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[Detoxicated]

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.

[Naturegirl1999]

302.16
More Red Elves on the small island go missing due to mysterious circumstances, while hunting, a group of Red Elves find large bulbous plants pulling in other animals. The hunting squad shoots some of these plants with arrows, causing them to break apart, revealing bones and partially digested carcasses. The squad notices that there are skeletons of Red Elves among the other skeletons. The squad returns and reports what they found. Red Elves are now warned against going to the edges of the island where these plants are, and to not go near them if found.

[Unraveller]

Year 302.22
Since the century faire in the Jahtari Sultante, entertainment has become a cultural focus amongst the Lizardmen, and the sultan is willing to invest thanks to the prosperous peace and sprawling cities they've built. Recently, a new game has enraptured the scale folk, from clutchlings to the eldest ones. Breakthroughs in the use of Flyrite alloys bave allowed a much greater breadth of use to the material.

One such use is creating small alloyed balls that bear the heft of steel, yet in a practiced hand can fly gently. Combined with bracers and leggings of the same material, Jahtari athletes are able to leap ever further and plummet ever slower. This new and perhaps first spectator sport consists of fourteams of four within a circled arena made of four quadrants. Multiple horizontal hoops line the center of the field and each teams quadrants. The goal is to end the game (which takes place over a full hour without pause.) With the highest total score. The central hoops increase the score of the team that slings a ball through, while scoring in another team's main hoop reduces their total point value. There are always six Flyrite balls in play, and limited regulations aside from the purposeful drawing of blood.

The game has come to be known as Gaht'Gurro.

[TankKit]

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.)

[King Zultan]

Year 302.4: On an uninhabited section of beach north of the Sandpond clan a massive egg washes ashore, where it sits for several days before finally hatching revealing a large bipedal lizard that looks like a smaller version of the legendary Gojira, it wanders around the beach for a few days eating whatever it comes across and is eventually spotted by a group of travelers which immediately flee from it and run to the nearest town where they spread the news that a smaller version of Gojira has appeared and they dub it Minilla the son of Gojira!

[Strik3r]

Notices

I admit, the bulk of the update today was taken up by me faffing with the update format.
Also, this game's updates will from this point on now regularly break the forum's BBcode lol.

Rolls

Revelations

The Wharg attempt to make fire again.

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1d20=17
It was a bolt of lightning in a storm that started the First Fire, and it was a storm that extinguished it, now it would be relit yet again by another bolt of lightning during a storm. Dark clouds formed overhead, but there was no rain, just clouds where lightning bolts could be seen within, jumping around inside the clouds. one of the Wharg waved his "Lightning Stick"(or maybe it is a "Fire Stick"?) above his head, hoping to call down one of the bolts. He was successful, but not in a way he expected. The bolt of lightning struck his stick, and went through him, lighting both him and his stick on fire. The unlucky Wharg died on the spot and fell to the ground. But there it was: Flame! The Wharg who witnessed this did not let the sacrifice be in vain, and once again lit the First Flame and once again would there be fire across the Whargs' Islands, once again to be extinguished by a rainstorm. Of course they tried their best to make sure the fire survived for as long as possible, as to them, their brother's soul was within that flame, but in the end it would still succumb to the rains.

Thus, a cycle formed, Wharg would climb atop the tallest trees when the black, twisting clouds came, waving their sticks, and invariably one of them would be struck by a lightning bolt, some survived the bolt only for the fall to be their end, or for the truly "blessed", the fire. Then weeks or months later, the one rainstorm that extinguishes the flame would come again. And again, when the rain cleared, the Wharg would climb atop the tallest trees when black, twisting clouds came. The extinguishing of the First Flame wasn't some act of cruelty by the Spirit of the Storms, but part of the cycle of life, for the fire, and for those who light them. But there was always a storm. One that would mark the beginning of the cycle and one that that would mark its end, the Cycle of the Fire.


Garidius attempts to intimidate the Slugman Duchies into rejoining the HCE

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1d20=11
The Archduke insists that such ultimatums are unproductive and that attempting to exploit the ongoing war in this way is dishonorable and as such beneath the Kaiser and that this matter should be discussed after the war. He also throws all kinds of flattery at the Kaiser as a delay tactic. At the same time making it very clear that yes, although the army in the south is struggling, the Duchies are hardly defenseless.
(The Slugman Duchies have not joined the HCE, but neither has the HCE declared war on the Duchies.)

