Re: Rats to go down with ship (slowly)
More land-war-in-Russia misery for the armies of Ulm in the last two months. Having finally decided to make for a Grand Push into Skavenblight, my army set forth two months ago to a province adjacent to the enemy capital. A priest already there was to build a lab to supply them when they arrived - some new supply items were being forged back in Ulm, so the new lab was necessary, and so I didn't bother taking any gems with me.
The wretched Skaven Mind-Hunted the lab-building priest. So, my army was left without any gems, and crucially couldn't cast the Really Super Spell that was to inflict annihilation on the Skaven. No worries, I would stay put and build the lab again - in the meantime, at least my new thug had arrived in Skaven territory and captured a province.
This turn my lovely (and quite expensive) thug was mind hunted, despite an MR of 16 or so, and to my further shock the Skaven sallied forth to attack my still-gemless army. The brave Ulmish penitents won the day amidst a staggering rain of ratling evocations, but not without terrible losses. Even if we are able to siege the ratling capital now (which is uncertain), it will take countless months to bring down the walls of the underground lair. And reinforcements are far, far away - after all, the army was thought to be invincible.
Congratulations are in order for the god of the Skaven - your rats are pests!
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