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[Naturegirl1999]

302.5
Thairmar attempts to resupply
((The persuasion roll will still apply, they’re not going to ignore the letter))

[Strik3r]

((Also I just want to say that you do AMAZING write-ups Strik3r and I agree with you- the system you scrambled together is a beast onto itself. Based on d20 alone, goes well with freeform RP, everything. There is just one thing I'm confused about though, how do the percentages (health) exactly work?))

((you're right, it is a beast, but i wouldn't have it any other way, i created it for wars to be more granular, more interactive. I would have never even used it if i didn't like it, so please don't stop making moves, i'd rather spend a day writing out the moves than do nothing but auto-combat, and even then i try to sneak in some silly things in there, so even auto-combat isn't machine readable lol.

but for the health system, i guess i better post the formula then, its actually pretty simple, mostly just a conversion from d20 to percentages. Im 100% sure that theres a better way to do this but whatever:
a-(((b*5)*(1-((c*5)*0.01)))/d)

This, is the formula for how much health a force has left after battle or a bombardment.
'a' is the force's current health
'b' is the ENEMY force's attack roll
'c' is the defending force's DEFENCE roll
and 'd' is the divisor, typically 1, but 2 if anti-bash is in effect, or the attacking army is Guerilla or Artillery. 4 if both anti-bash is active and the army naturally deals half-damage.

The system has some fun quirks: Rolling a 20 means 100% damage but because the minimum roll is 1, the most amount of damage a force can take in a hit is 95%, under normal conditions. but if a roll passes over 20, for example due to bonuses, a force IS capable of one-shotting a force from full health. Im not sure if this formula will handle negative defence or attack, but knowing my math skills, probably not.

I also did consider the co-GM option, while im certain this IS something that can be ran asynchronously it also takes a bit of doing, the number crunching and of course the writing part.

im actually sort of glad that such a large battle was the first test of this system, because it really puts it under strain and shows where the cracks are going to form.
1 thing im certain about: The system needs a degree of automation. having to constantly switch between windows to get all the info in, is really a detriment to productivity.

Also heres some interesting Did ya' knows: Originally the system was going to be closer to Risk, but the enlarged map of the Qhanganate that i made with all the regions got lost , the area taken from Gharlor's folk by the Black Qhanganate was the only region that got a name: "Gharlor's Folly".
My goal was a battle system with as simple rules as i could, and one that results in epic tales. Ones where a single battle changes the course of the entire war, incredible comebacks, everything.

Anyway, gotta make that spreadsheet now, its gonna speed up at least the combat calculations by a bit))

[Lidku]

302.6

While in the previous month after the biggest bouts of fighting were seizing down in the desert lands of the continent, back in Lotham city at Arghila- all hells breaks loose this month. With Yarlac Drem gone for such a long time without attending to all his undead, all his zombie and skeletal minions begin rampaging across the metropolis of Lotham- the city of the highest human population in the world. The Intelligent Undead variants of Yarlac Drem's criminal faction attempt to stave the horde, but without the potent necromantic powers of Yarlac, an all-out zombie outbreak happens in Lotham. Mordicus Halloween despite being only the middle-child of the Halloween household, was the acting regent-governor of Arghila as Ludicrous-Sales felt he was the most responsible.

As soon as he heard of the outbreak of undead, he has the entire city cordoned off- even with people still inside in some effort to stop the spread of the undead going throughout the whole kingdom and beyond. King Ludicrous-Sales himself was horrified of this news, making him want to hurry with some sort of consensus with the Red Court so he can deal with matters brewing in Lotham.

News of this spreads like wildfire throughout Arghila, then to the neighboring human kindgoms then everywhere else. Currently the city would still be under undead siege with urban survivors fighting for their very lives each day. The dispatched Arghilan guard forces cordoning off the city hold survivors who make it to the outskirts of Lotham in separate camps to see if any are infected or who can be let go. In truth however, Mordicus is paranoid and has standing orders for all escapees to be held indefinitely. Some unfortunates who seemed to have been wounded were ignored at first, as zombies in general in this world as of now weren't known that well.

This causes multiple mini outbreaks in the escapee camps which brings new never before general knowledge to this world: anyone who gets bitten or scratched seems to acquired the affliction of zombification. Of course Yarlac Drem as the pioneer of undead knew this before anyone, but of course with his deliberate absence, many people are dying and are still left in the general dark.

In the midst of this month of chaos in Lotham, there are some prominent survivalists in Lotham:

Reon M. Hennedy: He was just a simple recruitee for the guardsman force in Lotham. On his first day of scheduling for Reon however, the zombie outbreak had begun. So far who only survived fighting with his standard guardsmen spear and dagger along with the guardsmen light armor being his only grace of safety ducking and weaving across the many allies of Lotham.

The Saur: This was practically his city since dawning his costume and fighting night by night against Yarlac's undead crime organization. Fighting the undead for years and his Stand, {Saurs Maw} being able to erase anything at a medium range with a swipe, he makes quick work of any undead he comes across. However no matter what, the numbers continue to grow as more and more people within the enormous city  of Lotham succumb to being eaten outright or just killed enough but still having enough scraps to come back as zombies.

