Heroica RPG - Quest #146: Red is the Bloodiest Color

[KotZ]

Avalanche's jaw drops; this was going to be a whole lot harder than he'd expected, "How many of the townspeople are the right age and physical condition to begin training? If those brigands attack, we won't be able to hold them back alone, assuming there's a whole shipload of them. When they come, everyone will need to be ready. Every man and woman of fighting age and good physical condition should be trained in the use of a wooden staff at least - shortswords for the most able ones, and bows for any who have some skill with them already. To beat those raiders, we're going to have to turn Tridentia's villagers into a fighting force."

"I hope yo're able to do it. I know the mayor can swing a sword, but how good he is, I can't say. Right now, this defense is the four of us, Luke, and probably the mayor. You've got a lot of work to do."

[The Chosen Minifigure]

"I hope yo're able to do it. I know the mayor can swing a sword, but how good he is, I can't say. Right now, this defense is the four of us, Luke, and probably the mayor. You've got a lot of work to do."

"Well, we came here to help, and we intend to do just that. Where do we start?"

Loot Division

Annie-Gnarled Wand, Ruby, Wine from the Vine, Tonic

Warlen-Soma, Ether Core, Grand Potion

Avalanche-Nostrum, Whip, Wine from the Vine

Calamity-Wine from the Vine, 25 Gold, Tonic, Potion

[Dragonfire]

"Well, we came here to help, and we intend to do just that. Where do we start?"

Avalanche nods in approval, standing shoulder to shoulder with the party leader. He realises what a momentous task they've taken on, but this only strengthens his resolve to complete it.

[KotZ]

"Well, we came here to help, and we intend to do just that. Where do we start?"

"We should probably get back to the captain and see what he thinks we should do. When do you want to return?"

Traci, Rex and Jackson join the party!

The Party

Annienal Anavir

(Kintobor)

"19" year old elven female Mystic Knight

*Bonaparte Reputation* *Immunity toSudden Death and

Fragile

* *Takes half damage from elemental attacks*

Level 19

Power Bonus:

0

Defense:

17

Health:

33/34

Ether:

5/19

Gold:

175

Equipment:

Bonaparte Cutlass (WP:10, doubled if the user has reputation among the Bonapartes; longsword), Crescent Shield (SP: 9, Halved Damage from elemental attacks; shield),

Heavy Armour (SP: 5, immunity to fragile, body wear, suitable for barbarians, knights, dragoons, skirmishers, regulators, and vindicators), Lethauros Fellwings (SP: 3, wearer is immune to Sudden Death, backwear

Inventory:

Ammit (WP: 6; greatsword, user gains 5 ether for every kill), Anointed Gladius (WP: 8, deals damage undead; great sword), Sanctified Rito Longsword (WP: 4, Hits doubled against flying enemies, longsword), Training Sword (WP:4), Shark’s Tooth (Power increased by 5 against Aquatics, Accessory), Tridentian Cape (Max Ether +3; protects from Blinded effect; suitable for mages, clerics, necromancers and scholars; backwear), ), Tobacco Pouch (1/2 Chance of

Blinding

with attacks, accessory),

Pauldrons (SP: 2, suitable for knights, dragoons, and skirmishers; accessory), Plain Shield (SP: 5), Lethauros Mask (SP: 2, wearer deals double damage to Beasts and Vermin, headwear, suitable to everyone), Locustoid Greaves (Max Ether +4, immune to Earth, suitable to ether users, footwear), Tap Shoes (Footwear; Has a 1/6 chance of dealing the Enamored effect on each attack), Gnarled wand (WP: 7, deals Wood damage; Wand, suitable for ether users)

Emerald (

Wood

), Sapphire (

Wind

), Aquamarine (

Water

), Amethyst (

Darkness

), Topaz (

Lightning

), Mythril Shard, Ruby

Consumables:

2x Potions, 2x Grand Potions, Grand Tonics x2, Phoenix Essence, 4x Remedies, Venom, Smoke Bomb, Fire Bomb, Bedroll, Shovel, Telescope

,

Pickaxe, 4 Depleted Ether Cores (Restores half the user's max ether), Crimson Haze (Causes a weapon to deal the poisoned by 7 and cursed effects permanently), Tonic, Wine from the Vine (Consumable, restores full health, but causes Confused effect)

Scrolls:

Scroll of Fire Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to fire for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Ice Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to ice for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Water Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to water for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Wood Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to wood for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether),

Lapis Lamp of Summoning (Summons the djinn Mayrene to conjure an Ethereal Barrier around the target at the cost of 5 ether, giving them a 50/50 chance to avoid Damage, Free Hits, and Special Damage. The barrier dissipates when the target takes damage from any source.)

