Cast the spell on the shadow the Citadel is casting into the caldera.
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Cast the spell on the shadow the Citadel is casting into the caldera.
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So if I get this correctly, the dwarves already have a plan to quickly take the citadel and what we are trying to handle is the groups of Greenskin who might be attracted to the sound of the fighting?
Best strategy seems like sending Mathilde in to soften them up, then setting up artillery to kill the orcs when they stream in during the attack. Probably augmented by other spells and traps.
Best strategy seems like sending Mathilde in to soften them up, then setting up artillery to kill the orcs when they stream in during the attack. Probably augmented by other spells and traps.
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Pretty sure it was Alatran's thing first.
Though we probably wouldn't need a ritual.
That bomber is strictly limited to emergency Anvil of Doom evacuation.
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It's how Kragg's Anvil of Doom will return to Karaz-a-Karak if everything goes wrong, so he won't let it be risked in combat.
I completely misread that the first time. My apologies. Yes, that will work as written.
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Sure, the Burning Shadows thing is awesome, but it seems unnecessarily risky.
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Could Mathilde try to persuade Kragg that just flying really high and dropping flaming stuff straight down doesn't count as it being risked in combat?
Catapults could achieve this from safely out of bow range of the Citadel.
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No, mate just, no.
*Kragg Disapproves*
You want Mathilde to try to convince Kragg to do something?
Ah, forgot about the Grudge Throwers. Well they do simplify things.
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Imagine if we had taken the "Dwarven Ale is a valid coping mechanism" damage from the Sylvania campaign.
... Yes, drunk Mathilde would've been significantly less fun at that point, but still!
Between us and the Citadel is basically all open, it's the grobitown side that's constrained.
I like this. Infiltrate, distract, shoot, charge.
Simple and effective.
We've also bought ourselves some time so we might want to do some scouting/assassinating/sabotaging earlier on so we have a basic map of the place while the Dwarfs set up and fortify. Then on the day of the attack we can clear the place with cannons and monstrous cavalry and let our Dwarfs do the fighting in the Citadel itself with a nice clear flank and well mapped floor plans.
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Extremely not to scale and not for any purpose but this battle:
Hmmm... could the rangers and the engineers work together to rig up a set of delayed explosives that can be planted elsewhere on the caldera's rim to convince the Grobritown greenskins that an assault is beginning somewhere other than the Citadel?
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If it's possible, the idea of not relying on nothing going wrong in this big magic spell is more appealing to me.
Oh...when you said Caldera, I thought you mean the surrounding circular area all around the Citadel...I guess I forgot that the Citadel is actually REALLY close to the mountains in the east.Extremely not to scale and not for any purpose but this battle:
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If we are going to burning shadow the citadel, we should do it from the base, not the top or further down shadow. Orks have archers, siege weapons, shamans, and wallcrawling spiders; do it from the top and anyone on a roof or far enough into the caldera has a chance to snipe us. If we've already skywalked to the edge of the citadel to touch it's shadow, we should go a few steps further and drop into the gap between the wall and buildings. As for going further down shadow, we could be surrounded by many orks and overwhelmed. In the gap we need only face the few that can fit, all coming from the same direction. Also, closer to the withdrawal point is better.
Loved the update, especially the added little bits in Ranaldian ceremony, such as Ulthar getting blisteringly drunk due to the shame of a chief ranger not bringing back proper game from the hunt and thus going along with Mathilde's shenanigans, Maximilian's scavenging and Mathilde dragging Titus into the scheme straight from the celebration.
It felt really natural and life-like, as well as suitably memorable as an event for the participants.
The Skaroki scene was surprisingly enjoyable as well, even a bit endearing due between our grey mage's various clumsy stabbings at basic Khazalid and the war stories.
Also, just the name of the beer was amazing. Goat-kicker. Great immersion fodder right there.
Titus and his pie, shockingly young cleric of the death god (heh) and even the (romance?) literature network that Edda and Mathilde are a part of.
Just a really wholesome update.
It felt really natural and life-like, as well as suitably memorable as an event for the participants.
The Skaroki scene was surprisingly enjoyable as well, even a bit endearing due between our grey mage's various clumsy stabbings at basic Khazalid and the war stories.
Also, just the name of the beer was amazing. Goat-kicker. Great immersion fodder right there.
Titus and his pie, shockingly young cleric of the death god (heh) and even the (romance?) literature network that Edda and Mathilde are a part of.
Just a really wholesome update.
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Honestly this is the best basic plan I've heard so far. It's not like we need or want any of these filthy grobi buildings, they're almost certainly flammable and they're close-packed and therefore vulnerable to fire. They are probably wood instead of stone because on the map they're all brown. The Citadel's high walls and stone structure along with being on top of a cliff should make it adequately isolated from any blaze, so the only questions become "how much of Grobi Town can we effectively light on fire?" and "can we get anyone in position to help us light more of it on fire faster?"
Even better, this plan is reliant on Mathilde being able to sneak very well instead of on massive amounts of overpowered sorcery (which will inevitably risk miscasting). If we tell King Belegar to have his best chem-dwarf give us as many incendiaries as we can effectively deliver I'm sure we'll get something inspiringly terrifying, too.
The Caldera will not be providing reinforcements to the Citadel because the Caldera will be on fire. The orcs will not charge through a gigantic blaze in order to get to the fight, and if they do, they'll show up nicely cooked to the point that they'll be easy to kill.
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Yeah pretty much, greenskins will not hesitated to stomp their own into the dirst if it means getting into the fight. I think we should go with the burning shadow with added catapult fire to set goblin town alight.