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[King Zultan]

Centipede Training - (5): FallacyofUrist, Failbird, Rockeater, D7, King Zultan

[crazyabe]

Centipede training 8
Things could have gone more poorly- the stupid beasts have proven remarkably resistant to training efforts, however we have managed to reduce the number of centipede based issues to them spending several moments consuming the flesh of their individual victims rather then gathering around the first corpse they find and consuming every scrap of it.

Spoiler: Arakia Designs, Magic, Ect (click to show/hide)

-Mundane Equipment-
-Weapons-
 "Razer" sword: A Long and very sharp- if somewhat delicate curved sword, some officers are known to remove their facial hair with theirs -Cheap
 "Headsman" Lance: Long wooden lances, Unwieldy off horseback, but nigh always lethal in a successful charge -Cheap
 "Tontaker" Bow: a Large heavy bow, few people possess the physical strength needed to bend one, let along the dexterity to fire it. -Expensive, Slow
-Armor-
 "Turtle" Plate: expensive Armor made from Iron with some leather sections, Protects against some attacks and comes with an unturning helm, *Only* covers the Head, chest, and Waist. -Expensive
-Other-
 "Hardtrack" Horses: Rather large and bulky horses capable of running with quite a bit of excess weight for quite a while, However they aren't too much faster than a running man. -Expensive
-Magic Equipment-
-Equipment, Resources, Ect-
 Containing circle: A Circular arrangement of magical runes that supposedly keeps weaker magical beings within it until they are explicitly let out. -Expensive
 Runed cage: A Box Made of wrought iron, the bars and surfaces of the cage are carved with runes of containment, similar to those in the Containing Circle. For safety reasons, three walls of the cage are solid with a few air holes, and the fourth is a barred door. -Expensive
-Spells-
 Oath of binding: A rather long recital of magical words that when completed binds magical creatures summoned by the user to their orders. -Easy
 Summon imp: A Fairly simple ritual involving the casters blood and several magical words -Easy
 Summon Fiendish Centipede: A Very easy ritual which involves the use of a very small amount of blood, an animal can be used to bulk summon multiples of the creatures. -Simple
-Minions-
 Imp: Imps are fairly short red humanoids with sharp claws and fangs, they are not very smart but many would be summoners have had their limbs torn off after underestimating ones strength.
 Fiendish Centipede: Skittering multi legged beasts the size of a large dog, they have Razor sharp mandibles and are fairly fast- but are distracted after each individual kill.
-General Knowledge-
Demonology(Apprentice) - Demons are the bloodthirsty inhabitants of the hells.  like most magical creatures, are immortal by many standards, simply reforming in their hell when they are slain.  Because of their half formed souls, demons are fairly simple to twist into forms which best fit the summoner's needs.

It is now the Production phase and thus time to divide limited resources among the three paths of attack.
You Can Maintain enough Constraining circles to Summon and Bind Alternative troops for up to (3) Areas. The number of areas they will be maintained near may be reduced to increase the number of troops in another area.
You Can Produce enough Runed cages to Store Up to (3) "Armys" of Demons.
You Can Produce enough Bows to Arm Either Officers in all (3) areas, or every troop in (1)
You Can Produce enough Plate armor for either Officers in all (3) areas, or every troop in (1)
We have (5) units of our Prized war horses, (1) is enough for every officer in an area, (3) Would make everyone in an area into cavalry.
MINION PRODUCTION
1 "set" of Circles can produce (1) "Army" of Imps, or (3) "armys" of Centipedes - Total

[Shadowclaw777]

Questions? The centipede is still the size of a large dog so it should be threatening?, are they capable of insect/spider climb as in walking/climbing through difficult surfaces with ease, walls, and walking on ceilings; also guess they don’t have a venomous sting to their bite?

Also we can only store 3 Armies of Demons, but can create 9 Armies of Centipedes?, Wait the up to (3) Areas confused me.

[crazyabe]

while They are Not IMMEDIATELY threatening because of their resemblance to large insects, if they get in"melee" range they get VERY threatening.  They are Fairly capable climbers because of their large number of legs, but because of their size ratio they can't climb Hard sheer surfaces nor upside down at all.  No, this batch ISN'T Venomous- your mages couldn't quite "tune" them to that degree before the design phase ended.

Edit- There is a difference between having them hauled out by regular troops while the mages stay back, and having the mages lead them out themselves, as well you can "Store" them up for the next production phase rather then just sending them out.

[Failbird105]

Edit- There is a difference between having them hauled out by regular troops while the mages stay back, and having the mages lead them out themselves, as well you can "Store" them up for the next production phase rather then just sending them out.