The new Qhanganate's prosperity

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1d20=19Ever since fleeing from the Black Qhanganate in the west, the New Qhanganate hasn't been struggling, with plenty of trade flowing through their lands from the nearby humans and the foxfolk, in just a few years, the New Qhanganate has built up a fully fledged nation from basically nothing. They're mostly peaceful traders and that probably helps. Although some do not like the name "New Qhanganate".
(the New Qhanganate's borders have seen a significant growth.)

Mi'akl's Chameleon-Demon attempts to free Yarlac Drem

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1d20=20!The Chameleon-Demon's attempt to free Yarlac is absolutely flawless, not a single trace is left behind of the Demon's work, not even identifiable footprints, no claw scratches on the metal chains, infact the chains were completely untouched, almost as if Yarlac had simply vanished, everything was there as it was left there, except for Yarlac. However, he could not continue operating within Arghila's army anymore, too much heat on him, he, Mi'akl and the demon had to flee, far away, as far as he could.

In fact it would be better if he was not seen in civilization at all, for a long time after the disappearing act he pulled. The best option thus, was to go toward the small settlement of dwarves known as Sandpond.
Although Yarlac Drem was a man of short stature, he was no dwarf, but the dwarves there generally don't discriminate based on someone's race, but they will surely take notice if Yarlac attempts to perform his Necromancy experiments there. The Chameleon-Demon was dismissed, and the two arrived in broad daylight, apparently being the first of refugees from the Red Court from the recent dust-up between Arghila and The red Court.


Kore Jonhara and the Great Ruby

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1d20=16
The words of Kore make sense both to layman and to scholar alike, after all if such a thing as the Great Ruby exists and it does indeed grow all on its own, it must harbor great power, right? Even Magi would be convinced that it is divine, after all, growing magical crystals is a difficult process that takes a great deal of energy, and if it can grow them at such a rate BEFORE it is born, well only the power of a god could do that. If only they could SEE the Great Ruby, which was difficult, because Kore was so protective of the thing, but obviously for good reason. While the initial reach of his word is small, Refugio Guerra is in many ways the center of the world. Word would surely travel of the Great Ruby, first within Refugio Guerra and then, all over the world. It will surely over the years draw many people to it, all wanting it. Some just to see it, to perhaps join Kore in worshipping it, some to steal it, some to study it.

But all those that do believe that it is in fact the egg of some divine being... are right, it is. Most simply don't believe it, yet don't know it, yet. A kind of schism has formed within the ranks of those that believe in the Divine Egg, regarding as to what will actually hatch from it. One side believes that it harbors the greatest evil in the world yet, that will consume all of existence, others believe that in there is a being of great beauty and love instead. No one can know for sure, one of them is right, but not in the way they think. Whats in the EGG, was there that way long ago, but whether it will BECOME the destroyer of the world, or its protector, is not.


The magic skeleton and the Mana Blaster

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1d20=4The Skeleton takes the Mana Blaster and just starts firing it wildly. Some people are hurt, most by getting whacked in the face by blaster as the skeleton was swinging it around. Eventually the Magi are able to blast the skeleton with a magic bolt and grab the Blaster while the skeleton is stunned. It is put away safely and the skeleton is caged, hauled far away from any settlement and then released and it is left there, alone.


High elves attempt to clear the dungeon, AGAIN.

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1d20=8Just like every attempt at clearing the dungeon thus far, it only ends with those attempting to do so being forced back out the way they came with fewer men they went in with. Although this time, the high elves got back out relatively unscathed. The dungeon really does not like people trying to go through it seems and has become legendarily infamous for its ability to stop even large armies trying to pass through it, let alone small squads.


YEAR 302.5
The Third Crusade: Rheis' Paladins attack the Black Qhanganate to the north of the lands occupied by them

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

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Dorathian Crusade
Dorathhian Kingdom (Army Coalition) (85.5 > 74.25%)p U
The bandit Orc-Slayer and his bandits(Guerillas) (70.25 > 67.25%)a U
vs.
Coalition of the Lakes (Army Coalition) (31.5625 > 21.5625 > 15.9375 > 35.9375%)a U
(Hamsterfolk Shamans and Slugman Duchies)

