researching how to keep a reliable and efficient source of poisons, venoms, and other toxic chemicals from the shipment of toxic flora/fauna obtained from Horrorvale.

We've already considered making guns that shoot specialized bullets that inject toxic chemicals once the bullet hits the flesh of the target, as something tells me that not everything we might be up against would be weak to kinetic-based weapons. Yet again, there also will be stuff chemical-based weapons won't be useful against, so we'll have our mercs equipped depending on what they might find.

Oh, and the date is July 27, 2XX9, which isn't what I'd call one of my favorite days of the year, for reasons unknown. Maybe it just makes me feel uneasy. But from what I can tell, things will likely be a lot harder from here on out, but we have extremely advanced technology, so we should be okay as long as our stuff doesn't get reverse engineered without permission.

Spoiler: Letter to Ludwig (click to show/hide)

We've finally figured out how to get reliable and sustainable amounts of various toxic chemicals from the flora and fauna you gave us, so we won't have to repeatedly ask you for extra toxins from you. Admittedly, it would be way faster if you gave us a guide right off the bat, as we've had some trial and error, but it will be worth it.

We've already come up with plans to make specialized firearms that shoot bullets fine tuned for injecting toxic chemicals so we're not completely screwed if we have to fight anything resistant to kinetic weaponry, and we could maybe provide some to you once we're done mass producing them so you can use them however you see fit.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: TheRedwolf on July 27, 2019, 05:39:13 pm

Day 11 Event: Meteor
A meteor made on an unknown ice like metal has landed outside of Castell Coedsig Fanw. It will require a Special project to utilize, and can be stolen.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 27, 2019, 05:51:32 pm

(So uh, just to let people know, I got like, maybe half as much sleep as I should have last night at best. So like, gonna have to hold off on the next post until I wake up, cuz I feel zonked.)

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 27, 2019, 08:42:01 pm

Quote from: TheRedwolf on July 27, 2019, 05:39:13 pm

Day 11 Event: Meteor
A meteor made on an unknown ice like metal has landed outside of Castell Coedsig Fanw. It will require a Special project to utilize, and can be stolen.

Oh right, I did mention random events in LW1 (that never really happened in LW1).

Guess where I'm sending 5k soldiers + a hero tomorrow.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: TheRedwolf on July 27, 2019, 08:56:32 pm

Quote from: Failbird105 on July 27, 2019, 05:51:32 pm

(So uh, just to let people know, I got like, maybe half as much sleep as I should have last night at best. So like, gonna have to hold off on the next post until I wake up, cuz I feel zonked.)

Lmao what’s sleep

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Happy Demon on July 28, 2019, 12:30:33 am

Doesn't the event mark the beginning of Day 11?
Also. I am guessing we have to dedicate a project to sending an expedition.
Should we make an attack strat on the day of the project starting, or when it's finished?

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: piratejoe on July 28, 2019, 08:19:19 am

Spoiler: Llychlyn, Day 10 (click to show/hide)

General Information:
Civilization Name: The Kingdom of Llychlyn.
Theme: Extreme Quality over quantity hunting and ranged based followers of Fanw
Day 10
Capital: Allfshys
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industrial

Map(s):(https://i.imgur.com/MGA4JJF.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

-Gwaywffon Ifanc, 4 RP: Usually lightly or moderately armored with leather and at most some gambeson. Always with a spear in hand, these soldiers are new to the military, and as such, their numbers tend to be one of the highest. Every member of the proper Llychlyn army is a Gwaywffon Ifanc at the start of their career, becoming Bwyell Ifanc after some time training, or Gwaywffyn Mynydd should they grow fond of the spear.

-Gwaywffyn Mynydd, 5 RP: Commonly moderately armored with leather and gambeson and at most a steel plate, these well trained and physically fit by Children of Fanw standards are significantly better than normal spearmen. Each thrust of their spears tends to be true, and commonly they lead groups of Gwaywffon Ifanc, with only generals and Meistri Rhyfel as their superiors.

-Bwyell Ifanc, 4 RP: With moderate or heavy armor, commonly incorporating steel, the Bwyell Ifanc are always armed with a shield and a axe. Naturally, once the Children of Fanw who train as a Gwaywffon Ifanc are strong and trained enough, they are granted the ability to become Bwyell Ifanc. Like Gwaywffon Ifanc, the Bwyell Ifanc have a chance to either become Coeden Fwyell or become what most who join the Llychlyn military aspire to become, Helwyr Saethwr.

-Coeden Fwyell, 5 RP: Armed with heavy armour and the strength and stamina to make it seem as if they were only wearing moderate protection for most of a fight, the Coeden Fwyell are experts at combat involving the axe and shield. Knowing how to deal with soldiers armed similarly to themselves along with other formations. They, like Gwaywffyn Mynydd, tend to lead groups of Bwyell Ifanc and listen to only generals and Meistri Rhyfel as superiors.

-Helwyr Saethwr, 5 RP: Armed with bow and moderate armor of steel made to not inhibit dexterity, the children of Fanw in the military who become Helwyr Saethwr are those who have become strong and well trained enough to be granted the most honored role of being able to wield the bow. Granted with warbows and a side arm be it sword or axe, these soldiers fire at extreme range with extreme accuracy. They are some of the best of the best, though, there are even more skilled warriors, though few in number.

-Meistri Rhyfel, 10 RP: The Meistri Rhyfel are the best of the best, soldiers who have lived and trained for ages and honing their skill to an exhaustive degree. Commonly, they are masters of both bow and either spear or axe, wielding both in battle, and commonly they are the ones trained to command and lead the soldiers below them into battle. They are commonly equipped with whatever they desire, and commonly are at least two hundred years old. Few are of their number, but they certainly are a force to be reckoned with, at range or up close.


Heroes:
Fanw Howell: Fanw is the Goddess of hunting, Ranged Combat (though most think its just archery), and Stature (Both meanings of the word). It is believed that they take a form similar to the Children of Fanw, with with the ears, tail, nails and eyes that her children have, specifically with long brown hair and amber eyes and always with a bow in hand or put away. They are considered a fair and kind goddess who cares for their children and who makes sure the woods are plentiful with food and teaming with life. However, it is believed by quite a few that, in defense of her children, she will take away quarry that hunters would go for in the area's of the threat after and instead will fill the woods with predators, far more aggressive than normal, specifically to invaders, and that should things get desperate, she herself will arrive with no restraint on her power. Not everyone believes this entirely, though it is certainly comforting to a degree. Something all followers of Fanw can agree on however, is that she almost always is manifested in the world, and wanders the woods and wilds of the world, calmly hunting and living a simple, but fairly peaceful existence. It's said that mortals who meet her will find her helpful as a friendly guide so long as their intentions are well meaning, making some small talk and sharing some food that she hunted before sometimes informing them of something important to them, such as the location of something they had lost and were looking for, or how to deal with something that has been plaguing them. If the person is ill willed, they usually will simply leave such people alone, though sometimes it is said they will try and convince them to change... It also should be noted that, despite not being a nature/forest god, she does have issue with people completely chopping down entire forests with no intention of any kind of preservation, after all, if you remove the forest, you remove the animals that lived there you could have hunted. Though, the removal of chunks of forests for some development is fine so long as its not a quarter of the entire forest and the new plains can still support small game or something of the like. Additionally, Despite beliefs otherwise, she doesn't view weapons like muskets, slings, or crossbows as lesser weapons, even if her followers will probably argue among themselves claiming otherwise, in fact, in her manifested form, one can find practically every kind of ranged weapon somewhere on her person, from throwing axes to the classic bow, though the weapons in question are only the kind of ranged weapons that are used in the local area, so no one will see her with a crossbow somewhere no one has them or something similar.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None

Domestic:
Children of Fanw: Fanw herself grants protection over the Children of Fanw, and should the worst come to worst and Llychlyn finds itself in a final battle for survival, Fanw will help her children and try to protect them from the ones attacking them personally. Of course, Fanw won't exactly do much directly out side of making wild animals attack invaders more often and lower the amount of prey the invaders can get until Llychlyn is truly desperate, but should the fate of the children of Fanw and Llychlyn rest on a battle, she will be there, and she will do her best to drive them off.

Faith in Fanw: the Children of Fanw have an almost unbreakable faith in their goddess, though they tend to be causal about it and not force their faith upon others who happen to believe in other things. Regardless, the Children of Fanw call themselves that for a reason... Regardless, were Fanw to theoretically manifest in a battle for the heartland of the kingdom, they'd certainly be rallied by it and would fight to the very last, not just for their home, their clans, their kin, but also their goddess. (Think of both of these applying directly to the abilities of Fanw, I think sacrificing both resources for Fanw is fair trade to have Fanw as a hero, as Fanw is a goddess after all...)

Projects:
Prenhaearn: (2) Some forests in Llychlyn are made up of pine like tree's called Prenhaearn. These trees have wood about as durable as iron and aren't really that flamable. Of course, actually chopping them down and refining them is easier said than done, but its not impossible with the proper tools and techniques which Llychlyn has made. Needless to say, buildings made out of such strong wood are quite resilient, both to fire and to damage, and so too are shields, tool handles, and anything else made from the stuff as well.

Castellmeindwr: (8 ) Castellmeindwr is a large fortification made out of mostly prenhaearn The fortification is split into nine separate area's Four inner area's, four outer, and one center. The only way to travel through these area's is through specific entrances. This is done to make an attacking force have to go through choke points and means that should an attacking army go over the walls they can't just capture the entire wall without having to go through many of these choke points. The castle's walls obviously have crenellations and machicolations to make shooting at an attacker that much easier, and a simple ditch with spikes of normal wood surrounds the castle. The center of the fortification includes a main building which has a drawbridge connected to one of the walls, which can be raised and forces the attacking force to have to break through the walls of the main castle, climb it, or simply try to wait out the defenders, and the portion of the castle that is below the drawbridge is dedicated to storage of food and supplies.

Other: (Read the day 0 post, linked here. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=174245.msg7998996#msg7998996))

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Troops:
325 (1,300) Gwaywffon Ifanc
100 (500) Gwaywffyn Mynydd
200 (800) Bwyell Ifanc
100 (500) Coeden Fwyell
140 (700) Helwyr Saethwr
20 (200) Meistri Rhyfel

Total: 875 (4,000)

Recruitment:
20 (200) Meistri Rhyfel

Total: 200

Supplies:
Children of Fanw
Faith in Fanw

Projects:
Cymeriadau Arbennig (4/10)
Dur Bendigedig (4/6)

Completed Projects:
Gwaywffyn Mynydd (1/1)
Coeden Fwyell (1/1)
Prenhaearn (2/2)
Castellmeindwr (8/8)

Log: 1st of Mai, 254 Ar ôl Uno
Things have been surprisingly quiet as of late, at least when it comes to other nations. I've not gotten a letter back yet, and I just am nervously waiting because of it. Other than that, the arguments seemingly just wont end, and if I have to deal with them as long as my mother had to deal with the ones over crossbows I don't think I'll be able to handle it. How my mother was able to is beyond me, though, she was just a much better leader than me over all, so I suppose its not that surprising.

I was hoping for a clear response from Fanw but all I got was a vague dream, one I could interpret in many different ways. Though, I suppose that was the point.

Spoiler: Llychlyn, Day 11 (click to show/hide)

General Information:
Civilization Name: The Kingdom of Llychlyn.
Theme: Extreme Quality over quantity hunting and ranged based followers of Fanw
Day 11
Capital: Allfshys
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industrial

Map(s):(https://i.imgur.com/MGA4JJF.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

-Gwaywffon Ifanc, 4 RP: Usually lightly or moderately armored with leather and at most some gambeson. Always with a spear in hand, these soldiers are new to the military, and as such, their numbers tend to be one of the highest. Every member of the proper Llychlyn army is a Gwaywffon Ifanc at the start of their career, becoming Bwyell Ifanc after some time training, or Gwaywffyn Mynydd should they grow fond of the spear.

-Gwaywffyn Mynydd, 5 RP: Commonly moderately armored with leather and gambeson and at most a steel plate, these well trained and physically fit by Children of Fanw standards are significantly better than normal spearmen. Each thrust of their spears tends to be true, and commonly they lead groups of Gwaywffon Ifanc, with only generals and Meistri Rhyfel as their superiors.

-Bwyell Ifanc, 4 RP: With moderate or heavy armor, commonly incorporating steel, the Bwyell Ifanc are always armed with a shield and a axe. Naturally, once the Children of Fanw who train as a Gwaywffon Ifanc are strong and trained enough, they are granted the ability to become Bwyell Ifanc. Like Gwaywffon Ifanc, the Bwyell Ifanc have a chance to either become Coeden Fwyell or become what most who join the Llychlyn military aspire to become, Helwyr Saethwr.

-Coeden Fwyell, 5 RP: Armed with heavy armour and the strength and stamina to make it seem as if they were only wearing moderate protection for most of a fight, the Coeden Fwyell are experts at combat involving the axe and shield. Knowing how to deal with soldiers armed similarly to themselves along with other formations. They, like Gwaywffyn Mynydd, tend to lead groups of Bwyell Ifanc and listen to only generals and Meistri Rhyfel as superiors.

-Helwyr Saethwr, 5 RP: Armed with bow and moderate armor of steel made to not inhibit dexterity, the children of Fanw in the military who become Helwyr Saethwr are those who have become strong and well trained enough to be granted the most honored role of being able to wield the bow. Granted with warbows and a side arm be it sword or axe, these soldiers fire at extreme range with extreme accuracy. They are some of the best of the best, though, there are even more skilled warriors, though few in number.

-Meistri Rhyfel, 10 RP: The Meistri Rhyfel are the best of the best, soldiers who have lived and trained for ages and honing their skill to an exhaustive degree. Commonly, they are masters of both bow and either spear or axe, wielding both in battle, and commonly they are the ones trained to command and lead the soldiers below them into battle. They are commonly equipped with whatever they desire, and commonly are at least two hundred years old. Few are of their number, but they certainly are a force to be reckoned with, at range or up close.


Heroes:
Fanw Howell: Fanw is the Goddess of hunting, Ranged Combat (though most think its just archery), and Stature (Both meanings of the word). It is believed that they take a form similar to the Children of Fanw, with with the ears, tail, nails and eyes that her children have, specifically with long brown hair and amber eyes and always with a bow in hand or put away. They are considered a fair and kind goddess who cares for their children and who makes sure the woods are plentiful with food and teaming with life. However, it is believed by quite a few that, in defense of her children, she will take away quarry that hunters would go for in the area's of the threat after and instead will fill the woods with predators, far more aggressive than normal, specifically to invaders, and that should things get desperate, she herself will arrive with no restraint on her power. Not everyone believes this entirely, though it is certainly comforting to a degree. Something all followers of Fanw can agree on however, is that she almost always is manifested in the world, and wanders the woods and wilds of the world, calmly hunting and living a simple, but fairly peaceful existence. It's said that mortals who meet her will find her helpful as a friendly guide so long as their intentions are well meaning, making some small talk and sharing some food that she hunted before sometimes informing them of something important to them, such as the location of something they had lost and were looking for, or how to deal with something that has been plaguing them. If the person is ill willed, they usually will simply leave such people alone, though sometimes it is said they will try and convince them to change... It also should be noted that, despite not being a nature/forest god, she does have issue with people completely chopping down entire forests with no intention of any kind of preservation, after all, if you remove the forest, you remove the animals that lived there you could have hunted. Though, the removal of chunks of forests for some development is fine so long as its not a quarter of the entire forest and the new plains can still support small game or something of the like. Additionally, Despite beliefs otherwise, she doesn't view weapons like muskets, slings, or crossbows as lesser weapons, even if her followers will probably argue among themselves claiming otherwise, in fact, in her manifested form, one can find practically every kind of ranged weapon somewhere on her person, from throwing axes to the classic bow, though the weapons in question are only the kind of ranged weapons that are used in the local area, so no one will see her with a crossbow somewhere no one has them or something similar.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None

Domestic:
Children of Fanw: Fanw herself grants protection over the Children of Fanw, and should the worst come to worst and Llychlyn finds itself in a final battle for survival, Fanw will help her children and try to protect them from the ones attacking them personally. Of course, Fanw won't exactly do much directly out side of making wild animals attack invaders more often and lower the amount of prey the invaders can get until Llychlyn is truly desperate, but should the fate of the children of Fanw and Llychlyn rest on a battle, she will be there, and she will do her best to drive them off.

Faith in Fanw: the Children of Fanw have an almost unbreakable faith in their goddess, though they tend to be causal about it and not force their faith upon others who happen to believe in other things. Regardless, the Children of Fanw call themselves that for a reason... Regardless, were Fanw to theoretically manifest in a battle for the heartland of the kingdom, they'd certainly be rallied by it and would fight to the very last, not just for their home, their clans, their kin, but also their goddess. (Think of both of these applying directly to the abilities of Fanw, I think sacrificing both resources for Fanw is fair trade to have Fanw as a hero, as Fanw is a goddess after all...)

Projects:
Prenhaearn: (2) Some forests in Llychlyn are made up of pine like tree's called Prenhaearn. These trees have wood about as durable as iron and aren't really that flamable. Of course, actually chopping them down and refining them is easier said than done, but its not impossible with the proper tools and techniques which Llychlyn has made. Needless to say, buildings made out of such strong wood are quite resilient, both to fire and to damage, and so too are shields, tool handles, and anything else made from the stuff as well.

Castellmeindwr: (8 ) Castellmeindwr is a large fortification made out of mostly prenhaearn The fortification is split into nine separate area's Four inner area's, four outer, and one center. The only way to travel through these area's is through specific entrances. This is done to make an attacking force have to go through choke points and means that should an attacking army go over the walls they can't just capture the entire wall without having to go through many of these choke points. The castle's walls obviously have crenellations and machicolations to make shooting at an attacker that much easier, and a simple ditch with spikes of normal wood surrounds the castle. The center of the fortification includes a main building which has a drawbridge connected to one of the walls, which can be raised and forces the attacking force to have to break through the walls of the main castle, climb it, or simply try to wait out the defenders, and the portion of the castle that is below the drawbridge is dedicated to storage of food and supplies.

Other: (Read the day 0 post, linked here. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=174245.msg7998996#msg7998996))

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Troops:
325 (1,300) Gwaywffon Ifanc
100 (500) Gwaywffyn Mynydd
200 (800) Bwyell Ifanc
100 (500) Coeden Fwyell
140 (700) Helwyr Saethwr
40 (400) Meistri Rhyfel

Total: 895 (4,200)

Recruitment:
5 (50) Meistri Rhyfel
10 (50) Helwyr Saethwr
25 (100) Gwaywffon Ifanc

Total: 200

Supplies:
Children of Fanw
Faith in Fanw

Projects:
Cymeriadau Arbennig (5/10)
Dur Bendigedig (5/6)

Completed Projects:
Gwaywffyn Mynydd (1/1)
Coeden Fwyell (1/1)
Prenhaearn (2/2)
Castellmeindwr (8/8)

Log: 1st of Mai, 254 Ar ôl Uno
I suppose I wrote too soon. A strange object fell from the sky next to the small fort Castell Coedsig Fanw. There has been an order for most of our soldiers to head out and arrive at the fortification, just in case something comes out of the meteor, or something comes after it. Though, obviously it would be much better for it to have landed next to Castellmeindwr.

Hopefully, nothing bad happens from this...Hopefully. In other, better news, the smith and the Clan Howell member working on the so called Cymeriadau Arbennig and Dur Bendigedig claim they almost perfected the latter, while work continues on the former. Its properties are very promising apparently.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 28, 2019, 08:42:36 am

Day 10 Letters:

Spoiler: Message to Lychlyn (click to show/hide)

Hmm, I can see this is a serious issue for you. While I can't offer precise advice without more precise explanations, what I can say, is that just from what you've written, I can tell you care for your people. Perhaps you weren't the best candidate for the role, but someone who goes into a job thinking they are the best choice is often not, because they lack care. The fact that you're writing this letter, asking for advice, only supports that thought further.

That brings me to my second point. You don't have to do it all alone. You are the ruler yes, you have the final say, but that does not mean you must work alone. If you truly believe your sister would know better than you, ask her to be your advisor. And, if you do not have one, may I suggest a system of mayorship? Where a leader is decided for each town/village, such that they can handle the smaller issues, and bring the big ones to you. I can attest that such a system works, after all, you're writing to one such local leader now! I govern over Horrorvale, but it is but one small portion of the nation presided over by Hades.

Sincerely, Mayor Ludwigg ██ken███n

Spoiler: response to MercDonalds (click to show/hide)

Well I am glad to be of assistance. Though, I do not think I will be taking your offer. We already have a surplus of poisons and such here, one more way to apply such effects is not something we have need of, and I do not have much to offer in return that I would truly be willing to give.

Though I do feel the need to ask, have you considered that if a foe is too durable for your projectiles, that they would also be too durable for your injectors?

Sincerely, Mayor Ludwigg Frank████

(actual turn will be coming soon)

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 28, 2019, 09:50:49 am

Spoiler: Day 11 - The FitnessGram™ Pacer Test is a multistage aerobic capacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues. The 20 meter pacer test will begin in 30 seconds. Line up at the start. The running speed starts slowly, but gets faster each minute after you hear this signal. [beep (click to show/hide)

 A single lap should be completed each time you hear this sound. [ding] Remember to run in a straight line, and run as long as possible. The second time you fail to complete a lap before the sound, your test is over. The test will begin on the word start. On your mark, get ready, start.]
General Info:
Civilization Name: Mercdonalds
Theme: PMC
Day 11
Capital: MCD Saltshaker
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Force

Map(s):
Outside:
Exterior Map (http://magaimg.net/img/8h2o.png)
A ship crashed inside a mountain range, with mountains to the south, north, and east, with not much notable terrain, just fields.
MCD Saltshaker Interior (top and bottom decks)
Interior Map (http://magaimg.net/img/8h06.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Alpha Mercs: A dime a dozen, they're simply well-rounded mercs tasked with one goal: Shoot at anything hostile to us, and don't shoot anything that isn't. They typically have access to most of the arsenal, which is assault rifles, shotguns, submachine guns, pistols, revolvers, and all those swords supplied to us by those White Castle guys. The armor is also various plated armor that we have the schematics for thanks to various companies back when the Saltshaker was actually in space, but most of it is more or less standard field armor. Their armor has red accents to distinguish them from other squads. Some of them have attached scopes to their rifles for when they'll be needing to take long range shots.

