Stockade Skirmish - Turn Ten - Finale

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Stockade Skirmish - Turn Ten - Finale

Post by Kommander Ken » Mon Aug 17, 2015 8:15 pm

This is it folks, the final turn for the long-winded Stockade Skirmish. This turn's gonna be a little different in that I'm going to be separating it in "parts". At this point, all surviving units are pretty much already in each others' faces and all it's gonna take are a few more dice rolls to decide the fate of the stockade.

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Draklon Raiders (Silent-Sigfig):




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The mounted spearman charges over the pine tree, hoping to break Frostborne’s small formation.





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The gar spear-bearers react by killing his horse, disrupting the spearman as he falls backward.





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The Iron Crossbow fires.





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The heavy bolt streaks toward a pine tree.





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And hits home, splashing fire against the upper part of the pine.





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The tree seems to groan as it splits in half, ominously leaning toward where Farcus and another swordsman are at.





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"Oh, gods,” Farcus gasps, “scatter!”





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He turns and tackles his companion and they both bail just barely out of harm's way.





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The top of the pine lies smoldering just an inch away.





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“Bah!” Lucer raises from his cover and points toward the stockade’s last line of defense. “Charge! Cut those petty little, shite-for-brains down!"





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Archers string their bows and let loose a volley.





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A couple miss, but there's still enough damage to dispatch a spearbearer.





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The rest of the soldiers jump the tree in hopes of mopping the rest up, but don't do anything effective.





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The small group of macemen move up toward the flank, raising their flails in hopes of crushing some skulls.





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A response action from a villager might just crush the macemens' hopes instead.





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He knocks over the giant barrel of partially-frozen water, the liquid oozing out toward the macemen.





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A maceman's legs are frozen to the ground, rendering him immobile. The rest of the macemens' movements are halved.





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Lucer moves up and takes a jab at an unsuspecting spearbearer, but his damage roll is crap.





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The Iron Crossbow moves up behind Lucer, looking for new targets.





Undead Sentinels (Lawmaster):


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The two surviving sentinels get up and sneak over to the greater dire wolf's hind quarters.





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This was seriously both their attack rolls.






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With such a bad crit-fail, the two are properly punished. The dire wolf kicks them back, sending them both flying.





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This sentinel's corpse gets lodged in the top of the stockade.





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The other rolls down the stairs but isn't dead, only disrupted.





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The Highlord turns and confronts Ken and his dire wolf, wielding his newly-crafted staff.





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With a swing of his staff the Highlord strikes the dire wolf's face, but doesn't quite kill it.





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The Highlord then jumps back an inch out of the wolf's reach, surprisingly quick for a rotted corpse.
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Re: Stockade Skirmish - Turn Ten

Post by Kommander Ken » Mon Aug 17, 2015 8:34 pm

Frostborne Reinforcements (RedRover):


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The remnants of the spearbearer formation take down their assailants.





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A pair of rangers take out a spearman.





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The rangers grouped at the battlements fire a volley.





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And dispatch a maceman who manged to sneak past the Frostborne ground troops.





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Ken's dire wolf leaps onto the Highlord. He attempts to redshirt, but the roll is too low to sacrifice his only surviving sentinel disrupted at the stairs.





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The Highlord is crushed under the dire wolf's weight as a result.





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With the undead mostly dealt with, Ken directs the wolf back down to the battle below.





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They land among the Frostborne ranks, surveying the battlefield thus far. "Hey guys, what'd we miss?"





Frostborne Warriors (Dienekes22):


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Farcus bellows and charges toward Lucer, getting ready for a heroic feat.





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"I've had enough of this!" With barbaric strength, he tackles Lucer to the ground.





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"Gaaagghhh! You-"





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Farcus moves in for the kill, but Lucer tanks the killing blow like a boss, critting his armor roll.





Frostborne Villagers (Sir Sporktimus):


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One villager kills the half-frozen macemen, while the other who tipped the barrel over attacks, but fails to do damage.





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The Pacifass attempts to do something to the Iron Crossbow, but fails and just stands there looking stupid.



*Stay tuned for part two!*

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Re: Stockade Skirmish - Turn Ten

Post by Kommander Ken » Fri Aug 21, 2015 7:35 pm

Draklon Raiders (Silent-Sigfig):

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A Draklon spearman tried to gore Farcus, but his damage output is too low to do anything.





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Lucer hops back up and sneers at Farcus, “quick to anger are we, scum? Lemme show you real wrath!"





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With an overhead swing, Lucer’s greatsword aims to split Farcus in hand, but he parries. “Dangit,” grumbles Lucer.





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“Do you even know how to use that thing?” Farcus replies wrly while readying his counterattack.





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The damage roll would have been fatal to Lucer, were it not for his trusty redshirt, who gets totally decapitated. “Or do you just talk and hide behind bodyshields?”





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"Of course not! They're called tactics! A barbarian wouldn't know that word I guess."





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The archer formation let loose another volley.





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Their damage only overcomes a single target, leaving only remnant of the spearbearer formation.





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The Iron Crossbow swivels to place its crosshairs on Ken and his wolf.





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He critfails. Again.





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The Iron Crossbow jams again, igniting a spark where a bolt would normally exit out of.





