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Panzersharkcat Admin
Posts : 2510 Join date : 2010-07-23 Age : 33 Location : CA
| Subject: That Is A Lot of Demons (PT) Sun Jun 12, 2011 12:30 pm | |
| Several couriers are sent throughout P'Taria, all of them carrying news of a war in Ermarian territory (three legions annihilated!) and an advertisement requesting adventurers to search for the shards of a weapon that will turn the tide of the war. There is also a call for aid from the armies of Themyscira, Konosis, and Blolrus, with a briefing on the threat if they choose to respond. | |
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Selathorn
Posts : 2019 Join date : 2010-07-25 Age : 26 Location : Maryland
| Subject: Re: That Is A Lot of Demons (PT) Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:26 pm | |
| Daedas, Dalor, and Credic decide to go and answer the advertisement. Dalor decides that it would be a bad idea to wear the dragon armor and instead goes for Konarian plate mail reinforced with mithril, bought with some of the money he saved from the adamantine.
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Meanwhile, Empress Deea and the Confederate Council consent to sending the Imperial Army to assist the Ermarians. Aurus decides to go join the Army instead of adventuring, deciding to glorify The Shining One's crusade against evil in the public eye, and well. | |
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Burnination Admin
Posts : 1878 Join date : 2010-07-23 Age : 30 Location : NJ
| Subject: Re: That Is A Lot of Demons (PT) Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:01 am | |
| Blolrus will not respond unless its own outposts or military forces are attacked. It's their policy.
Brian, however, does respond, and heads for wherever the advertisements said to go. | |
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Panzersharkcat Admin
Posts : 2510 Join date : 2010-07-23 Age : 33 Location : CA
| Subject: Re: That Is A Lot of Demons (PT) Mon Jun 13, 2011 12:56 pm | |
| The Amazons of Themyscira, too, consent. The Konarian and Amazon leadership is briefed on the threat by a letter from General Baziron. In the newly constructed Tower of Magi in New Footracer Province, somebody had been illicitly practicing demonology. That person was foolish enough to attempt to summon the Haakai lord, Adze-Haakai, and attempt to bind him. Needless to say, that failed. The tower was overrun and we have been attempting to contain the threat ever since, losing three legions so far.Baziron personally briefs the gathered adventuring party. "You are gathered here to recover the remaining two thirds of the sword, Demonslayer. We already have a third of the sword, recovered in a raid on a band of artifact thieves." He holds up the hilt. "The captured prisoners claim they stole the shard from the dragon, Khoth, jury rigging a teleporting device to do so. Khoth is the only lead we have on the rest of the shards. You are to make your way to his cave in Mairwen Province. Be warned. You will be crossing hill giant territory." He pauses to see if there are any questions. (OOC: New Footfacer is just north of Konosis. See map.) | |
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Burnination Admin
Posts : 1878 Join date : 2010-07-23 Age : 30 Location : NJ
| Subject: Re: That Is A Lot of Demons (PT) Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:23 pm | |
| Brian surveys the group of adventurers. He notes that there are many.
