Lizard and Lunk

The continuing GURPS adventures of eight men who really should find better uses for their time.

Thursday, May 08, 2008

We Came to Play

7 May 2008-

Well, after last week's skirmish against the steppe nomads, we were under the impression that we had sent a message that all the bad guys would understand- bugger off! There are always some who don't get the message, however, and they showed up this week in the form of the enemy's war band. Under cover of the darkness, the enemy war band came downriver in force and assaulted the town we're protecting. We woke up to see the enemy warriors mustering in front of the fort, and ready to fight.

Being overconfident, we geared up and sortied out with the best of the warriors we could muster from the town's reduced defenses. We cast a couple of missile shields on the centaur and the half-giant (the most obvious targets for their many throwing axes) then advanced down the hill in force. At the last moment, we blasted the center of their line with a concussion spell, taking out a number of them for our charge- but they returned the favor taking down several of us as well. Nevertheless, Bruce's centaur and Jeff's half-giant hit their center head-on, followed quickly by Craig's elven swordsman and Schmidt's human warrior. Their leader was tough, and the berserkers proved nearly fatal to Craig and Schmidt, but eBill and eMike were as lethal as always, and they helped support our center melee by discouraging their flankers from joining in with arrows and lightning. Their leader gave us a go for a few seconds, until he was hit by Schmidt, Jeff, and Bruce all in the same round- that was it for him.

After a harrowing fight, we left off for the night with our forces holding the center, but with Craig and Schmidt seriously wounded and mostly out of the fight. Next week, I guess we'll see what happens in round two, but I think it's safe to say that round one goes to us.

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