Discussion for a Kingdom of ashes

[Archon]

better late then never?

hey look, "it's me a'Mario!"
or mik as the case may be. here are my two cents after reading ALL of the posts at once(i'm a binger).
the guerilla war sounds like the best idea. i say we route the women and children west to the major cities as we the heroes and every available person with a sharp pointy stabber hold back the tides of darkness just long enough to get the bulk of the refugees out. while the refugees head west, we draw the horde's fire as we head towards Khaz Modan. all the while fighting as Jerimiah said: utilizing ambush and evasion tactics with ranged weaponry. once we get to Khaz Modan we can take out whatever pursuit forces the horde sent after us, mind you their dragons will be quite ineffective in an underground battle. once those forces are defeated, we send word to the refugees about our state, maybe trying to escort them to Khaz Modan. meanwhile we send word to all of those that will listen of the current plight and our plan to battle it. while all of this is going on we train and operate agaisnt the Horde in Oceanus.
my two cents.
mik aka "Sexy"

 

[Archon]

and another thing!

oh, and sunday will work, but i'm free after the parade on saturday.

 

[The_Universe]

Okay--here's the deal! I think we should play saturday (since Kat and Greg are both out all weekend) around 4:30/5:30. Does that give people enough time to get here?

Or, does everybody prefer sunday (becaus if you all do, we can certainly play then)?

Friday, those of us who are free should go see the movie, and then maybe play something that's not an RPG--maybe Munchkin? Star Munchkin? Double Dash? Super Monkey Ball?

 

[The_Universe]

oh, and sunday will work, but i'm free after the parade on saturday.

You in for the flicks tomorrow night? Any preference on a film? Both?

Jeremiah--what about you? Tim? I know that Gertie, Kat, and Greg are busy...that leaves you guys.

 

[Archon]

i'm a gunna win!

errr!! i hate playing without people but if we have to then i vote for later saturday, although i'm not sure exactley when i'll be done. as for friday, count me in and count on me doing most the paying. i got my bonus and i want to celebrate by spending a small portion on my friends.
mik aka "Mik"

 

[The_Universe]

errr!! i hate playing without people but if we have to then i vote for later saturday, although i'm not sure exactley when i'll be done. as for friday, count me in and count on me doing most the paying. i got my bonus and i want to celebrate by spending a small portion on my friends.
mik aka "Mik"

Well, we can just not play...

But, if playing without people is going to stop us it may be the middle of april before we play in this campaign again...lots of people going to be gone in the next little while. Ugh.

I was under the impression that we wanted to play if at all possible. If we'd rather wait, there is always stuff to do.

Greg--if they're doing girl stuff saturday night, will that work? Otherwise, I'll have Arfin and L'Aurel say that they need to retrieve the Duke's body (before they can raise him as one of their unholy minions) and then we'll play out that stuff next week when you are less busy.

Keep me posted!

 

[The_Universe]

Now I'M BORED! Thanks Gertie! It's spreading!

I have attached another file for your viewing pleasure. This time, it's a word file. Military Ranks in the Falcon Kingdom. Have a look--the Army ranks also give you an idea of what various units are called, and how big they are.

On another note, today (March 4th) was DM's Day! Everybody, give me a present!

(really--it was DM's day...I didn't make it up...look elsewhere on the boards!)

 

[AIM-54]

More Planning!

Okay having taken comments etc into account, I just have a few comments:

1) The plan is not for us to use the main thoroughfares (though Gertie's right, those do make it difficult to set up effective roadblocks etc). Rather we travel through the more urban areas, in which there are streets if I recall not only the map but a previous discussion about Oceanus. Those will be ideal for hit and runs, which is about all we want to do until we either gather sufficient force or come into possession of one hell of a position (unlikely until we hit Khaz Modan, if we go that way).

2) Warning about the Duke's Palace, aside, most of those objectives are mainly useful as waypoints, as well as places where we may be able to get help. Naturally, if there's something in the city making things difficult, this plan could get blown to hell in no time. In any event, they do serve as useful points in case someone gets separated, as well as simply having a movement plan through the city. If stuff goes to hell, we might consider setting secondary points as well, but I don't know if we have all that much time. They do give us a pretty regular path out of the city, however. I'm hesitant about the Centurion's Forest as it would be difficult to hold without many more forces, but it may be a better waypoint than the Palace.

3) If there's a stand it will only be at the very end. Everything else is going to a movement action. Waypoints may be a place where we spend more than one round (so long as 3, even), to regroup, check out the situation, offer guidance to nearby soldiers, acquire help. As in all things guerrilla this entire plan hinges on speed and stealth and not lingering anywhere for very long. We're not trying to defeat the army, simply harry it.

4) A lot of this depends on how the Horde attacks. If they just swarm into the city every which way, we'll be retreating hard and fast. If they concentrate on pockets of resistance before moving on, we may have more opportunities to go after them before retreating. If they muster along the docks before heading in, we'll have similar opportunities. Under those circumstances, the goal would be to harry them, hopefully get them to send a small force, that we can take down with appropriate tactics. The danger, of course, is that we get tied down somewhere and the enemy advance beyond us, essentially cutting us off from escape, or else forcing us to fight through/stealth our way out.

Finally, we're in a tough spot, so our conditions for victory will have to be living to fight another day. If we can take a few bad guys down, too, that'll be great.

Jeremiah
aka Windbag

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Out of Game: My thoughts on Saturday.

Greg--if they're doing girl stuff saturday night, will that work? Otherwise, I'll have Arfin and L'Aurel say that they need to retrieve the Duke's body (before they can raise him as one of their unholy minions) and then we'll play out that stuff next week when you are less busy.

Keep me posted!

If that is the case, I'm fine with playing... if we are short two people, I don't want to play without them...

I know Kennon really wants to play... but, even he said last weekend, if we're missing two or more that we should not play..

So, yep...

See Jeremiah and Mik tonight!!

--LizzyB

 

[The_Universe]

Why don't we say this: come over saturday afternoon around 4:30, bring your DnD stuff, and Star Wars stuff if you have it. That way, all our options are open. We can do one of those things, or something else entirely...whatever people want to do.

Liz is right--I REALLY want to play this weekend. But, as I have said, I'll let the majority rule, here.