Favorite Battle Reports

[Destitute Noble]

I think that Unclemike just likes pushing your buttons.

It's not about pushing one's buttons but rather having proper game design. Rick has already admitted that he has made mistakes that will be removed in 3rd cycle/Kingdoms of Arcania (as the double hostile regional reaction among others).

The point that I was making above was that combat should be reexamined because if a kingdom's defensive value is set so high that it actually washes out the other effects of battle (tac, terrain, magic, morale, ...etc.), you have a serious game design issue.

The battle that I described above was about as lopsided as you can make which emphases that the game mechanic isn't working properly or should be reviewed.

There are other ways of providing kingdoms with stronger defensive measures like additional guard infantry or non-artifact enhancements for better armor that I mentioned in another thread (http://www.kingdomsofarcania.net/forum/s...p?tid=9124).

But by having something hidden (like that double hostile nonsense) that dominates other aspects of the game, you have a serious problem that really needs to be fixed.

...and for a small fee you can fix the problems?? Maybe the people who play won't like the fixes? Then who pays who to fix the fixes?

[Destitute Noble]

In all fairness to both sides - it's not really a democracy since this is a private enterprise (to my knowledge). All parties should bring up game flaws (as they see them) for all of us to scrutinize and discuss. As assets are available and will allow, game designers should make changes to benefit the game if they want to keep player's paying for it.

Similarly, if the price is raised, players have the right to walk away. Someone mentioned earlier about Duelmasters (Duel 2) not having a significant game change in the last few decades. Though I believe that to be true, the players have changed how they play the game - which in and of itself has brought about changes. Though no code has changed, and the game is structurally the same, the price has risen once since I started playing...and that was around 1984.

[unclemike]

...and for a small fee you can fix the problems??

Actually, fixing this issue should be just a configuration file setting or table value in the kingdom's setup. So if the Troll kingdom is set to absorb 50% combat damage, just assign it a new value like 5% or so. That way the value won't wash out the other combat factors (tac, magic, troop composition, etc) in the game. Really easy to do and if asked, I can do it if necessary.

[Hawk_]

BATTLE BETWEEN THE 3RD RED DRAGON SMALL ARMY AND THE 1ST ANCIENT ONES ARMY GROUP IN THE PLAINS OF AREA PI:

RED DRAGON ANCIENT ONES
THE GROUP'S LITTLE KNOWN LEADER < COMMANDER > WARLORD ALEXANDER
NA ...........................< RANKING WIZARD > POWER-5 WIZARD IRIKHAN
...............................< INFANTRY > 15974 LIGHT/MEDIUM/HEAVY/GUARDS
...............................< CAVALRY > 3136 MEDIUM/ELITE
...............................< ARCHERS > 3136 BOWMEN/EXPERT
392 DRAGONS/WYVERNS < OTHER TYPES >
2 < KINGDOM-NAMED BRIGADES > 7
0/0 < RECRUIT/VETERAN BRIGADES > 3/1
4 WYVERNS < OTHER BRIGADE TYPES >
HIGH ATTRITION / LOW MORALE < OTHER > HIGH MORALE / EXCEPTIONAL HEROES

DETERMINED ATTACK < TACTICAL SELECTION > SURPRISED


IN THE FIRST HOUR OF MORNING WITH A FRIGHTENING AND DEAFENING ROAR THE 3RD RED DRAGON SMALL ARMY ADVANCED UPON
THE COMPLETELY SURPRISED 1ST ANCIENT ONES ARMY GROUP UNDER WARLORD ALEXANDER. AMONG THE RED DRAGON TROOPS
WERE BRIGADES OF WYVERNS, WHICH NOW RACED TO THE FRONT LINES! AS THE ATTACKERS FLEW IN WITH A THUNDEROUS
SOUND ABOVE THE GREEN FIELDS THE BATTLE BEGAN.

AS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT GROUP OF THEIR KINGDOM THE TROOPS ARE NOTICEABLY INVIGORATED BY BEING UNDER THE FIRST
ANCIENT ONES'S COLORS!

