Freedom's Blood (Round 2)

[Bragallot]

http://www.brikwars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6381

Round 2

Zahru - Zahru II



"Yaaaa!" Zahru made an impressive leap over the assassin's heads.



He spun in the air...



And slashed at the lead assassin as he landed, but she managed to dodge.



Watch out, assassins are very dangerous one on one...



She broke through Zahru's defence with her dagger, but even with the remaining damage from the last slash added up it didn't break the warrior's armour.



They prepared for another round of combat, after all the assassin had spared her action last round...



With a sudden spin she actually managed to outmaneouvre Zahru and deal him a hit



Zahru countered but she jumped aside and cut him with her knife, but the Slayer didn't even feel the touch of the puny weapon.

Urban Guard - FISH!!!



Picking up spears, the Guards moved in between the space left by the swordsmen and dropped their ladders at the wall, figuring they'd be long enough.



Well, they're not... But it can't hurt to put them there.



The crossbowmen advanced and massed fire on Grim!



One of his bodyguards gave his life protecting him.



The Bloodguard got up. Known for their temper, the noble-blooded warrior raised his weapon in the air, glaring at the Falx.

"You've really done it now! Now you'll have to face..."



"I Sargus, the bloody giant!"



Sargus advanced, but his allies were in the way, so he spared his bloodthirst for now...

Bloodguard - Ross_Varn



The Bloodmage started by knocking himself out.



The Bloodknights, with the help of the Paladins, slew all Falx in their way with exception of the Infantry Commander, who stood his ground.



Those on the other side were outnumbered though, and didn't get any further than a casualty on their own side.

[Zahru II]

Your dice really hate me, don't they.

[Bragallot]

Yeah, assassins have been lucky this round... It also has to be mentioned Zahru (and all other Heroes) were suffering -1 mods because of Xalen's feat though.

Rax's Rebels - Warhead



A massive volley was fired towards the javelineers on the wall...



Two were killed, the others were saved by shields and fortifications.



"Break the formation! Full charge!" Rax ordered, so the Phalanx complied, but the cramped space didn't allow them to do enough damage to crush their enemies on the other side. (Anyone notice how cool Rax's eye looks in this picture?)



Hey, why are these Elites running towards the bridge? Get back here!



Oh, I see. Despite her best efforts the lead assassin couldn't defend against the three charging Bulls and was torn to shreds.

"My fight!!"



Two Elites fixed the catapult, two others wanted to fire it.



Seeing this, Alejandro's legion opened fire.



Most messed up and the Elites defended well with their shields, so only one Bull was downed.



Another quickly took his place. "FIRE!"



*thunk* The ballista received a point of damage.



What is Mumbles up to?



The Tales of Warhead and Von Brag!



"Warhead, you're such an Anorak!"
"Nothing personal, I was only tired of getting my ass kicked by you."



"Anyway, what happened to your hat!"
"??? I must have lost it somewhere!"



"Who could have taken it?"
"Well it wasn't me, I never wear hats."



"Just don't lose your head over this."
"Audience! Do you think I should slap him?"

Alejandro's Legion - GeneralOfDeath



The cavalry decided to spread out to fight the different threats. It turned out bad for most of them: they were obliterated in close combat with Brockram's cavalry.



The cavalry commander would try to chop away the halberds to drop the gate on the Bulls, but continuous bad rolls really didn't allow him to chop down more than one.



The fight between the grounded lancer and Sir Brockram continued fruitlessly.



The archers took a HP off the dragon. Spearmen started moving to support the cavalry. The others were still sitting mesmerized by the crazed shaman's play though.



The javelineers that remained killed another phalanx down below.



And the ballista were aimed at the gate, uh-oh... Nope, they failed (again) and their projectiles clattered harmlessly off the gate.



Alejandro: "We're losing ground men! Fight harder!" (+1 damage next round)

Xalen - Silverdream



Still no challenger, that means I'll just have to



pick myself a worthy-looking opponent.



*joink*



*whoosh* "The hell?"



Zahru: "My wound has gone. That can only mean one thing. This is the spirit realm."



"Well spotted. You'll make a fine opponent indeed. You can't actually die here, but you're going to have to duel me before you can get out of here again."



"Sounds fun! Fine! I have to get back to finish my business with those cutthroats so I'll make this quick for you!"



Fight! (Once the duel is finished they will return to the battlefield unharmed. I story-moded this because yes, on this thing I have to get some story elements across. The fight itself will be rolled out fair and square though)

[Warhead]

Thanks Brag! Puppet show is pure win. Um, Warhead really does have your fancy hat btw.

@Zahru: I knew I'd be helping out soon enough and didn't want to ruin Brag surprise. The Spirit realm thing?.. We'll I guess I never planed for it.

[FISH!!!]

