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Maximillian/The War Mage ([personal profile] these_orcs_must) wrote in [community profile] overbox2012-10-12 01:20 pm

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[The word of the day is traps. The War Mage stood at one end of the corridor, his bladestaff braced against the ground, and watched as the limitless horde of orcs were crushed, shot, melted, burned, chopped, and otherwise killed by the dozens. It's honestly kind of horrifying to watch]

Ahhh, I love my job. Ooh, killstreak!

-2-

[The War Mage is drunk off his gourd at tavern somewhere a and telling outrageous stories about himself to a crowd of empty-headed bimbos. He's the loudest person in the room]

So there I was, my back to the rift as the ogres closed in. There was no way a War Mage could win there. I mean, one man against a dozen ogres? Crazy! That is, if the man was anyone other than yours truly.

-3-

[You're in a castle under siege. You've been more or less ignoring the War Mage so far, since by all accounts he's a complete idiot, but somehow he managed to get in on the discussion of the defense against the next enemy attack.]

They're planning on undermining the eastern wall. You can tell by how they've got their catapults set up. See? If they were really planning to assault from the north, they'd be using incendiary bombs and they'd have stacks of smoke bombs in the ammo piles, but they're just using big rocks. They want to keep our attention but not actually waste too many resources. I bet they'll start with a charge of heavy infantry from the north, then trigger their mine and have dragoons charge in from the east and start throwing boards and stuff over the moat. We should set our defenses here and here. And I think we have time to start a countermine and collapse their tunnel before it reaches the wall.

[This is from the guy who said "talky thing" because he couldn't remember the word "language" not half an hour ago. Where did THAT come from?]
echo_of_a_jedi: (way too much moral ambiguity here)

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[personal profile] echo_of_a_jedi 2012-10-13 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Ms. Knight/Monk/Tactical Genius here is really starting to wonder why these orcs are considered the threat to the local population...]

Is this...really necessary?

[Whether she means the violence or the gloating even she's not sure.]
echo_of_a_jedi: (atton stop crashing the ship)

[personal profile] echo_of_a_jedi 2012-10-13 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
Probably, huh? What exactly have they done so far?
echo_of_a_jedi: (everyone on this ship is an asshole)

[personal profile] echo_of_a_jedi 2012-10-13 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
Have they made any demands or communication? Why do they keep charging through all these traps?
echo_of_a_jedi: (way too much moral ambiguity here)

[personal profile] echo_of_a_jedi 2012-10-13 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
What's their world like that...that kind of a death is preferable?

[Seriously, they just keep coming. That one got dismembered, then trampled, then shot, she thinks. Why?]
echo_of_a_jedi: (I do WHAT in the novel?)

[personal profile] echo_of_a_jedi 2012-10-13 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
Look, do you even have any idea if they are actually trying to attack you or not?
echo_of_a_jedi: (WHY IS THIS GAME SO SAD??)

[personal profile] echo_of_a_jedi 2012-10-13 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Nothing charges into a castle full of horrible trap laden death without a good reason. It's a fact of biolog--by the Force, is that one still alive?
echo_of_a_jedi: (I do WHAT in the novel?)

[personal profile] echo_of_a_jedi 2012-10-13 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
What in...?

Put that down, I'm going to heal him and ask him some questions!