Nal'za: A Lizardman smuggler who was just on a regular job until shit hit the fan in Lotham. He is the first to spread general knowledge that dispatching the head of zombies or crushing it enough is the way to permanently kill them, as he fights with a giant Jahtari war-axe.

One of the most troubling aspects of this outbreak is that some people in sick wards or other places that were infected with the Purple Leaf Disease and zombify become putrid plantlike humanoid monstrosities that aren't undead- the Purple Leaf Disease fuses with the host to save it from the zombification process- making them still alive in some sense, but still monstrous as if they were nonetheless.

Generally this unholy fusion is a vague humanoid covered to the seem with thorny vines and other foliage from neck to toe. The head? It would resemble a flowerhead of some sort with jagged petals. The center bud of the head of this fusion has a singular circular maw with razor sharp teeth that thirsts for biomass to consume upon. Over the continuously trying days of the outbreak, Lotham survivors call this "zombie" variant species Sapzods- due to the fact that their plantlike but still act as savage and monstrous as the zombies.

What will be the fate of Lotham city?

[Naturegirl1999]

302.7
The dwarves in the Sandpond Clan ask if Mi’aki can help with building a wall around their territory, to protect against the armies. Roll for whether Mi’aki decides to help.
Roll for how much of the wall is built.

The cracks near the Great Scar University get larger. Roll for how much larger the cracks get
((If these are too many rolls, tell me and I’ll switch them to things that don’t require rolls.))

[TankKit]

Year 302.9
Dorathine the 13th 'The Warrior' leads a full-on assault against the capital with the main Dorathian army, hoping to take it before the Coalition armies are able to resupply.

Negotiations also begin between Dorathine the 13th 'The Warrior' and Kaiser Garidius, who both seek to form a temporary alliance against the Coalition. Kaiser Garidius greatly values his honour, but with the Greenskins getting more aggressive than ever and the Slugmen Duchies completely unwilling to assist him after his previous threats failed he desperately seeks the resources and manpower necessary to properly counter the Greenskins.

[King Zultan]

Year 303: The cult that had started spreading the purple leaf disease believing it to be next step in the evolution of all life has finally decided on a name for its self and became know as The Way of The Leaf, and to celebrate their name they went out and began to spread the disease further into the Foxfolk Shamans lands. Roll to see how much they can spread the disease.

[IncompetentFortressMaker]

Year 303.2
The Great Scar University's Magi debate, debate, and debate, over the issue of whether to try opening a portal to Elysium. They can't come to a conclusion, so they debate one last time, as a tie-breaker of sorts. Roll for whether the Magi decide to attempt to open a portal to Elysium.

((not worldbuilding: IIRC they considered opening a portal to Elysium at some point... right? if I'm wrong, well, I or the GM can change the destination location to somewhere else I guess.))

[Naturegirl1999]

Year 303.2
The Great Scar University's Magi debate, debate, and debate, over the issue of whether to try opening a portal to Elysium. They can't come to a conclusion, so they debate one last time, as a tie-breaker of sorts. Roll for whether the Magi decide to attempt to open a portal to Elysium.

((not worldbuilding: IIRC they considered opening a portal to Elysium at some point... right? if I'm wrong, well, I or the GM can change the destination location to somewhere else I guess.))

((you’re right, they considered it before, I am currently thinking of a possibility of where the skeleton might have come from, I’d like to discuss with whoever created the skeleton to discuss an origin that makes sense))

[IncompetentFortressMaker]

((that was me...))

[Naturegirl1999]

((that was me...))

((oh, ok. Should have checked the username. An idea I had was maybe one of the skeletons raised by Yarlac stumbled on the portal by accident and since skeletons are reanimated via magic, the portal might have taken the skeleton’s memories. Of course the skeleton wouldn’t know this because of the memory taking, I’d like to discuss a way for it to have happened, think like connecting ideas to the world, since the portals are only transport. What do you think of my idea? What’s your idea for how the skeleton found the portal/where it came from?))

[IncompetentFortressMaker]

((oh, ok. Should have checked the username. An idea I had was maybe one of the skeletons raised by Yarlac stumbled on the portal by accident and since skeletons are reanimated via magic, the portal might have taken the skeleton’s memories. Of course the skeleton wouldn’t know this because of the memory taking, I’d like to discuss a way for it to have happened, think like connecting ideas to the world, since the portals are only transport. What do you think of my idea? What’s your idea for how the skeleton found the portal/where it came from?))

((I have literally zero idea how the skeleton got there, myself. Was just a random thing I threw out. So do whatever! I didn't even realize Yarlac was reanimating anyone...))

[Strik3r]

Notices

I apoligize if todays update is sloppy. I've got some real RL shit going on right now...

But it still, it shouldnt have taken THIS long.