I was so sure we'd brought the new type of fancy extenable ladder...

[Bragallot]

Magus Guild - Elmagnifico



Feeling Metal, Queen Lara summoned an Annihilation Flying V for her to play on. This inspired the mages to use their staffs as guitars and start playing the theme song to this battle. Some even used their teeth. But... the intro's nearly over! Where's the singer?



It's Goetz Mohr people! Manly as he is, he uses a mace as a mic. (+2 damage to all Kingdom forces across the field)



The mages that weren't contributing to the insane riffing that was taking place tried to raise the Guardian.



They fumbled badly and blew his head off.

Rednecks - (fredde...? excuse me for not remembering for sure again )



"Derka derr!!"

He sleeps with a gun.



But he loves his son.



Killed his wife 'cos she weighed a ton.



Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad.



"Get back to your stove! War isn't for women!" (the Paladin's armour saved her despite Psycho Dad's damage bonus against female figs)

Hitokiri - Killer_Karetsu

(Warning to Killer_Karetsu: proceed with caution. Actually screw that, you're not going to like this either way )



Kage tried to go through the trouble of cutting Vladek's heart out to inspire his troops.



He was surprised by a spurt of acid blood though, and thus the giant got his revenge. (-1 HP)



Elite Hitokiri slew another marine, the other miraculously survived again.



Spotting this threat, Gramps used his saved action and fired, but his gun didn't break the Elite's armour.



The Trogdor burninated the final ranger.



The first two Hitokiri reached their enemies, but allowed themselves to be surprised by their spared up actions and were ran through... No trouble, there's more charging, you'd think.



But they missed their swings and were killed by counters



Understanding the problem was that once the assassins had dodged their attacks, they could use two weapons without them being able to defend themselves, the Hitokiri decided to dual-wield.



No good! They fumbled their rolls and got killed in counters as well x_x



Undaunted by these staggering losses, the final (!) Hitokiri still charged, determined to avenge the fallen and restore the present Hitokiri's honour.



*sigh* The assassin was saved by a crit, even despite the damage bonus. Well, at least he didn't get himself killed...

Purple Mages - NPC



The Archon tried to shift the ice to have it crush the heavy swordsmen and clear the Urban Guard a way to the wall.



He failed, and a Guard was crushed beneath the falling ice. Entirely my bad...



The other mages took to the air on their brooms, realizing the danger they had placed the Elite Hitokiri in.



"They're gone again?"



Surprise! You're dealing with the Elite now missy!



You can't be serious...



At least the Elite was strong enough to parry the attacks.



The other decided to play smart and use his Windledge.



Hah! Just try to dodge what you can't see! Wait a second, I rolled a 1 on the damage roll?



Good old damage bonus solved it.

(Though this sucks big time for Killer Karetsu and affiliated players, still hats off for the most insane bit of continuous slaying and slashing I've witnessed yet on behalf of those assassins though, especially seeing they're about equally strong stats-wise)

Played out all turns I have orders for, the rest of you make sure I have them by next week guys, I want to do week-by-week processing again.

[Zahru II]

I laughed my ass off at the puppeteering. Well done, well done!

As for Xalen... intéressant.

[Bragallot]

Hehe, yeah, that part was good, I figured putting a character like Mumbles the Mad in Warhead's hands could only turn out right... Just look at how Warhead even came up with the name. It wasn't really thought out, but it turned out well It's not just Warhead though, I'm very happy with the inventiveness of all the orders I've had up until now. Btw, first the ridiculous series of failed feats in EatG, then this ridiculous amount of casualties... Killer_Karetsu is cursed! Cursed! Get him off the ship!

[Warhead]

Speaking of orders, when do we send the next lot. Is this turn complete yet? Sorry if I missed you saying.

[Bragallot]

Played out all turns I have orders for, the rest of you make sure I have them by next week guys, I want to do week-by-week processing again.

: P

Let's agree from now on that everyone who misses messages like this owes me a drink...

From the top of my head, I require orders from:

- White Dragon Knights (Errr, Appolyon I think)
- Grim's Legion - Runny
- Summoner's Legion - solvess

You are all free to harass the people on this list into sending me orders until I say stop, keep them alive and don't break all their fingers though, they'll need them to type. However I never said they need their teeth or anything

[Warhead]

That's two drink I owe you now. I kinda' figure it'd be the least I could do for killing you once. I'll get to work on those orders.

[Apollyon]

Sorry, orders will be send.

[Killer Karetsu]

Hm. Must control my anger...at least Trodgor is alive.

[Bragallot]

Hm. Must control my anger...at least Trodgor is alive.

No, embrace your anger! Come to the dark side!

Just waiting on Ham now unless I forgot someone, I guess I'll notice... Keep on the torture guys, it's working!

[Ross_Varn]

Er, shit, did I send?