For the sake of organisation, I'm sorting them into Melee and Ranged Alpha mercs. (and also because I can't be bothered to write two separate infodumps about melee/ranged versions of otherwise near identical troops)

White Castle Screeches: They're screeches that are armed with swords, and have shields + plate armor. We're not sure why they like to screech about wanting to retake Jerusalem, but to each their own. I'm here to command our mercs, not wonder why our screeches screech.

Alpha Medics: Our support units, they're tasked with keeping their fellow mercs alive, and fighting hostiles when they don't have any fellow mercs to heal. They're generally given access to the same weapons as regular alpha mercs, but are also given medical supplies. Their armor also has red accents to mark them as part of the Alpha squad.

Veterans: The main forces of the Delta squad, they're equipped with the more expensive and powerful weaponry, and are more specialized. They usually wield heavier weaponry, and are given elite training, and cost 3x as much as a normal merc to recruit because of the more vigorous training they need. Their armor has purple accents to indicate they're part of the Delta squad.

Heroes:
Field Commander 'Deusus Maximus': Our main leader for field operations, he manages the officers on the field, who in turn manage the normal mercs in battle. He's equipped with one of our Knight Commander armor sets made before the crash which lead to our advanced manufacturing systems to be destroyed, and wields a high quality broadsword also made before the crash, which sends hostiles flying the fuck away like they were hit with a giant truck, and also causes lightning to flash out.

Supplies:
Foreign:
Toxic Undead Flora & Fauna: We've gotten these from trading with Horrorvale, these plants and animals are not only undead, but poisonous. We've developed protocols and manuals for maximizing poison extraction and reliably keeping a sustainable source of them respectively. Plans to weaponise it are being considered if we have to break the Geneva convention.

Domestic:
Gunpowder: It's a powder that explodes when ignited, used primarily for launching bullets at anything in front of one of our gun users. It's that simple. We found a huge cache of undetonated gunpowder where our ammunition manufacturing systems are, so we at least should have more than enough. (Mass Produced)

Muskets: Since we're pretty desperate, we've resorted to manufacturing these with what's still functional out of the manufacturing part of the ship. They're simple: you insert powder into the back of the barrel, then a bullet, then you cock the gun, and finally, you pull the trigger to hopefully kill whatever you're shooting at. (Mass Produced)

Scopes: They're scopes. You look through them, and you can more precisely see stuff from longer distances. We're gonna mass produce them for our soldiers that need the extra accuracy/zoom. (mass produced)

Modern Firearms: Assault rifles, shotguns, sniper rifles, machine guns, SMGs, pistols, pretty much a huge bulk of our arsenal back when we were in space and not a group of crash landed mercs on some unknown planet. We now have them mass produced because fuck balance.

Grenades: Simple devices, you pull the pin, toss them at anything you need exploded, and hope you didn't accidentally forget about anything you don't want destroyed being within the general area of the grenade. There's also smoke grenades and flashbangs, releasing clouds of obscuring smoke and blinding anyone who looks at them respectively. Considering our past research, we could make poison gas grenades, but to do that, we'll have to find out how to put toxic gas into our smoke grenades.

Projects:
Form an elite squad: By starting to give specific high potential soldiers even more training, we have reformed Delta Squad, which is the elite branch of our forces. They're small in number, but their training makes them lethal on the field.

Create self-contained firearm cartridges: We're had to remake the ammunition schematics for our actual military grade ammo due to us loosing the methods of making them during the crash. Either way, we can be assured reloading in the field will be way faster now.

Create magnifying lenses: We've decided some of our men could use scopes, so we've started making them.

Start repairing the firearm manufacturing systems: Now that we've gotten all the stuff we'll need for modern firearm operation and manufacturing, like actually decent ammo, we've decided we have sufficient ability to finally repair our firearm manufacturing machinery. We just have to make a few adjustments, and soon we'll soon have the ability to dominate in ranged combat. Assault rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles, shotguns, submachine guns, pistols, and all that other good stuff.

Figure out the perfect conditions for mass harvesting toxins from our new shipment of poisonous flora and fauna: Self explanatory, we've been finding out both 1: How to maximise harvests from each invividual plant/animal, and 2: How to reliably and self sustainably keep getting enough flora/fauna to harvest toxins from.

Other:
Mercdonalds Origin:

Quote from: The shift to being a mercenary group

Humans went into space, and fast food groups ended up being the primary food suppliers. They soon found that it's really hard to keep their supply lines safe from pirates and such.
The higher ups went "Hey this whole franchise thing worked well with food, why not try it with mercs?", and it went over well and ended up as the primary focus of the company. MercDonalds was born from this.

Quote from: Recruitment

Interested parties just need to meet some minimum requirements and follow certain rules to join up.
Something along the lines of: Do you have a ship?, Crew?, Willing to take jobs and not shoot at our stuff?, If so, then good, Welcome to MercDonalds. The supply and job departments will contact you shortly.

Screeches:

Quote from: Screeches - Info 1

An alien race that found their way onto a ship and made themselves useful enough to be kept around. They are friendly to familiar human crew, if a bit obnoxious at times, and will fiercely (even suicidally) defend the ship against hostile incursions.

"screeches alter their bodies and behavior to be appropriate for whatever man-made tools or trappings they first come across" -Unnamed merc

Quote from: Screeches - Info 2

Screeches are one of the most versatile tools available to Man - under a seemingly innocent roundy baldy headed yellow ball lies a being of many faces and infinite power. They say the Big Bang was followed by a sound of screeching, too. Screeches have many specialties - some drop straight into the colony, chasing around any poor xeno they set their sights on, some stand vigilant onboard the ship, ready to harmbaton and call out any potential hostile's location on general channel, some are weak, wielding only pistols, and some don a red bandana and carry a machinegun that wipes weaker xenos in a single burst. And some, when under pressure of seemingly impossible odds, are said to tap into the primordial REE that resides within them, going into a murderous, albeit short-lived rage, it's short span not nearly short enough for any sighted foes to survive the screeching fury...

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Troops:
1650 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
960 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
1210 White Castle Screeches
700 Alpha Medics
140 Veterans

Total: 5000

Recruitment:
130 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
10 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
10 White Castle Screeches
30 Alpha Medics
40 Veterans

Total: 300

Supplies:
Gunpowder (M)
Muskets (M)
Scopes (M)
Modern Firearms (M)
Assorted Toxins (M)
Grenades

Projects:
Mass produce grenades: 0/2
Secure the meteor: 0/X
Create blueprints for toxiguns: 1/2 (paused)

Completed Projects:
Form an elite squad
Create self-contained firearm cartridges
Create magnifying lenses
Start repairing the firearm manufacturing systems
Mass produce scopes
Mass produce modern firearms
Figure out the perfect conditions for mass harvesting toxins from our new shipment of poisonous flora and fauna
Create grenades

Log:
CAPTAIN'S LOG, Day 11:
Some meteor crashed down in southeastern Llychlyn. We'll be sending a lot of forces to secure it. Hopefully with our numbers and technology, retrieving it should go well. Oh, and some clown forgot to put them back in the armory vendor menu. Fixed that.

Spoiler: Operation Wrathful Clown (click to show/hide)

Troops Commited
1530 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
940 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
1140 White Castle Screeches
670 Alpha Medics
120 Veterans
Field Commander 'Deusus Maximus'

Total: 4700 + 1 hero

Objective
Secure the meteor at all costs.
Set up a FOB near the comet site.

Retreat Conditions
Retreat if over 2500 units have been killed
Retreat if the MCD Saltshaker is attacked by anyone the people at base can't handle.

Strategy
Once our army of mercs gets to the meteor, we'll have a forward operating base set up nearby (preferably as close to the comet as possible). Should anything attack us, well, let's just say we have fully automatic firearms for a good reason. Our veterans will provide suppression with their LMGs and sniper rifles, and our medics should provide failsafes should any mercs get injured.

Also, if anyone wants the bbcode for attack plan templates that I took from LW4 (from the Nuzlocke forums, where I first heard about land wars), here it is:

Code: [Select]

[spoiler=Attack on X]
[b]Troops Commited[/b]
A list of all types of troops commited, and the numbers of each type. Also shows heroes used.

Total: # troops + # hero(es)

[b]Objective[/b]
Anything you want your troops to do at the battle site. 9 times out of 10, this would be "take an enemy city", but it can be any objective.

[b]Retreat Conditions[/b]
Any conditions that need to be met for your troops to retreat.

[b]Strategy[/b]
What your troops will do to complete the objective(s) you had in the plan.[/spoiler]
Of course, if you're doing a stealth attack, you'd just say who you'd be attacking, then PM the attack template to the GM, and after the defender PMs as much info as possible relevant to any stealth attack (layouts, where things are, where guards patrol, etc), the stealth attack results are posted in the thread by the GM. Duels have both kingdoms fighting on neutral ground, with both players involved posting the troops committed, and PMing everything else to the GM.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: TheRedwolf on July 28, 2019, 11:14:29 am

Oh, and I forgot to mention, the units you sent after me have not returned, but they are still alive.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 28, 2019, 12:34:33 pm

Spoiler: Day 11 (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Horrorvale
Theme: Horrorvale(game)
Day 11
Capital: Horrorvale City
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Legacy

Map(s):
(https://i.imgur.com/MSKYAvI.png)
As you can see, there are areas within Horrorvales bounds that aren't technically part of the geographical location of Horrorvale, these are noticeable for being decidedly un-spooky. Also, because some douchewaffle decided they really wanted a full scale McMansion in the only clear path out of Horrorvale valley(and they didn't even stay and live in it, fucker just left), the only way to exit or enter is through the Withering Woods, this is where most Wendigos live, which makes it substantially less dangerous than otherwise, if still exceptionally spooky even compared to the rest of the region.

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

Skeleton Witches/Warlocks - Skeletons where among the first settlers in Horrorvale, back when Hades and Death themselves presided over this section of the Underworld made Overworld. While their complete lack of muscle, biological or ectoplasmic, means they are physically fairly weak(though it does leave them significantly less vulnerable to piercing weaponry), their magical prowess is nothing to scoff at. Thus is the military, they generally serve as a combination Mage-Support unit. Slinging offensive spells such as Firebolt, Bone Barrage, and Heal, while restoring their allies strength with Decay, Death, and Poison. (2 points)

Militia - Zombies, Ghouls, Mummies, less magically inclined skeletons, anyone who isn't automatically filtered into another force for their species, but isn't joining one of the non-species based forces, joins these. While they can't be said to be particularly capable, they can be fielded in great numbers than any fully fledged military force. They most often come equipped with light armor, and simple shortswords. Additionally though, every Militia member comes equipped with one firebomb(fragile potion pouches that spray a liquid which rapidly ignites upon bursting), to be used at their discretion, or that of their Commanding Officer, who is generally a Frankenling.

Vampiric Ambush Force - Vampires, swift, graceful, deadly, able to transform into small animals and suck the blood straight from someones veins. They would be the perfect soldiers if not for their fatal flaws. Sunlight burns their skin, garlic is poison, and stakes might as well come pre-poisoned. While in a Horrorvaleans perfect world the sun wouldn't matter as people would be awake at night and sleep through the day, the average soldier of Horrorvale is well aware that this is only the case in their homeland. As such, VAF units can only be deployed after dark, and must immediately retreate to hidden/defended locations as the sun begins to rise. That being said, when they are deployed, they can be truly frightening. Moving with great speed in their leather gear, their razor sharp Crimtain daggers easily find gaps in enemy armor and creates wounds that bleed far longer than normal. Their ability to transform into small animals also allows them to sneak into tight places. This makes them excellent for limiting the enemies force before battle can begin, and for dealing decisive strikes to otherwise occupied foes in night battles. (2 points)

Wendigo Berzerkers - Wendigos, the rarest of Undead species that can truly be said to be a major part of Horrorvale society. Standing head and shoulders over the average man. Their prodigious strength, even for their size, allows them to wield exceptionally large weapons. Their flesh is tough, easily limiting the damage they take even ignoring their armor, and by feasting on meat they can heal their wounds. However, they do not take to tactics well, nor magic, much prefering the very direct solution of "Charge straight forward and cleave anybody that doesn't give up in half." Nevertheless they are an effective, and truly terrifying, fighting force. (5 points)

Ecto-sappers - Ghosts are a very common sight within Horrorvale. More than likely the single most common race here in fact, edging out Wendigos and Zombies combined. That being said, their unique physical traits make them awkward to fit into any un-specialized military unit. The ecto-sappers are one such unit, ghosts making full use of their ability to go intangible at will and possess objects to bypass and destroy enemy fortifications and defenses before the main force moves in. When intangible, mundane objects simply pass through them, though the same cannot be said of magic or anything enchanted, and intangibility can't be partial. Ghosts are quite lacking in physical strength on their own, meaning that when caught not-possessing an object they struggle to fight back, and even if they are possessing an object they will die when it is destroyed. Still, these spectral soldiers can turn an enemies siege weapons and fortifications into their own worst enemies given the chance. (3 points)

Frankenling Shock Troopers - The artificial undead created by the the Mayor. Stitched together from severed parts. While they are not as strong and quick as Wendigos, they are more durable, and more tactically minded, and do trend towards a higher intelligence. Not to mention, while they may not be particularly magically capable, the natural electric charge to their bodies can be used to fire bolts of electricity at close ranges. Each one is equipped with full iron armor and proper broadswords. Frankenlings are the ideal public servants, working as everything from postman to soldier, they are born for their jobs, and they take to them with pride and skill. (3 points)

Beast-Kin Ranger - Beast-kin is less a species of undead, and more a classification. Wolf-people, cat-people, bird-people, spider-people. If it's an animal, there's a beast-kin species for it. That being said, each one possesses traits common for said animals, which very uniformly make them skilled for fighting and surviving in the wilderness. With our new crossbows, a non-magical ranged unit has become all the more viable and useful, and as such, these rangers take full advantage of that. (2 points)

Heroes:
Mayor Ludwigg... Fikleheim? Fanglefoot? Frankenfurter? Something like that- The Mayor of the town of Horrorvale, a scientist whos technological genius is decades if not more beyond that of his citizens. Yet, he loves them all the same. He was the victim of an incredibly rare condition known as 'Aging', where his body, after hitting maturity, began to ever so slowly degrade. To counteract this, he built a mechanical body, and had his brain implanted into it via brain-jar. This body stands larger than a minotaur, has strength to match, a surprising amount of speed, and can fire off blasts of lightning. Unfortunately, this is not his natural body, and thus not the one he will un-die into should he be slain. Instead it will have to be re-built.

Grave Hands- A unique form of undead, the Grave Hands has been employed as the Mayors personal bodyguard. Six long, powerful arms stretch from his underside into the ground beneath him, and he can burrow through stone and soil at great speeds. These arms are capable of stretching great distances, allowing them to strike foes from below at great distances, and grip them in place when needed. His body is also particularly durable, making up somewhat for the fact that he cannot wear proper armor if he is to tunnel places. As an undead, he will of course, revive if killed through most methods, in order to directly destroy him, one must target the soul itself.

Supplies:
Foreign:
Gunpowder - A substance I've heard tales of from far off lands. Gunpowder is an explosive powder, typically used for the propulsion of projectiles. While we could simply make use of this directly, plans are rather to use it as a base to build off of on our own.

Domestic:
Underworld Magic - For the most part, a vague collection of rather simple spells. 'Life' spells for combat, 'Death' spells for healing, some more basic combat spells that just fire different sorts of projectiles, a variety of empowerment spells, that sort of thing. Nothing esoteric such as wishes and polymorphing, just your classic array of magic spells, with a Halloween theme. A note to make however, is that the Life and Death spells do act as they say, it's just the effects of Life and Death magics have inverse effects upon the Undead. This is likely to come as a rude awakening when they find they need to double down on Death spells to both heal and hurt while completely giving up the Life ones.

Necromancy - A major portion of magic used in Horrorvale is Necromancy. And when I say major, I mean as in like, it's the sole option for reproduction for a majority of Horrorvales natives. Skeletons, Zombies, Mummies, Wendigos and Ghosts can't have babies after all, and that's only the major examples. So instead they pluck a lost soul that has been scoured clean of its identity out of Limbo, and slap it into a new, magically formed body, which ages as normal(at least until maturity, where all but the most tragically unlucky will simply stop aging). A notable effect of this is that Horrorvales citizens can't die properly, no form of afterlife will take recycled souls, not even Limbo itself, and so they just wake up again with a new body where they last slept. This doesn't make dying any more pleasant, but it makes it less frightening. That is not the only use for Necromancy however, as it can be used by trained professionals as a way to quickly get Undead who have once again become dead back into the fight.

Reagents-a-plenty - Eye of newt and tongue of frog, wing of bat and hair of dog. The wilderness around Horrorvale is absolutely overflowing with potent Potionology reagents. From the rivers and lakes literally flowing with blood, to bushes that sprout eyes, and every type of poisonous or carnivorous plant you can think of. If it's good for potions, Horrorvale has it. This makes them some of the most accomplished alchemists in the world, with access to all sorts of useful concoctions. The fact that healing potions and poisons have reversed effects on the Undead is made all the better by the fact that they have so much access to poison.

Alchemy Forges - Through the combination of more advanced forges/techniques, and Potionology, a variety of new useful metal alloys can be made. In addition to the typical metals such as steel and bronze, this also includes metals with unique properties, these include; Flintsteel(Capable of igniting easily when struck in the right way, extinguishes quickly due to being nonflammable), Cold Iron(Iron that weakens magical effects from proximity and contact), Orichalcum(Can be sharpened into incredibly fine edges and holds them longer under use), and Crimtain(slows blood clotting, causing wounds to bleed longer. Vampires like to lick it).

Mechanical Weaponry- Crossbows and their variations, as well as catapults and other siege weaponry, have been a notable part of warfare for quite some time. It speaks a lot about the peace in our lands that we have yet to develop such things. Now however, it has gotten to a point where there is simply no reason not to.
Projects:
Horrorvale [8]- The city of Horrorvale, named for the valley in which it resides. Once, this land was fraught with horrible monsters and unspeakable beasts. Now the monsters are polite and the beasts just undead. Still though, Horrorvale has been built from this time, as such the city is practically a fortress. Every single external wall is thick and made of dark stone bricks, and the city is entirely surrounded by even thicker walls, and the ground is paved in many areas. It is, of course, still a city though, so traps are practically nonexistant in the streets, and siege weapons can be wheeled right through the gate and past the walls entirely if no attempt to stop them is made. Still though, the gates are the only actual weak point in Horrorvales walls. (Makes the Capital of Horrorvale double as an exceptionally sized Fortress, though with the problems that come from being a city)

Reagent Harvest Standardization [3]- A project to standardize and optimize the harvesting of Horrorvales natural supply of Potion reagents. Thus allowing them to easily be accessed when needed by those who need them. (provides the 'Reagents-a-plenty' Supply)

Standardized Ghost Unit [2]- The innate physical weaknesses of being a ghost and their only occasionally corporeal nature lead to them being rather awkward to fit into existing military groups. While they could float through walls or attacks, in doing so they would simply float out of their equipment. This requires ghosts to have specialized Units made to optimize their usage. The Ecto-sappers are merely the first example of such a unit. (provides 'Ecto-sappers' Troop)

Military Frankenling production and training [2]- In anticipation for coming potential conflict, Mayor Faffenpaffers production of Frankenlings has shifted steadily towards military focus. There is some worry about the ethics of creating thinking, unliving people for the singular purpose of war, but the ease of which they integrate into normal Horrorvale society has done well to assuage fears. (provides 'Frankenling Shock Troopers' Troop)

Frankenling Combat Armor [2]- Proper armor dedicated for Frankenling use. Where their iron armor would diffuse the Frankenlings electric bolts causing them to fly off course and wasting a decent portion of electricity, their new armor has been specially crafted with inlaid copper wiring leading towards the fingertips. This means that electrical attacks come out more focused and accurate, with much less of the power diffusing out into the rest of the armor. A pair of lightning rods have also been added to the back, which can channel what electricity does diffuse back into the Frankenling, completely erasing the power wasted in the act of firing bolts. They also allow loose electricity to recharge the Frankenling in small amounts. (upgrades Frankenling Shock Troopers with more accurate and powerful lightning attacks, and greater energy efficiency)

Advanced Metal Forging [3]- With Mayor Frankfurters technological advancements, we've managed to develop a variety of alloys, combinations of different metals. Particularly, through the addition of potionology, we've developed several magical alloys with unique effects. We expect these in particular will see great use in the future, for a variety of purposes. (Unlocks 'Alchemy Forges' supply)

Simple Mechanisms [3]- While mechanical contraptions had already seen a good bit of use. They had always been fairly large, and used for fairly large scale things. Stuff like Horrorvales gate, or the elevators in Mayo Furklefoots lab. With this, proper mechanisms are becoming more and more common in everyday life, and are even beginning to find their way into the weaponry utilized by our developing military. (Provides 'Mechanical Weaponry' Supply)

Orichalcum Refit [2]- With the creation of Orichalcum, a metal than can be sharpened incredibly finely and retains its edge even through extensive use, tools in Horrorvale have developed to new heights, trees can be felled at greater speeds when wood is needed, stone can be carved at a greater pace, animals can be skinned and butchered with greater efficiency. It is only natural that such a metal would find its way into the military as well. The brave men, women, and others of our militia have been equipped with new Orichalcum swords, which can cut through far tougher materials than their basic iron weaponry ever could. (Upgrades Militia weaponry to Orichalcum, making them capable of doing increased damage in melee combat)

Mechanized Weaponry [2]- Weaponry using simple mechanisms to function rather than pure strength. While this sort of weaponry may be less useful for our more physically adept soldiers, being that they cannot make use of their prodigious strength with it, for our other forces these should prove invaluable. Already we have begun the creation of a proper force to make use of these new weapons, which should allow us to deal dangerous strikes at range without relying upon magic. (Unlocks 'Beast-kin Ranger' Troop)

Crimtain Refit [2]- Crimtain also presents to us a design of use. While civilian-wise it is at best a novely for vampires, for military use it allows our weapons the bleed out enemies with far lighter injuries than would otherwise be necessary. Naturally, Crimtain knives make a perfect fit for our Vampiric Ambush Force. Allowing them to strike unseen and leave their targets crumpling to the ground bleeding.(Upgrades Vampiric Ambush Force with crimtain weaponry, causing foes cut by them to bleed for much longer, greatly increasing the risk of bleeding out)

Further Alchemical Materials research [3]- Through the combination of metalworking and potionology, two new forms of alchemically enhanced material have been created. The first, silverweave, is thin and flexible, and incredibly light, comparable to particularly durable cloth, while it may not be able to stop more powerful weapons, it is very light and should be easily useable for things that would be unable to handle the weight of traditional armor. The other is Adamantite, while heavier than iron, it is also more durable by far, capable of taking much greater punishment before giving. This undoubtedly will be very good for making armor.

