Dec 29, 2024 5:34 pm
Tiebreaker Player: @Redcroc
The Slaughter of Shrike Forest
In an act of desperation, the first few Orcs are sent against an overwhelming Styrovite force. The Styrovites make camp in the gloomy depths of the Shrike forest. The Orcs strike at night, hoping surprise and shock will make up for their lack of numbers, arms, and experience.
Pick any two Trait scores to serve as a stratagem, but those scores can never be used together as a stratagem again. Ex. If we choose to use Numbers + Loyalty as this chapter's stratagem, we can no longer use N + L together as a future stratagem.
Roll 1d6+Stratagem. On a total of 5 or higher, Lannia is victorious.
Victory
On a victory, the Orc ambush is terrifying and unexpected. Styrovite soldiers break and flee in terror. The Orcs run them down, and the creeks of Shrike Forest run red with Styrovite blood.
Pick three Warps.
Defeat
On a defeat, the Orcs are too few and too new to war. They are easily outnumbered and methodically slain by the disciplined invaders. The Styrovites will be ready for the next wave of Orcs.
Pick two Warps.
If any score reaches -8, -4, 4 or 8 this chapter, we will create one new custom the Orcs have begun that sets them apart from Lannians.
Available Warps
Orcs can fly into a battle rage. +1 Brute.
Orcs have natural weapons. Describe them. +1 Brute.
Orcs are hard to kill. +1 Numbers.
Orcs can march without tiring and survive off scraps that would make a Lannian sick. +1 Numbers.
Orcs can see by night. +1 Clever
Shifts
The Council may do any or all of these at the end of each chapter starting with Chapter 3, but each only once per chapter:
Make the Orcs larger. Move them up the size scale* by one. +1 Brute. -1 Numbers.
Make the Orcs smaller. Move them down the size scale by one. -1 Brute. +1 Numbers.
Indoctrinate the Orcs. Write one belief you give them. +1 Loyalty. -1 Clever.
Educate the Orcs. Write one skill they learn. -1 Loyalty. +1 Clever.
*Size scale, smallest to largest:
Green Goo
Gremlins
Goblins
Diminuitive
Stunted
Lannian
Burly
Hulking
Ogres
Trolls
Giants
The Slaughter of Shrike Forest
In an act of desperation, the first few Orcs are sent against an overwhelming Styrovite force. The Styrovites make camp in the gloomy depths of the Shrike forest. The Orcs strike at night, hoping surprise and shock will make up for their lack of numbers, arms, and experience.
Pick any two Trait scores to serve as a stratagem, but those scores can never be used together as a stratagem again. Ex. If we choose to use Numbers + Loyalty as this chapter's stratagem, we can no longer use N + L together as a future stratagem.
Roll 1d6+Stratagem. On a total of 5 or higher, Lannia is victorious.
Victory
On a victory, the Orc ambush is terrifying and unexpected. Styrovite soldiers break and flee in terror. The Orcs run them down, and the creeks of Shrike Forest run red with Styrovite blood.
Pick three Warps.
Defeat
On a defeat, the Orcs are too few and too new to war. They are easily outnumbered and methodically slain by the disciplined invaders. The Styrovites will be ready for the next wave of Orcs.
Pick two Warps.
If any score reaches -8, -4, 4 or 8 this chapter, we will create one new custom the Orcs have begun that sets them apart from Lannians.
Available Warps
Orcs can fly into a battle rage. +1 Brute.
Orcs have natural weapons. Describe them. +1 Brute.
Orcs are hard to kill. +1 Numbers.
Orcs can march without tiring and survive off scraps that would make a Lannian sick. +1 Numbers.
Orcs can see by night. +1 Clever
Shifts
The Council may do any or all of these at the end of each chapter starting with Chapter 3, but each only once per chapter:
Make the Orcs larger. Move them up the size scale* by one. +1 Brute. -1 Numbers.
Make the Orcs smaller. Move them down the size scale by one. -1 Brute. +1 Numbers.
Indoctrinate the Orcs. Write one belief you give them. +1 Loyalty. -1 Clever.
Educate the Orcs. Write one skill they learn. -1 Loyalty. +1 Clever.
*Size scale, smallest to largest:
Green Goo
Gremlins
Goblins
Diminuitive
Stunted
Lannian
Burly
Hulking
Ogres
Trolls
Giants