The Third Crusade
The Red Court (Defensive Army Coalition): (95 > 56 > 35.375 > 40.375%)
Army of Mages (Army Coalition) (55%)a U
(Arythia's Chaos Magi and Magi of the University)
The Desert Shades (Guerilla and Spy Coalition) (100%)a U
(Miragians(Guerillas) and the Shadowguard of Red Court(Spies))
Rheis' Paladins (Army) (69.75 > 60.75%)p U
vs.
The Black Qhanganate (Defensive Coalition Defensive Guerillas) (4 > 0%)a U
The Aetherials (Defensive Army Coalition) (80%)a U
The Aetherial Cannon Artillery (wtf? lol) (Artillery) (20%)p U
Khagatai's Black Sky-Legion (Aerial Army) (51.75 > 56.75%)a U
Kingdom of Thairmar (Army) (50.5 > 17.5%)p U
vs.
Kingdom of Arghila (Army) (84.75 > 35.25%)p U
Kingdom of Karhan (Army) (61%)
vs.
The Great Diplomatic Army (Army Coalition) (68.5 > 88.5 > 72.5%)p U
(Kingdom of Streamland and Kingdom of Zalalastan)


Summary:

Dorathian Crusade
The Dorathhian Kingdom attempts to assault the Hamsterfolk Shamans's capital but do not succeed. Both armies did limited damage to each other.
The Orc-Slayer and his bandits successfully attack the Hamsterfolk Shamans and take a chunk of land on the eastern side of the valley.
The Coaliton of the Lakes' army health has increased by 20%!

The Third Crusade
The Great Diplomatic Army resupplies itself with numerous new troops and provisions. They have gained 20% army health.
The Great Diplomatic sends a message to the Black Qhanganate, recieves mockery and demands of retreat back.
Kingdom of Arghila attacks the Red Court from the South but do not succeed in gaining any ground.
The Army of Thairmar attacks the Red Court from the east and takes a large chunk of the land.
The Aetherial Cannon Artillery bombards The Great Diplomatic Army. Does some damage.
Rheis's Paladins Attack the Black Qhanganate to the North and occupy the land, and shatter the Black Qhanganate's Army.

The Red Court's army health has increased by 5%
The Army of Mages is unable to get any new troops.
The Kingdom of Thairmar has a -2 Modifier to attack and defence next turn due to sabotage by The Desert Shades
The Black Qhanganate fail to acquire any provisions.
the Aetherials have -2 to defence for the next turn due to Fortification Failure
The Black Sky-Legion's army health has increased by 5%

Dorathian Crusade
Dorathian Kingdom vs. Coalition of the Lakes, Capital City

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Bonuses
Coalition of the Lakes
Capital Defence: +3 Defence


Dorathian Kingdom 2d20=4+17
vs.
Coalition of the Lakes 2d20=15+(7+3=10)

The Dorathhian Kingdom's Army marches north toward the Hamsterfolk Shamans' Capital, A beautiful city situated in the great valley. Despite the Dorathian Kingdom's previous successes they would not fare so well against the capital. The capital city of the Hamsterfolk Shamans is not all that well fortified on the account of them being largely peaceful, but it is more than enough to hold back the armies of Dorathhian Kingdom's Crusaders.
They marched in cautiously, not sure what to expect, afraid to commit to any offense, and in some ways it paid off, the Coalition of the Lakes could not break their defences despite their far more aggressive fighting that left them much more open than the cautious Dorathhian Kingdom, who did little to capitalize on this weakness. But the capital city would remain out of the Dorathhian Kingdom's grasp yet, for they were forced back and out of the city.


The Third Crusade
The Great Diplomatic Army attempts to resupply

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1d20=20!The Great Diplomatic army has scored incredible successes thus far and it has paid off. New troops and supply caravans march through the occupied lands in confidence and toward the front line in droves! And with so much land taken, there is much to loot.


The Great Diplomatic Army sends a message to the Black Qhanganate

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1d20=4The response read as follows:

To whatever fool that leads The "Great" Diplomatic "Army"

If you truly wish for peace, retreat your forces from our lands and retract your claims on our territory so that we can deal with the other vermin without your interference.

We promise the same thing to you as Khagatai did to Thairmar: Once we take victory over our enemies, we will bathe your little disease in chaos flame and leave you with more memories from our great dragons than you could ever use. After all, what good is it to conquer a world consumed by some insolent plants.

If you do not agree to these terms, you may take your "peace treaties" and forcefully insert them all into the soft, pink rear that you humans have, whatever it is that you have there.

-the Black Council



Kingdom of Arghila vs. The Red Court, Toward the capital.

