Orc Quest; or, A Critical Examination of Agency Through in Interactive Fiction (Warcraft)

Probably unneeded, but the specificity of "subordinates" just makes me cautious. Since I'm pretty sure the SC members do not technically count as subordinates.
I just used your old plan. If it's not necessary I can change it to scouting.

Not sure why its phrased as it is. Its mostly that bit about "while Whitemane is a healer."

Also why specify Sorek and not just the entire warband?
I assumed she'd bless the whole warband but I specifically noted Sorek because he's a blademaster aspirant who's joining Grok in the fight with the lich with lesser training and no magical equipment.

Edit: Only 6 hours? I edited it and taken it out. Changed Kartha to scouting.
 
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I just used your old plan. If it's not necessary I can change it to scouting.
Ah my apologies I wrote it late. No the idea is good, probably cave remedied by just saying subordinates and allied leaders.

I was thinking of giving you some slow fall feathers to help with the naruto running, but could also go with some gnomish grenades or similar
Seems reasonable.

I assumed she'd bless the whole warband but I specifically noted Sorek because he's a blademaster aspirant who's joining Grok in the fight with the lich with lesser training and no magical equipment.
No he isn't.

@FractiousDay just to be clear, its just Grok, Sesk and Ishi going for the lich, everyone else is sticking back as part of the distraction.
 
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    [X] Plan Operation Shadow Moses
    -[X] Training the Warband
    -[X] Requisition
    -[X] Deathknell
    -[X] The Blade Reborn (2 Actions)
    -[X] Reconnection
    -[X] Mightstone
    -[X] Social: Spend time with Whitemane. She's a healer of the light and can educate you more on what they're capable of when you first met a warrior of the light and then a high ranking undead priest who still follows the light. What does a healer of one have to say about the light and the virtues and aspect she likes to follow?
    -[X] When Vark mentioned his ideas for armor you were interested in one for yourself with the choice of taking from the Kul Tiras in your last fight with them plate armor but chose not to. Considering blademasters must be light and as swift as the wind when fighting you can easily guess yourself why armor would be cumbersome. Still you remember thanks to no protection you were wounded fighting those Kul Tiran knights who gave you a sword in the belly. You will task your blood sworn brother a side project of his 'double armor' and prepare plans for armor suited to a blademaster you are willing to try. You can believe at least two things out of your request to him. Protection for the torso with light chainmail and maybe protection for the face with a mask like the darkspear trolls? A mask like that is light with some protection that can also act to intimidate an opponent.
    -[X] Despite how much your warband has grown, you do have some doubts about the plan. Taking a position in Andorhal is easy, holding it on the other hand from an onslaught of undead is much harder. Perhaps Vok'fon's friendship with Prince Bran will allow some braver dwarves with knowledge of their gunpowder weapons to volunteer and help in holding the fort? Or will he offer gunpowder gadgets the blademasters can use to sabotage Andorhal's defenses?
    -[X] Ask Kartha to train our subordinates and allied leaders in the basics of each other's language to minimise risk of miscommunications.
    -[X] You trust in your own preparations and skills with your bodyguards sent by your father to deal with the lich in charge of Andorhal and anything else between you and him but you are unsure about Sorek and the aspirants you trained. You do not expect them to fight the lich but his minions may prove to be more than just a challenge especially those guarding the lich. You will seek the services of Castillian who may consult with your necrolyte on dark magic theories to create disposable magic items that may prove useful for Sorek when the time comes you and your bodyguards will be occupied with the lich while he and the rest of the aspirants will deal with the others.
    -[X] While Whitemane is a healer you consider from her manner she's more than just a healer and can fight like Tirion but not directly with a hammer when she only has a staff. Perhaps she can use her powers of the light to bless the warband for the coming fight?
    [X] Plan: Saddaling up
 
Whoops I forgot to edit the rest of the plan about Sorek and his aspirants.

-[X] You trust in your own preparations and skills with your bodyguards sent by your father to deal with the lich in charge of Andorhal and anything else between you and him but you are unsure about Sorek and the aspirants you trained. You do not expect them to fight the lich but his minions may prove to be more than just a challenge especially those guarding the lich. You will seek the services of Castillian who may consult with your necrolyte on dark magic theories to create disposable magic items that may prove useful for Sorek when the time comes you and your bodyguards will be occupied with the lich while he and the rest of the aspirants will deal with the others.
A little rewording if you can @FractiousDay? I don't want the blademaster aspirants to come but whatever Castilian manages to make will help them for the siege.
 
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I don't want them to come along either, it would mean needing to take care of them, this mission is only for pros.
 
@rx915 yes that's fine, added.

Rolling.