Roleplay:

Underdeveloped Organ

Warlen Melimane, Eulalia's Knight

(The Chosen Minifigure) *Party Leader*

23 year old male half-elf Mystic Knight

Level 21.66

*Immune to

Ether Reduction

* *

Cursed

defense!* *

+1 POWER

whenever a party member rolls

DAMAGE

/

SPECIAL DAMAGE

*

*1/6 chance to redirect Free Hits*

Power Bonus:

Health:

33/33 (5+20+7+1

*

)

SP:

10 (6+4)

Ether:

13/27 (5+20+1+1)

Gold:

150

Glory Points (GP):

15

Equipment:

Healing Staff (WP: 7, staff, heals instead of damaging)

, Eulalia Shield (SP: 6, prevents ether reduction), Vorpalis Diremail (SP: 4, enemies that inflict damage on the wearer become Cursed, bodywear), Vorpalis Purgers (Power +0; goes up by 1 every time a someone in the hero's party/the hero themselves rolls damage/special damage. Resets to zero if the wearer is knocked out or if the battle ends. Legwear),

Wizard's Hat of Quick Reading

(SP:1; [

Scroll of

Frailty

]; one scroll can be attached to the hat outside of battle. During battle it can be used in addition to a normal action once per round; suitable to classes with ether;

headwear)

Inventory:

Weapons:

The Cannonblade (Can be used as a longsword or handcannon, WP: 9. Ignores SP in sword mode, deals Bleeding 1 in cannon mode),

Rusty Dagger (WP:2, poison 10, breaks after 3 uses).

Artifacts:

Counterstrike Gloves, Magician's Glove

*

(+10 spell power), Locustoid Greaves (+4 ether, suitable for ether users), Lethauros Ring (Health and Ether +5. Suitable for anyone, accessory),

Cloak of Deception (Free hits against the wearer have a 1/6 chance to be redirected to a random opponent),

Spellbook:

Amethyst

,

Aquamarine

,

Emerald

,

Ruby

,

Sapphire

,

Garnet

,

Opal

,

Topaz

,

Diamond

,

Scroll of

Sleep

,

Scroll of

Antimagic,

Consumables:

Potion x2, Grand Potion x5, First Aid Kit (Full Health and remove negative effects for the whole party), Health Core, Tonic x5, Grand Tonic x2, Remedy x8, Banana (Full Health),

Milk x2 (+15 HP and Ether),

Phoenix Essence, Phoenix Incense,

Hurricane x3 (Grants

*Drunk*

effect. If user makes pun every round, the strength of their attack is doubled),

Mead x2, Smelling Salts x4

,

Gold Ring (Worth 15 gold; can be given to someone to make them enamored with the giver),

Electro Bomb (25 electric damage to all enemies, bomb), Frostbite Capsule (10 ice damage, bomb),

Smoke Bomb x3, Fishy meat (restores full health when consumed), Soma, Ether core

Other Junk:

Bedroll, Shovel, Telescope, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Magic Compass, Decamodifier,

10-Gallon Hats x7 (Grants wearer tourist effect, causing no one to take them seriously, headwear),

Bones x8, Shiny Gold Rocks x2 (Worth 1 gold at most stores, 5 at magic stores),

Avalanche

, the Super Sleuth

(Dragonfire)

30 years old male yeti Raider

*Natural Respite*

*Immune to

Ice

*

*Counterstriking*

Level 17

Power:

26

(17+9)

Health:

32/32

(17+14+1*)

SP:

12

Gold:

51

Equipment:

Frostbite (halberd, WP:9, damages undead), Counterstrike Gloves (after the wearer is struck by a Free Hit, they counter with strength equal to the damage taken), Yeti Fur Coat (SP:12; immunity to Ice, suitable for yetis only; bodywear.)

