With so many mages... Yeah, I can see that we would be dealing with a magical trap/ambush of some kind.
Who Needs Harmony?: An MLP Empire Quest
- Thread starter Questor
- Start date
Warmach1ne32
Machine of War and Quests
- Location
- Indonesia
Pegasus can probably wind shield and negate ranged attack
Hmm... wait a sec.
Ladies and gentlemen, what do you guys say if we use our aerial advantage to attack the cloud command post first and only after either forcing them to retreat or to descent to mingle with the other forces, would we move to bombardment positions or trying to get the land forces to surrender?
Ladies and gentlemen, what do you guys say if we use our aerial advantage to attack the cloud command post first and only after either forcing them to retreat or to descent to mingle with the other forces, would we move to bombardment positions or trying to get the land forces to surrender?
Last edited:
- Location
- Alabama
I would personally go for
[] Diplomacy Forearmed
We know their composition, we have a huge advantage in range. Set up out of range(Standoff), create some anti-lightning runes at the front, fire a few warning shots at the valley walls to showcase our cannon's power, and attempt a parley with the commanders.
Meanwhile, let's send a few spies in to try and rouse a rebellion among the conscripted and demoralize the mercenary. You can't spend gold if you're dead. Assassinating the leaders would also be simple if the parley fails, given they are very obvious.
Let our spies once more win the victory. Being so ragtag, shouldn't be difficult for a few new faces to blend into the crowd of ponies that haven't likely had more than a few weeks forced training, at best.
Shooting down the command posts would be a good second wave, but their leaders are very obvious on the ground in comparison to the rest.
[] Diplomacy Forearmed
We know their composition, we have a huge advantage in range. Set up out of range(Standoff), create some anti-lightning runes at the front, fire a few warning shots at the valley walls to showcase our cannon's power, and attempt a parley with the commanders.
Meanwhile, let's send a few spies in to try and rouse a rebellion among the conscripted and demoralize the mercenary. You can't spend gold if you're dead. Assassinating the leaders would also be simple if the parley fails, given they are very obvious.
Let our spies once more win the victory. Being so ragtag, shouldn't be difficult for a few new faces to blend into the crowd of ponies that haven't likely had more than a few weeks forced training, at best.
Shooting down the command posts would be a good second wave, but their leaders are very obvious on the ground in comparison to the rest.
Last edited:
- Location
- Latvia, Riga
...
1. Is it possible that Pegicle is trying to run?
As in, take the whole Mare-A-Thon (or valuable things like weapons, gold, books and burn the rest) and GTFO?
Asking, cause that might be one of the possible strategies where he more-or-less preserves his primary fighting force, robes us of resources, creates problems for us, AND allows him to go all-wandering-warlord?
2. If delaying he might bombard these expandable forces while we're engaged. As Jewelius Pranceus said, "The kind of Ponies he doesn't want to survive the conflict". One "last" useful thing they do: act as a wall while he unleashes indiscriminate "bombardment". Weather with "normal" weapons (lightning, catapults, etc.) or a "superweapons" (land-based mini-tornado; rain and hail; "kamikaze" flyers, or something).
3. Attack our flank/logistics/civilian targets.
Another thing is we have to deal with flyers/cloud platforms first. They might be the observers that could signal Pegicle that we're here/engaged and he might do something with that info....
1. Is it possible that Pegicle is trying to run?
As in, take the whole Mare-A-Thon (or valuable things like weapons, gold, books and burn the rest) and GTFO?
Asking, cause that might be one of the possible strategies where he more-or-less preserves his primary fighting force, robes us of resources, creates problems for us, AND allows him to go all-wandering-warlord?
2. If delaying he might bombard these expandable forces while we're engaged. As Jewelius Pranceus said, "The kind of Ponies he doesn't want to survive the conflict". One "last" useful thing they do: act as a wall while he unleashes indiscriminate "bombardment". Weather with "normal" weapons (lightning, catapults, etc.) or a "superweapons" (land-based mini-tornado; rain and hail; "kamikaze" flyers, or something).
