"So, whats all this then?"
[1] The preacher's face turns red when he sees William. Without hesitation, he shouts
"For the Bright One, CHAAAAARGE!" and in one movement, the crowd rushes towards Polca's forces. [4] Laythe's cavalry manages to stop the peasant crowd from reaching William's forces - by taking the blunt of the assault. In hindsight, maybe placing that regiment there was not a good idea. [5] William and Terryn's forces quickly move in to engage - the cavalry will only fight alone for one turn.
THE BATTLE BEGINSWilliam's forces:
William: +1 to tactics
Terryn: +1 to tactics
The Crimson Guard: 2 strength, +2 to tactics
The Thornbred Knights: 1 strength
The City Watch: 1 strength
Laythe's royal cavalry: 2 strength - will fight alone for the first turn
The peasant forces:
3 peasant regiments: 3 strength
Turn 1[4+2 vs 3+3]
The royal cavalry takes massive damage when the ranks of the peasants collide with them. The knights don't have space to manoeuver and are taken by surprise - nearly half of them fall during the first seconds, pulled down from their horses and stabbed to death by pitchforks and kitchen knives. [-1 strength to Laythe's cavalry. -1 strength to the first peasant regiment, which is destroyed]
Turn 2[Because of the tactics bonus, the flank auto-succeeds]
[7+1+3 vs 2 +5]
When William's forces join the melee, the battle is finished quickly. The peasants are not trained for warfare and while they are motivated by the preacher's shouts, they are unable to match the soldiers facing them. The City Watch, which was in front of William's forces, was nearly completely destroyed - the guards were as much soldiers as the peasants were, and their morale was even weaker than William's popularity with the population. Nearly all of the peasants in the mob died - the Thornbred Knights had managed to get behind them and showed no mercy. If the peasants could have backed away and reformed their lines, maybe the battle would have been longer, but with fire on their flank, an army in front of them and trained soldiers behind them, they didn't stand a chance. [-1 strength to the City Watch, which is destroyed. -2 strength to the peasants, which are destroyed.]
The battle's aftermath[Since all the PCs fought in the battle, I'll roll to see how they ended up.]
[1] Laythe suffered serious wounds during the battle, but she survived (a few Crimson Guards recognized her and protected her during the melee). She was pulled down from her horse and she suffered some wounds from pitchforks, but the main damage was done by the people who walked on her. It's hard to tell how bad it is, but from what she can feel, alot of her ribs are broken, and her left leg hurts as hell. She'll live, but the next months will be hard for her.
[2] Terryn was wounded by a peasant with a kitchen knife, leaving him with a nasty wound on the should. It might leave a scar.
[5] William killed dozens of peasants by himself, since he was the first to reach their army, and by the end of the battle all the soldiers around him are looking at him with respect. At one point of the battle, he's pretty sure he was knee-deep in blood. And at the end, he finds a good surprise : a wounded but still alive preacher, who no longer appears to be willing to fight for the Bright One...
[5] Eurika stood at William's side during the whole battle, and she collected as much glory as he did - even saving her boss once or twice from the hits of angry peasants.
Result of the uprising:-1 to port size because of the raiding and the fires.
-1 to population. Between the numerous fires and the massacre in the main street, alot of citizens won't live to see another day.
The Old Lord is dead, and the populace knows that William killed him.
There was a forest fire near the city. [If the GMs agree, the land where the woods burned could be turned into a parcel of farmlands]
The fog is still spreading from the manor.
A shockwave of unknown origin shook the south of the city.
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Topic: You Are King II.I: Tales of the Storm Coast (Summer 417a) (Read 110871 times)