( Judson: decent number, may not be quite as many as you think, remember this map isn't 3D, and those walls are 25ft high ).
The spearman takes a stab at Yuuta as he shifted positions but missed, right before Yuuta buried his shortsword inbetween his ribs. He then fell over from the ramp and down the walls. Yuuta's next stab then ended the life of the spear ashigaru behind the first in one hit. But during this time three more charged up the ramp; two of them thrusted out with their spears, but both of them missed again...
(sheesh, I'm failing on nat20s now <_<)
When the mage began to conjure another ramp, Yumi shot out again, but this time it completely bounced off his wards. Yumi then took aim and sent an arrow in straight into his vitals, badly injuring the mage, who then created yet another ramp before retreating behind a line of spearmen to take cover. Both of the new ramps were next to Yuuta, expanding who was once a 5ft-wide force ramp into a 15ft wide one.
Several more squads of ninjas rushed in from the shadows, and Yuuta could notice that they were under the cover of invisibility. They then tossed more bombs onto the battlements, three of them directly at Yuuta this time. Yuuta dodges all three, but the force of the explosion tore holes into the wooden battlements and shattered entire sections of cover (Dave: 3 reflex saves this time, each one against DC18 or take 9 force damage each time)
Meanwhile, spearmen continued to charge up the ramps, and another wave of ashigaru spears rushed forth to begin scaling the walls...
Over the telecomm, you could hear the cursing of several officers as more explosions resounded from all across the western and northern walls. The casualties inflicted by the waves of bombs weren't heavy, but they were ripping holes in the battlements that would allow the enemy to charge through without squeezing in first. Hiraga Tsunami was also reporting heavy casualties to the musketeer squad, as the enemy seems to be throwing extra bombs her way and was determined to rid of those gunners...
The ninjas followed it up with yet another volley of arrows before withdrawing away from the wall lighting and into the shadows. None of them managed to strike Yuuta.
Terasaka's display of prowess, combined with his aura, left two of the spearmen on the ladder and all five that was climbing the walls backing off in fright. The seven of them then jumped to the bottom of the wall, not even caring about the painful impact, and bolted towards the southwest.
Overall, the communications channel seems to be reporting that the walls were holding; the enemy was taking heavy casualties trying to scale them but weren't making any breakthroughs; although the fighting on the north wall was extremely brutal as the ballistae had opened up several holes in the battlements even before the waves of bombs. At this time, the final line of troops, ~100 heavily-armored samurai facing the western walls (and another ~150 to the north), finally cleared the tree line and was moving into the battle, while even more spellcasters (although these were shadowcasters wearing ninja clothes) began to create ramps up the walls--- in fact, 4 more of them suddenly came into existence in and around the party's area within seconds.
"Ryouma, we'll need those reserves up here soon!" Yuzuru's voice could be heard over the channel.
"Half the archers have already been shifted to support you. I'm not devoting the rest until I see Kikkawa! Barely 100 of her ninjas have entered the main engagement so far! Where are the rest of them!?"
( round 8 and 9 actions from everyone please )
[EDIT: The shadowcasters are ~100ft out and staying away from the torches carried by the other soldiers. Every so while you can see their outlines when their magic flares to conjure the ramps. On a Perception check (DC20) you can see their exact square, but the darkness still obscures their exact location]Statistics: Posted by Zanaikin — Sat Aug 27, 2011 12:07 pm
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