3. Attack our flank/logistics/civilian targets.
Another thing is we have to deal with flyers/cloud platforms first. They might be the observers that could signal Pegicle that we're here/engaged and he might do something with that info....
[] Write-In - Take the command post: with the number of pegasi so low, we should have reasonably simple chances of forcing the command staff of the cloud post to either evacuate to the ground or to leave the battlefield entirely. One of those should demoralize the enemy considerably and give us almost undisputed aerial supremacy over the battle, the other would also give us the latter and trap someone of importance within the reaches of our main army.
Hitting "that" section of the army is just as good as hitting "this" section of the army.
That being said I think you slightly overestimate the ability of ye standard pegasus, doubly so when the skies are contested. Wind might be a thing they can affect but not to such a degree as cannon shells would be wildly redirected.
Even if its just a distraction, we need to get rid of it before we can move on.
That being said,
@Questor what kind of overall scouting are we doing, besides the focused one at the valley?
Warmach1ne32
Machine of War and Quests
- Location
- Indonesia
I'm mostly view them as WW2 Monoplanes but smaller and our cannons as 1 AA Battery for the entire army. The Pegasus can just fly fast in a spread out formation and then just amp up the speed to avoid cannon fire which is muzzle loaded and not very high speed so getting to the Pegasus is a real issue unless they fly low. Even then cannons are hard to aim especially against air targets. Having the wind shield can at least increase their dodge chance and the main reason why I favor going melee on them instead of cannons and crossbows. They are highly maneuverable and can magic up a wind shield to further reduce our weapon's chance to hit.
I'm tempted to have our Unicorns teleport live grenades into the enemy midst while suppressing their own magic users via a bombardment. Shock and awe before offering surrender, maybe dispatch a separate force to capture the opposing commander for intel in the chaos.
Also worth considering. Pegicles doesn't have a good sense of our capabilities. We should be cautious about what we reveal in the course of this campaign, every card we play before the endgame can be accounted for later.
We should presume that anything that we show here will be known afterwards as we will surely not manage to prevent everyone from escaping/linking up with Pegicles later.
We should presume that anything that we show here will be known afterwards as we will surely not manage to prevent everyone from escaping/linking up with Pegicles later.
The biggest problem with standoff will probably be time, time to get the artillery in position, ranged and a proper bombardment going. If they don't break under artillery immediately, then it will take time to inflict enough casualties to force a retreat.
In any case, despite not wanting to give pegacles time to do something like set up another storm front or whatever else his mind can conceive, I like the idea of charging directly into an ambush even less. So it looks like pegacles will be getting his time.
In any case, despite not wanting to give pegacles time to do something like set up another storm front or whatever else his mind can conceive, I like the idea of charging directly into an ambush even less. So it looks like pegacles will be getting his time.
One: we are still in moratorium, so you shouldn't be voting yet. Second, your vote should use [], not ().
Would you be willing to rather consider my write-in? Chasing off the pegasi command post at the starting mark of the battles should lessen any actionable intel they can gather for Pegicles.
- Location
- Maryland
Your scouts haven't been restricting themselves to the valley, though that has been the primary focus. They've been conducting overflights of most of the region, roaming about in search of any stray units or potential flanking force. They've also examined the peaks and slopes of the mountains that frame the valley, as well as the forests that sit astride them. Pegicles or his soldiers would be hard pressed to try and sneak a force of any size past your scouts.
- Location
- I think somewhere. I might be nowhere though
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Your vote is invalid. Use [] not ()
That, and we still have moratorium.
@Questor Would you be willing to edit in the different write-in options to the update so the "Just vote" crew will actually see them once the moratorium ends?
ConfusedCanuck
Where did it all go wrong?
- Location
- Neverland
This seems to me like he's stalling for time, for what we don't know so I think we take an aggressive approach here and break though quickly is our best bet.
- Location
- Space between realms
- Pronouns
- He
They're trying to force us through the mountains where our larger force can't bring our might to bear effectively at the same time artillery is not the only option. In this situation, we're the Persians of Xerxes and they're the Spartans. Bombard them while we look for a way to flank them or use our sappers to move under them and plant bombs. We need them focused on the threat of our numbers while we pull some black ops shit. No charging in shit that is a costly and obvious point of attack, one that they've clearly prepared for with their monstrous cav.
