Nows an excellent chance to hit the Arenas, I think. It's no longer gonna be ambiguous since attritions already been achieved. No point in trying to arm everyone up before hitting it with everything we've got. Speed here will be our ally before Alyssa's subordinates get a chance to fortify themselves against reprisal

@torroar did Johanna gank anyone important on her way out?

It's interesting that they deathballed the Sorceresses hitting the Arenas. Trying to intercede there would've been a disaster


Your hurt feelings aside, those DCs to counterspell like 5 Sorceresses at once would've been an absolute comedy.

Everyone knew that not intervening at one risked what we didn't go to falling to Alyssa's get.
I feel like we gain more in effectiveness by grabbing weapons somewhere prior to attacking arenas vs no weapons in that we have limited manpower where Alyssa has manpower limited only in how many Daemons her coven can summon, furthermore huge casualties via lack of weapons would be less than fortunate for friendly forces' morale overall, in addition to limiting the additional recruits we could acquire passively through success. It's a fair idea but if we are here for the long haul which it seems we are, we need to attack the correct targets to lure Alyssa away, maintain our own manpower to limit effects of any bad rolls, and maintain friendly morale to maintain our own forces' cohesion.

Also I worry that going straight to the Arenas risks running into, as you said, the deathball of Sorceresses all at once rather than picking them off one by one. This isn't to say that your plan is terrible, more that I'd prefer arming to first to preserve manpower and avoid running across excessive Sorceresses

[X] Plan: Spartacus
 
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For over all war effort i think its best switch back and forth on the siege

Siege different target siege different target and so forth to keep the fight as alive we can we want the atharti cult alive right now they are basically the only cult fighting against alyssa

So get weapons and armor from the docks to skirmish and Hunt at the siege then next target like the arena's
 
And just to top off 2024, the parent has gotten a dangerous infection.

I think I'm cracking honestly. I've held it together pretty well, but I've just found myself bursting into tears.

Happy New Years, everyone, please love your loved ones all the more while you can.
 
[X] Plan: Spartacus
-[X]Arming The Helpless [Taking this option will alter circumstances, presences, at targets, for better or worse as you reach them later in the day]
-- [X] Strike the Corsair Armories: Located in the docklands, with relatively light armor but effective swords and hand crossbows, possibly also causing damage to the docklands themselves, the Cult of Mathlann, and Alyssan forces.
-[X] Targets for Destruction [Circumstances, one way or another, will change over time, depending on the results/choice in the above category]
-- [X] Attack An Arena: The Arenas are full of slaves literally trained and built and fed properly to be satisfactory combatants. You have a much larger warband now, but why not swell it all the further? Traverse the slave tunnels, emerge, and shatter more cages, break more chains, and become an even greater threat to the machinations of Alyssa. Hells, maybe you'll even get her to come out of the tower that way all the quicker. They might belong to Alyssa now, but that just means it's that much more important to break her toys.
 
The fight is lost, but I think I've known that for a while now. Nevertheless, it would be appreciated if you helped us go down swinging in the vote for Best Ongoing Quest, gang.

Just to help close the gap a little bit more, you know?

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Thanks a million folks, either way. Probably'll just keep my head down next time around I think, save myself the disappointment, lol.

Either way, to you all I say this from the eastern coast of the US!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

May 2025 be ALL of our best year yet!

You are as strange as always @torroar. Counting second place as a disappointment is just plain weird especially after what you said about competing a few days back.

Happy new year to all.
 
Hultressa will not do something stupid, right?
She will not try to infiltrate the Tor to get Frederick out?
Because that's likely a one-way trip right now.
Nah, she's being crafty and taking opportunities she knows she can win to fuck over Alyssa.

Hence why she killed that sorceress via ambush.

Right now causing chaos that will give her more opportunities to act is to our advantage. The more sorceresses that die the easier matters will be.
 
And just to top off 2024, the parent has gotten a dangerous infection.

I think I'm cracking honestly. I've held it together pretty well, but I've just found myself bursting into tears.

Happy New Years, everyone, please love your loved ones all the more while you can.
Here for you bud and hope everything works out.💙
 
And just to top off 2024, the parent has gotten a dangerous infection.

I think I'm cracking honestly. I've held it together pretty well, but I've just found myself bursting into tears.

Happy New Years, everyone, please love your loved ones all the more while you can.

My grandfather has slowly begun the process of passing and I've done all I can to fly out and be with him. Third trip in three months is coming up soon. Your devotion to your family so persistently has been such a huge... motivator, inspiration, call to action, to be there for my own. Respect you a lot torroar, my heart breaks you're going through this. Your parent is blessed to have you, I'm sure they've been a blessing to you and I'm so glad you have each other.
 
You are as strange as always @torroar. Counting second place as a disappointment is just plain weird especially after what you said about competing a few days back.

It is possible to be consciously aware and accepting of something, and subconsciously, and yet have the animal hindbrain mislike loss or rejection. The greater matter is to favor the former over the latter in the decision making process and the overall emotional framework. To be disappointed a little does not mean you can't also be happy and humbled to have reached a certain point.

My grandfather has slowly begun the process of passing and I've done all I can to fly out and be with him. Third trip in three months is coming up soon. Your devotion to your family so persistently has been such a huge... motivator, inspiration, call to action, to be there for my own. Respect you a lot torroar, my heart breaks you're going through this. Your parent is blessed to have you, I'm sure they've been a blessing to you and I'm so glad you have each other.

I am so sorry to hear that, but hope that you will survive it better than I seem to be on my end.
 
[X] Plan: Spartacus

Sod it, let's hit an arena. With any luck there'll be a single sorceress there we can pick off

Edit: to emphasize as much as possible, we're at manpower capacity!



That means it's time to burn that manpower on the heaviest targets for the highest payoffs
No, we're not. We're at the capacity of how many we can arm. If we get more weapons then we can arm more. This isn't like a video game where we're only allowed x amounts of units, our capacity is flexible and can (and hopefully next turn will) increase. Burning manpower unnecessarily because 'we're at cap' is just a bad idea
 
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