Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
This has really come together into another Plane-shaking battle, barely two months since the fall of the Golden Company and the defeat of the Avatar of Tiamat. I think we're hitting our stride for higher warfare.[X] Make a sortie against the enemy and their flying beasts, all dragonriders on their mounts including yourself, with the air force engaging at maximum distance possible with Beetle Bombs against targets spotted from afar and Manticores and Moonchaser-class vessels making use of their steam cannons. They have specialty rounds for striking incorporeal foes as well.
-[X] To whit, engagement should include: Amrelath with Legendary Proportions, Relath, Varys riding herd on Balerion, Viserys in True Dragon form utilizing Legendary Proportions, 9x Adult Mind Dragons, 2x Very Old Myrkdreki Dragons, 8x Fiery Dragonbeasts, 30x Heralds, The Harbinger, Moonchaser, Dawnstar and Duskrunner, 27 Type-A Wyverns, 12 Type-B Wyverns, 5x Manticore Fighter-Bombers.
-[X] If there are foes which the Air Force does not find as much purchase against, even with Energy Siege Shot and specialty ammunition, again from either high altitude to deliver payloads or from afar using long-range weaponry, they will hold back while the three air ships continually attempt work wrestle with the weather effect using their Weather Control consoles.
--[X] Viserys and Zathir will open the fight by attempting to defray or quell the storm exactly as they did before, having spent at least one hour resting spells.
---[X] PCs Present for Sortie:
-[X] Dany, Lya, Vee, Sir Richard, Waymar, Tyene, Teana, Malarys, Rina
-[X] Melisande, Zherys, Benerro
[X] Order of Battle + Supply Distribution
-[X] The Sathari army will take the Right Flank, with the prior arrangements made to quell enemy mages attempts to harm your forces while yours focus on attack and supporting effects with their spells slots.
-[X] Dany and Malarys will organize the ground forces magical protections, including measures described by @Goldfish, including preparing circles of mages with x50 Consecrate scrolls and x30 Symbol of Healing scrolls. Titan's Tools can be used to prepare the field at Ser Gerold's discretion.
--[X] Engineering crews working with Titan Tools will arrange the additional defenses raised around Sallosh to funnel Undead enemies into prepared killzones, each of which will be constantly bathed in the damaging light of Celestial Brilliance banners (1d6 damage to Undead per round), lined with continuous Consecrate effects (+3 bonus to Turn Undead, -1 penalty to saves, attacks, and damage to Undead), and multiple Symbols of Healing (2d8+5 Positive Energy damage on Undead) arranged one after the other so that when Undead leave one of the 60 foot area of effect they will immediately enter another.
---[X] Our Forge-grown Plant servitors will use their Entangle SLAs to turn approaches other than the killzones into nearly impassable obstacles for groundbound Undead, making them easy pickings for our forces while encouraging others to brave the killzones if they wish to make any forward progress. Entangle SLAs will also be used to hinder any large masses of Undead who seem likely to break through a killzone when our forces are not positioned to repel them.
---[X] Archers with quivers of Grave Marker Arrows will use them to herd lesser Undead into the killzones.
-[X] Additional scrolls for things like fireball and other similar Area-of-Effect type spell scrolls ordered Level 1-3 will be taken from the armory and dispersed among your mages, allaying some of the issues with limited spell slots. This will allow everyone to prepare the most optimal load-outs as they can without having to sacrifice too much offensive ability.
-[X] Distribute the following spell scrolls among our mages who can use them to ward or enhance themselves and our forces in their vicinity.
--[X] x50 Recitation: +2 luck bonus to AC, on attack rolls, and on saving throws to everyone in 60 foot radius for 42 seconds.
--[X] x50 Mass Aid: +1d8+5 Temporary HP, +1 Morale bonus on attack rolls and saves vs Fear effects to everyone in a 15 foot radius for 5 minutes
--[X] x30 Archon's Aura: Hostile creatures must make a Will save or take a -2 penalty to AC and their attack rolls, 20 foot radius centered on caster, 5 minutes
--[X] x50 Absorbing Barrier: Every ally within 40 foot radius gains DR 20/Magic until the barrier absorbs 140 points of damage, 7 hours
--[X] Majority of the heavy horse will be set up on the left flank, with half of the light horse, the other half positioned in the reserves and perhaps a quarter of the Lancers as well.
---[X] The Siege Company will engage from platforms beyond the first battle lines.
----[X] Dany and Malarys will prepare another 80 Celestial Brilliance banners to distribute among the Legion, allowing for some overlap. It will be fiendishly difficult to engage them without being under that constant effect.
