Your armies are gathered at Southbank having just rejoined and Irabeth comes to Daveed and Epicette asking about plans of attack vs the Keep proper
Dai Y.
Once Epicette sees that the Paladins are returning, she gives Reverie to Anevia and requests her to take a scouting trip to the outermost tower. Avoid the enemy, but get to the roof and keep an eye on what the enemy is doing. If the tower/walls are clear, drop a smokestick on the south side of the outer walls to signal us.
Eric Holland
Epicette communes with her owl and turns to Daveed and Irabeth saying that the walls are manned with maybe 50 tieflings and a dozen or so dretch, with more dretch and cultists in the courtyard
Anevia returns with not much to report as she turned back when she saw that the walls were manned
Charles Geckle
"Looks like we're going to have to fight our way in.
"The old fashion way at least."
Eric Holland
Epicette also reports that while they didn't have the catapults up and working, they seemed to be planning something else from the watchtowers
she wasn't able to determine what
Looking around, you notice that while the men are confident in their abilities, they are also itching to continue the fight
they know they have the enemy on the backfoot
Dai Y.
While the Pallies mount and form up, Epicette sends the Rangers up onto the bridges towers and walls and start volleying the tieflings on the walls, persuading them to leave.
Eric Holland
The enemy Tieflings take cover behind their wall and begin exchanging shots
[Retcon last two lines]
Charles Geckle
Daveed, along with Irabeth and a banner carrier approach the enemy, keeping at least 200ft distance from the entrance to the courtyard.
Daveed also tells Epi that two blasts from his horn will be the queue to start the assault.
Daveed also casts Eagles Splendor before the approach.
Eric Holland
As Daveed approaches he notices many crossbows leveled at him but none fire just yet.
Charles Geckle
"Warriors of the Worldwound. It surely dawned upon you by now, that this is a lost fight. In the space of a few hours, we have smashed your forces in Southbank, Paradise Hill, the Bridge, and your ghoul allies to the South.
I suspect even now, your commanders are frantically trying to justify the situation to you and their superiors. Look around you! This battle is lost!
But unlike the demons, and unlike the cowards at Paradise Hill, we are willing to show mercy.
I offer you this. Send forth your enemy commander. Send him to fight his own battle! We will settle this fight now!
If even this most basic display of honor is beyond him, then I say this to all living, mortal defenders of the Citadel! Drop your weapons and and abandon your posts. Withdraw and return when the demons are slain, and you will be granted amnesty!
This battle is done! Do not throw away your lives for masters who care nothing for you!"
(DoC Diplomacy: 1d20+22+20= 58)
Eric Holland
One of the tieflings on the walls shouts back "You think we're doing this for our Masters? We're in this for the POWER. We outnumber you two to one! Let your army come!" With this a stinking cloud apears surrounding Daveed and his entourage. The crossbows are loosed as well, though most of them ting harmlessly off of Daveed's and Irabeth's armor.
Daveeed needs to make a Fort save
Charles Geckle
(Fort: 1d20+13= 18)
Eric Holland
pass
Charles Geckle
Daveed and co turn away and ride battle to their battle lines. He sounds his Horn of Assured Victory twice as they do."
Eric Holland
With combat begining: I need Strategy Track, Tactics, and Boons as well as first phase targets and OM roll
Dai Y.
Having been awaiting the moment, Epicette orders the Rangers to volley the tielflings on the walls from the bridge towers/walls, including asking Anevia to make an example of that idiot tiefling who just shouted back.
(Strategy: 0/0; Tactics: normal; activating Combat Style; activating Hunter's Bond)
(OM: 15+2+2+1d6mythic[4] = 23)
(Favored terrain halves any terrain/battlefield advantages)
Charles Geckle
The Knights of Kenabres will charge into the Citadel's courtyard, after the first volley of arrows from the Mongrelfolk. Standard Tactics/Strategy. Still using Daveed's Defensive Tactics boon.
(OM: 1d20+10= 23)
Dai Y.
(Ranger OM bumped to 25)
Eric Holland
The Rangers have no trouble finding their targets and quickly take down the tieflings on the walls. With the hail of bolts quickly dropping to nothing, the Knights are able to close into the courtyard quickly.
As they approach the Dretches lay down a large field of Stinking Cloud, causing the paladins to loose a few men to nausea (treat as -1 OM and -1 DV)
The cultists however notice that they are being quickly outmatched and throw down their weapons as soon as a knight gets close, clearing the way to allow the knights to attack the dretches, but don't seem to be able to quite put them all down.
Also as they enter the open gates, the devices on top of the watchtowers are discovered to be boiling cauldrons which are dumped over the sides and onto the paladins and horses below (1 damage to the paladins)
Phase 2: Choose your targets and roll OM! There are weakened dretches, and surrendering cultists left
Charles Geckle
The Knights crush the Dretchs in the courtyard without mercy. OM: 1d20+10= 29)
Dai Y.
Epicette orders the Rangers to finish the ones on the walls first before assembling down on the bridge to follow the knights in. Unfortunately the enemies' reduce numbers made them much harder to shoot.
(OM: 5+2+2 = 7)
Eric Holland
The rangers arrows are not able to find their marks, but fortunately the demons prefer melee anyway and jumped at the paladins hoping to do some damage. However, most of them have poor sight and missed hitting nothing buth teh ground and were summarily slaughtered by the Knights.
The knights stand in the Courtyard of the citadel with 200 enemy cultists surrendering to be taken prisoners.
Charles Geckle
Daveed orders half of the Knights to secure the courtyard and organize the prisoners. Irabeth takes the other half to begin clearing out any remaining resistance that may be lingering inside/on top of the walls.
Eric Holland
[End]Statistics: Posted by Squall255 — Fri Nov 21, 2014 4:53 am
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