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[adwarf]

"Who was that that visited the town last night? What forces does Uordeth have in the area? Is he threatening to siege your town? Have you been attacked?"

As you ask your questions the man waves to you to follow and you both begin walking towards the center of the town where what looks to be a secondary wall has been made from barrels, carts, and the like. Walking in silence for a few moments until the man finally speaks up, clearing his throat he picked up,

"That ... thing you saw last night in the dreams is Uordeth, the demon king of the goblins, or it is at least one of his many forms being the snake he is. For forces we can't be sure, but I'd have to guess at least three of the smaller forest tribes, and one of the bigger mountain tribes from the looks of their banners last they saw us. As for the last two if the bastard wanted to siege or had attacked us we'd not be talking right now, he could break this town within an hour but he has delayed so long to try and avoid accidentally killing one of the children he demands we believe. We have at most three days before he comes crashing down on us, sadly I'm more than sure we will die when he does ..."

With that the man falls silence as he waits for a makeshift gate to open in the improvised wall, it was a sort of slab of stone with some runes and script wrote on it in a language that must have died out centuries ago. Inside you find the wall contains a dozen or so houses and the plaza you had saw in your dream, looking around you see dozens of faces looking at you from windows and alleyways.

The entire population of the town must be smashed in here you thought as the man lead you to a rickety looking inn on the far side of the plaza. Pushing his way inside the gruff soldier plops himself down in a chair worn smooth with use, looking around you find the place to be filled with books, papers, barrels of crude armaments, maps lining the walls, and everything you'd expect to find in a general's tent.

You can tell there is more to this man than you see as you inspect a sword hanging on the wall behind him, a thing that has seen many battles it seems from the dozens of cuts and scuffs on the scabbard, and a thing of some worth from the silver ravens that forms its hilt. Glancing up from a sheaf of paper covered in messy compact script the man stretches a tad bit before speaking up,

"Its a bit rude that I've delayed this long, but my names Omar, I'm the closest thing this town has every had to a mayor and Captain of the Watch according to those that have lived here their entire lives. And since I'm the one with the most influence around here I'd like to ask you to help us in the townspeople's stead, we are fighting a losing war and someone needs to take charge. Who better than a Mage of the Order?

We got three days to prepare, if your willing to help us, and lend us your some of your leadership then I can bring you up to speed on the entire situation otherwise I've got a losing war to plan."

You look at him for a moment, you can see a pleading look in his eyes and weary cast to his demeanor as he waits for your reply ...

[Angle]

Let's do it! That demon is going down.

[adwarf]

Bump cause moral choice needs more votes

[Remuthra]

Let's do it! That demon is going down.

Begin Epic Fight Scene Prep!

[racnor]

Let's do it! That demon is going down.

Begin Epic Fight Scene Prep!

+1

[adwarf]

"I'll help you and kill this demon Uordeth if I can, I am not the strongest of Mages but I will slay him. If I can be of help I will, but I'll need to know more of the situation."

You say and then watch as Omar begins putting papers away to pull out maps, small brown leather bound books, and sheaf after sheaf of paper till his desk is covered in what seems to be an orderly mess. Tapping his finger on one of the books he clears his throat and think speaks up,

"Well then looks like we got a long night ahead of us, I'll fill you in on everything I can from the village's defenses to population to armaments, let's just hope by the end of this we can survive ..."

With that said you begin to pour over the stuff on the desk guided by Omar as he explained various small notations on this paper, or marks on that one, or labels on the map. The first few hours you and Omar spend going over details of the number of people in the village, a total of sixty-five with the conscription having taken its toll, and the armaments available to them. The next few hours before darkness descends is spent going over the map as Omar indicates the location of the four known goblin camps not far from the village, one to guard the north, one the south, one the east, and one the west. It appears the only reason you lived to get here is the goblins innate fear of magic users from the Age of Heavens, when the gods so easily touched the world.

As you finish reading the entirety of the stuff on Omar's desk you sit back and take a look out the window to find night fully upon the village, dozens of braziers light the outer walls, and large bonfires burn within the makeshift wall. Attempts to remove the darkness so the Goblin Murkels won't be able to sneak in and wreak havoc within the village, you let out a slight sigh and begin to ponder what to do. Its quite clear you'll be spending the night hear but is more important is someway to make use of what you do have to prepare, time to plan or sleep you think as you sit back and ponder ...

Spoiler: Personal Status (click to show/hide)

Stats
HP - 8/8
MP - 0/10

Gold - 300

Possessions
- Grimoire of the Mage Ensert Neme
- Book of Soneret the Mad
- Dagger of the Dreamwalker [Allows you to enter the dreams of a nearby person so long as you sleep with this in hand.]

Spells
Lv. 2 Encourage Life - You encourage plants and animals to grow and become stronger. [MP Cost - 3, +2 to casting roll.]
Lash - You summon forth a vine or root buried beneath the earth to give you enemy a good slap. [MP Cost - 4, Damage: 1d6]
Impart Life - Using all your magical powers and a small part of your life force you can bring one of the woods silent guards to life to do as you will it. [MP Cost - 10, Ritual, Required Reagents - One Elf's Tongue, Two Oak Hearts]

Spoiler: Companions/Minions (click to show/hide)

Minions:

Oak Guardian
HP: 14/14
Skills:
Fire Weakness [Takes 2 more damage from all fire based attacks]
Equipment
Branch Fists [Damage: 1d6+2]
Magically Imbued Bark [2 Damage Reduction]

Spoiler: Your Tower (click to show/hide)

