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[Ukrainian Ranger]

 Animating trees get my vote

[GreatWyrmGold]

As much as the flamethrower symbiotes sound awesome...ENTS.

[Immortal]

+1 for Ents

[Firelordsky]

Add flamethrowers on Ents later.

[rabidgam3r]

Add flamethrowers on Ents later.

Watch and giggle as they burn eachother to death.

[Firelordsky]

Add flamethrowers on Ents later.

Watch and giggle as they burn eachother to death.

Just add waterthrowers.

[Rolepgeek]

Wait! Don't make the ents yet. We wait for the skeletons and zombies and shit to arrive. THEN we make the ents. We'll have more power to do so with, and we can make sure none escape to trouble us later...

[Corruptor]

I like the trees.

Trees.

Ents!

Good, good...time for some time-granting measures. Chaos and Life shall help to make a treacherous, winding, and often needles set of paths to slow down the enemy's approach.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Donut

Sphere: Chaos, Fire, Life

Chaos skill: 2
Fire skill: 2
Life skill: 2

Mana: 61
Mana Income: 34 + 33(Prayer) - 6(Boon upkeep)
Worshippers: 22

Notable Assets:

Azula: Major Fire Boon, Fire Skill 1, Health 100%
Eldrick: Minor Plant Creation Boon, Life Skill 1, Health 100%
Firejackets: 80
Tiberius: Chaos Golem of Life and Fire, Combat Skill 5, Health 100%

As the combat-capable train for war, Azula practices flinging firebolts, and Eldrick slowly but surely improves the wall, you have both time and mana to burn before nightfall.

Seeking to hinder the enemy's approach, you zoom your awareness along to attempt to find roads and paths connecting Minas Iroh to Ravenholt. Surprisingly, there are none - the only road connected to Minas Iroh leads to Ceres.

Oh well, you'll just have to improvise. You reach for Life and Chaos, and send a penetrating pulse of energy into the trees surrounding the village in a mile radius, the light and fleshy-gurgling sound that ensued momentarily halting all training as everyone stopped to stare, wondering what new miracle or horror had just been created.

You extend your awareness to the affected trees, and watch with fascination as thousands of slits opened on each tree like the slash of a dagger, before widening into blood-red eyes. Veins of every shade of red and green grew to crisscross the bark of the trees, and odd holes opened around some of the eyes, spaced unevenly away from it but in groups of 3-5.. One particular group of trees' new eyes swiveled as one to stare unblinkingly at a hunting party of five orcs passing through the very edge of the affected area.

Before you realize that this was a recipe for disaster, one tree starts to quiver and quake, and the holes facing the orcs belched forth a dozen tiny projectiles - you observe more closely and find them to be clusters of spores. The other trees in range swiftly followed suit, and the orcs began futilely attempting to dodge the hail of spores.

"Run, run like an elf army!" one orc bellowed heroically, and took off in a dead sprint. Unfortunately for him, the direction he chose was deeper into the corrupted forest. His comrades followed suit, plucking spore clusters off of themselves along with generous servings of skin as they ran. The barrage continued, and you watch as a strange fungus seemed to be spreading across the orcs' flesh.

One by one the orcs slowed and then toppled to the ground, as the infestation covered them completely. But they didn't stay that way. In a matter of seconds, they quivered and rose, a small cloud of spores emanating from them. Silently and with a surprisingly fast lope, they began aimlessly wandering among the trees.

(1d20 : 8 + LifeSkill(2) + ChaosSkill(2) = 12, Life Skill has increased! I made a little table to determine the ensuing characteristics of the mutated trees - eyes and mutagenic fungas, lucky lucky. Not so lucky on the 1d3 roll to determine their alignment, they're hostile to EVERYTHING instead of neutral or friend-or-foe-differentiated. However, you could certainly try to change that if you wished later with another spell.)

You ponder this new development. Well, on the brightside Maher's forces are going to have a hell of a time getting through now. On the not-so-bright side, Grumugga might be a little miffed if she figures out what happened. Then again, this is Grumugga we're talking about so you might be in the clear. Also...

You hurridly project your voice to all worshippers. "I highly advise staying out of the forest for the time being," you tell them. "Er, to be specific, be wary around the trees, do not get too close." You speak just in time to stop a pair of woodcutters from entering the forest (1d3 = 3). The announcement is met with a mixture of puzzlement and apprehension, but by now they trust you enough to heed your words. Word is passed to the priest and baker, the only two not worshipping you in the village.

An hour later, as the moon first showed its face in the darkening sky, you sense some of the corrupted trees firing at something. Your awareness snaps to the spot, and you find yourself staring down at a seemingly-endless line of skeletons and zombies, marching across the border into your territory. A silky chuckle echoes through the dark, twisted woods, and you hear Maher's voice whisper, "And so it begins."

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Donut

Sphere: Chaos, Fire, Life

Chaos skill: 2
Fire skill: 2
Life skill: 3

Mana: 1
Mana Income: 34 + 33(Prayer) - 6(Boon upkeep)
Worshippers: 22

Notable Assets:

Azula: Major Fire Boon, Fire Skill 1, Health 100%
Eldrick: Minor Plant Creation Boon, Life Skill 1, Health 100%
Firejackets: 80
Tiberius: Chaos Golem of Life and Fire, Combat Skill 5, Health 100%
Mile radius of corrupted trees around the village, hostile to everything.
Fungus Spawn: 5

[Corruptor]

Wait! Don't make the ents yet. We wait for the skeletons and zombies and shit to arrive. THEN we make the ents. We'll have more power to do so with, and we can make sure none escape to trouble us later...

Argh, of course I don't see this until I finish the post >.<

[Rolepgeek]

This ought to be fun...

Hehehehe...Make the trees able to burn without being burnt. Light them all on fire. Simple, awesome, effective.

[Koliup]

This seems just a little one sided. I say we use magic to piss off the ents, and send them at the army.
And remember, we can't cast spells directly on/at them. I say we also send out some of the fire jackets to his priests.
Then maybe make a forest maze to confuse the unled undead.

Oh, and later on, we should try animating some animal bones with blue fire, then sending them at our enemies our hand at more genesis. I'm thinking super crops.

[GreatWyrmGold]

This ought to be fun...

Hehehehe...Make the trees able to burn without being burnt. Light them all on fire. Simple, awesome, effective.

Also make them less...omnicidal.

[Jbg97]

This ought to be fun...

Hehehehe...Make the trees able to burn without being burnt. Light them all on fire. Simple, awesome, effective.

Also make them less...omnicidal.

We're Chaos! MORE OMNICIDE. THEN MAKE LIFE TO REPLACE THE LIFE THAT WAS KILLED THEN WIPE OUT THAT LIFE TOO. CIRCLE OF LIFE BITCH.

[Corruptor]

That was a mile radius worth of trees you just corrupted, the ending stats show a grand total of 1 mana left. However, you can of course command existing minions. And your worshippers.

This ought to be fun...

Hehehehe...Make the trees able to burn without being burnt. Light them all on fire. Simple, awesome, effective.

Also make them less...omnicidal.

We're Chaos! MORE OMNICIDE. THEN MAKE LIFE TO REPLACE THE LIFE THAT WAS KILLED THEN WIPE OUT THAT LIFE TOO. CIRCLE OF LIFE BITCH.

Roflmao, goood...

[scapheap]

Order our worshippers in battle stations.

Rolepgeek why? I'm no elves. I like trees for their many uses like fire and war.