-----[X] Dany will use her 1/day Hallow effect in the center with Death Ward centered by the effect.
------[X] Brilliant Barrier charms will be strategically distributed to help herd overwhelming amounts of undead away from flagging areas, allowing them to at least reorder or withdraw as calmly as possible, hopefully allowing for defense in depth.
-[X] You will position the majority of your draconic flying forces in the center, Relath and Amrelath guarding the Left flank, the Wyrmlings healing your Heralds, with constructs mostly concerning themselves with dealing with aerial threats while your heavy hitters attempt to turn their more powerful breath weapons against the enemy on the ground. Position of Valyrian Dragons will depend on Riders' location.
--[X] Myrdreki will be with the reserves until the battle has progressed sufficiently that assassination attempts might be made, though they will be looking for opportunities more than trying to force one.
---[X] Mind Dragons not explicitly assigned to any one group of PCs acting as communication hubs, will be dispensed at Gerold's discretion to help coordinate forces.
----[X] Dragonbeasts will act as the vanguard.
---[X] The Manticores will act as mobile artillery, keeping within optimum engagement range for their Steam Cannons and engaging harder targets, or keeping constant pressure wherever the enemy seems strongest on the field.
----[X] The Moonchasers will hold with the reserves and will not get into close engagements with the enemy, focusing on keeping their thirty cannons constantly firing with AoE munitions and doing as much damage as possible deep within the enemy ranks as they can reach, which serves as a side effect of forcing the enemy to move to engage head-to-head thanks to the sheer volume of fire.
--[X] 1st Legion will hold center, 8th Legion will hold the Left Flank and the 9th Legion will act as a reserve force. The local Legion garrison will be folded into the reserves.
[X] Strategic Assets
-[X] (Outsiders) 1x Hadhayosh (CR 20), 23 Veteran Erinyes, Yrael, Azema, Mereth
-[X] (Dragons) Amrelath, Relath, Viserys, 9x Adult Mind Dragons (CR 15), 2x Very Old Myrkdreki Dragons, CR 15, 8x Fiery Dragonbeasts - Advanced Fiery Gigantean Half-Dragon Drakenbeasts (CR15)
-[X] (Fey) 2x Orphne Fey-Lords, Soft-Strider, Glyra & her Troupe
-[X] (Arcanums) Aradia the Huntress, Diana the Sea Sprite, Nuri
-[X] (Companions) Dany, Lya, Vee, Sir Richard, Waymar, Tyene, Teana, Malarys, Rina
-[X] (High-grade Minions) Melisande, Zherys, Benerro
-[X] (Mid/Low-grade Minions) Liomond Lashare (Warblade 13), Alyssa Crowl (Ranger 13), Danar Crowl (Bard 6/Lyric Thaumaturge 7), Thoros of Myr (Paladin 10), Chun Ting Lo (Monk 9), Ser Criston Storm (Human Paragon 3/Fighter 5/Occult Slayer 1), Ceria "Storm" (Favored Soul 8/Sacred Exorcist 1), Ser Denys Trainer (Rogue 1/Alchemist 8), Morwyn and Tuin - the Drow assassins
-[X] (Assorted) 10x Guardian Nagas, Nirah - Champion of Yss - the Voice of the Timeless One (CR 20)
[X] Leftover Assignments
-[X] Hadhayosh will take the left flank.
-[X] Bahro will be with the right flank.
-[X] The 23x Erinyes and their more homicidal counterparts will be lead by Mereth in groups of around six or more, generally acting as a rapid reaction force, with Mereth herself supported by Yrael and Azema. They will have Grave Marker Arrows which they will use to herd the undead into optimum position.
-[X] Fey will be with the reserves, waiting for opportunities to act.
-[X] Arcanums TBD
-[X] Companions TBD
-[X] Melisandre, Zherys and Benerro TBD
-[X] Liomond, Alyssa, Danar and Thoros will be present in the center with Gerold's command cadre. Vargor and the Misfits will be with the reserves. The Drow brothers will as well, waiting for opportunities to act.
-[X] The Guardian Nagas will be dispersed in pairs along the center. Nirah is TBD.
--[X] 15 Advanced Plant-Imbued Sea Drake, 20 Plant-Imbued Shadow Creature Cat (w/+4 Racial HD), and 20 Verdant Ravens [Advanced Plant-Imbued Giant Raven (w/+4 Racial HD)] will be dispersed around the front lines, ravens carrying cats, utilizing their Sunburst SLAs against masses of undead, as well as their Entangle SLAs.
@Goldfish Not sure how to position PCs.
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