Third Floor
Your Bedroom
- Nothing

5 Warded Storerooms
- Dagger of Dreams
- 10/50 Vials of Lesser God Blood
- 48 Empty Storage Slots

Second Floor
Study
- Map of the County [Displays your tower, the nearby village, two outlying villages, and a large city far to the north]
- Warded Desk
   - 3 Empty Storage Slots

Kitchen
- Well Stocked Pantry [50 Units of Food (1 Unit of food feeds a person for a day]
- Fair Quality Kitchen [Can Produce meals fit for your average merchant]

15 Quest/Servant Bedrooms
- Empty

First Floor
- Tower Throne

Basement
- Fair Quality Summoning Circle [+4 to summoning rituals, protects you from demons of fairly weak power]

10 Storerooms
- 100 Units of Food
- 400 Empty Storage Units

Spoiler: The Village of Talinth (click to show/hide)

Population: 33 Youths, 18 Women, 4 Elders, 10 Children

Buildings
----The Village Wall----
Northern Gate
Southern Gate
Two towers on the northern side of the wall
Two towers on the southern side of the wall
Two towers on the eastern side of the wall
Two towers on the western side of the wall

----Within the actual Walls----
Three Dozen Houses
Three Warehouses
The 'Prancing Drake' Inn
The 'Lucky Horseshoe' Tavern

---The Makeshift Wall---
One gate facing the north gate
One tower on the south wall (Converted from a House)
One tower on the east wall (Converted from a house)
One tower on the west wall (Converted from a house)

----Within the makeshift Walls----
The Mayor's residence (Omar's House)
A Dozen Houses
Three Wells (The town's main source of water)
Two Smithies
A Barracks
The Plaza (Generally used as a marketplace in more peaceful times)

Town Militia

Omar
HP: 8/8
Skills:
Expert Swordsman [Gains a +1 to his accuracy]
Inspiring Figure [People find themselves wanting to be braver when they fight alongside this man.]
Aged [Enemies get a +1 to hit when attacking Omar due to the toll his old age is taking on him.]
Equipment
Great Craftsmanship Shortsword [Damage: 1d4+2]
Raven Sword []
Leather Armor [1 Damage Reduction]

15 Youths
HP: 6/6
Skills:
Green [These Youths are easier to break morale wise without good leadership.]
Equipment
Good Craftsmanship Hunting Bows [Damage: 1d4, Ranged]
Hunting Knives [Damage: 1d2]

10 Youths
HP: 6/6
Skills:
Green [These Youths are easier to break morale wise without good leadership.]
Equipment
Good Craftsmanship Spears [Damage: 1d3, Reach]
Leather Armor [1 Damage Reduction]

Equipment
8 Shortswords [Damage: 1d3]
12 Leather Bucklers [Block Chance: 10%]
10 Good Craftsmanship Hunting Bows [Damage: 1d4, Ranged]
24 Hunting Knives [Damage: 1d2]

Supplies
Food for two months
A warehouse full of lumber
A dozen firewood piles
Two crates of Copper Ores
A crate of Iron Ores
A Crate of copper bars
Five barrels of Pitch/Oil

Spoiler: GM Notes (click to show/hide)

Weapons with Ranged are generally only able to be used at a distance. Weapons with Reach get a free attack against an enemy not using a reach weapon. Equipment (generally shields) with block chance have that high of a chance to block an incoming attack.

If you guys have any problems with the current format of things like the details in the Village of Talinth spoiler then tell me and I'll get to work to a better looking and hopefully more organized format if you want If there is something you want to know about the surrounding area of the village, or some detail about the town that your not clear on go ahead and ask since now is the time for you guys to give suggestions on battle/war preparations.

[racnor]

we should use encourage life on Omar to ameliorate his age in the morning/before a fight.

[adwarf]

we should use encourage life on Omar to ameliorate his age in the morning/before a fight.

This will work, but if you fail in making the spell work the first time you'll be unable to try a second time. Being a non magic user if you put to much magical power into him you could kill him with it.

[Angle]

Hmm. Could we use encourage life to make our minion stronger?

[adwarf]

Hmm. Could we use encourage life to make our minion stronger?

Yeah but it'd take a lot of work plus the more you use it on the guardian the larger he will become so he'll not be able to fit indoors (he can't fit in anything other than perhaps palaces, castles and the first floor of your tower as is ). As you use encourage at life he'll get larger, and stronger but eventually it'll stop having an effect on him since Nature can't make a tree surpass its potential growth.

[adwarf]

Changed all positive ability colors to blue instead of green cause it looks better, and less confusing with the HP being the same color

[adwarf]

Bumpb for actions, sorry if I didn't make it clear but you can plan what to do for the rest of the day and the day after. And any plans/ideas/ suggestions you have for the coming battle you can give to Omar

[Angle]

hmm. well, I guess we get a good night's sleep.

Can we get the townspeople to bolt some kind of armor onto our minion? So that it lasts better?

[adwarf]

hmm. well, I guess we get a good night's sleep.

Can we get the townspeople to bolt some kind of armor onto our minion? So that it lasts better?

Yeah, you could use the copper (which is weaker but you have alot more of it to spare) or the iron (alot stronger than the copper but you have so little of it) to make him the armor.

[Gentlefish]

Figure out a battle plan is our first step tonight.

Get the youngin's rallied around the old man. Have them keep him safe, and he'll keep them motivated.

Get them armored in something more than cloth. Give the old man the iron, and suit all the kids in copper.

Use what's left to bolster our minion and ourself.