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Bonuses
Kingdom of Arghila
Supplies Sabotaged: -1 Attack -1 Defence

The Red Court:
Fortification Failure: -3 Defence
Larger Force: +2 Attack +2 Defence

Kingdom of Arghila 2d20=(13-1=12)+(10-1=9)
vs.
The Red Court 2d20=(16+2=18)+(9-1=8)

The Army of the Kingdom of Arghila continues its march further north into the lands of the Red Court, endless dunes of sand with occasional towns, villages and cities dotted around. It is there in the desert sands that the defence armies of the Red Court met them. With the blazing desert heat and with Arghila's army struggling to provide water to its troops, due to the Desert Shades' sabotage, they were feeling the strain.
But so was were the armies of the Red Court, everything about their army was wrong: wrong compositions, bad placement, badly managed equipment, everything, however, despite this utter, walking disaster of military mismanagement, it were the troops that carried that battle and took decisive victory, with their ferocious offensive wave of troops.
The Kingdom of Arghila clearly weren't fighting at their best, whether it was the desert heat or something else, their offensive was unable to take advantage of the glaring weaknesses in their enemy's army and their own positions were less than ideal and were utterly decimated for it.
The Army of the Kingdom of Arghila could not gain any ground in the war and their forces are in tatters.

King of Arghila sends a message to Rheis and his paladins

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1d20=17The bird returns sometime later, completely unharmed to King of Arghila, carrying another message:

To the esteemed King of Arghila, Ludicrous-Sales Halloween.

Your Highness, Please pardon my crudeness, but your name is truly strange, is everything within your Kingdom named in such a ridiculous way?

In regards to your inquiry into my and my paladins' alliances, I will not deny that it seems unbelievable that an order of Warriors of Light would be in bed with something that, on the surface, they've sworn to destroy.

However were things that simple, i would not be writing this to you and we would instead be marching on the field of battle together, shoulder to shoulder.
But Arythia and her Magi are not as EVIL as their ties to chaos would imply and are instead under siege by those that would be their allies... And perhaps that is the reason they are attacking her court, she is not like them.

But in many ways it is also a temporary alliance, The Red Court, to us is just a staging ground for our assault against the EVIL that threatens this land, The Aetherials.
Perhaps we could agree to a truce? That our armies would not engage in battle with each other.
Regardless of your answer, my paladins will not attack you for the time being, to give your forces some breathing room, which if the latest news from the Red Court are anything to go by, is something your army desperately needs at this time. I would not attack your army, as battered as it is now, my honor would not allow it.

I have heard rumors that you seek something within The Red Court, an artifact? The truth is, i myself seek to gain something from The Red Court that they gained a long time ago, The Cleansing Star. i had hoped that Arythia would grant it to my Paladins for helping her in the war.
Tell me truthfully, what it is that you seek to get from The Red Court?

And finally if it is not too much, would you as the King of Arghila, of the great and prosperous nation by the sea, be willing to recognize any lands my paladins take in this war, as an independent nation, and provide military backing, should it come to that?
-Rheis Veirn the Second



Kingdom of Thairmar vs. The Red Court, From the east.

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Half Damage to The Red Court, Anti-bashing protection.
Bonuses
The Red Court:
Fortification Failure: -3 Defence
Larger Force: +2 Attack +2 Defence

Kingdom of Thairmar 2d20=15+9
vs.
The Red Court 2d20=(10+2=12)+(10-1=9)

Thairmar's forces try to attack The Red Court again from the east. The knights walk through the same fields that they fought on before, still littered with the skeletons and rotting corpses of the previous battle. And just like last time, the forces of The Red Court were there to meet them again, and the sands would be bloodied once more, but this time it wouldn't be Thairmar that would be retreating. While there was nothing extraordinary about the armies of Thairmar, they were just an average army of knights and footmen, but The Red court was still licking their wounds after their fight with Arghila's forces and still suffering the effects of their army's mismanagement, however, the warriors of the Red Court were still numerous, but all the damage they did to Thairmar, was because of those numbers, and in spite of their shortcomings.
It seems that their prior defeat at the hands of The Red Court only made the warriors of Thairmar crave victory even more, and this time, they delivered but in their fury, they let their defence suffer.
The Red Court however, was clearly battered by the fight with Thairmar, they fought well but they just didn't have the same kind of energy that they did in that fight and their numbers helped only marginally, and because the epic failure that was their attempt at reorganizing the army, their cohesion suffered greatly in this battle, which the knights from Thairmar were quick to exploit.
In the end, the Red Court was forced to retreat, and the forces of Thairmar occupied a fair chunk of The Red Court's lands, but it came at a great price, as now, there are far fewer of Thairmar's warriors left than were lost in the fighting.