Hopefully i got everything correct

also these two turns were retroactively fulfilled, i just forgot last time

302.15
The Batpeople have begun building Sound producing Monuments all over their Island chains. The distinctive magical music produced by the islands leads to a Higher magical resonance in the area. Interesting phenomena can be observed. Plants take in weird colourations and Form magical fruits and Pollen. The Sky Takes on differing colours depending in the mood of the Batpeople and the direction of the Wind blowing. Feral Beasts of weird Form and shape have begun appearing and even Rocks can be Heard whispering Strange tongues.
This leads to an alchemical Revolution AS the new plants and Materials can be applied in various areas. Furthermore the druids and mages have formed a Council to rule over the Lands. Abundance of food and medicine have Made the Batpeople Population explode.
The Land Ruled by the druids and mages has become known as the Grand Batpeople Magocracy. A palace Tower for the ruling mages has been planned and construction is on its way.

Year 302.31
The Moss Trolls continue spreading to the rest of their islands.

The High Elves attempt to expand further through the dungeon into the western island. (Roll for High Elf attempts at clearing out the western half of the dungeon and colonising it further.)

Rolls

The Waterstone clan colonizes a peninsula and experiment with turning it into an island.

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1d20=18
The dwarves of the Waterstone clan come up with various ways to turn the peninsula into an island.
Digging is the obvious one, its what the dwarves are best at, and the land connecting the peninsula to the mainland is JUST thin enough that it may be possible to simply dig a channel through the land at the thinnest point.
It will take a lot of work still, but it may be possible, then the channel can be widened further over time.

Another may be to use magic to dig the channel, infact most solutions to the problem involve magic somehow... its not an easy problem to solve. Something like Chaos magic may be able to "eat" the land away.

A more exotic solution may be to move the peninsula, by the way of magic. Dwarves don't know much about magic, and it would take god-levels of power to do so, but with enough Arcane energy, it may be possible to simply rip the peninsula away from the mainland.



Greenskins raid the Slugmen with increased intensity.

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1d20=15Despite all the attempts by the Slugmen of the HCE to stop the greenskin raids agaisnt their territory, most of their efforts are in vain. The Orcs are just too numerous and Goblins just too crafty.
But the raids themselves are standard fare that the Slugmen have come to expect from the greenskins. Attack defenseless homesteaks, burn them to the ground and enslave anyone that is still alive afterward.
But a small shift that has happened in the Greenskins' strategy is that they seem to field larger amounts of Hellraisers, Orc Berserkers with an ability to wield fire magic, to a degree.
They've been turning up the heat on that front for a while now. 




The King of Arghila attempts to persuade Thairmar to join forces.

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1d20=5Thairmar's conviction remains firm, to them, the goals of the two Armies differ far too much to accept such a proposal. The only way they would fight on the same side in this war, is if Arghila would be willing to fight for the Black Qhanganate.

The fate of the three survivors of the Lotham zombie outbreak

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3d20=6+1!+15
The guardsman is an obvious novice, he is just a fresh recruit into the city guard and doesn't have experience fighting... anything. And he's just surviving thus far just barely. While he hasn't been bitten by a zombie YET, he is barely scraping by in terms of resources such as food or water. There are of course other survivors that need those things too.

The "Saur" although he might've been a powerful "Stand User", it seems that even those "Stands" have their limits. One act of heroism too bold, saw him overwhelmed by a horde of zombies and torn to shreds, the Saur wont be coming back, even as a zombie.

The Lizardman smuggler is perhaps the only one who is surviving and is faring better than anyone else, but even then, barely. Wielding a large glaive and well over the height of a human, he's naturally in a position to sweep the heads off of multiple undead at once. And no one dares mess with a six and a half foot tall lizard.



Sandpond tries to build a wall, also tries to enlist Mi'akl's help with it

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2d20=17+14
Mi'akl agrees to help the dwarves build a wall around their territory, seeing Sandpond as a potential base of operations for him and his master. His exact words in response to Drilka was, after a bit of deliberation:
"As long as you don't mind a few demons running about" along with a grim smirk.

Even with the help of Mi'akl and some of his demons, build a wall around such a, what is still comparatively a large piece of land, at least when compared to a town, is no easy feat.
Thus far, only short sections of the wall are complete. The Dwarves started with the sections that would be facing any directions where a hostile army might come from.


The Scar's continued expansion.

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1d20=5It seems that The Scar and the cracking of Dragolia is progressing slowly. While small subterranean cracks are starting to form, for the most part, Dragolia is still fairly stable. At this rate of progression the northern half of Dragolia is unlikely to shatter before the second half of the century.

The negotiations between Dorathine the 13th and Kaiser Garidius

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2d20=5+4
It seems like the negotiations for a temporary alliance and mutual military assistance go quite poorly for both sides indeed.

Dorathine dropped out of the negotiation under the guise of insufficient forces to aid the Kaiser with... in reality, he sees himself and his nation too far from the brewing greenskin horde for it to affect him, and is more than willing to let them continually decimate the Celestial Empire.

At the same time, he made utterly ludicrous demands of the Kaiser, such as ceding any lands occupied by the Kaiser in the Dorathian Crusade to HIM instead.


The Way of The Leaf attempts to spread the Purple Leaf disease in the foxfolk shamans' land.