Bodyguard; The Grave Hands [3]- The newest hire, a unique undead. Capable of tunneling through the ground at great speed, six powerful arms stretch from the underside of his body, and can stretch great distances. He has currently made several spots all around the laboratory and Horrorvale Heights from which he acts as a living security system.

Other:
 Click to go to Day 0 for the Other. Got this idea from PirateJoe (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=174245.msg7998807#msg7998807)

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Troops:
525 Skeleton Witches/Warlocks (1050 Unit Points)
1040 Militia
40 Beast-Kin Rangers(80 Unit Points)
30 Vampiric Assault Force troops(60 Unit Points)
350 Ecto-sappers (900 Unit Points)
350 Frankenling Shock Troopers (900 Unit Points)
166 Wendigo Berzerkers (650 Unit Points)
Total: 5200

Recruitment:
25 Militia
20 Beast-kin Rangers (40 Unit Points)
20 Vampiric Assault Force troops(40 Unit Points)
25 Skeleton Witches/Warlocks (50 Unit Points)
5 Ecto-sappers (15 Unit Points)
3 Wendigo Berzerkers (15 Unit Points)
5 Frankenling Shock Troopers (15 Unit Points)

Total: 200

Supplies:
Underworld Magic

Necromancy

Reagents-a-Plenty

Alchemy Forges

Mechanical Weaponry

Projects:

Improve Gunpowder (1/3)
Advanced Projectile Weaponry (1/3)

Completed Projects:
Horrorvale [8]
Reagent harvest standardization [3]
Military Frankenling production and training [2]
Standardized Ghost Unit [2]
Frankenling Combat Armor [2]
Advanced Metal Forging [3]
Simple Mechanisms [3]
Orichalcum Refit [2]
Mechanized Weaponry [2]
Crimtain Refit [2]
Further Alchemical Materials research (3)
Recruit Bodyguard (3)

Log:
Log AABY-011: For the love of Death! It seems I have grown complacent. It appears that, not only did I forget to file a log yestarday, but in the process of rectifying this, I have noticed several cases of mismanagement. First of all being that I had not been properly keeping track of my troops. This has been fixed, however in the process I noticed that the only forces in the Vampiric Ambush force, where ones that where recruited between now and the last time the count was accurate. I suppose it doesn't matter too much, after all, deploying assassins en-masse is rather counter productive.
In other news however, The Grave Hand has been acclimating well with the laboratory and the surrounding area. Practically a living security system that one. I doubt any small force is going to be able to sneak past him, and any large force to try blasting through is going to have to contend with the precarious mountainside paths on the way up. We've also made several more alchemically enhanced materials, though I won't be putting them to use just yet. I have other projects in mind for right now.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Happy Demon on July 28, 2019, 03:10:33 pm

Well, might as well make it a threesome.

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Spoiler: Day 11 Crunch (click to show/hide)

Civilization Name: The Akatsuki Sente of Honkoku
Theme: Magical Girls Incorporated
Day 11
Capital: Tsukiwara
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industry (Good guys are quality over quantity)

Map(s):
https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T (https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Yari Ashigaru (cost 1): Pikemen clad in basic armor. Because any army requires cannon fodder to send in and occupy a place. They are well drilled, so they excel in area denial with tight formations of pike walls. Though flanking makes them have to draw swords, and they are vulnerable to arrows. So by themselves they can be outmaneuvered or wittled down.
Basic Sword Training (1 PP): Given training with a smaller weapon, they will not immediately shatter when flanked.

Magi Samurai (cost 5): The noble remnants of the previous regime. The Samurai have adopted the magical crystals of their new overlords, and use it to augment their bushido. The Samurai are excellent melee combatants, and wreathing their swords in moonlight power, they can project sword slashes. This makes them ferocious in a melee, as they can not only cut through steel, but also outreach most spears. Though these special moves drain their crystals faster.

Magi Miko (cost 2): Armed with bows and firing magical arrows. The Miko are apprentice magical girls. Firing magical arrows is a good way to train the channeling of magical power, while keeping their gear relatively light. They have a katana, but no armor and little training. They will do poorly if they're engaged in melee.
Basic Akatsuki no Megane Training (1 PP): Equipped and trained in the use of the Akatsuki no Megane models. This enhances their sight range due to the magnified lens, and lets them detect anomalous energies.

Magi Shoujo (cost 10): Clad in the Tsuki no Yoroi, these magical girls are the real deal. They'd look lightly equipped out of combat, with a glaive and a handful pieces of armor. But with a song and a dance, their armor will deploy, making them only second to the samurai in armor. Transformed, their projectiles become even deadlier, not to mention whoever is unfortunate enough to be hit by their glaives. They can also fly, though doing so drains their magical reserves faster than any other. It is important for  the magicla girls to know when to and when not to utilize their aerial capabilities.

Magi Kunoichi (cost 4, 2 PP): Adorned with the Akatsuki no Megane, and wielding a magical naginata. These women operate as battle ninjas. Sneaking around enemy lines to  hit vulnerable areas. But if they are caught out in the open, they will not fare well, on account of no armor or extra mobility. High risk, but they can reap a bloody harvest if they ever get to someone's archers or other support units.

Heroes:
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito: The great and honorable leader of the Akatsuki Sente. Akatsuki is a pragmatic girl, willing to kill, cheat and steal to get her way. Her husband, the emperor, is naught but a pawn to her, with no real power. Though not the magical girl she used to be, even having lost her left eye. She is a peerless tactician, intimately aware of the capabilities and limitations of the magical equipment. And ultimately, the people have prospered under her rule.

Magi Samurai Akio Kato (1 PP): A veteran from the civil war. He's faced Akatsuki numerous times. But never able to actually hurt her, thanks to her magical armor. But now that he has Tsukiwara no Dachi, he is a force to be reckoned with. Had he wielded it back in the civil war. Then he would've likely destroyed Akatsuki's magical girls, no problem. But he is no honorbound to Akatsuki's service. For he is an honorable samurai, and thus, trustworthy. Even as a former foe.

Supplies:
Foreign:
38 Children of Fanw.

Domestic:
Tsuki no Kessho Model 2.0: Magical crystal used to store and channel the power of the moon. This newest model retains the output power of the original while having a much larger storage capacity. This means magical girls no longer have to ration their energy expenditure based on the phases of the moon.

Tsuki no Yoroi Model 1.4: The most modern magical armor. It increases the focus of the wearer, while also providing excellent protection. However, it's power consumption is still high. A Magical Girl might just run out in the midst of flight, if they're careless. So most of the time in an inactive state. Only activated once battle starts. It also has a cooling problem, only rarely seen. Like if someone covers them in goo that hinders heat dissipation, making parts deactivate.

Akatsuki no Megane Model 1.0 (3 PP): Employing glass and crystal, these glasses not only let you freely zoom in on things, but also lets them detect anomalous energies. It's not certain if it can detect yokai, though.

Tsukiwara no Dachi (Unique, 4 PP): A mighty sword infused with moon crystal. No finer conduit for moon power exists. It's an absolute monster at close range, able to cleave many a man in twain in a single slash.

Tengu no Yoroi Model 1.2 (Limited Production, 3 PP): A much reduced magical armor compared to the Tsuki no Yoroi. But is lighter, less conspicuous, and more manageable for rookies. It looks like regular clothing, but once activated, it becomes an elaborate dress. It's magical weave gives protection, additional focus, and even limited flight. However, it's activation is still flashy. So once activated, stealth ends.

Projects:

Develop Tsukihagane (4/9 PP):PAUSED During the forging of the Tsukiwara no Dachi, we found that we had by chance created a special metal, with excellent magical properties. The amounts were minute, but with enough development, we may be able to consistently create it. This will mark a new age for the Akatsuki Sente.

Prepare Response Team (0/x PP): The meteor might have more travelers, or something else. We must secure it's perimeter. The response team will be light, but elite.

Recruit Magi Huntress Myfanwy "Myf" Hier (1/3 PP): Given extensive training in the field of magic. Myf will become a mighty Magi Huntress. Protected with the Tengu no Yoroi, given vision with the Akatsuki no Megane, and using our tried and tested spell bow. She'll rival Fanw herself (not really).

Troops (4 200) (2 Heroes):

1 100 (1 100) Yari Ashigaru (1)
200 (1 000) Magi Samurai (5)
400 (800) Magi Miko (2)
80 (800) Magi Shoujo (10)
125 (500) Magi Kunoichi (4)
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito
Magi Samurai Akio Kato

Recruitment (200):
100 (100) Yari Ashigaru (1)
25 (100) Magi Kunoichi (4)

Spoiler: Day 11 Completed Projects Log (click to show/hide)

Yari Ashigaru basic sword training (1 PP). When flanked, their pikes are useless. Some basic sword training will make them last a little while, until they can be rescued.
Develop Akatsuki no Megane Model 1.0 (3 PP): Treating glass with moon crystal, we can etch magical diagrams onto it, while allowing vision through them. By constructing the right diagrams, we should be able to greatly amplify the vision of our operatives. May help our archers as well. But mainly, it will let us hunt down yokai with even greater efficiency.
Forge Tsukiwara no Dachi (4 PP). The Samurai Akio Kato demands a sword worthy of his service before we can recruit him. This great sword will be infused with moon crystal, to make whoever wields it a Magi Samurai beyond compare.
Recruit Magi Samurai Akio Kato (1 PP): Now a sword is all fine and well, but he needs a little bit more convincing. So we've arranged a hunting trip. Called off the hunters for the day, so he can take the sword for a test run.
Mass produce Akatsuki no Megane (2 PP): For fielding them en masse, our current output just isn't enough. We need more. One in every hunter's repertoire. Maybe we can even start fielding hunters as troops.
Train Magi Kunoichi (2 PP): With the mass production of the glasses halfway done, we can start the first steps in training them in large enough numbers to become part of our army. They are intermediate level Magical Girls. Learning stealth and ambush strategies.
Train Magi Miko in the use of Akatsuki no Megane (1 PP): These new glasses not only provide zoom, but can even spot energy. The Magi Miko are terrible in melee, and you never know what trickery the enemy may be up to.
Develop Tengu no Yoroi Model 1.2 (3 PP): A lighter version of the magical armor. It resembles standard clothing, and only changes into more fancy clothes when activated. It doesn't provide the same focus, and especially not the same protection. But don't underestimate the strength of magically infused cloth. A big feature is the limited floating ability. Which will not only render all falls safe. But also allow them to glide away from danger.

Spoiler: Day 11 Fluff (click to show/hide)

[Great and honorable Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito's Record]

Another one?

I've gotten reports of a new meteor strike. And close by too. In the neighboring lands of Llychlyn. Is this another of those comet people's cities? Are they invading? This is bad.
The development of Tsukihagane has been halted, and the efforts put toward preparing an offensive. This will harm our relations with Llychlyn, but one city was bad enough.
We will be fielding a rapid response unit. It will lack staying power, but make one hell of an impact. I will even spearhead the expedition myself. Like the battle of Yamato Palace.
I am also sending a high speed letter to Llychlyn, to hopefully not have to face them in addition to whatever the meteor may hold, or attract.
Reports say it's not nearly as big, but it is a meteor. So we best be doubly cautious.

Spoiler: Letter to Llychlyn (click to show/hide)

Urgent message from Shogun Akatsuki.

We have gotten reports of a meteor strike in your lands. Time is of the essence, so we have already sent troops to secure the site.
I ask for your permission, and forgiveness for our urgent action. Otherwise, we may cross blades once more.
We seek to ensure the meteor is not the doom of us all.

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Spoiler: Attack on Castell Coedsig Fanw Crater (click to show/hide)

Troops Commited
No Yari Ashigaru are involved, as they are too slow.
100 (500) Magi Samurai will be each bringing 2 spare horses, as transportation for the others (flying takes a lot of energy).
100 (200) Magi Miko will be providing support, and also analyzing the meteor. In case it's trouble.
40 (400) Magi Shoujo will be acting as close air support.
60 (240) Magi Kunoichi will be acting as scouts. Sadly not quite combat ready.
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito will be personally involved.

Total: 300 (1 340) troops + 1 hero(es)

Objective
Deny control of the meteor from sinister parties. Also, make sure it isn't also evil in and of itself.

Retreat Conditions
Half of the Samurai destroyed.
Destruction of the Magi Shoujo.
Army reduced to less than a 100.
Army is outnumbered 10 to 1.

Strategy
Approach will be made by mundane means. Saving energy for the engagement. When in range, the Kunoichi will dash forth, spotting any enemy, and reporting back. Hopefully Llychlyn permits this incursion, or our troops will likely not stand a chance, and it'll have to be called off.
If we get to it before enemies are spotted, then the samurai will start making crude fortifications. As they will have to act as the Ashigaru in this engagement. And will have to act as frontline infantry if the meteor is occupied.
The Magi Miko and Kunoichi will act as support, as archers and skirmishers.
The Magi Shoujo, commanded by Akatsuki herself, will be doing aerial attacks upon any ground forces, aiming to break any and all tight formation.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 28, 2019, 04:08:23 pm

Making a Stealth Attack

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: piratejoe on July 29, 2019, 07:03:59 am

Spoiler: Llychlyn, Day 12 (click to show/hide)

General Information:
Civilization Name: The Kingdom of Llychlyn.
Theme: Extreme Quality over quantity hunting and ranged based followers of Fanw
Day 12
Capital: Allfshys
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industrial

Map(s):(https://i.imgur.com/MGA4JJF.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

-Gwaywffon Ifanc, 4 RP: Usually lightly or moderately armored with leather and at most some gambeson. Always with a spear in hand, these soldiers are new to the military, and as such, their numbers tend to be one of the highest. Every member of the proper Llychlyn army is a Gwaywffon Ifanc at the start of their career, becoming Bwyell Ifanc after some time training, or Gwaywffyn Mynydd should they grow fond of the spear.

-Gwaywffyn Mynydd, 5 RP: Commonly moderately armored with leather and gambeson and at most a steel plate, these well trained and physically fit by Children of Fanw standards are significantly better than normal spearmen. Each thrust of their spears tends to be true, and commonly they lead groups of Gwaywffon Ifanc, with only generals and Meistri Rhyfel as their superiors.

-Bwyell Ifanc, 4 RP: With moderate or heavy armor, commonly incorporating steel, the Bwyell Ifanc are always armed with a shield and a axe. Naturally, once the Children of Fanw who train as a Gwaywffon Ifanc are strong and trained enough, they are granted the ability to become Bwyell Ifanc. Like Gwaywffon Ifanc, the Bwyell Ifanc have a chance to either become Coeden Fwyell or become what most who join the Llychlyn military aspire to become, Helwyr Saethwr.

-Coeden Fwyell, 5 RP: Armed with heavy armour and the strength and stamina to make it seem as if they were only wearing moderate protection for most of a fight, the Coeden Fwyell are experts at combat involving the axe and shield. Knowing how to deal with soldiers armed similarly to themselves along with other formations. They, like Gwaywffyn Mynydd, tend to lead groups of Bwyell Ifanc and listen to only generals and Meistri Rhyfel as superiors.

-Helwyr Saethwr, 5 RP: Armed with bow and moderate armor of steel made to not inhibit dexterity, the children of Fanw in the military who become Helwyr Saethwr are those who have become strong and well trained enough to be granted the most honored role of being able to wield the bow. Granted with warbows and a side arm be it sword or axe, these soldiers fire at extreme range with extreme accuracy. They are some of the best of the best, though, there are even more skilled warriors, though few in number.

-Meistri Rhyfel, 10 RP: The Meistri Rhyfel are the best of the best, soldiers who have lived and trained for ages and honing their skill to an exhaustive degree. Commonly, they are masters of both bow and either spear or axe, wielding both in battle, and commonly they are the ones trained to command and lead the soldiers below them into battle. They are commonly equipped with whatever they desire, and commonly are at least two hundred years old. Few are of their number, but they certainly are a force to be reckoned with, at range or up close.


Heroes:
Fanw Howell: Fanw is the Goddess of hunting, Ranged Combat (though most think its just archery), and Stature (Both meanings of the word). It is believed that they take a form similar to the Children of Fanw, with with the ears, tail, nails and eyes that her children have, specifically with long brown hair and amber eyes and always with a bow in hand or put away. They are considered a fair and kind goddess who cares for their children and who makes sure the woods are plentiful with food and teaming with life. However, it is believed by quite a few that, in defense of her children, she will take away quarry that hunters would go for in the area's of the threat after and instead will fill the woods with predators, far more aggressive than normal, specifically to invaders, and that should things get desperate, she herself will arrive with no restraint on her power. Not everyone believes this entirely, though it is certainly comforting to a degree. Something all followers of Fanw can agree on however, is that she almost always is manifested in the world, and wanders the woods and wilds of the world, calmly hunting and living a simple, but fairly peaceful existence. It's said that mortals who meet her will find her helpful as a friendly guide so long as their intentions are well meaning, making some small talk and sharing some food that she hunted before sometimes informing them of something important to them, such as the location of something they had lost and were looking for, or how to deal with something that has been plaguing them. If the person is ill willed, they usually will simply leave such people alone, though sometimes it is said they will try and convince them to change... It also should be noted that, despite not being a nature/forest god, she does have issue with people completely chopping down entire forests with no intention of any kind of preservation, after all, if you remove the forest, you remove the animals that lived there you could have hunted. Though, the removal of chunks of forests for some development is fine so long as its not a quarter of the entire forest and the new plains can still support small game or something of the like. Additionally, Despite beliefs otherwise, she doesn't view weapons like muskets, slings, or crossbows as lesser weapons, even if her followers will probably argue among themselves claiming otherwise, in fact, in her manifested form, one can find practically every kind of ranged weapon somewhere on her person, from throwing axes to the classic bow, though the weapons in question are only the kind of ranged weapons that are used in the local area, so no one will see her with a crossbow somewhere no one has them or something similar.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None

Domestic:
Children of Fanw: Fanw herself grants protection over the Children of Fanw, and should the worst come to worst and Llychlyn finds itself in a final battle for survival, Fanw will help her children and try to protect them from the ones attacking them personally. Of course, Fanw won't exactly do much directly out side of making wild animals attack invaders more often and lower the amount of prey the invaders can get until Llychlyn is truly desperate, but should the fate of the children of Fanw and Llychlyn rest on a battle, she will be there, and she will do her best to drive them off.

Faith in Fanw: the Children of Fanw have an almost unbreakable faith in their goddess, though they tend to be causal about it and not force their faith upon others who happen to believe in other things. Regardless, the Children of Fanw call themselves that for a reason... Regardless, were Fanw to theoretically manifest in a battle for the heartland of the kingdom, they'd certainly be rallied by it and would fight to the very last, not just for their home, their clans, their kin, but also their goddess. (Think of both of these applying directly to the abilities of Fanw, I think sacrificing both resources for Fanw is fair trade to have Fanw as a hero, as Fanw is a goddess after all...)

Prenhaearn: Some forests in Llychlyn are made up of pine like tree's called Prenhaearn. These trees have wood about as durable as iron and aren't really that flammable. Of course, actually chopping them down and refining them is easier said than done, but its not impossible with the proper tools and techniques which Llychlyn has made. Needless to say, buildings made out of such strong wood are quite resilient, both to fire and to damage, and so too are shields, tool handles, and anything else made from the stuff as well.

Projects:
Prenhaearn: (2) Some forests in Llychlyn are made up of pine like tree's called Prenhaearn. These trees have wood about as durable as iron and aren't really that flammable. Of course, actually chopping them down and refining them is easier said than done, but its not impossible with the proper tools and techniques which Llychlyn has made. Needless to say, buildings made out of such strong wood are quite resilient, both to fire and to damage, and so too are shields, tool handles, and anything else made from the stuff as well.

Castellmeindwr: (8 ) Castellmeindwr is a large fortification made out of mostly prenhaearn The fortification is split into nine separate area's Four inner area's, four outer, and one center. The only way to travel through these area's is through specific entrances. This is done to make an attacking force have to go through choke points and means that should an attacking army go over the walls they can't just capture the entire wall without having to go through many of these choke points. The castle's walls obviously have crenellations and machicolations to make shooting at an attacker that much easier, and a simple ditch with spikes of normal wood surrounds the castle. The center of the fortification includes a main building which has a drawbridge connected to one of the walls, which can be raised and forces the attacking force to have to break through the walls of the main castle, climb it, or simply try to wait out the defenders, and the portion of the castle that is below the drawbridge is dedicated to storage of food and supplies.