Ah, so that is where the cage comes in. Storage means we have three armies of minions we can choose to either send out without putting our mages in harms way, or save for next turn.

[Doubloon-Seven]

Uh, do we have a defined number of circles? The terminology here seems inconsistent.

[Failbird105]

A thought I just had, if our enemies turn out to be using necromancy, then having our centipedes do a bit of 'cleaning up' in battle could be advantageous.

Also, I can try to do a production plan for us myself, but not until I actually wake up tomorrow.

[crazyabe]

Uh, do we have a defined number of circles? The terminology here seems inconsistent.

Clarified.

[Doubloon-Seven]

Okay, hopefully this is correct. I'm assuming that one area is equivalent to one circle here, by the way.

Overarching:
-Arm only Officers with bows.
-Supply only Officers with Plate Armor.
-Raise and store 1 Division of Imps.
-Raise 6 Divisions of Centipedes
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Grasslands:
-Assign 3 Divisions of Centipedes.
-Assign 2 Divisions of Horses.
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Pass:
-Assign 2 Divisions of Centipedes.
-Assign 1 Division of Horses.
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Beach:
-Assign 1 Division of Centipedes.
-Assign 2 Divisions of Horses

[crazyabe]

So just to confirm, No one else is suggesting a plan of action for your side? if the state of things doesn't change we'll continue through the combat phase tomorrow -_{Please note, do to a rather similar state of events on each side, this could be seen as an automated message.}

[Failbird105]

What does transporting our units with cages actually accomplish? The units we have aren't really dangerous enough to need to keep caged, so the only reason to do it is to keep some of the mages out of harms way, and what benefits does that actually provide?

[crazyabe]

Well, Keeping the mages out of harms way can keep a number of things from happening- For example there is nothing at all keeping your demons from Slaughtering more of Your men then the other side if the wizard they were bound by is slain- as all his orders suddenly become Void while whatever he was ordering around gets to stick around until it is "Killed" by one person or another.

[Shadowclaw777]

Here’s a more generalist plan to take advantage of every biome strength, like the pass doesn’t need as much horses and more infantry combat

Overarching:
-Arm only Officers with bows.
-Supply Everyone in the Pass with Plate Armor.
-Store 3 Division of Centipedes.
-Raise 9 Divisions of Centipedes
-------
Grasslands:
-Assign 2 Divisions of Centipedes. (1 “Stored” Divisions, 1 Summoned Divisions)
-Assign 3 Divisions of Horses. (Everyone’s Cavalry)
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Pass:
-Assign 2 Divisions of Centipedes. (2 Summoned Centipede Divisions)
-Assign 1 Division of Horses
-Assign Every Soldier Plate Armor.
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Beach:
-Assign 5 Division of Centipedes (3 Summoned and 2 Stored Centipede Divisions)
-Assign 1 Division of Horses

This approach means that each side has a strength to it, the Beach has a lot of centipede divisions and 40% of them are Stored and it would be effective in a area like that, the Pass has Plate Armor for all soldiers with centipede support, and the Grasslands has a lot of cavalry since it’s a flat area 

[Doubloon-Seven]

Overarching:
-Arm only Officers with bows.
-Supply Everyone in the Pass with Plate Armor.
-Store 3 Division of Centipedes.
-Raise 9 Divisions of Centipedes
-------
Grasslands:
-Assign 2 Divisions of Centipedes. (1 “Stored” Divisions, 1 Summoned Divisions)
-Assign 3 Divisions of Horses. (Everyone’s Cavalry)
------
Pass:
-Assign 2 Divisions of Centipedes. (2 Summoned Centipede Divisions)
-Assign 1 Division of Horses
-Assign Every Soldier Plate Armor.
------
Beach:
-Assign 5 Division of Centipedes (3 Summoned and 2 Stored Centipede Divisions)
-Assign 1 Division of Horses

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So long as it gets a turn through.

[King Zultan]

Overarching:
-Arm only Officers with bows.
-Supply Everyone in the Pass with Plate Armor.
-Store 3 Division of Centipedes.
-Raise 9 Divisions of Centipedes
-------
Grasslands:
-Assign 2 Divisions of Centipedes. (1 “Stored” Divisions, 1 Summoned Divisions)
-Assign 3 Divisions of Horses. (Everyone’s Cavalry)
------
Pass:
-Assign 2 Divisions of Centipedes. (2 Summoned Centipede Divisions)
-Assign 1 Division of Horses
-Assign Every Soldier Plate Armor.
------
Beach:
-Assign 5 Division of Centipedes (3 Summoned and 2 Stored Centipede Divisions)
-Assign 1 Division of Horses

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