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[Ozarck]

I kinda wish our gate and walls had held a tad longer. It's kinda what those defensive structures are for. I wonder if our side had any bonuses to attack and defense from being on the proper side/top of said structures? I know this question is a little late, but it's been niggling at the back of my - niggling? is that right? Is that even a thing?

[WhitiusOpus]

You mean nagging?

[The Froggy Ninja]

Yes, yes it is.

[Ashsaber]

Under normal circumstances there would've been.

I had entirely forgotten about high ground advantage. 

(I had considered the walls to be wooden walls good for stalling instead of guarding outright, since this was a fairly small village, so I didn't think that far.)

EDIT:
I can see that everyone submitted their turns. However, I has a sick. So this'll be delayed until my brain stops hurting.

EDIT2:
Not sick now.

[Ashsaber]

More changes!
Since I have a map now I won't track unit status anymore.
This means battles (in the future) would be more skewed in favor of the players.

-Turn 3-

Resolutions
Martigan is attached to Martigan's Unit (Light Range).
Bobert is attached to Bobert's Unit (Light Melee).
Robert is attached to Robert's Unit (Heavy Melee).
Harold is attached Heavy Melee A.
Camille is attached to Camille's Rangers. (Light Range)

Actions

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Martigan abandons the walls and retreats to the town center.
Bobert takes a Light Melee unit on the left (of where? the gate?)
Camille joins up with Martigan and retreates to the town center.
Robert attempts to fight his way through the four enemy heavy infantry squads to hit the enemy General that should be on the battlefield somewhere.
Harold rallies the remaining troops and retreat to the Marketplace.

Gate house
Robert leads his Unit straight into the gates!
They are now engaged with the enemy's Heavy infantry!
Friendly
Attack: Roll + 2(Avatar) + 1 (Desperation) - 1 (Outnumbered) - 5 (Equip Difference)
Checks: 25 + 5 (Equip Difference) + 10 (Numbers)
Roll: 89. Pass.
Damage: 79. Major Effect.

Counter: Roll - 1(vs Avatar) + 1 (Superior Numbers) + 5 (Equip Difference)
Check: 25 - 5 (Equip Difference)
Roll: 22. Pass.
Damage: 92. Massive Effect.

Robert's charge slams straight into the enemy troops and he (and his men) attack for massive damage!
The enemy Heavy Infantry counterattacks with better swords and kill almost everyone!
(Attempting to break through a few lines of heavier-than-thou infantry while on foot usually doesn't end well)

Robert's Attacks: 4 Rolls + 4 (Modifiers) + 10 (Avatar) - 5 (Equipment)
Rolls: 65, 94, 50, 93. Check: 25 +5. Pass.
Momentum: Major
Damage: 48, 58, 3, 18. Effect: Moderately Minor.
Counters: 4 Rolls - 10 (Avatar) +5 (Equipment) +5 (Modifiers)
Rolls: 64, 4, 29, 80.
Damage: 89, 2, 71. Counter Effect: Great.
KillCheck: 78, 69 vs 50 (+25 Avatar), 1 Pass
Robert dives into the enemy lines and drives deep into their numbers!
Unfortunately the enemy have sharp stabby swords and no reason to stop using them!
Robert has been wounded! Robert Wounds: 1

Bobert, Martigan, Camille, and Harold all retreat from the walls!
Martigan retreats from wall.
Roll: 31 vs 50. Fail.
Effect: 37. Moderate Fail.
Martigan and the remnant of his unit retreats from the walls!
But they get intercepted by enemy Heavy infantry and lose some more men!

Bobert reinforces a route on the left.
Roll: 27 vs 50. Fail.
Effect: 64. Moderate Fail.
Unsure as to where Bobert wanted them to guard the men rally to the path left of the Marketplace!
The other half rallies to the left of the gatehouse!

Camille retreats with Bobert.
Roll: 47 vs 50. Fail.
Effect: 13. Major Fail.
Camille retreats along with Bobert, and was forcibly intercepted by the enemy Heavy troops!

Harold rallies whoever's left and heads to the Marketplace.
Roll: 53 vs 50. Pass.
Effect: 88. Major Success.
Harold manages to rally the remaining militia and fortify the center square!

