December 14: Results and Rain!

Heavy rains settle over the land.

Treasure-laden wagons cannot move today.  Raiding parties not weighed down with loot can continue to move, however.

All random encounters and raids are unaffected by sunlight.

The Dread Lord scowls as none of his chiefs have anything to offer him today due to the foul weather.

Random Encounters

None

Carnatium Raids

None

Kor Torrigan Raids

Rockbrain hits Kor Torrigan with a small raiding force which could have gone way worse.  Luckily for him, his siegemaster had prepared a few tricks for the dwarves.  The game result is a couple of re-rolls which saves a few lives and turns up some extra gold - 900gp at the cost of just 10 goblins.  A solid trade.

Goblintown Raids

None

Nirumbee Encounters

The large force of orcs in the woods finds no sign of the pointy-eared bow-twangers.

Map Moves

Garek Bloodtide, on his way to finish off Lorem Ipsum and claim LoremTown for his won, spies the last dregs of his rival's forces headed for GarekTown and thinks, "By Lamalla's Salty Bosom, we'll have none of that!"  He moves to intercept and with 380HD worth of troops to Lorem's 200HD just manages to miss out on that sweet 2:1 column on the CRT.  He rolls a 3 instead on the 1:1 column, which proves that there is fight left in Lorem after all. Garek loses 10HD and retreats to his home hex.  Perhaps this was just a scouting mission after all?

[UPDATE: With Garek's skill as a Battlemaster, that should push the odds back up to 2:1.  After checking to see who counts as the attacker, it's Lorem.  The die roll stands at 3, which means Lorem is attacking at 1:2 odds, and the result is a defeat for Lorem.  He loses 30HD worth of troops and is forced to retreat one hex.  The map has been updaed to reflect this change.]

Porcus moves into the KlonTown hex, but doesn't like the look of things.  Behind him, a large force of Klon's boyz waits in hex 5,6 to serve as the hammer to the anvil of KlonTown's walls.  To show his good intentions, he steers well clear of the walls, and the day passes without bloodshed here.  But things remain tense heading into the next day...

Leaderboard

Porcus Orcus: 54 points

Lorem Ipsum: 38 points

Hollyfelled: 35 points

Klon Grushnag: 33 points

Garrek Bloodtide: 32 points

Kul of the Dripping Blades: 31 points

Grimdark Morbad: 30 points

Kris Karnhell: 28 points

Khaleb Ghines: 24 points

December 13: Results

Weather: Miserably sunny and miserable

The Dread Lord scowls as none of his chiefs have anything to offer him today.

Random Encounters

Sivor Khalid's raiding force, eager to explicate news of their heroic defeat, get along quickly today and manage to move one extra hex towards home. 

Carnatium Raids

None

Kor Torrigan Raids

None

Goblintown Raids

None

Nirumbee Encounters

None

Map Moves

Porcus Orcus sends his newly emptied treasure wagons through Malturrim, and stumbles upon Grimdark's troubled caravan in hex 5,6.  the subchief's eyes widen at a relatively unprotected caravan, but narrow as he spies a second force of Grimdark's boyz approaching from the south. The easy pickings jsut got a lot harder.  The subchief decides not to risk a fight, but Gizzard the Wizard has other ideas.  Given the proximity of Malturrim, Porcus' cagy wizard asks for a chance to sneak in and steal some loot on his own.

No reward without risk, he is offered a mini-game: A single 1d6 roll to make off with some gold. On a 1 he fails but gets away and back to his force and on a 6 he is killed in the attempt. Any other result nets him that number times 50gp. Which he declines.

Leaderboard

Porcus Orcus: 54 points

Lorem Ipsum: 38 points

Hollyfelled: 35 points

Klon Grushnag: 33 points

Garrek Bloodtide: 32 points

Kul of the Dripping Blades: 31 points

Grimdark Morbad: 30 points

Kris Karnhell: 28 points

Khaleb Ghines: 24 points

December 12: Results

Weather: Miserably sunny and miserable

Porcus Orcus delivers 2,400gp to the Dread Tower, scoring him 24 points and putting him in the lead.

