{"id":1301,"date":"2014-09-19T05:25:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T09:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/?p=1301"},"modified":"2014-09-04T05:35:54","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T09:35:54","slug":"rhiallis-tactics-pt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/rhiallis-tactics-pt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhiallis: Tactics (pt 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

      Today\u2019s snippet, titled \u201cTactics (pt 2)\u201d, is a piece I wrote about my PC in Mark’s new (Good) Pathfinder Campaign.
\n      Be forewarned, there may be mature themes and naughty language below.
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\n      \tThree separate armies – three they could see<\/em>, she thought with a frown – occupying the outskirts of Drezen with the Gods only know how many within the walls of the citadel. Paradise Hill, once a vibrant district of warehouses and import\/export shops, guildhalls and riverboats, had been reduced to rubble and looted to the last copper piece. The scouts reported that penned up within the district were as many as two hundred slaves, likely the hardiest of the survivors.
\n      \tThe Southbank was occupied by an army of cultists much like ones they had faced previously and when Graves heard this news a great grin split her face.
\n      \t\u201cWe\u2019ll fucking destroy those evil bastards,\u201d she growled, slamming her fist into her palm.
\n      \tRhiallis was heartened by her courage and straightened her shoulders.
\n      \tThen came the report that the cultists were not alone in occupying Southbank.
\n      \t\u201cThems got a whole army made up of them tiefers also,\u201d Nura said. \u201cLike what we fought a\u2019fore, but more of \u2018em, I reckon.\u201d
\n      \tAron held up a hand to silence her. \u201cPlus, they\u2019ve chained up some monstrous aurochs by the main bridge – down in the moat. They\u2019re ready to pull that down the instant we get too close. It won\u2019t be easy to get past them.\u201d
\n      \t\u201cAnd,\u201d Nura piped up, her strident, nasally voice was enough to cause Rhiallis a fresh migraine. \u201cThems got another <\/em>army over at the city dead lots. Thems got ghouls and ghasts and <\/em>there was sumfin bigger and shadowy what I didn\u2019t much see, but I bet it is real bad.\u201d
\n      \tRhiallis pursed her lips. \u201cGreat.\u201d
\n      \t\u201cWe\u2019ll want to march straight on the gates then – before they can pull down the bridge. Right?\u201d
\n      \t\u201cNo,\u201d Graves shook her head, \u201cWe can\u2019t leave those two armies on our rear. They\u2019d come up behind and smash us against the gates.\u201d
\n      \tKumiko grunted her agreement. \u201cHai. But who dies first? We go Southbank, we take Paradise Hill in rear. We take Hill first, we get Southbank in rear.\u201d
\n      \t\u201cPlus, they\u2019ll pull down the bridge!\u201d
\n      \t\u201cThey won\u2019t risk that. Not right away. It is their main way in and out of the city, too.\u201d Graves leaned her rear against a table and crossed her arms at her chest, thinking. \u201cBut Kumiko\u2019s got a good point. Either way, we take a chance on getting pincered between two armies.\u201d
\n      \t\u201cAnd if we go for the gate, it could be three armies,\u201d Mira said.
\n      \t\u201cMore, if they get across the bridge before we can take it.\u201d
\n      \tEveryone glanced at Athynacious and nodded. He does make a good point – we don\u2019t know exactly what lays within the city at this point. <\/em>
\n      \t\u201cSo then – what do we do?\u201d
\n      \tThe map Aron had sketched for them was spread out across the table and now ten heads peered down at it, all deep in thought.
\n      \tViggo would know<\/em>, she chuckled to herself. Viggo had such a mind for tactics. I didn\u2019t learn enough from him to be as useful to them as I might but\u2026 What would he have done, Rhiallis? Think. Think!<\/em>
\n      \t\u201cParadise Hill,\u201d she said, hastily. \u201cIf we can take it fast, it\u2019ll give us high ground.\u201d
\n      \t\u201cYeah,\u201d Graves nodded. \u201cThat\u2019s what I thought too. We\u2019ll hit Paradise Hill first, and hell, if we can liberate those slaves, maybe they\u2019ll be able to bolster our numbers.\u201d
\n      \tCeleste frowned. \u201cWe should probably take Southbank first though. They seem to have bigger numbers. And what about the gate?\u201d
\n      \t\u201cThe gate will have to be our third goal – its important, obviously, but I think it\u2019ll be safe until we reach it. And like I said – if we mobilize quick enough, maybe they won\u2019t even have a chance to destroy it.\u201d
\n      \t\u201cI can get down there and maybe disable the chains or something,\u201d Mira volunteered, shifting her weight from foot to foot. The halfling was ready for action.
\n      \t\u201cRight. That\u2019s it. We hit Paradise Hill, liberate those slaves, turn south, massacre the fuckers at Southbank, and then we\u2019ll hit the gate.\u201d
\n      \t\u201cWhat about the graveyard? All the undead at our back?\u201d
\n      \tGraves shrugged. \u201cWe gotta take our chances, Celeste. Hedge our bets. They might not be aligned with the demons. They might not cross out of the cemetary. We\u2019ll risk it. And once we take care of business, by the Holy Light of The Inheritor, I vow we will root out every undead bastard in that place and put them all to the sword.\u201d
\n      \tAs if to punctuate her declaration, Graves\u2019 hand found Radiance\u2019s hilt and from within the scabbard, the blade\u2019s holy light began to shine.
\n      \t\u201cFine,\u201d Celeste capitulated. \u201cTo Paradise Hill then.\u201d
\n      \t\u201cTo Paradise Hill. We march within the hour, so get your gear together. I\u2019ll get James to send the officers out and we\u2019ll be away.\u201d
\n      \tThe others filed out of the tent to ready themselves and their army of paladins. Rhiallis didn\u2019t notice Fenton and Koto go, but suddenly she realized she was alone. The map of Drezen was still upon the table and she drew a finger tip over their proposed route, mentally fighting the battle.
\n      \tIt is the smartest choice<\/em>, she told herself. Viggo would do the same, I know he would. <\/em>
\n      \tA few moments later, as she pulled down and repacked her tent, Rhiallis noticed some small footprints nearby and frowned. They seemed to come up the row, stop at the backside of her campsite, and after milling around there, moved away down another direction. She took a moment to examine every thing she had left unattended, but found nothing damaged or missing.
\n\t\u201cThere\u2019s still a traitor amongst us,\u201d she said to herself, shoving the tent stakes into their pouch. \u201cWe mustn\u2019t forget that. And it could be almost any one.\u201d<\/p>\n

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      Today\u2019s snippet, titled \u201cTactics (pt 2)\u201d, is a piece I wrote about my PC in Mark’s new (Good) Pathfinder Campaign.       Be forewarned, there may be mature themes and naughty language below. – \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 –       Three separate armies –… <\/p>\n

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