Dur Bendigedig (6): A special blessed steel made with the bones of animals that were hunted. It is more durable than normal steel and is able to hold its edge easier as well. Its also significantly easier to maintain than normal steel, taking an unnatural amount of time to rust or deteriorate, and simple maintenance can keep a weapon using the material lasting for the life times of multiple children of fanw. Additionally, Cymeriadau Arbennig is more powerful when engraved upon the special steel.

Other: (Read the day 0 post, linked here. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=174245.msg7998996#msg7998996))

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Troops:
350 (1,400) Gwaywffon Ifanc
100 (500) Gwaywffyn Mynydd
200 (800) Bwyell Ifanc
100 (500) Coeden Fwyell
150 (750) Helwyr Saethwr
45 (450) Meistri Rhyfel

Total: 935 (4,400)

Recruitment:
5 (50) Meistri Rhyfel
10 (50) Helwyr Saethwr
25 (100) Bwyell Ifanc

Total: 200

Supplies:
Children of Fanw
Faith in Fanw

Projects:
Cymeriadau Arbennig (6/10)
Dur Bendigedig (6/6)

Completed Projects:
Gwaywffyn Mynydd (1/1)
Coeden Fwyell (1/1)
Prenhaearn (2/2)
Castellmeindwr (8/8)
Dur Bendigedig (6/6)

Log: 2nd of Mai, 254 Ar ôl Uno
Today is hectic. Apparently, I got a letter from the people from Honkoku telling us they plan to march into our lands to make sure the meteor isn't some kind of terrible cursed object, after delays I finally got a response from Ludwigg, though apparently the delays are on the fault of the messenger, though considering everything I don't blame him. Oh, and there's reports of unknown soldiers marching through our lands who aren't from Honkoku. But thats not all, on top of that, apparently work on Dur Bendigedig is done, and I have the reports of their work to read through, which is probably the most enjoyable thing outside of writing to Ludwigg I have to do today.

Regardless, hopefully nothing terrible happens...I genuinely don't want some kind of conflict to happen. Maybe this is the vision that Fanw gave to Arianrhod Wynn, the current leader of clan Wynn. Maybe the warning was true. Hopefully if anything bad happens it can be worked around. Hopefully.

Spoiler: To Ludwigg (click to show/hide)

I suppose you are right. Though, my mother always seemed so confident and sure with her every action, and I know full well how much she cared for the people of Llychlyn. Maybe it was because she had Fanw by her side and that helped with her confidence, or maybe she was like me and just good at hiding her nerviousness and fears. I don't know, but there is one thing that bothers me that I'd rather speak about in person, in the future. But, because of that, I suppose it will have to wait until I get the time to visit your lands. Whenever that chance actually comes to me.

I believe your advice of having Blodwyn, my sister, as an adviser is sound and would be helpful. Though I'm unsure how she'd feel about being one. She mostly spends her time hunting or doing other more active things. In a way, she really didn't fall far from the tree at all, both in personality and looks. Of course there are differences, her hair is longer than my mother ever let hers get for one, and she's more brawny in build. I suppose I'm getting off track here, but I believe you get the idea. I seem to do that alot I notice, going off track and focusing on one thing, at least when writing something more casual and comfortable.

As for the system of mayership you mentioned, we have something similar. Usually, in small vilages and towns, a council of leaders from Teulu clans discus how to deal with issues and polocy, with one of them chosen as a leader by all members of the vilage who's vote counts as two instead of one. They remain in that position for ten years before another vote goes. As for larger cities, generally its a combination of important Teulu clan members and Brenhinol clan members who are important inside the city, though usually the Brenhinol clan members only hold sway in the cities they were created in. Like Llewelyn in Lundain.

I'm a bit troubled though, for unrelated reasons however, as at the time of writing this I have recieved a letter of appology from Honkoku, as they are marching into my lands to inspect something that crashed into the earth near my lands. However, they actually sent a message and are doing this because they are worried that the rock might be dangerious. I don't know if they actually believe that from some kind of prophacy or they simply think the recorces from the heavens is useful to them, but either way its concerning. Not as concerning however as two other things.

There is a report of an unknown force of large size marching to the location of the crash, they aren't from Honkoku, they clearly aren't your people as well, and they have not sent any warning what so ever. I'm concerned that they might be an invasion force or plan on causing trouble, made worse by the fact that Arianrhod Wynn, leader of clan Wynn, and the one who spent much effort in getting me to construct Castellmeindwr into a fortress, had a dream likely given to them by Fanw of Llychlyn being invaded by an outside force, which is why the spent so much to try and make me construct that citidel in the first place.

I'll try to keep you updated as the situation progresses, but I am very much worried about all of this.

Eheubryd o Clan Cadigan, merch Ariella a brenhines Llychlyn

Spoiler: To Mae Marshal mawr ac anrhydeddus y dwyrain (click to show/hide)

Seeing as you have sent me this letter of warning, and how we have reports of unknown soldiers marching in the area, you may, for the time being at least, have access to march your armies through the lands nearby Castell Coedsig Fanw and the forest the small fortification was made to guard. You may see soldiers of mine in the area, they should be cautious of you but they won't attack nor tell you to leave. I hope you don't take long in your business however, and hope that the unknown force in the area doesn't bring your forces or my own into harm.

Eheubryd o Clan Cadigan, merch Ariella a brenhines Llychlyn

Spoiler: Defense of Castell Coedsig Fanw (click to show/hide)

Troops Commited
350 (1,400) Gwaywffon Ifanc
100 (500) Gwaywffyn Mynydd
200 (800) Bwyell Ifanc
100 (500) Coeden Fwyell
150 (750) Helwyr Saethwr
45 (450) Meistri Rhyfel

Total: 935 (4,400) soldiers, no support from Fanw outside hostile wild life to unknown invaders should they prove to be hostile.

Objective
Protect Llychlyn land and drive the unknown invaders off, by peaceful means if possible, through force if nessisary.

Retreat Conditions
40 of the Meistri Rhyfel are killed
Half of the Helwyr Saethwr are slain.
Army reduced to less than 550

Strategy
Initial focus shall be for a few small squads of Gwaywffon Ifanc and Bwyell Ifanc telling the invaders to leave and nothing more, only to attack should they be attacked themselves.
Should these soldiers fail to return, are found to have been killed, or should the unknown invaders be found to refuse leaving, a major force of Gwaywffon Ifanc and Bwyell Infac, with some Gwaywffyn Mynydd and Coeden Fwyell mixed in leading them will be sent and march into clear view while the rest of our forces, made up of Helwyr Saethwr, Meistri Rhyfel, and the rest of the Gwaywffyn Mynydd and Coeden Fwyell will remain in the tree's and out of sight, ready to support the main force should anything kick off.
Unless the soldiers sent to tell the invaders to leave are killed, they will try and slowly push the invaders out without attacking, simply by being in the way.
However, should the invaders attack, or the soldiers sent to tell them to leave were proven to be killed, any and all weapons are ready to be used, hopefully with support from Honkoku.
The forces in the tree's and hidden will attempt to get behind the main force or to their side, and most of the melee force there will charge from behind should things get violent and the enemy be distracted from the fight in front of them, while some stay back to protect the Helwyr Saethwr and the ranged Meistri Rhyfel.
Attempts to meet up with the forces from Honkoku before marching to the unknown invaders will be made should the invaders prove to be hostile and have killed the soldiers sent to tell them to leave politely and peacefully.

Title: Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes. Together, we can stop this.
Post by: Screech9791 on July 29, 2019, 07:49:38 am

Spoiler: Day 12 - trw pls state meteor project time (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Mercdonalds
Theme: PMC
Day 12
Capital: MCD Saltshaker
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Force

Map(s):
Outside:
Exterior Map (http://magaimg.net/img/8h2o.png)
A ship crashed inside a mountain range, with mountains to the south, north, and east, with not much notable terrain, just fields.
MCD Saltshaker Interior (top and bottom decks)
Interior Map (http://magaimg.net/img/8h06.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Alpha Mercs: A dime a dozen, they're simply well-rounded mercs tasked with one goal: Shoot at anything hostile to us, and don't shoot anything that isn't. They typically have access to most of the arsenal, which is assault rifles, shotguns, submachine guns, pistols, revolvers, and all those swords supplied to us by those White Castle guys. The armor is also various plated armor that we have the schematics for thanks to various companies back when the Saltshaker was actually in space, but most of it is more or less standard field armor. Their armor has red accents to distinguish them from other squads. Some of them have attached scopes to their rifles for when they'll be needing to take long range shots.

For the sake of organisation, I'm sorting them into Melee and Ranged Alpha mercs. (and also because I can't be bothered to write two separate infodumps about melee/ranged versions of otherwise near identical troops)

White Castle Screeches: They're screeches that are armed with swords, and have shields + plate armor. We're not sure why they like to screech about wanting to retake Jerusalem, but to each their own. I'm here to command our mercs, not wonder why our screeches screech.

Alpha Medics: Our support units, they're tasked with keeping their fellow mercs alive, and fighting hostiles when they don't have any fellow mercs to heal. They're generally given access to the same weapons as regular alpha mercs, but are also given medical supplies. Their armor also has red accents to mark them as part of the Alpha squad.

Veterans: The main forces of the Delta squad, they're equipped with the more expensive and powerful weaponry, and are more specialized. They usually wield heavier weaponry, and are given elite training, and cost 3x as much as a normal merc to recruit because of the more vigorous training they need. Their armor has purple accents to indicate they're part of the Delta squad.

Heroes:
Field Commander 'Deusus Maximus': Our main leader for field operations, he manages the officers on the field, who in turn manage the normal mercs in battle. He's equipped with one of our Knight Commander armor sets made before the crash which lead to our advanced manufacturing systems to be destroyed, and wields a high quality broadsword also made before the crash, which sends hostiles flying the fuck away like they were hit with a giant truck, and also causes lightning to flash out.

Supplies:
Foreign:
Toxic Undead Flora & Fauna: We've gotten these from trading with Horrorvale, these plants and animals are not only undead, but poisonous. We've developed protocols and manuals for maximizing poison extraction and reliably keeping a sustainable source of them respectively. Plans to weaponise it are being considered if we have to break the Geneva convention.

Domestic:
Gunpowder: It's a powder that explodes when ignited, used primarily for launching bullets at anything in front of one of our gun users. It's that simple. We found a huge cache of undetonated gunpowder where our ammunition manufacturing systems are, so we at least should have more than enough. (Mass Produced)

Muskets: Since we're pretty desperate, we've resorted to manufacturing these with what's still functional out of the manufacturing part of the ship. They're simple: you insert powder into the back of the barrel, then a bullet, then you cock the gun, and finally, you pull the trigger to hopefully kill whatever you're shooting at. (Mass Produced)

Scopes: They're scopes. You look through them, and you can more precisely see stuff from longer distances. We're gonna mass produce them for our soldiers that need the extra accuracy/zoom. (mass produced)

Modern Firearms: Assault rifles, shotguns, sniper rifles, machine guns, SMGs, pistols, pretty much a huge bulk of our arsenal back when we were in space and not a group of crash landed mercs on some unknown planet. We now have them mass produced because fuck balance.

Grenades: Simple devices, you pull the pin, toss them at anything you need exploded, and hope you didn't accidentally forget about anything you don't want destroyed being within the general area of the grenade. There's also smoke grenades and flashbangs, releasing clouds of obscuring smoke and blinding anyone who looks at them respectively. Considering our past research, we could make poison gas grenades, but to do that, we'll have to find out how to put toxic gas into our smoke grenades.

Projects:
Form an elite squad: By starting to give specific high potential soldiers even more training, we have reformed Delta Squad, which is the elite branch of our forces. They're small in number, but their training makes them lethal on the field.

Create self-contained firearm cartridges: We're had to remake the ammunition schematics for our actual military grade ammo due to us loosing the methods of making them during the crash. Either way, we can be assured reloading in the field will be way faster now.

Create magnifying lenses: We've decided some of our men could use scopes, so we've started making them.

Start repairing the firearm manufacturing systems: Now that we've gotten all the stuff we'll need for modern firearm operation and manufacturing, like actually decent ammo, we've decided we have sufficient ability to finally repair our firearm manufacturing machinery. We just have to make a few adjustments, and soon we'll soon have the ability to dominate in ranged combat. Assault rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles, shotguns, submachine guns, pistols, and all that other good stuff.

Figure out the perfect conditions for mass harvesting toxins from our new shipment of poisonous flora and fauna: Self explanatory, we've been finding out both 1: How to maximise harvests from each invividual plant/animal, and 2: How to reliably and self sustainably keep getting enough flora/fauna to harvest toxins from.

Other:
Mercdonalds Origin:

Quote from: The shift to being a mercenary group

Humans went into space, and fast food groups ended up being the primary food suppliers. They soon found that it's really hard to keep their supply lines safe from pirates and such.
The higher ups went "Hey this whole franchise thing worked well with food, why not try it with mercs?", and it went over well and ended up as the primary focus of the company. MercDonalds was born from this.

Quote from: Recruitment

Interested parties just need to meet some minimum requirements and follow certain rules to join up.
Something along the lines of: Do you have a ship?, Crew?, Willing to take jobs and not shoot at our stuff?, If so, then good, Welcome to MercDonalds. The supply and job departments will contact you shortly.

Screeches:

Quote from: Screeches - Info 1

An alien race that found their way onto a ship and made themselves useful enough to be kept around. They are friendly to familiar human crew, if a bit obnoxious at times, and will fiercely (even suicidally) defend the ship against hostile incursions.

"screeches alter their bodies and behavior to be appropriate for whatever man-made tools or trappings they first come across" -Unnamed merc

Quote from: Screeches - Info 2

Screeches are one of the most versatile tools available to Man - under a seemingly innocent roundy baldy headed yellow ball lies a being of many faces and infinite power. They say the Big Bang was followed by a sound of screeching, too. Screeches have many specialties - some drop straight into the colony, chasing around any poor xeno they set their sights on, some stand vigilant onboard the ship, ready to harmbaton and call out any potential hostile's location on general channel, some are weak, wielding only pistols, and some don a red bandana and carry a machinegun that wipes weaker xenos in a single burst. And some, when under pressure of seemingly impossible odds, are said to tap into the primordial REE that resides within them, going into a murderous, albeit short-lived rage, it's short span not nearly short enough for any sighted foes to survive the screeching fury...

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Troops:
1780 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
970 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
1220 White Castle Screeches
730 Alpha Medics
180 Veterans

Total: 5300

Recruitment:
130 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
10 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
10 White Castle Screeches
30 Alpha Medics
40 Veterans

Total: 300

Supplies:
Gunpowder (M)
Muskets (M)
Scopes (M)
Modern Firearms (M)
Assorted Toxins (M)
Grenades

Projects:
Mass produce grenades: 1/2
Secure the meteor: 1/X
Create blueprints for toxiguns: 1/2 (paused)

Completed Projects:
Form an elite squad
Create self-contained firearm cartridges
Create magnifying lenses
Start repairing the firearm manufacturing systems
Mass produce scopes
Mass produce modern firearms
Figure out the perfect conditions for mass harvesting toxins from our new shipment of poisonous flora and fauna
Create grenades

Log:
CAPTAIN'S LOG, Day 12:
Our forces are already heading towards the crashsite. We've gotten scans of Llychlyn and Honkoku forces moving towards the crashsite, but we have the power of fully automatic guns (+ pump action shotguns, sniper rifles, semi auto pistols, revolvers, and other non-automatic guns that are still extremely advanced relative to the rest of the civilizations here) - another reason why we're a deadly force in the field.

We haven't yet recieved reports on progress regarding securing the meteor, as we haven't yet gotten a relay of the information, meaning we should just keep holding the crash site until we can recover the meteor.

Also, apparently we've somehow had recruiters that kept recruiting lots of melee units. I've told him to stop it as we have automatic firearms now. We don't need that many swordfighters.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Happy Demon on July 29, 2019, 09:08:37 am

Spoiler: Day 12 Crunch (click to show/hide)

Civilization Name: The Akatsuki Sente of Honkoku
Theme: Magical Girls Incorporated
Day 12
Capital: Tsukiwara
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industry (Good guys are quality over quantity)

Map(s):
https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T (https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Yari Ashigaru (cost 1): Pikemen clad in basic armor. Because any army requires cannon fodder to send in and occupy a place. They are well drilled, so they excel in area denial with tight formations of pike walls. Though flanking makes them have to draw swords, and they are vulnerable to arrows. So by themselves they can be outmaneuvered or wittled down.
Basic Sword Training (1 PP): Given training with a smaller weapon, they will not immediately shatter when flanked.

Magi Samurai (cost 5): The noble remnants of the previous regime. The Samurai have adopted the magical crystals of their new overlords, and use it to augment their bushido. The Samurai are excellent melee combatants, and wreathing their swords in moonlight power, they can project sword slashes. This makes them ferocious in a melee, as they can not only cut through steel, but also outreach most spears. Though these special moves drain their crystals faster.

Magi Miko (cost 2): Armed with bows and firing magical arrows. The Miko are apprentice magical girls. Firing magical arrows is a good way to train the channeling of magical power, while keeping their gear relatively light. They have a katana, but no armor and little training. They will do poorly if they're engaged in melee.
Basic Akatsuki no Megane Training (1 PP): Equipped and trained in the use of the Akatsuki no Megane models. This enhances their sight range due to the magnified lens, and lets them detect anomalous energies.

Magi Shoujo (cost 10): Clad in the Tsuki no Yoroi, these magical girls are the real deal. They'd look lightly equipped out of combat, with a glaive and a handful pieces of armor. But with a song and a dance, their armor will deploy, making them only second to the samurai in armor. Transformed, their projectiles become even deadlier, not to mention whoever is unfortunate enough to be hit by their glaives. They can also fly, though doing so drains their magical reserves faster than any other. It is important for  the magicla girls to know when to and when not to utilize their aerial capabilities.

Magi Kunoichi (cost 4, 2 PP): Adorned with the Akatsuki no Megane, and wielding a magical naginata. These women operate as battle ninjas. Sneaking around enemy lines to  hit vulnerable areas. But if they are caught out in the open, they will not fare well, on account of no armor or extra mobility. High risk, but they can reap a bloody harvest if they ever get to someone's archers or other support units.

Heroes:
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito: The great and honorable leader of the Akatsuki Sente. Akatsuki is a pragmatic girl, willing to kill, cheat and steal to get her way. Her husband, the emperor, is naught but a pawn to her, with no real power. Though not the magical girl she used to be, even having lost her left eye. She is a peerless tactician, intimately aware of the capabilities and limitations of the magical equipment. And ultimately, the people have prospered under her rule.

Magi Samurai Akio Kato (1 PP): A veteran from the civil war. He's faced Akatsuki numerous times. But never able to actually hurt her, thanks to her magical armor. But now that he has Tsukiwara no Dachi, he is a force to be reckoned with. Had he wielded it back in the civil war. Then he would've likely destroyed Akatsuki's magical girls, no problem. But he is no honorbound to Akatsuki's service. For he is an honorable samurai, and thus, trustworthy. Even as a former foe.

Supplies:
Foreign:
38 Children of Fanw.

Domestic:
Tsuki no Kessho Model 2.0: Magical crystal used to store and channel the power of the moon. This newest model retains the output power of the original while having a much larger storage capacity. This means magical girls no longer have to ration their energy expenditure based on the phases of the moon.

Tsuki no Yoroi Model 1.4: The most modern magical armor. It increases the focus of the wearer, while also providing excellent protection. However, it's power consumption is still high. A Magical Girl might just run out in the midst of flight, if they're careless. So most of the time in an inactive state. Only activated once battle starts. It also has a cooling problem, only rarely seen. Like if someone covers them in goo that hinders heat dissipation, making parts deactivate.

Akatsuki no Megane Model 1.0 (3 PP): Employing glass and crystal, these glasses not only let you freely zoom in on things, but also lets them detect anomalous energies. It's not certain if it can detect yokai, though.

Tsukiwara no Dachi (Unique, 4 PP): A mighty sword infused with moon crystal. No finer conduit for moon power exists. It's an absolute monster at close range, able to cleave many a man in twain in a single slash.

Tengu no Yoroi Model 1.2 (Limited Production, 3 PP): A much reduced magical armor compared to the Tsuki no Yoroi. But is lighter, less conspicuous, and more manageable for rookies. It looks like regular clothing, but once activated, it becomes an elaborate dress. It's magical weave gives protection, additional focus, and even limited flight. However, it's activation is still flashy. So once activated, stealth ends.

Projects:

Develop Tsukihagane (4/9 PP):PAUSED During the forging of the Tsukiwara no Dachi, we found that we had by chance created a special metal, with excellent magical properties. The amounts were minute, but with enough development, we may be able to consistently create it. This will mark a new age for the Akatsuki Sente.

Prepare Response Team (1/x PP): The meteor might have more travelers, or some thing else. We must secure it's perimeter. The response team will be light, but elite.

Recruit Magi Huntress Myfanwy "Myf" Hier (2/3 PP): Given extensive training in the field of magic. Myf will become a mighty Magi Huntress. Protected with the Tengu no Yoroi, given vision with the Akatsuki no Megane, and using our tried and tested spell bow. She'll rival Fanw herself (not really).

