Battle for Gobwin Bump V

[The Colonel]

I move to the centre of the stack, ready to hand out heals like candy.

[Werebiscuit]

*Francoise can be faintly heard cursing*
" Titanz teatz ! Now ven zeres no damage or danger 'e suddenly rememberz 'e'z a 'ealer.... "

*Franco, however, merely grunts* " Iv you're 'ealing zen 'ow about front row fighterz firzt ?..from mozt damaged to leazt "

*He looks around critically and taps the knight on the shoulder with the butt of his pike*
"Zhouldn't ve try to get at leazt too abrezt ? And let ..ZEM ..come in zingle vile ? "

[Werebiscuit]

*Franco looks thoughtful for a while...then a grin spreads across his face*

" No,...you're rrhite, meester nite ! Ve can giv zem a new target each move. You ztep back to ze rrhite while ze man behind you on your left zteps forvard. Ze man beind you on ze right steps to 'is left and is 'ealed by ze 'ealer in ze zird row. Ze man zat vas rrhite beind you has only to ztep to 'is left and he is ready to ztep forvard to ze front next time.

*laughs* Danz viting indeed !

[LTDave]

No takers?


It takes an entire phase to consume a potion. You can't fight and consume one.

Path? What path? That's where the plebs are coming from.

You can try to stand in any formation you like, remembering that the bridge is only wide enough for one character at a time.

Also: Rules change: PARRY - ignore the single most powerful attack against your character in a phase. This includes "Precise Blow".

Thanks!

[LTDave]

The Enemy have arrived...

"Hey jinga-jangas! Stop running and fight us! Are you afraid to cwoak?"

Character Stats

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Rider (MarbitChow) Knight, Level 0 : COM 4 , DEF 6 , HIT 8 /10 {Mighty Blow, Piercing Blow}
Cross (Swodaems) Warrior, Level 0 : COM 4 , DEF 4 , HIT 7 /8 {}
Franco (werebiscuit) Halberdier, Level 0 : COM 2 , DEF 4 , HIT 7 /8 {}
Numma To (HerbieRae) Archer, Level 1 : COM 2 , DEF 2 , HIT 7 /8 {Precise Blow, Mighty Blow}
Numma Trois (Exate) Archer, Level 2.1 : COM 4 , DEF 2 , HIT 9 /10 {Mighty Blow, Support}
Tim (The Colonel) Blue Caster, Level 1 : COM 2 , DEF 3 , HIT 9 /9 {Heal Wounds, Illusion}
Derek (A.B.C.) Halberdier, Level 1.1 : COM 3 , DEF 4 , HIT 8 /9 {Berserker, Guard}
Otto (five-thirteen) Halberdier, Level 1 : COM 2 , DEF 5 , HIT 7 /9 {Mighty Blow, Guard}
Ian Marius Stanley (BLANDCorporatio) Halberdier, Level 0 : COM 2 , DEF 4 , HIT 7 /8 {Berserker, Guard}


Enemy T Krit'ik, Level 0 : COM 2 , DEF 2 , Hits 10 /10 {Mighty Blow}
Enemy U Krit'ik, Level 0 : COM 2 , DEF 2 , Hits 10 /10 {Mighty Blow}
Enemy V Krit'ik, Level 0 : COM 2 , DEF 2 , Hits 10 /10 {Mighty Blow}
Enemy W Brown 'Zard 0 : COM 2 , DEF 2 , Hits 8 /8 {Illusion, Shield}
Enemy X Bag'ga, Level 0 : COM 3 , DEF 5 , Hits 12 /12 {Support, Guard}
Enemy Y Bag'ga, Level 0 : COM 3 , DEF 5 , Hits 12 /12 {Support, Guard}
Enemy Z Bag'ga, Level 0 : COM 3 , DEF 5 , Hits 12 /12 {Parry, Berserk}

24 hours to post orders...
This is your phase to move. Remember, you can only move every second phase.

[BLANDCorporatio]

Didn't we move a bit since that configuration? I thought, for example, that somebody would go protect the archers and Tim. And also that there would be three halberdiers plugging the bridge end. Also, Tim would be near the box ready to dish out potions like candy, I think.

