A Lustrian Dawn, Week 10 Finally Updated

Og Bigfeather peered cautiously from the jungle edge. There on the edge of the lagoon was one of them hummie Water Cloud Huts. Strewn around the beach were lots of dead hummies. Mehbee deyz rub each ovver out? Mehbee deyz foolin'? Dat gittin' et by a vulture, dat's gud foolin'!

"Oy Gazzug!" Og beckoned to one of the Loons, "stick dat git der!" Da Loon rushed screaming on to the beach and proceeded to hack the body to pieces. The vultures and gulls rose in a feathered cloud crying their displeasure, but nothing else stirred.

Dat hummie wuz gud at foolin'! Besser check sum ovvers...

"Dat un, too!" Og gestured to another body farther down the beach. The process was repeated. By now some of the other warriors were venturing on to the beach to count coup. Og could see he'd better get out there, hisseff or da boyz wud get notion'l.

"Bring Og dey 'eads!" Og ordered as he strode from the jungle. Og walked tall shaking his Boss Pole for all to see. Out of the corner of his eye he saw a couple of the gits struggling to move something into the far jungle.

"Oy! Yuz gits! Wass yuz doin'? Lug dat ovva 'ere! Now!"

Dem gits dragged ovva one a dem funny hummie hollow logs. Insides wuz shiny stuff, an' sum mores hollow logs. Ins dem wuz BOOMSTICKS!

Og had a old boomstick back at da big hut. It didna boom no more, but da gits didna ken dat! Og wud drag it out at da feast, an' wave it 'round at 'em. Kep 'em inna place! 'ere wuz lotz a boomsticks! Alls shiny an' new. An' a Water Cloud Hut! Hmmm, der wuz possibles 'ere! Og knowed it!

This post has been edited by Arrgberg on Nov 22 2009, 04:25 AM

Sounds like someone is starting a pirate list!

Da drums deys a talkin'! Sez Og gonna move way from 'ere. Gonna go ta Sartosa!

The Water Cloud Hut
A Tale of Og Big Feather's Voyage

Og Big Feather paced the the pitted deck of the Water Cloud Hut.

"Steadee she go!" Bring 'er ta..."

Og looked at his hands. He wriggled his fingers. Og looked up. The rocky crag was still in front of him. Getting closer.

"Turn! Ya git!" Og smacked Snagga hard on Snagga's right ear. Snagga turned the big wheel for all he was worth to the right. The big floating Hut swung slowly to the right. There was the sound of straining timbers and a couple of dubious crunches as the Water Cloud Hut nosed past the crag, its bottom scraping on the rocky roots of the towering bluff.

There was a crack as a sticky out bit snapped off. A few more brushes with the overhanging banks and that wouldn't be a problem anymore.

"Aw Boss, wez loss da la'bard cat!" Snagga had a nasal whine when he talked.

Og thought about smackin' Snagga again as he looked to his right for the lost cat.

"Wez gotta git outta dese rock!" Snagga whined, "da hull will no take more o' dis!"

"Wut cat?" Og didn't see any sign of a cat. There was no blood. Well there was no fresh blood. Dose humies died hard. Cat might not taste too bad right now... There was still some monkey, but cat, Og hardly ever got any cat...

"Da cat-haid!" Snagga was pointing toward the ragged wooden stump off to the front of the Water Cloud Hut.

"Jus' da haid?" Og scratched his bald dome under the stiff leather of his new hat. Snagga claimed to have served on a Water Cloud Hut before. Back before he'd joined the tribe. Snagga was a skinny git. Probably why he was still kickin'. No meat. Snagga had new words for everything. He named the Water Cloud Hut a SHIP. Og still thought Snagga might go in the pot. Maybe they eat Snagga, every git in the tribe have Snagga's words. Still wouldn't hardly be enough meat for everybody. Maybe with some cat..

"Take 'er inta da middle! Git out 'way from da rocks, Snaga!" Og clipped Snagga's right ear again. "Da 'ull will no take da rock, ya git!"

