BARGHEST/GULGALLANA

[soulping]

( roots twist around your legs to yank through the swamp water into. . . oh yes, another swamp. wonderful!! everyone loves the swamp! at least there is civilisation here. you've found yourself in a quaint little village with a fancy new set of duds and. . .?

ah, yes. this stranger that you immediately recognise as your squad captain. )

Comments

ROUND ONE

[soulping]

[ Your squad captain, an older woman with scars on her face, leads you into a shack set on stilts above the mirelands. On the door, a symbol has been carved into the wood: ⏂, and all of the tapestries and flags are PURPLE. Inside on a large table, weapons have been grouped together: swords and shields, bows and arrows, and magic staves. ]

Listen up, pups. The first stage of your mission is to explore the village yonder. But just because we've been assigned to protect them doesn't mean all those natives are going to be friendly. This is a war zone. Arm yourselves accordingly—as a unit.

[ And just in case it isn't immediately clear what she means by that, it would seem that there's exactly the same number of weapons as there are people in your squad. ]

Re: ROUND ONE

[bloomnobly]

[ grumbling under her breath about swamps and stuffy armor :CCCCC

what sort of weapons we got here, anyway, because this lady's an unconventional fighter ]

Re: ROUND ONE

[soulping]

[ swords and shields, bows and arrows, and magic staves ]

Re: ROUND ONE

[bladefisting]

[ Her eyes light up and she immediately wanders over to the weapons. She looks completely at home in swamp + armor, settling into it quite naturally. ]

Weapons! Real ones!

Re: ROUND ONE

[pornography]

Should we really be given real weapons?

Re: ROUND ONE

[hunting]

What do you think will be quickest for everyone to pick up? That's what we should go with.

Re: ROUND ONE

[debate_avenger]

Honestly, we should really be mixing weapons, but I somehow doubt they'll let us... Not only that, they gave us swords when spears would have been a better choice.

Re: ROUND ONE

[cihuatlatoani]

[Well, at least she'll admit the armor looks both good and practical enough, and the construction seems sound. No muck wading for now, at least. And hey, she was a soldier. She can handle this much.]

It has been long since I have been on the battlefield.

What weapon shall we arm ourselves with?

Re: ROUND ONE

[hunting]

War zone?

[Anyway, he is yoinking a sword because that's what his tattoo is so that makes sense.]

Re: ROUND ONE

[littleluck]

[PICKS UP THE LARGEST ONE]

Re: ROUND ONE

[pornography]

[ pushing up the hat on his outfit ]

What kind of game is this?

ROUND ONE: DECISION

[soulping]

ROUND TWO

[soulping]

[ Having made your selection as a team, the commanding officer gathers your attention to make an announcement. ]

We have received intelligence from one of our scouts that the red and blue armies have made camp near the village. Word has gotten to the villagers, and the people are frightened: rumors abound that an attack is imminent. I ask that you all agree, as a unit, upon what you believe is the best course of action to use against these forces: will you attack or defend?

Should you choose to defend, you may either station four guards around the village or place a magical barrier there using a talisman. If you wish to attack, you may cast blind, petrify, thunder, or blizzard on our enemy. The effects are self-explanatory. Be forewarned—once you have committed an action once, you may not repeat it again later, as our enemies will be aware of our tactics and talismans may be used only once.

Re: ROUND TWO

[debate_avenger]

So we only have two options to defend, and each can only be used once.

[This had better not last more than three rounds...]

Re: ROUND TWO

[hunting]

We don't know enough about our opponent to attack...

Re: ROUND TWO

[cihuatlatoani]

...We do not know what we face. They could be soldiers, or monsters, or even other players. With that in mind, it may be easiest to defend first.

However, another option could be attack early with petrification, and attempt to non-lethally thin out the ranks of our enemies. Of course, we could also use the petrification later, but the sooner we dispose of enemies the better.

Re: ROUND TWO

[littleluck]

Or we could build castles. You're not very good at coming up with ideas, huh?

DECISION

[soulping]

ROUND THREE / ROUND TWO RESULTS

[soulping]

[ You assign guards to protect the entrances of the village, however enterprising individuals have decided to take advantage of the situation by donning blue and sneaking into the village.

Each of your posted guards have been stabbed somewhere in the ensuing skirmish with a sword. the strike against Montage has proven fatal, the sword running right through them. Once again, you must decide how to defend the village. ]

Re: ROUND THREE / ROUND TWO RESULTS

[debate_avenger]

Well, then. They made their choice, didn't they?

DECISIONS

[soulping]

ROUND FOUR / THREE'S RESULTS

[soulping]

[ The talismans are placed and effectively protect the village from any outside attacks from the other armies. However, it does very little to protect against any harm from those already inside the limits of the barrier. The raiding party that eluded capture before remains at large—however, in ongoing investigaions, you succeed in rooting out and dispensing with most of the bandits, leaving them victim to your whims. However this is not before one sets fire to one of the buildings. considering the location and materials that the houses of made of, the fire begins to rapidly spread.

It looks like your original options are out the window, how will you save the village now? ]

Re: ROUND FOUR / THREE'S RESULTS

[debate_avenger]

We have ice magic. Now is the time to use it.

Re: ROUND FOUR / THREE'S RESULTS

[bladefisting]

...I will not save this stupid, imaginary village.

I would kill the bandits in terrible ways and kill the other camps too, and we can call this a game and be done with it. But I imagine that is not very wise, so I suppose I am amenable to other ideas!

DECISIONS

[soulping]