You are Ur'shal, Chieftain of the Stonetusk Clan and Warlord of the Wastes, and today you march to war. The Earth Dragon Slaagyr has been an annoyance for long enough, and with one of his lieutenants dead, another heavily questioning her loyalty, and a route to his territory scouted, it's time to remove him once and for all.
To make this work however, you will need to take the majority of your clan with you, save for a skeleton crew remaining behind to police the slaves and watch over the warbeasts in your absence, the tunnels being ill-suited for such large creatures. Za'ria has volunteered to remain behind to handle the slaves herself, which means you should be safe from any attempted uprisings in your absence at least, and according to your latest intelligence Xipil has still made no moves to attack, so you shouldn't require a sturdy defensive force for a little while at least.
The full moon will arrive in three days, time enough to march north and carry out the Coven's sacrifice to their god, ensuring power enough to tear a route through the mountain directly to the dragon's lair from the cultists' tunnels beneath. The only question now is whether you wish to make any other preparations before leaving, or bring any of your other slaves along with you.
>No, you're ready to go
>(Write-in)
>>46750368
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>>46750368
>No, you're ready to go
Do any of our slaves even have nightvision worth shit?
Going by pure memory I'd probably consider Bryna, if she thinks her underground experience could help at all, and Izeta just because she might have good senses.
>>46750368
>No, you're ready to go
>>46750417
Bryna is pregnant, bear in mind.
Izeta can see just fine underground, yes.
>>46750368
>Bring Izeta along
In that case I'd rather just have another person with supernatural senses around.
Vor'zal proved the value of that against the goat demons before.
>>46750482
What about taking Aurora, she might demoralize the enemy?
>>46750368
>No, you're ready to go
I think we are ready, maybe summon a couple of Dust devils to help guarding the camp.
>>46750482
also this
>>46750368
>>No, you're ready to go
>>46750513
>believing hobo god will give our r camp guardians
Nigga I think he will just make life hell if we summon to protect shit there.
>>46750512
nay, she isn't broken yet and she may try something stupid.
>>46750368
>No, you're ready to go
wooo im in time for orcs today
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>>46750368
The two brown girls as bodyguards.
What about our own Lamia matriarch? Has she made any significant grumbles sbout our plan to kill Slaggyr? If not, we could consider bringing her too, she's a powerful mage as well
>>46750368
How about we get something that can pin the dragon down?
Okay, so I'm seeing suggestions to bring Izeta, to summon dust devils to guard the camp, to bring Aurora (which would require keeping her bound, she's still being strangely resistant), and to bring Isyil. Let's have some votes on that then.
Izeta?
>Yes
>No
Aurora?
>Yes
>No
Isyil
>Yes
>No
Summon Dust Devils to guard the camp?
>Yes
>No
>>46750609
Lokasi is heavily pregnant, she can't fight right now.
>>46750649
What sort of thing did you have in mind?
>>46750662
>>Yes
>Yes
>Yes
>>46750662
>>No
>No
>Yes
>Yes
>>46750662
Izeta?
>Yes
Aurora?
>No
Isyil
>Yes
Summon Dust Devils to guard the camp?
>No
>>46750662
>Yes
>No
>Yes
>Yes
>>46750662
>No
>No
>Yes
>No
>>46750662
>yes
>yes
>no
>yes
Aurora has to see as we kill Slaggyr
>>46750662
yes
no
yes
yes
>>46750662
>Yes
>No
>No
>No
The Aurora thing seems like an outright terrible idea.
We're first going to face the cultists, who don't give a shit aobut Aurora, and then the dragon, who only preteded to give a shit about Aurora as long as it was useful.
So It's basically voting to take along a potential hazard for no benefit at all.
>>46750697
>>46750703
>>46750719
Why no on the dust devils? What drawback is there?
>>46750735
Hobo god doesn't help you feel safer.
He tells you to tough the fuck up and don't be a pussy.
You ask him for help when there's actual shit to endure not when you're not feeling comfortable.
We've also done literally nothing to reinforce Isyil's loyalty yet and she has serious reason not to help us and even stand in our way on this.
Taking her along is also pretty stupid.
>>46750662
>Izeta
Yes
>Aurora
While killing Slaagyr right before her sounds attractive, I am content with just bringing her his head. No.
>Isyil
Yes
>Dust Devils
Rather have them with us. Can we do that?
>>46750760
>Rather have them with us. Can we do that?
Aza'ra can summon them for a shorter period of time on the fly, she'd just need to do a longer ritual to bind them to a particular location (such as your camp) for a prolonged period.
>>46750662
>yes
>no
>no
>yes
Okay, tallying up the votes now.
I don't think Isyil is suited to war that doesn't come to her. Where she has to deal with nasty shit, and crawl through tunnels and stuff.
Bringing her is stupid.
>>46750662
>Yes
>No
>No
>No
>>46750759
>Hobo god doesn't help you feel safer.
Too bad, Aza'ra did it just before hibernating.
>>46750805
Could just ask her.
>>46750847
She summoned them to in order to sit out the shitty state she was left in for a few decades.
That's significantly different from summoning them so the orcs staying in camp don't have to work as much.
You catch up with Aza'ra, the priestess sat dozing in the shade of one of the huts, apparently unconcerned by the clamour surrounding her as your orcs prepare to march. The priestess cracks one eye open as you approach, giving you a lazy nod.
“Enjoying yourself,” you grunt.
“Got to rest when you can, never know when some chieftain's going to come ask you for a favor. So what's it to be? Scouting? Magic? One last fuck before battle?”
“Magic, this time,” you snort.
“Pity, so what kind of miracle do you want me to ask of Skor'oz Zik today?”
“Even if Xipil isn't preparing an attack, it's still a risk leaving the camp mostly unguarded, we have many whelps and slaves that can't be moved, and it would be a serious blow to the clan if anything were to happen to them,” you explain, Aza'ra giving a nod.