THE ANCIENT ONES COOLLY EFFECTIVE ARCHERS OF THE ANCIENT IMPOSED APPRECIABLE CASUALTIES TO THEIR FOES. THE
ANCIENT ONES POWER-5 WIZARD IRIKHAN MADE A SERIES OF INTRICATE GESTURES. IN RAPID SUCCESSION WERE CAST MANY KILLING ILLUSIONS AND WAVES OF DEADLY COLD INTO THE RANKS OF THE ENEMY.

THE ANCIENT ONES POWER-4 WIZARD DIA'DESRO GLOWERED INTENTLY AND ISSUED INDECIPHERABLE UTTERANCES. WITH AWE-INSPIRING PRECISION HE LAUNCHED MANY MINOR PHANTASMS AND MAGICAL BOLTS INTO THE HEART OF THE ENEMY FORCE. THE ANCIENT ONES POWER-4 WIZARD NEXUS INCANTED IN A LOW FORCEFUL TONE. WITH CHILLING EASE HE FIRED MANY VOLLEYS OF PHANTASMAL FORCES AND
DEADLY PYROTECHNICS INTO THE RANKS OF THE ENEMY.

THE POWERFUL ANCIENT ONES MAGES ADDED TREMENDOUSLY TO THE
DEFENSE OF THEIR GROUP. THE ANCIENT ONES ENDURING MAGE DEALT OUT NOTICEABLE DAMAGE TO THE RED DRAGON LINES..

THE SIGHT OF THE GOLDEN SPEAR OF LERIX IN THE UPLIFTED HAND OF THE ANCIENT ONES WARLORD ALEXANDER CLEARLY
AIDED HIS MEN AND CAUSED WARINESS FOR THE RED DRAGON LEADERS. ANCIENT ONES WARLORD ALEXANDER RAISED OVERHEAD
THE SWORD OF ALVINITAR AND HIS MEN WERE MADE MORE DARING WHILE OUR ANTAGONIST'S LEADERS FLINCHED.

QUICKLY WARLORD ALEXANDER LED THE ANCIENT ONES LIGHT ARMORED BUT SKILLFUL HORSEMEN DOWN UPON THE RED DRAGON
LINES. THE ANCIENT ONES RIDERS IMPOSED SEVERE CASUALTIES TO THEIR FOES AND IN RETURN THE RED DRAGON ELITE
IMPOSED MINOR CASUALTIES TO THE ANCIENT ONES RANKS.
WITH HIGHER THAN EXPECTED LOSSES, THE GROUP'S LITTLE KNOWN LEADER HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO ORDER THE RED DRAGON
FORCE TO WITHDRAW.

THE RETREAT WAS A CREDIT TO THE RED DRAGON FORCE'S DISCIPLINE, AS FEW ADDITIONAL LOSSES WERE SUFFERED WITHDRAWING. RED DRAGON LOSSES WERE ESTIMATED AT 200 CREATURES. RED DRAGON LEADERS BATTLED BRAVELY.

ALL RED DRAGON LEADERS SURVIVED THE BATTLE. A NEW LEADER, CAPTAIN HURIFOR HAS EMERGED AS A SPECTACULAR LEADER OF GREAT PROMISE. FATALITIES WITHIN THE RED DRAGON GROUP HAVE RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN THEIR MORALE.

ANCIENT ONES CASULTIES WERE SAID TO BE 600 TROOPS. ANCIENT ONES HEROES BATTLED BRAVELY. ALL ANCIENT ONES LEADERS SURVIVED THE BATTLE. THE ANCIENT ONES WIZARDS IRIKHAN AND DIA'DESRO AND NEXUS SURVIVED THE FRAY. THE CONVINCING COMPLETENESS OF THE ANCIENT ONES GROUP'S VICTORY HAS GREATLY
INCREASED MORALE.


The AN army had a value of 55K prior to the batlle. I sent in the wrong order set so the group was surprised. They still fought very well. It is rare to see the RD defeated in combat so I thought this was an interesting battle.

[kevindusi]

Someone needs to rename this thread "times I beat up on Dusi's troops".

I wasn't too surprised by the results of that one, Hawk... I was just trying to break a siege... would have failed horribly, but if memory serves I had a collection of captives that I didn't want to get out, so I attacked at a 3 and issued the 430 in desperation. I got lucky that you got the wrong orders in... obviously the combat didn't go my way, though.

[The Broken]

I would love to see more of these. I think these are a great learning tool.

