Eisenhorn

A Time Of Turmoil: A Fire Emblem-esque RP

@PaulHaynek

Fair points, I'll leave the post off at the smoke, and effectively, Ansgar cannot see what is in the purple smoke yet. Which leaves it totally up to your devices then.

A Time Of Turmoil: A Fire Emblem-esque RP

Fire and Damnation! The Warrior was fast on his feet, the Ereb tactician granted the man that. Ansgar had no time to dispatch orders to the other warrior who had come to assist the King, or the other mage fellow for that matter. The warrior seemed to be on his backfoot, but whatever the girl had done to slight the man and his kingdom, it seemed to overrule reason or fear. Great, zealots, he hated that kind of person. Put their beliefs mindlessly ahead of reason. But, there was little time for debate or discussion now, his gambit on the oncoming group had been accurate. They scattered to dispatch their forces, a Princeling that seemed oddly familiar, though Ansgar wasn't as up to date on politics as one might think necessary to put a name to a face from such a distance. Not a bad spread, if he was reading their numbers right, and would have joined in on the main assault if he wasn't so rudely accosted by the three footmen charging him, swords drawn and eager to draw Erebian blood. How rude, he decided, flourishing his Levin Sword. First rule of fighting tacticians, never expect a simple fight.

Seems they had forgotten a nasty trick Levin Swords, and other magic swords in general, employed. Those with magic talent could use them to strike from a distance, and he smirked, the flourish calling down lightning towards the leading footmen. Not as potent as an Arcthunder, mind you, but the strike was meant to accomplish two things. Firstly, scatter them, since instinct seemed to be avoid the danger instead of bear its brunt and power through. Second, if the footman wasn't as aware as the warrior, the blast of lightning would likely not do the man's wellbeing any favors. The next motion would be to put the right most footmen between him and the left most, sword flashing across in a parry, catching the charging attack and a low sweep of the leg turning all that redirected momentum into a trip to send the footmen sprawling. Which would also force the third footmen to either waste a precious few moments scrambling over, or helping, his fellow up or trip on him as well. Dancing backwards, he created enough distance between himself and the scrambling footmen to flourish his tome.

"You think numbers will help, brazen ones? Never underestimate a tactician's ability to tip the scales!" With the created distance, Ansgar decided to employ a trick that his mentor had explained back home. Sages, and other mages, might often find themselves accosted by numbers or a situation that would not be favorable, or need something to prevent hostiles from following them. As such, he learned a method of reaching out, to call for aid from places unknown, and make such help manifest in the here and now. Sure enough, with a gesture, he opened a gate, the swirling purple fog filling in between him and the footmen. One minor problem was that, typically, he hadn't the foggiest clue what was going to come through from the other side. However, considering the situation, it would still be more useful to have something between him and the footmen instead of being completely outnumbered. Hopefully it would be something useful for the given situation...

A Time Of Turmoil: A Fire Emblem-esque RP

@PaulHaynek

Alright, thanks, I'm thinking either a Bael (big spider) or a Gargoyle. Might flip a coin and see which comes up, since no undead was made clear. Expect a post soon then, sure as sure.

A Time Of Turmoil: A Fire Emblem-esque RP

@PaulHaynek

Working on a post now, myself, but since we seem to be a tad outnumbered, I was intending to write out using Summon for the battle. Curious how you would want that to work, mainly what ally would come in from the unknown, or is that up to you to decide? And does that require the summoning spellbook as well in conjunction with the ability? Other than that, my post is almost done, just the last paragraph is dependent on that answer really.

Warhammer 40k: The Chaos Incursion

State sanctioned burglary is best form of burglary! ^_^

@Rithy

Now now, burglary is such an ugly word. We are appropriating resources for Inquisitorial use, for the good of the Imperium of Man! And a side note, never diss a shotgun when a Krieg Grenadier, that served as an Engineer prior, is around. They don't like that kind of talk.

