Re: Battle 8 (O&G) Deployment - MSU now with 2 skycutters!
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 11:18 pm
High Elves Turn 1
Alexandra surveyed the ruins of the village she'd so recently captured from its greenskin occupiers. Before they could even repair the damaged buildings, the enemy had returned, and seeming in greater numbers, for this time many dozens of goblins in dark cloaks could be seen marching across the horizon. Even more alarming, they were attacking from the same side from which her army had marched only days before. Was there no end to the sea of fungal foes?
Interestingly, it looked like a true Orc Warboss had wrested command of the tribe from the great shaman who had escaped the battle before. Even worse, he had stolen the wyvern as well, and he could be seen screaming some gibberish from atop the monster. The great shaman was sulking in a corner (or perhaps scheming how to regain control of the army after the Warboss's demise?).
Fortunately, she had been able to set up her forces in secret behind the harassing cavalry screen of her reaver regiments. The ploy had worked, and before the Orc Warboss had prepared his troops, her troops began to advance!
***
Magic (11v6): For once, Alexandra felt fully in command of the flow of magic in the area, and she focused it clearly on her foes. As a warmup, she tossed a small fireball at the river trolls opposite her. It struck home, but somehow had no effect! Undeterred, she cast Shem's Burning Gaze, which burned one troll to a crisp and wounded a second! Iceshard Blizzard on the rock lobba was dispelled by the great shaman, which allowed her to cast Spirit Leech on the boar chariot. This attempt was stopped by a dispel scroll, so she used the last of her power to unleash the Fury of Khaine onto a Mangler Squig, completely destroying it.
In shooting, the river trolls were left with only a single, wounded, troll alive. The second magler was destroyed, and the western wolf riders were reduced to a single, fleeing, goblin! Many more night goblins fell to a hail of simple arrows as well. In fact, so effective was the elven shooting and magic that Carmen was left with no targets for her Reaver Bow! She decided to use the time to check her makeup in a small mirror she always carried.
When the second mangler fell to shooting, we rolled a panic test for the orc great shaman, who was standing alone behind the ruins. He failed (rolling 11) and fled from the nearby eagle, rolling 11 for distance. This took him through the Warboss/Wyvern and straight off the table! The Warboss then panicked as well, (rolling an 11), and also fled off the table! This was an incredible turn of events, with Jimmy losing something like 1,000 points on my first turn. We then looked up the rules for "Size Matters" and realized that Orcs don't take panic tests from mangler squigs, so we put the two lords back on the table. Close call!
Orcs and Goblins Turn 1
The Orc Warboss was not impressed with the quality of the goblin troops he'd brought along! He had been promised immensely powerful troops, but it looked like they were collapsing in great numbers before his orcs were even in position!
His consternation only increased as the fleeing goblin to the east continued by riding off a cliff. Next, this ridiculous-looking pump wagon crashed into some night goblins, killing seven of them! He ordered his remaining troops to regroup and reinforce the eastern flank, hoping to break through around the tower and into the village.
Both spellcasters shifted into the eastern, already dwindled night goblin unit and prepared for some magic!
***
Magic (8v5): The great shaman, having had no luck with the Foot of Gork recently, decided to try teleporting his unit forward and unleashing some fanatics against the unwary heavy cavalry of the enemy! His casting attempt was brilliantly executed, and Alexandra decided to save her power for now. The goblins and wizards reappeared near the surprised dragon princes and the fanatics popped out, but they must have been dizzy from their journey through the portal, and they couldn't build up enough speed to reach the knights.
Next, the great shaman once again attempted to call down Gork's wrath, but he was too dizzy as well and couldn't get the words right. Gork just laughed at him from somewhere up in the clouds.
Shooting was relatively uneventful, though one doom diver did manage to crash into a bolt thrower and damage it!
High Elves Turn 2
Alexandra's forces were in position and she ordered the attack! To the east, the archers surged into the flank of the exposed goblin troop, while the phoenix flew into the side of the wounded troll. Two more fanatics, screeching, spun out of the western goblin unit. One crashed into the eagle and shashed its skull with a huge flailing strike! The other went for the phoenix but couldn't quite reach it.
The other elven forces pressed the advantage, sweeping around the sides and as far away from fanatics as possible!
***
Magic (3v2): It seemed that the magical forces in the area had been somewhat exhausted by the reckless castings of the great shaman, leaving precious little for Alexandra to work with. Still, she managed a miasma of fog onto the river troll, along with a fireball and a khaine's fury onto the night goblins, slaying ten of them!
Shooting was a bit less impressive, with ten goblins dying and a couple of wolf riders falling from their makeshift saddles.