The Dread Lord's visage cracks in a great and terrible grin.

Random Encounters

Grimdark Morbad's treasure caravan suffers a disastrous breakdown, just on the edge of Malturrim.  It will not be able to move tomorrow.

The two armies in hex 6,6, those of Chiefs Ghines and Hollyfelled,  find the going easy today and move an extra hex.

Carnatium Raids

None

Kor Torrigan Raids

None

Goblintown Raids

None

Nirumbee Encounters

None

Map Moves

Sivor's Raid

In hex 3,5, Sivor Khan catches up to the treasure caravan of Klon Grushnag, just as reinforcements arrive from KlonTown.  With the arrival of those reinforcements, he is badly outnumbered, 110HD to 310HD, putting him on the 1:2 column of the CRT.  With the result of a 4, he loses 10HD worth of troops and is forced to retreat back to hex 2,4.

The Retaking of KlonhellTown 1, 2, 3

Kris Klonhell hits his lost home from the north, as an allied contingent from Old PorcusTown arrives in the southeast.  Combined, they hit the 60HD worth of pinkbelly squatters (who fight as 120HD thanks to Kris' stonewalls) with 560HD worth of orc warriors for a whopping 9:1 ratio.  The result of a 5 indicates that the defenders suffer 500HD worth of casualties to just 10HD for the attackers.  Kris takes the loss and regains his home, slaughtering the usurpers in the process.  He'll need to spend tomorrow cleaning out the human stink but can rest easy in his own pile of furs tonight.

Leaderboard

Porcus Orcus: 54 points

Lorem Ipsum: 38 points

Hollyfelled: 35 points

Klon Grushnag: 33 points

Garrek Bloodtide: 32 points

Kul of the Dripping Blades: 31 points

Grimdark Morbad: 30 points

Kris Karnhell: 28 points

Khaleb Ghines: 24 points

December 11: Results

Weather: Miserably sunny and miserable

Kul pays tribute to the Dread Lord to the tune of 2,058gp earning another 20 points.

The Dread Lord is placated...for now.

Random Encounters

None

Carnatium Raids

None

Kor Torrigan Raids

None

Goblintown Raids

None

Nirumbee Encounters

None

Map Moves

OghmaTown 

Porcus Orcus spends the day tearing down Oghma's banners and replacing them with his own.  Having declared hex 8,5 his home hex, this is where his reinforcements will spawn from here on out.  He maintains control of his original home hex unless and until he abandons it.

Leaderboard

Lorem Ipsum: 38 points
Hollyfelled: 35 points
Klon Grushnag: 33 points
Garrek Bloodtide: 32 points
Kul of the Dripping Blades: 31 points
Grimdark Morbad: 30 points
Porcus Orcus: 30 points
Kris Karnhell: 28 points
Khaleb Ghines: 24 points

December 10: Results

Weather: Miserably sunny and miserable

No one arrives to pay tribute to the Dread Lord.

He is not pleased.

Random Encounters

None

Carnatium Raids

Klon moves into the suburbs of Carnatium with a large raiding party and avoids the human patrols.  His raid procures another 280HD worth of slaves and 2,200gp at the cost of 40HD worth of orcs.  It would have been worse, but they are Da Raiderz and get to reroll two of the worst dice.

Kor Torrigan Raids

None

Goblintown Raids

None

Nirumbee Encounters

None

Map Moves

Lorem Ambushed

Although no longer weighed down with his treasure, Lorem finds himself facing an orcish alliance anyway.  Headed back to his home village to reunite with his fresh troops, he stumbles into a large raiding party of Garuk, Rockbrain, and Khaleb [and Hollyfelled!].  They must be looking to limit his power and perhaps convince a few lads to come over to their team.  Whatever the case, with such odds stacked against him, Lorum has a 50-50 chance of escape and fails. Lorem brings 300HD worth of troops into a fight against Garuk's 180HD, Rockbrain's 60HD, and Khaleb's 80HD, which makes for a 1:1 fight, which gets shifted one column in the attackers' favor due to Rockbrain's skill as a Battlemaster.