“Agreed, you want me to summon up some added defenses then. I'm sure I can do that, no doubt Ku'zag will be happy to provide me all the ingredients I need for a proper ritual,” Aza'ra chuckles, hopping to her feet and dusting herself off.
Leaving the priestess to her work, you return to your hut, stepping through the doorway to take one last good look at your harem before battle. K'zala gives you a small smile from the far end, adjusting her armor, Sho'ka and Ya'zada nowhere to be seen, most likely taking one last chance to check on the warbeasts and to yell at your warriors respectively.
“Ready?” you ask, the slim female giving a nod.
“I am, training has been hard, but I know I'll make you proud.”
Her voice remains quiet as ever, but despite that, the sense of uncertainty in her tone has faded.
(cont)
>>46751250
Grinning, you turn your attention to your slaves.
“Izeta, Isyil, you'll be coming with us too. We could use the extra power.”
“Oh, am I going to war?” Isyil smirks, uncoiling herself from where she lounges on the floor.
The skinchanger gives a simple “yes alpha,” as she springs to her feet, her yellow eyes fixed intently on you.
“Good, then we leave in an hour. We should be back within the week, with Slaagyr's head,” you grin, turning your face to Aurora, the sorceress giving a laugh tinged with madness, shaking her head.
“Fool, you all go to your death, and I who have remained loyal through these ordeals shall return to the side of my glorious god,” she sneers.
Snorting, you seize hold of her chin, raising her face up to face yours.
“When I return, I'll expect a suitable apology for your lack of faith in my power.”
You set off that evening, your clan quite a sight to behold marching to war in force. As the coven require a view of the night sky to properly carry out their ritual, the plan is to march aboveground until you reach the edge of Slaagyr's territory. Your scouts have located enough routes from the surface to the old dwarven network to ensure you can slip down into the earth once your work is done.
The march is a peaceful one, all things considered. Even the most belligerent beasts of the wasteland know better than to assault an entire clan of orcs, and your scouts spot no signs of further incursion from Joachim's cultists or any of Slaagyr's other forces. As you reach the edge of the mountains, you filter your forces down into the tunnels, a tight fit for so many, but necessary, who knows how many eyes the dragon has in the mountains.
>Roll 1d20
Rolled 13 (1d20)
>>46751258
MAKE IT.
Rolled 18 (1d20)
>>46751258
Rolled 3 (1d20)
>>46751258
Rolled 4 (1d20)
>>46750759
She has reasons to stand in our way? Hahaha, what? You're not referring to dragon worship, right?
Rolled 14 (1d20)
>>46751258
Rolled 6 (1d20)
>>46751258
>>46751250
Oh shit, I thought Izeta was Izannia. Wouldn't have voted to bring her had I realized my mistake.
>>46750673
nets and rope javelins
So why did we bring only Izeta, and not more of the skinchangers? I wasn't here for the vote.
Wait are we bringing our Bandersnatch with us?
So are we planning to come right back with the slaves once we win? Feels like it'll be a bother bringing all the treasures and slaves back through the mountains and wastes. Also leaves a power vacuum in the mountains, and I'm not sure we want that.
Might want to consider leaving a vassal camp there, or something.
>>46751641
Obviously
>>46751641
i throught this was a given
>>46751684
We can figure that out later. You should be thinking about dragon killing not about loot.
>>46751684
I don't like the idea of splitting the forces but you could be right
Hell, the smartest move may even be to leave the Snowfox and her followers free with about 40 orcs to support them
>>46751718
I don't think we'll manage to get Snowfox addicted in a day, though.
>>46751718
I think you are trusting those humans a little to much
>>46751258
We rewarded Sascha, right? She did a good job.
>>46751684
I could see offering to make Shadowfox our vassal. She mines the ore and sends a bunch of it to us, we beat down any ogres that get too uppity.
>>46751727
That wasn't the idea
>>46751737
We really only need to trust her not to attack us or to join an army of ogres in attacking us
>>46751749I'm saving that for later.
>>46751752
You think you could convince the clan to let a bunch of humans just stand there not getting raped
>>46751752
Snowfox, not shadowfox
>>46751767
But that means Ur won't be the one to provide relief after like a month of famine to her.
How sad.That's fine though
I wonder if shadow-fey has a hole we can fuck.
>>46751767
m8, can you post the "what do" algorithm for orcs?
>>46751778
We can rape some just not all
And yes we fucking can we are the chief
>>46751828
>>46751829
So you want snowfox to agree to mine for us in exchange for her giving us women to rape? I think she might just die fighting us
>>46751752
I say we challenge her for a battle. The more she impresses us, the more freedom she and her people get. We really could just fuck off to jungle and have them all slaughtered by ogres, after all.
>>46751923
That won't work. She's not an orc to get challenged like this.
I think we should offer her and anyone under her vassalship like>>46751752 suggested. With some trade agreement and safe passage through our territory with it to sweeten the deal.
The first day through the tunnels passes well, and your advance scouts perform admirably, picking off two small patrols of cultists who've strayed far from Joachim's base. According to your scouts reports, and to the information you gained from Sascha, you should be little more than a few hours from Slaagyr's camp, and just in time too, with the night of the ritual approaching.
You pass through a cavern to the surface your scouts located on their earlier forays into Slaagyr's territory, picking out a secluded mountain valley to serve for the coven's purposes. The sacrifice is pinned down to a flat stone, as the coven's chanting reaches fever pitch, Ashuris giving a loud guttural cry as she raises her dagger overhead, plunging it into the heart of the unfortunate human upon the altar.
Once again you feel that strange, overpowering presence, the eye of a god turned upon you, if only for a moment, hungry for blood and eager for chaos. If it's chaos he wants, you'll certainly be providing plenty of sport for the ogre god before the night is out.