Artefacts/Weapons:

Trollsbane (club, WP:7,

earth

-elemental), Bumble Fanshirt (SP:1, vermin with less than half of the wearer's level are scared and won't directly attack the wearer, bodywear), Decamodifier

, Heavy Armour (immune to fragile, SP:5), Whip(WP:5; suitable for rogues, artisans, beast warriors, harlots, marauders and necromancers.)

Consumables:

3x Potion, Grand Potion, Remedy, Mulled Wine, 2x Phoenix Essence, 2x Phoenix Incense, 4x Venom, 3x Nostrum, Mead, Smelling Salts, Skeleton Decoy, 7x Bone, Wine from the Vine (Consumable, restores full health, but causes Confused effect)

Bombs:

2x Smoke Bomb, Lightning Bomb, Dirt Bomb, Holy Bomb, Pumpkin Bomb (causes the stunned-, blinded-, poisoned by 1-, asleep-, sealed- and confused- effects to all opponents), Fishy meat (restores full health when consumed),

Calamity

(Scubacarrot)

24 year old human Mage

Level 12

Power bonus:

10 (spell)

Health:

12/16

Ether:

18/18

Gold:

241

Equipment:

Renegade’s Crook

(WP: 10, successful healing also poisons the target’s weapon by 3, staff)

,

Magician's Glove

*

(+10 spell power)

(loaned from Warlen)

,

Devilish Pointy Hat

(Max Ether +2, demon-type enemies are automatically enamored with the wearer for 3 rounds at the start of battle, suitable for mages, necromancers, and weather mages, headwear)

Inventory:

Bedroll, 7x Potion, 3x Tonic, 3x Remedy, Scroll of Blindness (Enables casting the Blinded-effect to the target, making it unable to use a physical attack for the next three rounds. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.),

Amethyst

, Skull-Topped Staff (WP: 3, staff), Crimson Haze (Causes a weapon to deal the poisoned by 7 and cursed effects permanently), Garnet (loaned from Warlen),

Gold skin Gloves

(Spell power +2, Usable by mages, Handwear), Topaz,

Focus Sash

(Gains +2 Defense for every successful hit, resets to zero when hit or when the battle ends, accessory, suitable for babarians, mages, chi monks, dragoons, harlots, infiltrators, marauders, regulators, vindicators, and winged warriors, and paragons), Wine from the Vine (Consumable, restores full health, but causes Confused effect)

Luke Zent (NPC) (Takes suggestions from Calamity) *Immune to Cursed and Blinded*

Human Cleric

Level:

16

Health:

24/24

Ether:

16/24

Equipment:

Colorful Healing Staff (WP: 4, Wood elemental), Vindsval’s Totem (Protects from Cursed; accessory), Tridentian Cape (Max ether +3, immunity to blinded; suitable for mages, clerics, necromancers and scholars; backwear)

Inventory:

Potion x2, Tonic x3

Jackson (NPC) (Takes suggestions from the Party)

Human Warden

Level:

16

Health:

29/29

SP:

4

Equipment:

Short-Sword Bow (WP: 10; Sword mode has 1/6 chance of ignoring row; suitable for knights; Bow mode has 1/6 chance of causing a second hit; suitable for rangers), Bladed Armor (SP: 4; suitable for knights)

Inventory:

2x mead, 3x smelling salts

Traci (NPC) (Takes suggestions from the Party)

*1/2 chance to prevent blinded*

Human Paladin

Level:

16

Health

36/36

Ether

:

18/18

SP:

4

Equipment

:

Holy Handaxe (WP: 8; Has a 1/3 chance of causing the blinded effect, deals Light elemental damage; sutiable for paladins); Eyepatch (1/2 chance to prevent blinded-effect; headwear.), Paladin's Armor (SP:4, Max. Ether +2; suitable for paladins; bodywear.)

Inventory:

3x ambrosia, 1x soma, 2x mulled wine

Rex (NPC) (Takes suggestions from the Party)

*Immuned to weakened*

Human Cannoneer

Level:

16

Health:

26/26

SP

: 5

Power:

2

Equipment

: Little Friend (WP: 13; cannon, suitable for cannoneers), Flexible overcoat (SP: 5; bodywear, suitable for anyone), Pugilist's Gloves (Power +2, protects from weakened-effect; handwear.)

Inventory:

3x Smoke bombs, Agni Bomb, 5x Fire Bomb, 2x Blind bomb, Confuse Bomb, 2x Ice bomb, Ambrosia, 1x soma, 2x mulled wine

[The Chosen Minifigure]

"We should probably get back to the captain and see what he thinks we should do. When do you want to return?"

"Well, I don't think we have any reason to stick around... just gimmie a sec to look around."

Warlen inspects the area for clues with his Magnifying Glass, then digs around with his shovel.

[Kintobor]

Avalanche's jaw drops; this was going to be a whole lot harder than he'd expected, "How many of the townspeople are the right age and physical condition to begin training? If those brigands attack, we won't be able to hold them back alone, assuming there's a whole shipload of them. When they come, everyone will need to be ready. Every man and woman of fighting age and good physical condition should be trained in the use of a wooden staff at least - shortswords for the most able ones, and bows for any who have some skill with them already. To beat those raiders, we're going to have to turn Tridentia's villagers into a fighting force."

Annienal frowned at Avalanche's suggestion, shaking her head in disagreement. "I don't think this is going to be advantageous to us. We don't have the time to turn a group of villagers into a ragtag bunch of warriors. We do, however, have enough time to train the four individuals with us into something better than farmers who can barely handle swords."

"I am ready to leave whenever you guys are."

Edited February 29, 2016 by Kintobor

[Dragonfire]

Annienal frowned at Avalanche's suggestion, shaking her head in disagreement. "I don't think this is going to be advantageous to us. We don't have the time to turn a group of villagers into a ragtag bunch of warriors. We do, however, have enough time to train the four individuals with us into something better than farmers who can barely handle swords."

"I'm not saying we turn them into warriors. I'm saying we give them all basic training and simple weapons so that they can defend themselves, their homes and their families when the bandits arrive. With these four, it's more about taking their skills and developing them so that they're a properly trained militia. I hope the villagers won't have to fight, but we don't know exactly how many and how skilled these bandits are. We may or may not need the villagers themselves, and it's better to be safe than sorry."

[Kintobor]

"I'm not saying we turn them into warriors. I'm saying we give them all basic training and simple weapons so that they can defend themselves, their homes and their families when the bandits arrive. With these four, it's more about taking their skills and developing them so that they're a properly trained militia. I hope the villagers won't have to fight, but we don't know exactly how many and how skilled these bandits are. We may or may not need the villagers themselves, and it's better to be safe than sorry."

"We, um, don't have time to ensure that every able bodied villager knows how to swing a sword, and I emphasis the "swing a sword bit." Tridentia isn't a hamlet anymore. We'd be training hundreds of people, and I don't think any of us has any formal training except for me, and even then I wasn't very concerned with drills when I went to Trost Military Academy.

We have four individuals who we can train to be better combatants because they at least have some amount of training. We can get them to a better position within a few days. However, going out into the woods to fight things isn't very helpful at all. They'll be facing people, not animals. Let's head out of here and speak to the captain. I think he's been going about this the wrong way as well."

[Dragonfire]

"We, um, don't have time to ensure that every able bodied villager knows how to swing a sword, and I emphasis the "swing a sword bit." Tridentia isn't a hamlet anymore. We'd be training hundreds of people, and I don't think any of us has any formal training except for me, and even then I wasn't very concerned with drills when I went to Trost Military Academy.

"I don't mean swords. I mean any weapon - any makeshift weapon they have to hand - wooden staves, pitchforks, knives...Let's see what the others think. Warlen, Calamity? Any opinions?"

We have four individuals who we can train to be better combatants because they at least have some amount of training. We can get them to a better position within a few days. However, going out into the woods to fight things isn't very helpful at all. They'll be facing people, not animals. Let's head out of here and speak to the captain. I think he's been going about this the wrong way as well."

Avalanche nods in agreement, "Whatever we do about the villagers, we must first get these four properly trained."

[KotZ]

"Well, I don't think we have any reason to stick around... just gimmie a sec to look around."

Warlen inspects the area for clues with his Magnifying Glass, then digs around with his shovel.

Warlen finds nothing of note, no traps, just dirt, dirt, and more, well, dirt.

"That settled?" With that, Jackson and the others returned back to the sparring ring, finding the Captain seemed to had not left his spot.

"I was beginning to worry about you," the captain sighs. "I was beginning to consider getting another group of Heroes out here to find you!"

"It certainly wasn't easy," Traci replies.

"At least you're all in one piece."

[The Chosen Minifigure]

Warlen finds nothing of note, no traps, just dirt, dirt, and more, well, dirt.

"That settled?" With that, Jackson and the others returned back to the sparring ring, finding the Captain seemed to had not left his spot.

"I was beginning to worry about you," the captain sighs. "I was beginning to consider getting another group of Heroes out here to find you!"

"It certainly wasn't easy," Traci replies.

"At least you're all in one piece."

"That we are, Cap. At least, I think we are. Physically, at least. Anyway, is there anywhere in particular you'd like us to train these guys? Preferably somewhere big, where we can at least give basic training to a large amount of people."

[Kintobor]

Annienal didn't say much and merely watched Warlen's discussion with the captain for the time being.

[Scubacarrot]

"Perhaps it would be helpful if you told us all you know about your enemies. We know they come from the sea, to steal and murder and the usual, I presume? What else do you know, how many, what kind of weapons, tactics do they use?"

[KotZ]

"That we are, Cap. At least, I think we are. Physically, at least. Anyway, is there anywhere in particular you'd like us to train these guys? Preferably somewhere big, where we can at least give basic training to a large amount of people."

"This sparring ring should be big enough. How many people are you thinking of?"

"Perhaps it would be helpful if you told us all you know about your enemies. We know they come from the sea, to steal and murder and the usual, I presume? What else do you know, how many, what kind of weapons, tactics do they use?"

"A lot of them use longswords and axes. I've seen a few scimtars. Pretty much anything that allows them to board more easily. I've seen them use one large ship and then use rowboats to get on the other side of the ship and board behind the sailors, so we'd end up fighting surrounded. They're brutal."

[Scubacarrot]

"A lot of them use longswords and axes. I've seen a few scimtars. Pretty much anything that allows them to board more easily. I've seen them use one large ship and then use rowboats to get on the other side of the ship and board behind the sailors, so we'd end up fighting surrounded. They're brutal."

"What about magic-users, bowmen? Is there anything we can do to make the town itself more defensible? If people don't or can't fight, perhaps they can build barricades or something."

[KotZ]

"What about magic-users, bowmen? Is there anything we can do to make the town itself more defensible? If people don't or can't fight, perhaps they can build barricades or something."

"I'm not singing if we build anything."

Ignoring Traci's remark, the captain replies, "I've seen a mage once and they certainly have archers. Barricades could be useful for the town."

[Dragonfire]

Avalanche ponders this for a moment, "If the villagers aren't going to fight outright, they need to help build the defenses. Let's muster a group of them to start construction on the barricades."

[The Chosen Minifigure]

Avalanche ponders this for a moment, "If the villagers aren't going to fight outright, they need to help build the defenses. Let's muster a group of them to start construction on the barricades."

"Good thinking, Avalanche. How big is the village's population? It was fairly small last time I was here, but it's clearly grown since then."

[Scubacarrot]

"Good thinking, Avalanche..."

"How does he even get all the credit. Captain, I want you to go to the mayor and get a complete inventory of the city's townfolk, including what they do, after that, come back here and we start training, I'll shoot bolts at the lot of you and stuff, if you can dodge a bolt of excruciatingly painful void energy, you can dodge an arrow. Meanwhile, we need to think of other ways to make the town more defensible. We are outnumbered, so we need every mean trick we can get, luckily for you, I know a lot of mean tricks. From the sounds of it they attack from ship and flank using longboats. My thinking is that if we can force them to have to use the longboats for the whole force, the whole time from the ship to shore they will be pretty much open to bolts and arrows. I can use this Garnet to block the harbour for ships for a while, perhaps even damage their ship."

[KotZ]

Avalanche ponders this for a moment, "If the villagers aren't going to fight outright, they need to help build the defenses. Let's muster a group of them to start construction on the barricades."

"Good thinking, Avalanche. How big is the village's population? It was fairly small last time I was here, but it's clearly grown since then."

