Feint Whispers Chapter 7: Blood, Sweat, and Fears.

[Tokiwong]

Jericho confers with his strategists...

Thinking should have a post soon by Monday on the plan for the army....

 

[KaintheSeeker]

OOC: Spells chosen and put on character sheet.

 

[jasamcarl]

OOC: Keep plotting. The second somone summarizes the general plan of attack, it's go time. Jericho should probably not go into detail about formation yet, though; he might want to see how the enemy organizes itself.

 

[Krug]

"The black stone is the key," says Bhartus. "Else they would not surround it like jackals about a corpse."

 

[Tokiwong]

"It is a gamble, but we should split our forces, try to draw them out and then bring them into a pincer, but it will leave one force to carry the brunt of the attack until the second is ready to pounce and hopefully catch that rear unawares, or at least put pressure on them. Meanwhile the special forces get inside and either take out that black stone, or the goblin shaman, preferrably both but I will settle for just the goblin. That might break the spine of the goblin forces... they are a cowardly species..." Jericho lays out his plan for the officers and othr members to listen to.

 

[jasamcarl]

"It is a gamble, but we should split our forces, try to draw them out and then bring them into a pincer, but it will leave one force to carry the brunt of the attack until the second is ready to pounce and hopefully catch that rear unawares, or at least put pressure on them. Meanwhile the special forces get inside and either take out that black stone, or the goblin shaman, preferrably both but I will settle for just the goblin. That might break the spine of the goblin forces... they are a cowardly species..." Jericho lays out his plan for the officers and othr members to listen to.

All through the night, the scouts come in with reports of faint tracks and odd noises that point to a nearby goblin presense, most likely that of their own scouts. Still, they choose not to engage the Evenwood army, the greater bulk remaining encamped around the black stone.

When daylight does come, it provides little warmth and almost none of the noises usually associated with woodland light. It's as if the creatures of the forest were aware of the blight that was about to besmirch their land.

OOC Toki: Jericho just has to give the order and we will proceed with combat. At your disposal are five formations composed as follows: 400 heavy pikemen, 400 light archers, 100 scouts (light infantry with both ranged and melee), 100 engineers, and 100 Knights (elite heavy cavalry). You can implement you pincer plan, but wait for the tactical map to develop so we can do it within the rules. The engineers can set up temporary fortifications (trenches, picket lines, around any unit you wish. Jericho can also secund, or join with one of these formations to lead it personally; this is strongly recommended because he is only 5th level. So choose which one on your next post.

OOC Everyone else: You still have time to observe or prepare. Tactical mass combat rounds are in minutes while you will still be working in the 6 second frame. Don't worry, I haven't skimped on your challenges either.

 

[Mirth]

Before 'Julia' settles in for the night, Tarowyn makes a small suggestion, "We will sorely need any concealment magicks you can provide in order to get us as close to the shaman as possible, undetected. After that, I suggest you make the most of some offensive spells that can easily target the shaman herself from a distance or take out those earth elementals she's so fond of conjuring. Of course, if we could also raze that obelisk to the ground, that would be the best result, but I'm not counting on it. Sleep well. We should leave while it is still dark outside, I think."

As to Norri's suggestion, Tarowyn agrees that his is a good plan, "Let's hope that we can catch her unawares. With only five of us going, that is going to be key to our plans."

Tarowyn gathers the scouts around later and asks another group of five of them to provide a distraction for the covert team. When the three Fist members, Tarkik and his friend all depart, Tarowyn instructs the other five scouts to move forward in a different direction, making just enough noise to draw the attention of the enemy scouts towards them and away from Tarowyn's group.

 

[Krug]

Bhartus tries to see if he can find out anything about the Black Stone, local legends or otherwise. "Something of that power cannot be such a mystery", he says. He wishes his Earth-Brother Ilarus were here. "Earth Elementals.. it would not be a mystery to him. Us dwarves are friends of Stone and Rock... that shaman should be smashed under it's hand."

 

[Festy_Dog]

Inspired by Bhartus, Norri tried thinking of a way to somehow have the shaman crushed by her obelisk... an entertaining thought even if it was somewhat impracticle.

"Speaking of crushing her, Bhartus, could we somehow lure her to her obelisk then make it fall on her? Big rocks are a sure way to kill anything, it wouldn't be a favourite among trap-makers for centuries if it wasn't," Norri suggests.

 

[Krug]

"That would be a risky move," says Bhartus. "And I do not know how far into the soil the obelisk is, unless you might want to check," says the dwarf, smiling.