Skill gains
Robert: Violence, Combat, Evasion, Endurance, Blood Knight
Martigan: Evasion, Combat, Defense, Leadership, Focus
Bobert: Tactics, Strategy-Defense, Leadership, Knowledge, Communications
Camille: Evasion, Ambush, Combat, Luck, Withdraw
Harold: Leadership, Rally, Inspiration, Command, Fame-Respect

Other Actions
Bobert attempts to cast a spell!
Roll: 81. Check: 50 + 40. Fail.
Effect: 66. Moderate Fail.
Bobert attempts to cast a spell but fails to produce anything of interest!
For the record: I interpreted Bobert's background info as "Dude finding a book in library and getting pulled into (psuedo)medieval ages, therefore he can't really cast spells by pure trial and error.

Bobby attempts to build something!
Roll: 79. Check: 50 + 10. Pass.
Effect: 54. Moderate Success.
Bobby successfully jury-rigged a small, scrap-launching catapult!

Skill gains
Bobert: None.
Bobby: Construction, Focus, Craftsman, Create - Siege, Quality Assurance

Final Tallies
Camille's unit is down to only its head!
Martigan's unit is down to, like, one or two people!
Robert's unit is destroyed! Robert is engaged with the enemy! Robert is surrounded by the enemy!
Harold has rallied the remainder of the units! They are (technically) under his command!
Bobert is...doing just fine, actually.
Bobby has built a catapult in a very short amount of time! Odds are it's only good for a shot or two.

Remaining Units

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Friendly
Heavy Melee: 4 Squads. 4 Strong.
Light Melee: 6 Squads, 5 Strong, 1 Moderate.
Light Range: 4 Squads.
Losses: Somewhere around 150 men now.

Enemy
Heavy Melee: 4 Squads. 4 Engaged.
Light Melee: 10 Squads. 8 Strong, 2 Moderate.
Light Range: 6 Squads. 6 Strong, 2 Wavering.
Light Horse: 4 Squads. 4 Optimal.
Losses: Almost 100 men.

Environment

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 Allied reinforcements have arrived!

-MOAR FLUFF-

The map has labels now!

Map Key:
Rectangles are Light Melee.
Circles are Light Range.
Pentagons are Heavy Melee.
Triangles are Cavalry.

Friendly Morale: Even. (Facing professionals, Taking losses, but most of the scared guys are dead, so...)
Enemy Morale: Dropping. (Facing Ragtag bunch, Routed friends, Facing down an Avatar of the War God.)

Other:
It is now Afternoon.

GM Notes:

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The reason why Bobert is getting such rediculously high checks is because I am interpreting his backstory as "guy finds book (in modern times) gets transported to the (psuedo)medieval world. Thus he can't really cast spells just by guesswork.

Interpreted character backgrounds (relative to the active game world's time)
Bobert: From THE FUTURE
Martigan: From THE FUTURE as well.
Harold: From THE PRESENT!
Bobby: FROM THE FUTURE still.
Camille: FROM THE PRESENT!
Robert: FROM THE FUTURE!

The whole "you don't know how to do this" is only visibly enforced against Bobert because he's trying to use things that definitely would not work without prior practice. Imagine being told to build a Bicycle from the ground up; we know how it's supposed to work and what it's supposed to look like but actually making it is another story.

Also now would be a good time to mention that although there is no language barrier (right now) everyone is effectively illiterate (The farmers had no reason to read and write and the FUTURE people are FUTURE people). This'll only show up if you decide to draft, say, a letter of commendation and roll severe fails (make a scroll of summon giant Cuttlefish monster instead).

As far as gameplay goes, you're still free to do as you please; the only penalty is a higher check value.

I try to make sure failed actions can still be manipulated for positive outcomes.

YOU
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Size: Six Followers
RECRUIT REDSHIRTS TO INCREASE SiZE

Status: Good.

Money: 1

Equipment: Clothes

Your Group
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Bob McRobertson
: Clothes
: Book of Lv1 Freeform Spellcasting.