The Aetherial Cannon Artillery Bombards The Great Diplomatic Army

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Bonuses
The Great Diplomatic Army
Larger Army: +2 Attack +2 Defence

The Aetherial Cannon Artillery 1d20=8
vs.
The Great Diplomatic Army 1d20=2+2=4

When it comes to cannons, it is something that nobody has much experience with. The Aetherial consciousness is as of yet unsure how to best operate the cannons, but they are slowly learning. But The Great Diplomatic Army had never faced such an opponent before, an opponent they couldn't even see, and rained only large balls of metal upon them. Only their numbers and their panicked cowering saved some of their lives, but of course the greatest saving of lives was from the Aetherials being unable to best utilize the cannons yet. However, even as unexperienced as they are, the Aetherials manage to do significant damage to The Great Diplomatic Army.
((I've decided that Artillery only does 50% damage like Guerillas, because being able to kill an enemy force without taking any damage in basically a single shot is too much. They should still pose a significant threat.
I guess Guerillas need a small buff now... ahh the hell of game balancing... any suggestions?))


Rheis's Paladins vs. Black Qhanganate, North.

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Bonuses
Black Qhanganate
Larger Army: +2 Attack +2 Defence


Rheis's Paladins 2d20=11+11
vs.
Black Qhanganate 2d20=(2+2=4)+(4+2=6)

The Army of Paladins marches north with the intent to take the section of land that was left untaken in the last battle. The land there is strange, part of it is corrupted by chaos, one part by.. whatever kind of "black" Corruption is going on with the Black Qhanganate and the remaining is relatively normal sand dunes. With the Black Qhanganate's forces so shattered, the Paladins were hardly taking them seriously any more, so in all senses of the word, they just waltzed into the territory and claimed it for the Red Court, or themselves? Of course, thats not to say there weren't enemies to fight, there were still plenty of corrupted defenders to fight. The performance of the Paladins was mediocre in every sense, they really did not take their enemy seriously and for good reason, the Black Qhanganate with its forces so heavily decimated could not put up much of a fight against the Paladins. And despite their enemy no longer being so invincible, the damage they dealt to the Paladins was not very much.
The Paladins have taken the northern bit of territory and shattered the Black Qhanganate's defenders, lazily. The Black Qhanganate's defenders will still fight, but they hardly have an army anymore.

Auto-Combat

The Dorathian Crusade

The Orc-Slayer bandit and his bandits attack the Hamsterfolk Shamans again on the eastern side of the valley.
The Orc-Slayer bandit and his bandits vs. Coalition of the Lakes, East of the Valley.

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Coalition of the Lakes takes Half Damage, Anti-Bashing Protection
Bonuses


The Orc-Slayer bandit and his bandits 2d20=15+17
vs.
Coalition of the Lakes 2d20=4+14
The Orc-Slayer and his bandits successfully attack the Hamsterfolk Shamans and take a chunk of land on the eastern side of the valley.


The Coalition of the Lakes attempts to resupply

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1d20=20!The Coaliton of the Lakes manages to scrounge up an incredible amount of provisions and recruit many new troops.
(the Coaliton of the Lakes' army health has increased by 20%!)

The Third Crusade
The Red Court attempts to resupply

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1d20=13The red court manages to get some provisions
(The Red Court's army health has increased by 5%)

The Army of Mages attempts to resupply

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1d20=9The Army of Mages is unable to get any new troops.
(The Army of Mages' army health has increased by 0%)

The Desert Shades attempt to sabotage the supplies of the Kingdom of Thairmar

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1d20=17The Desert Shades succeed in depriving the Kingdom of Thairmar of a moderate amount of supplies
(The Kingdom of Thairmar has a -2 Modifier to attack and defence next turn.)

The Black Qhanganate attempts to resupply

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1d20=2The Black Qhanganate fail to acquire any provisions.

The Aetherials attempt to Fortify

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1d20=3The Aetherials are experiencing connectivity issues.
(the Aetherials have -2 to defence for the next turn.)

The Black Sky-Legion attempts to Resupply

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1d20=15The Black Sky-Legion manages to get some provisions
(The Black Sky-Legion's army health has increased by 5%)

Guide to the Art of War
(Updated)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

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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Year 301.6, Unraveller
Wharg begin waving sticks in the treetops during dry thunderstorms and get hit by lightning, starting the Cycle of the Fire.

Year 301.7, TankKit
Kaiser Garidius of the Celestial Emperor attempts to force the Slugman duchies to join them or declare war, but the Archduke opted to delay the Kaiser instead.

The New Qhanganate has become a prosperous nation over the course of the recent years.