With a result of a 6(!) on the attack table, the coalition completely vanquishes Lorem's forces and presses half of them into service.  This amounts to 30HD of orcs and the liberation of 20HD worth of goblin slaves for each of them.  [Update: Lorem himself fights to the death, as all chiefs should.  This leaves Lorem Ipsum with just one subchief and no way to send raiders out into the wilds without leaving his home hex abandoned.]

[Second update:  I missed that Hollyfelled participated in the fight and looting of Lorem's forces, too. His presence wouldn't have changed things, but to compensate for my error, we'll say he arrives in time to round up a few scattered survivors as well.]

OghmaTown 

Kris Karnhell and Porcus Orcus share the ruins of Oghma's village.  To the surprise of Porcus, an expected band of reinforcements do not arrive - they arrive at his home hex four days to the south.  His plan to sieze Oghma's village for his own has run into the catch that he doesn't control the ruined village - he shares it with the forces of Kris Karnhell and can't properly claim it as his new and improved home hex!

The two Orc leaders, Porcus and Karnhell, spend the day snarling and posturing and doing all the warrior posturing that makes up the bulk of orc negotiations before settling on a suitable bargain.  Plans are laid, and the day ends with a proper victory feast.

Leaderboard

Lorem Ipsum: 38 points

Hollyfelled: 35 points

Klon Grushnag: 33 points

Garrek Bloodtide: 32 points

Grimdark Morbad: 30 points

Porcus Orcus: 30 points

Kris Karnhell: 28 points

Khaleb Ghines: 24 points

Kul of the Dripping Blades: 11 points

December 9: Results

Weather: Awful. Sunny and pleasant

Malturrim

Lorem Ipsum enters Malturrim just steps ahead of an allied force of orcs who just wanted to help him with his heavy burden of 7,600gp.  That 36 points puts him not just on the board, but at the top of it.

Porcus Orcus dispatches a small force to deliver 3,000gp to the tower, putting him on the board.

The Dread Lord is well pleased.

Random Encounters

None

Carnatium Raids

Grimdark Morbad has had enough of the pinkbellies and moves into the suburbs of Carnatium with pillage on his mind.  Due to his Man-Friend ability, he avoids all patrols until his intentions are revealed and he strikes at two hexes. Both forces make it out with 1,100gp each.  One loses 30HD of warriors, but drags 80HD of humans out of town, the other loses 20HD of orcs and gains 100HD of slaves.

Kor Torrigan Raids

None

Goblintown Raids

None

Nirumbee Encounters

None

Map Moves

The big seige of Oghma village arrives as six raiding forces swarm her walls.  Porcus Orcus, Kul of the Dripping Blade, and Kris Karnhell hit the battered fortress and its 260HD of defenders, bumped up to 390HD due to the stone walls of Fort Oghma.  The attackers hit him with a total of 1,090 HD worth of troops (420HD for Porcus, 370HD for Kris Karnhell, and 300HD for Kul).  Even with all those numbers, it would still be just a 3:1 advantage for the attackers, but Porcus Orcus laid in some detailed plans for the gatehouse.  His pet weirdboy hit a subchief's bodyguard with a powerful invisibility and levitate combination that tips the scales into a one column shift in his favor for a roll on the 3:1 column of the siege CRT.  A result of 5 on the chart indicates a heroic stand for Oghma, and his last.

Taking 75% of the attacker's HD in casualties wipes him out to the last orc.  The 25% casualties for the attackers results in 90HD worth of casualties to the combined force for just 30HD each.  Oghma, his leaders, and ogres fight to the last.  Once they fall the remaining defenders see the writing on the wall - they take up service in the other chief's camps - which mitigates their losses to the tune of 10HD of orcs each and adds 40HD of goblins to each of their service.

Leaderboard

Lorem Ipsum: 38 points

Hollyfelled: 35 points

Klon Grushnag: 33 points

Garrek Bloodtide: 32 points

Grimdark Morbad: 30 points

Porcus Orcus: 30 points

Kris Karnhell: 28 points

Khaleb Ghines: 24 points

Kul of the Dripping Blades: 11 points

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