[Hawk_]

I would love to see more of these. I think these are a great learning tool.

Reports of our Military engagements:

I was the SO in this one and was quite happy to escape with only about a brigade in losses.



BATTLE BETWEEN THE 4TH RANGER FULL DIVISION AND THE 1ST SORCERER LIGHT DIVISION IN THE PLAINS OF AREA RR:

RANGER.....................................................SORCERER
MARSHAL II TRUEBLADE ................. < COMMANDER > GENERAL RAURCON
POWER-2 WIZARD TIRIAN.................< RANKING WIZARD > POWER-2 WIZARD ANIZIKIA
5000 LIGHT/MEDIUM/GUARDS ...........< INFANTRY > 4704 LIGHT/MEDIUM/HEAVY
2500 LIGHT/MEDIUM/ELITE...............< CAVALRY > 392 LIGHT/MEDIUM
2000 BOWMEN/EXPERT....................< ARCHERS > 784 MISSLIERS/BOWMEN
< OTHER TYPES >
5 ..........................................< KINGDOM-NAMED BRIGADES > 2
0/0..........................................< RECRUIT/VETERAN BRIGADES > 0/0
.............................................< OTHER BRIGADE TYPES > 1 MONSTERS
HIGH MORALE / GOOD LEADERS < OTHER > N/A
STANDARD BATTLE PLAN .............< TACTICAL SELECTION > ORGANIZED WITHDRAWAL


AT THE FIRST LIGHT OF DAWN WITH A BOLT TO GALLOP FROM ITS UNIT LEADERS THE 4TH RANGER FULL DIVISION ADVANCED UPON THE DEFENSIVE POSITION OF THE 1ST SORCERER LIGHT DIVISION COMMANDED BY GENERAL RAURCON. AMONG THE SORCERER TROOPS WERE BRIGADES OF MONSTERS, WHICH NOW LEAPED AHEAD TO THE FIRST RANKS!

AS THE ATTACKERS ADVANCED THROUGH THE GREEN FIELDS THE BATTLE BEGAN.
AS THE MOST DECORATED GROUP OF THEIR PEOPLE THE FIGHTERS ARE VISIBLY EMBOLDENED BY BEING UNDER THE FIRST SORCERER'S COLORS!

THE RANGER HIGHLY EFFICIENT BOWMEN CLAIMED TREMENDOUS CASUALTIES TO THEIR OPPONENTS LINES. THE RANGER POWER-2 WIZARD TIRIAN INCANTED IN A LOW FORCEFUL TONE. HE THEN CREATED A POWERFUL WARDING, WHICH WOULD
PROTECT THE HEROES AND WIZARDS OF HIS FORCE FROM THE BLACK MAGICS OF ANY OPPOSING SPELLCASTERS. THE RANGER POWER-1 WIZARD RUNEMAR GLOWERED INTENTLY AND ISSUED INDECIPHERABLE UTTERANCES. HE THEN CREATED A POWERFUL WARDING, WHICH WOULD PROTECT THE HEROES AND WIZARDS OF HIS FORCE FROM THE BLACK MAGICS OF ANY OPPOSINGSPELLCASTERS.

THE SORCERER POWER-2 WIZARD ANIZIKIA BEGAN SORCEROUS INCANTATIONS IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE. WHILE INVISIBLE, THE WIZARD SENT GREAT SONIC SHOCK WAVES INTO THE LINES OF THE ENEMY, CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.
THE SORCERER CURINUR (POWER- 1.0) TRIED TO AVOID AS BEST ABLE THE ENEMY'S ATTACKS.

GENERAL RAURCON SAW THAT FORTUNE WAS NOT WITH THE SORCERER THIS DAY, AND SIGNALED THE RETREAT. THE RETREAT WAS A CREDIT TO THE SORCERER FORCE'S DISCIPLINE, AS FEW ADDITIONAL LOSSES WERE SUFFERED WITHDRAWING.

RANGER LOSSES WERE ESTIMATED AT LESS THAN 200 TROOPS. RANGER HEROES BATTLED COURAGEOUSLY. ALL RANGER LEADERS SURVIVED THE BATTLE. THE RANGER WIZARDS TIRIAN AND RUNEMAR SURVIVED THE FRAY. THE CONVINCING COMPLETENESS OF THE RANGER GROUP'S VICTORY HAS NOTABLY INCREASED MORALE.