Troops (4 200) (2 Heroes):

1 200 (1 200) Yari Ashigaru (1)
100/200 (500/1 000) Magi Samurai (5)
300/400 (600/800) Magi Miko (2)
40/80 (400/800) Magi Shoujo (10)
90/150 (360/600) Magi Kunoichi (4)
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito (on mission)
Magi Samurai Akio Kato

Recruitment (200):
100 (200) Magi Miko (2)

Spoiler: Day 12 Completed Projects Log (click to show/hide)

Yari Ashigaru basic sword training (1 PP). When flanked, their pikes are useless. Some basic sword training will make them last a little while, until they can be rescued.
Develop Akatsuki no Megane Model 1.0 (3 PP): Treating glass with moon crystal, we can etch magical diagrams onto it, while allowing vision through them. By constructing the right diagrams, we should be able to greatly amplify the vision of our operatives. May help our archers as well. But mainly, it will let us hunt down yokai with even greater efficiency.
Forge Tsukiwara no Dachi (4 PP). The Samurai Akio Kato demands a sword worthy of his service before we can recruit him. This great sword will be infused with moon crystal, to make whoever wields it a Magi Samurai beyond compare.
Recruit Magi Samurai Akio Kato (1 PP): Now a sword is all fine and well, but he needs a little bit more convincing. So we've arranged a hunting trip. Called off the hunters for the day, so he can take the sword for a test run.
Mass produce Akatsuki no Megane (2 PP): For fielding them en masse, our current output just isn't enough. We need more. One in every hunter's repertoire. Maybe we can even start fielding hunters as troops.
Train Magi Kunoichi (2 PP): With the mass production of the glasses halfway done, we can start the first steps in training them in large enough numbers to become part of our army. They are intermediate level Magical Girls. Learning stealth and ambush strategies.
Train Magi Miko in the use of Akatsuki no Megane (1 PP): These new glasses not only provide zoom, but can even spot energy. The Magi Miko are terrible in melee, and you never know what trickery the enemy may be up to.
Develop Tengu no Yoroi Model 1.2 (3 PP): A lighter version of the magical armor. It resembles standard clothing, and only changes into more fancy clothes when activated. It doesn't provide the same focus, and especially not the same protection. But don't underestimate the strength of magically infused cloth. A big feature is the limited floating ability. Which will not only render all falls safe. But also allow them to glide away from danger.

Spoiler: Day 12 Fluff (click to show/hide)

[Akatsuki Conclave's Report]

With our great shogun off to war, it is now our task to rule in her stead.
Our shogun is wise and honorable, and foresaw the need of us. Our training of the young Myfanwy is going well, she learns a great many things in the field of magic.
But we are concerned about her leaps and strides of progress. We are not to question the shogun's orders. But she has already passed our shogun's raw power.
Fortunately, she is not as experienced, and our great shogun has many an ally to call upon, should she get rebellious.
It is unfortunate we cannot restart the Tsukihagane project. Sustaining our level of alertness is draining on us. We simply must know how our great and honorable shogun fares.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: piratejoe on July 29, 2019, 09:55:48 am

You know considering there's a fight likely to happen I feel now's a flawless time to oocly remind someone they forgot to equip all their guys with new guns despite mass producing them. Because you need to spend a small 2 point project to do that.

I hope whatever battle strategy you made doesn't rely on having modern weapons.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 29, 2019, 08:04:53 pm

(WHOOPS I completely forgot about this when I started working on writing up the newest Wiki Wars turn, will have to get to my posts when I wake up I guess)

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 30, 2019, 07:07:49 am

Spoiler: Day 12 (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Horrorvale
Theme: Horrorvale(game)
Day 12
Capital: Horrorvale City
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Legacy

Map(s):
(https://i.imgur.com/MSKYAvI.png)
As you can see, there are areas within Horrorvales bounds that aren't technically part of the geographical location of Horrorvale, these are noticeable for being decidedly un-spooky. Also, because some douchewaffle decided they really wanted a full scale McMansion in the only clear path out of Horrorvale valley(and they didn't even stay and live in it, fucker just left), the only way to exit or enter is through the Withering Woods, this is where most Wendigos live, which makes it substantially less dangerous than otherwise, if still exceptionally spooky even compared to the rest of the region.

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

Skeleton Witches/Warlocks - Skeletons where among the first settlers in Horrorvale, back when Hades and Death themselves presided over this section of the Underworld made Overworld. While their complete lack of muscle, biological or ectoplasmic, means they are physically fairly weak(though it does leave them significantly less vulnerable to piercing weaponry), their magical prowess is nothing to scoff at. Thus is the military, they generally serve as a combination Mage-Support unit. Slinging offensive spells such as Firebolt, Bone Barrage, and Heal, while restoring their allies strength with Decay, Death, and Poison. (2 points)

Militia - Zombies, Ghouls, Mummies, less magically inclined skeletons, anyone who isn't automatically filtered into another force for their species, but isn't joining one of the non-species based forces, joins these. While they can't be said to be particularly capable, they can be fielded in great numbers than any fully fledged military force. They most often come equipped with light armor, and simple shortswords. Additionally though, every Militia member comes equipped with one firebomb(fragile potion pouches that spray a liquid which rapidly ignites upon bursting), to be used at their discretion, or that of their Commanding Officer, who is generally a Frankenling.

Vampiric Ambush Force - Vampires, swift, graceful, deadly, able to transform into small animals and suck the blood straight from someones veins. They would be the perfect soldiers if not for their fatal flaws. Sunlight burns their skin, garlic is poison, and stakes might as well come pre-poisoned. While in a Horrorvaleans perfect world the sun wouldn't matter as people would be awake at night and sleep through the day, the average soldier of Horrorvale is well aware that this is only the case in their homeland. As such, VAF units can only be deployed after dark, and must immediately retreate to hidden/defended locations as the sun begins to rise. That being said, when they are deployed, they can be truly frightening. Moving with great speed in their leather gear, their razor sharp Crimtain daggers easily find gaps in enemy armor and creates wounds that bleed far longer than normal. Their ability to transform into small animals also allows them to sneak into tight places. This makes them excellent for limiting the enemies force before battle can begin, and for dealing decisive strikes to otherwise occupied foes in night battles. (2 points)

Wendigo Berzerkers - Wendigos, the rarest of Undead species that can truly be said to be a major part of Horrorvale society. Standing head and shoulders over the average man. Their prodigious strength, even for their size, allows them to wield exceptionally large weapons. Their flesh is tough, easily limiting the damage they take even ignoring their armor, and by feasting on meat they can heal their wounds. However, they do not take to tactics well, nor magic, much prefering the very direct solution of "Charge straight forward and cleave anybody that doesn't give up in half." Nevertheless they are an effective, and truly terrifying, fighting force. (5 points)

Ecto-sappers - Ghosts are a very common sight within Horrorvale. More than likely the single most common race here in fact, edging out Wendigos and Zombies combined. That being said, their unique physical traits make them awkward to fit into any un-specialized military unit. The ecto-sappers are one such unit, ghosts making full use of their ability to go intangible at will and possess objects to bypass and destroy enemy fortifications and defenses before the main force moves in. When intangible, mundane objects simply pass through them, though the same cannot be said of magic or anything enchanted, and intangibility can't be partial. Ghosts are quite lacking in physical strength on their own, meaning that when caught not-possessing an object they struggle to fight back, and even if they are possessing an object they will die when it is destroyed. Still, these spectral soldiers can turn an enemies siege weapons and fortifications into their own worst enemies given the chance. (3 points)

Frankenling Shock Troopers - The artificial undead created by the the Mayor. Stitched together from severed parts. While they are not as strong and quick as Wendigos, they are more durable, and more tactically minded, and do trend towards a higher intelligence. Not to mention, while they may not be particularly magically capable, the natural electric charge to their bodies can be used to fire bolts of electricity at close ranges. Each one is equipped with full iron armor and proper broadswords. Frankenlings are the ideal public servants, working as everything from postman to soldier, they are born for their jobs, and they take to them with pride and skill. (3 points)

Beast-Kin Ranger - Beast-kin is less a species of undead, and more a classification. Wolf-people, cat-people, bird-people, spider-people. If it's an animal, there's a beast-kin species for it. That being said, each one possesses traits common for said animals, which very uniformly make them skilled for fighting and surviving in the wilderness. With our new crossbows, a non-magical ranged unit has become all the more viable and useful, and as such, these rangers take full advantage of that. (2 points)

Heroes:
Mayor Ludwigg... Fikleheim? Fanglefoot? Frankenfurter? Something like that- The Mayor of the town of Horrorvale, a scientist whos technological genius is decades if not more beyond that of his citizens. Yet, he loves them all the same. He was the victim of an incredibly rare condition known as 'Aging', where his body, after hitting maturity, began to ever so slowly degrade. To counteract this, he built a mechanical body, and had his brain implanted into it via brain-jar. This body stands larger than a minotaur, has strength to match, a surprising amount of speed, and can fire off blasts of lightning. Unfortunately, this is not his natural body, and thus not the one he will un-die into should he be slain. Instead it will have to be re-built.

Grave Hands- A unique form of undead, the Grave Hands has been employed as the Mayors personal bodyguard. Six long, powerful arms stretch from his underside into the ground beneath him, and he can burrow through stone and soil at great speeds. These arms are capable of stretching great distances, allowing them to strike foes from below at great distances, and grip them in place when needed. His body is also particularly durable, making up somewhat for the fact that he cannot wear proper armor if he is to tunnel places. As an undead, he will of course, revive if killed through most methods, in order to directly destroy him, one must target the soul itself.

Supplies:
Foreign:
Gunpowder - A substance I've heard tales of from far off lands. Gunpowder is an explosive powder, typically used for the propulsion of projectiles. While we could simply make use of this directly, plans are rather to use it as a base to build off of on our own.

Domestic:
Underworld Magic - For the most part, a vague collection of rather simple spells. 'Life' spells for combat, 'Death' spells for healing, some more basic combat spells that just fire different sorts of projectiles, a variety of empowerment spells, that sort of thing. Nothing esoteric such as wishes and polymorphing, just your classic array of magic spells, with a Halloween theme. A note to make however, is that the Life and Death spells do act as they say, it's just the effects of Life and Death magics have inverse effects upon the Undead. This is likely to come as a rude awakening when they find they need to double down on Death spells to both heal and hurt while completely giving up the Life ones.

Necromancy - A major portion of magic used in Horrorvale is Necromancy. And when I say major, I mean as in like, it's the sole option for reproduction for a majority of Horrorvales natives. Skeletons, Zombies, Mummies, Wendigos and Ghosts can't have babies after all, and that's only the major examples. So instead they pluck a lost soul that has been scoured clean of its identity out of Limbo, and slap it into a new, magically formed body, which ages as normal(at least until maturity, where all but the most tragically unlucky will simply stop aging). A notable effect of this is that Horrorvales citizens can't die properly, no form of afterlife will take recycled souls, not even Limbo itself, and so they just wake up again with a new body where they last slept. This doesn't make dying any more pleasant, but it makes it less frightening. That is not the only use for Necromancy however, as it can be used by trained professionals as a way to quickly get Undead who have once again become dead back into the fight.

Reagents-a-plenty - Eye of newt and tongue of frog, wing of bat and hair of dog. The wilderness around Horrorvale is absolutely overflowing with potent Potionology reagents. From the rivers and lakes literally flowing with blood, to bushes that sprout eyes, and every type of poisonous or carnivorous plant you can think of. If it's good for potions, Horrorvale has it. This makes them some of the most accomplished alchemists in the world, with access to all sorts of useful concoctions. The fact that healing potions and poisons have reversed effects on the Undead is made all the better by the fact that they have so much access to poison.

Alchemy Forges - Through the combination of more advanced forges/techniques, and Potionology, a variety of new useful metal alloys can be made. In addition to the typical metals such as steel and bronze, this also includes metals with unique properties, these include; Flintsteel(Capable of igniting easily when struck in the right way, extinguishes quickly due to being nonflammable), Cold Iron(Iron that weakens magical effects from proximity and contact), Orichalcum(Can be sharpened into incredibly fine edges and holds them longer under use), and Crimtain(slows blood clotting, causing wounds to bleed longer. Vampires like to lick it).

Mechanical Weaponry- Crossbows and their variations, as well as catapults and other siege weaponry, have been a notable part of warfare for quite some time. It speaks a lot about the peace in our lands that we have yet to develop such things. Now however, it has gotten to a point where there is simply no reason not to.
Projects:
Horrorvale [8]- The city of Horrorvale, named for the valley in which it resides. Once, this land was fraught with horrible monsters and unspeakable beasts. Now the monsters are polite and the beasts just undead. Still though, Horrorvale has been built from this time, as such the city is practically a fortress. Every single external wall is thick and made of dark stone bricks, and the city is entirely surrounded by even thicker walls, and the ground is paved in many areas. It is, of course, still a city though, so traps are practically nonexistant in the streets, and siege weapons can be wheeled right through the gate and past the walls entirely if no attempt to stop them is made. Still though, the gates are the only actual weak point in Horrorvales walls. (Makes the Capital of Horrorvale double as an exceptionally sized Fortress, though with the problems that come from being a city)

Reagent Harvest Standardization [3]- A project to standardize and optimize the harvesting of Horrorvales natural supply of Potion reagents. Thus allowing them to easily be accessed when needed by those who need them. (provides the 'Reagents-a-plenty' Supply)

Standardized Ghost Unit [2]- The innate physical weaknesses of being a ghost and their only occasionally corporeal nature lead to them being rather awkward to fit into existing military groups. While they could float through walls or attacks, in doing so they would simply float out of their equipment. This requires ghosts to have specialized Units made to optimize their usage. The Ecto-sappers are merely the first example of such a unit. (provides 'Ecto-sappers' Troop)

Military Frankenling production and training [2]- In anticipation for coming potential conflict, Mayor Faffenpaffers production of Frankenlings has shifted steadily towards military focus. There is some worry about the ethics of creating thinking, unliving people for the singular purpose of war, but the ease of which they integrate into normal Horrorvale society has done well to assuage fears. (provides 'Frankenling Shock Troopers' Troop)

Frankenling Combat Armor [2]- Proper armor dedicated for Frankenling use. Where their iron armor would diffuse the Frankenlings electric bolts causing them to fly off course and wasting a decent portion of electricity, their new armor has been specially crafted with inlaid copper wiring leading towards the fingertips. This means that electrical attacks come out more focused and accurate, with much less of the power diffusing out into the rest of the armor. A pair of lightning rods have also been added to the back, which can channel what electricity does diffuse back into the Frankenling, completely erasing the power wasted in the act of firing bolts. They also allow loose electricity to recharge the Frankenling in small amounts. (upgrades Frankenling Shock Troopers with more accurate and powerful lightning attacks, and greater energy efficiency)

Advanced Metal Forging [3]- With Mayor Frankfurters technological advancements, we've managed to develop a variety of alloys, combinations of different metals. Particularly, through the addition of potionology, we've developed several magical alloys with unique effects. We expect these in particular will see great use in the future, for a variety of purposes. (Unlocks 'Alchemy Forges' supply)

Simple Mechanisms [3]- While mechanical contraptions had already seen a good bit of use. They had always been fairly large, and used for fairly large scale things. Stuff like Horrorvales gate, or the elevators in Mayo Furklefoots lab. With this, proper mechanisms are becoming more and more common in everyday life, and are even beginning to find their way into the weaponry utilized by our developing military. (Provides 'Mechanical Weaponry' Supply)

Orichalcum Refit [2]- With the creation of Orichalcum, a metal than can be sharpened incredibly finely and retains its edge even through extensive use, tools in Horrorvale have developed to new heights, trees can be felled at greater speeds when wood is needed, stone can be carved at a greater pace, animals can be skinned and butchered with greater efficiency. It is only natural that such a metal would find its way into the military as well. The brave men, women, and others of our militia have been equipped with new Orichalcum swords, which can cut through far tougher materials than their basic iron weaponry ever could. (Upgrades Militia weaponry to Orichalcum, making them capable of doing increased damage in melee combat)

Mechanized Weaponry [2]- Weaponry using simple mechanisms to function rather than pure strength. While this sort of weaponry may be less useful for our more physically adept soldiers, being that they cannot make use of their prodigious strength with it, for our other forces these should prove invaluable. Already we have begun the creation of a proper force to make use of these new weapons, which should allow us to deal dangerous strikes at range without relying upon magic. (Unlocks 'Beast-kin Ranger' Troop)

Crimtain Refit [2]- Crimtain also presents to us a design of use. While civilian-wise it is at best a novely for vampires, for military use it allows our weapons the bleed out enemies with far lighter injuries than would otherwise be necessary. Naturally, Crimtain knives make a perfect fit for our Vampiric Ambush Force. Allowing them to strike unseen and leave their targets crumpling to the ground bleeding.(Upgrades Vampiric Ambush Force with crimtain weaponry, causing foes cut by them to bleed for much longer, greatly increasing the risk of bleeding out)

Further Alchemical Materials research [3]- Through the combination of metalworking and potionology, two new forms of alchemically enhanced material have been created. The first, silverweave, is thin and flexible, and incredibly light, comparable to particularly durable cloth, while it may not be able to stop more powerful weapons, it is very light and should be easily useable for things that would be unable to handle the weight of traditional armor. The other is Adamantite, while heavier than iron, it is also more durable by far, capable of taking much greater punishment before giving. This undoubtedly will be very good for making armor.

Bodyguard; The Grave Hands [3]- The newest hire, a unique undead. Capable of tunneling through the ground at great speed, six powerful arms stretch from the underside of his body, and can stretch great distances. He has currently made several spots all around the laboratory and Horrorvale Heights from which he acts as a living security system.

Other:
 Click to go to Day 0 for the Other. Got this idea from PirateJoe (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=174245.msg7998807#msg7998807)

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Troops:
550 Skeleton Witches/Warlocks (1100 Unit Points)
1065 Militia
60 Beast-Kin Rangers(120 Unit Points)
50 Vampiric Assault Force troops(100 Unit Points)
355 Ecto-sappers (915 Unit Points)
355 Frankenling Shock Troopers (915 Unit Points)
169 Wendigo Berzerkers (665 Unit Points)
Total: 5400

Recruitment:
25 Militia
20 Beast-kin Rangers (40 Unit Points)
20 Vampiric Assault Force troops(40 Unit Points)
25 Skeleton Witches/Warlocks (50 Unit Points)
5 Ecto-sappers (15 Unit Points)
3 Wendigo Berzerkers (15 Unit Points)
5 Frankenling Shock Troopers (15 Unit Points)

Total: 200

Supplies:
Underworld Magic

Necromancy

Reagents-a-Plenty

Alchemy Forges

Mechanical Weaponry

Projects:

Improve Gunpowder (2/3)
Advanced Projectile Weaponry (2/3)

Completed Projects:
Horrorvale [8]
Reagent harvest standardization [3]
Military Frankenling production and training [2]
Standardized Ghost Unit [2]
Frankenling Combat Armor [2]
Advanced Metal Forging [3]
Simple Mechanisms [3]
Orichalcum Refit [2]
Mechanized Weaponry [2]
Crimtain Refit [2]
Further Alchemical Materials research (3)
Recruit Bodyguard (3)

Log:
Log AABY-012: An army from Mercdonalds began marching on Lychlyn only yesterday, and it shames me that I cannot have a proper fighting force ready to aid them. Still, I've sent some of my ghosts, if what little we've heard about their weapons are true, lets hope that a taste of 'bad luck' and a spoonful of their own medicine is enough to mitigate the damage they deal if a battle should occur.
The current research is going well though. Our experimental 'Crash Powder' is entering its final stages, and weapons making use of it are already being prototyped using the samples.

Spoiler: Message to Lychlyn (click to show/hide)

Yes, it was hard for my scouts not to witness the army marching from Mercdonalds. While I regret I could not have time to prepare for this incident such that I could have my over-all forces ready for day-fighting, I can still send you some level of support. Though admittedly, if they're doing their jobs correctly, nobody will be seeing them. If this had happened even just a few days later I could have potentially been ready to deploy my latest project.

Sincerely, Ludwigg Fr█████in

(Will post day 13 soon)

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 30, 2019, 08:16:21 am

Spoiler: Day 13 - BRAVO ROMEO UNIFORM HOTEL MIKE OSCAR MIKE ECHO NOVEMBER TANGO (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Mercdonalds
Theme: PMC
Day 13
Capital: MCD Saltshaker
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Force

Map(s):
Outside:
Exterior Map (http://magaimg.net/img/8h2o.png)
A ship crashed inside a mountain range, with mountains to the south, north, and east, with not much notable terrain, just fields.
MCD Saltshaker Interior (top and bottom decks)
Interior Map (http://magaimg.net/img/8h06.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Alpha Mercs: A dime a dozen, they're simply well-rounded mercs tasked with one goal: Shoot at anything hostile to us, and don't shoot anything that isn't. They typically have access to most of the arsenal, which is assault rifles, shotguns, submachine guns, pistols, revolvers, and all those swords supplied to us by those White Castle guys. The armor is also various plated armor that we have the schematics for thanks to various companies back when the Saltshaker was actually in space, but most of it is more or less standard field armor. Their armor has red accents to distinguish them from other squads. Some of them have attached scopes to their rifles for when they'll be needing to take long range shots.

For the sake of organisation, I'm sorting them into Melee and Ranged Alpha mercs. (and also because I can't be bothered to write two separate infodumps about melee/ranged versions of otherwise near identical troops)

White Castle Screeches: They're screeches that are armed with swords, and have shields + plate armor. We're not sure why they like to screech about wanting to retake Jerusalem, but to each their own. I'm here to command our mercs, not wonder why our screeches screech.

Alpha Medics: Our support units, they're tasked with keeping their fellow mercs alive, and fighting hostiles when they don't have any fellow mercs to heal. They're generally given access to the same weapons as regular alpha mercs, but are also given medical supplies. Their armor also has red accents to mark them as part of the Alpha squad.

Veterans: The main forces of the Delta squad, they're equipped with the more expensive and powerful weaponry, and are more specialized. They usually wield heavier weaponry, and are given elite training, and cost 3x as much as a normal merc to recruit because of the more vigorous training they need. Their armor has purple accents to indicate they're part of the Delta squad.

Heroes:
Field Commander 'Deusus Maximus': Our main leader for field operations, he manages the officers on the field, who in turn manage the normal mercs in battle. He's equipped with one of our Knight Commander armor sets made before the crash which lead to our advanced manufacturing systems to be destroyed, and wields a high quality broadsword also made before the crash, which sends hostiles flying the fuck away like they were hit with a giant truck, and also causes lightning to flash out.