[X] Plan Operation Shadow Moses
-[X] Training the Warband
It is time to make the warband's mark on the Crusade to be more than just a minor contribution by taking Andorhal. But first more drilling must be done to prepare for the warband to take and hold the best defensive position in Andorhal while the blademasters will carry out the final phase of the plan, the assassination of the lich in charge of the city.

completing defence training 68

-[X] Requisition
To ensure the success of the battle Darion will seek the services of the undead slayer expert Vishas to train help train and offer advice to the warband while taking his advice to any further supplies necessary for the plan if anyone can offer advice taking a city under undead control with all sorts of undead while killing a lich it will be him. You will need supplies to withstand a siege, traps and portable material/tools for a barricade to hinder undead hungry for the flesh of the living and any available trinkets/gadgets to be offered to the blademasters who will be doing the dangerous part of the invasion that can aid them to carry out acts of sabotage or disable any more dangerous undead on the way to the lich.

Effect of supplies 31

-[X] Deathknell
You ask yourself why you're doing this when they rebuffed Kartha's warnings but what Scorn said about the fate of the forsaken haunts you. It's not our affair he says and he's right for the goals of the warband and there's not much the warband can do but you will give it one more try. You found Brill's fate to be distasteful and so this time you will go yourself under the excuse of training your own skills as a blademaster by yourself away from the noises of the busy Scarlet Camp. You do not expect anything much like with the emissary of Kul Tiras but you will meet them and have a talk and you shall see what you can do when the warning from the blademasters echo to you. The warband does not care for the plight of the forsaken left behind and the ones belonging to the alliance would seek to purge them by the light or by fire but as you do care then you should do it yourself.

Forsaken diplo 5
Grok diplo 50

-[X] The Blade Reborn (2 Actions)
training success 41

-[X] Mightstone
Varimathras help? 42

-[X] Social: Spend time with Whitemane. She's a healer of the light and can educate you more on what they're capable of when you first met a warrior of the light and then a high ranking undead priest who still follows the light. What does a healer of one have to say about the light and the virtues and aspect she likes to follow?

info 72

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-[X] When Vark mentioned his ideas for armor you were interested in one for yourself with the choice of taking from the Kul Tiras in your last fight with them plate armor but chose not to. Considering blademasters must be light and as swift as the wind when fighting you can easily guess yourself why armor would be cumbersome. Still you remember thanks to no protection you were wounded fighting those Kul Tiran knights who gave you a sword in the belly. You will task your blood sworn brother a side project of his 'double armor' and prepare plans for armor suited to a blademaster you are willing to try. You can believe at least two things out of your request to him. Protection for the torso with light chainmail and maybe protection for the face with a mask like the darkspear trolls? A mask like that is light with some protection that can also act to intimidate an opponent.

-[X] Despite how much your warband has grown, you do have some doubts about the plan. Taking a position in Andorhal is easy, holding it on the other hand from an onslaught of undead is much harder. Perhaps Vok'fon's friendship with Prince Bran will allow some braver dwarves with knowledge of their gunpowder weapons to volunteer and help in holding the fort? Or will he offer gunpowder gadgets the blademasters can use to sabotage Andorhal's defenses?

-[X] Ask Kartha to train our subordinates and allied leaders in the basics of each other's language to minimise risk of miscommunications.

-[X] You trust in your own preparations and skills with your bodyguards sent by your father to deal with the lich in charge of Andorhal and anything else between you and him but you are unsure about Sorek and the aspirants you trained. You do not expect them to fight the lich but his minions may prove to be more than just a challenge especially those guarding the lich. You will seek the services of Castillian who may consult with your necrolyte on dark magic theories to create disposable magic items that may prove useful for Sorek when the time comes you and your bodyguards will be occupied with the lich while he and the rest of the aspirants will deal with the others.

+ also items from castillian for others too

-[X] While Whitemane is a healer you consider from her manner she's more than just a healer and can fight like Tirion but not directly with a hammer when she only has a staff. Perhaps she can use her powers of the light to bless the warband for the coming fight?


-[X] Reconnection
Feldad scrying 62
Feldad trust 43

Marduk martial 23
Grok martial 76


battle generally
Araj response 89
scourge cohesion 7
defence 49
FractiousDay threw 12 100-faced dice. Reason: D100s Total: 602
68 68 31 31 5 5 50 50 41 41 42 42 72 72 62 62 43 43 23 23 76 76 89 89
FractiousDay threw 2 100-faced dice. Reason: D100s Total: 56
7 7 49 49
 
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Well above average rolls for a change but,
Varimathras help? 42
fuck you fuck you fuck you!

AHHHHHHGH

This is a good sign, Marduk is as I understand it a pretty infamous death knight of the scourge Marduk Blackpool

It'll hopefully ingratiate us with our own Redpath as well.

