Scenario - March 2014
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 11:20 pm
You are a party of 6. You can pick and choose what each party member is armed with, but you are limited to ONLY ONE of the following, per member, no limit on each toolset within the party, so you can't have an Archer who carries a Spear, etc. They're committed to whichever option you stick them with.
a) One 6' Longbow, and ten arrows; points can be whatever, within reason and the machinations of Men.
b) One Arming Sword and a 2' Diameter Wooden Round Shield with a Round Steel Central Boss (No Spiked Targes, etc.)
c) One 7' Spear and a 6" utility Seax
You find yourselves positioned by a large rocky outcrop on the shore of the arm of a lake. A party of orcs is en route to your position, their number UNKNOWN. You have been instructed to defend the beach against their landing at all costs. If they make the shore, fine...but they can't go far beyond that/escape, so you may choose to engage them exclusively on land if that be your preference. All that you know of their numbers is that they are divided among three watercraft of unknown size. The Orcs approach from the East, and will be beaching at the straight Western Shore shown near the center, a little south of the inlet at the bend in the watercourse.
Your job, as far as this thread is concerned, is to plan your defense, drawn in paint if necessary/you'd like, and display how you would best make use of your limited numbers to do as much damage as possible to a larger force using the tools at your disposal, in the face of a no-win scenario. You have 12 hours' notice, are not within reach of additional reinforcements or tools, but you have 20-30' of rope, and the means to cut timber if you'd like to build a bit...but bear in mind the terrain below, and understand the limitations of the timber displayed. 90% of the trees on screen are oaks, and what isn't trees is a mix of sagebrush and tall, dry grasses. This is a real location in the United States, so the scale in the bottom right is accurate. The brown bare patch at left-center is the rocky outcrop, and slopes smoothly on the southeastern side, but on the northwest side, which is somewhat shadowed, is actually a good 90' tall...just hard to tell from an aerial view. All shorelines slope to the water, varying from one foot of elevation gained every twenty feet from the water, to one foot every three feet from the edge.
Commence shenanigans.
a) One 6' Longbow, and ten arrows; points can be whatever, within reason and the machinations of Men.
b) One Arming Sword and a 2' Diameter Wooden Round Shield with a Round Steel Central Boss (No Spiked Targes, etc.)
c) One 7' Spear and a 6" utility Seax
You find yourselves positioned by a large rocky outcrop on the shore of the arm of a lake. A party of orcs is en route to your position, their number UNKNOWN. You have been instructed to defend the beach against their landing at all costs. If they make the shore, fine...but they can't go far beyond that/escape, so you may choose to engage them exclusively on land if that be your preference. All that you know of their numbers is that they are divided among three watercraft of unknown size. The Orcs approach from the East, and will be beaching at the straight Western Shore shown near the center, a little south of the inlet at the bend in the watercourse.
Your job, as far as this thread is concerned, is to plan your defense, drawn in paint if necessary/you'd like, and display how you would best make use of your limited numbers to do as much damage as possible to a larger force using the tools at your disposal, in the face of a no-win scenario. You have 12 hours' notice, are not within reach of additional reinforcements or tools, but you have 20-30' of rope, and the means to cut timber if you'd like to build a bit...but bear in mind the terrain below, and understand the limitations of the timber displayed. 90% of the trees on screen are oaks, and what isn't trees is a mix of sagebrush and tall, dry grasses. This is a real location in the United States, so the scale in the bottom right is accurate. The brown bare patch at left-center is the rocky outcrop, and slopes smoothly on the southeastern side, but on the northwest side, which is somewhat shadowed, is actually a good 90' tall...just hard to tell from an aerial view. All shorelines slope to the water, varying from one foot of elevation gained every twenty feet from the water, to one foot every three feet from the edge.
Commence shenanigans.