"I propose that we split up and recover both of the remaining shards at the same time, if you know where they both are." | |
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Panzersharkcat Admin
Posts : 2510 Join date : 2010-07-23 Age : 33 Location : CA
| Subject: Re: That Is A Lot of Demons (PT) Mon Jun 13, 2011 4:03 pm | |
| "Khoth is the only lead we have. If he knows the location of the other two shards, then yes, that would be the smarter thing to do." (OOC: Yes, and split me into handling three groups at once. ) | |
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Burnination Admin
Posts : 1878 Join date : 2010-07-23 Age : 30 Location : NJ
| Subject: Re: That Is A Lot of Demons (PT) Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:10 pm | |
| "But if you don't know where the others are right now, how do you know you can defend yourselves from Adze-Haakai for long enough to find all of the shards?" | |
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Panzersharkcat Admin
Posts : 2510 Join date : 2010-07-23 Age : 33 Location : CA
| Subject: Re: That Is A Lot of Demons (PT) Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:37 pm | |
| "Because we have defeated him before," says Marcus. "It took the Kingdom of Avernum an army of mages lead by the Five to do it, and even then, Adze-Haakai was not the strongest of the Haakai lords present. That would go to Grah-Hoth. The problem is that he is leading an even larger army than usual, and that around a quarter of our most powerful mages were killed in the Tower, with the rest spread around the continent." | |
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Selathorn
Posts : 2019 Join date : 2010-07-25 Age : 26 Location : Maryland
| Subject: Re: That Is A Lot of Demons (PT) Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:15 pm | |
| The Konarians only nod. Meanwhile, forces begin to mobilize in order to assist the Ermarians. | |
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Panzersharkcat Admin
Posts : 2510 Join date : 2010-07-23 Age : 33 Location : CA
| Subject: Re: That Is A Lot of Demons (PT) Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:21 pm | |
| (OOC: How many are you sending? The whole demon army is around 10,000 ordinary demons, which is a lot, and five to seven times more their number in imps and hordlings, plus a few hundred Mung demons, who radiate anti-magic fields, and a few dozen Haakai. Ermarian's total military numbers roughly 3,000,000 men, including both the navy and army, and that's including logistics and support personnel making up around 3/4 to 4/5 of the available people. Total fighting forces number 600,000 to 750,000, and most of that goes to the navy, making the army's size around 200,000. Many of those are also busy fighting the Troglodytes and Hill Giants, which reduces the number available to fight the demons to around 100,000.) | |
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Selathorn
Posts : 2019 Join date : 2010-07-25 Age : 26 Location : Maryland
| Subject: Re: That Is A Lot of Demons (PT) Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:32 pm | |
| (OOC: I'd say 250,000, since the forces already garrisoned in the Northern Lands can simply advance northward into New Footracer.) | |
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Panzersharkcat Admin
Posts : 2510 Join date : 2010-07-23 Age : 33 Location : CA
| Subject: Re: That Is A Lot of Demons (PT) Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:10 pm | |
| (OOC: Are they all moving in one big group or broken off into several smaller ones? I want the demons to break off a small contingent to attack you.) | |
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Selathorn
Posts : 2019 Join date : 2010-07-25 Age : 26 Location : Maryland
| Subject: Re: That Is A Lot of Demons (PT) Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:57 pm | |
| (OOC: I'd say a couple of smaller ones, although not too many.) | |
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Panzersharkcat Admin
Posts : 2510 Join date : 2010-07-23 Age : 33 Location : CA
| Subject: Re: That Is A Lot of Demons (PT) Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:01 pm | |
| (OOC: Is five groups of 50,000 fine?) | |
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Panzersharkcat Admin
Posts : 2510 Join date : 2010-07-23 Age : 33 Location : CA
| Subject: Re: That Is A Lot of Demons (PT) Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:34 pm | |
| (OOC: Eh, I'll take that as a yes. Also, too lazy to make a map for every single battle.)
An attack force of 1000 demons, 3500 imps, 4000 hordlings, 40 mung demons, and a Haakai makes its way to attack one of the Konarian armies. Lots of firebreathing and spells cast.
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General Baziron says, "If there are no more questions, then this briefing is complete." | |
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Burnination Admin
Posts : 1878 Join date : 2010-07-23 Age : 30 Location : NJ
| Subject: Re: That Is A Lot of Demons (PT) Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:49 am | |
| Brian is silent, but looks ready to go. | |
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Selathorn
Posts : 2019 Join date : 2010-07-25 Age : 26 Location : Maryland
| Subject: Re: That Is A Lot of Demons (PT) Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:44 pm | |
| The Konarian army tries to keep them back while staying in formation as much as possible. Unfortunately, as a direct result of the Civil War, much of the magical power that used to support the army faded away as new technologies replaced them. However, in this case they're stuck with the traditional melee tactic that they've used for the last three hundred years, as they have neither technology or magic to back them up.