“The power of Ylugri flows through us, I would advice you to make haste, mas-... chieftain,” Ashuris huffs, clenching a fist, the air around her and her fellow coven members crackling with divine power.
“Good. March, we kill the cultists and the dragon tonight,” you roar to your forces, the army passing back down into the earth.
You smell the cult before you even spot their gory warnings, rotten entrails and mangled limbs strung up to ward off the weak-willed. The whole place reeks of disease and mouldering flesh, seeming to settle on your skin in a palpable layer of filth, worming its way in with every breath until you can taste it.
(cont)
>>46751923
>The more she impresses us, the more freedom she and her people get.
>freedom
>implying she and her people will have any choice or say in anything
They will be enslaved.
>>46752002
Some among your clan start to look uneasy, making the symbol of Zul'orok Zhar's hammer upon their chests, as Raka snarls next to you, ears pinned back against his head.
You growl, spitting out a foul-tasting gob of phlegm, gripping your axe tight as you press forward. As you push further forward, it only grows more loathsome, fat-bodied flies buzz lazily through the air, bumping against you in their lethargic state, bloated fat-bodied maggots and worms writhe underfoot, and even the earth beneath your feet seems to ooze with pestilence, brackish filth pooling around your boots with every step.
You step out into a great cavern at the head of your forces, mounds of corpses piled high at its center, the newer, fresher ones heaped upon the rotting offal beneath, all sitting atop of a carpet of bones picked clean.
“Trespassers, meat for the banquest,” a voice shrieks, a ragged, emaciated figure rising up from amidst the carcasses, a makeshift bone dagger clutched in his hand.
“More for the feast, celebrants for the coming of the horned one,” another howls, as yet more pull themselves free of the cadaverous mass, burrowing free like freshly hatched larvae.
“Great Slaagyr consorts with such as these? He shames his divine heritage,” Isyil mutters to herself beside you. You aren't certain you appreciate the use of 'great' at the start of the wyrm's name, but you have more pressing concerns at present.
You snarl, your forces drawing together, weapons readied as the cultists surge forth from the pile, more and more joining their numbers as they charge, shrieking, a wave of wild eyes and rotten fangs.
>They waste your time, push through and keep moving
>No loose ends, cleanse this cavern of life
>Any orders in particular to give your troops? (Write-in)
>>46751866
No, we beat the shot outta her army then take her alive. Then, bring her into our tent, rape her, then tell her we are willing to let her do her own thing in the mountains with like 2/3 of the remaining crag folk army if she a) doesn't attack us b) provides us ore c) joins us in battle if called and d) keeps us informed about the problematic parties to the north
>>46752018
>No loose ends, cleanse this cavern of life
Can't leave hostile forces behind us.
>>46752018
>>No loose ends, cleanse this cavern of life
>>46752018
>No loose ends, cleanse this cavern of life
>Any orders in particular to give your troops? (Write-in)
Could we get a circular formation, with casters in the middle? Order casters to wreck shit with magic while the warriors hold the line? Once the casters have delivered a good krumpin', the warriors move in to finish the job?
>>46752018
>>No loose ends, cleanse this cavern of life
>>46752018
>>No loose ends, cleanse this cavern of life
I hope these guys don't get weird powers from all these corpses laying around
>>46752018
>>They waste your time, push through and keep moving
They're a disorganized mess with no allegiance to Slaggyr, once Joachim is out of the fight they will either scatter or be easy pickings.
Dealing with them thoroughly now is just a waste of time, and will let Slaggyr prepare for us better. I also want to hurry and make use of the coven without wasting their power here.
>>Stay clear, and avoid injuries, don't want their filth getting under your skin.
>>Look out for what may look like corpses, it's hard to tell these abominations from the dead.
>>FIRE CLEANSES THE FLESH, IN KUL'ZOG ZOR'S NAME
>>46752018
>They waste your time, push through and keep moving
speed is crucial.
>>46752018
>No loose ends, cleanse this cavern of life
TIME TO KILL MAIM AND BURN
>>46752018
>>No loose ends, cleanse this cavern of life
Not sure if our allies would be completely safe if we used or cash fury. To ensure nothing of our enemies are left alive.
>>46751979
I am all for that, but when she inevitably starts complaining about things like us fucking her and our orcs taking some of her women as slaves, battle can be a good way to shut her up. That is, if we will not defeat crag-folks in battle before, of course. She wouldn't get any real choose then.
>>46752014
There is a big difference between complete enslavement and something akin to a protectorate.
>>46752138
We only attack things we want to kill.
>>46752150
>There is a big difference between complete enslavement and something akin to a protectorate.
We're way too small to even consider something like a protectorate. Besides, we're orcs. We enslave those weaker than us. Do you even follow this quest? We have gods that encourage slavery.
>>46752049
>>46752073
>>46752077
>>46752077
>>46752079
>>46752079
>>46752088
>>46752105
>>46752138
I don't think you people realize where we are and what we're doing.
We came to kill Slaggyr and his army, these are just unorganized leeches, they only serve as a defense by being in the way, they won't bother to defend the others once we get through them. Spending time here will allow Slaggyr to learn of our presence and start setting up defenses and organizing his army.
>>46752138
Orcish Fury is especially retarded right now, we don't want to spend that much energy here and be tired afterwards, and we need to not be baited into their tricky magic bullshit.
>>46752191
Not that anon, but I don't think you realize how much of an Übermensch Ur is supposed to be, or that there have been examples of orcs working with allies without enslaving them.
If it's smart and makes sense and doesn't endanger our position as chief too much, then we shouldn't refrain from doing it just because it's not a usual thing for orcs to do, whatever it is.
>>46752150
It's not about making her a permanent vassal that would be untouchable.
It's about creating a division in their forces so we don't have to fight so many at once.