SORCERER CASUALTIES WERE ESTIMATED AT 2400 TROOPS.
SORCERER HEROES FOUGHT COURAGEOUSLY. ALL SORCERER LEADERS SURVIVED THE BATTLE. THE SORCERER WIZARDS ANIZIKIA AND CURINUR SURVIVED THE FRAY. LOSSES SUFFERED IN THE EFFORT AND DEPRESSION OF DEFEAT HAVE GREATLY REDUCED THE SORCERER GROUP'S MORALE.

[Cloud]

Here's an interesting one - this battle occurred on the final turn of game 129. I was the RA and Jumpingfist was the TR. He had been pummeling me for several turns including sacking my capitol at UM. It was my first and only chance to face off against him with Trollslayer.

BATTLE BETWEEN THE 1ST TROLL FULL ARMY AND THE 4TH RANGER SMALL ARMY IN THE PLAINS OF AREA RJ:
TROLL RANGER
WARLORD BIGFOOT < COMMANDER > MARSHAL II TRUEBLADE
NA < RANKING WIZARD > POWER-4 WIZARD WANDIAK
< INFANTRY > 8400 LIGHT/MEDIUM/GUARDS
< CAVALRY > 1800 LIGHT/MEDIUM/ELITE
< ARCHERS > 1500 BOWMEN/EXPERT
12544 TROLLS/ORCS < OTHER TYPES >
4 < KINGDOM-NAMED BRIGADES > 3
0/0 < RECRUIT/VETERAN BRIGADES > 2/1
5 ORCS < OTHER BRIGADE TYPES >
N/A < OTHER > HIGH MORALE / GOOD LEADERS
DETERMINED ATTACK < TACTICAL SELECTION > STANDARD BATTLE PLAN

IN THE FIRST HOUR OF MORNING WITH A THROATY BELLOW FROM EACH SOLDIER THE 1ST TROLL FULL ARMY LEAPT AHEAD TO
ENGAGE THE ADVANCING LINES OF THE 4TH RANGER SMALL ARMY LED BY MARSHAL II TRUEBLADE. AMONG THE TROLL TROOPS
WERE BRIGADES OF ORCS, WHICH NOW RACED TO THE FRONT LINES! AS THE ATTACKERS ADVANCED THROUGH THE ROLLING
PLAINS THE FIRST MISSILES SANG OUT.

THE TROLL'S CHANCE TO FIGHT THEIR MORTAL ENEMY CREATED A CHANCE TO DELIVER BLOWS DREAMED OF FOR AGES AGAINST
THE HATED RANGER, INSTILLING FERVOR IN THEIR RANKS!
THE CHANCE TO FIGHT THEIR NATURALAND HATED ENEMY WOULD GIVE ALLOW THE RANGER A CHANCE TO RELEASE CENTURIES
OF ANGER AGAINST THE TROLL, AND SERVED TO ENERGIZE THEIR RANKS!

AS THE MOST IMPORTANT GROUP OF THEIR KINGDOM THE TROOPS ARE VISIBLY EMBOLDENED BY THE PRESENCE OF THE FIRST
TROLL'S BANNER!

ARCHERS FROM EACH SIDE CAUSED MINOR CASUALTIES TO THEIR OPPONENTS LINES. FROM SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE
BATTLEFIELD THE WAND OF LIGHTNING IMPACTED UPON THE UNSUSPECTING TROLL FORCE. THE RANGER POWER-4 WIZARD
WANDIAK SLOWLY SPOKE IN AN ARCANE LANGUAGE, GESTURES BUILDING TO A CRESCENDO. WITH AWE-INSPIRING PRECISION HE
LAUNCHED MANY KILLING ILLUSIONS AND WAVES OF DEADLY COLD INTO THE HEART OF THE ENEMY FORCE. THE MAGES WHERE
NOT A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN THE BATTLE.

