Oathbound : Homecoming (the gathering) everybody in!

[kirinke]

ooc:

just waiting for the kahuna.....

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Marissa prays softly, mentally preparing herself for the battle ahead. She did not know about the others, but she knew quite well how horrible even weak undead could be, especially if controlled by a stronger, more nasty opponent. As one of her trainers once said, there is no such thing as a weak undead. Never take them for granted.
After she prays, she goes over her equipment, making sure that everything that needs to be tied is tied well, everything that needs to be sharpened is a razor's edge and so on....

 

[hafrogman]

Tristan who has been silent for a while now, finally weighs in on the topic of tactics.

"I have some suggestions to make regarding our tactics. Orillian should obviously stay away from the front lines, and I'll trust it to him to best know how to use his magics. However, allies appearing to attack our enemies from behind is always appreciated. Marisa seems to be the one most skilled in ranged warfare, and should probably also remain behind the main line once we have closed with our foes. Kyron and I are the most heavily armored and should take the point in any conflicts, with myself covering any withdrawals he need make in order to see to the wounded. Baja and Julian are the fastest on their feet and should take advantage of that by being our skirmishing line, attempting to take our opponents' flank. Faustus wants to be free to move around in combat, and could serve as a plugger, moving to wherever he is needed to assist or falling back to protect the back ranks if we are outmanouvered.

When marching, it would be best to order ourselves with regards to both security in case on an ambush, and also response to any opposition we meet.
I would suggest the following order. Marisa, with her keen senses would lead, also allowing her clear aim at any opponents coming from the rear. Next would follow myself and then Kyron. In our plate, we will be slowest to move, and so in any frontal confrontations, we need to be up front in order to close quickly. Then I would place Orillian and Faustus, our mage protected in the center and Faustus protecting the flanks from attack or moving forward or back as needed. Finally would come Julian and then Baja. Both with sharp senses, they would be our rear guard, watching for trouble following us. In an ambush attack from behind, they would be capable of holding off the enemy until the rest of us could get turned around and join the battle. In a frontal assault, they would also be the quickest to get from the rear to the front lines.

These, are of course, all simply my opinions."

After his speech, he lapses into silence again, considering the surrounding terrain.

 

[Voadam]

Tristan who has been silent for a while now, finally weighs in on the topic of tactics.

"I have some suggestions to make regarding our tactics. Orillian should obviously stay away from the front lines, and I'll trust it to him to best know how to use his magics. However, allies appearing to attack our enemies from behind is always appreciated. Marisa seems to be the one most skilled in ranged warfare, and should probably also remain behind the main line once we have closed with our foes. Kyron and I are the most heavily armored and should take the point in any conflicts, with myself covering any withdrawals he need make in order to see to the wounded. Baja and Julian are the fastest on their feet and should take advantage of that by being our skirmishing line, attempting to take our opponents' flank. Faustus wants to be free to move around in combat, and could serve as a plugger, moving to wherever he is needed to assist or falling back to protect the back ranks if we are outmanouvered.

When marching, it would be best to order ourselves with regards to both security in case on an ambush, and also response to any opposition we meet.
I would suggest the following order. Marisa, with her keen senses would lead, also allowing her clear aim at any opponents coming from the rear. Next would follow myself and then Kyron. In our plate, we will be slowest to move, and so in any frontal confrontations, we need to be up front in order to close quickly. Then I would place Orillian and Faustus, our mage protected in the center and Faustus protecting the flanks from attack or moving forward or back as needed. Finally would come Julian and then Baja. Both with sharp senses, they would be our rear guard, watching for trouble following us. In an ambush attack from behind, they would be capable of holding off the enemy until the rest of us could get turned around and join the battle. In a frontal assault, they would also be the quickest to get from the rear to the front lines.

These, are of course, all simply my opinions."

After his speech, he lapses into silence again, considering the surrounding terrain.

"Your tactics are sound. I would say your experience of tactics fighting fellow mortals is just as applicable for general plans to prepare against fell undead and fiends."

Kyron moves to join Tristan in the front lines of the party.

"The only major difference in combat dynamics to consider is if there are incorporeal undead. Then our armor will only slow us down without providing any protection. If your blade is magical it can still sometimes affect such ethereal beings as they float in and out of our reality so it will still be good to have your experienced hand at the front line."

 

[kirinke]

Marissa

Marissa nods in agreement. "My own blades are magicked with the elements of fire and ice. They have proven effective against undead in the past," she paused. I will do as you say, but my arrows are normal arrows unfortuantly, and are only good against corporeal enemies."

 

[hafrogman]

Tristan nods thoughtfully.

"Of course you are correct, my training is far more concentrated on mundane enemies. If we are set upon by ghosts or the like, I will defer my opinions to those more experienced in such manners. My blade does have a small enchantment on it, there was a dwarven smith in my old company skilled in such matters. He was most enthusiastic about forging a blade for me."

He draws his blade revealing a set of faintly glowing runes along its length. Those of you who know Dwarven can read the word "Baedvigg and Sons, craftsmen in fine Dwarven Steel. Since 237."

 

[kirinke]

Marisa blinks at the familar runes (though she cannot read them, she knows them anyway) and chuckles. "I should say he's enthusastic. His family has been in the business of forging magical weapons for at least five-hundred years that I know of. My father has a blade forged by one of Baedvigg's sons. Said it was given to him by his grand-father."

She drew out her own blades, a pair of superbly crafted scimitars, each bearing a set of faintly glowing runes, one in wavy silver, the other in red-gold.

"These were my mother's. My father gave them to me on my leave-taking," she said, her tone betraying old, old pain.

If any can read celestial, the blades say
Flame-wind's grace, fire's gift
Ice-storm's promise, death's last chance.

(the blades are named grace and promise respectively)

 

[kirinke]

Weapons: ooc

hm... Kahuna. Gots an idea.
instead of having to abandon our old weapons in favor of newer sparklies, how about giving us the option of having them enchanted or discovering 'new' powers our characters didn't know the weapons possessed as we progress in levels?

ps: sorry, meant to post it in the ooc thing...

 

[GPEKO]

Orillian

"Yes, yes, fine tactics all. All I wanted is some protection beside the little Bollo, here. I have a feeling we'll be able to adapt quickly to whatever presents itself."

 

[Kahuna Burger]

(sorry for the long gap, reality intrudes as usual.)

Baja moves forward through the forest, uncomfortable in this strange dead silence. Hearing noises off to his left he creeps up to observe the skeletonal remains of both humanoids and some kind of animals moving about. As if that was not unnerving enough, their behaviour is not what one might expect from the risen dead. They apear to be gathering rocks and logs, discarding some and carrying the strongest and straightest of timbers and most evenly shaped of stones back to the north. He sees nothing here like the half real ghosts the others had spoken of, the monsters seem quite solid for the time being...

 

[deadestdai]

Baja does his best to count the numbers of the hard-at-work dead things then creeps off back to the others to report his findings.