Last edited:
I'm willing to follow up the capture of the command post with an aggressive attack - after all, with the air secured we should be able to completely outflank them. I think we could just vote for that afterwards?
Weebly, I don't mean this in a bad way but we can fly.
As long as we take control of the air, we can flank almost uncontested beyond the range of unicorn magi.
ConfusedCanuck
Where did it all go wrong?
- Location
- Neverland
Honestly I don't care for capturing the command post(but I don't mind destroying it) in all likely hood the commander of this force wasn't told what her boss is going to do only to hold the valley for as long as possible. But as I said before I'm fine with an aggressive attack along there entire front in the end these troops are his worst it won't take much to break them and make them scatter.
Write In [] Aggressive Thrust- Send a Knight Detachment to destroy the command center and there commander. While that is happening send the regular infantry forward to engage the enemy lines keep all other Knight detachments in reserve and to counter any enemy counter attack or to kill enemy monstrous Calvary when they appear on the front lines. If continued resistance happens after a while have artillery fire on enemy back lines to demoralize/weaken them. Allied Forces will also act as reserves here and will reinforce any part of the line that seems like it's flagging. Mage Forces will focus on killing/countering enemy Mage forces if/when they have completed that they then may support the regular troops.
This is what I'm thinking just one Aggressive attack to break the enemy quickly so we can move on to the main force because I do not want to give him tie to create another ritual. There are parts that are similar like attacking there Command post but that's because it would be silly not to try and knock out there commander early on. But beyond that I tried to keep in mind we have a large and diverse force here and that all needed to be accounted for. I'm also not deploying all our forces is because we're in a Valley there's only so much room to engage with here.
- Location
- Somewhere
Link to the last time I did this.
Archival purposes: "The Maretonian Campaign, Part 2" (posted by QM on Sunday, June 27, 2021)
OR
The Front Page as it appeared to me on Sunday, June 27, 2021.
Character Sheet (last edited by QM on Sunday, May 23, 2021)
(Been my experience that spoilers inside quotes, don't work well, so I'm removing those spoilers)
- Not Changed
-- I am prejudiced against spoilers.
Informational: State of the Nation (last edited by QM on Thursday, June 17, 2021)
- Not Changed
Informational: Diplomatic Relations/Persons of Interest (last edited by QM on Friday, May 21, 2021)
- Not Changed
Archival purposes: "The Maretonian Campaign, Part 2" (posted by QM on Sunday, June 27, 2021)
OR
The Front Page as it appeared to me on Sunday, June 27, 2021.
Character Sheet (last edited by QM on Sunday, May 23, 2021)
(Been my experience that spoilers inside quotes, don't work well, so I'm removing those spoilers)
- Not Changed
-- I am prejudiced against spoilers.
Name: Garrick Golden-Feather
Age: 56
Titles: Emperor of Gryphus, King of Griffonia, Inheritor of the Imperial House of Gryphus, The Unifier, Great Winged Alpha, The Lightbringer, The Liberator, the King of the North.
Description: Before your wife got her talons on you, you were a fairly typical example of the Griffon species. An unmistakably masculine build, a strong, prominent beak, feathers and fur that seem to be perpetually well-groomed, and a pair of piercing amber eyes hiding a fierce intelligence. Not anymore though. Oh, you still have all those qualities, they're just overshadowed by the massive amount of muscle you've put on since you started your wife's "enhanced training regimen". Your wings can lift dumbbells, and your legs are like tree-trunks supporting a barrel chest rippling with abdominal muscles. In short, you have the build of a person who has been lifting heavy objects his entire life.