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The Konarians simply nod, again. | |
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Panzersharkcat Admin
Posts : 2510 Join date : 2010-07-23 Age : 33 Location : CA
| Subject: Re: That Is A Lot of Demons (PT) Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:09 pm | |
| With that business concluded, they will depart. They will take a few days to make the trip from New Footracer to Mairwen province and manage to do it without incident.
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The demon army forms a wedge to try to slit the Konarian army in two, with lots of fire and whatnot. Hordlings and imps fall relatively easily, though. Demons, Mung demons, and Haakai, not so much. What losses they sustain are replaced back at the portal in the ruins of the Tower of Magi. Two Ermarian legions in pursuit of that demon attack force are on the way to assist the Konarians, but they will not arrive for two hours. | |
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Selathorn
Posts : 2019 Join date : 2010-07-25 Age : 26 Location : Maryland
| Subject: Re: That Is A Lot of Demons (PT) Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:11 pm | |
| The Konarian army tries to use a pincer movement to surround and destroy the wedge. | |
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Burnination Admin
Posts : 1878 Join date : 2010-07-23 Age : 30 Location : NJ
| Subject: Re: That Is A Lot of Demons (PT) Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:46 pm | |
| Brian does whatever he's supposed to. | |
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Panzersharkcat Admin
Posts : 2510 Join date : 2010-07-23 Age : 33 Location : CA
| Subject: Re: That Is A Lot of Demons (PT) Sat Jun 18, 2011 3:57 am | |
| The demons continue to try to force the Konarian army in two. Ermarian reinforcements one hour away. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Marcus pulls out a map. "Our current location is at the golden dot. The black dot is the location of Khoth's cave. We can attempt to make our way through the mountains or we can go around. Through the mountains, there will be hill giants, and as we get closer to Khoth's cave, giant lizards. Going to the north of the mountains would run us through Troglodyte territory. Heading south will lead us to ogres and Ursagi." Diana says, "I would prefer the most direct route through the mountains, though if the others object, I will accept." | |
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Burnination Admin
Posts : 1878 Join date : 2010-07-23 Age : 30 Location : NJ
| Subject: Re: That Is A Lot of Demons (PT) Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:02 am | |
| "I don't care about distance. Whichever route is fastest should be taken. If that also happens to be the most direct, so be it," Brian says. | |
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Selathorn
Posts : 2019 Join date : 2010-07-25 Age : 26 Location : Maryland
| Subject: Re: That Is A Lot of Demons (PT) Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:32 am | |
| The Konarian army keeps trying to surround them and strike from all sides.
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Daedas shrugs, and says, "I think that may be too obvious, and mountains don't always make the best terrain to travel on..." | |
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Panzersharkcat Admin
Posts : 2510 Join date : 2010-07-23 Age : 33 Location : CA
| Subject: Re: That Is A Lot of Demons (PT) Sat Jun 18, 2011 2:37 pm | |
| The limited numbers of the demons prevents them from really getting much success, but they should be inflicting fairly heavy casualties through repeated flametrikes and whatnot.
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Marcus says, "That's certainly true."
Diana, though she accepts, scoffs, "Mountainous terrain should not be that difficult."
Marcus turns to Diana and says, "Not all of us are near-invulnerable supernaturally strong Amazons who can fly on our own power." Turning to the rest of the party, "If the mountains are a no, then north or south?" | |
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Burnination Admin
Posts : 1878 Join date : 2010-07-23 Age : 30 Location : NJ
| Subject: Re: That Is A Lot of Demons (PT) Sat Jun 18, 2011 5:49 pm | |
| "I don't know the terrain here," Brian replies. "And what monsters are there are of no concern. Whichever will bring us to our goal the fastest." | |
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