Anyway, I think Ian Marius Stanley will go to Archer guarding duty, unless there's room to Derek's left AND Rider doesn't want to step back from the bridge, in which case, that's a better place to go (and Guard Rider, in that case).

[HerbieRai]

I believe Numma To leveled once during the last mission and I put the +1 into combat.

I'll then put a Piercing Blow on the Mage W

[five-thirteen]

"Titan teeth, that's alot of power (wow) Just look at those archers, supported they can kill anybody. Ergh- I don't really want to step in front of that berseker either...
still... if someone has to do it, I guess I can, but, please tell me that someone thought of a better plan than 'charge'."

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realistically, Z's going to kill whoever stands in front of him, and the (supported) archers have a good chance to kill someone every turn. I guess my best plan is to move in front of the 'seker, take the hit and have someone else finish him off but that won't work if he still gets def bonuses from shield and guard (instead of berserk cancelling the bonuses).

[BLANDCorporatio]

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OOC:

It appeared like we can have three units stationed adjacent to the bridge end, so none of us needs to be on the bridge. Meanwhile, all of our melee units could take a swing at whoever's brave enough to step over the bridge. The warriors would be adjacent to the bridge, and the brobadiers adjacent to the warriors, guarding them. Melee-wise, that's a pretty good combo, and worked at Thermopilae.

About archers now, ... huh. Well, we shall fight in the shade.
/OOC

[MarbitChow]

If I'm reading your right, we should set up something like the above?

Red circles represent where enemy units can stand. This means 2 melee attacks on us, tops.
Blue circles represent where our Knight / Warrior should stand.
Green circles represent brobadiers.
Purple circle represents Tim, who can heal all.

Is this correct? If so, I'll step back the lower blue circle, and wave the warrior over to stand beside me.

[BLANDCorporatio]

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Yeah, that'd be it. I notice a green circle's not in range of the bridge- that fellow could guard Tim or one of the Nummas.

[The Colonel]

First things first. Tell me if you need heals.

[Exate]

If I'm reading your right, we should set up something like the above?

That would be great if our objective was just to hold the bridge. Unfortunately, it's to hold the bridge and protect the plebs,who will be moving through a large area where they're exposed to enemy fire. Admittedly none of them are on screen yet but when they show up we'll need to dispatch one or more units with Guard to look after them. It's a good formation for now, though.

I suspect that remaining north of the bridge will eliminate rank penalties/bonuses for cover when shooting enemy archers. Unfortunately, they outnumber us and we're looking at Mighty Blow spam, so that's not such a great thing. If we can whittle down their ranged cadre a bit it might prove useful, though.

Speaking of that, move to a spot safely behind as many friendly ranks as possible and Mighty Blow on Enemy W. Here's hoping I don't eat several enemy arrows while I've got lowered defense, and I would encourage our mage to blast their mage in the hopes that focused fire from all three of our ranged units will bring him down this turn.

[Swodaems]

Put me down for moving to the other blue circle if possible and doing a piercing blow on whoever comes.

Oh yeah, Set my abilities as parry and piercing blow please.

[Werebiscuit]

OOC Franco will move to the upper green circle above the 2 blues as Francoise...er I mean Franco...was built for front row without the bro'badier support thingy /OOC

[A.B.C.]

Stepping out of the red to one of the green, whichever's open.

[five-thirteen]

Otto moves next to the ranged units and guards Trois

[Werebiscuit]

* Franco grunts gruffly to Derek * "You vatch my back, broz'er and I'll keep the zordz out of your face. Agreed ?"

*Nods to Tim* "A leetle 'ealing wouldn't go amiz "

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OOC Oh yeah Block and Precise blow same as last time - I was assuming he WAS a clone and those were taken as read till I saw the empty brackets /OOC

[BLANDCorporatio]

OOC: Rolf? There's a Rolf here? This got me thinking about how hilarious it would be to cross-over campaigns j/k /OOC

[Werebiscuit]

OOC: Rolf? There's a Rolf here? This got me thinking about how hilarious it would be to cross-over campaigns j/k /OOC

OOC I've no idea what he's on about... does anyone else ? /OOC