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1d20=15
Despite continually losing members to the Purple leaf disease the Way of the Leaf continues to operate and spread the disease. For now they've focused their efforts on the Foxfolk shamans' land. The method for spreading the disease hasn't changed much. Expose to the disease, Drug them, bag, transport and release. They've managed to transport several infected foxfolk to the other end of the territory and also encourage the disease's growth where it already existed.


The Third Crusade:
Rheis' Paladins Cautiously Attack the Aetherials' Rift

Year 303.2
The Great Scar University's Magi debate, debate, and debate, over the issue of whether to try opening a portal to Elysium. They can't come to a conclusion, so they debate one last time, as a tie-breaker of sorts. Roll for whether the Magi decide to attempt to open a portal to Elysium.

((not worldbuilding: IIRC they considered opening a portal to Elysium at some point... right? if I'm wrong, well, I or the GM can change the destination location to somewhere else I guess.))

((no need for a roll, it was going to happen anyway. So might as well not put it off anymore))

After months of gathering the world's most powerful magi for a ritual to open a remote portal on Elysium, a place that nobody had been on before, they were ready to finally do it. For the first time ever,  would humans and elves set foot on Elysium after it lifted into the sky, after the White Tree began to grow. Of course, the most powerful magi would not be going in first, no telling what was on the other side.

The ritual was lengthy and required concentration throughout. An unbelievable amount of Arcane energy was fed to the University's portal. As soon as the first packet of Spirit energy was sent in, the Portal began to glow white, almost as if confirmation that a remote opening of a portal was in process, and it was waiting for enough energy. And it took alot of energy. When the portal had finally eaten enough, it returned to its usual blue look. Figuring that the portal had been created, the explorers that were ready to go in, were sent into it and instructed to think about "Elysium", so that the portal would take them there. That's when the floating island earned its name.

They exited the portal on the other side, to find themselves in an almost dreamlike landscape, filled with plants never before seen, blue plants mostly. As they began to explore around, soon enough they would notice white shapes moving through the undergrowth and rustling in the leaves, Outsiders were about to make contact with Elysians for the very first time.

Roll for how  Explorers react to the Elysians and how Elysians react to the Explorers

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2d20=14+16When the first little Elysian had the courage to exit the undergrowth and attempt to interact with the explorers, the explorers were a bit wary at first of the little white... oversized bipedal sugar gliders? with four ears and small crystalline growths on their heads? Each with a unique pattern on their back. The world had never seen anything of this nature before... so the Explorers were understandably a bit cautious.

But the little Elysians were almost made of curiosity, the explorers were as alien to the Elysians as Elysians were to them. But they were far less cautious, coming up close to the explorers and doing all they can to make themselves look as non-threatening as possible, including drooping all 4 of their ears. They would sniff and poke at the explorers playfully. At times they would make curious chirping sounds at each other and at the explorers. And even though the explorers didn't understand their chirps and squeaks, one of them ran away to soon come back with a different looking Elysian, it was smaller and the spots and patterns on its body were much more red than the others, and the crystalline growth on its head formed a bit of a crest.

The crested Elysian was... Assertive to say the least. It grabbed the hand of the explorer in front of the group, firmly and began to tug, as if to lead him in some direction. After a bit of discussion between the present explorers, it was agreed that they would follow the Elysians, where ever they wanted to lead them, they seemed friendly enough after all. Soon it became obvious what they would be walking toward, it was clearly visible in the distance. Giant and standing tall and proud, The White Tree of Elysium. A thing which had been only seen from so far away, and now they would be taken all the way under its leaves. It was an incredible feeling. As they made their way toward it, the crowd of Elysians that walked alongside them gradually increased, filling the air with their ceaseless squeaking and chirping.

When they reached the trunk of the tree, they saw many more Elysians there, a few of them had crests just like the one that was leading the explorers, still by the hand. Some of them were small, completely white without any spots, and one, just one, had a crest much larger than any of the others. Most Elysians were very energetic, but the crested ones were generally much more mellow, especially the one with the big crest, the one that was probably the leader of all Elysians. It calmly looked up at the explorers, inspecting them. A thing that the explorers found humorous was that the Crested One carried around a stick, like a wizard would a staff, but it was just a stick, a white one, but still a stick, yet took itself dead seriously, apparently.

After spending some time on Elysium, spending their time in the company of constant chirping and squeaking, sampling the cuisine of Elysium (Fruit, Berries and Insects), the explorers successfully managed to tell the Elysians that they wish to be led back to the portal, and thus, back home. While the one that led them there was nowhere to be found, one of the (slightly) larger ones with blue spots led them back and they went back through, but they didn't do so without company. Some of the Elysians had decided to be the explorers for their race, it seems. The humans had seen their world, now it was time for them to see the human world.

But how? it looks like that the theory of some of the researchers was proven true. Some creatures CAN indeed look "into" the portal network.
Its also possible that some went to the Waterstone clan lands...