Supplies:
Foreign:
Toxic Undead Flora & Fauna: We've gotten these from trading with Horrorvale, these plants and animals are not only undead, but poisonous. We've developed protocols and manuals for maximizing poison extraction and reliably keeping a sustainable source of them respectively. Plans to weaponise it are being considered if we have to break the Geneva convention.

Domestic:
Gunpowder: It's a powder that explodes when ignited, used primarily for launching bullets at anything in front of one of our gun users. It's that simple. We found a huge cache of undetonated gunpowder where our ammunition manufacturing systems are, so we at least should have more than enough. (Mass Produced)

Muskets: Since we're pretty desperate, we've resorted to manufacturing these with what's still functional out of the manufacturing part of the ship. They're simple: you insert powder into the back of the barrel, then a bullet, then you cock the gun, and finally, you pull the trigger to hopefully kill whatever you're shooting at. (Mass Produced)

Scopes: They're scopes. You look through them, and you can more precisely see stuff from longer distances. We're gonna mass produce them for our soldiers that need the extra accuracy/zoom. (mass produced)

Modern Firearms: Assault rifles, shotguns, sniper rifles, machine guns, SMGs, pistols, pretty much a huge bulk of our arsenal back when we were in space and not a group of crash landed mercs on some unknown planet. We now have them mass produced because fuck balance.

Grenades: Simple devices, you pull the pin, toss them at anything you need exploded, and hope you didn't accidentally forget about anything you don't want destroyed being within the general area of the grenade. There's also smoke grenades and flashbangs, releasing clouds of obscuring smoke and blinding anyone who looks at them respectively. Considering our past research, we could make poison gas grenades, but to do that, we'll have to find out how to put toxic gas into our smoke grenades. We've got them mass produced and plan to give 2 frag grenades, 2 smoke grenades, and 2 flashbangs to each soldier as soon as we teach them the basics of using them.

Projects:
Form an elite squad: By starting to give specific high potential soldiers even more training, we have reformed Delta Squad, which is the elite branch of our forces. They're small in number, but their training makes them lethal on the field.

Create self-contained firearm cartridges: We're had to remake the ammunition schematics for our actual military grade ammo due to us loosing the methods of making them during the crash. Either way, we can be assured reloading in the field will be way faster now.

Create magnifying lenses: We've decided some of our men could use scopes, so we've started making them.

Start repairing the firearm manufacturing systems: Now that we've gotten all the stuff we'll need for modern firearm operation and manufacturing, like actually decent ammo, we've decided we have sufficient ability to finally repair our firearm manufacturing machinery. We just have to make a few adjustments, and soon we'll soon have the ability to dominate in ranged combat. Assault rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles, shotguns, submachine guns, pistols, and all that other good stuff.

Figure out the perfect conditions for mass harvesting toxins from our new shipment of poisonous flora and fauna: Self explanatory, we've been finding out both 1: How to maximise harvests from each invividual plant/animal, and 2: How to reliably and self sustainably keep getting enough flora/fauna to harvest toxins from.

Other:
Mercdonalds Origin:

Quote from: The shift to being a mercenary group

Humans went into space, and fast food groups ended up being the primary food suppliers. They soon found that it's really hard to keep their supply lines safe from pirates and such.
The higher ups went "Hey this whole franchise thing worked well with food, why not try it with mercs?", and it went over well and ended up as the primary focus of the company. MercDonalds was born from this.

Quote from: Recruitment

Interested parties just need to meet some minimum requirements and follow certain rules to join up.
Something along the lines of: Do you have a ship?, Crew?, Willing to take jobs and not shoot at our stuff?, If so, then good, Welcome to MercDonalds. The supply and job departments will contact you shortly.

Screeches:

Quote from: Screeches - Info 1

An alien race that found their way onto a ship and made themselves useful enough to be kept around. They are friendly to familiar human crew, if a bit obnoxious at times, and will fiercely (even suicidally) defend the ship against hostile incursions.

"screeches alter their bodies and behavior to be appropriate for whatever man-made tools or trappings they first come across" -Unnamed merc

Quote from: Screeches - Info 2

Screeches are one of the most versatile tools available to Man - under a seemingly innocent roundy baldy headed yellow ball lies a being of many faces and infinite power. They say the Big Bang was followed by a sound of screeching, too. Screeches have many specialties - some drop straight into the colony, chasing around any poor xeno they set their sights on, some stand vigilant onboard the ship, ready to harmbaton and call out any potential hostile's location on general channel, some are weak, wielding only pistols, and some don a red bandana and carry a machinegun that wipes weaker xenos in a single burst. And some, when under pressure of seemingly impossible odds, are said to tap into the primordial REE that resides within them, going into a murderous, albeit short-lived rage, it's short span not nearly short enough for any sighted foes to survive the screeching fury...

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Troops:
1910 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
980 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
1230 White Castle Screeches
760 Alpha Medics
220 Veterans

Total: 5600

Recruitment:
130 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
10 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
10 White Castle Screeches
30 Alpha Medics
40 Veterans

Total: 300

Supplies:
Gunpowder (M)
Muskets (M)
Scopes (M)
Modern Firearms (M)
Assorted Toxins (M)
Grenades (M)

Projects:
Prepare instruction manuals for modern firearm usage (and execute that clown ass fuckface who didn't have the mercs learn how to use modern firearms from BEFORE the meteor fell): 0/2
Secure the meteor: 2/X (trw pls state finish point count)
Create blueprints for toxiguns: 1/2 (paused)

Completed Projects:
Form an elite squad
Create self-contained firearm cartridges
Create magnifying lenses
Start repairing the firearm manufacturing systems
Mass produce scopes
Mass produce modern firearms
Figure out the perfect conditions for mass harvesting toxins from our new shipment of poisonous flora and fauna
Create grenades
Mass produce grenades

Log:
CAPTAIN'S LOG, Day 13:
I'm gonna execute whichever clown decided to not train the thousands of new mercs who probably haven't even used our modern firearms before they were temporarily unavailable thanks th the crash in using our new firearms. Our mercs will need a summary training session on how to operate there modern firearms once they return.

We now have grenades mass produced, and will issue 2 fragmentation grenades, 2 smoke grenades, and 2 flashbangs to each merc once we're able to finish making training manuals, but operation guides for our modern firearms come first.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Failbird105 on July 30, 2019, 02:17:47 pm

Spoiler: Day 13 (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Horrorvale
Theme: Horrorvale(game)
Day 13
Capital: Horrorvale City
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Legacy

Map(s):
(https://i.imgur.com/MSKYAvI.png)
As you can see, there are areas within Horrorvales bounds that aren't technically part of the geographical location of Horrorvale, these are noticeable for being decidedly un-spooky. Also, because some douchewaffle decided they really wanted a full scale McMansion in the only clear path out of Horrorvale valley(and they didn't even stay and live in it, fucker just left), the only way to exit or enter is through the Withering Woods, this is where most Wendigos live, which makes it substantially less dangerous than otherwise, if still exceptionally spooky even compared to the rest of the region.

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

Skeleton Witches/Warlocks - Skeletons where among the first settlers in Horrorvale, back when Hades and Death themselves presided over this section of the Underworld made Overworld. While their complete lack of muscle, biological or ectoplasmic, means they are physically fairly weak(though it does leave them significantly less vulnerable to piercing weaponry), their magical prowess is nothing to scoff at. Thus is the military, they generally serve as a combination Mage-Support unit. Slinging offensive spells such as Firebolt, Bone Barrage, and Heal, while restoring their allies strength with Decay, Death, and Poison. (2 points)

Militia - Zombies, Ghouls, Mummies, less magically inclined skeletons, anyone who isn't automatically filtered into another force for their species, but isn't joining one of the non-species based forces, joins these. While they can't be said to be particularly capable, they can be fielded in great numbers than any fully fledged military force. They most often come equipped with light armor, and simple shortswords. Additionally though, every Militia member comes equipped with one firebomb(fragile potion pouches that spray a liquid which rapidly ignites upon bursting), to be used at their discretion, or that of their Commanding Officer, who is generally a Frankenling.

Vampiric Ambush Force - Vampires, swift, graceful, deadly, able to transform into small animals and suck the blood straight from someones veins. They would be the perfect soldiers if not for their fatal flaws. Sunlight burns their skin, garlic is poison, and stakes might as well come pre-poisoned. While in a Horrorvaleans perfect world the sun wouldn't matter as people would be awake at night and sleep through the day, the average soldier of Horrorvale is well aware that this is only the case in their homeland. As such, VAF units can only be deployed after dark, and must immediately retreate to hidden/defended locations as the sun begins to rise. That being said, when they are deployed, they can be truly frightening. Moving with great speed in their leather gear, their razor sharp Crimtain daggers easily find gaps in enemy armor and creates wounds that bleed far longer than normal. Their ability to transform into small animals also allows them to sneak into tight places. This makes them excellent for limiting the enemies force before battle can begin, and for dealing decisive strikes to otherwise occupied foes in night battles. (2 points)

Wendigo Berzerkers - Wendigos, the rarest of Undead species that can truly be said to be a major part of Horrorvale society. Standing head and shoulders over the average man. Their prodigious strength, even for their size, allows them to wield exceptionally large weapons. Their flesh is tough, easily limiting the damage they take even ignoring their armor, and by feasting on meat they can heal their wounds. However, they do not take to tactics well, nor magic, much prefering the very direct solution of "Charge straight forward and cleave anybody that doesn't give up in half." Nevertheless they are an effective, and truly terrifying, fighting force. (5 points)

Ecto-sappers - Ghosts are a very common sight within Horrorvale. More than likely the single most common race here in fact, edging out Wendigos and Zombies combined. That being said, their unique physical traits make them awkward to fit into any un-specialized military unit. The ecto-sappers are one such unit, ghosts making full use of their ability to go intangible at will and possess objects to bypass and destroy enemy fortifications and defenses before the main force moves in. When intangible, mundane objects simply pass through them, though the same cannot be said of magic or anything enchanted, and intangibility can't be partial. Ghosts are quite lacking in physical strength on their own, meaning that when caught not-possessing an object they struggle to fight back, and even if they are possessing an object they will die when it is destroyed. Still, these spectral soldiers can turn an enemies siege weapons and fortifications into their own worst enemies given the chance. (3 points)

Frankenling Shock Troopers - The artificial undead created by the the Mayor. Stitched together from severed parts. While they are not as strong and quick as Wendigos, they are more durable, and more tactically minded, and do trend towards a higher intelligence. Not to mention, while they may not be particularly magically capable, the natural electric charge to their bodies can be used to fire bolts of electricity at close ranges. Each one is equipped with full iron armor and proper broadswords. Frankenlings are the ideal public servants, working as everything from postman to soldier, they are born for their jobs, and they take to them with pride and skill. (3 points)

Beast-Kin Ranger - Beast-kin is less a species of undead, and more a classification. Wolf-people, cat-people, bird-people, spider-people. If it's an animal, there's a beast-kin species for it. That being said, each one possesses traits common for said animals, which very uniformly make them skilled for fighting and surviving in the wilderness. With our new crossbows, a non-magical ranged unit has become all the more viable and useful, and as such, these rangers take full advantage of that. (2 points)

Heroes:
Mayor Ludwigg... Fikleheim? Fanglefoot? Frankenfurter? Something like that- The Mayor of the town of Horrorvale, a scientist whos technological genius is decades if not more beyond that of his citizens. Yet, he loves them all the same. He was the victim of an incredibly rare condition known as 'Aging', where his body, after hitting maturity, began to ever so slowly degrade. To counteract this, he built a mechanical body, and had his brain implanted into it via brain-jar. This body stands larger than a minotaur, has strength to match, a surprising amount of speed, and can fire off blasts of lightning. Unfortunately, this is not his natural body, and thus not the one he will un-die into should he be slain. Instead it will have to be re-built.

Grave Hands- A unique form of undead, the Grave Hands has been employed as the Mayors personal bodyguard. Six long, powerful arms stretch from his underside into the ground beneath him, and he can burrow through stone and soil at great speeds. These arms are capable of stretching great distances, allowing them to strike foes from below at great distances, and grip them in place when needed. His body is also particularly durable, making up somewhat for the fact that he cannot wear proper armor if he is to tunnel places. As an undead, he will of course, revive if killed through most methods, in order to directly destroy him, one must target the soul itself.

Supplies:
Foreign:
Gunpowder - A substance I've heard tales of from far off lands. Gunpowder is an explosive powder, typically used for the propulsion of projectiles. While we could simply make use of this directly, plans are rather to use it as a base to build off of on our own.

Domestic:
Underworld Magic - For the most part, a vague collection of rather simple spells. 'Life' spells for combat, 'Death' spells for healing, some more basic combat spells that just fire different sorts of projectiles, a variety of empowerment spells, that sort of thing. Nothing esoteric such as wishes and polymorphing, just your classic array of magic spells, with a Halloween theme. A note to make however, is that the Life and Death spells do act as they say, it's just the effects of Life and Death magics have inverse effects upon the Undead. This is likely to come as a rude awakening when they find they need to double down on Death spells to both heal and hurt while completely giving up the Life ones.

Necromancy - A major portion of magic used in Horrorvale is Necromancy. And when I say major, I mean as in like, it's the sole option for reproduction for a majority of Horrorvales natives. Skeletons, Zombies, Mummies, Wendigos and Ghosts can't have babies after all, and that's only the major examples. So instead they pluck a lost soul that has been scoured clean of its identity out of Limbo, and slap it into a new, magically formed body, which ages as normal(at least until maturity, where all but the most tragically unlucky will simply stop aging). A notable effect of this is that Horrorvales citizens can't die properly, no form of afterlife will take recycled souls, not even Limbo itself, and so they just wake up again with a new body where they last slept. This doesn't make dying any more pleasant, but it makes it less frightening. That is not the only use for Necromancy however, as it can be used by trained professionals as a way to quickly get Undead who have once again become dead back into the fight.

Reagents-a-plenty - Eye of newt and tongue of frog, wing of bat and hair of dog. The wilderness around Horrorvale is absolutely overflowing with potent Potionology reagents. From the rivers and lakes literally flowing with blood, to bushes that sprout eyes, and every type of poisonous or carnivorous plant you can think of. If it's good for potions, Horrorvale has it. This makes them some of the most accomplished alchemists in the world, with access to all sorts of useful concoctions. The fact that healing potions and poisons have reversed effects on the Undead is made all the better by the fact that they have so much access to poison.

Alchemy Forges - Through the combination of more advanced forges/techniques, and Potionology, a variety of new useful metal alloys can be made. In addition to the typical metals such as steel and bronze, this also includes metals with unique properties, these include; Flintsteel(Capable of igniting easily when struck in the right way, extinguishes quickly due to being nonflammable), Cold Iron(Iron that weakens magical effects from proximity and contact), Orichalcum(Can be sharpened into incredibly fine edges and holds them longer under use), and Crimtain(slows blood clotting, causing wounds to bleed longer. Vampires like to lick it).

Mechanical Weaponry- Crossbows and their variations, as well as catapults and other siege weaponry, have been a notable part of warfare for quite some time. It speaks a lot about the peace in our lands that we have yet to develop such things. Now however, it has gotten to a point where there is simply no reason not to.

Advanced Alchemy Forges- With further advancements in alchemical forging, two new types of alchemical alloy have been made. Silverweave is very light and rather flexible, similar to cloth, but nearly as sturdy as a metal sheet of similar thickness. Adamantite meanwhile, is heavy, and incredibly durable for its thickness.

Crash Powder- A hybridization of gunpowder and various alchemical reagents. Crash Powder is nearly twice as potent as gunpowder, meaning that far more powerful weapons can be made, or equally powerful weapons using half the propellant.

Crash Powder Weapons- Weapons made to utilize the new crash powder. The Type 1 Machine Cannon, which replaces the shell and propellant automatically so long as the reloading racks are full, and the Type 2 Crash Cannon, a large weapon, with immense power, using as much Crash Powder as a normal cannon would use Gunpowder to fire its shots with truly massive amounts of stopping power.
Projects:
Horrorvale [8]- The city of Horrorvale, named for the valley in which it resides. Once, this land was fraught with horrible monsters and unspeakable beasts. Now the monsters are polite and the beasts just undead. Still though, Horrorvale has been built from this time, as such the city is practically a fortress. Every single external wall is thick and made of dark stone bricks, and the city is entirely surrounded by even thicker walls, and the ground is paved in many areas. It is, of course, still a city though, so traps are practically nonexistant in the streets, and siege weapons can be wheeled right through the gate and past the walls entirely if no attempt to stop them is made. Still though, the gates are the only actual weak point in Horrorvales walls. (Makes the Capital of Horrorvale double as an exceptionally sized Fortress, though with the problems that come from being a city)

Reagent Harvest Standardization [3]- A project to standardize and optimize the harvesting of Horrorvales natural supply of Potion reagents. Thus allowing them to easily be accessed when needed by those who need them. (provides the 'Reagents-a-plenty' Supply)

Standardized Ghost Unit [2]- The innate physical weaknesses of being a ghost and their only occasionally corporeal nature lead to them being rather awkward to fit into existing military groups. While they could float through walls or attacks, in doing so they would simply float out of their equipment. This requires ghosts to have specialized Units made to optimize their usage. The Ecto-sappers are merely the first example of such a unit. (provides 'Ecto-sappers' Troop)

Military Frankenling production and training [2]- In anticipation for coming potential conflict, Mayor Faffenpaffers production of Frankenlings has shifted steadily towards military focus. There is some worry about the ethics of creating thinking, unliving people for the singular purpose of war, but the ease of which they integrate into normal Horrorvale society has done well to assuage fears. (provides 'Frankenling Shock Troopers' Troop)

Frankenling Combat Armor [2]- Proper armor dedicated for Frankenling use. Where their iron armor would diffuse the Frankenlings electric bolts causing them to fly off course and wasting a decent portion of electricity, their new armor has been specially crafted with inlaid copper wiring leading towards the fingertips. This means that electrical attacks come out more focused and accurate, with much less of the power diffusing out into the rest of the armor. A pair of lightning rods have also been added to the back, which can channel what electricity does diffuse back into the Frankenling, completely erasing the power wasted in the act of firing bolts. They also allow loose electricity to recharge the Frankenling in small amounts. (upgrades Frankenling Shock Troopers with more accurate and powerful lightning attacks, and greater energy efficiency)

Advanced Metal Forging [3]- With Mayor Frankfurters technological advancements, we've managed to develop a variety of alloys, combinations of different metals. Particularly, through the addition of potionology, we've developed several magical alloys with unique effects. We expect these in particular will see great use in the future, for a variety of purposes. (Unlocks 'Alchemy Forges' supply)

Simple Mechanisms [3]- While mechanical contraptions had already seen a good bit of use. They had always been fairly large, and used for fairly large scale things. Stuff like Horrorvales gate, or the elevators in Mayo Furklefoots lab. With this, proper mechanisms are becoming more and more common in everyday life, and are even beginning to find their way into the weaponry utilized by our developing military. (Provides 'Mechanical Weaponry' Supply)

Orichalcum Refit [2]- With the creation of Orichalcum, a metal than can be sharpened incredibly finely and retains its edge even through extensive use, tools in Horrorvale have developed to new heights, trees can be felled at greater speeds when wood is needed, stone can be carved at a greater pace, animals can be skinned and butchered with greater efficiency. It is only natural that such a metal would find its way into the military as well. The brave men, women, and others of our militia have been equipped with new Orichalcum swords, which can cut through far tougher materials than their basic iron weaponry ever could. (Upgrades Militia weaponry to Orichalcum, making them capable of doing increased damage in melee combat)

Mechanized Weaponry [2]- Weaponry using simple mechanisms to function rather than pure strength. While this sort of weaponry may be less useful for our more physically adept soldiers, being that they cannot make use of their prodigious strength with it, for our other forces these should prove invaluable. Already we have begun the creation of a proper force to make use of these new weapons, which should allow us to deal dangerous strikes at range without relying upon magic. (Unlocks 'Beast-kin Ranger' Troop)

Crimtain Refit [2]- Crimtain also presents to us a design of use. While civilian-wise it is at best a novely for vampires, for military use it allows our weapons the bleed out enemies with far lighter injuries than would otherwise be necessary. Naturally, Crimtain knives make a perfect fit for our Vampiric Ambush Force. Allowing them to strike unseen and leave their targets crumpling to the ground bleeding.(Upgrades Vampiric Ambush Force with crimtain weaponry, causing foes cut by them to bleed for much longer, greatly increasing the risk of bleeding out)

Further Alchemical Materials research [3]- Through the combination of metalworking and potionology, two new forms of alchemically enhanced material have been created. The first, silverweave, is thin and flexible, and incredibly light, comparable to particularly durable cloth, while it may not be able to stop more powerful weapons, it is very light and should be easily useable for things that would be unable to handle the weight of traditional armor. The other is Adamantite, while heavier than iron, it is also more durable by far, capable of taking much greater punishment before giving. This undoubtedly will be very good for making armor.

Bodyguard; The Grave Hands [3]- The newest hire, a unique undead. Capable of tunneling through the ground at great speed, six powerful arms stretch from the underside of his body, and can stretch great distances. He has currently made several spots all around the laboratory and Horrorvale Heights from which he acts as a living security system.

