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R3N-L3's done

So is Wolfram.

Alright, for the next adventure I've chosen one called "Drink Deep from the River of my Hate." It involves followers of the High One so it seems like a good fit for Lauretta's choice of expert path. I don't believe Lauretta's player has played this one yet, but let me know if I need to change it. :D

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I have not played that one, no. Exciting!

This is an awesome change of pace. I never expected to get such a tactical approach to things. Between her former military experience and position in the Church, this adventure almost feels like it was made for Lauretta!

The forces at your disposal include Sir Reginald (a knight), 2 crusaders, 5 soldiers, 10 archers, and 20 conscripts. How many of them are you taking with you for your ambush? I assume you'll send the other ones to the village to start preparing defenses there unless you want to do something else with them.

I still need to know if you have any of these forces with you for the ambush or not. :)

I am done with prep. This is new; I don't know what to expect fighting so many raiders. I am looking forward to it.

Sorry I was going to respond to this and then totally forgot. I'll look over it within the next couple hours.

There's a lot of factors here. >_< But I think I've got my recommendation.

We take all of them except the conscripts. The Crusaders and Archers have the most significant ranged weaponry, which is what will make the most of this ambush as it's designed to unload on them while they're slowed down and trying to cross. Sir Reginald, the Soldiers, and R3N-L3 would be best for holding the front line and keeping them locked down at the river for as long as possible. They have high defense, which is what will be needed there.

As for the conscripts, they should head back to the village and prepare defenses. With so many of them, they bear the largest risk of exposing our ambush early. The smaller our forces, the less likely the raiders will see this coming. Their ranged weaponry isn't all that impressive, and they're going to be squishy on the front line. The best thing for them to do is to prepare the town while we buy them time.

A much bigger question I have is where should Lauretta be? Her spell, Shield of Righteousness, will be a massive defensive benefit to the troops she is placed with. She has a bow, so she could be with the archers and crusaders. They would be even more protected from ranged fire and unleashing as much as possible. They should already have some cover though. Alternatively, she could be on the frontline with Sir Reginald, R3N-L3, and the Soldiers. This would make sure we hold for as long as possible.

Tzal and Wolfram are flex units who can go wherever they like, really.

I suggest that the conscripts return and start digging moats and constructing pit traps back in Auxen Vale.

That's a great idea, conscripts digging in back at the Vale.
Wolfram will go where his skills are best used and is flexible as Lauretta suggests.

Since this is a massive combat, do you want to offload any of the allied NPCs onto us to lessen the amount of things you need to manage? @Dmbrainiac

Or do you just wanna go wild with it?

It's okay, I can handle the rolls. I'll probably make a separate temporary thread for those rolls so the posts in the gameplay thread don't become insanely long. I'm at home today taking care of my sick daughter so I likely won't post until tomorrow or Monday.

Okey doke, that makes sense. Hope your daughter feels better soon!

Best wishes for your daughter. Hope she gets well soon.

Feel free to take your time, IRL matters take precedence

@Stalker05 12 hits their Agility exactly! :)

Great!