Warfare
(This wont be here when there are no ongoing wars.)
(Updated)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Dorathian Crusade
Dorathhian Kingdom (Army Coalition) (35,25%)
The bandit Orc-Slayer and his bandits (Guerillas) (67,25%)
vs.
Coalition of the Lakes (Army Coalition) (0%)
(Hamsterfolk Shamans and Slugman Duchies)
Hamsterfolk Resistance Fighters (Defensive Guerillas) (0%)


The Third Crusade
The Red Court (Defensive Army Coalition) (41,5%)
Army of Mages (Army Coalition) (55%)
(Arythia's Chaos Magi and Magi of the University)
The Desert Shades (Guerilla And Spy Coalition) (100%)
(Miragians(Guerillas) and the Shadowguard of Red Court(Spies))
Rheis' Paladins (Army) (0%)
vs.
The Black Qhanganate (Defensive Guerillas) (0%)
The Aetherials (No territory) (Defensive Army Coalition) (35%)
The Aetherial Cannon Artillery (Artillery) (20%)
Khagatai's Black Sky-Legion (Aerial Army) (56,75%)
Kingdom of Thairmar (Army) (0%)
vs.
Kingdom of Arghila (Army) (35,25%)
Kingdom of Karhan (Army) (32,75%)
vs.
The Great Diplomatic Army (Army Coalition) (72,5%)
(Kingdom of Streamland and Kingdom of Zalalastan)



Summary:

Dorathhian Crusade
Dorathhian Kingdom attacked Coalition of the Lakes  dealing 73,5% damage and taking 39% damage in return. Coalition of the Lakes  has -37,5625% army health remaining and Dorathhian Kingdom has 35,25% army health remaining. The Coalition of the Lakes has been shattered. An army of Guerilla fighters has formed to resist further efforts at taking their land.

The Third Crusade
Thairmar Army's army health has increased by 5%

(Rheis' Paladins attacked The Aetherials dealing 45% damage and taking 63,75% damage in return. The Aetherials has 35% army health remaining and Rheis' Paladins has -3% army health remaining.
Rheis' Paladins have been shattered...?)
(Army of Mages attacked Kingdom of Thairmar dealing 24% damage and taking 13,5% damage in return. Kingdom of Thairmar has -1,49999999999999% army health remaining and Army of Mages has 41,5% army health remaining. The Army of Mages has reclaimed the lands from Army of Thairmar. Queen Arythia of the Red Court has died in the battle. The Kingdom of Thairmar's army has been shattered.)
(The Aetherial Cannon Artillery bombarded Kingdom of Karhan with artillery, dealing 12,5% damage. Kingdom of Karhan has 48,5% army health remaining.)
(Kingdom of Karhan attacked Eastern fort of The Black Qhanganate dealing 3,5% damage and taking 15,75% damage in return. The Black Qhanganate has -3,5% army health remaining and Kingdom of Karhan has 32,75% army health remaining. The assault was a critical failure.)


Dorathian Crusade
The Dorathian Kingdom attacks The Coalition of the Lakes, Reckless attack against the Capital from the south.

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Modifiers:
Dorathian Kingdom:
Reckless Attack: +2 Attack -3 Defence

Coalition of the Lakes:
Capital Defence: +3 Defence

Dorathian Kingdom 2d20=(19+2=21)+(8+-3=5)
vs.
Coalition of the Lakes 2d20=(15+0=15)+(6+3=9)
The Dorathian army marches north toward the capital, disregarding defence and going forth with only one goal in mind, take the Hamsterfolk Shamans capital.
"show no mercy." Dorathine the 13th said,"Disregard the losses", and his army followed the order to the letter. Wading into the enemy forces with no regard for their own lives and delivered a brutal assault on the capital city.
None were spared the blade. Despite the Dorathian forces losing more than half of their remaining warriors in the assault, they killed every Hamsterman defending the city and kept going long after there were none left to defend it.
The lands of the Hamsterfolk now lay open to them, theirs for the taking. But the war is not yet over, isolated pockets of resistance remain and will fight tooth and nail to prevent Dorathine from taking their lands.
Whether Dorathine the 13th will force peace upon the Hamsterfolk, content with what they've taken thus far, or continue his conquest until his army is in tatters remains yet to be seen...

(Dorathhian Kingdom attacked Coalition of the Lakes  dealing 73,5% damage and taking 39% damage in return. Coalition of the Lakes  has -37,5625% army health remaining and Dorathhian Kingdom has 35,25% army health remaining. The Coalition of the Lakes has been shattered. An army of Guerilla fighters has formed to resist further efforts at taking their land.)


The Third Crusade
Rheis's response to the King's letter
Once again, the falcon returns sometime later, with another letter from Rheis:

To the Esteemed King of Arghila, Ludicrous-Sales Halloween

For the time being, until the end of this war, our order remains under oath to fight against EVIL in protection of whomever summoned us, in this case it were the Shadowguard of, and representing the Red Court.
However when the war comes to its end, we will be freed from our oath, and free change allegiance. The only other way would be if the oath were to be rendered null and void, such as is if it would come to light that we've been summoned under false pretense.

However, i do have some supicions, regarding the artifact or artifacts in question... it is quite possible that either one or even both of us has been bamboozled. By all accounts and with what i've learned of the time period of the Second Crusade, all evidence points to there being only ONE artifact in the possession of The Red Court, but perhaps even that is not the case, perhaps The Red Court holds no artifact of great significance.