EAGERLY LIFTING THE GREAT AXE OF HURBLIND RANGER MARSHAL II TRUEBLADE
INSPIRED HIS FORCE GREATLY AND SOUGHT OUT THE TROLL LEADERS. REASSURED BY THE STRENGTH OF TROLL SLAYER
AGAINST IT'S FUNDAMENTAL FOE, RANGER MARSHAL II TRUEBLADE SWUNG HIS ARTIFACT HIGH FOR ALL TO SEE. INSTANTLY
THE EFFECTS ARE NOTICED AS OUR SOLDIERS PLUNGED FORWARD INTO THE FRAY WITH INCREASED CONFIDENCE AND THE HATED
TROLLS REELED WITH APPREHENSION.

NOW MARSHAL II TRUEBLADE LED THE RANGER EXCEPTIONAL HORSEMEN DOWN UPON THE TROLL LINES. THE RANGER RIDERS
CLAIMED SIGNIFICANT LOSSES TO THEIR ENEMY.

STEEL GLEAMED BRIGHTLY, AS THE MASSES OF FOOT SOLDIERS SPRANG TO THE READY, AND THEN CHARGED FORTH WITH A
ROAR, ENGAGING IN BATTLE WHICH TOOK MANY PROUD LIVES. THE TROLL THICK HIDED 8' TALL MONSTERS, WHO FOUGHT
SAVAGELY WITH SPIKED CLUBS AND GREAT AXES, DEALT OUT NOTICEABLE DAMAGE TO THEIR ENEMY AS THE RANGER SUPERBLY
TRAINED WARRIORS INFLICTED SUBSTANTIAL LOSSES TO THE TROLL LINES. HOUR AFTER HOUR PASSED, YET NONE COULD TELL
WHICH SIDE WOULD FIRST BREAK AND WHICH WOULD TRIUMPH.

BOTH COMMANDERS FELT LOSSES TO THEIR FORCES HAD EXCEEDED ACCEPTABLE LEVELS, AND EACH WITHDREW THEIR FORCES
FROM THE FIELD. TROLL LOSSES WERE ESTIMATED AT 10600 CREATURES. TROLL HEROES FOUGHT BRAVELY. THE TROLL HERO
BIGFOOT WAS SLAIN IN COMBAT. FATALITIES WITHIN THE TROLL GROUP HAVE RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN
THEIR MORALE. RANGER LOSSES WERE ESTIMATED AT 5300 TROOPS. RANGER LEADERS FOUGHT COURAGEOUSLY. THE RANGER
HERO TIRIKIA WAS SLAIN IN COMBAT. THE RANGER WIZARD WANDIAK SURVIVED THE FRAY. THE RANGER FORCES MORALE WENT
UP TREMENDOUSLY DUE TO THEIR COURAGEOUS AND VALIANT EFFORT IN THE BATTLE.

I had tried to cast a Chaos spell but messed up the order.

[Jumpingfist]

I was happy to see that game end.

Not sure how chaos works if the warlord starts the fight but dies during the fight. Also we both retreated so would have been interesting to see how that works.

[Mauler]

Here is a successful attack on a capital city:

ASSAULT BY THE 1ST WITCHLORD ARMY GROUP ON THE RANGER CITY OF ZARATHON, LOCATED IN AREA HQ OF AMBERLAND: JUST
BEFORE DAWN WARLORD KRASSIS ORDERED HIS 1ST WITCHLORD ARMY GROUP TO ADVANCE UPON THE CITY. SCOUTS HAD
REPORTED EARLIER THAT ZARATHON WAS A VERITABLE FORTRESS, BOASTING A 20' HIGH OUTER WALL SUPPORTED BY BULWARKS
AND AN INNER WALL OF SOME 40' HEIGHT WITH A DOZEN HEAVILY-MANNED TOWERS ALONG WITH EVERY CONCEIVABLE WEAPON OF
DEFENSE. AS THE WITCHLORD FORCE EMERGED FROM THE SURROUNDING FOREST, THE BATTLE WAS JOINED. SUPPORTING THE
TYPICAL DEFENDERS WERE ELITE TROOPS COMPRISING THE RULER'S PERSONAL DETAIL! IT BECAME OBVIOUS TO THE
ASSAULTING TROOPS THAT ZARATHON'S DEFENSES WOULD BE ENHANCED BY NOT ONLY THE THESE TROOPS' ADDITIONAL FIGHTING
ABILITIES, BUT ALSO BY THEIR EXCELLENT TACTICAL AND STRATEGIC PLANNING CAPABILITIES USED TO DEFEND THEIR
CAPITAL. AMONG THE WITCHLORD TROOPS WERE BRIGADES OF MONSTERS, WHICH NOW LEAPED AHEAD TO THE FIRST RANKS!
IN THE INITIAL MINUTES OF BATTLE, DEFENDING ARCHERS WERE ABLE TO STILL FOREVER SOME SMALL PERCENT OF THEIR
ANTAGONISTS. THE UNPREDICTABLE WITCHLORD WIZARDS RY VOR, QUENZEK AND NULIJOR DISMOUNTED SCARCELY PAST WHERE
THE DEFENSIVE MISSLES WHERE FALLING AND BEGAN AN ELABORATE SPELL. THE WITCHLORD POWER-6 WIZARD RY VOR CAST A
SERIES OF MINOR ASSAULTS: SOME LIGHTING, FIRE, AND SONIC BLASTS WHICH DISRUPTED THE OPPOSING TROOPS. THE
WITCHLORD POWER-6 WIZARD RY VOR WHILE SEEMINGLY DETACHED FROM ALL ELSE, SEEMED TO DRAW WITHIN HIMSELF AND
BEGAN TO INCANT. THE GROUND ITSELF BEGAN TO TREMBLE AND SHAKE VIOLENTLY, AND SOON A FULL EARTHQUAKE HIT THE
PANICKY DEFENDERS, NEARLY DESTROYING THEIR POSITION. THE WITCHLORD POWER-3 WIZARD QUENZEK CAST A SERIES OF
MINOR ASSAULTS: SOME LIGHTING, FIRE, AND SONIC BLASTS WHICH DISRUPTED THE OPPOSING TROOPS. THE WITCHLORD
POWER-3 WIZARD QUENZEK GLOWERED INTENTLY AND ISSUED INDECIPHERABLE UTTERANCES. WHILE INVISIBLE, THE WIZARD
SENT GREAT SONIC SHOCK WAVES INTO THE LINES OF THE ENEMY, CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. THE WITCHLORD POWER-2
WIZARD NULIJOR INCANTED IN A LOW FORCEFUL TONE. WHILE INVISIBLE, THE WIZARD SENT GREAT SONIC SHOCK WAVES INTO
THE LINES OF THE ENEMY, CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. THE YELLOW HUE FROM THE GOLDEN SPEAR OF LERIX SHIMMERED
THROUGHOUT THE BATTLEFIELD AS THE WITCHLORD TROOPS WERE MADE MORE VALOROUS AND THE GARRISON LEADERS GREW
CONCERNED. AFTER A FEW HOURS OF FEROCIOUS COMBAT, THE ATTACKERS WERE ABLE TO CLEAR DEFENDERS FROM THE OUTER
WALLS AND BEGAN TO PRESS ON TO THE MAIN DEFENSE. WARLORD KRASSIS LED THE WITCHLORD LEFT WHICH HAD ACHIEVED
THE MOST SUCCESS THUS FAR. THE DEFENSE BEGAN TO DISSOLVE AS DEFENDABLE POSITIONS WERE METHODICALLY TAKEN BY
THE WITCHLORD ATTACKERS AND WHOLE COMPANIES OF THE GARRISON WERE ROUTED. THE ATTACKERS METHODICALLY LAID
WASTE TO THEIR FOES AND SENSED VICTORY, FOR THEIR OWN LOSSES WERE AT ACCEPTABLE LEVELS. WITHIN THREE
ADDITIONAL HOURS, ALL POINTS OF DEFENSE HAD BEEN SQUASHED BY THE REMARKABLE ATTACKING JUGGERNAUT, AND THE CITY
SURRENDERED. THE WITCHLORD COLORS NOW WAVES PROUDLY IN ZARATHON! WITCHLORD CASULTIES WERE ESTIMATED AT 4300
TROOPS. WITCHLORD LEADERS FOUGHT BRAVELY. ALL WITCHLORD LEADERS SURVIVED THE BATTLE. THE WITCHLORD WIZARDS
RY VOR AND QUENZEK AND NULIJOR SURVIVED THE FRAY. THE INDISBUTABLE NATURE OF THE GROUPS VICTORY HAS GREATLY
INCREASED MORALE.

