It's not easy to fight through on your own, Argentis; if you drop one, another comes.
The fight on the west continues. Palanfirith has another clear shot, and rolls 67 for a total of 106; enough to kill one of the wounded Orcs.
In the melee, another mighty spearing takes down one of Baranar's men. Baranar himself takes 9 hits, and misses with a wild swing.
But Baranar's men kill two more in return, in vicious fighting, and Argentis, you take down your target too. No luck for Andromir. Another three Orcs come up- you really must solve this problem with some sort of tactical plan; none of you can do it on your own. Another ten Orcs have been sent to that assault.
Another Orc tries to get through the gap to the North... and is shot down by another two arrows. The arrow exchange above does nothing.
Vardalain does his stuff- another Dunle ding down, and three more killed by Baranar's archers this turn. And now, with the penultimate set of pitons hammered in place, thhree separate climbing lines of Dunlendings come into range of the guards up top...
Palidan- not enough time has passed for a full re-assessment, but that Orcish commander is doing a good job of sending JUST enough forces to the west to keep your best fighters pinned down.
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CURRENT SITUATION
Northen wall gatehouse- outer gate has small breach
South and East walls secure.
West Wall is uncontested!
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Northern Wall: 98 strong Orc force attacking gate house- including 5 archers giving fire.
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Western wall:
25 strong Orc force climbing
Argentis -10/44/25/56 (Rigid leather, longsword+shield)
At wall
Andromir 10/18/40/43 (Rigid Leather, longsword and shield)
At wall
Palanfirith 20/55/20/39 (Soft leather, longbow)
At NW tower
Weak Orc: 15/35/0/40 (Unarmoured, Spear)
At wall
Weak Orc: 15/11/0/40 (Unarmoured, Spear)
At wall
Weak Orc: 15/28/0/40 (Unarmoured, Spear)
At wall
Weak Orc: 15/35/0/40 (Unarmoured, Spear)
At wall
Weak Orc: 15/35/0/40 (Unarmoured, Spear)
At wall
Weak Orc: 15/35/0/40 (Unarmoured, Spear)
At wall
Weak Orc: 15/35/0/40 (Unarmoured, Spear)
At wall
Baranar solider: 10/12/25/30 (Rigid leather, sword and shield)
Baranar solider: 10/18/25/30 (Rigid leather, sword and shield)
Baranar solider: 10/30/25/30 (Rigid leather, sword and shield)
Baranar solider: 10/30/25/30 (Rigid leather, sword and shield)
Lord Baranar: -5/101/30/85 (Chain, mace and shield)
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Eastern Wall: Clear
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Southern Wall: 247 strong Dunlending force performing slow escalade
Darvan: 0/19/15/32 (Soft Leather, Elven longsword) (weapon arm broken) At Wall
Corlindel: 15/43/50/28 (Rigid leather, Longsword and shield)
At Wall
Vardalain 40/3/25/50 (Unarmoured, longbow)
At SE Tower
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Keep: Clear
Palidan 15/12/10/10 (Unarmoured, shortsword)
Atop keep
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Evil casualties: 171
Allied casualties: 25
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( I really dont know if I am more useful here or on west wall. Two more turns to see what happens here before to help the west wall. If The dunlendings win the southern wall fight the west wall will be attcked from two sides)
Corlindel slashes strongly the first dunlending in the climbing line in front of him: "Die barbarian!!"
Sorry for the delay! LOTR updates take me the longest and I have been damn busy.
Vardalain, half a dozen. There's one of those you are not seeing again though- you just missed by a considerable margin., Must be getting tricky now they are in melee range... another two are shot down by Baranar's archers before they must withdraw from diring directly down as they are.
Corlindel and Darvan, your attacks this turn are all too easy. The snarling Dunlendings try to evade but are easily hacked off their tenuous climbing positions, and fall to their effective deaths, as is a third, the third route up being covered by Baranar's men. Now the pitons are all in place, though, Dunlendings are rushing the wall at high speed and climbing up in droves with no order or reason; climbing up each other if they can. Here a strategic error is revealed- no heavy anti-siege equipment (boiling oil and the like) is being kept on the south wall.
To the North, the Orcs stop trying to rush the small gap in the door. However, another Orc is shot by arrows through the gap anyway, Baranar's men working in relays (one group shoots, one re-loads, then swap). And another is shot down from above.
To the West, the fight goes on, draining all your health and manpower resources! Still, Palanfirith can give another supporting shot this round, and brings an Orc down.
One of Baranar's men is gravely wounded, and Baranar himself takes another hit for 11 damage. The gravely wounded one gets his own back, through, stabbing his opponent straight back through the heart! Baranar smahses another skull in. Fire scores a solid kill, but roll of the round is with Andromir, who rolls 132 and does 30E in damage, slicing off the Orc's arm and then hacking it down.
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CURRENT SITUATION
Northern wall gatehouse- outer gate has small breach
South and East walls secure.
West Wall is uncontested!
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Northern Wall: 96 strong Orc force attacking gate house- including 4 archers giving fire.