301.63, auzewasright
The Great Diplomatic Army sends diplomatic messages, one to Arghila and Karhan other to the Black Qhanganate

301.8, Lidku
Arghila Responds to The Great Diplomatic Army's message.

Mi'akl summons a Chameleon-Demon to break Yatlac Drem out of prison, and it does so flawlessly, Yarlac and Mi'akl flee to the Sandpond Clan.

301.9, Naturegirl1999
the Sandpond Clan, fearing the battles in the southeast might reach them, begin building a wall around their city.

Year 302, TamerVirus
Kore Jonhara the irritable alchemist, builds a shrine to the great ruby and starts a cult?

Year 302.1, IncompetentFortressMaker
The skeleton gets released by the University, spots the Mana Blaster, grabs it and starts blasting, thankfully mostly missing everyone.
Skeleton is skelethrown out the University in a cage.

302.15, Detoxicated
The batpeople becomes The Grand Batpeople Magocracy
(Shit, sorry, i totally forgot about this turn, i'll make sure to rectify this in the next update.)

302.16, Naturegirl1999
More red elves go missing due to people-eating plants.

Year 302.22, Unraveller
The Jahtari Sultanate creates the world's first spectator sport, Gaht'Gurro, it involves throwing Flyrite balls through hoops.

Year 302.31, TankKit
The High Elves try clearing out the dunegon, AGAIN. And as usual, are beaten back by the dungeon in question.

Year 302.4, King Zultan
A Massive Egg washes up on an uninhabited section of beach north of the Sandpond, Hatches into mini-godzilla.

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[Strik3r]

((there is a time in every person's life where they must admit that they fucked up

i fucked up by creating the Battle System. Its great on paper but it is unrunnable by a human, especially IN ADDITION to the normal updates.
with a little refinement, it could very well be a standalone game, but thats exactly the problem, its almost a complete game, grafted onto this one.

But i cant change it right NOW, because the wars are still ongoing, it'll get a little easier once armies start dying off, but still.

Even if i could make a template/spreadsheet for it, it would obviously drop the quality... because it'd be templated))

[Naturegirl1999]

((I didn’t know faffing is a word, is it a synonym for changing? Also, what were the results of the other attacks?))

Year 301.7

The Dorathian Kingdoms military industry churns as it begins mass-producing Ziani Cannons. It will take years before there are enough for them to be fielded as part of a proper military force, and even more years before the Dorathian Hand-Cannons are employed in their military at all, but they will no doubt be a formidable force one it is completed. For now, however, Dorathine the 13th "The Warrior" surrounds the capital of his enemy and lays siege to it without these tools. (Dorathian Kingdom offensive army besieges the enemy capital.)

Meanwhile, with the Coalition forces exhausted, the newly crowned Kaiser Garidius of the Celestial Emperor begins asserting his control over the slugmen duchies to his east and west. Citing the Celestial Empires borders before the Heavenly War, during which these lands were unjustly taken from them by the dragons and then conquered by the Slugmen Duchies, he demands that they abandon their foolish 'Archduke' and swear subservience to him instead. If they don't, he will take the rightfully Celestial Imperial lands by force.(Roll for success of Garidius intimidating the old lands into rejoining him. If it doesn't succeed, he declares war on them.)

Meanwhile, the New Qhaganate enjoys a period of healthy peace and prosperity. (Roll to see how prosperous the New Qhaganate is.)

301.9
Thairmar attacks the Red Court again, in light of their decreased defenses.

Meanwhile the Sandpond Clan, fearing the battles in the southeast might reach them, begin building a wall around their city.

((If the second action isn’t allowed due to it involving the war, indirectly, tell me and I will change it))

Year 302- A more focused expedition sets out to explore the previously uncharted island off the coast of Karhan. Covered in thick jungle, the island is home to lots of wildlife but little else at first glance. Explorers stumble upon the ruins of a small tribal settlement with a colossal stone head as it's centerpiece. These adventurers, lacking detailed knowledge regarding the Moko and their society, excavate the head, load it up on one of their ships and set sail back to Dalai and the mainland.

The Aetherial Cannon Artillery test out their new weaponry by bombarding the positions of the Great Diplomatic Army

Back in Refugio Guerra the irritable alchemist, Kore Jonhara, has been taken completely by the mesmeric qualities of the Great Ruby and constructs a small shrine to it in his home. He begins deluding himself into thinking that the mysterious growths on the Ruby demonstrate a divine nature and so begins preaching that the Ruby will give birth to a new god and that he is the rightful shepherd
Roll to see if anyone in Refugio Guerra actually buys into this manic preacher talk

Or are the results already shown in the map and I just missed them?))
After Strik3r’s post
((You didn’t fuck up. It’s easily understood, at least for me, I think.))