>>46752214
I'm quite aware of these examples. Just because there are examples of exceptional slaves doesn't mean we should be considering vassalizing every non-orc community we come across. We're still really small, not even the size of one of the great cities to the south. It's more beneficial for us to take slaves and use them to breed then it is to vassalize these people because "da leader impresses us."
>>46752258
It's just because anon has a crush on snowfox.
>>46752191
This whole talk started because complete enslavement could be not the best way of action right now, considering we want to control both jungle area and ore in the mountains, and just having slaves everywhere could overstretch us.
>>46752258
>doesn't mean we should be considering vassalizing every non-orc community we come across
And I'm not saying to do so.
But we are already incapable of policing all of "our" territory (the wastes are ours in name only, really), so once we lose orcs in this war, there's no way we would be able to hold control of this mountain area.
Only way we could keep control of it is by leaving some orcs here and depending on on some of the human leaders' cooperation, we just don't have enough people to do it all by ourselves.
>>46752214
Just curious, but why. What do we gain from having a "protectorate" at all. We aren't that strong, on a global scale. And the long term goal is, really, get strong enough to cross the wall. That means more bodies in our immediate clan, not wasting time and resources on some useless backwater
Okay, looks like it's time to RIP AND TEAR cultists.
>Roll 1d20
>>46752309
Exactly why do we even want this shitty mountain or the blighted jungle?
Rolled 6 (1d20)
>>46752328
Rolled 20 (1d20)
>>46752328
Rolled 17 (1d20)
>>46752328
Rolled 16 (1d20)
>>46752328
GUUUUUUUUTS
>>46752018
push through we cant give slaagyr time to prepare
Rolled 8 (1d20)
>>46752309
The long term goal is world domination.
The less long term goal is control of the continent/island.
Having control of the wastes is good, and it's retarded to give it up to go wage war across the war, we can't blitz the human kingdoms so we'll need a home base, and the wastes are a nice place since they're harsh and people aren't likely to come after us there.
There's also lots of exotic animals and people and treasures to still fin dhere, so controlling the wastes and everywhere else is a good goal.
>>46752336
Because it's retarded not to take them when we can.
>>46752328
>>46752345
OH SHIT
>>46752258
Way i see it its more so then Snowfox has to take responsibility of feeding the cragtribes and controlling the mountain
Leaving Ur free to march south to the cuty states or collect more tribes deeper in the wastes. Otherwise we'd have to sort through all the leftover cragtribes, including her people, culling the weak infirm and old, feeding the rest.
>>46752345
good job these are the rolls we need!
>>46752352
Too late anon.
>>46752345
I hope this minimizes the time we spend on these worthless fucks.
>>46752345
Well okay then.
Writing.
>>46752303
>we just don't have enough people to do it all by ourselves
Relying on humans to help us and not simply finding a way to solve these issues on our own is going to displease the gods.
>>46752360
>>46752367
>>46752370
>>46752373
Wasn't even sure I was the one who rolled this until I saw the (You)'s.
Fucking awesome.
>>46752374
No it won't.
Orcs have relied on other races for ages when it came to more boring aspects of rule, like bureaucracy, administration, agriculture, etc.
>>46752366
Or, roll with me here, we strip mone everything, loot everything, and then never come back to the forsaken rocks
>>46752355
>Having control of the wastes is good
We are moving away from that abyss infested shithole.
>>46752366
At that point we have a sort of buffer state between us and the Butcher ogre tribes. As we also plan to grind to dust Jochan or whatever his name is, the largest Crag tribe chieftain, we can dump the majority of the formally oppressed cragfolk on Snowfox, while taking the oppressors as slaves.
>>46752397
Through SLAVERY. You guys are advocating AGAINST enslaving the humans. Do you understand the point being made now?
>>46752345
>>46752373
Even Ylugri wants us victorious!
>>46752407
Too valueable to leave, dangerous to abandon.
Mineral wealth, pathways to the dwarven minfdoms, Dragon Sisters, Jotun, trolls and ogres.
>>46751864
>Shaman, can I fuck it?...Are you sure?
>>46752374
I believe our gods are not complete retards that fail to see obvious good in having vassals with some initiative instead of complete slaves. It's not like we are making them all honorable orcs and allies4life, dammit.
>>46752424
>buffer state
Isnt slagyr the last real threat in the north? I kinda figured once we cleared him out, we'd head south, to richer and better land. Why leave anything for the scavengers?
>>46752415
Zul'orok Zhar is disappointed in your weakness.
>>46752407
And how do you plan to survive across the wall while surrounded on all sides be immediate enemies?
>>46752425
I don't think you understand what makes someone a slave or not, and no, I never mentioned not enslaving the humans.
>>46751864
You left out can I fuck it between is is sentient and does it look bad ass.
Does anyone remember the name of the Orc with the horns as well as what his Lizard god's name is?
>>46752476
There is a tons of threats from north, starting with that Butcher guy.
>>46752425
i agree with enslaving the humans but we need them to work for us as well
>>46752476
There's the Butcher and his ogre hordes, there's Inka and Aurora's father, there are the twin dragon sisters.
Also might be fun to head up to the northern coast, to the Ghoul Coast or something, see about the orcs around there who worshipped the god our bracelet is from.
There are also still orcish clans further West.
>>46752505HornguyandLizardgod.
>>46752476
Nope! He's just the nearest. Further in the mountains is largest Cragtribes led by the human dick that got Alieda's husband and son killed, The Butcher and his Ogre army, the Dragon Sisters that hated Slaggyr which kept him from bringing larger forces to bare against us, Jotun and otherother giants, and access to the dwarven kingdoms.
>>46752502
Please don't fuck your warbeasts.
>>46752558
But what if they're fey warbeasts?
What then, nigga?
What if we can knock them up because lolfey?
It's for science.
>>46752459
Is it really, though? The whole reason the wall exists is to keep orcs in the barren shithole that is the wastes. Why stay any longer than we have too?
