Ryan Kent Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 What did the Lunar Empire offer Delecti to gain his assistance in the assault on Runegate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen L Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 I don't know how canonical it is, but in the upland marsh special of the tales of the reaching moon, upland marsh special (19), in an article by Rick Meints, he was promised all the corpses of the dead. So he must have felt a bit cheated when the bat came and ate them all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metcalph Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 24 minutes ago, Ryan Kent said: What did the Lunar Empire offer Delecti to gain his assistance in the assault on Runegate? The Empire sacrificed one of its own regiments (Wyrms Footnotes #15). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRE Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 That brings me memories of playing Dragon Pass, the Avalon Hill remake of White Bear & Red Moon. Sacrificing a unit was the requirement to recruit Delecti. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akhôrahil Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 I wonder how that is done in practice - it will have to be a pretty pious unit to put up with it willingly for the Glory of the Empire, and a military unit must be one of the more difficult things to sacrifice if it resists. Is it just "go attack the Hydra, guys!" or "and then you will marsh into the swamp here on your sacr— I mean punitive expedition"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godlearner Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 19 hours ago, metcalph said: The Empire sacrificed one of its own regiments Most likely a Danfive Xaron penal regiment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumuzid Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 3 minutes ago, Godlearner said: Most likely a Danfive Xaron penal regiment. Command (Human) magic on ritually prepared subjects can accomplish frightful things, as the whole history of Fonrit shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eff Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 2 hours ago, Akhôrahil said: I wonder how that is done in practice - it will have to be a pretty pious unit to put up with it willingly for the Glory of the Empire, and a military unit must be one of the more difficult things to sacrifice if it resists. Is it just "go attack the Hydra, guys!" or "and then you will marsh into the swamp here on your sacr— I mean punitive expedition"? Considering how rapidly replacements can restore units devoured by the Bat or annihilated in a Dragonfight in the Dragon Pass/White Bear & Red Moon rules, I suspect that it's not the entire military unit being sacrificed to Delecti. We can imagine a "septimation", a reduction of one in seven, that would leave the unit hors de combat and ineffective until reinforcements can be brought in. Quote "And I am pretty tired of all this fuss about rfevealign that many worshippers of a minor goddess might be lesbians." -Greg Stafford, April 11, 2007 "I just read an article in The Economist by a guy who was riding around with the Sartar rebels, I mean Taliban," -Greg Stafford, January 7th, 2010 Eight Arms and the Mask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Brooke Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 2 hours ago, Akhôrahil said: I wonder how that is done in practice - it will have to be a pretty pious unit to put up with it willingly for the Glory of the Empire, and a military unit must be one of the more difficult things to sacrifice if it resists. Is it just "go attack the Hydra, guys!" or "and then you will marsh into the swamp here on your sacr— I mean punitive expedition"? We lie to them. "Forward, brave men of the Third Furthest Foot! We march forth on a fact-finding diplomatic mission to escort these emissaries to the Ivory Plinth!" 5 2 Quote Community Ambassador - Jonstown Compendium, Chaosium, Inc. Email: nick.brooke@chaosium.com for community content queries Jonstown Compendium ⧖ Facebook Ф Twitter † old website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Right, you 'orrible lot, into the Upland Marsh with you, by the left, quick march ... Now, line up and look at those nice zombies and skeletons Right, take one step forward if you think you are getting out of here alive. Not so fast, the lot of you! 2 2 Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metcalph Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 2 hours ago, Godlearner said: Most likely a Danfive Xaron penal regiment. Nope. Riverfork Horse, which suggests a cavalry regiment from Holay or Aggar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godlearner Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 3 hours ago, metcalph said: Nope. Riverfork Horse, which suggests a cavalry regiment from Holay or Aggar. Those barbarians should be grateful for the honor given them. Their names will live forever!!! (or until a Humakti cast a Turn Undead) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metcalph Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 7 hours ago, Godlearner said: Those barbarians should be grateful for the honor given them. Their names will live forever!!! (or until a Humakti cast a Turn Undead) I actually think the sacrifice of the Riverfork Horse was a dart competition move by person or persons unknown. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akhôrahil Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 (edited) 15 hours ago, Nick Brooke said: We lie to them. "Forward, brave men of the Third Furthest Foot! We march forth on a fact-finding diplomatic mission to escort these emissaries to the Ivory Plinth!" Also, you have to wonder if it’s a boardgame:ism, there for the balance. You need to sacrifice say 1000 people. Do you a) sacrifice one of your badly needed military units during an ongoing war, potentially not just weakening your own forces but also hurting morale if it gets out, or b) round up a bunch of no-good civilians (something you’re used to doing for Bat-feeding anyway)? Edited February 16, 2022 by Akhôrahil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joerg Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 4 hours ago, Akhôrahil said: Also, you have to wonder if it’s a boardgame:ism, there for the balance. You need to sacrifice say 1000 people. Do you a) sacrifice one of your badly needed military units during an ongoing war, potentially not just weakening your own forces but also hurting morale if it gets out, or b) round up a bunch of no-good civilians (something you’re used to doing for Bat-feeding anyway)? The Lunars have that practical institution called "vexillum" where they gather portions of various units into a single unit. I would imagine that they would create vexilla for this kind of duty, too, including: Some of the worst troublemakers or shirkers of each regiment people loyal to a rival a bunch of people near the end of their term of service (avoiding pension payments) recruits without much promise The regiment in WF 15 actually was only 500 nominal strength, as it was a cavalry unit. 2 Quote Telling how it is excessive verbis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajagappa Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Joerg said: The regiment in WF 15 actually was only 500 nominal strength, as it was a cavalry unit. But you get zombie horses out of that too! So still 1000 zombies.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akhôrahil Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 8 minutes ago, jajagappa said: But you get zombie horses out of that too! So still 1000 zombies.... Isn't people among the worst things to make zombies out of? We're not good for much except doing things with our hand and our minds, and that's of little use when it comes to mindless shuffling zombies? A zombie horse is a lot nastier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godlearner Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 7 hours ago, Joerg said: The Lunars have that practical institution called "vexillum" where they gather portions of various units into a single unit. Could have also been done through decimation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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