Martial: 9+2+1+2=14
Diplomacy: 14+2+2=18
Stewardship: 13+2=15
Learning: 16+2=18
Intrigue: 11+2=13
- Trait-Attractive: You are a very handsome fellow. +2 Diplomacy, better spousal relationship
- Trait-Genius: Smart doesn't even begin to describe you. +2 all skills
- Trait-Strong: Working out with your wife has done great things for your body. +2 Martial
Inventory:
- Blade of the King: an ornate and deadly sword you had forged for yourself after being crowned King of Griffonia. +1 Martial
- Runic Royal Armor: Serving to protect you as well as display your royal status to onlookers, this armor is both durable and aesthetically pleasing. With Merlin's assistance, it has been enhanced with runic magic, making it even more durable.
- Orichalcum Sword: A blade made of an extremely durable, magic resistant metal
- Sendak Manuscript: Recovered from the Archives of the Shadow King Sombra, this strange book is bound in the treated flesh of monsters and is written in numerous unknown tongues. It contains diagrams that seem to reference everything from the movements of stellar bodies to the biology of plants and animals to the complex physics of magical phenomenon. It's origins remain a mystery.
Wife: Gabriella Golden-Feather
Opinion of You: 10/10
Age: 55
Martial: 15+1+2=18
Diplomacy: 11+1=12
Stewardship: 8+1=9
Learning: 13+1=14
Intrigue: 10+1=11
Trait: Strong - Born stronger than most. (+2 Martial)
Trait: Experienced - Has been a mercenary for several years, ranging across the lands of the former Empire. Knows much about the world. (+1 All Stats)
Son: Gawain Golden-Feather
Age: 25
Martial: 14+2+2+1=19
Diplomacy: 13+2+2+2=19
Stewardship: 14+2=16
Learning: 10+2=12
Intrigue: 11+2=13
Status: Designated Heir. Will become player character in event of Parent's Deaths.
Trait: Strong-Born stronger than most. (+2 Martial)
Trait: Attractive-A handsome fellow. (+2 Diplomacy, better spousal relationship)
Trait: Genius-Smart doesn't begin to describe him. (+2 All Stats)
Trait: Game Master-Years of playing games of strategy and wits with members of the Imperial Court has honed his sense of strategy and taught him how to read others. (+1 Martial, +2 Diplomacy)
(Adopted) Daughter: Gwyndlyn Golden-Feather
Age: 21
Martial: 15+4-5=14
Diplomacy: 9-5=4
Stewardship: 6+2-5=3
Learning: 8+1-5=4
Intrigue: 9+1-5=5
Status: Adolescent-Malus to all stats
Status-Designated Regent: In the event that no heir is capable of taking the throne, or in the event the rightful ruler is otherwise unavailable, she will take control of the kingdom until the situation can be resolved.
Trait: Dragon-A fire breathing reptile. (+4 Martial)
Trait: Gardener-Years of studying and caring for plants has taught her much in the realm of botany, and has instilled in her an understanding of how hard work and patience can yield great dividends. (+2 Stewardship, +1 Learning, +1 Intrigue)
Daughter: Gilda Golden-Feather
Age: 18
Martial: 8+4-5=7
Diplomacy: 11+2-5=8
Stewardship: 11-5=6
Learning: 7-5=2
Intrigue: 6-5=1
Trait: Beautiful- A stellar example of feminine grace. (+2 Diplomacy)
Duelist: An experienced master of one-on-one combat who spars against others as a hobby. (+4 Martial)
Status: Teenager-Malus to all stats
Daughter: Gleaming Pearl Golden-Feather
Age: 19
Martial: 7+2-5=4
Diplomacy: 10+2-5=7
Stewardship: 12-5=7
Learning: 5+2-5=2
Intrigue: 8-5=3
Status: Teenager-Malus to all stats
Trait: Beautiful-A stellar example of feminine grace. (+2 Diplomacy)
Trait: Studious-Knows her way around the written word. (+2 Learning)
Adopted: Permanently last in the line of Royal Succession.
Crystalmancer: A prodigy in the arcane art of Crystal Manipulation, able to turn a few pebbles into a forest of glittering spires. (+2 Martial)
Informational: State of the Nation (last edited by QM on Thursday, June 17, 2021)
- Not Changed
Informational: Diplomatic Relations/Persons of Interest (last edited by QM on Friday, May 21, 2021)
- Not Changed