Other:
 Click to go to Day 0 for the Other. Got this idea from PirateJoe (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=174245.msg7998807#msg7998807)

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Troops:
550 Skeleton Witches/Warlocks (1100 Unit Points)
1065 Militia
60 Beast-Kin Rangers(120 Unit Points)
50 Vampiric Assault Force troops(100 Unit Points)
355 Ecto-sappers (915 Unit Points)
355 Frankenling Shock Troopers (915 Unit Points)
169 Wendigo Berzerkers (665 Unit Points)
Total: 5400

Recruitment:
25 Militia
20 Beast-kin Rangers (40 Unit Points)
20 Vampiric Assault Force troops(40 Unit Points)
25 Skeleton Witches/Warlocks (50 Unit Points)
5 Ecto-sappers (15 Unit Points)
3 Wendigo Berzerkers (15 Unit Points)
5 Frankenling Shock Troopers (15 Unit Points)

Total: 200

Supplies:
Underworld Magic

Necromancy

Reagents-a-Plenty

Alchemy Forges

Mechanical Weaponry

Projects:
Mobile Assault Type 1 (0/2)

Mobile Destroyer Type 2 (0/2)

Completed Projects:
Horrorvale [8]
Reagent harvest standardization [3]
Military Frankenling production and training [2]
Standardized Ghost Unit [2]
Frankenling Combat Armor [2]
Advanced Metal Forging [3]
Simple Mechanisms [3]
Orichalcum Refit [2]
Mechanized Weaponry [2]
Crimtain Refit [2]
Further Alchemical Materials research (3)
Recruit Bodyguard (3)
Improve Gunpowder [3]
Advanced Projectile Weaponry [3]

Log:
Log AABY-013: The Crash Powder is complete, according to testing, it should be roughly twice as potent as Gunpowder, which means two things. First, the same power in smaller amounts, Second, double the power in the same amounts. Additionally, I have completed two different types of weapons making use of this new substance. The Type 1 Machine Cannon, which uses a clever mechanism to automatically load in new shells and Crash Powder allowing it to fire off shots less than a second apart from each-other, and the Type 2 Crash Cannon, a more typical single shot variety cannon using as much Crash Powder as a normal cannon would use gunpowder, giving its shots a truly outrageous level of stopping power, though this requires the cannon to be made out of adamantite in order to survive the sheer force, I doubt even the sturdiest armor would allow its wearer to survive the force of a direct hit from a Crash Cannon.
With these weapons having been made, I have begun work on a pair of new projects, and I have big plans for the future. Though, for now, those plans will have to wait.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: piratejoe on July 30, 2019, 03:08:07 pm

Spoiler: Llychlyn, Day 13 (click to show/hide)

General Information:
Civilization Name: The Kingdom of Llychlyn.
Theme: Extreme Quality over quantity hunting and ranged based followers of Fanw
Day 13
Capital: Allfshys
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industrial

Map(s):(https://i.imgur.com/MGA4JJF.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:

-Gwaywffon Ifanc, 4 RP: Usually lightly or moderately armored with leather and at most some gambeson. Always with a spear in hand, these soldiers are new to the military, and as such, their numbers tend to be one of the highest. Every member of the proper Llychlyn army is a Gwaywffon Ifanc at the start of their career, becoming Bwyell Ifanc after some time training, or Gwaywffyn Mynydd should they grow fond of the spear.

-Gwaywffyn Mynydd, 5 RP: Commonly moderately armored with leather and gambeson and at most a steel plate, these well trained and physically fit by Children of Fanw standards are significantly better than normal spearmen. Each thrust of their spears tends to be true, and commonly they lead groups of Gwaywffon Ifanc, with only generals and Meistri Rhyfel as their superiors.

-Bwyell Ifanc, 4 RP: With moderate or heavy armor, commonly incorporating steel, the Bwyell Ifanc are always armed with a shield and a axe. Naturally, once the Children of Fanw who train as a Gwaywffon Ifanc are strong and trained enough, they are granted the ability to become Bwyell Ifanc. Like Gwaywffon Ifanc, the Bwyell Ifanc have a chance to either become Coeden Fwyell or become what most who join the Llychlyn military aspire to become, Helwyr Saethwr.

-Coeden Fwyell, 5 RP: Armed with heavy armour and the strength and stamina to make it seem as if they were only wearing moderate protection for most of a fight, the Coeden Fwyell are experts at combat involving the axe and shield. Knowing how to deal with soldiers armed similarly to themselves along with other formations. They, like Gwaywffyn Mynydd, tend to lead groups of Bwyell Ifanc and listen to only generals and Meistri Rhyfel as superiors.

-Helwyr Saethwr, 5 RP: Armed with bow and moderate armor of steel made to not inhibit dexterity, the children of Fanw in the military who become Helwyr Saethwr are those who have become strong and well trained enough to be granted the most honored role of being able to wield the bow. Granted with warbows and a side arm be it sword or axe, these soldiers fire at extreme range with extreme accuracy. They are some of the best of the best, though, there are even more skilled warriors, though few in number.

-Meistri Rhyfel, 10 RP: The Meistri Rhyfel are the best of the best, soldiers who have lived and trained for ages and honing their skill to an exhaustive degree. Commonly, they are masters of both bow and either spear or axe, wielding both in battle, and commonly they are the ones trained to command and lead the soldiers below them into battle. They are commonly equipped with whatever they desire, and commonly are at least two hundred years old. Few are of their number, but they certainly are a force to be reckoned with, at range or up close.


Heroes:
Fanw Howell: Fanw is the Goddess of hunting, Ranged Combat (though most think its just archery), and Stature (Both meanings of the word). It is believed that they take a form similar to the Children of Fanw, with with the ears, tail, nails and eyes that her children have, specifically with long brown hair and amber eyes and always with a bow in hand or put away. They are considered a fair and kind goddess who cares for their children and who makes sure the woods are plentiful with food and teaming with life. However, it is believed by quite a few that, in defense of her children, she will take away quarry that hunters would go for in the area's of the threat after and instead will fill the woods with predators, far more aggressive than normal, specifically to invaders, and that should things get desperate, she herself will arrive with no restraint on her power. Not everyone believes this entirely, though it is certainly comforting to a degree. Something all followers of Fanw can agree on however, is that she almost always is manifested in the world, and wanders the woods and wilds of the world, calmly hunting and living a simple, but fairly peaceful existence. It's said that mortals who meet her will find her helpful as a friendly guide so long as their intentions are well meaning, making some small talk and sharing some food that she hunted before sometimes informing them of something important to them, such as the location of something they had lost and were looking for, or how to deal with something that has been plaguing them. If the person is ill willed, they usually will simply leave such people alone, though sometimes it is said they will try and convince them to change... It also should be noted that, despite not being a nature/forest god, she does have issue with people completely chopping down entire forests with no intention of any kind of preservation, after all, if you remove the forest, you remove the animals that lived there you could have hunted. Though, the removal of chunks of forests for some development is fine so long as its not a quarter of the entire forest and the new plains can still support small game or something of the like. Additionally, Despite beliefs otherwise, she doesn't view weapons like muskets, slings, or crossbows as lesser weapons, even if her followers will probably argue among themselves claiming otherwise, in fact, in her manifested form, one can find practically every kind of ranged weapon somewhere on her person, from throwing axes to the classic bow, though the weapons in question are only the kind of ranged weapons that are used in the local area, so no one will see her with a crossbow somewhere no one has them or something similar.

Supplies:
Foreign:
None

Domestic:
Children of Fanw: Fanw herself grants protection over the Children of Fanw, and should the worst come to worst and Llychlyn finds itself in a final battle for survival, Fanw will help her children and try to protect them from the ones attacking them personally. Of course, Fanw won't exactly do much directly out side of making wild animals attack invaders more often and lower the amount of prey the invaders can get until Llychlyn is truly desperate, but should the fate of the children of Fanw and Llychlyn rest on a battle, she will be there, and she will do her best to drive them off.

Faith in Fanw: the Children of Fanw have an almost unbreakable faith in their goddess, though they tend to be causal about it and not force their faith upon others who happen to believe in other things. Regardless, the Children of Fanw call themselves that for a reason... Regardless, were Fanw to theoretically manifest in a battle for the heartland of the kingdom, they'd certainly be rallied by it and would fight to the very last, not just for their home, their clans, their kin, but also their goddess. (Think of both of these applying directly to the abilities of Fanw, I think sacrificing both resources for Fanw is fair trade to have Fanw as a hero, as Fanw is a goddess after all...)

Prenhaearn: Some forests in Llychlyn are made up of pine like tree's called Prenhaearn. These trees have wood about as durable as iron and aren't really that flammable. Of course, actually chopping them down and refining them is easier said than done, but its not impossible with the proper tools and techniques which Llychlyn has made. Needless to say, buildings made out of such strong wood are quite resilient, both to fire and to damage, and so too are shields, tool handles, and anything else made from the stuff as well.

Projects:
Prenhaearn: (2) Some forests in Llychlyn are made up of pine like tree's called Prenhaearn. These trees have wood about as durable as iron and aren't really that flammable. Of course, actually chopping them down and refining them is easier said than done, but its not impossible with the proper tools and techniques which Llychlyn has made. Needless to say, buildings made out of such strong wood are quite resilient, both to fire and to damage, and so too are shields, tool handles, and anything else made from the stuff as well.

Castellmeindwr: (8 ) Castellmeindwr is a large fortification made out of mostly prenhaearn The fortification is split into nine separate area's Four inner area's, four outer, and one center. The only way to travel through these area's is through specific entrances. This is done to make an attacking force have to go through choke points and means that should an attacking army go over the walls they can't just capture the entire wall without having to go through many of these choke points. The castle's walls obviously have crenellations and machicolations to make shooting at an attacker that much easier, and a simple ditch with spikes of normal wood surrounds the castle. The center of the fortification includes a main building which has a drawbridge connected to one of the walls, which can be raised and forces the attacking force to have to break through the walls of the main castle, climb it, or simply try to wait out the defenders, and the portion of the castle that is below the drawbridge is dedicated to storage of food and supplies.

Dur Bendigedig (6): A special blessed steel made with the bones of animals that were hunted. It is more durable than normal steel and is able to hold its edge easier as well. Its also significantly easier to maintain than normal steel, taking an unnatural amount of time to rust or deteriorate, and simple maintenance can keep a weapon using the material lasting for the life times of multiple children of fanw. Additionally, Cymeriadau Arbennig is more powerful when engraved upon the special steel.

Other: (Read the day 0 post, linked here. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=174245.msg7998996#msg7998996))

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Troops:
350 (1,400) Gwaywffon Ifanc
100 (500) Gwaywffyn Mynydd
225 (900) Bwyell Ifanc
100 (500) Coeden Fwyell
160 (800) Helwyr Saethwr
50 (500) Meistri Rhyfel

Total: 975 (4,600)

Recruitment:
20 (100) Helwyr Saethwr
25 (100) Bwyell Ifanc

Total: 200

Supplies:
Children of Fanw
Faith in Fanw

Projects:
Cymeriadau Arbennig (8/10)

Completed Projects:
Gwaywffyn Mynydd (1/1)
Coeden Fwyell (1/1)
Prenhaearn (2/2)
Castellmeindwr (8/8)
Dur Bendigedig (6/6)

Log: 4th of Mai, 254 Ar ôl Uno
It turns out I have, in my stress, write down the date as the 1st of Mai once on the second, and absentmindedly wrote it as the second of Mai on the third. Though, considering all the stress I have gone through as of late and all the things that are going on I guess its understandable, although probably not exactly acceptable considering if I screw up a date here I can screw up something much more important. However, I believe that there are much more important things to focus on now, especially with new information given to me by my dear friend Ludwigg.

The soldiers unknown are from the crew of Donald, or mercdonald apparently. They showed us some of their technology leading to another Crossbow incident and they asked for a alliance, which I accepted as a defensive pact...Yet...They are marching an entire army through Llychlyn lands without sending any letter of notice or why they are here, and without my permission or the formal creation of a treaty allowing either or both of our armies the right to march through each others lands...

My sister, Blodwyn, now my most trusted adviser has told me that chances are, given the information we have on hand, this is a surprise invasion. She also claims that they clearly took notes during their first visit and learned of how crossbows in the past divided the nation, and that they saw their own weapons as a way to divide us so they could conquer us. I fear she is right, and will certainly need to speak to, or rather write to Ludwigg about this.

I probably should write it here but, Blodwyn is fine as my adviser so long as she isn't needed constantly and non stop, or so long as I visit her rather than forcing her to visit me. And I feel that arrangement is fine. Additionally, after the smith and Clan Howell member finished their work on Dur Bendigedig, they focused all their efforts on Cymeriadau Arbennig, which likely shouldn't be too long from now to finish.

Spoiler: To Ludwigg (click to show/hide)

Seeing what has happened, and having no report on what happened available yet, I have had my sister made into an adviser and she has theorized that the Crew of Donald, or, Mercdonald as you call them, have planned this for some time. She believes that they during their first visit learned of an incident in our past where crossbows were put into question for years, specifically on whether they were true bows, a normal yet not as great weapon, or simply an abomination. In the end, they were seen as a kind of true bow, but one for young and training hunters.

Of course, before they used this, they made a offer of an alliance, and a defensive pact was made in the belief that should one of us be attacked we'd support the other, as you can presume, Blodwyn believes this was to put us into a belief that they weren't going to attack us and would be an ally. Then, a few days later, they showed us their weapons, which Blodwyn believes was to both make us believe that they were truly allies by sharing the technology they had and putting it on offer for trade and to simultaneously start another incident but this time with the firearm instead of the crossbow as a way to divide the people of Llychyln

I'm not sure if this theory is true, though it makes sound logical sense, however I wanted to know your thoughts. I'm happy to hear that you are willing to help us in this very worrying time, and have taken action to help us. I wish I could write to you as I did earlier, being more personal and less business, where neither of us have to have the threat of a war against these Mercdonalds looming over both us and our people, but hopefully this will all be over soon enough and we can return to a status quo, or better yet, resolve this without bloodshed.

As always, thank you for your support, not just to me, but the people of Llychlyn. I can only hope I can somehow repay the favor in the future.

Eheubryd o Clan Cadigan, merch Ariella a brenhines Llychlyn.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Happy Demon on July 30, 2019, 03:44:22 pm

Cycling has taken 12 hours of my day. This messes up my scheduling, but I will make due.
Anyway...

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Spoiler: Day 13 Crunch (click to show/hide)

Civilization Name: The Akatsuki Sente of Honkoku
Theme: Magical Girls Incorporated
Day 13
Capital: Tsukiwara
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Industry (Good guys are quality over quantity)

Map(s):
https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T (https://imgur.com/hbcIe3T)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Yari Ashigaru (cost 1): Pikemen clad in basic armor. Because any army requires cannon fodder to send in and occupy a place. They are well drilled, so they excel in area denial with tight formations of pike walls. Though flanking makes them have to draw swords, and they are vulnerable to arrows. So by themselves they can be outmaneuvered or wittled down.
Basic Sword Training (1 PP): Given training with a smaller weapon, they will not immediately shatter when flanked.

Magi Samurai (cost 5): The noble remnants of the previous regime. The Samurai have adopted the magical crystals of their new overlords, and use it to augment their bushido. The Samurai are excellent melee combatants, and wreathing their swords in moonlight power, they can project sword slashes. This makes them ferocious in a melee, as they can not only cut through steel, but also outreach most spears. Though these special moves drain their crystals faster.

Magi Miko (cost 2): Armed with bows and firing magical arrows. The Miko are apprentice magical girls. Firing magical arrows is a good way to train the channeling of magical power, while keeping their gear relatively light. They have a katana, but no armor and little training. They will do poorly if they're engaged in melee.
Basic Akatsuki no Megane Training (1 PP): Equipped and trained in the use of the Akatsuki no Megane models. This enhances their sight range due to the magnified lens, and lets them detect anomalous energies.

Magi Shoujo (cost 10): Clad in the Tsuki no Yoroi, these magical girls are the real deal. They'd look lightly equipped out of combat, with a glaive and a handful pieces of armor. But with a song and a dance, their armor will deploy, making them only second to the samurai in armor. Transformed, their projectiles become even deadlier, not to mention whoever is unfortunate enough to be hit by their glaives. They can also fly, though doing so drains their magical reserves faster than any other. It is important for  the magicla girls to know when to and when not to utilize their aerial capabilities.

Magi Kunoichi (cost 4, 2 PP): Adorned with the Akatsuki no Megane, and wielding a magical naginata. These women operate as battle ninjas. Sneaking around enemy lines to  hit vulnerable areas. But if they are caught out in the open, they will not fare well, on account of no armor or extra mobility. High risk, but they can reap a bloody harvest if they ever get to someone's archers or other support units.

Heroes:
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito: The great and honorable leader of the Akatsuki Sente. Akatsuki is a pragmatic girl, willing to kill, cheat and steal to get her way. Her husband, the emperor, is naught but a pawn to her, with no real power. Though not the magical girl she used to be, even having lost her left eye. She is a peerless tactician, intimately aware of the capabilities and limitations of the magical equipment. And ultimately, the people have prospered under her rule.

Magi Samurai Akio Kato (1 PP): A veteran from the civil war. He's faced Akatsuki numerous times. But never able to actually hurt her, thanks to her magical armor. But now that he has Tsukiwara no Dachi, he is a force to be reckoned with. Had he wielded it back in the civil war. Then he would've likely destroyed Akatsuki's magical girls, no problem. But he is no honorbound to Akatsuki's service. For he is an honorable samurai, and thus, trustworthy. Even as a former foe.

Magi Huntress Myfanwy "Myf" Hier (3 PP): A Child of Fanw, but with magic. She is tall, strong, can live several lifespans. She uses the bow, but enhanced with moon magic and using magic glasses, she is effectively a walking siege engine. She has basic sword training, but it's unlikely she'll ever need it, as she will just destroy whoever tries to approach her.

Supplies:
Foreign:
37 Children of Fanw.

Domestic:
Tsuki no Kessho Model 2.0: Magical crystal used to store and channel the power of the moon. This newest model retains the output power of the original while having a much larger storage capacity. This means magical girls no longer have to ration their energy expenditure based on the phases of the moon.

Tsuki no Yoroi Model 1.4: The most modern magical armor. It increases the focus of the wearer, while also providing excellent protection. However, it's power consumption is still high. A Magical Girl might just run out in the midst of flight, if they're careless. So most of the time in an inactive state. Only activated once battle starts. It also has a cooling problem, only rarely seen. Like if someone covers them in goo that hinders heat dissipation, making parts deactivate.

Akatsuki no Megane Model 1.0 (3 PP): Employing glass and crystal, these glasses not only let you freely zoom in on things, but also lets them detect anomalous energies. It's not certain if it can detect yokai, though.

Tsukiwara no Dachi (Unique, 4 PP): A mighty sword infused with moon crystal. No finer conduit for moon power exists. It's an absolute monster at close range, able to cleave many a man in twain in a single slash.

Tengu no Yoroi Model 1.2 (Limited Production, 3 PP): A much reduced magical armor compared to the Tsuki no Yoroi. But is lighter, less conspicuous, and more manageable for rookies. It looks like regular clothing, but once activated, it becomes an elaborate dress. It's magical weave gives protection, additional focus, and even limited flight. However, it's activation is still flashy. So once activated, stealth ends.

Projects:

Develop Tsukihagane (4/9 PP):PAUSED During the forging of the Tsukiwara no Dachi, we found that we had by chance created a special metal, with excellent magical properties. The amounts were minute, but with enough development, we may be able to consistently create it. This will mark a new age for the Akatsuki Sente.

Prepare Response Team (2/x PP): The meteor might have more travelers, or some thing else. We must secure it's perimeter. The response team will be light, but elite.

Mass produce Tengu no Yoroi (0/2): As we are planning to equip all female mages with armor, we will need a high production. These will drastically increase the surviveability of our Miko and render our Kunoichi truly combat effective. As they are far too much of a glass cannon at the moment.

Troops (4 400) (2 Heroes):

1 200 (1 200) Yari Ashigaru (1)
100/200 (500/1 000) Magi Samurai (5)
400/500 (800/1 000) Magi Miko (2)
40/80 (400/800) Magi Shoujo (10)
90/150 (360/600) Magi Kunoichi (4)
Magi Shogun Akatsuki Rin Saito (on mission)
Magi Samurai Akio Kato
Magi Huntress Myfanwy "Myf" Hier

Recruitment (200):
100 (200) Magi Miko (2)

Spoiler: Day 13 Completed Projects Log (click to show/hide)

Yari Ashigaru basic sword training (1 PP). When flanked, their pikes are useless. Some basic sword training will make them last a little while, until they can be rescued.
Develop Akatsuki no Megane Model 1.0 (3 PP): Treating glass with moon crystal, we can etch magical diagrams onto it, while allowing vision through them. By constructing the right diagrams, we should be able to greatly amplify the vision of our operatives. May help our archers as well. But mainly, it will let us hunt down yokai with even greater efficiency.
Forge Tsukiwara no Dachi (4 PP). The Samurai Akio Kato demands a sword worthy of his service before we can recruit him. This great sword will be infused with moon crystal, to make whoever wields it a Magi Samurai beyond compare.
Recruit Magi Samurai Akio Kato (1 PP): Now a sword is all fine and well, but he needs a little bit more convincing. So we've arranged a hunting trip. Called off the hunters for the day, so he can take the sword for a test run.
Mass produce Akatsuki no Megane (2 PP): For fielding them en masse, our current output just isn't enough. We need more. One in every hunter's repertoire. Maybe we can even start fielding hunters as troops.
Train Magi Kunoichi (2 PP): With the mass production of the glasses halfway done, we can start the first steps in training them in large enough numbers to become part of our army. They are intermediate level Magical Girls. Learning stealth and ambush strategies.
Train Magi Miko in the use of Akatsuki no Megane (1 PP): These new glasses not only provide zoom, but can even spot energy. The Magi Miko are terrible in melee, and you never know what trickery the enemy may be up to.
Develop Tengu no Yoroi Model 1.2 (3 PP): A lighter version of the magical armor. It resembles standard clothing, and only changes into more fancy clothes when activated. It doesn't provide the same focus, and especially not the same protection. But don't underestimate the strength of magically infused cloth. A big feature is the limited floating ability. Which will not only render all falls safe. But also allow them to glide away from danger.
Recruit Magi Huntress Myfanwy "Myf" Hier (3 PP): Given extensive training in the field of magic. Myf will become a mighty Magi Huntress. Protected with the Tengu no Yoroi, given vision with the Akatsuki no Megane, and using our tried and tested spell bow. She'll rival Fanw herself (not really).

