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Battle at The valley of two generals
Crane Deck: Phoenix Deck: Resist Magic x3, Another time x3, Iajutsu duel x2, All or nothing x2, Strength of purity x3, Focus x2, Indirect fire x2, Coordinated fire x2, Turtle Shell x3, Beyond your mastery x3, Charge x3, Grim determination x2
Turn One of Seven Phoenix have Hand of Fate Phoenix Honour: 24 Crane Honour: 20
Isawa Kaede uses her ability to draw an extra tactical card. Asahina Tomo1 casts essence of earth on Doji's fan. Isawa Tadaka casts "calling the elements" on Doji's fan and is successful, taking away their ability to move in the cavalry and reserve movement phase. Asahina Tomo2 casts windbourne speed on the Kenshinzen, Earth Dragon casts "essence of earth" on itself. Ranged Attacks: Isawa Uona's Hurricane initiates fire at Doji's fan. 1 hit for 7 damage. No casualties.
Crane elite archers fire at Isawa Tomo's Hurricane initiates. Isawa Kaede casts
"gust of wind" negating Isawa Tomo's Hurricane initiates fire at Crane elite archers hitting 6 times for 64 damage. 6 Crane Elite die. Crane plays grim determination. Before us stand the men of the Phoenix. They perform a strange kata before the first lethal volley of arrows rip into the Crane at impossible ranges. Men I thought where easy targets before, being without armour, turn to stone as they finish their kata. I have never before witnessed the magics of the Phoenix... But by what I see now, this is only a taste.
Turn Two of Seven Crane has Hand of Fate Phoenix Honour: 24 Crane Honour: 20
Earth Dragon casts Essence of Earth on himself. Isawa Tadaka casts calling the elements on Doji's fan, and is successful, causing them to lose their ability to move in the cavalry and reserve movement phase. Asahina Tomo1 casts Essence of Earth on Doji's Fan. Asahina Tomo2 casts windbourne speed on the Daidoji.
Ranged Attacks:
Isawa Tomo's Hurricane initiates at the Daidoji. No hits. Uona's Hurricane Initiates at Doji's fan hitting once for 3 damage. No casualties. Thorns sprung up out of the ground grabbing at the feet of the Crane Cavalry. The peaceful Asahina Shugenja gathered together and began chanting... The Daidoji moved at the speed of horses, while arrows seemed to bounce off the Crane cavalry like little twigs...
Turn Three of Seven Phoenix have the Hand of fate Phoenix Honour: 26 Crane Honour: 20 Special Orders: Earth dragon casts essence of earth on itself. Isawa Tadaka casts calling the elements on Doji's fan and is successful. Beyond your mastery is played. Asahina Tomo2 casts windbourne speed on the Daidoji Asahina Tomo1 casts essence of earth on Doji's fan.
Isawa Kaede's Firestorm fires at the Daidoji. 2 hits, 8 damage. No casualties. Isawa Tomo's Archers fire at the Daidoji hitting 4 times for 39 damage. Killing one Daidoji and wounding another. Isawa Uona's Archers fire at Doji's fan. No hits. Isawa Tsuke's casts fury from within while the Firestorm fire at the Doji house guard. 8 hits for 55 damage. Killing 2 house guard and wounding another. Beyond your mastery is played. Arrows and magic flame poured into the Crane as they moved closer and closer. Still the Asahina chanted. The Phoenix began to back off. They where quickly losing their already tenuous defensive position.
Turn Four of Seven Crane have the hand of fate Phoenix Honour: 26 Crane Honour: 20
I Isawa Kaede casts gust of wind on the Earth Dragon and fails. Earth Dragon casts Essence of Earth on the Daidoji. Isawa Tomo casts Ebb and Flow of battle on Isawa Kaede's Firestorm, spending Isawa Tomo. Asahina Tomo2 casts Essence of Earth on Doji's fan. Isawa Uona casts windbourne speed on Isawa Kaede's Firestorm. Asahina Tom1 casts windbourne speed on the Kenshinzen.
Isawa Tomo's Hurricane initiates fire at the Daidoji hitting 4 times for 18 damage. 1 Daidoji dies. Isawa Uona's Hurricane initiates fire at Doji's fan. 3 hits for 22 damage. 2 Doji's fan dies. Isawa Tsuke casts fury of Osano Wo at the house guard. Hitting 5 times for 18 damage. 1 Doji house guard dies. Isawa Tadaka casts fury of Osano Wo on the Doji House guard hitting 2 times for 9 damage. No casualties. Beyond your mastery is played.
Turn Five of Seven Phoenix have hand of fate Phoenix Honour: 26 Crane Honour: 20 Special Orders: Isawa Uona casts gust of wind on the Daidoji. Resist magic is played. Asahina Tomo casts essence of earth on Doji's fan. Isawa Tadaka uses his special ability to give the Tsunami Legion +1 TN. Cavalry Movement: The Earth Dragon charges the flank of Isawa Kaede's Firestorm. Ranged Attacks: Doji House guard fire at the Tsunami legion. 1 hit for 5 damage. No casualties. Isawa Tadaka uses the Shuriken of serpents at the Doji house guard. 3 hits for 13 damage. 1 Doji is wounded.
Isawa Uona's Hurricane initiates fire at Doji's fan. 7 hits for 38 damage. 3 Doji's fan dies. Isawa Tsuke's Firestorm plays the tactical card "indirect fire" to shoot at the Doji House guard. Resist magic is played.