Regardless, we're sworn to fight EVIL where ever it may lurk, as such, our destiny awaits us. I bid you farewell should this be the last time your little messenger comes to me. For we are about to march into the very maw of Evil itself.

May the golden sun shine forever bright
-Rheis Veirn the Second


Thairmar attempts to Resupply

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1d20=12From the occupied lands and few farmsteads of the Red Court, the Army of Thairmar is able to scrounge up only a small amount of provisions and supplies. The University that the army holds is beautiful, built upon the ruins of the old, and even more grand, but it bears few resources needed to sustain a campaign.
(Thairmar Army's army health has increased by 5%)


Rheis' Paladins Cautiously Attack the Aetherials' Rift

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Modifiers:
Rheis' Paladins
Cautious Attack: -3 Attack +2 Defence
Rheis Veirn the Second:
Veterancy: +1 Attack +1 Defence
Suffer No Evil: +1 Attack(against Evil)
Totals: -1 Attack +3 Defence

The Aetherials
Entrenched Chaos: +4 Attack +4 Defence
Fortification Failed: -2 Defence
Totals: +4 Attack +2 Defence

Rheis' Paladins 2d20=(19+-1=18)+(2+3=5)
vs.
The Aetherials 2d20=(13+4=17)+(8+2=10)
The Paladins had their sights set on the Aetherials' Rift, with an intent to close it for good, and with the Aetherials just slightly weakened, this was perhaps the only opportunity for the Paladins to attack and walk away victorious. But the Aetherials would not let that happen, the Paladins would not be leaving from the domain of chaos alive. The paladins attacked the Aetherial menace with zeal and despite their caution, they were utterly unprepeared to fight them. While the Aetherials were weakened by what can only be assumed to be a fault in their consciousness, the chocking aura of Chaos only empowered the Aetherials and made well up for their weakened attack. And with their collective knowledge of combat, even if it was temporarily hampered, still allowed them some measure of defence against the mortal races.

The battle was absolutely brutal for the Paladins, the Aetherials were countless and made more powerful still by the ambient chaos but the zeal of the Paladins was even more fierce and while Aetherials shed no blood, the brilliant spells of light of the Paladins turned the wretched bastards straight to ash, that was mixed with the bloodsoaked sand of the battlefield. In the end, it is not known what caused the Aetherials to retreat, because none of the paladins were left alive at the end, save for one. There he stood, among the ashen sands and countless bodies of his Paladins, his companions, his friends. The Lone Paladin, Rheis. His armor destroyed, his brilliant white cape torn to shreds and his body mortally wounded.

"There..." Rheis said, speaking to the little golden light that followed him and pointed to the Aetheiral Rift, seemingly a large, completely black orb with a crimson vortex around it. "The great wellspring... of Chaos energy. Go... Now... Before they start coming out it...", the little orb said nothing, despite being able to, instead doing as the paladin asked without question. "I'm just... going to sit here for a while", he said as he sat down on the edge of the Rift's crater, keeping his eyes locked on the little golden light as it flew toward the Rift. The Rift was massive, the size of a castle and the edge of the crater was about five hundred and fifty yards from it.

As the golden light entered into the Rift, it disappeared and Rheis squinted his eyes, waiting for something to happen. The Rift wouldn't let the little light through as it was now, empowered from the energy of countless Aetherials, ripped from their disintegrating bodies and turned into pure light. And that's exactly what the Paladins were banking on, that the Aetherials, that Azerth would rather close the rift than let something that feeds off of Chaos into the Chaos Realm, a place with endless Chaos energy.

And then it happened, at first there was a small bright dot on the orb where the little golden light entered the rift, but it quickly spread across its surface. In a bright flash, it turned the dark and ominous sphere into a what might well be described as a small golden sun. its light burning away the corrupted chaos crystals that it touched and turned the black sands bright again.

"You neved did get a name... Maybe you'll get one now."
(Rheis' Paladins attacked The Aetherials dealing 45% damage and taking 63,75% damage in return. The Aetherials has 35% army health remaining and Rheis' Paladins has -3% army health remaining.
Rheis' Paladins have been shattered...?)

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The Third Crusade
The Army of Mages Attacks the Kingdom of Thairmar, attempting to reclaim

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Modifiers:
The Army of Mages
Infinite Provisions: +1 Attack +1 Defence

The Army of Mages 2d20=(15+1=16)+(1!+1=2)
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Kingdom of Thairmar 2d20=(3+0=3)+(14+0=14)
(Elevated)
While Arythia was away from her lands, the army of Thairmar had moved into her territory and she would not stand for it. The Army of mages marched into the occupied territory, with the intent to reclaim it, and the University. Can they never be in peace, it was blown up once and now occupied, despite having little to even do with the Red Court.
The Army of Mages attacked the occupying Thairmar army in blind fury and were it not for Thairmar army's battered state, it would have been their end.
But the Army of Thairmar was entrenched in deep, and were not willing to budge from their positions, preferring to fight cautiously rather than risk even greater casualties.
In the end, the Army of Thairmar was held out to the last man but they scored a greater victory than the Red Court did in reclaiming their lands. The Army of Thairmar, in their caution and patience managed to catch Arythia and a small squad of Magi out of position. Arythia, once the Red Queen of the Blood Dunes, her blood would now add to the unfathomable amount that already stained these sands from the many conflicts fought here.