Forsaken diplo 5
Grok diplo 50
And does this mean we did diplomacy well against them?

I hope so.

I hope we're not just interrogating her about the light and are learning more about her as a person.

Since she's probably the first human we've had long term interactions with sans Tirion.

-[X] Reconnection
Feldad scrying 62
Feldad trust 43
Glares.

Typical.

"Reconnection indeed."
 
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-[X] Mightstone
Varimathras help? 42
Ah our dreadie in the forsaken city. Castilian indeed is his creature.
Marduk martial 23
Grok martial 76
I hope it was like this.

completing defence training 68
Let's get back to business to defeat the undead.

I don't know if Vishas was busy with a roll of 31 but the training has a roll of 68 so that's good?
 
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Doubtful, he's a full dreadknight, we're not even a Shaman.

I'd imagine we managed to out manuver him.
I like to dream.

Whether he was at Andorhal or it was a random encounter (thanks Vari or feldad) is a different story.
Glares.

Typical.

"Reconnection indeed."
I wonder what immediate advantage this is said to have at the end of this arc.

@FractiousDay so...... it went well?

If flamesword won would the blade start possessing Grok or something?
 
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Since when is he 'Blackpool'. What a silly name. Does he offer donkey rides at the beach? I knew he was 'the Black', but not 'Blackpool'
so...... it went well?
Broadly yea, oh I need to do battle rolls too actually.
If flamesword won would the blade start possessing Grok or something?
Not specifically no, but I don't really plan for things unless they happen etc. I had a couple of ideas but nothing specific currently.
 
Broadly yea, oh I need to do battle rolls too actually.
Ok good to hear. Now I just have to impatiently wait and refrain from impulsively imitating a whip and tell you to work faster minion. These chunks of text take time to pad out.
Not specifically no, but I don't really plan for things unless they happen etc. I had a couple of ideas but nothing specific currently.
I was a bit sarcastic about that one seeing as how Feldad was peeping in on the Reconnection option. I didn't expect that.

Vari trying to be helpful I can understand because Castilian is more than he seems if you dig up his name. He might be even more than just an agent with you around to spice him up.

However stranger things have happened if the first blademaster stuck his soul in the blade as it's a very old weapon or something ancient like a fire elemental from Draenor has been living in it.
battle generally
Araj response 89
scourge cohesion 7
defence 49
It went out like this?
 
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This magnificent thread that I only knew from photographs has been devastated. The infamous agency establishment has been bombed, and the bunkers that survived were later dynamited. I could understand this, but why civilian houses had also been levelled and set afire by incendiary likes was beyond me.

Each likebomber delivered up to 8,000 pounds of like loads each night, with as many as 1,000 likes over the target on a given night. During these raids, this great thread was set alight like a Roman candle! Funnys and Informatives also came during the daytime. Operation Gomorrah was conducted day and night causing a howling noise as the likestorm sucked the air out of the thread to feed itself.

It was said that over 50 pages of thread frontage were set ablaze and totally reduced to ashes during the raids, and another 133 pages were severely damaged. An estimated 1,500 questers were killed on the first night of the raids and many more were wounded. Those who survived were suddenly homeless and without possessions. The total casualties were estimated at approximately 45,000 questers. At the end of it, Squishy refused to come to the thread and sent Cloak&Dagger instead! This was never forgotten or forgiven by the questers.

What is it with us? Why do we as human beings have to experience war after war? It seems that we never learn and so perhaps we will have to witness even worse in the future.
 
This magnificent thread that I only knew from photographs has been devastated. The infamous agency establishment has been bombed, and the bunkers that survived were later dynamited. I could understand this, but why civilian houses had also been levelled and set afire by incendiary likes was beyond me.

Each likebomber delivered up to 8,000 pounds of like loads each night, with as many as 1,000 likes over the target on a given night. During these raids, this great thread was set alight like a Roman candle! Funnys and Informatives also came during the daytime. Operation Gomorrah was conducted day and night causing a howling noise as the likestorm sucked the air out of the thread to feed itself.

It was said that over 50 pages of thread frontage were set ablaze and totally reduced to ashes during the raids, and another 133 pages were severely damaged. An estimated 1,500 questers were killed on the first night of the raids and many more were wounded. Those who survived were suddenly homeless and without possessions. The total casualties were estimated at approximately 45,000 questers. At the end of it, Squishy refused to come to the thread and sent Cloak&Dagger instead! This was never forgotten or forgiven by the questers.

What is it with us? Why do we as human beings have to experience war after war? It seems that we never learn and so perhaps we will have to witness even worse in the future.
So.... what brought this up?
 
Uhm... maybe because someone went to read and like 167 of FractiousDay's posts, thus "raiding/ bombing" his authorial work
 
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