Mad Martigan
: Clothes
: 50 Money

Harold Derpsin
: Clothes
: Sickle tied around a stick

Bobby Peterson
: Clothes
: Hammer (Tool)

Robert McBobertson
: Clothes
: Box of Sandpaper (Tool)
: Wooden Shiv (Slightly Disappointed)
: Thin Wooden Stick
: Spiked Wooden Staff

Camille Sten (Girl)
: Clothes
: Pitchfork (Extra-sharp)

===============
 Current News
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 The Nation of MostlyNotEngland and DefinitelyNotFrance are gearing up for war. Border towns of the two nations are recruiting infantry and levies to face the impending bloodshed.
 A minor skirmish has broken out on the border of ProbablyNotFrance and MaybeNotItaly. Exact situation unknown.
 The Seven tricks to staying young the Church don't want you to know!

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Arbitrary headcount is maxed.
What should you do?

As the battle is winding down.
1. YOU represents the group. It could use a more definitive name.
2. YOU the group could use a definitive leader. (doesn't have to be a player character)
3. you can opt to play as your character or YOU as a whole. (not mutually exclusive)
3b. This means you can give orders to all player characters (however, the owner of that player still gets the final say on their orders)
4. If you travel away from YOU then you can only give orders to yourself (likewise you can't give orders to characters that are neither yours or with YOU).

Next turn deadline is...Sunday? I dunno.
I'll do it earlier if everybody turns their turn in earlier. No promises tho'.

[The Froggy Ninja]

I volunteer as leader.
I smite them with the might of my patron god Ares. (I call upon the Wrath of the Heavens.)

[EmeraldWind]

OC: I'm perfectly fine with that... as I thought we were in modern times to start with...


Bobert thinks we should fortify the alley we're in. It may be possible to force the enemy in single file.

>Bobert stays attached to his current group.
>Bobert orders the group to create a choke point by piling anything they can find onto the sides of the alley.
>Bobert also orders the men to keep anything they find that may be of some use and report to him what it is.

[Donuts]

Bobby shall roll up the catapult to our guys, and fire on the enemies! Also scavenge anything good on the way.

"Do not worry, I shall save you guys!"

EDIT: We could also use a skills page or something.

[Ozarck]

I suggest either one of the characters with Leadership skill (Martigan, Harold, Bobby), OR a non-introduced character (Call him ... Murdoch). If Martigan gets the spot, I suggest a dual-lead role with Camille. At the moment, Harold is in the best leadership position (with the best stats, it appears), while Robert is in the best "almost famous last stands" position.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Camille heads back to attach herself to one of the remaining ranged groups. She then instructs them to fire arrows like crazy to cover Robert's attack/retreat.

[WhitiusOpus]

Harold volunteers for leader
Because I do have the leadership stats, after all. Unless someone more qualified comes along, if vote for myself. With as little ego as possible.

Harold gives a rallying speech to the men!

Defensive posture! Hold the current position.
Wait for the reinforcements to help clean up the enemy.

If I'm chosen to lead:
1. YOU shall be changed to INSERT YOUR VOTE HERE until further notice (or voting)
2. Vote for Harold as leader.
3. I vote for Harold to give orders to INSERT VOTE HERE as a whole, but the players, of course, have the final say of what they want to do.

3b. And 4. Are arbitrary.

[Ashsaber]

Skill page, he says. as if you'd get any sort of useful info from that.

Bobert McRobertson

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0   Arcane Knowledge - Reading
1   Communication
1   Formations
1   Knowledge
2   Leadership
1   Literary Paranoia
1   Organize
1   Strat-Defense
2   Tactics
1   Taunt
1   Throwing

Mad Martigan

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1   Ambush
1   Bow
1   Combat
1   Defense
1   Evasion
2   Focus
1   Improv
1   Intimidate
2   Leadership
2   Lying
1   Marksman
2   Tactics
2   Taunt

Harold Derpsin

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1   Block
3   Combat
1   Command
1   Fame - Fear
1   Fame-Respect
2   Farming
1   Inspiration
2   Leadership
1   Quality Assurance
1   Rally
1   Sword

Bobby Peterson

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1   Construction
1   Craft Armor
1   Craft Weapon
1   Crafting
2   Craftsman
1   Create-Siege
1   Destroy Equip
1   Focus
1   Heavy Handed
2   Quality Assurance
1   Salvager

Robert McBobertson

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1   Blessed
2   Blood Knight
2   Combat
1   Communion
1   Crafting
1   Defense
1   Evasion
1   Fame-Awe
1   Fame-Fear
1   Holy
1   Leadership
1   Overkill
1   Precision
1   Scavenger
3   Violence

Camille Sten

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1   Ambush
1   Anticipation
1   Bow
3   Combat
1   Endurance
1   Evasion
1   Farming
2   Focus
1   Hydrophobia
1   Leadership
1   Luck
1   Marksman
1   Rally
1   Swimming
1   Taunt
1   Withdraw

For the record the team leader's leadership skill would only come into use if he leads a squad by himself.

