December 8: Results

Weather: Awful. Sunny and pleasant

Malturrim

Kul of the Dripping Blades sends one of his subchiefs with 1,098 gold looted from the goblins and Oghma to Malturrim to make his obeisance.  Though a bit short of a full 100gp, Kul and his men are hard bargainers.  the Dread Lord's gnomish accountant reluctantly allows for eleven points on the board.

Klon Grushnag delivers 2,400gp and 180HD of human slaves to Malturrim for a total of 33 points.  

The Dread Lord is well pleased.

Random Encounters

We got one, and what a beauty it is.  Kris Karnhell, finding himself with a lot of boyz with nothing to do, opts to send them and his last subchief to rendezvous with his forces gathering to the north.  This leaves his home-hex completely undefended.  After talking to the player, we decided that it would be fair to roll for random encounters for empty home hexes.  What a time to finally hit a random encounter.  A total of 90HD of human warriors shows up, spoiling for trouble and instead finds a nice and tidy new home to call their own.  To make matters worse, they set up shop behind his stone walls, meaning that an assault faces an effective 180HD of defenders.  Until he recovers his home-hex, he cannot spawn any new troops.

Chief Rockbrain encounters 40HD of goblins on his way into hex (6,4).  With a force of 60HD worth of orcs we have a 1:1 ratio.  A result of 4 on the CRT means that Rockbrain loses 20HD worth of warriors before dealing with the little brutes.  He does manage to mitigate the loss by capturing 20HD of the little buggers before they scupper off.

Carnatium Raids

None

Kor Torrigan Raids

None

Goblintown Raids

None

Nirumbee Encounters

None

Map Moves

Quite a traffic jam building up on the roads to Malturrim.

Recognizing that Lorem Ipsum's heavy wagons must be laden with huge stacks of loot, Garuk Bloodtide decides to call in the heavy artillery.  He negotiates an alliance with Chief Rockbrain for assistance, and they meet up just outside of Malturrim to help relieve Lorem of his heavy burden.

Chief Rockbrain is slowed down by an encounter with a few goblins (see above), which limits his aid in the fight to just 40HD worth of troops.  Garuk himself, his shaman, and 150HD worth of boys brings the tally up to 190HD pitted against Lorem's 300HD worth of troops.  Lorem, eager to lose any of his hard-won booty, attempts to avoid the attack. There is only a 2 in 6 chance of him escaping this time.  His wagons are heavily loaded, and he is being hit from two different directions.  With a roll of a 2, he slips away in the night and his force (and its treasure) will arrive safely in Malturrim tomorrow.

Leaderboard

Hollyfelled: 35 points

Klon Grushnag: 33 points

Garrek Bloodtide: 32 points

Grimdark Morbad: 30 points

Kris Karnhell: 28 points

Khaleb Ghines: 24 points

Kul of the Dripping Blades: 11 points