>>46752558
But what if they're female Warbeasts, we can't allow non-orc dicks to enter holes, and I don't want to deprive the poor things of sex.
>>46752606
Seriously. We can fuck with those goons in the mountains after we've conquered the green lands and need a good fight to kill some boredom.
>>46752606
>being this wrong
Little hint, anon: no one knows who made the wall, and if not for the wall, the humans would've exterminated the orcs.
The only reason we survived is because we had the Wastes to fall back to.
>>46752584
“Vermin,” you snarl, hefting your axe.
You don't really want to waste time here, but you also don't want to give these insects a chance to swarm your flank while you're fighting a more worthy foe, better to purge all of them here and now.
“Kill them all, this cult dies tonight,” you roar, your forces surging forward to meet the shrieking cultists.
Spurred on by zealous fervor and madness they may be, they are no warriors, and for all their shrieking, wailing and flailing, they shatter against your line. You lay into them, hacking and cleaving with your axe. It's almost hard to tell, withered and sickly as they are, but there's no distinction of gender between the cultists, male and female alike throwing themselves onto the blades of your warriors. It's unfortunate, some of these females may once have made fine slaves for your clan, but their cannibal god has hollowed them out, rotted them from within, left the unfit to bear whelps. Joachim will answer for every last female lost to his twisted faith.
Soon the howls fade, the last remnants of the cultists, even mangled and bleeding, still trying desperately to stab at the ankles of your warriors as they systematically put them out of their misery. The cavern is once again quiet, save for the squirming of maggots and the buzz of flies, and without so much as an injury on your side, a good omen for the battles to come.
“That way leads closer to Slaagyr's lair, that way to Joachim's... temple,” one of the scouts explains, as you press on through the tunnels, coming to a split in the path.
It's a detour, but removing Joachim is still a valuable use of your time, and with the speed you cut through the first horde of his cultists, you've got plenty of hours of the night left.
>Go after Joachim
>Focus on Slaagyr
>>46752584
>>46752620
Ur's really not interested in dicking animals, even fey ones.
That's what Raka is for.
>>46752642
>>Go after Joachim
Deprive the dragon of a weapon and cleanse this filth.
>>46752640
I don't actually remember if you're right
Coulda swore they drove us out here and then it popped up. I may need to backlog a bit, it's been a while.
>>46752642
>>Focus on Slaagyr
Slaagyr gone means that Joachim's power is cut a bit as well, no? Besides, enough of dick waving, we got dragons to skullfuck. Metaphorically and literally.
>>46752642
>>Focus on Slaagyr
>>46752642
>Go after Joachim
>>46752642
>Focus on Slaagyr
Let us deal with Joachim another time. Slaagyr is the more pressing threat, especially after we just blew Joachim's cult the fuck out.
>>46752642
>>Go after Joachim
If it was a in the opposite directions I'd say go for Slaggyr, but if it's a detour then it's worth it, I think.
Mostly because I know he'd be a bitch to try to hunt down afterwards, his goats and shit are annoying as fuck.
>>46752678
I still want to rip Slaggyr's still beating heart out of his chest in the middle of battle.And maybe drink of/be covered in his blood, because dragon blood niggas, that shit is cool.
Can we drop the tunnels on the temple from here?
>>46752673
Never mind. First post of the first thread, you aren't
>>46752725
>tfw our axe will glow with some ancient power we didn't know it had after it bathes in dragon blood
or at least i hope that happens, i'm pretty sure our axe has powers
>>46752731
It's possible, though the stone is resilient enough around here that it would tire out the coven to cause a cave-in that large, which might lead to issues in them reaching Slaagyr's lair.
>>46752642
>>Go after Joachim
This man needs to die. He has the ability to send demon assassins
>>46752751
I doubt that's it.
But yes, our axe does have hidden powers.
>>46752642
>Focus on Slaagyr
Also can we send out that slave who infiltrated this place before to find snowfox and offer the deal of vassalship?
>>46752725
Im hoping we get to fuck Aurora for the first time while covered in Slaagyrs blood
Going after Joachim first means that we don't have to worry about anything hitting our asses while fighting Slaagyr.
>>46752642
focus on slaggyr we have to make use of the coven when there the most powerful. we should leave a few orc here as sentries
>>46752778
>offer the deal of vassalship
You better believe that's going to be determined by vote.
>>46752642
>Focus on Slaagyr
>>46752763
Can we get some word of god on
>>46752640
>>46752673
>>46752748
please? I'm pretty sure you either said in a thread or on your ask that the human kings weren't the ones who ordered the Great Wall and it just appeared out of nowhere when the Orcslayer was about to come after the remaining orcs, but I'm not sure now.
>>46752788
But it will mean having to deal with more enemies in the front.
>>46752807
You don't know who build the wall, no, it sprung up overnight after the orcs were driven back into the wastes.
>>46752807
>But it will mean having to deal with more enemies in the front.
In a fight like this, it's better to have more enemies in the front than evil cultists shouting 'Surprise butt sex' from behind. Also removing Joachim could make the humans less willing to fight us.
>>46752642
>Go after Joachim
He sent those anoyying goats after us
Okay, focusing on Slaagyr wins.
>Roll 1d20
Rolled 7 (1d20)
>>46752887
Here goes
Rolled 16 (1d20)
>>46752887
Rolled 7 (1d20)
>>46752887
Rolled 20 (1d20)
>>46752887
It's a tie, isn't it? Alright.
Rolled 17 (1d20)
>>46752887
>>46752917
NNNGGGGG
>>46752917
Figures, I guess.
>>46752917
No, there's one more vote for Slaagyr I believe, they just didn't greentext it.
>>46752917
This would have been nice. Likely a free ambush or something like finding traps.
16 ain't that bad, I suppose, and we do have sneaky gits here, they can handle the sneaking management.
