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[Urist Mc Dwarf]

Years ago, a massive army spilled out from the north. They swiftly conquered vast swathes of land. This army was a wicked one, filled with goblins and orcs and bandits. The goodly nations banded together, but many fell before the onslaught. Those who remained were able to build a series of mighty walls, but many lands were still to be fought over. You command a small army consiting of...


Refugees, fleeing the destruction of your homeland
Soldiers from behind the wall, eager to push back the darkness
Warriors from the fought over areas, praying to hold the line
Partisans fighting the wicked from within,
Or mercenaries from a foreign land, fighting for gold and glory.

((Feedback on anything and everything requested please.))

[Urist Mc Dwarf]

The way the game works is based off a combonation of d20 and d100s. The d100s are for background rolls, while d20s are for diplomacy, attacks, and skills in general.

For army building you are given a number(i.e. 200 dwarven warriors and 100 dwarven archers), whom you can divide up however you please.

Spoiler: Other army rules (click to show/hide)

Each unit has morale, losing many troops,being clearly outnumbered, or other things lower their morale. Eventually, the units will break and run. There are several states of morale. They are:
Zealous- Cannot be lowered. This includes beserkers or creatures who cannot feel fear
Eager-Next highest will obey all orders, may chase a fleeing enemy. Usually new recrutits or people excpecting a mop-up
Confident- One of the default states. Will obey all orders, may improvise somewhat
Steady-Other default state. Will simply obey orders
Shaken- Will pursue and attack less eagerly.Will obey most orders, but may not obey things like "go charge recklessly at that massive demon to slow it down"
Wavering-Some individuals will run, will not attack against great odds
Broken-Will retreat in good order. A morale boosting event will bump them up to steady. Will stay and fight if there is nowhere to go
Shattered- Will run. Will not form up unless something hapeens like two hundered angels come to their rescue, or their is nowhere to go.

Each turn, I will roll to see if any units do anything they are not specifically ordered to do so.

All units are assigned a certain number of points. For each you kill points will be added. For each you lose, points will be deducted. Each mission wil have one or more objectives in which you must compelte. These objectives will also earn you points. If you fail them, you may lose points. there are also bonus objectives which you can complete to earn points, but will not lose points if you fail.

Points are used to raise the rank of your army by assigning traits to the commanding officer( you) or special units. These traits also have benefits. Having a higher rank means you will be assigned better troops and harder missions.

Spoiler: Special Units (click to show/hide)

There are three types of specail units. Heroes, generals, and commanders.
Generals are overall commanders in an army. They get a special bodyguard unit. They have traits which apply to the whole army and special abilities as well.
Commanders are officers under the general. The unit must be of a certain size to have one. They have traits which apply to the subset of the army they command and weaker special abilities. They do not get a bodyguard but the unit they command.
Heroes are particularly powerful special units, but do not get a bodyguard unit. They provide a major morale boost and have extremely powerful abilities.

[Urist Mc Dwarf]

Glossary

[Urist Mc Dwarf]

Spoiler: Map of current world (click to show/hide)

Yellow is friendly territory outside of any sort of protection but soldiers
Green is friendly territory protected by a massive wall and other defenses
Red is territory taken over by the Dark Army
White is unexplored or neutral territory
The scattered specks can be considered genrally yellow. They are island chains
Any suggestions for names?

[4maskwolf]

Refugees.

[Sarrak]

Warriors.

[ShadowHammer]

I don't think three reserved posts was really necessary, but better safe than sorry, I guess.

Warriors.

+1

[stabbymcstabstab]

Warriors

and judging how even simple Ideas here turn into massive year long games I see the point of Reserving a few posts.

[Nunzillor]

Refugees!

[Urist Mc Dwarf]

Any more votes?

[Lyeos]

No point in picking the Partisans now, so I suppose I'll vote for the warriors.

[Urist Mc Dwarf]

Your homeland has been threatened by the foul monstrosities. What could you do but attempt to fight it? You and many others have journeyed long to offer your services. As you traveled, everywhere you saw evidence of the war. Great piles of corpses rose up with a stench worse than anything, while besides them soldiers trained and people forged weapons and armor. Everyone had a sword or a knife or a spear or a rock, and they eyed your passing group warily. Every village had a wall or a barricade, and many of the farms had some sort of defense.
 Your home has taken similar precautions, but from the rumors you hear, you doubt they will prove effective. The only things which would prove effective are the Great Wall and the steel of soldiers. Because of that you have come from a...

A. A great mountain fortress(dwarves)
B. A village in the trees(elves)
C. A fey crossing(eladrin)
D. A small village(human)
E. A city(halfling)
F. A hidden warren be beneath the earth(gnome)
G. Somewhere else( other, more exotic races.)

...  To offer what aid you can to the combined forces of the dozens of kingdoms.

[Varee]

Castle of vampire drawf!

[4maskwolf]

A fey crossing

[~Neri]

A hive of Mindflayers.

((I mean, why the hell not?))