[Strik3r]

((I didn’t know faffing is a word, is it a synonym for changing? Also, what were the results of the other attacks?))

Year 301.7

The Dorathian Kingdoms military industry churns as it begins mass-producing Ziani Cannons. It will take years before there are enough for them to be fielded as part of a proper military force, and even more years before the Dorathian Hand-Cannons are employed in their military at all, but they will no doubt be a formidable force one it is completed. For now, however, Dorathine the 13th "The Warrior" surrounds the capital of his enemy and lays siege to it without these tools. (Dorathian Kingdom offensive army besieges the enemy capital.)

Meanwhile, with the Coalition forces exhausted, the newly crowned Kaiser Garidius of the Celestial Emperor begins asserting his control over the slugmen duchies to his east and west. Citing the Celestial Empires borders before the Heavenly War, during which these lands were unjustly taken from them by the dragons and then conquered by the Slugmen Duchies, he demands that they abandon their foolish 'Archduke' and swear subservience to him instead. If they don't, he will take the rightfully Celestial Imperial lands by force.(Roll for success of Garidius intimidating the old lands into rejoining him. If it doesn't succeed, he declares war on them.)

Meanwhile, the New Qhaganate enjoys a period of healthy peace and prosperity. (Roll to see how prosperous the New Qhaganate is.)

301.9
Thairmar attacks the Red Court again, in light of their decreased defenses.

Meanwhile the Sandpond Clan, fearing the battles in the southeast might reach them, begin building a wall around their city.

((If the second action isn’t allowed due to it involving the war, indirectly, tell me and I will change it))

Year 302- A more focused expedition sets out to explore the previously uncharted island off the coast of Karhan. Covered in thick jungle, the island is home to lots of wildlife but little else at first glance. Explorers stumble upon the ruins of a small tribal settlement with a colossal stone head as it's centerpiece. These adventurers, lacking detailed knowledge regarding the Moko and their society, excavate the head, load it up on one of their ships and set sail back to Dalai and the mainland.

The Aetherial Cannon Artillery test out their new weaponry by bombarding the positions of the Great Diplomatic Army

Back in Refugio Guerra the irritable alchemist, Kore Jonhara, has been taken completely by the mesmeric qualities of the Great Ruby and constructs a small shrine to it in his home. He begins deluding himself into thinking that the mysterious growths on the Ruby demonstrate a divine nature and so begins preaching that the Ruby will give birth to a new god and that he is the rightful shepherd
Roll to see if anyone in Refugio Guerra actually buys into this manic preacher talk

Or are the results already shown in the map and I just missed them?))
After Strik3r’s post
((You didn’t fuck up. It’s easily understood, at least for me, I think.))

((i think its from some YouTuber, TheSpiffingBrit possibly? not sure.

And yeah, certain colors over others are hard to see.
And as the rules state, Artillery Bombard doesn't take land.

Its easy to understand, but hard to maintain))

[TankKit]

The dwarves of the Waterstone clan colonise the small peninsula just to the south of their island. Here they also experiment with various methods of cutting it off from the mainland and making it an island too.

Meanwhile, the Greenskin raids against the slugmen intensify and rumours speak of the mass mobilisation of the Greenskin people. Something major is going to happen soon...

((there is a time in every person's life where they must admit that they fucked up

i fucked up by creating the Battle System. Its great on paper but it is unrunnable by a human, especially IN ADDITION to the normal updates.
with a little refinement, it could very well be a standalone game, but thats exactly the problem, its almost a complete game, grafted onto this one.

But i cant change it right NOW, because the wars are still ongoing, it'll get a little easier once armies start dying off, but still.

Even if i could make a template/spreadsheet for it, it would obviously drop the quality... because it'd be templated))

I want to help with that if it's too bothersome to run on top of everything else, it really is a fun system that you clearly put a lot of effort into so I'd hate to see it go.

((I didn’t know faffing is a word, is it a synonym for changing? Also, what were the results of the other attacks?))

All of those are shown in the warfare spoiler.

And I think the problem he's getting at isn't the warfare system being too difficult for us to understand, the problem is it effectively tripling the amount of work the GM has to do.

[TamerVirus]

((You didn’t fuck up. It’s easily understood, at least for me, I think.))

Me thinks he's saying it add quite a lot to the GM workload
Perhaps collaborate with a co-Gm when there's giant wars going on?

