3. Seriously, Fuck Dogs
Previously on Codex Brothers: We got to Wallstadt in one piece.
We get a new mission (not pictured): find a lair to the west, avoid confrontation. Quests so far in the game are very banalshitboring, unfortunately, but that's one of the things that are very WIP, according to the devs. Looking forward to some more interesting ones.
We find it and get the fuck out.
Easy money.
Another mission: escorting a caravan. Something a bit more interesting.
Only problem is that our destination is on the other side of the world. Oh well.
We visit the tower but find nothing interesting to buy nor no one to recruit.
We enter Bogenheim and hire a replacement for our dearly departed Helly.
Obadiah's a cultist. Nothing unique about him. He gets a scimitar and a shield.
Random event! As BROS DON"T LEAVE BROS IN COLD BOLD BRO, we send them in the wrong direction.
Our BROness paid off, a new recruit joins our ranks.
This is Zed. He's a strong (bonus hitpoints) vagabond. He gets what's left in our stash.
Marching onwards...
Onwards...
Onwar-WAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTT
OH FUCK, WE'RE SO SCREWED.
Werewolves have high Initiative and always move first. They're also incredibly fast and can get three attacks per turn, plus additional one if they kill someone. In other words, we really don't like fighting against them.
What's worse is that terrain is bad. Terribru. Meat Slapper and Nevill are pretty much stuck up there and will have to fight against four werewolves on their own. You don't want to fight against four werewolves on your own.
Meanwhile, Gondolin shoots and even hits.
Obadiah misses.
As does Meat Slapper. This is not looking good.
Nevill forms shieldwall.
Meat Slapper gets hit...
Twice. RIP
Suicidal Meat Slapper, you slapped a lot of meat
Meanwhile Whitewolf's spearwall slowed down a werewolf's charge nicely. Bro still got hit in the head, but his cap holds.
A caravan hand gets killed.
Obadiah get two strikes in and heavily injures a werewolf.
Whitewolf finishes him off.
Nevill just hopes to survive.
He's not dead yet!
Werewolves doing werewolfy stuff.
Zed gets a hit, but doesn't kill.
Caravan guard does, however.
Gondolin is useless this time.
Nevill uses Shield Bash to push and get rid of one werewolf. That's three less attacks coming at him.
He's holding!
The caravan guard is not, though.
The werewolf just pummels through two lightly armored caravan guards.
The fallen wolf gets gangbanged and nearly killed by a caravan guard and Whitewolf.
Finally another guard finishes the job. There are still four furries left.
Three, thanks to two good hits by a guard.
Nevill still refuses to go down.
The werewolf dodges spearwall and attacks Obediah, who counterattacks unsuccessfully.
Andnjord runs to help and hits.
Nevill is getting really tired now.
Which doesn't end well for him. RIP
Nevill, you held long, but not long enough
Obediah gets mauled. RIP Obediah, your mercenary career was much too short
Human fighters are on the brink of breaking. Things don't look good.
Zed gets hit but is alive - for now.
He strikes his opponent, but not hard enough.
Gondolin hits! Not that it did any significant damage.
Andnjord strikes again, but that damned werewolf refuses to die.
Two more dead guards. Welp.
Whitewolf hits two times - and the furry still lives. Damn it.
While the second almost dead werewolf kills poor Andnjord. RIP
Andnjord, it was a close call
The furry also strikes Zed. Zed breaks and soils his pants. He tries to get the fuck out of this mess, giving the werewolf an attack of opportunity...
...but he somehow dodges the strike and manages to flee.
Caravan guard avenges Andnjord.
Whitewolf finally disposes of his opponent. One enemy left.
Somehow another guard gets a hit in and kills the final werewolf. WE DID IT!
But at what cost. Two of the starting members, Andnjord and Nevill, are dead, as well as our most dangerous brother, Meat Slapper. Also the rookie Obediah, while Zed is barely alive.
We salvage whatever we can and try to get over our losses.
fuck you and your caravan.
At least we can restock here a bit.
Whitewolf, our only remaining founding member, levels up. (also gets a better helm)
Gondolin too.
We hire two new faces.
Jerkajerka will have the difficult task of trying to replace Meat Slapper. He's a lumberjack that's dastardly (low morale) but also has increased accuracy.
Finally, Zdzisiu's a farmhand that will serve as a meatshield. We can't even buy a decent armor in this fucking shithole.
That's the end of part three.