Og turned his gaze to the broad river. It was wide! Two, maybe three bow shots across. The Big Green rose above the rocky banks like a wall. Real hard to move in the Big Green. The tribe, they could do it, easy. And the little two-leg lizards, they was pretty good at it, too. For walking lizards. But the Outsiders, the Humies and the Pointy Ear Panzies, they had to ride the river. They had stuff, but they stay out on the river. The tribe mostly they can only catch a panzie or a humie on the beaches. But with a Water Cloud Hut...



This post has been edited by Arrgberg on Aug 31 2009, 03:12 AM

The Venerable Mordhiem Campaign is sailing to Lustria.

We started playtesting some of the scenarios and warbands today.

This post has been edited by Arrgberg on Aug 31 2009, 03:15 AM

I would be interested in seeing some of the scenarios you ladz be usin. Our group came up with a bunch of Lustria based scenarios we are using in the Grudge of Sheer. Maybe an exchange of ideas?

Looking forward to your reports mate!

Ahoy Kaptain!

The scenario above is called Sea Wolves and can be seen in rough draft form here--

http://z3.invisionfree.com/Orc__Goblin_War...4470&st=0&#last

Below is one of the scenario lists we will be using.

Duel on the High Seas and The Lustrian Treasure Ship are also posted on the above thread. (We used them in Sartosa.) The Haunted Wreck was available on the Specialist Games site before they re-did that, I haven't checked to see if its still there. I also have a revised version (since I left the treasure off the posted version, oops!) PM me an e-mail address and I can attach word documents. I haven't figured out how to generate a PDF.

And I would definitely be interested in the Grudge of Sheer scenarios!

Week 1: The Search Begins

Tonight was the first meeting of our new campaign.
Jake had written that he wanted to play Lizardmen, so I switched to Da Mob at the last minute. Fortunately I've had a list written for the last 4 months, just in case. Playtable brought his Amazons (although he couldn't find his latest list until after the night's games were over...) Chris brought his Reaper girls back as adventurers from Trantio. Marneus was sporting a new Necrarch warband. Jake didn't actually turn up, but Tim brought his clan Eshin Skaven out for a few games.

"Duel on the High Seas" Grootka's Gutrippas versus Some Tilean Trulls. Da Gut Bucket caught the Tileans with the wind against them on a sunny day off the eastern coast of Lustria. The Orcs held the wind for the whole fight. The ladz sailed rings around the Tilean Trulls, sending round shot into them all the while. The gobbo gun crews squabbled a bit but no one was killed by infighting. The Trulls got off one good shot and started some fires on Da Gut Bucket, but a handy rain squall blew up and put them right out.
Kap'un Grootka was able to bring Da Bucket alongside the Trulls, an dat waz purty much dat. No bunch of humie doxies iz gonna stand up ta da troll when 'ez peckish. One of the lasses becomes Hardened, another becomes Frenzied and the Captain, who took a gunner's dagger in a sensitive spot, survives against the odds. 'Ead Taker took a vicious cut to da noggin'. The ladz not right inna 'ead no more. 'E drolls, 'e doz.
Da Gutrippas took a right smart o' cargo off da doxies.

"Jungle Skirmish: The Fog of War." The Amazons versus the Necrarchs. A foggy day somewhere in the coastal jungles of Lustria. The Amazons lured the undead into a fog shrouded valley that was home to a giant constrictor. The warrior women avoided the monster snake. The vampire paid the reptile no heed until it had wrapped him in its coils. Then it was a bit late... The leaderless undead fled away from the valley into the thickening mists...

"The Ghost and the Darkness" Clan Eshin versus the Necrachs. The warbands found themselves hunted by Lustria's famous saber-toothed tigers, the Ghost and the Darkness. The Ghost attacked the undead. The master vampire thought to dispute the Ghost's claim to a zombie dinner. Not a good plan. The Darkness attacked the Skaven, but it was either driven off or foiled in its attack on a Night Runner for none are reported killed. The undead found themselves without their leader once again, so they retreated. The zombie is eaten.

"The Haunted Wreck" Grootka's Gutrippas, the Trulls and the Amazons. The three warbands found themselves all attempting to salvage an ancient wreck on a rainy day. The Tilean's powder was wet, but their approach to the wreck was masked by the island it had lodged against. Thus they made contact with the wreck first. The brash frenzied doxie climbed the starboard side of the wreck. There was a short scream and then silence. Then several skeletal pirates appeared at the rails and unloaded ancient pistols into the shocked women.
The orcs arrived next. Cookie Wassis burned one of the pirates and set the Amazons raft alight, but one of the Amazon's beam weapons plucked him from the bow of the Gutrippa's raft. Kap'un Grootka got one of the Ghost Captains, but a sneaking dead pirate sent him over the starboard rail with a clubbed pistol butt. Da Kap'un found himself fighting off Amazons next. He got one, but a Totem warrior cut him good an down 'e went. Yo 'and Da Knife found hisseff facing 5-6 Amazons. He call retreat.
The Amazons claim the treasure. Cookie, he fight a Pit Fight (because I forgot the Lustria Animal Attack rule.) Cookie lose dat fight, end up a little crazier. An' touchy. Da Cookie mess yuz up! See if 'e don't! Da Kap'un, he lose dat leg. Ded Eyez Bil get hisseff kilt ded by one a dem crazy doxies from da jungle. One of the Trulls gets robbed, another is captured by Amazons.

"Dems My Gubbinz!" Clan Eshin versus the Necrarchs. No report yet about weather or time of day. The quick Skaven captured most of the gubbinz including the Sacred Gubbin. The master vampire disputed the Skaven's plunder and the Assassin cut him down. The undead do their fade into the jungle thing again...

The Skaven have nearly found the Lost City. The Amazons are also undefeated. Grootka's ladz are a bit cut up, but Cookie Wassis gained frenzy and 2 spells!



This post has been edited by Arrgberg on Sep 11 2009, 04:26 AM

Marneus wrote:

Week 2. Skaven and Undead Dominate.

"Duel on the High Seas" Grootka's Gutrippas versus The Soul Stealers. Da Gut Bucket got caught with the wind against it on a sunny day off the eastern coast of Lustria. The black sailed ship held the wind and drove straight for the orcs. Grootka's lads got off one shot before the gobbos mannin' the guns fell to squabbling and spent more time scrappin' wit each other than puttin' round shot into the Ded Uns. The Ded Uns rails was lined with walkin' corpses. Dere wuz so many of 'em dat dey tried flankin' wit a jolly boat. Cookie Wassis burned the jolly boat to the water line, so those bastids never wuz a threat.
The Ded Uns cut dere way aboard Da Gut Bucket. Ded Uns wuz cut down all along the rails but dey kept a comin'. Yohand fell before a rusty cutlass after cutting down two of the fiends. Snagga was killed by a pale humie. Grootka smashed the pasty bastid over the rail but the Boss Ded Un bested Grootka in a fight for the aftcastle. Da Ded Uns took da lads cargo. Cookie negotiated a prisoner exchange and got Grootka back in a swap for one of the pasty humies. Yohand recovers from his wounds.

"The Trail of Death" The Amazons versus the Tilean Trulls. The two bands of women stumbled toward each other down a moonlit trail in the dense jungle. The Tileans were attacked by two hunting Cold Ones, who killed several of the Trulls. The Amazons were having the devil's own time negotiating the trail in the dark. One of the Amazons Totem warriors finally located the Trulls only to be killed by the beleaguered Old Worlders. Despite that success the Trulls had to flee the Cold Ones. Amazons win.

"Jungle Skirmish: The Fog of War." Grootka's Gutrippas, The Trulls and Clan Eshin. A foggy day somewhere in the coastal jungles of Lustria. The giant constrictors of Lustria must have a thing for fog. 2 of them lurked in the mists. One attacked the Skaven and the other hunted the orcs. Neither lasted very long against the Rat Ogre or Da Troll. The Trulls tried to take advantage of the orcs fewer numbers but Da Troll met them and defeated them again. Another is frenzied by the experience. Joy.
Clan Eshin hit Grootka's lads next. Cookie was felled by Gnawdoom and the Black Skaven killed Rotgut and Swilla. Da Gut Rippas fled back into da fog...

"The Secrets of the Beujuntae" Amazons versus the Necrarchs. I am unsure of weather or time of day for this battle. I think it was daylight. The carnivorous plants and the evil spirit put paid to the Amazon's hopes. Many heroes fall in the approach to the tomb. The Soul Stealers suffer as well but outlast the Amazons. When searching for tomb's treasures the Necrarchs are unlucky and only uncover a few coins...
One of the Amazon heroes runs afoul of a Cold One and is killed in an Animal Attack!

The Skaven have found the Lost City. The Rats remain undefeated. The Amazons have also scored 3 wins, but as Natives have no need to 'find' the Lost City. The Necarchs have posted 2 wins and are now well on their way to the treasures of the Lost City as well.
Grootka's Gutrippas have only won one battle while the Trulls have won none. No Lizardmen have appeared from the jungle but the drums of the Forest Goblins are getting louder...

Week 3--Da Tri-Umph o' Da Gutrippas

EvilTed was able to attend this evenings games. His diminutive gray soon to be greenskins went from the lowest rated warband to mid-range in 3 short bloody games. Skeptic had family responsibilities, but an actual warband was committed to paper by Jake. Lizardmen may actively defend their ancient monuments in mere days.

The Outsiders moved closer to the ancient city through the tangled jungles and along the broad treacherous rivers. In the jungles the Natives fought the invaders at every step, but not to protect the Lizard-peoples' stone piles. Rather the Natives fought for the right to loot them first or just to resist the invader.

"Mule Train" Da Gutrippas ambushed da Gobbos along a moonlit jungle trail. The night was oppressively hot and all the combatants suffered from the heat. Da Gobbos were moving a captured pack train toward their jungle camp. Da Gutrippas tried to take it away from them. Da little bastids put up a scrap, Rubbed out Clubba Loon and Shagger, but da 'Eadtaker, he take some 'eads. Yo'and Da Nife, he cut down Big Chief Gooba. An' da Troll he finally charge! Da li'l uns leg it. Sadly the mules all ran off, but da ladz salvaged a couple of packs.
Gooba, he git betta.

"Jungle Skirmish: the Fog of War." The Shadow Stalkers, the Pale Moon tribe and da Gobbos all hunted each other in a fog shrouded valley. For a change of pace 2 River Trolls lurked by a pool in the center of the vale. One scented the undead, the other challenged the Gobbos. The Pale Moons lurked along the rim of the valley and waited for their enemies to fall. The fight was bitter but both trolls were killed. The bloodied survivors found themselves attacked from the heights by the Amazons. The Shadow Stalkers broke first. The Gobbos got the Amazon Priestess, but they soon fled her vengeful followers. There were several casualties, but I am unclear of the details.

"The Bridge of Doom" The Trulls found Da Gutrippas blocking a stone bridge across the great river. The Trulls were trying a night crossing of the river. They sent a large group across the river in a jolly boat while the Captain and a small group held the eastern end of the bridge, Da Gutrippas never really got organized. Between the fractious boyz and da Troll and 'Eadtaker's vacant wandering, Grootka and Cookie could not capitalize on their greater night vision. Grootka slipped and fell in the dark at the crucial moment when the Trulls jolly boat paddled out of the darkness. Cookie was able to call on Mate Gork's Fire to burn the boat a bit, but the steady rain meant he couldn't burn her all the way to the waterline. Yo'and had taken the Gutrippas' boat to intercept the Trulls, but the wenches had the current and swept down on him. One of the doxies boarded, but she could gain no headway.
The Trulls attempted to take advantage of Grootka's slip and cut loose of the Gutrippas' boat. They paddled quickly to the shore and fell upon da Troll, who had been looking vaguely out over the river and drooling. Da Troll roused himself and cuffed 2 of his attackers down. Yo'and and his ladz fell upon the doxies' stern and the Trulls gave up the fight.
Cutta Rip is promoted to Boz'un for clearing the jolly boat of humies. One of the Trulls looses a hand to da Troll (burp). Despite 4 opportunities none of the Trulls henchwomen are deemed worthy of promotion.

