Crown Forces Raiding Parties Vs. Dorne

[Ser Kenneth Coyn]

The Forces of the Crown are raiding the lands around the river Greenblood. Commanders state your troop numbers and stats.

[mark]

Robb Tarly- Master Sword, Expert (improved) Command
4,000 men on horse

[The Stranger]

Round 1:
Lord Tarly (4,000 men Expert Command)
versus Dornish Guerrillas (2,000 men, Expert Command)

Tarly: 157
Dornish:167

The Dornish Guerrillas attack the Far Reach men in a series of ambushes along the River but Tarly rallies quickly, and little damage is done.

Far Reach: 3,800
Dorne: 1,900

[barker520]

Lord Lewys Lydden

Master Sword (double improved)
Master Command

3000 men on horse

He receives the message from Tarly's outriders and sends his men on high alert for possible ambushes.

[mark]

Robb realizes the more he spreads out his line, the more vulnerable they are to ambushes. He orders for the usual strung out scouting formation to be compressed, more like a regular battle line. The going may be a bit slower, but any dornish force who engages the line will quickly be met with many defenders.

[The Stranger]

Negative, this is all happening simultaneously as you scout different areas of the Greenblood

Round 1:
Lord Lewys Lydden- Master Battle (3000 men) V.S (Lord Quentin Fowler, Legendary Battle 3,000 men)

Lydden: 136
Fowler: 172

West: 2010
Dorne: 2700

The Dornish under Fowler strike the West at multiple points along their route, and than quickly fade back into the Dornish country.

[barker520]

Lord Lydden orders to sieze any more supplies within the area, then retreat back towards Lemonwood in an orderly fashion. He also orders his line more compressed and tightknit, less strung out than the usual "scouting line".

[dornishprince]

Holland Fowler is with the Stone Hawk.

Expert/Improved Swordsmanship (longsword)
Beginner Battle/Command

OOC: oops. wrong level in swordmanship

[The Stranger]

Sorry Elijah. I should have rolled him as well, but its not relevant now, since the Dornish broke off.

[dornishprince]

OOC: no worries, i should've came along sooner.

[mark]

Lord Tarly does not retreat, but keeps raiding food and supplies. His host goes forth cautiously, wary of ambush. They will only continue a few leagues furthur up the river before burning everything in sight after they have taken the food from there, and then retreat in an orderly fashion, still wary of ambush.


EDIT: I forgot to include Ser Oliver Bulwer, who is also in command.

[mark]

Is the fighting done for this mission?

[barker520]

If someone has, say, Beginner scouting or something of that nature, is better for them to have that than to have no scouting skill? When scouting? I guess I'm asking, do you get a bonus added on to your regular command skill (master for me) based on your scouting skill (apprentice for me, I think.)

[The Stranger]

Generally speaking no. Scouting is considered a specialization of the Battle skill. When a general skill (battle) faces a specialized skill (Scouting) in the appropriate situation, the general skill is usually weakened.

Example: In a scouting/raiding situation you are up against someone with Battle Master, your Scouting is Apprentice. we may lower his Battle to Expert, or even Noteworthy to account for the fact that this is not his specialty. similarly, broad skills like infiltration are considered more general, and less effective at specific tasks, than the more narrowly defined skills (Stealth, Disguise, etc).

[barker520]

Ah, thanks, that helped somewhat. So actually, I should probably be posting my scouting skill from now on when I'm commanding a scouting force?