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The last maceman makes a desperate swing at a villager, but his damage is paltry even for him.





Undead Sentinels (Lawmaster):

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The last of the undead gets up and shambles toward the fray.





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He wanders in range of Frostborne bowman response fire and gets dispatched.

UNDEAD SENTINELS ELIMINATED!





Frostborne Reinforcements (Redrover):

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Ken’s dire wolf leers at the Iron Crossbow. “Fancy playing with that shiny toy over there, bud?” Ken would ask the wolf.





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It seems to agree and it leaps several inches across the battlefield, front paws reaching out.





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The greater dire wolf crushes the Iron Crossbow and it’s the lifeless pilot is thrown some inches away.





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Enraged by the death of his brethren, this gar spearbearer takes a stab at an archer, but doesn’t deal any damage.





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A couple rangers move up and add their arrows to the fray.





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They manage to take out a single archer.





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Icebreakers gang up on the last maceman and mash him up under their hammers.





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They then move up alongside the villagers (Sir Sporktimus) on Draklon’s flank.





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The tides seemed to have turned on the Draklon raiders, Farcus confronts Lucer as his forces move in, Ken and his dire wolf behind him.





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“So, what was that about this being ‘Draklon-owned land’? I think it’s ours now,” growls Farcus.

Ken’s dire wolf takes a step forward and Ken smiles. "Yeah I think that’s pretty safe to say now, isn’t it?” he said as-a-matter-of-factly.





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Lucer takes a couple steps backward. "Perhaps I underestimated you... Frostbornians."





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The remnants of Draklon’s forces, three measly archers, turn tail and start fleeing the battle.





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"Oi! I never said to retreat yet! You yellow-bellied pieces of- Ah, to hell with it."





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The archers continue their retreat, unheeded by their leader's objections.





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"Fine! Victory is yours, but don't think you won't hear from us again."





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Lucer does as any great leader does and joins his retreating troops back into the depths of the pines.


The Draklon Raiders have been defeated!

Frostborne has defended the stockade and claimed victory! (except for the stolen loot)


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Re: Stockade Skirmish - Turn Ten

Post by Kommander Ken » Fri Aug 21, 2015 8:07 pm

Faction Total kills:


Frostborne Villagers (Sir Sporktimus): 8

Frostborne Warriors (Dienekes22): 9

Frostborne Reinforcements (RedRover): 15

Norse Warriors (Scratch): 7 - objectives accomplished

Draklon Raiders (Silent-Sigfig): 13

Undead Sentinels (Lawmaster): 3

~~~


I'd like to thank everyone who took part in this battle for their patience and encouragement during this whole process. It's been extremely fun orchestrating everyone's turns and seeing how things turned out at the end of each one. Thanks for playing guys, and I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did!

Also, stay turned for the epilogue. I'll be posting that soon.

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Re: Stockade Skirmish - Turn Ten - Finale

Post by Kommander Ken » Fri Aug 21, 2015 10:45 pm

The Aftermath


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The clamor of battle has faded and the surviving warriors and villagers collected their bearings and regrouped around Farcus, who stood atop a fallen horse and looked as if he were ready to give an inspiring speech.

“Brothers,” the man began, “we have won!” The Frostbornians around Farcus cheered in unison, lifting their steel in the air.

“The invaders were but twigs against an avalanche. And we,” he grinned sheepishly, “were the avalanche!”

“Truly this was a test of our might and adaptation, and I know now that Frostborne will conquer this new world!”





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Ken smiles as he watches the gathering unfold, happy to stay out of the limelight.




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Nearby, a familiar figure washes up ashore.




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Haldor turns onto his back, looking partially frozen solid but very much alive.




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He manages to raise to his feet and shambles almost mindlessly toward the gathering nearby.




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What in the… Haldor?! You’re… you’re alive!”




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Haldor tries to say something, but his lips are practically frozen shut. “Guys, c’mere and lend me a hand!” A villager says.




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Another villager quickly moves to the other side of Haldor, helping the man back to his feet.




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“Gods, Haldor,” gasps Farcus, “get that man to the stockade and keep him warm!”





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Stranger things have probably happened during the battle.




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Stranger things indeed...






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~The End~

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Re: Stockade Skirmish - Turn Ten - Finale

Post by RedRover » Sat Aug 22, 2015 12:34 am

Fun battle! Thank you for hosting!

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Re: Stockade Skirmish - Turn Ten - Finale

Post by Dienekes22 » Sat Aug 22, 2015 6:46 pm

Great battle! Sorry I couldn't be more active with all the internet troubles.
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Re: Stockade Skirmish - Turn Ten - Finale

Post by Kommander Ken » Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:17 am

Wasn't a problem, man. I'm glad everyone enjoyed themselves. You can probably expect more from me in the future. :omnom:

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Re: Stockade Skirmish - Turn Ten - Finale

Post by Duerer » Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:21 am

Yup, that was indeed a great battle. I like, how much effort you put into building the whole battlefield.
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Re: Stockade Skirmish - Turn Ten - Finale

Post by Kommander Ken » Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:34 am

Thanks! It was half the fun. I almost feel bad taking it apart in the next few days, but I need room for more Brikwarsy things. I gotta tell ya though, this thing is dusty as hell. I think it's been over a year now since I started building the whole thing.

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