HtH combat: Earth dragon plays the tactical card strength of purity. It hits 4 times for 214 damage, Slaughtering everyone and leaving an extra large foot print. The Dragon of Earth swung around the flank of the army and began to rend at the horrified firestorm. I am afraid I could not see much of the carnage, aside from bodies being flung to and fro....
Turn Six of Seven Crane has the Hand of Fate Phoenix Honour: 26 Crane Honour: 26
Isawa Uona casts tempest of air on Doji's fan pushing them back 5". Uona becomes spent. Asahina Tomo1 casts windbourne speed on the Kenshinzen. Isawa Tomo casts Ebb and flow of battle on her own unit and spends Isawa Tomo. Earth Dragon casts essence of earth on the Daidoji. Isawa Tadaka uses his ability to give the Tsunami legion +1TN. Asahina Tomo2 casts essence of earth on the Kenshinzen.
Tsunami Legion charges charge the Doji house guard. Defensive position is played. Ranged Attacks: Isawa Tomo's Hurricane initiates on Doji's fan. Turtle shell is played. 1 hit for 6 damage. No casualties. HtH Combat: Tsunami Legion hits the Doji house guard 6 times for 32 damage, wounding one and killing another Doji. The Doji hits back 3 times for 37 damage killing 3 of the Tsunami Legion. The Crane gain 2 Honour for having the Imperial standard. A magical wave rippled towards the Doji house guard, with Yari armed Phoenix leaping out of the water at the Crane. The earth dragon roared with glee as it approached the archers of the Phoenix, they understandably fell back...
Turn Seven of Seven Phoenix have the hand of fate. Phoenix Honour: 26 Crane Honour: 29 Special Orders: Asahina Tomo1 casts windbourne speed on the Crane elite archers. Asahina Tomo2 casts windbourne speed on the Daidoji. Kakita Toshimoko challenges Isawa Tsuke to a duel. Another time is played. Primary Movement: Earth Dragon engages Uona's Hurricane initiates in the flank Ranged Attacks: Isawa Tomo's Hurricane initiates fire at Doji's fan hitting 2 times for 14 damage. Killing 1 Doji. Isawa Tsuke's firestorm fire at the Kenshinzen. Resist magic is played. Isawa Tsuke then casts the fires that cleanse at the kenshinzen scoring 16 hits for 109 damage. Vaporizing 10 Kenshinzen. Crane plays the tactical card grim determination.
HtH Combat: The Crane play Iajutsu duel, initiating a duel between Isawa Tadaka and Doji Kuwanen. Isawa Tadaka plays the tactical card focus and causes 2 wounds. Kuwanen rolls and scores 3 wounds, both take damage. The Doji house guard hit the Tsunami legion 4 times for 26 damage, killing 2 Phoenix. The Phoenix strike back hitting 6 times for 59 damage. 2 Doji house guard die, one is wounded. The Earth dragon hits the Hurricane initiates 2 times for 65 damage, killing 6 phoenix archers. Grim determination is played. Phoenix VP: 6 ENDGAME Crane VP: 7 The Phoenix line begins to collapse. The only real resistance I can see is by the infamous Tsunami Legion, the rest are near to routing. The dragon plunges into the Phoenix archers, tossing them around like childrens toys. Then in the midst of the Kenshinzen, a blinding light, flash and then thunderous sound came forth, and in the instant, only a few Kenshinzen where left. I got on my steed after that, and went straight to my scrolls, to document the fierceness of the Phoenix Clans spells.
AAR 20MAR99 1430 - 2000 This was the first battle we have ever used using the Phoenix. There was no restrictions on this game as in my previous games. We also where using the honour rules, which was interesting, but not really vital. This battle was a ranged attack and special orders nightmare. No suprise, but spells where flying everywhere. The most impressive being Isawa Tsuke casting "the fires that cleanse" rolling 24 attack dice.... quite similar to having a portable nuclear weapon. The Phoenix player also noted that, even though it was great that their shugenja could lead units, it was still advantageous to have a few skirmishing kind. This was the biggest battle we have fought, and it took a long time just to get to turn 7. We havent as of yet, had a turn limit, we just play till its obvious who won, concession, or the store closes. In this case the store closed. The one other point I would like to note is that this is the first time a dragon hasnt been killed during the battle, and it did great! That is my humble opinion.
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"How
dare they!!!" Doji Hoturi yelled "We have stood up for them in the past,
and now the Phoenix betray us. To the Unicorn no less!" He brooded for a
moment in his tent, and then he looked at me, and regained his calm. "What do
you think Maatan San, and what does the monk think?" "I am an observer
Lord Hoturi, and nothing more." The monk merely said... "As am I, Lord of
the Crane." "Well Crab, then I invite you to observe our reprisal on the
traitorous Phoenix... and nothing more. This time however, I will be in the
foreground, and taste victory myself..."
Special Orders:
the attack and spending Kaede.
Special Orders:
Isawa Kaede's Firestorm fires at the Earth dragon, hitting 3 times for 13
damage. Causing 1 Wound to the Dragon.
Ranged
attacks:
Special Orders:
Ranged Attacks:
Isawa Tomo's hurricane initiates fire at the Daidoji. Hitting 3 times for 9 damage.
No casualties.
Special Orders:
Cavalry movement:
