@TJByrum Hold yer horses boss. We still wanna resovle some conflicts and business issues. Like I want to borrow some elephants and talk with the brat who shittalled the orcs. And wanna give my engineers the order to build stuff if we're not going to be using my stuff in the first day. Like those portable archer shields Bane talked about.
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N I S Q H O G
Loves Teddy Bears｜Twenty Something｜Can't Speak Russian｜Is Potat
THE MORE AWESOMEST POTATO:
Let me properly introduce myself. I am Sir Spud the Fourth, and I have been a potato for the longest time ever. I never denied it to be completely honest, but it is only recently that I embraced it. Now I have evolved from a simple couch potato to a fully grown royal potato. A dapper kawaii potato. And I dare say, knowing that you are a spud, makes life a lot easier. Just chill and let everyone else care about all their meaningless things because at the end of the day you'll know: chilling is the way to go.
I try to spend minimal effort on things that I don't care about, and procrastination might as well be my middle name. But that doesn't mean I ONLY rest. Sometimes a 'tato gotta do what a 'tato gotta do. And if that something happens to be things I like, then you cannot find anyone better than me. I am an omnipotent being capable of virtually any task to a limited degree, and I am not shy to admit it. I may not be the MOST AWESOMEST in a thing, but I am sure as hell MORE AWESOMEST than most people are at everything. But hey, I'm not here to brag, even if I am probabaly better at it than you
THE DREAMER:
All those nights laying in my couch, I thought about the cool shit that I cannot do. That I cannot see. But I pictured them in front of myself like they were real, and that infuraited me. Then I found the Guild, and I lived happily after. I have been on the site for 2 years now, and I have seen many RPs, and played with many people. I wish I have found the site earlier, but I am glad that I've even found it. Now all those fantasies can be written down and my mind can rest at ease at night, without being constantly troubled by ideas.
When I RP, I love myself some good Sci-Fi or Fantasy. But hey I am filthy casual, I can go for anything with an interesting setting. I don't trouble myself on small details if the plot is good, but if you get somwthing wrong you can expect me to tell you about it. Some even go as far as to think that I am angry or something, but I am too chill for that. If anything I'm more of the funny type, so you can expect me to try and write some shitty jokes or post memes I found on the internet. Anyways, you'll see what I mean when we RP together.
THE ARTIST:
Used to be something else here, but I'm happy to say that it's replaced because of a positive change. I now work as a full-time 3D artist in the animation industry, churning out shot after shot for some of your favorite game intros and trailers. Can't say anything about them before you even ask, and even though I'm still new to the industry I love it and I already know that this will be my passion for a long time. So hopefully in a few years I'll have a proud portfolio of animations that were done by yours truly that I can show off to all the lovely people of the guild.
THE LOVER OF STUFF:
Now I may have hobbies like the above mentioned, but there are some more things that I love in life. Here is a handy list of things you can always talk about with me:
- Gaming: This one I am quite proud of, I'm a serious gamer with capital G. Not as much time for it nowadays, but still true.
- Music: All kinds of electronic music, but I am a sucker for Queen and Powerwolf. Or Breakbot... anything music.
- Anime: We all have an Otaku in us, but it's bigger for some people. For me it's just big enough.
WORDS OF WISDOM:
Be chill folks, getting fed up about stuff is a recipe for disaster. You gotta learn to be patient and let things go, or you'll end up a wrinkly old man/woman with only bad memories about life. Even if you do fuck-all every day, you can live a content life by taking things easy. With that said, as always, stay safe and stay classy.
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@Liotrent@LegionPothIX I wouldn't think so hard about the RP. Right now we have 2 players active, and those are you. I understand that everyone here has a life, but so do we all, and we can manage a few words daily.
So without further delay I shall end this RP. It was fun, and I cherish the memory, but it's simply not working out. I am so sorry that somen f you haven't participated much, but a lot of us just left and ignored the RP.
This is hopefully not the end of this idea. Thought I rarely MAKE RPs nowadays, I will often reboot some of my older concepts. I will make sure to notify you all if I reboot this, or any other NRP that I may have.
I am really sorry, but this RP is just a burden now and not a source of enjoyment, and I hope you can all understand that. Nothing personal, you are the best crew I had in any NRP since I joined 2 years ago, and I wish to part on friendly turns.
With that, I hope you all have a good weekend and take care of yourselves.
So without further delay I shall end this RP. It was fun, and I cherish the memory, but it's simply not working out. I am so sorry that somen f you haven't participated much, but a lot of us just left and ignored the RP.
This is hopefully not the end of this idea. Thought I rarely MAKE RPs nowadays, I will often reboot some of my older concepts. I will make sure to notify you all if I reboot this, or any other NRP that I may have.
I am really sorry, but this RP is just a burden now and not a source of enjoyment, and I hope you can all understand that. Nothing personal, you are the best crew I had in any NRP since I joined 2 years ago, and I wish to part on friendly turns.
With that, I hope you all have a good weekend and take care of yourselves.
@babbysama I see that you are well versed in Saqquar philosophy 
But I guess I did throw away my chance with that quote by posting it here. Thank god these quotes are dime a dozen, so I can look real smart with a simple google search haha
Also sorry for double post, I'm writing my own IC post now.
But I guess I did throw away my chance with that quote by posting it here. Thank god these quotes are dime a dozen, so I can look real smart with a simple google search haha
Also sorry for double post, I'm writing my own IC post now.
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And from the start I was just hyped about charging the enemy with elephants. I believe we can have great diversity with my beasts. Also, it's better to go with simple overviews, to let individual commanders to be flexible. But yeah, the orc plans are decent
Yeah, but we do need a general. Someone who keeps all the individual leaders together.
@Bright_Ops I agree. But I have a good quote for this: "No plan survives first contact with the enemy." We don't even know what the enemies use. Archers, slingers or skirmishers? Do they use swords or axes?
Nevertheless, I like the way your orcs think. Hit em fast, hit em hard. You can expect the support of the Duke.
Nevertheless, I like the way your orcs think. Hit em fast, hit em hard. You can expect the support of the Duke.
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I feel that this tactic might work against auxilaries, but even then, are we to beleive our enemy cannot see through such and obvious trap? Supposedly a master tactician, we must think two, if not three steps ahead.
I feel that this tactic might work against auxilaries, but even then, are we to beleive our enemy cannot see through such and obvious trap? Supposedly a master tactician, we must think two, if not three steps ahead.
The results of my "extensive research" are in.
"In addition to charging, the elephants could provide a safe and stable platform for archers to shoot arrows in the middle of the battlefield, from which more targets could be seen and engaged. The archery evolved into more advanced weapons, and several Khmer and Indian kings used giant crossbow platforms (similar to the ballista) to shoot long armor-piercing shafts to kill other enemy war elephants and cavalry."
Yesssss, I can mount cool shit on top of elephants.
Also, "Elephants are able to carry roughly 25% of their total body weight on their back without causing much pain or discomfort." A male african bush elephant used for war (the ones that I assume you use, as unhistorical as it may be) is roughly 6 tons in weight, so we are looking at 1500 kilos that it can carry.
*someone in the background shouts "wait whaaaaaaat" in a goofy tone*
And that is not all.
"Elephants were further enhanced with their own weaponry and armour. In India and Sri Lanka, heavy iron chains with steel balls at the end were tied to the trunks of war elephants, which the animals were trained to swirl menacingly and with great skill. Numerous cultures designed elephant armour, aiming to protect the body and legs of the animal while leaving his trunk free to attack the enemy. Tusk swords were sometimes employed. Larger animals could also carry a protective tower on their backs, called a howdah."
Now I also had some MORE ideas for elephants, so I took the liberty of doing mathmatics about weight and it's dispersion, so I could account for defensive measures they can carry/pull/push.
Technically speaking, elephants could do some INSANE shit. Like carrying protective "umbrellas" made of wood above advancing troops to protect them from archers. You could use a 10 sqaure meter, 1 centimeter thick piece made of Oak, and your elephants could still carry it. Now if this doesn't sound that effective (I dunno why it wouldn't), you could do something else.
Elephants can easely push things so if we made spiked wooden barricades, the cows could easely push them in front of themselves into battle (the bulls have hors which would get in the way).
Of course if we talk about pushing, we must talk about pulling. Elephants can pull roughly 1.7 times their body weight behind them, so you could make some nice archer/mage platforms with that.
I also devised a way of making these elephants more offensive. Of course the chains and swords are awesome on their own, but you could definetly up that. The main issue of the war elephants was their lack of mobility whilst charging. Troops could just stand aside and then kill the best when it stopped. But what if doing this is harder than expected? I say we attach metal blades suspended from a framweork onto the SIDES of the elephant, and make it pull a few chains or ropes behind it, that it can also use while wheeling around to extend it's reach. As long as it has proper armor skirts, it cannot even hurt itself. With the proper support of archers on top or behind, and other infantry and cavalry pushing the enemy towards them, these beasts could do MASSIVE damage.
We could easely retrofit most of the elephants with these weapons in the time period of a single night, so the enemy won't even see them coming the next day.
Anyways, these are just a few ideas I had in my head. Imma hit the sack now, tell me what you guys think.
"In addition to charging, the elephants could provide a safe and stable platform for archers to shoot arrows in the middle of the battlefield, from which more targets could be seen and engaged. The archery evolved into more advanced weapons, and several Khmer and Indian kings used giant crossbow platforms (similar to the ballista) to shoot long armor-piercing shafts to kill other enemy war elephants and cavalry."
Yesssss, I can mount cool shit on top of elephants.
Also, "Elephants are able to carry roughly 25% of their total body weight on their back without causing much pain or discomfort." A male african bush elephant used for war (the ones that I assume you use, as unhistorical as it may be) is roughly 6 tons in weight, so we are looking at 1500 kilos that it can carry.
*someone in the background shouts "wait whaaaaaaat" in a goofy tone*
And that is not all.
"Elephants were further enhanced with their own weaponry and armour. In India and Sri Lanka, heavy iron chains with steel balls at the end were tied to the trunks of war elephants, which the animals were trained to swirl menacingly and with great skill. Numerous cultures designed elephant armour, aiming to protect the body and legs of the animal while leaving his trunk free to attack the enemy. Tusk swords were sometimes employed. Larger animals could also carry a protective tower on their backs, called a howdah."
Now I also had some MORE ideas for elephants, so I took the liberty of doing mathmatics about weight and it's dispersion, so I could account for defensive measures they can carry/pull/push.
Technically speaking, elephants could do some INSANE shit. Like carrying protective "umbrellas" made of wood above advancing troops to protect them from archers. You could use a 10 sqaure meter, 1 centimeter thick piece made of Oak, and your elephants could still carry it. Now if this doesn't sound that effective (I dunno why it wouldn't), you could do something else.
Elephants can easely push things so if we made spiked wooden barricades, the cows could easely push them in front of themselves into battle (the bulls have hors which would get in the way).
Of course if we talk about pushing, we must talk about pulling. Elephants can pull roughly 1.7 times their body weight behind them, so you could make some nice archer/mage platforms with that.
I also devised a way of making these elephants more offensive. Of course the chains and swords are awesome on their own, but you could definetly up that. The main issue of the war elephants was their lack of mobility whilst charging. Troops could just stand aside and then kill the best when it stopped. But what if doing this is harder than expected? I say we attach metal blades suspended from a framweork onto the SIDES of the elephant, and make it pull a few chains or ropes behind it, that it can also use while wheeling around to extend it's reach. As long as it has proper armor skirts, it cannot even hurt itself. With the proper support of archers on top or behind, and other infantry and cavalry pushing the enemy towards them, these beasts could do MASSIVE damage.
We could easely retrofit most of the elephants with these weapons in the time period of a single night, so the enemy won't even see them coming the next day.
Anyways, these are just a few ideas I had in my head. Imma hit the sack now, tell me what you guys think.
I'm currently writing my own post now.
Yess, I require your four legged beasts for my experiments construction projects. I have so many cool ideas, but I have to do some background checks before I can publicly put them out here.
Well, I thought we had some non-command units under our control who would be medics. Because if we REALLY think about it, our wounded wouldn't be our only problem. If we assume we only have the fighting units, we need to deal with the lack of supplies as we have no logistics, no food or cooks (which does kinda relate to the previous, and troops *could* still cook after an axhausting battle. Then of course we would need cartographers to map us the area so the generals can actually see where tehy are fighting on a map, and even thought I solved this, we would also need at least some engineers. I think we should assume that there are dedicated medics back at teh camp, or else we go into nasty territories.
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