D&D-Day: The Ballad of Echo Company (OOC)

[JbeJ275]

So how long is the run up the ramp from the hatch to the bottom of the thrown rope?

[MrAbdiel]

So how long is the run up the ramp from the hatch to the bottom of the thrown rope?

Well, it's about a thirty foot run to the foot of the cliff; but then you're only at the bottom of the thing. If you can get up to the ramp (either by running up along the beach for a hundred feet and then up the slope of the ramp another hundred feet) or by finding some other way to navigate the immediate vertical 70ft of lower cliff, then you'd be able to fairly handilly scramble up the rope that's been thrown down from the very top of the cliff, above the ramp, where the bunker ruins and the rest of the squad is.

So your choices are basically straight ahead a short thirty feet, and some kind of rough climb or magical shenanigan to scale the 70ft to the ramp, or else you have about 200ft of running left and then right to get to the same place without climbing. Luckilly, none of that is over mines- as far as you know. But it would be wildly hazardous to the Kreiger's own forces to mine space that close to their operation.

[JbeJ275]

Hmmmm, I might change my action to yelling for a longer rope with thaumaturgy then. Or message if anyone has it to aid discretion.

[MrAbdiel]

I permit this edit!

[Waistcoatwill]

Welp, looks like hiding behind a hatch makes it tricky to shift rocks quickly.

[stanleyindraven]

sorry guys, about to post in new thread, just been overwhelmed with real life.

[Waistcoatwill]

sorry guys, about to post in new thread, just been overwhelmed with real life.

The real world is always frustratingly less fantastic than fantasy worlds*! Hope things are improving!

*with some grimdark exceptions, I'm so glad Joe Abercrombie didn't create our world!

[MrAbdiel]

The real world is always frustratingly less fantastic than fantasy worlds*! Hope things are improving!

*with some grimdark exceptions, I'm so glad Joe Abercrombie didn't create our world!

Boy howdy. Logan Nine-Fingers can barely cope, and he's like Conan on meth.


Sorry for really slow posting on my end, guys! You've made a great push and I've been trying to web-weave everything back together, but also real life yada-yadahas diminished my time; and when that happens, I end up posting in the threads where I know what I'm doing a little better, and the oddball experimental ones like this story gets shafted. We're not forgotten! Will nudge the scene along tonight when I get home after Spider-man related nonsense.

[Waistcoatwill]

He IS a menace! I should have believed JJJ before!

[Cavir]

...the oddball experimental ones like this story

Say what you want about your own work but I'm quite enjoying it!

[MrAbdiel]

Well, I've got the COVID; but I managed to post! Everyone should be together in "Best Laid Plans" now. I decided to fast track the climbing part rather than force rolls because, honestly, the Kreigers don't have that much weaponry pointing back at their own defenses, and with Salamir's wonderful little shield, you're unlikely to be overwhelmed during the climb. But I tried to make the scene more dynamic anyway!

[Waistcoatwill]

Wow, definite purple heart for you! Take it easy though, recuperating is more important than us! The stirring victory stuff is great, almost makes up for the wonderfully heart-wrenching moments!

I think Doc patched up everyone from the cliff crew after our hard landing but he can still heal anyone who was on the beach before he needs a short rest. I'll tick off a med kit use for whoever rolls (I've got loads and can always loot your corpses for more later).

[JbeJ275]

Agreed vis a vis covid. Get your rest. It's important.

Also, everyone who doesn't current have temp HP can take a 13 Temp HP shield if we have a minute for it to cycle through rolls, or (1d8+5)[10] Temp HP if we're in a rush.

[Waistcoatwill]

Totally forgot, if anyone is properly banged up Doc can use his inspiration to let one person heal with their own hit dice as per a short rest.

Edit: That's very kind Cavir, cheers!

[Awful]

Before I post, coupla questions. How much do we know about the defences? How many would we need to crack before the troops are able to make a beachhead?

Is there anything blocking us from going to the main objective now? The impression I'm getting suggests there's just woods in the way, but wasn't there a wall or something?

[MrAbdiel]

Before I post, coupla questions. How much do we know about the defences? How many would we need to crack before the troops are able to make a beachhead?

Is there anything blocking us from going to the main objective now? The impression I'm getting suggests there's just woods in the way, but wasn't there a wall or something?

Sure, happy to clarify. It’s a lot to try to convey without a literal army briefing!

Your objective is the theoretically active Kreigsheild support magi, the little nerds who are piping their arcane power to the Kreigshield archmagi who are deflecting their bombardments from wherever they are hiding personally. Pull the plug and the shields should fall; shields down, the allied fleet should be able to soften up the Defiant Wall enough for a few break throughs and the Kreigers will likely turn tail.

The problem is you were blown massively off drop. The location for your primary targets was supposed to be marked by advanced teams, but that’s fallen through as well. Past that line of woods is a few mile of inland trek, and then those bloody Kreig druids who whipped up the winds to ruin your drop; and past them, hardened facilities containing the Kreigshield support magi. So you might head that way; but it’s an objective well detached from the beach landing. You were never supposed to be here.

Now that you’re on top of the Defiant Wall together, you have the manpower to rush another couple of bunkers and AA emplacements, but not enough to change the outcome of the battle. You need the big guns to do that; not to mention there’s a hundred thousand Vulters out here, and most of a pissed off dragon. So tactically, your platoon does not have a conspicuous, realistic capacity to turn the tide.

What conspicuous is that in the course of your separation, one part of the platoon hit a button that, a little conference and passive investigation/speculation will discover, seems to have unlocked the hatch all the way up at the top of the wall where you are now. Why thre Kreigers would have an isolated trigger for that particular hatch is a mystery, but it must be important to them.

Does that all make sense?

[Waistcoatwill]

I'm getting all excited! If he somehow runs out of med kits he's got fast enough hands to rifle a downed person's pockets for spares and yo-yo heal them in a single round.

[JbeJ275]

Sadly I’m down inspiration from cracking the hatch earlier but if re-inspired by a leader I could get us through this immediately.

[MrAbdiel]

Sadly I’m down inspiration from cracking the hatch earlier but if re-inspired by a leader I could get us through this immediately.

Indeed you could. ;)

[Waistcoatwill]

Would Doc be able to assist Sal in an investigation check for traps and to see if the door could be amenable to Thieves tools?

[MrAbdiel]

Absolutely!

[Novabomb]

We do not start with Inspiration right?

[Waistcoatwill]

No, it gets awarded during combat. I have inspiration but it'll waste the heal if I use it now and it will go to a random person rather than someone specific.

[MrAbdiel]

I did, however, forget to give inspiration to dragon-fight squad! So boys who were there for the clifftop fight can have an inspiration.

[Novabomb]

Cool, in that case Gabriel will use his on the door. (Hes an engineer archtype as well)

[Awful]

I've been busy over the past few days; I'll post tomorrow.

[Cavir]

Cool, in that case Gabriel will use his on the door. (Hes an engineer archtype as well)

Was going to use my Inspiration, but it's covered now. I'm getting Inspired IRL with the creative ideas IC

[Waistcoatwill]

Nice one Novabomb!

[MrAbdiel]

Alright, tomorrow Pvt Gabriel is going to pop this door - anyone who wants to make any preparations, now’s the time!

[Waistcoatwill]

Not really worth an IC post, but Doc will edge to the back of the group. Both in case Ginger gets carried away and so that he's hopefully not the first in the line of fire and still up to heal folks.