(Army of Mages attacked Kingdom of Thairmar dealing 24% damage and taking 13,5% damage in return. Kingdom of Thairmar has -1,49999999999999% army health remaining and Army of Mages has 41,5% army health remaining. The Army of Mages has reclaimed the lands from Army of Thairmar. Queen Arythia of the Red Court has died in the battle. The Kingdom of Thairmar's army has been shattered.)


The Aetherial Cannon Artillery Bombards the Kingdom of Karhan

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The Aetherial Cannon Artillery 1d20=20!
vs.
Kingdom of Karhan 1d20=15
(The Aetherial Cannon Artillery bombarded Kingdom of Karhan with artillery, dealing 12,5% damage. Kingdom of Karhan has 48,5% army health remaining.)

The Kingdom of Karhan Attacks The Black Qhanganate, the Eastern fort

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The Army of Mages
Infinite Provisions: +1 Attack +1 Defence

Kingdom of Karhan 2d20=(1+1=2)+(2+1=3)
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The Black Qhanganate 2d20=(7+0=7)+(6+0=6)
(Kingdom of Karhan attacked Eastern fort of The Black Qhanganate dealing 3,5% damage and taking 15,75% damage in return. The Black Qhanganate has -3,5% army health remaining and Kingdom of Karhan has 32,75% army health remaining. The assault was a critical failure.)

Guide to the Art of War
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How to play
Post what forces you want to do what. Fluff can be added but make sure the intent is clear.
Each force can only take 1 action per update.
I will handle the rest including all the rolls
Claimed armies can only be played by the player that claimed them. A claim is lost if the force is not played in several updates.

Otherwise follows the rules and is played like the rest of the worldbuilding game. As long as an force is not claimed, it may be played by any player.

Known Actions
These are Actions that are known to be possible but as the game has no true fixed mechanics, don't be afraid to experiment.

• Attack: Attacks a force, territory or a structure. Can be prefixed with an attack style:
• • Reckless: +2 Attack, -3 Defence
• • Cautious: -3 Attack, +2 Defence
• • Raze: Only available when attacking territories or structures. Instead of occupying territory, it is reduced to ruins. Structures are destroyed. The territory ruined is smaller than would be occupied.
• Resupply: Resupplies an force. Can increase force health by either 20%, 10%, 5%, 0%, -5% or -10% depending on the success of the roll. The resupply roll can be easier or harder, depending on circumstances.
• Fortify: Attempts to increase defence bonuses for the next turn. Can change Defence by either +3,+2,+1,-1,-2 or -3 depending on the success of the roll.
• Covert Ops: (Spies Only) Attempts to hinder an enemy force in some way. Effects vary. Known Ops:
• • Assassinate: Attempts to kill a Hero(must have Veterancy), thus removing the Veterancy bonus. Dangerous operation that can seriously damage the spies.
• • Sabotage supplies: Either decreases the force's rolls next turn or the spies take damage.
• Bombard: (Artillery Only) Attacks an force or a structure with long range artillery. Structures' Bonuses are removed for the next turn. Only the enemy will take damage, depending on the Artillery's attack roll and the target's defence roll. Can not take territory.
• Split: Can be used to split an force into two. The new force will have the force health specified, which will be taken out of the donor force. 50/50 by default if no percentage specified.
     Produce: If a trait is specified in the move, the new force will have that trait, and other traits are inherited from the parent force. Some restrictions apply, such as Guerillas turned into an Army will have half health.

   
Known Traits:
Like actions, don't be afraid to try and create new ones:

• Aerial: This Army/Unit gets a +3 bonus against ground forces. Forces are implied ground unless otherwise specified.
• Anti-*: When a force is "Anti-" something, it will gain a bonus equal to that what the enemy with that trait would gain when fighting them, and the enemy does not.
• Artillery: A specialist force that can Bombard without taking damage in return, however, they are not capable of capturing territory, and do not count as an offensive Army.
• Army: The standard force. Nothing special about them.
• Coalition: a single force composed of multiple armies. Can be split into their constituent parts. Gains a +2 bonus against single armies, but any damage taken is taken equally and in full by all armies
• Defensive: Typically Army. Can not take any Offensive actions. This force will fulfill a special function(Such as defence or granting bonuses) if the territory it is associated with is attacked. If there is no Defensive Army to defend a territory, a normal Army will be defending instead. It should be noted that a Defensive Army/Coalition can not die, they will merely become Guerilla if their health is at 0.
• Guerilla: A small specialized force. Other types of forces do not gain any bonueses against them, but their damage in combat is halved.
• Immune to *: If a force is immune to something, any enemies will not gain that bonus when fighting them. Can also appear as a bonus, sometimes.
• Offensive : This army can move and attack any territory. A war is lost if a faction has no territory and no Offensive Army/Coalition that can attack. A force is implied Offensive unless specified otherwise.
• Spies: A small force specialized in covert operations but poor in direct combat. Covert ops can not deal damage to forces, but can grant bonuses or remove them from other forces.
• Legendary * Unit: A single individual capable of taking on an entire Army by itself, such as a god. Typically have exotic bonuses or traits. Many have disadvantages, too.