In close combat, the phoenix managed to wound the river troll, but it clung to life and refused to budge (the Warboss was far away, but just close enough to keep an eye on things)! In the east, the goblins lost seven of their number and fled, while the archers restrained pursuit and watched the goblins crash through their own fanatics! They only hit one fanatic, however, and though seven more goblins died, the unit survived with enough members to potentially rally and cause more trouble.
Orcs and Goblins Turn 2
The goblins did indeed rally, though they were beset on all sides and out of options! Perhaps the hand of Gork could once again come to their aid?
To the west, the boar chariot swerved around both swamp and fanatic, crashing into the flank of the phoenix. Would be it able to swing the battle? The pump wagon, fresh from its easy victory over the night goblins, charged forward again at the eastern skycutter, but the snotlings manning the pumps couldn't pump hard enough to reach their target.
One fanatic crashed into a dilapidated building, ruining days of repair work the elves had been doing! The other two just spun off in wild directions, confused perhaps by massive mushroom overdoses.
The Orc Warboss decided to abandon his left flank and focus on the east. Though it seemed unlikely that they could take the village today, perhaps they could at least destroy some of these fragile elven regiments!
***
Magic (9v5): The great shaman drew together as much power as he could muster and channeled a massive incantation for the foot of Gork! Only a miraculous attempt from Alexandra could stop the attempt. She mustered as much power as possible and began to form the sigils--perfect! The dispel attempt was irresistible and the great shaman roared in frustration.
In shooting, the rock lobba once again missed, but a doom diver crashed directly into Carmen! She spotted the thing careening out of the sky toward her, raised her charmed shield, and braced for impact. The sun was in her eyes, though, and she failed to block the attack! The goblin crashed into her and--nothing! It was friendly goblin after all. (Jimmy rolled a direct hit, then a "1" for number of hits. I then rolled "1" for charmed shield! He then rolled "1" to wound!)
In combat, the chariot hit home with amazing ferocity, scoring seven hits against the phoenix. Due to the blizzard slowing it down, however, the hits weren't very powerful, and the phoenix was only wounded twice (still pretty good!). In return, the phoenix did some major damage to the contraption, and though momentum threatened to force the phoenix away, it was able to easily hold the line and wait for reinforcements.
***
Foreseeing the total destruction of his army in the near future, the Orc Warboss decided that enough was enough. He cut his losses and flew away, leaving the two shamans to fend for themselves against the lightning fast elven cavalry!
Alexandra's forces did not pursue the greenskins, but rather set to work improving the village's fortifications in order to defend against the inevitable next attack.
Alexandra surveyed the ruins of the village she'd so recently captured from its greenskin occupiers. Before they could even repair the damaged buildings, the enemy had returned, and seeming in greater numbers, for this time many dozens of goblins in dark cloaks could be seen marching across the horizon. Even more alarming, they were attacking from the same side from which her army had marched only days before. Was there no end to the sea of fungal foes?
Interestingly, it looked like a true Orc Warboss had wrested command of the tribe from the great shaman who had escaped the battle before. Even worse, he had stolen the wyvern as well, and he could be seen screaming some gibberish from atop the monster. The great shaman was sulking in a corner (or perhaps scheming how to regain control of the army after the Warboss's demise?).
Fortunately, she had been able to set up her forces in secret behind the harassing cavalry screen of her reaver regiments. The ploy had worked, and before the Orc Warboss had prepared his troops, her troops began to advance!
***
Magic (11v6): For once, Alexandra felt fully in command of the flow of magic in the area, and she focused it clearly on her foes. As a warmup, she tossed a small fireball at the river trolls opposite her. It struck home, but somehow had no effect! Undeterred, she cast Shem's Burning Gaze, which burned one troll to a crisp and wounded a second! Iceshard Blizzard on the rock lobba was dispelled by the great shaman, which allowed her to cast Spirit Leech on the boar chariot. This attempt was stopped by a dispel scroll, so she used the last of her power to unleash the Fury of Khaine onto a Mangler Squig, completely destroying it.
In shooting, the river trolls were left with only a single, wounded, troll alive. The second magler was destroyed, and the western wolf riders were reduced to a single, fleeing, goblin! Many more night goblins fell to a hail of simple arrows as well. In fact, so effective was the elven shooting and magic that Carmen was left with no targets for her Reaver Bow! She decided to use the time to check her makeup in a small mirror she always carried.
When the second mangler fell to shooting, we rolled a panic test for the orc great shaman, who was standing alone behind the ruins. He failed (rolling 11) and fled from the nearby eagle, rolling 11 for distance. This took him through the Warboss/Wyvern and straight off the table! The Warboss then panicked as well, (rolling an 11), and also fled off the table! This was an incredible turn of events, with Jimmy losing something like 1,000 points on my first turn. We then looked up the rules for "Size Matters" and realized that Orcs don't take panic tests from mangler squigs, so we put the two lords back on the table. Close call!