Spoiler: Day 13 Fluff (click to show/hide)

[Akatsuki Conclave Report]

As our great and honorable shogun is absent, we have only followed her orders. After finishing our training of Myfanwy Hier, we have begun ramping up the production of light armor.
Myfanwy is a dangerous woman. By herself, she has the ability to destroy our great shogun with naught but a single hit. Even a near miss is dangerous.
Hopefully our great and honorable shogun returns, so she can properly decide what to do about Myfanwy.
We have also dug into our great shogun's records, for hints of what to do. We were shocked to find out about her affair. But our shogun cannot be dishonorable. It must be the emperor's fault.
We will keep quiet about this, so we can get the full context, before aking any action. Hopefully there is more useful information in the rest of the records.

---

Yeah, 3 turns without response is no good.
Give us info, or a deadline of getting combat done, or I will have to pause yet another Land Wars.
This is your one job.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on July 31, 2019, 08:53:44 am

(https://i.gyazo.com/402ac85bfd574f152cef83ed687fc1fc.png)

Spoiler: Day 14 - *screeching noises* (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Mercdonalds
Theme: PMC
Day 14
Capital: MCD Saltshaker
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Force

Map(s):
Outside:
Exterior Map (http://magaimg.net/img/8h2o.png)
A ship crashed inside a mountain range, with mountains to the south, north, and east, with not much notable terrain, just fields.
MCD Saltshaker Interior (top and bottom decks)
Interior Map (http://magaimg.net/img/8h06.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Alpha Mercs: A dime a dozen, they're simply well-rounded mercs tasked with one goal: Shoot at anything hostile to us, and don't shoot anything that isn't. They typically have access to most of the arsenal, which is assault rifles, shotguns, submachine guns, pistols, revolvers, and all those swords supplied to us by those White Castle guys. The armor is also various plated armor that we have the schematics for thanks to various companies back when the Saltshaker was actually in space, but most of it is more or less standard field armor. Their armor has red accents to distinguish them from other squads. Some of them have attached scopes to their rifles for when they'll be needing to take long range shots.

For the sake of organisation, I'm sorting them into Melee and Ranged Alpha mercs. (and also because I can't be bothered to write two separate infodumps about melee/ranged versions of otherwise near identical troops)

White Castle Screeches: They're screeches that are armed with swords, and have shields + plate armor. We're not sure why they like to screech about wanting to retake Jerusalem, but to each their own. I'm here to command our mercs, not wonder why our screeches screech.

Alpha Medics: Our support units, they're tasked with keeping their fellow mercs alive, and fighting hostiles when they don't have any fellow mercs to heal. They're generally given access to the same weapons as regular alpha mercs, but are also given medical supplies. Their armor also has red accents to mark them as part of the Alpha squad.

Veterans: The main forces of the Delta squad, they're equipped with the more expensive and powerful weaponry, and are more specialized. They usually wield heavier weaponry, and are given elite training, and cost 3x as much as a normal merc to recruit because of the more vigorous training they need. Their armor has purple accents to indicate they're part of the Delta squad.

Heroes:
Field Commander 'Deusus Maximus': Our main leader for field operations, he manages the officers on the field, who in turn manage the normal mercs in battle. He's equipped with one of our Knight Commander armor sets made before the crash which lead to our advanced manufacturing systems to be destroyed, and wields a high quality broadsword also made before the crash, which sends hostiles flying the fuck away like they were hit with a giant truck, and also causes lightning to flash out.

Supplies:
Foreign:
Toxic Undead Flora & Fauna: We've gotten these from trading with Horrorvale, these plants and animals are not only undead, but poisonous. We've developed protocols and manuals for maximizing poison extraction and reliably keeping a sustainable source of them respectively. Plans to weaponise it are being considered if we have to break the Geneva convention.

Domestic:
Gunpowder: It's a powder that explodes when ignited, used primarily for launching bullets at anything in front of one of our gun users. It's that simple. We found a huge cache of undetonated gunpowder where our ammunition manufacturing systems are, so we at least should have more than enough. (Mass Produced)

Muskets: Since we're pretty desperate, we've resorted to manufacturing these with what's still functional out of the manufacturing part of the ship. They're simple: you insert powder into the back of the barrel, then a bullet, then you cock the gun, and finally, you pull the trigger to hopefully kill whatever you're shooting at. (Mass Produced)

Scopes: They're scopes. You look through them, and you can more precisely see stuff from longer distances. We're gonna mass produce them for our soldiers that need the extra accuracy/zoom. (mass produced)

Modern Firearms: Assault rifles, shotguns, sniper rifles, machine guns, SMGs, pistols, pretty much a huge bulk of our arsenal back when we were in space and not a group of crash landed mercs on some unknown planet. We now have them mass produced because fuck balance.

Grenades: Simple devices, you pull the pin, toss them at anything you need exploded, and hope you didn't accidentally forget about anything you don't want destroyed being within the general area of the grenade. There's also smoke grenades and flashbangs, releasing clouds of obscuring smoke and blinding anyone who looks at them respectively. Considering our past research, we could make poison gas grenades, but to do that, we'll have to find out how to put toxic gas into our smoke grenades. We've got them mass produced and plan to give 2 frag grenades, 2 smoke grenades, and 2 flashbangs to each soldier as soon as we teach them the basics of using them.

Projects:
Form an elite squad: By starting to give specific high potential soldiers even more training, we have reformed Delta Squad, which is the elite branch of our forces. They're small in number, but their training makes them lethal on the field.

Create self-contained firearm cartridges: We're had to remake the ammunition schematics for our actual military grade ammo due to us loosing the methods of making them during the crash. Either way, we can be assured reloading in the field will be way faster now.

Create magnifying lenses: We've decided some of our men could use scopes, so we've started making them.

Start repairing the firearm manufacturing systems: Now that we've gotten all the stuff we'll need for modern firearm operation and manufacturing, like actually decent ammo, we've decided we have sufficient ability to finally repair our firearm manufacturing machinery. We just have to make a few adjustments, and soon we'll soon have the ability to dominate in ranged combat. Assault rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles, shotguns, submachine guns, pistols, and all that other good stuff.

Figure out the perfect conditions for mass harvesting toxins from our new shipment of poisonous flora and fauna: Self explanatory, we've been finding out both 1: How to maximise harvests from each invividual plant/animal, and 2: How to reliably and self sustainably keep getting enough flora/fauna to harvest toxins from.

Other:
Mercdonalds Origin:

Quote from: The shift to being a mercenary group

Humans went into space, and fast food groups ended up being the primary food suppliers. They soon found that it's really hard to keep their supply lines safe from pirates and such.
The higher ups went "Hey this whole franchise thing worked well with food, why not try it with mercs?", and it went over well and ended up as the primary focus of the company. MercDonalds was born from this.

Quote from: Recruitment

Interested parties just need to meet some minimum requirements and follow certain rules to join up.
Something along the lines of: Do you have a ship?, Crew?, Willing to take jobs and not shoot at our stuff?, If so, then good, Welcome to MercDonalds. The supply and job departments will contact you shortly.

Screeches:

Quote from: Screeches - Info 1

An alien race that found their way onto a ship and made themselves useful enough to be kept around. They are friendly to familiar human crew, if a bit obnoxious at times, and will fiercely (even suicidally) defend the ship against hostile incursions.

"screeches alter their bodies and behavior to be appropriate for whatever man-made tools or trappings they first come across" -Unnamed merc

Quote from: Screeches - Info 2

Screeches are one of the most versatile tools available to Man - under a seemingly innocent roundy baldy headed yellow ball lies a being of many faces and infinite power. They say the Big Bang was followed by a sound of screeching, too. Screeches have many specialties - some drop straight into the colony, chasing around any poor xeno they set their sights on, some stand vigilant onboard the ship, ready to harmbaton and call out any potential hostile's location on general channel, some are weak, wielding only pistols, and some don a red bandana and carry a machinegun that wipes weaker xenos in a single burst. And some, when under pressure of seemingly impossible odds, are said to tap into the primordial REE that resides within them, going into a murderous, albeit short-lived rage, it's short span not nearly short enough for any sighted foes to survive the screeching fury...

---

Troops:
2040 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
990 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
1240 White Castle Screeches
790 Alpha Medics
260 Veterans

Total: 5900

Recruitment:
130 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
10 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
10 White Castle Screeches
30 Alpha Medics
40 Veterans

Total: 300

Supplies:
Gunpowder (M)
Muskets (M)
Scopes (M)
Modern Firearms (M)
Assorted Toxins (M)
Grenades (M)
1 dead clown

Projects:
Prepare instruction manuals for modern firearm usage (and execute that clown ass fuckface who didn't have the mercs learn how to use modern firearms from BEFORE the meteor fell): 1/2
Secure the meteor: 3/X (trw pls state finish point count)
Create blueprints for toxiguns: 1/2 (paused)

Completed Projects:
Form an elite squad
Create self-contained firearm cartridges
Create magnifying lenses
Start repairing the firearm manufacturing systems
Mass produce scopes
Mass produce modern firearms
Figure out the perfect conditions for mass harvesting toxins from our new shipment of poisonous flora and fauna
Create grenades
Mass produce grenades

Log:
CAPTAIN'S LOG, Day 14:
Somehow, we're still not getting progress reports about securing the meteor. We've been holding it for THREE days now. Why the fuck does it take that long? It's gotten so bad that the leader of Honkoku is threatening to resign if they don't get to find out how long it takes to recover ONE meteor, according to our intel. Well won't you know it, Honkoku's leader is taking an unknown amount of days off.

Also, to that guy who somehow recovered the nuke screech from outside the Saltshaker, I have several questions. One: How the fuck did it get out of the Saltshaker, and two: Why was it outside the Saltshaker in the first place.

Oh, and I might have to do some explaining as to why we have a huge army at the meteor site to the queen of Llychlyn. I'm trying to decide if I should be honest or just give the "Some really wealthy guy hired us to do so" excuse we've done with our spacebound tomfuckery.

We also found the clown that not only was failing to keep up to date logs of how many soldiers we have, but failed to make sure our mercs were trained in using our modern firearms. He has been executed for obvious reasons. He also kept trying to play Ram Ranch 7 when the Saltshaker isn't under siege. So nothing of value was lost.

By the way, to whoever keeps nailing various objects to eachother until they start flinging themselves in random directions: Stop. We have no tactical use for what you're calling "prop monsters", and we can't control them to only fling themselves in the enemy's direction either. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Tqr680uUs)

Spoiler: Letter to Llychlyn (click to show/hide)

So the reason behind the 28 US marines 3,761 mercs at the meteor site is simple. We're not sure what it is, or what we might find in it, or how it could be useful, but it might be our main method of getting off this rock at best, and worthless at worst. Either way, it'll be important strategically for us, as it's the one thing that could make or break our hopes of leaving this rock we crashed on. We're sorry for any inconveniences this may cause.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Happy Demon on July 31, 2019, 12:16:54 pm

Okay, I'm calling a pause.

Paused until TheRedwolf unpauses.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on August 01, 2019, 06:58:12 am

Spoiler: Day 15: *pokes TRW with a recreational mcnuke* (click to show/hide)

General Info:
Civilization Name: Mercdonalds
Theme: PMC
Day 15
Capital: MCD Saltshaker
Acquired Kingdoms: None
Focus: Force

Map(s):
Outside:
Exterior Map (http://magaimg.net/img/8h2o.png)
A ship crashed inside a mountain range, with mountains to the south, north, and east, with not much notable terrain, just fields.
MCD Saltshaker Interior (top and bottom decks)
Interior Map (http://magaimg.net/img/8h06.png)

Troops & Heroes:
Troops:
Alpha Mercs: A dime a dozen, they're simply well-rounded mercs tasked with one goal: Shoot at anything hostile to us, and don't shoot anything that isn't. They typically have access to most of the arsenal, which is assault rifles, shotguns, submachine guns, pistols, revolvers, and all those swords supplied to us by those White Castle guys. The armor is also various plated armor that we have the schematics for thanks to various companies back when the Saltshaker was actually in space, but most of it is more or less standard field armor. Their armor has red accents to distinguish them from other squads. Some of them have attached scopes to their rifles for when they'll be needing to take long range shots.

For the sake of organisation, I'm sorting them into Melee and Ranged Alpha mercs. (and also because I can't be bothered to write two separate infodumps about melee/ranged versions of otherwise near identical troops)

White Castle Screeches: They're screeches that are armed with swords, and have shields + plate armor. We're not sure why they like to screech about wanting to retake Jerusalem, but to each their own. I'm here to command our mercs, not wonder why our screeches screech.

Alpha Medics: Our support units, they're tasked with keeping their fellow mercs alive, and fighting hostiles when they don't have any fellow mercs to heal. They're generally given access to the same weapons as regular alpha mercs, but are also given medical supplies. Their armor also has red accents to mark them as part of the Alpha squad.

Veterans: The main forces of the Delta squad, they're equipped with the more expensive and powerful weaponry, and are more specialized. They usually wield heavier weaponry, and are given elite training, and cost 3x as much as a normal merc to recruit because of the more vigorous training they need. Their armor has purple accents to indicate they're part of the Delta squad.

Heroes:
Field Commander 'Deusus Maximus': Our main leader for field operations, he manages the officers on the field, who in turn manage the normal mercs in battle. He's equipped with one of our Knight Commander armor sets made before the crash which lead to our advanced manufacturing systems to be destroyed, and wields a high quality broadsword also made before the crash, which sends hostiles flying the fuck away like they were hit with a giant truck, and also causes lightning to flash out.

Supplies:
Foreign:
Toxic Undead Flora & Fauna: We've gotten these from trading with Horrorvale, these plants and animals are not only undead, but poisonous. We've developed protocols and manuals for maximizing poison extraction and reliably keeping a sustainable source of them respectively. Plans to weaponise it are being considered if we have to break the Geneva convention.

Domestic:
Gunpowder: It's a powder that explodes when ignited, used primarily for launching bullets at anything in front of one of our gun users. It's that simple. We found a huge cache of undetonated gunpowder where our ammunition manufacturing systems are, so we at least should have more than enough. (Mass Produced)

Muskets: Since we're pretty desperate, we've resorted to manufacturing these with what's still functional out of the manufacturing part of the ship. They're simple: you insert powder into the back of the barrel, then a bullet, then you cock the gun, and finally, you pull the trigger to hopefully kill whatever you're shooting at. (Mass Produced)

Scopes: They're scopes. You look through them, and you can more precisely see stuff from longer distances. We're gonna mass produce them for our soldiers that need the extra accuracy/zoom. (mass produced)

Modern Firearms: Assault rifles, shotguns, sniper rifles, machine guns, SMGs, pistols, pretty much a huge bulk of our arsenal back when we were in space and not a group of crash landed mercs on some unknown planet. We now have them mass produced because fuck balance.

Grenades: Simple devices, you pull the pin, toss them at anything you need exploded, and hope you didn't accidentally forget about anything you don't want destroyed being within the general area of the grenade. There's also smoke grenades and flashbangs, releasing clouds of obscuring smoke and blinding anyone who looks at them respectively. Considering our past research, we could make poison gas grenades, but to do that, we'll have to find out how to put toxic gas into our smoke grenades. We've got them mass produced and plan to give 2 frag grenades, 2 smoke grenades, and 2 flashbangs to each soldier as soon as we teach them the basics of using them.

Projects:
Form an elite squad: By starting to give specific high potential soldiers even more training, we have reformed Delta Squad, which is the elite branch of our forces. They're small in number, but their training makes them lethal on the field.

Create self-contained firearm cartridges: We're had to remake the ammunition schematics for our actual military grade ammo due to us loosing the methods of making them during the crash. Either way, we can be assured reloading in the field will be way faster now.

Create magnifying lenses: We've decided some of our men could use scopes, so we've started making them.

Start repairing the firearm manufacturing systems: Now that we've gotten all the stuff we'll need for modern firearm operation and manufacturing, like actually decent ammo, we've decided we have sufficient ability to finally repair our firearm manufacturing machinery. We just have to make a few adjustments, and soon we'll soon have the ability to dominate in ranged combat. Assault rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles, shotguns, submachine guns, pistols, and all that other good stuff.

Figure out the perfect conditions for mass harvesting toxins from our new shipment of poisonous flora and fauna: Self explanatory, we've been finding out both 1: How to maximise harvests from each invividual plant/animal, and 2: How to reliably and self sustainably keep getting enough flora/fauna to harvest toxins from.

Create grenades: Simply put, we've made blueprints our weapon vendors can assemble quickly for grenades, with three types: Fragmentation Grenades, Smoke Grenades, and Flashbangs, blowing up nearby objects/creating an obscuring smokescreen/blinding people who look at it respectively.

Prepare instruction manuals for modern firearm usage (and execute that clown ass fuckface who didn't have the mercs learn how to use modern firearms from BEFORE the meteor fell): Self explanatory, these manuals detail how to effectively use and maintain the various firearms in our arsenal, so our troops can effectively use them. Oh, and we now have one dead clown in our storage.

Other:
Mercdonalds Origin:

Quote from: The shift to being a mercenary group

Humans went into space, and fast food groups ended up being the primary food suppliers. They soon found that it's really hard to keep their supply lines safe from pirates and such.
The higher ups went "Hey this whole franchise thing worked well with food, why not try it with mercs?", and it went over well and ended up as the primary focus of the company. MercDonalds was born from this.

Quote from: Recruitment

Interested parties just need to meet some minimum requirements and follow certain rules to join up.
Something along the lines of: Do you have a ship?, Crew?, Willing to take jobs and not shoot at our stuff?, If so, then good, Welcome to MercDonalds. The supply and job departments will contact you shortly.

Screeches:

Quote from: Screeches - Info 1

An alien race that found their way onto a ship and made themselves useful enough to be kept around. They are friendly to familiar human crew, if a bit obnoxious at times, and will fiercely (even suicidally) defend the ship against hostile incursions.

"screeches alter their bodies and behavior to be appropriate for whatever man-made tools or trappings they first come across" -Unnamed merc

Quote from: Screeches - Info 2

Screeches are one of the most versatile tools available to Man - under a seemingly innocent roundy baldy headed yellow ball lies a being of many faces and infinite power. They say the Big Bang was followed by a sound of screeching, too. Screeches have many specialties - some drop straight into the colony, chasing around any poor xeno they set their sights on, some stand vigilant onboard the ship, ready to harmbaton and call out any potential hostile's location on general channel, some are weak, wielding only pistols, and some don a red bandana and carry a machinegun that wipes weaker xenos in a single burst. And some, when under pressure of seemingly impossible odds, are said to tap into the primordial REE that resides within them, going into a murderous, albeit short-lived rage, it's short span not nearly short enough for any sighted foes to survive the screeching fury...

---

Troops:
2170 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
1000 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
1250 White Castle Screeches
820 Alpha Medics
300 Veterans

Total: 5900

Recruitment:
130 Alpha Mercs (Ranged)
10 Alpha Mercs (Melee)
10 White Castle Screeches
30 Alpha Medics
40 Veterans

Total: 300

Supplies:
Gunpowder (M)
Muskets (M)
Scopes (M)
Modern Firearms (M)
Assorted Toxins (M)
Grenades (M)
1 dead clown

Projects:
Secure the meteor: 4/X (trw pls state finish point count)
Create blueprints for toxiguns: 1/2

Completed Projects:m
Form an elite squad
Create self-contained firearm cartridges
Create magnifying lenses
Start repairing the firearm manufacturing systems
Mass produce scopes
Mass produce modern firearms
Figure out the perfect conditions for mass harvesting toxins from our new shipment of poisonous flora and fauna
Create grenades
Mass produce grenades
Prepare instruction manuals for modern firearm usage (and execute that clown ass fuckface who didn't have the mercs learn how to use modern firearms from BEFORE the meteor fell)

Log:
CAPTAIN'S LOG, Day 15:
It turns out that that clown we killed yesterday also forgot to log the project to come up with grenades. Now that we're done with making instruction manuals so our mercs can quickly begin using modern firearms, I've decided to resume production of the toxigun schematics.

The one issue that seems to have come up with production is that someone (that isn't even from our own crew), and I quote, "have you considered that if a foe is too durable for your projectiles, that they would also be too durable for your injectors?". Because of this, we have edited the ammunition blueprints to use AP rounds to get the injectors to enter deep enough for the poison to be effective. So there's that.

And we still, for some odd unconcievable reason, have no progress report on the meteor recovery regarding the estimated amount of time it will take for us to finish being able to make use of it as a strategic resource.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: piratejoe on August 01, 2019, 07:14:10 am

Ocra, stop and wait for the red wolf to update...

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on August 01, 2019, 07:19:49 am

Quote from: piratejoe on August 01, 2019, 07:14:10 am

Ocra, stop and wait for the red wolf to update...

it's 0cra damnit
this hasn't changed since I first used that username on any site in 2016

Title: WE'RE STILL WAITING TRW
Post by: Screech9791 on August 03, 2019, 03:06:13 pm

*pokes OP with a stick*

If you're wondering why I didn't update my civ yesterday (and why I'm not updating until further notice), well just ask Happy as to why he stopped updating his.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on August 07, 2019, 06:48:27 pm

I'm gonna be pissed as fuck if the GM abandons it without even noticing the fact we've been waiting 6 days for any info, or at least how long it takes to finish the meteor project. I didn't blow hours of my life making overly complex fluff for my kingdom, damnit!

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Happy Demon on August 08, 2019, 10:40:18 am

Silence is death.
It's better to have some activity than none.

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Naturegirl1999 on September 13, 2019, 07:09:58 am

TheRedwold appears to have become inactive

Title: Re: Land wars 2: Electric boogaloo
Post by: Screech9791 on September 13, 2019, 08:59:21 am

Quote from: Naturegirl1999 on September 13, 2019, 07:09:58 am

TheRedwold appears to have become inactive

no fucking shit

anyways, if TRW finally revives this,  guess I'll have 43 days worth of updates to make (which I'll probably just shorten into just a few)