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[Doomblade187]

The cataclysm rocked the planes, sending all into chaos. An unknown force had closed off the gates, wounding you and your master, and it was centuries before you were able to reopen the gates to the planes you sought. Your master healed, your beings rejuvenated, you are ready to conquer once more. Your master has offered you designs from their mind, developed over the decades.

You stand in the land of hot sand and darkness, eyeing the portal to the planes you seek to rule.

It is time to march.

Spoiler: ”The First of many choices” (click to show/hide)

The Unholy Pack Contains the designs for Imps, Flame casters, and Shadow blades
   >Imps are short leathery red skinned creatures with small claws and horns, imps have a minor affinity for fire.
   >Flame casters are a form of imp sized stave roughly two feet long, Flame casters shoot small balls of fire roughly several inches across, and require several minutes of time after each shot to recharge.
   >Shadow blades are short, vicious daggers formed from a semiclear crystal with a very sharp edge.
The Berzerk Pack Contains the designs for Orks, Crystal Mauls, and hide armor.
   >Orks are Big, green savage humanoids, they are adept with melee weapons and lack intelligence, Orks suffer from a lethal weakness to silver.
   >Crystal Mauls are long lengths of wood with a chunk of Dark Crystal attached to the end.
   >Hide armor is rough armor formed out of cured skin, tough but weak to piercing.
The Geneforge Contains the designs for Grafters, Darkbile, and the ambush tactic.
   >Grafters are short (4ft), bony creatures crafted from spare parts, they have fanged maws and dull eyes hiding a crafty facade. They possess digging claws and a Darkbile attack.
   >Darkbile is a sticky, highly acidic substance capable of hitting one or two human-sized targets at a time.
   >Digging claws are Darkcrystal claws toughened allowing the Grafters to burrow in soft sand or the equivalent.
   >The ambush tactic is where the units spring up behind their targets to attack unexpectedly, typically approaching from underground.
The Dark Engines Contains the designs for Gearkin and Adamant spears, as well as the swarm tactic.
   >Gearkin are simple humanoids made out of bronze. Oil hisses through their veins and around their gears as they march. They are simple of thought, but strong of arm.
   >Adamant spears are spears made out of Adamant, a divine metal. Strong and light, these work well with your forces but are expensive to make due to their material.
   >The Swarm tactic is a basic tactic where in all units march forward and attack at the same time, without fear and without stopping for their wounded.

And finally, a choice of three champions is offered.

Spoiler: Champions (click to show/hide)

Lich: A humanoid figure shrouded in gloom, this creatures red eyes shine through the dark to cast a judging gaze on all before it. A master of curses, this mage’s gloom shrouds all around.
Kurst: A flesh golem crafted from the bodies of our dead elite, Kurst is a tactician with a focus on brutal, up close combat. He lacks raw power but makes up for it by being able to heal himself, making him very resilient.
Bolter:A low-slung creation of the darkness, the Adamant gears that form this golem softly clink together as it winds up the ballistae mounted on its back. This golem is capable of unleashing deadly barrages at range and destroying towns at range.
Speaker: A humanoid shape of darkness, the clairon call of its creator emanates from its body. All in its way shall be subsumed.

Spoiler: Generic Starting Knowledge (click to show/hide)

Adamant: A divine metal, stronger than bronze but half as heavy, only you and your master know the secrets to its creation.
Dark Crystals: Solidified dark energy, making for strong gem-like weapons that are sharp but brittle.
Etching Darkness: Magical gloom that subsumes all in its path, leaving only smoking acid and empty space.

Central thread
Discord
Planning Spreadsheet

[frostgiant]

I want the dark engines.

I love mechanical, bronze and clanking Gears.

I like the Bolter, fits the theme. and The range attack is good. I also like the lich. Dislike the Speaker.

Army:
The Dark engine (1): Frostgiant

Champions:

Bolter (1):Frostgiant

[piratejoe]

Meanwhile, I want muh demons. Demons have a lot of versitility and can be used to turn our enemies to our own side if we use particular types...then again I'm a bit biased because demonic as a vague term can be used for plenty of things...that and I would not like to see how our gearkin do under water... Also, the speaker seems interesting as they seem to be the kind of person who can easily convert our enemies to our side, which is interesting, but I think I'll stick to last games old set of imps and litch.