Warhammer 40k: The Chaos Incursion

"I would not be so quick to dismiss a shotgun as not heavy hitting, ma'am. I've seen ammo that the Arbites should know, such as rounds designed to home in on targets. Coupled with slug, various explosive rounds, gas rounds, and stranger that I've seen used, a shotgun can hit well above its weight." Ansgar was rather fond of shotguns, specifically the Krieger favored Lucius Pattern Mark 22c semi-automatic shotgun. Engineers were fond of the revolver style magazine the weapon employed, one could very much treat the things with impromptu grenade launchers, just lower velocity than the common method of likening bolters to high velocity grenade launchers. Engineers loved the Mark 22c, the thing could sweep trenches and tunnels clear in a few blasts, the weapon's lack of range and ferocious kick mattered little to the Kriegers born with a natural talent for combat engineering. And Ansgar was no exception to this, he still missed his shotgun over the hellgun he lugged about still.

Ansgar patiently listened to the merc woman talk to great length about her current project, an amalgamation of las tech that would probably get her strung up by the cogboys if they caught her with the thing. But, thankfully for her, they had no cogboys with them. "That sounds like an attempt to make a single man portable las cannon. Just more unreliable and jury rigged. Why not strip down a lascannon and bulk up a bit, or use a suspender rig to aid in carrying it?" Ansgar was seriously questioning how useful this sniper cannon would be, considering it really sounded like a jury rigged las cannon. The Krieger had seem some strange combinations by desperate soldiers, but this hardly seemed to be a situation fitting for such a jury rigging. Not when, as he pointed out, either stripping down a las cannon, bulking up, or using mechanical assistance could accomplish the same with a far more tried and true method of armor hunting than some amalgamation of parts and circuits.

Ansgar wouldn't be so crass as to go I told you so, when the thing blew up on her, but he would certainly not be within the blast radius when it went critical. He had to admit, it seemed the group had a fetish for heavy firepower, something that, while he could respect and find it useful, he did not share. Each weapon and piece of equipment was a tool, nothing more. If a knife could get job done as serviceably as a heavy bolter, why waste the time, resources, and manpower to use a heavy bolter when the knife would suffice? Perhaps he was being unreasonable, sticking too closely to the common supply problems of siege warfare, and never having the luxury of getting to have such a fetish for heavy firepower. Then again, perhaps it was unhealthy for their focus on such things. But then again, this was a psyker and mercenary he was dealing with, there was never any promises they would be reasonable, sensible, or otherwise sane! With that though, Ansgar maintained his silence, despite the plethora of further commentary he could make on the situaiton.

Warhammer 40k: The Chaos Incursion

@Wraithblade6

Well, as for the story, well, we haven't gotten much done yet. Stockpiling idle banter and filler dialogue in the Rhino the Sisters loaned us (Which I have made a movement for naming it the Pimp Wagon and claiming it for the Inquisition). And the minor incident on the Inquisitor's ship. But that was purely minor and didn't involve having to incapacitate the majority of the party at the time. Nope. Not at all.

Warhammer 40k: The Chaos Incursion

@Wraithblade6

Gotta say though, massive bonus points for that avatar though. Not enough Heresy though.

A Time Of Turmoil: A Fire Emblem-esque RP

@ToadRopes

That was my response, since my team consists of three parts Awakening, one part Fates. Fredrick not screaming "Pick a God and PRAY!" when his skill goes off makes me very sad. Very sad indeed.

A Time Of Turmoil: A Fire Emblem-esque RP

<Snipped quote by Eisenhorn>

I've been playing it all afternoon. I was lucky enough to get a 4-star Oboro and now she's pretty much my powerhouse.

The one criticism I have is how useless knights are, since their movement range is abysmal. Effie can't take advantage of Death Blow because she won't be initiating any combat!

@ToadRopes

Oh god, I wish knights had more than one movement. Replaced my Sheena with Fredrick (Three Movement, still tanky as hell, wish his skill quote still was Pick a God and Pray >_>), and I got stupid lucky, got a 5 Star Robin who getting things done, hard. Have a 4 star Donny that will probably go into a B-team lineup, when I have a group I want to split level alongside my main four.

@cloudystar

Believe in RNGesus, for he will guide and protect you. Watch, you'll get a Chrom, sure as sure. Also, wait until you can use all five stones in summoning, vastly ups the odds of getting high star heroes.