>>46752995
Yeah, hopefully the Goatfoots trained the other orcs into stealth
>>46753141
GOATFEET!
>>46753141
>>46753182
neither, they're Stonetusks now
“Joachim can wait, we deal with Slaagyr before he can prepare for us,” you grunt, leading your forces forward through the winding tunnels, chopping down noisome effigies and carving your way through more of the cultists as you go.
“Here, this is it,” Ashuris mutters, as you turn a corner into another large cavern, carved stone revealing some long-abandoned dwarven structure cut into the rock.
Your ogress slave kneels, resting a hand against the rock, her eyes drifting shut.
“Above, far above, a great cavern high in the mountain, that must be where the dragon is hiding,” she nods.
“Good, do it,” you grunt, the coven forming a circle as they start to chant, rough guttural speech echoing off the carved stone of the cavern walls, the very earth around you seeming to ripple as the chanting grows louder, harsher.
The three ogresses throw up their arms as one, roaring their god's name, the entire wall of the cavern ripping itself open, parting to reveal a smooth path of freshly shaped stone spiralling up into the mountain.
The coven collapse to their knees, drenched in sweat, your slave wiping a hand across her face as she gasps for breath.
“It's done, but even for those of our skill, it took all we had, don't expect anything more from me tonight,” Ashuris grumbles, the proud ogress pulling herself to her feet shakily.
You grin, giving your slave's pale rear a squeeze as you pass.
“You've done more than enough, Ashuris, you rest now and watch your master handle the rest.”
(cont)
>>46753226
“He'll definitely know we're coming after that, every spellcaster for miles will have felt that, it couldn't be avoided,” she sighs, as you press on up the newly formed path.
It's a long march, the winding path being made flat enough to ensure you could lead an army up it means it winds countless dozens of times up the mountain. Eventually however, you spot light at the end of the tunnel, the path opening out into a great carved chamber, the vaulted stone ceiling far overhead.
The walls glitter with statuettes, urns, trophies of the dragon held upon stands, meticulously organized, a great arched doorway on the wall to the east of the impromptu entrance your slaves ripped into the dragon's home. The finery of the chamber is almost enough to distract you, and you are thankful for your choice to bring the skinchanger slave along as she barks out a warning, just in time for your warriors to raise shields and blades.
With a roar, a shape swoops down from the top of one of the massive pillars supporting the ceiling of the chamber, a winged humanoid shape leading a whole flock of its brethren. Their skin is lumpy grey, rocky nodules growing from tough leathery flesh, their faces the exaggerated leering maws of predators straight out of a whelp's tale.
“Gargoyles. Careful chieftain, I doubt most of our warriors have weapons that can punch through those hides,” Aza'ra shouts out.
>Order your warriors to stay defensive and focus on staying unharmed, leave it to your spellcasters and anyone with enchanted weaponry to handle the beasts
>Order your warriors to try and drag down the Gargoyles, even if they can't hurt them, they can pin them for a fatal strike
>>46753246
>>Order your warriors to try and drag down the Gargoyles, even if they can't hurt them, they can pin them for a fatal strike
We are orcs not mice
>>46753246
>>Order your warriors to stay defensive and focus on staying unharmed, leave it to your spellcasters and anyone with enchanted weaponry to handle the beasts
>>46753246
>Order your warriors to stay defensive and focus on staying unharmed, leave it to your spellcasters and anyone with enchanted weaponry to handle the beasts
Have the tanks tank for the mages.
>>46753246
>>Order your warriors to stay defensive and focus on staying unharmed, leave it to your spellcasters and anyone with enchanted weaponry to handle the beasts
>>46753246
>>Order your warriors to stay defensive and focus on staying unharmed, leave it to your spellcasters and anyone with enchanted weaponry to handle the beasts
>>46753141
It's more about assigning the sneaky gits to lead the packs in the army so they provide their sneaking bonuses.
>>46753246
>>Order your warriors to try and drag down the Gargoyles, even if they can't hurt them, they can pin them for a fatal strike
Use nets and ropes and the weight of our orcs.
The ones without good enough weapons go in with shields and ropes to disable them for the ones that can hurt them, while trying to avoid injuries.
The spellcasters and more sneaky gits can meanwhile feel around the place for traps, and look for Slaggyr.
Try to have at least one third of our forces looking for the rest of his army, see how the ogres are forming up outside of the cavern.
>Ash wasted her power
God damn it, I knew we should've sacrificed more people this time, so she'd have enough juice to Dominate some of the ogres.
>>46753275
>>46753299
>>46753309
Too slow, we can't waste time here and let them tire us out. We need to take a little risk for great reward.
>>46753246
>>Order your warriors to stay defensive and focus on staying unharmed, leave it to your spellcasters and anyone with enchanted weaponry to handle the beasts
>>46753246
>Order your warriors to stay defensive and focus on staying unharmed, leave it to your spellcasters and anyone with enchanted weaponry to handle the beasts
>>46753275
>>46753299
>>46753309
>>46753313
>>46753330
>>46753337
>wanting spellcasters to waste their mana on these faggots
We're going to need them against Slaggyr and the ogres.
>>46753246
>>Order your warriors to try and drag down the Gargoyles, even if they can't hurt them, they can pin them for a fatal strike
we already wasted time with the cult, we need to push fast while Slaagyr's off balance and unprepared
>>46753343
True. Changing one vote to:
>Order your warriors to try and drag down the Gargoyles, even if they can't hurt them, they can pin them for a fatal strike
>>46753246
>>Order your warriors to try and drag down the Gargoyles, even if they can't hurt them, they can pin them for a fatal strike
>>46753246
>>Order your warriors to try and drag down the Gargoyles, even if they can't hurt them, they can pin them for a fatal strike
Be careful and use our superior numbers.
