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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Manzanita" data-source="post: 4130144" data-attributes="member: 10109">Let's assume Banion takes the place of the unicorn rook, and Eusebius takes the place of the elf bishop.  They can swap this (or other players can swap this for them) before the game actually starts.When the adventurers step onto the board, the pieces they replace slowly fade from view.  And suddenly all the other pieces are very much alive.  The Norse warriors shout loudly, and bang their spears on their shields.  The unicorn rears and paws the air, snorting.  The Centaur also rears, clashing its weapons.  The elven bishop bows.  Everyone is cheering Beamer their King.Has ever a halfling commanded such an army?  Beamer knows, as he takes his place at the heart of his troops, that these doughty warriors will fight for him to their last drop of blood.  They will obey him unquestioningly, even eagerly.  He knows, without knowing how he knows, that the Centaur is a skilled warrior, that the elf is a cleric, that the Unicorn is prime example of its species, and that the viking warriors are berserkers.  They are not his puppets, but they will fight exactly as he commands.Gazing across the board, the black pieces have also come to life.  Large as horses, the Scorpion rooks begin to pace their 15 foot squares, their six legs tapping on the marble beneath.  The minotaurs bray, and heave their great axes threateningly.  The gnoll skeletons beat their battle axes against their metal shields, and their whispy black tunics shift over their black mail.The black bishops look like ebony statues.  Unmoving men with mysterious faces, they are dressed in black robes and conical hats.  They have no apparent weapons, and keep their arms crossed over their chests, hands hidden in the opposite sleeves.Coldly beautiful, the black queen’s features are hard to make out, since she is all black.  She has black spiked chain in her hands, and wears a chainshirt over her torso.  A black steel helmet sits atop her long black hair.  She wears high black boots and long black gloves.The black king resembles the bishops.  He is taller, though still man-sized.  His robes seem thicker and are embroidered with dark designs.  He appears broad and lumpy under his cloak.  A black crown sits atop his bald head.  His eyes gaze malevalently, and glow red.</blockquote>

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