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Western wall:
20 strong Orc force climbing
Argentis -10/44/25/56 (Rigid leather, longsword+shield)
At wall
Andromir 10/18/40/43 (Rigid Leather, longsword and shield)
At wall
Palanfirith 20/55/20/39 (Soft leather, longbow)
At NW tower
Weak Orc: 15/35/0/40 (Unarmoured, Spear)
At wall
Weak Orc: 15/28/0/40 (Unarmoured, Spear)
At wall
Weak Orc: 15/35/0/40 (Unarmoured, Spear)
At wall
Weak Orc: 15/35/0/40 (Unarmoured, Spear)
At wall
Weak Orc: 15/35/0/40 (Unarmoured, Spear)
At wall
Weak Orc: 15/35/0/40 (Unarmoured, Spear)
At wall
Baranar solider: 10/12/25/30 (Rigid leather, sword and shield)
Baranar solider: 10/18/25/30 (Rigid leather, sword and shield)
Baranar solider: 10/30/25/30 (Rigid leather, sword and shield)
Baranar solider: 10/3/25/30 (Rigid leather, sword and shield)
Lord Baranar: -5/90/30/85 (Chain, mace and shield)
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Eastern Wall: Clear
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Southern Wall: 242 strong Dunlending force performing slow escalade
Darvan: 0/19/15/32 (Soft Leather, Elven longsword) (weapon arm broken) At Wall
Corlindel: 15/43/50/28 (Rigid leather, Longsword and shield)
At Wall
Vardalain 40/3/25/50 (Unarmoured, longbow)
At SE Tower
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Keep: Clear
Palidan 15/12/10/10 (Unarmoured, shortsword)
Atop keep
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Evil casualties: 183
Allied casualties: 25
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Nevermind tactics then- by sheer gameplay and a darn good roll, you killed enough Orcs this turn to give Argentis a gap to run through to one of the ladders.
BTW, Baranar is good, but he is taking damage. If Baranar dies in the fight then, obviously enough, he IS dead- with all the failure to you guys that will bring. You don't want to have to rely on him too much lest he snuffs it.
Must be said, chucking corpses at people is not your speciality, Darvan, though you and Corlindel can certainly hack another Dunlending down, and Vardalain shoots down another, and a fourth is killed by Baranar's men, and anothet two by archers now they are massing... but next turn the scrambling mass will reach you,. Corlindel, a successful perception roll also means you spot throwing axemen getting into position just by the scramble below, taking aim at you guys.
Andromir- good move! By covering Fire as he moves, rather than just hunting out Orcs each turn, you can cover him on the way in. An Orc attacks you, inevitably.
The Orcs have an appalling round- they all miss!
Two are hacked down in turnb by Baranar and his men. Andromir, you are fended off by your foe as you cover Argentis, who fails to actually kill an Orc on the ladder, but stops him getting up!
Finally, the Orcs to the north block the gap with their shields, and try to hack a wider one. But now they are more vulnerable too attack from above, and two are shot down.
Palidan- seems the Orcs are all out of spare archers.
More Orcs arrive west, trying to force the issue there...
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CURRENT SITUATION
Northern wall gatehouse- outer gate has small breach
South and East walls secure.
West Wall has two ladders uncontested
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Northern Wall: 94 strong Orc force attacking gate house- including 3 archers giving fire.
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Western wall:
23 strong Orc force climbing
Argentis -10/44/25/56 (Rigid leather, longsword+shield)
At wall
Andromir 10/18/40/43 (Rigid Leather, longsword and shield)
At wall
Palanfirith 20/55/20/39 (Soft leather, longbow)
At NW tower
Weak Orc: 15/35/0/40 (Unarmoured, Spear)
At wall
Weak Orc: 15/13/0/40 (Unarmoured, Spear)
At wall
Weak Orc: 15/35/0/40 (Unarmoured, Spear)
At wall
Weak Orc: 15/35/0/40 (Unarmoured, Spear)
At wall
Weak Orc: 15/35/0/40 (Unarmoured, Spear)
At wall
Weak Orc: 15/35/0/40 (Unarmoured, Spear)
At wall
Baranar solider: 10/12/25/30 (Rigid leather, sword and shield)
Baranar solider: 10/18/25/30 (Rigid leather, sword and shield)
Baranar solider: 10/30/25/30 (Rigid leather, sword and shield)
Baranar solider: 10/3/25/30 (Rigid leather, sword and shield)
Lord Baranar: -5/90/30/85 (Chain, mace and shield)
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Eastern Wall: Clear
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Southern Wall: 236 strong Dunlending force performing slow escalade
Darvan: 0/19/15/32 (Soft Leather, Elven longsword) (weapon arm broken) At Wall
Corlindel: 15/43/50/28 (Rigid leather, Longsword and shield)
At Wall
Vardalain 40/3/25/50 (Unarmoured, longbow)
At SE Tower
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Keep: Clear
Palidan 15/12/10/10 (Unarmoured, shortsword)
Atop keep
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Evil casualties: 193
Allied casualties: 25
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