Maybe have the tankiest and meanest ones tank the hits to slow the attacking gargoyle down so others can net it and weigh it down so it can't fly off.
K'zala's kind can probably go for fatal strikes so as to make their execution as fast as possible.
>>46753343
I guess. Change>>46753299
to
>Order your warriors to try and drag down the Gargoyles, even if they can't hurt them, they can pin them for a fatal strike
Okay, dragging them down wins.
>Roll 1d20
Rolled 12 (1d20)
>>46753429
I hope I don't fail
Rolled 6 (1d20)
>>46753429
Hope the write-ins provided some nice bonuses.
Rolled 16 (1d20)
>>46753429
Rolled 14 (1d20)
>>46753429
Writing.
>>46753440
>>46753442
>>46753448
16 ain't bad, hopefully the good(?) plan and stats pumped it up to be worth an 18 at least.
>>46753462
Also, I forgot, Ur's currently working on pumping his Command up to 4, right?
“Bring them down, hold them so we can finish them,” you command, your orcs bracing for the first dive of the gargoyles.
The creatures give a earsplitting shrieks as they swoop down from the ceiling, gnarled claws outstretched. Your warriors are ready for them, or as ready as they can be, but the sheer force of the assault still sends them reeling, the creature's heavy stone-skinned bodies, staying aloft solely by innate magical power, drive straight into your forces, oblivious to the blades, spears and shields arrayed against them.
Several of your warriors die instantly, ripped to shreds by razor-sharp talons and gnashing teeth, and many more suffer broken bones and lacerated flesh from wild thrashing and heavy buffeting wings. Still, your warriors persevere, and many of the gargoyles realize too late in their bloody revels that they have allowed their enemies to regroup, nets, spears and raw orcish brawn pinning the shrieking creatures in place as they struggle to free themselves.
Those amongst your number blessed with more formidable weapons move amongst the troops, dispatching the trapped gargoyles, Dru'ak's maul caving in the stony flesh and enchanted bone as he reduces one of the gargoyles' skulls to a gory paste. You join in as well, cleaving through the neck of a gargoyle as it throws off the orc grappling it to try and make its escape.
The flock swoops back up to the ceiling of the chamber, their number halved already, and while they've inflicted more than a few casualties on you, the way they linger, delaying the assault, makes you think they know all too well how another attack will go.
They cling to the top of the pillars, shrieking and howling, clawing at the stone, unwilling to fly down again but safe from your attacks at their height.
(cont)
>>46753637
Then you hear another sound, the thump of heavy footsteps echoing forth from beyond the chamber, dozens of sets marching in perfect unison.
“He's throwing everything he's got at us, it seems,” Zo'rok snorts, as you turn to the archway, strange humanoid constructs of stone and metal plating marching in, spears levelled, an imprint of a dragon pressed into each of their breastplates.
You suspect that the gargoyles will not remain out of the fight once you join battle with the constructs, but slow as they are, you at least have a few moments to think up a plan before they reach you.
>Write-in
>>46753645
Most heavy armored orks to front, nets and spears behind them. Same strategy vs the gargoyls of course, but front needs to hold while a few hero units or heavy hitters make a breach into the formation for us to push through.
>>46753645
Magic the gargoyles to death and brace for a golem fucking
>>46753645
Archers trained on the gargoyles, spellcasters trained on the golems while the warriors hold the line.
>>46753645
Are the gargoyles above the constructs? If so, we could try to drop the pillars on the construct, maybe get two flies with one hit. Wish the coven wasn't exhausted.
>>46753729
It's like this.
>>46753645
We need to use magic to kill the gargoyles. The hardest orcs need to brace for the constructs.
>>46753674
This along with magic the gargoyles. Shoot them down if we have any capable of doing so? Do we have the orc that's spews lighting mage?
>>46753805
You mean Bra'kur? Yeah, he's with you.
>>46753766
Can we bring down the pillars to make th constructs come into a single line? Should be easier to handle that way.
>>46753766
Hmm, can we like, topple the bottom right and bottom center pillars, make them fall to the right? So as to cut off the construct's path and make it easier to control the engagement, and maybe even kill some gargoyles. I assume our orcs are better at climbing rubble than constructs.
Or would that weaken the structure of the cave too much?
I just think controlling the way we engage would be advantageous.
Maybe we could try to create a seemingly weak point for the gargoyles to attack, then have one or two of our casters do a massive spell to take out several gargoyles at once then clean up the strugglers?
>>46753843
Pillars usual hold up the ceiling.
Bear in mind that these pillars are huge. This is a chamber large enough to hold over three hundred orcs. The coven is about the only way you could fell one of those pillars, and they're all exhausted.
>>46753645
Have mages shoot down the gargoyles, then lure the stone army out of their hallway, go around and leave them behind us. They are slow so they will have trouble to follow.
Looks like using magic on the gargoyles and sending your toughest orcs forward to meet the constructs wins.
>Roll 2d20
Rolled 3 (1d20)
>>46753867
What sorta spellcasters do we have? any that can do binding with plants or something?
>>46753942
Rolled 4, 8 = 12 (2d20)
>>46753942
Rolled 20, 18 = 38 (2d20)
>>46753942
Rolled 14, 16 = 30 (2d20)
>>46753942
>>46753958
Holy shit!
Rolled 20, 20 = 40 (2d20)
>>46753942
>>46753968
Jesus christ.
>>46753968
Your late anon.
>>46753968
You are late and I hate you
>>46753958
dice gods be praised
Okay, 20, 18 it is.
Going to step out for a bit, should be back in around an hour and a half.
>>46753968
Huh, would you look at that. Just a little too late.
>>46753968
BY THE GREAT BRA'KUR!
![[Gone Guru Intensifies].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/318I2ta.jpg "[Gone Guru Intensifies].jpg")
>>46753958
>>46753968
>>46754362
Thanks, asshole, now I'm going to have to listen to that song again.