"How does he even get all the credit. Captain, I want you to go to the mayor and get a complete inventory of the city's townfolk, including what they do, after that, come back here and we start training, I'll shoot bolts at the lot of you and stuff, if you can dodge a bolt of excruciatingly painful void energy, you can dodge an arrow. Meanwhile, we need to think of other ways to make the town more defensible. We are outnumbered, so we need every mean trick we can get, luckily for you, I know a lot of mean tricks. From the sounds of it they attack from ship and flank using longboats. My thinking is that if we can force them to have to use the longboats for the whole force, the whole time from the ship to shore they will be pretty much open to bolts and arrows. I can use this Garnet to block the harbour for ships for a while, perhaps even damage their ship."

"That could work, if we make them useful enough. We'll need men to man them though."

"We're about two hundred civilians here. Around a fifth are children, and another are unable to fight. The remaining could but if they would pick up arms, I can't say if they would. We could muster a good force. What we need are guards on the trade ships to protect those on the high seas."

"I like the idea of keeping them at bay with magic if we can," Traci says, a gleam in her eye.

"Would you be able to keep up a spell for that long? Would you be safe" Luke questions, a hint of concern in his voice.

[Kintobor]

"I'm, um, still not entirely sure what our plan of attack is." Annienal replied, an air of irritation surrounding her. Her lanky arms were resting on the pommel of her sword, not in preparation for battle, but out of desperation for people to listen.

"We don't know when these marauders are returning, nor where they're likely to come from other than the sea. We don't have any clear plan besides getting a small, ragtag militia started up that we don't know will actually amount to something. What we do have are four individuals who are capable of fighting, and are capable of defending themselves. We should be training these four instead of focusing on a group of undertrained, um.... well, peasants.

Captain, do you have a map to show us where these raiders last came from? If not, is there any area on the island that would allow the pirates to both land their boats and make it to town fairly quickly? If they're using hit and run tactics like I remember you saying, then we could easily set up a trap for them on the beaches and catch them before they land on shore. At least... it seems far less complicated than, um, training villagers and fortifying the village..."

[Dragonfire]

"We're about two hundred civilians here. Around a fifth are children, and another are unable to fight. The remaining could but if they would pick up arms, I can't say if they would. We could muster a good force. What we need are guards on the trade ships to protect those on the high seas."

Avalanche nods slowly, "One hundred would be fine. They can first build the barricade, then train with simple weapons if time allows it."

Captain, do you have a map to show us where these raiders last came from? If not, is there any area on the island that would allow the pirates to both land their boats and make it to town fairly quickly? If they're using hit and run tactics like I remember you saying, then we could easily set up a trap for them on the beaches and catch them before they land on shore. At least... it seems far less complicated than, um, training villagers and fortifying the village..."

"So... you'd rather leave the village and its inhabitants absolutely defenceless on the off-chance that you can predict the raiders' actions?"

[Scubacarrot]

"Would you be able to keep up a spell for that long? Would you be safe" Luke questions, a hint of concern in his voice.

"I was thinking just dropping a few big boulders in the harbour before they get here."

[Kintobor]

"So... you'd rather leave the village and its inhabitants absolutely defenceless on the off-chance that you can predict the raiders' actions?"

"We're not here to arm a city that cannot arm itself. What exactly are the villagers going to fight with, pitchforks? Cutlery? Besides, Mayor Morris has told us that these men only occasionally come to shore, and when they do they deploy hit and run tactics, very quick strikes that are used to grab what they can and get out. They mainly attack Tridentia's ships. Why would we focus on arming a village when our focus should be stopping their vessels, and their men, from coming ashore?

Warlen, surely you agree with me on this?"

[The Chosen Minifigure]

"We're not here to arm a city that cannot arm itself. What exactly are the villagers going to fight with, pitchforks? Cutlery? Besides, Mayor Morris has told us that these men only occasionally come to shore, and when they do they deploy hit and run tactics, very quick strikes that are used to grab what they can and get out. They mainly attack Tridentia's ships. Why would we focus on arming a village when our focus should be stopping their vessels, and their men, from coming ashore?

Warlen, surely you agree with me on this?"

"It's a fair point, Annie, particularly in the weapons department. But assuming they don't come to shore, and we don't get a chance to stop them? At the very least, we should errect some sort of defenses. If we get a chance to directly stop them, I'm all for it, but what do you propose? Building an underwater wall of rocks to scuttle their ships?

"Then, on the other hand, it'll be hard to teach so many even if we had weapons… help me out guys."