Orcs and Goblins Turn 1
The Orc Warboss was not impressed with the quality of the goblin troops he'd brought along! He had been promised immensely powerful troops, but it looked like they were collapsing in great numbers before his orcs were even in position!
His consternation only increased as the fleeing goblin to the east continued by riding off a cliff. Next, this ridiculous-looking pump wagon crashed into some night goblins, killing seven of them! He ordered his remaining troops to regroup and reinforce the eastern flank, hoping to break through around the tower and into the village.
Both spellcasters shifted into the eastern, already dwindled night goblin unit and prepared for some magic!
***
Magic (8v5): The great shaman, having had no luck with the Foot of Gork recently, decided to try teleporting his unit forward and unleashing some fanatics against the unwary heavy cavalry of the enemy! His casting attempt was brilliantly executed, and Alexandra decided to save her power for now. The goblins and wizards reappeared near the surprised dragon princes and the fanatics popped out, but they must have been dizzy from their journey through the portal, and they couldn't build up enough speed to reach the knights.
Next, the great shaman once again attempted to call down Gork's wrath, but he was too dizzy as well and couldn't get the words right. Gork just laughed at him from somewhere up in the clouds.
Shooting was relatively uneventful, though one doom diver did manage to crash into a bolt thrower and damage it!
High Elves Turn 2
Alexandra's forces were in position and she ordered the attack! To the east, the archers surged into the flank of the exposed goblin troop, while the phoenix flew into the side of the wounded troll. Two more fanatics, screeching, spun out of the western goblin unit. One crashed into the eagle and shashed its skull with a huge flailing strike! The other went for the phoenix but couldn't quite reach it.
The other elven forces pressed the advantage, sweeping around the sides and as far away from fanatics as possible!
***
Magic (3v2): It seemed that the magical forces in the area had been somewhat exhausted by the reckless castings of the great shaman, leaving precious little for Alexandra to work with. Still, she managed a miasma of fog onto the river troll, along with a fireball and a khaine's fury onto the night goblins, slaying ten of them!
Shooting was a bit less impressive, with ten goblins dying and a couple of wolf riders falling from their makeshift saddles.
In close combat, the phoenix managed to wound the river troll, but it clung to life and refused to budge (the Warboss was far away, but just close enough to keep an eye on things)! In the east, the goblins lost seven of their number and fled, while the archers restrained pursuit and watched the goblins crash through their own fanatics! They only hit one fanatic, however, and though seven more goblins died, the unit survived with enough members to potentially rally and cause more trouble.
Orcs and Goblins Turn 2
The goblins did indeed rally, though they were beset on all sides and out of options! Perhaps the hand of Gork could once again come to their aid?
To the west, the boar chariot swerved around both swamp and fanatic, crashing into the flank of the phoenix. Would be it able to swing the battle? The pump wagon, fresh from its easy victory over the night goblins, charged forward again at the eastern skycutter, but the snotlings manning the pumps couldn't pump hard enough to reach their target.
One fanatic crashed into a dilapidated building, ruining days of repair work the elves had been doing! The other two just spun off in wild directions, confused perhaps by massive mushroom overdoses.
The Orc Warboss decided to abandon his left flank and focus on the east. Though it seemed unlikely that they could take the village today, perhaps they could at least destroy some of these fragile elven regiments!
***
Magic (9v5): The great shaman drew together as much power as he could muster and channeled a massive incantation for the foot of Gork! Only a miraculous attempt from Alexandra could stop the attempt. She mustered as much power as possible and began to form the sigils--perfect! The dispel attempt was irresistible and the great shaman roared in frustration.
In shooting, the rock lobba once again missed, but a doom diver crashed directly into Carmen! She spotted the thing careening out of the sky toward her, raised her charmed shield, and braced for impact. The sun was in her eyes, though, and she failed to block the attack! The goblin crashed into her and--nothing! It was friendly goblin after all. (Jimmy rolled a direct hit, then a "1" for number of hits. I then rolled "1" for charmed shield! He then rolled "1" to wound!)
In combat, the chariot hit home with amazing ferocity, scoring seven hits against the phoenix. Due to the blizzard slowing it down, however, the hits weren't very powerful, and the phoenix was only wounded twice (still pretty good!). In return, the phoenix did some major damage to the contraption, and though momentum threatened to force the phoenix away, it was able to easily hold the line and wait for reinforcements.
***
Foreseeing the total destruction of his army in the near future, the Orc Warboss decided that enough was enough. He cut his losses and flew away, leaving the two shamans to fend for themselves against the lightning fast elven cavalry!
Alexandra's forces did not pursue the greenskins, but rather set to work improving the village's fortifications in order to defend against the inevitable next attack.