"Duel on the High Seas." Da Gutrippas followed the Trulls closely and tried to take their ship (again). Da Gut Bucket had been captured by the Ded Uns, so the ladz were making do with an old galley they had scavenged. The experiment didn't do so well. The Trulls had the wind and kept it. They sailed right around the wallowing galley and escaped the ambush with ease. 2 of the doxies fell overboard but they were able to escape as well as the Trulls dropped their jolly boat for them. Despite losing the prize Grootka promotes Rippa Fil to Bully for his service at the oars.

"The River Temple" Da Gobbos raced the Shadow Stalkers for a desecrated temple of Tzunki. Da Gobbos had the current and reached the temple first. However the first brave to set foot on the temple wall alerted the Guardian. His limp body arced out over the island to splash into the river beyond. The Necrarch took advantage of the guardian's distraction and secured the temple's treasure. The vampire easily evaded the trap that safeguarded the treasure, but one of his minions fell to the deadly arrows released when he removed the chest. The vampire summoned more of his henchmen to guard his retreat even as the Guardian flung a second minion down the stairs after him. Undead climbed the stairs and battled the daemon as a general battle erupted all around the temple island. Goblins fought zombie and skeleton. The daemon crushed a skeleton as a zombie and another skeleton tried in vain to banish it.
The Necrarch gained the boats and paddled for the main channel and his ship. The Gobbo shaman directed his crew to pursue, but the unnatural craft sped ahead of them to safety. On the island the daemon howled its rage and cut down Big Chief Gooba but it could not pursue the thief beyond its wards.
The Shadow Stalkers have abysmal luck rolling for treasure and recover little of value for their brave sacrifice. Gooba suffers a hand injury at the talons of the Daemon Guard. Exact causality figures have yet to be released for both warbands.

"Jungle Skirmish" The women of the Pale Moon Tribe fought the Trulls in a bitter contest on a hot muggy day in the Great Green. In addition to the two warbands a patrol of skink braves attacked both bands of humans. The skinks were brutally killed. The warbands occupied the heights around the valley and sent their fighters into the lower jungle. Many women fell on both sides, but the Trulls were determined on victory and victory they had. The Pale Moon suffered sudden losses and gave up the fight. Another Amazon hero is killed in the fighting.

The first sighting of the legendary pygmies occurs. The Trulls maintain a little man fought with the Pale Moons. Conformation has yet to occur...

Results: Da Gutrippas and the Shadow Stalkers have both fought their way to the gates of the Lost City. Da Gobbos have gained a lot of experience fighting the Outsiders and have grown in reputation even though Gooba has yet to win a victory. The Trulls have won some difficult victories and have passed the casualty prone Amazons in rating if not in win/loss record.

Week 3.5--More Amazons, Many Lizardmen.

The Colts won in Arizona so all is right with the world. Sunday is also game club night here so a few of us went down to show the Mordheim flag.

To keep the campaign balanced some players are playing more than one warband, since other players can not attend every regular game night.
Smalls--The Azure Band Amazons and the Trulls
Arrgberg--Da Gutrippas and the Guardians of the Silent Places
Jake--Those Who Ward the Serpent's Path
Skeptic--Clan Eshin

"The Secrets of the Beujuntae" The Azure Band Amazons fought the Guardians of the Silent Places Lizardmen on a sunny day in the jungles of eastern Lustria. The Guardians had intercepted the Amazons as they attempted to loot one of the forbidden tombs. The remnants of a previous skink patrol were still guarding the tomb but some of them had been corrupted by the foul being imprisoned in the tomb. The skink patrol were attacked by the Amazons immediately. 2 braves fell to the Sunstaff and Amazon blades. Another was wounded but fought on.
The Guardians approached the tomb in loose order while trilling the song of the Parent-Bird-Who-Protects-the-Nest to hearten the survivors. The Guardians were shocked when two of the defenders turned and charged into the Guardian line. A skink of the Ochre Band was slashed severely. Chicomecoatl was forced to dispatch the traitor. Atl the Totem Warrior killed the other.
The Amazons pressed on, One of the foolish women must have loosened the wards on the spirit within for as the Guardians watched in awe the Amazon band suddenly attacked itself. The warrior women fought each other all over the forbidden glade. Finally only 4 survived. At this juncture Acacitli, the chosen of Tzunki, made a crucial error. He rushed the most recent victim of the internecine violence. A young two-leg-warm-blood female who lay in a swoon. As Acacitli reached her he was transformed into a terrible presence who smote the helpless two-leg mightily. As the being bellowed its victory cry, Acacitli regained control of himself. Alas in the struggle he dealt himself a grievous cut to his right leg. The priest crumpled to the ground and did not rise.
Across the glade Atl found himself attacked by another Amazon. Even as the Saurus warrior moved to counter the two-legs' attacks the invigorated saurus warrior shrugged off the feeble blows of the two-leg female and with a familiar daemonic roar cut her down. The skinks' song of victory was cut short as the big saurus then collapsed on his victim.
The Amazon's were down to 2 warriors. They fled from the avenging skinks.
Acacitli suffers a Leg Wound. Atl and the other warriors recovered from their wounds. An Amazon Totem warrior dies of her wounds. An Amazon Champion is separated from the warband and killed by a hungry Cold One.
As a reward for re-sealing the tomb Acacitli gains a magic sword. Tototl becomes a hero.

"The Hunters become the Hunted." The Azure Band were stalking a skink beast master when Those Who Ward the Serpents Path cut their trail. The skink and his charges attacked their tormentors, but the brave skink was cut down. The Amazons then used his magical whip to subdue the Cold Ones and turn them on Those Who Ward. The Lizardman warband was wiped out piecemeal. All its heroes and a Kroxigor die! The Azure Band has gained revenge of a sort.

"Breakthrough" Clan Eshin surprised the Guardians of the Silent Places with an assault on the City of the Well. To complicate matters 2 of the giant vampire bats were disturbed by the advance of the Skaven. The rat ogre got one and Alt destroyed the other, but the Skaven were able to penetrate deep into the city behind the turmoil caused by the fearsome bats. A bitter struggle ensued. Many skink and Saurus braves were cut down as the rat ogre rampaged through the narrow lanes. Chicomecoatl and Chimalma found themselves surrounded in the processional to the Divine Temple of Cosmic Dissonance. They were able to cut down several Skaven but had to flee the rat ogre. Clan Eshin gains a foothold in the city. Quauhtli is promoted for his bravery in facing the fearsome rat ogre. A saurus brave is killed by the Assassin Adept.
The Skaven sorcerer runs afoul of a poison dart trap but survives.

"The Pool" The Guardians of the Silent Places gathered by the Pool of the Old One to commune with Xlippahruichakk. The Guardians had scarce begun the Ritual of Summoning when a black-furred horde of Skaven poured out of the rain swept lanes to the east. The rippling waves of the lagoon began to move in odd patterns but the Old One was not seen. The Guardians were driven from the quay and retreated deeper into the fastness of the city. Another saurus brave falls protecting the retreat. The Skaven loot the sacred pool and gain obscene wealth. The Guardians gain extra resources to counter the threat.

Photos of many of the campaign games are here as are photos of Playtable's Amazons:

http://mordheim.shutterfly.com/warbands