>>46754440
>>46754440
WEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLL
You say that as if it's a bad thing..
>>46753968
I've noticed that this quest has an abnormally high number of high rolls.
Remember that triple 20? That's something with a chance of 1 in 8000, or 0.0125%
>>46754644
We had a tripple 20?
Thought that only happened in HMQ as far as i know.
>>46752844
The orc God za'donald trumpz God of walls, borders, and money
>>46754670
No, and I1m pretty sure it happened here sooner, because I don't remember that happening in HMQ before I dropped it.
It was when we were raiding the Skyhunter camp.>tfw I rolled one of those 20s
>>46754670
Great Beast had 4 I think.
>>46754644
Just means that we're due for a streak of bad rolls in the near future.
>>46754644
Greatm Beast had a lot of 20s
>>46754708
That's not how probability works, anon.
>>46754691
Eh, i doubt it happened here sooner. HMQ is years old at this point.
>>46754694
In a row? Thats impressively rare.
>>46754723
>he doesn't know
>>46754753
It's not how the dice gods work either.
They work as they want to, you don't get to decide or predict.
>>46754742
When did it happen in HMQ? I may have just forgotten it since I didn't roll the 20s, but I don't remember encountering it.
OWQ is also almost 1.5 years old
>>46754907
HMQ is over 2 years old.
Happened when looking for silvermanes granddaughter. 3 20's in the first 3 posts. Crusty gave JJ his horns for free from it.
>>46755025
I know that HMQ is older, I don't see what it has to do with the discussion though.
>silvermanes granddaughter
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that happened after the raid on the Skyhunters. I'd appreciate if you gave a thread number, because I can't ctrl+f "Silvermane" on the archive page.
>>46755069
https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/search/text/silvermane/tripcode/!!bCrh7ntIBUt/
>>46755136
That doesn't really help me, you know, I'm not going to look through all the threads of those posts.
>>46755178
https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/38427299/#38432231
https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/search/text/20/tripcode/!!bCrh7ntIBUt/ was a better search, it showed every 20 in the quest
>>46755217
Yeah, as I thought, Ash's triple20 was earlier.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/37859446/#p37861477
February compared to March.
Alright, back and writing.
>>46755294
My net died for a bit there, sorry, but other kind anons seem to have found it.
Mentioned quest age since it'd be more likely for the older quest to have the trip 20's earlier. Interesting that its not the case, though its only a month difference.
“Dru'ak, with me, Iron Warriors, we face the constructs,” you bark, bringing your honorguard and the more heavily armored Zol'gor Tor worshippers to the front lines, facing the approaching constructs.
“Sorcerers, focus your magic on the gargoyles,” you shout, as the constructs level spears, closing in.
The chamber erupts into a cacophony as the first volley of magic is unleashed. Bra'kur, always eager to show off his prowess, hurls a great bolt of lightning at the nearest of the gargoyles, the force of the blast tearing right through the stony hide of the beast, reducing its chest to a scorched ruin as it plummets to earth.
The gargoyles take flight, shrieking and howling, throwing themselves at your forces once more now that the ceiling has proven to be no sanctuary for them. The noise only grows more overwhelming as Aza'ra and the younger shaman add their magic to the assault, reducing the gargoyles to lumpy, ruined corpses upon the chamber floor.
You have no time to watch the rest of that battle however, as the constructs reach you, the lumbering stone figures marching forward with singleminded purpose. With a roar, you lead the attack against them, smashing aside a steel-tipped spearhead on your upswing, twisting the greataxe to bring it down upon the shoulder of the construct. The enchanted edge shears metal and splinters stone, cracking the thing in two as your axe bites deep.
Fortunately, the things seem to be less durable than they might first appear, you suppose that Slaagyr lacks the power to create a truly invincible fighting force. Still, they are formidable, and were they not facing the best your clan had to offer you might well be suffering heavy losses. As it is, your honorguard and the make slow, steady progress, matching enchanted muscle with orcish power, drawing the lumbering constructs in and taking them apart.
(cont)
>>46755951
Aside from a few minor injuries, so far the conflict goes well. Of course, you have your doubts that this is the last trick the dragon has in store for you.
Sure enough, no sooner has the thought crossed your mind, than one more noise joins the din of battle, a croaking, braying howl. You look past the constructs, to the antechamber beyond, a massive beast squeezing its way out through one of the smaller doorways off from the room.
It must be twelve foot of heavy, ropy muscle, and manages to be intimidating in spite of its bizarre appearance. It has a donkey's head, two great bulging frog-like eyes protruding from the sides of long face, a long serpentine tail behind it, and a hide of mottled blue and purple, great gold feathers sprouting from the back of its powerful arms into vestigial wings.
“What the fuck is that thing?” you grunt, almost so caught up in the strangeness of the creature that you just barely manage to parry a stab from one of the constructs, caving in its faceplate as you ram a fist into its stony skull, dropping it to the ground.
“Fuck knows,” Dru'ak grunts, as the thing gives another braying cry, charging straight for you, barrelling through the constructs which struggle to draw themselves back into formation.
“Woah, that's a new one, even for me,” Aza'ra's voice laughs.
If even the well-travelled priestess has never come across such a thing, it must be quite a rarity the dragon has acquired. It's just a shame the head of the thing looks so... silly, you aren't even sure you want it as a trophy.
>Roll 1d20
Rolled 17 (1d20)
>>46755971
Rolled 9 (1d20)
>>46755971
That's fucking bizarre
Rolled 19 (1d20)
>>46755971
So the Gargoyles have been dealt with?
Rolled 11 (1d20)
>>46755971
>>46756019
Doing well today.
Writing.
>>46756019
>>46756078
I'm imaging a bunch of orcish gods gathered around and cheering for the first interesting fight in a long time.
That's why we're doing so well