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Here is a nail biting defense of a capital:

ATTACK BY THE 1ST RANGER ARMY GROUP ON THE DEMON PRINCES CITY OF TRIESA, LOCATED IN AREA VO OF ARCANIA: AFTER
THE BREAKFAST MEAL WARLORD DRAMIK COMMANDED HIS 1ST RANGER ARMY GROUP TO ADVANCE UPON THE CITY. IT WAS
ALREADY KNOWN THAT TRIESA WAS A VERITABLE FORTRESS, BOASTING A 20' HIGH OUTER WALL SUPPORTED BY BULWARKS AND
AN INNER WALL OF SOME 40' HEIGHT WITH A DOZEN HEAVILY-MANNED TOWERS ALONG WITH EVERY CONCEIVABLE WEAPON OF
DEFENSE. AS THE RANGER FORCE DREW NEAR ITS TARGET, THE ASSAULT COMMENCED. ADDING TO THE DEFENSES WERE HIGHLY
TRAINED UNITS FROM THE PALACE GUARD! IT BECAME CLEAR TO THE ATTACKING UNITS THAT TRIESA'S DEFENSES WOULD BE
ENHANCED BY NOT ONLY THE THESE TROOPS' ADDITIONAL FIGHTING ABILITIES, BUT ALSO BY THEIR ENHANCED TACTICAL AND
STRATEGIC PLANNING CAPABILITIES USED TO DEFEND THEIR CAPITAL. AS THE ATTACKERS APPROACHED, DEFENDING ARCHERS
WERE ABLE TO ELIMINATE ENTIRE COMPANIES OF THE ATTACKING FORCE. THE RANGER TIRIAN (POWER- 1.0) CAST NO SPELLS
TO AID HIS FORCE IN THIS BATTLE. THE RANGER EXCEL (POWER- 1.0) TRIED TO AVOID AS BEST ABLE THE ENEMY'S
ATTACKS. THE DEFENDERS AT THE FIELD RAMPARTS FOUGHT WITH STRONG FURY, AND THOUGH THEY SUFFERED LOSSES, THUS
FAR THEY HAD HELD THEIR POSITIONS. THE RANGER HAD ALREADY SUFFERED QUITE SUBSTANTIAL LOSSES IN THE EFFORT,
BUT THEIR COMMANDER BRAVELY LED YET ANOTHER CHARGE. AFTER SIX HOURS OF BRUTAL MELEE, FINALLY THE ATTACKERS
BROKE THROUGH THE OUTER DEFENSES AND BEGAN TO MASS AGAINST THE MAIN WALL OF THE CITY. IGNORING FOR THE MOMENT
SUBSTANTIAL LOSSES, ESPECIALLY ON THEIR LEFT RANKS, THE RANGER COMMANDERS BECKONED THEIR MEN ONWARD TO GLORY.
THE FURIOUS MELEE HAD STRETCHED INTO THE NIGHT. THE DOGGED ATTACKERS BATTLED HARD, BUT WHETHER THEIR NOW VERY
DEPLETED FORCE COULD PRESS ON TO VICTORY WAS DOUBTFUL. WEARY FROM THE LONG STRUGGLE, THE ATTACKERS
NONETHELESS REMAINED IN HIGH SPIRITS AND WERE DETERMINED TO EMERGE VICTORIOUS IN THE END. THOUGH SOME GAINS
HAD BEEN ACHIEVED, WARLORD DRAMIK REALIZED THAT TO CONTINUE ON TO POSSIBLE VICTORY WOULD COST UNACCEPTABLE
HIGH LOSSES. HE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO ORDER THE RETREAT. FINALLY, THE ATTACKERS WERE ULTIMATELY REPULSED.
RANGER CASULTIES WERE SAID TO BE 13000 TROOPS. RANGER LEADERS BATTLED COURAGEOUSLY. ALL RANGER LEADERS
SURVIVED THE BATTLE. THE RANGER WIZARDS TIRIAN AND EXCEL SURVIVED THE FRAY. LOSSES SUFFERED IN THE EFFORT
AND DEPRESSION OF DEFEAT HAVE GREATLY REDUCED MORALE.