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There's actually very little new content in Cursus, but if we visit the Grand Ziggurat, we get a sense of how things are beginning to change. 823 The Grand Ziggurat is now under the control of the Everchild. Although priests of Cursus still administer the city, slowly the restrictive laws and cruelt...

Here are the starting deployments. https://i.imgur.com/eucgfxG.png On the left, the Kensai defeat the Mercenaries in a hard-fought action and send them running. On the right, the Bronzeguard also win a close fight and begin grinding down the Zealots. https://i.imgur.com/DMjifwZ.png Here is how thin...

Back with the big battle episode! Here are the starting deployments. https://i.imgur.com/3U3KIlz.png In the magic step, the Spears of Unbraaki are hit with Descantos' Enfeeblement spell. On the left, the Berserkers absolutely shatter the Cursite Zealots. In the center, the Spears of Unbraaki are bea...

I just want to clarify that I have in fact been super busy. I'll have the battle resolution up sometime tomorrow, probably.

Tasha's 7d v 6+:2 — Failure it is. 832 The mercenaries thank you for your offer, but politely decline. They have no ill will towards the Everchild, but they did not come all this way not to fight. “You are outnumbered,” the captain says flatly. “The odds sit in our favour. In the long run we shall m...

567 With your missions assigned the Everchild wishes you good luck as you vanish under the cover of night. If you have assigned anyone to the assassination mission, turn to 880 . If not, turn to 639 . 880 You must steal into the night, staying clear of the vigilant forces of Cursus, and find a way ...

You can assign as many people to each mission as you like, so long as no person is assigned to more than one mission.

268 Through the desert haze, the legions of the Everchild go on the march. Dust rises on the Northroad as the combined forces of the valley descend upon the defiant city of Cursus. The Everchild calls a halt on a raised perch of land where the city and its harbour can be clearly seen. In the blood-...

We leave the netherworld, pass through a blistering desert (passing the associated Survival check and avoiding a random encounter), return to Saltdad, and visit the palace. There, we retrieve our gold bullion from The Vault and visit the garrison to reform the Bronzeguard. 143 You spend a full month...

Akihiro attempts to raise stealth [2d6:6+1=7] and succeeds! Ti'quon opens the magic cabinet, retrieves a block of incense and deposits the gold bullion. We rest at the inn to refresh spells and recover from door-related strain. We turn in incense blocks at a lesser temple of Cursus, raising Sar Jess...

Attempt 2: Fight team has 19d v 6+:6,3,5,6,4,1,2,1,5,4,3,2,6,6,6,2,6,1,4=6, success. Turns out that second time's the charm. 498 Straining every sinew, you scrape the door open inch by inch. To your anger you see that this door merely leads to the vault’s antechamber, an even larger vault door stand...

Stealth team has 14d v 5+:2,3,5,1,6,2,3,1,1,5,4,3,5,1=4, success! 183 Dashing from one pillar to the next as each guard turns their back, you manage to creep as stealthily as mice until you are out of sight of the guards. Eventually you reach the back of the hallway and come to the vault door. It is...

To the keeper of the holy purse... 323 The keeper of the holy purse is in charge of tax administration, specifically the religious tithes paid by other cities. He is a fat, wealthy priest, who eyes you lazily as you enter. If you have an iron sceptre , turn to 153 . If not, the keeper has no time fo...

While resting Aki's house does allow us to refresh spells, there's no discount. I wasn't going to bother with Clinging Dread because it can only be used in Mass Combat, which seems to never happens by surprise, but since you brought it up, done. Exploring the city only gets us another encounter with...

I sold the extra set of Bone Armour at the market before we left town, heading south past the Caves of Uranu, where we avoid a combat encounter by an heroic Survival test, to arrive at Cursus. 340 The city of Cursus is dominated by thirteen flat-topped step pyramids made of black stone. It is the sp...

We take the road east again, passing through Luutanesh, and crossing the toll bridge into Chalice. There, we return to the Kensai temple, where our defeat of the shade of Akihiro's father (indicated by possession of the A52 code) results in this: 600 As you make your way to the steps of the temple y...

We travel north, then north-east, then east, to Saltdad, and visit the palace for free heals and to check in on the state of the war council. 189 If you have the code A100, turn to 421 . If you have the code A33, turn to 540 . If not, read on. You meet with the Everchild in the war room at the palac...

765 Choose someone to leave the tent and confront the strange light. When you've made your decision, turn to 491 . The choice has been made. 491 If you chose Akihiro, turn to 470 . If you chose Amelia Pass-Dayne, turn to 163 . If you have chosen someone else, turn to 613 . 470 If you have the code ...

The only new content in Clifftop is at the king's hall, now under new management. 126 Clifftop is currently under the governorship of Ayleta, one of the Everchild’s generals. She welcomes you into the hall, and details to you her various plans for the improvement of the city. “I want to create more ...

Sorry, that's a typo. It should be the Irregulars' 6 vs the Overseers' 5, which is why the Overseers had to make (and fail) that morale test. Since the Overseers' rout occurs before the right flank is resolved, the battle was won before those rolls became relevant, and they were included purely beca...

The Battle of Clifftop Round 1: Ti'quon casts Clinging Dread upon the Cursite Fanatics, eroding their resolve. https://i.imgur.com/E0VNvgU.png https://i.imgur.com/h173CrS.png Round 2: https://i.imgur.com/TrsYxSp.png https://i.imgur.com/g4jNVas.png Round 3: https://i.imgur.com/Wx7TO7p.png https://i....

(Can we deploy our last spare unit if any on the field falls?) No, a maximum of six units can be committed to this battle. I do enjoy that the two presented orders of battle have precisely one point of overlap, but it does make compromising them difficult. I am asking our intermittent posters to en...

610 And so begins your march to Clifftop. [spacer]The Everchild’s banners, a blazing sun on a field of azure, flutter in the desert wind as her armies troop onwards. After several days you meet the opposing army of Lothor the Ugly just beyond the river bridge. [spacer]“Why doesn’t Lothor hold us at...

488 The Everchild nods to her generals, who reluctantly leave her company. She indicates for you to sit and joins you. “What is on your mind?” she asks. [spacer]If you have the code A37 but not the code A94, turn to 795 . If not, read on. [spacer]“Have you considered suing for peace with the patria...

189 If you have the code A100, turn to 421 . If you have the code A33, turn to 540 . If not, read on. [spacer]You meet with the Everchild in the war room at the palace. She and her generals are poring over a huge map of the valley, with a particular focus on the city of Clifftop. “Welcome back, my ...