Did you know? Anti-Encirclement is the rarest trait in the wargame aside from Legendary.



Glossary:

• Bashing: Attacking an force multiple times per update. Every attack after the first only deals half damage to the attacked force to discourage this.
• Encirclement: Any territory, Occupied or permanent, surrounded by enemy territory, again, permanent or occupied. Any attacks against such territory gain a massive bonus.
• Force: Anything that can take an action and has traits.
• Hero: Typically leaders of armies. Can grant bonuses to whatever force they are leading. Can be Assassinated. All Heroes grant at least +1 Veterancy bonus.
• Splitting: A way to create a new force by using a percentage of an existing army's health.

Conditions for war conclusion:
ANY of these conditions being true will conclude a war:

• No Faction is capable of attacking.
• A Successful peace negotiation roll is made. "Successful" depends on who is winning, based on remaining forces and territory.

Once a war is over, all occupied territories will become permanent territories. In some cases when it isn't obvious, it should be noted WHOSE territory it will become.

Summary

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Map and Legend
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[Naturegirl1999]

((@Strik3r: Don’t fret over the update taking long, there was a lot to process, and it didn’t really take that long regardless))

((Does anyone have ideas for what the deity of light should be called?))

[TankKit]

Eventually, the Waterstone Clan decided to simply begin digging a large channel at the thinnest section of the peninsula, leaving only enough ground to stop the water from flooding in prematurely and even fortifying it with extra stone to secure their safety. Everything they dig up that they can't find another use for is carted to the northern side of the island, where it is used to gradually extend the length of the island further northwards.

Year 303.7
This war had begun due to conflict between Khagatai and Arythia. Both were now dead, with each nation now serving under the temporary guidance of council of various generals, lords and advisers who had served their ruler loyally. War had devastated the lands and people of both nations, and it still seemed as if neither side was any closer to winning. And yet, neither side was willing to back down - the Red Court was seemingly getting the better of a superior foe and the Black Qhaganate still felt that it had the advantage in this war, despite how it had gone so far. This sentiment was not shared by everyone, however, andthe kingdom of Thairmar now left the war. It had been a catastrophic failure for them and, as the tattered remnants of their army returned home, the kingdom began to collapse as civic unrest reached an all-time high. The government tried to maintain order, but it seemed unlikely they would succeed under current conditions.

Meanwhile, negotiations now began between the Dorathian Kingdom and the Coalition. It had become clear to the Coalition that they would not be able to secure victory against the overwhelming military might of the Dorathian Kingdom, but they still hoped to at least secure the semi-independence of the northern half of their lan. Rather than being completely integrated into the Dorathian Kingdom, it would become a vassal state paying tribute in gold to the ruling Dorathine and aiding it in times of war. Dorathine the 13th 'The Warrior' wasn't entirely against this idea either, as it would make the transition of government easier for the locals to bear if they at least believed they had some say in what was going on, but he wanted to ensure that they didn't try to sneakily weaken his power through this deal.

Far north, Kaiser Garidius was getting increasingly desperate. He mobilised his entire army to the north of his Empire to halt the Greenskin raids and finally met some success in beating them back, even managing to re-take some lands previously thought lost, but it quickly become apparent that something was wrong. The raids had halted completely. Though Garidius did not realise it immediately, Zornaraugh had managed to completely uproot the vast majority of the Greenskin tribe and begun marching it south in a mass migration. The sheer size of the Tribe and the resources required to maintain such a migration stripped the land they passed through completely bare of all life, and the deadlands created would be known forever after as Zornaraughs Scourge.

When they reached his land, Garidius realised, he would not be able to defeat them or even force them back to their old lands, as those had now become too devastated for the Greenskins to willingly return to them. Nonetheless, he was determined to force them to halt their migration before they travelled any further south. He begins fortifying a small fort on a hill roughly in the centre of his northern lands, hoping to turn it into a truly great castle before Zornaraugh arrives. He has at least a year before Zornaraugh arrives, and there is no doubt that the weakest of the Greenskins will not survive the journey, but he needs a proper castle if he is to have any hope of achieving victory.

((It's WAAAAAAAAAGH time!))

[Lidku]

((Sorry for the lack of posting for awhile, just came back from 4th of July celebrations))

303.8

With Arythia heard to be deceased and the Red Court unmanned, Ludicrous-Sales Halloween attempts one last diplomatic motion to try and secure the corpse part. He attempts to contact the provisional council in charge of the Red Court and see if he can convince the sitting council to give him the corpse part, with the promise he will withdraw his army from the occupied Red Court lands. He wanted to hurry along with this as he heard that the horde of undead in Lotham city is growing exponentially every passing day and he wants to deal with it as soon as possible. While he waits for a response for any practicing authority in the Red Court as of now, he attempts to organize a resupply of Arghilean forces.