Army:
The Unholy Pack (1): Piratejoe
The Dark engine (1): Frostgiant

Champions:

Litch (1):Piratejoe
Bolter (1):Frostgiant

[Hawk132]

Demons are fun. Also, the Speaker looks pretty interesting.

Another also - first time ever joining a Race game.

Army:
The Unholy Pack (2): Piratejoe, Hawk132
The Dark engine (1): Frostgiant

Champions:
Lich (1): Piratejoe
Bolter (1): Frostgiant
Speaker (1): Hawk132

[frostgiant]

Army:
The Unholy Pack (2): Piratejoe, Hawk132
The Dark engine (0):
The Geneforge (1): Frostgiant

Champions:
Lich (1): Piratejoe
Bolter (1): Frostgiant
Speaker (1): Hawk132

Changed to the Geneforge, I like them.

[Taricus]

Army:
The Unholy Pack (2): Piratejoe, Hawk132
The Berzerk Pack (1): Taricus
The Dark engine (0):
The Geneforge (1): Frostgiant

Champions:
Lich (1): Piratejoe
Bolter (2): Frostgiant, Taricus
Speaker (1): Hawk132

A ranged combatant that destroys entire towns? Sign me the fuck up. And it's best to get the orcs; they're versatile, strong and their weakness isn't really a weakness since silver is pretty shit for weapons. We shall spread darkness and fear into the very hearts of our enemy as our armies march upon them.

[piratejoe]

Taricus, Orks aren't very magical...or versatile for anything that isn't charging the enemy with a big stick. Said stick usually being made of metal, and sometimes sharp. Still, Magic is very versatile for fighting, and so to is having a brain for clever and cunning tactics...Besides, think of the opportunities demonic things will give us.

[Taricus]

Demons provide less opportunities than what would would get with orks.

[VoidSlayer]

We could go with automatons and Speaker, then figure out how to make more darkness creatures and use them as minds for the machines.  When the golem is destroyed is when the true danger is unleashed.

Army:
The Unholy Pack (2): Piratejoe, Hawk132
The Berzerk Pack (1): Taricus
The Dark engine (1): Voidslayer
The Geneforge (1): Frostgiant

Champions:
Lich (1): Piratejoe
Bolter (2): Frostgiant, Taricus
Speaker (2): Hawk132, voidslayer

[piratejoe]

I wouldn't say they give us less opportunities, I would go so far as to say they give us more. Orks are good as front line brute force, however they lack intelligence and the ability to really use any kind of magic, meanwhile, Imps while physically week are magically strong and will be able to cast fire at our enemies from range. Magic and demons give us a good starting point to utilize magic and we can fairly easily make a basic front line unit to fill in the gaps. Also, I believe their intelligence being higher then the Orks alone is a good enough reason to pick them over Orks. As where Orks would just charge in no matter what, Imps would actually try to skirmish with the enemy force and get the high ground, among other things that involve more then just rushing the enemy while shouting at the top of their lungs..

[Taricus]

Intelligence is easily fixed. Strength & size is not.

[piratejoe]

It actually is, if the last game is anything to go off of...Really, its just a single design to get something basic that will fill in for the front line grunts. We wont have any large ten foot tall trolls but I think a five foot six would be good enough...And if intelligence is easily fixed, why would slapping on a bit more meat be any different?

[Taricus]

Because we're doing a major physiological change.

[zomara0292]

We could go with automatons and Speaker, then figure out how to make more darkness creatures and use them as minds for the machines.  When the golem is destroyed is when the true danger is unleashed.

Army:
The Unholy Pack (2): Piratejoe, Hawk132
The Berzerk Pack (2): Taricus, Zomara0292
The Dark engine (1): Voidslayer
The Geneforge (1): Frostgiant

Champions:
Lich (1): Piratejoe
Bolter (2): Frostgiant, Taricus
Speaker (3): Hawk132, voidslayer, zomara0292

[frostgiant]

Going to change my vote again.
Moving to my second choice

Army:
The Unholy Pack (2): Piratejoe, Hawk132
The Berzerk Pack (2): Taricus, Zomara0292
The Dark engine (2): Voidslayer, frostgiant
The Geneforge (0):

Champions:
Lich (1): Piratejoe
Bolter (2): Frostgiant, Taricus
Speaker (3): Hawk132, voidslayer, zomara0292