The Fezian invasion force marched across country and set up next to Biden's Wood. At the same time Castle Derrick sent a force into the same plain.
The Fezian musician calls the troops to battle lines. (A strange dice-like artefact lies behind him),
A slooshie slides along the forest floor. Some locals regard the sheep sized molluscs as a tasty meal.
Commander Babpka surveys the field.
Fezians press forwards.
A cacar perches on a tooka tree and gazes hopefully at the creatures to see if they leave any pickings of battle. These flying reptiles (and other strange beasts) 'leaked' into human lands from the Chaos wastes. This one is a species usually harmless to all but infant humans.
A mysterious fairy statue is seen among the rocks. Such things are usually only found in forest glades.
Mercenary Hill men move forward.
The camel pulled Fezian siege guns arrive too late to participate in the battle.
Beerstein musketeers and the sorceress, Sylvia the Serpent in the foreground.
Beerstein artillery arrives.
Beerstein pike men and mercenary mounted bow
Beerstein lines
Fezians and their wizard
Beerstein's Prince Lucas and the battle line.
Beerstein mounted knights and lobsters
Fezia's Moon God flag
Goaded by the enemy long bow the Fezians prepare to charge.
Fezian plate armoured veterans crash through but his cavalry are attacked in the side by the lobster cavalry.
The Fezian sorcerer's magic backfires and kills himself and many of the bowmen around him.
Hillmen approach enemy lines.
The Fezian plate cut through the musketeers.
The Beersteiner longbow men are wiped out by the Fezian mounted plate.
More Beersteiner musket men are overwhelmed.
Beersteiner pikemen send off some Hill men but they could also be overwhelmed unless they withdraw.
More reports to follow.....
Very cool! Even old Kelek made an appearance on the Fezian side :D . The Chaos Wastes sound interesting: Shades of Elric and Oldhammer? Do you plan on carrying fantasy elements into your later era battles? I've been looking at various rulesets while also looking at Napoleonic fiction that incorporates fantasy elements (Novik and Clarke)I'm leaning toward LotR SGB as a possible early ages system because the magic isn't overwhelming but I also think a lot of GEG's Clash of Empires.
ReplyDeleteYou better elaborate about Old Kelek.
ReplyDeleteChaos is inspired by the Elric stories that, in turn, inspired Warhammer. The magic in Warhammer is fairly powerful although the more destructive events have been when the sorcerer has mis-spelled and destroyed many on his own side. When I didn't really need the magic and my missile poer was taking down sufficient enemy I even passed on my magic phase.
I haven't decide yet if we will continue the magic by the time we get to the Napoleonic phase of technological development. Does magic become neglected or the knowledge lost as technology advances? Of course this hasn't stopped GW continuing with magic in 40K.
I've always looked at the death of magic in fantasy as the death of wonder or belief. As science expands understanding of the natural world we no longer attribute phenomena to things mythical or divine. The more you know the less you have to accept on faith. Even the Greeks might have mused on the dilemma with the myth of Pandora's Box. In creating fantasy worlds the tipping point has always been a renaissance period but most of the worlds I'd played around with were built on the premise that science was wrong about the nature of the world. In an RPG the idea of an intrepid band adventurers taking to sea to discover new worlds then encountering the cataphracts at the edge of the world appealed to me. It played against the preconceptions of the players themselves and that for me was true fantasy. One idea I've been looking at for my own project was involving Lovecraft's Mythos. The transdimensional nature of the entities lend them selves to worlds that aren't our own and the scope of power makes the accomplishments of science irrelevant in scale. The power is of course inherently dangerous and without mastery.
DeleteOkay, I looked it up and I see Kelek is the name of the character depicted in the Dungeons and Dragons figure which was made in Macau. I hadn't even know n that. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI remember those AD&D figures from when I was a kid :D !
DeleteThanks Rick. I aim to please! Next game is going to be Barsoom versus Ozzz!
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