Also there are no real stats in the game, because that would require effort (and a little too much housekeeping).

[Ozarck]

I nominate the team's kitten, Mr. McFluffles, as the leader of our group, "The Glorious Arm of Knitting." (Or the Ravens ... that works too. Also, The Black Legion is good, if you prefer a literary reference.) THe kitten is black with long whiskers. Beware his noxious catbreath!

[WhitiusOpus]

Looking over the sheet, it's really tied between me and Martigan. We could co-lead, Martigan could lead, or I could lead our team. We're tied for leadership, but (s)he has higher Tactics and I have higher Combat.

[Ashsaber]

Depending on how you play it (and how mean / lazy I get), but...

as a general rule of thumb:
Player based leaders should consider these things:
-How a leader presents him/herself is important to getting new contracts (dependent upon if the offerer in question values that kind of thing)
-How well a leader fights affect team morale (for the groups that value that kind of thing)
-How well a group looks (clean and tidy and full of POWER OVERWHELMING) affects the quality and quantity of recruits (may not entirely be a good thing)
Among other things that would be considered as the game goes on.

A fluffed leader (a puppet, almost) has none of these things to worry about (would be sending delegates to do hirings, etc)
-But puppet leaders can also have things happen via random luck.

So the end process is higher risk vs higher rewards with a player leader and a more stable group with a puppet leader.

As it stands now: While the group doesn't officially exist (it will once the battle ends) Martigan is the implicit leader by the sheer virtue of having money.


One final note.

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Because magic exists in this game non-human races also exist.
You get to pick one at the end of this battle, so just keep it in mind for now. I will be adding others as time goes by.

Human
+Bonus to diplomacy (1 saving throw)
-Malus to diplomacy (depends on who you talk to, they can either be fair or hate you enough for this to happen)
:Humans are one of the primary races in this world, and boast the dubious honor of being adept at all, master of none, and generally being only adequately useful.
*Can be grouped to do anything without screwing up too hard.

Elves
+Bonus to precision (anything shooty does more damage)
+Bonus to charisma (really, really pretty. May be good for dealing with people that like that kind of thing)
-Poor offense magic (attack magic deals less damage)
-Bad reputation (being really pretty has its issues)
:Elves are one of the primary races in this world; they are the undisputed holders of culture, prestige, and shooting people in the eyes. From a very high place very far away. They used to live in forests back when it was cool.
*Elves are shooty or line-y. They're not attack casters so elven groups are either rangers or incredibly sturdy line infantry (if magic is involved)

Kobolds
+Bonus to sneaking (1 saving throw)
+Bonus to stabbing (go for the knees! Bonus damage with knives.)
-Malus to combat (small size; takes more damage)
-Cowards (Morale goes down faster)
:Kobolds are one of the primary races in this world. While numerically superior by a large margin their general xenophobia and short attention span prevents them from doing anything serious.
*Kobold groups will tend to be either vast and unskilled or extremely small and ninja-esque. Conservation of Ninjutsu at its finest.

Avians
+Flight (of course)
+Bonus to Charges (2 bonus effect throws) <~ this means charges will almost always result in massive enemy losses. Corresponds to how large the unit is, of course, but...
-Malus to Defense (light bones) <~ Can be fixed with heavy armor, but it tires them out faster.
-Malus to Diplomacy (Sparta with wings)
:The proud Avian Warriors are highly sought after for their raw power in battle. People seem to forget that Avian casualties in wars tend to be astronomically high though.
*Flies, charges, and can ram themselves into an enemy line amazingly deep. Then they kind of get killed because stabs go both ways.


Even with races there are differences within those races (you can find Humans that are really good at diplomacy, for example) so...yeah. I guess. I don't want to turn this into a numbers game so we'll see how it goes.