[Naturegirl1999]

The dwarves of the Waterstone clan colonise the small peninsula just to the south of their island. Here they also experiment with various methods of cutting it off from the mainland and making it an island too.

Meanwhile, the Greenskin raids against the slugmen intensify and rumours speak of the mass mobilisation of the Greenskin people. Something major is going to happen soon...

((there is a time in every person's life where they must admit that they fucked up

i fucked up by creating the Battle System. Its great on paper but it is unrunnable by a human, especially IN ADDITION to the normal updates.
with a little refinement, it could very well be a standalone game, but thats exactly the problem, its almost a complete game, grafted onto this one.

But i cant change it right NOW, because the wars are still ongoing, it'll get a little easier once armies start dying off, but still.

Even if i could make a template/spreadsheet for it, it would obviously drop the quality... because it'd be templated))

I want to help with that if it's too bothersome to run on top of everything else, it really is a fun system that you clearly put a lot of effort into so I'd hate to see it go.

((I didn’t know faffing is a word, is it a synonym for changing? Also, what were the results of the other attacks?))

All of those are shown in the warfare spoiler.

And I think the problem he's getting at isn't the warfare system being too difficult for us to understand, the problem is it effectively tripling the amount of work the GM has to do.

Maybe one of us players can function as the War roller, not making war related moves ourselves to avoid bias. Tankkit, you mentioned you wanted to help,

((there is a time in every person's life where they must admit that they fucked up

i fucked up by creating the Battle System. Its great on paper but it is unrunnable by a human, especially IN ADDITION to the normal updates.
with a little refinement, it could very well be a standalone game, but thats exactly the problem, its almost a complete game, grafted onto this one.

But i cant change it right NOW, because the wars are still ongoing, it'll get a little easier once armies start dying off, but still.

Even if i could make a template/spreadsheet for it, it would obviously drop the quality... because it'd be templated))

I want to help with that if it's too bothersome to run on top of everything else, it really is a fun system that you clearly put a lot of effort into so I'd hate to see it go.

if you are currently running one of the armies in the war, TamerVirus, I or one of the other players could run the army(ies) in your stead while you focus on the rolling. Strik3r, what do you think of this?

[TankKit]

You quoted me twice. Did you want to quote TamerVirus the second time?

[Naturegirl1999]

You quoted me twice. Did you want to quote TamerVirus the second time?

yes, sorry

((You didn’t fuck up. It’s easily understood, at least for me, I think.))

Me thinks he's saying it add quite a lot to the GM workload
Perhaps collaborate with a co-Gm when there's giant wars going on?

[Lidku]

302.5

Ludicrous-Sales Halloween, still battered from the horrid stalemate in an attempt to take Red Court lands leading to the capital, would be at his royal household tent inside the Arghilan camp reading through the various writ of reports and letters sent to him. Upon coming upon Rheis' response- the one he was waiting for days- he quills another letter quickly to make time before any other army makes another move.

Ludicrous-Sales Halloween's letter to Rheis' Paladins
The artefact I seek from the Red Court is part of a greater collection, one of divine providence. Admittedly I don't know much of the artefact myself, but it is one my father and previous King of Arghila looked for years of. Whether through diplomacy with the Red Court or force, this artefact is of world importance and must gained in Halloween household hands. If you wish to form a new nation out of the conquests of the Black Qhaganate, as a fellow human, Arghila will guarantee your nation. It is sure that the Slugmen, the proudest and longest lived species of this world will rebel often after the Black Qhaganate clears up into your fold- I will provide military assistance to quell such future rebellions... the lucrative trade lanes and oasis' of this desert shall be yours.

In return I ask that in a time of if the Red Court is uncompliant with negotiations for the artefact.. ARTEFACTS rather, that we both seek, that we coalescence into a force that strikes down this unholy nation of chaos once and for all. The lands of that I hold of the Red Court and the ones of if the Red Court is hostile and we take them, will be relinquished unto your incorporation of your Kingdom if agreed to terms of this.

With the letter stamped, rolled, and tied to a messenger falcon, Ludicrous-Sales Halloween now makes a diplomatic plan for the Thairmir in the north. After the close defeat Arghila had faced, Thairmir took the opportunity of assault and took the lands Arghila was about to acquire. They succeeded- but at the dastardly contention of the entire army being rendered into smithereens. Seeing an opportunity, Ludicrous-Sales Halloween puts out a treatise that Arghila and Thairmir should consolidate the lands and forces they have now to better uproot the Red Court.

Roll for persuasion

((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?))