Chapter 534: Blood Oath Banner
There are various ways to obtain this template, but there is no duplicate.
No, they obtained it in different ways, but the fundamental reason is the same. They all come from faith, pure faith, but because of different races, they believe in different things.
Kobolds believe in dragons, and they have just transformed into dragons.
Goliath believed in the mountains, and only then did he resonate with the earth.
The Eldest Spirits believed in the Fairy Wilderness, and they had just established the Eldest Spirit Nobles.
The hobgoblins respect war and believe in the mighty, so they have the Blood Oath Warlords.
It’s not just faith. If it’s that simple, all those devout priests have opened special templates. This also requires the response of magic from the material plane. The one who responded to these hobgoblins before was the one under their feet. A piece of land that they repeatedly ravaged and controlled, and the mighty Magrubit was just a mediating point.
Gavin felt that he had found the context of the special template, and he would have a plan to use it in the future, which could be planned and opened in batches.
This is a matter for the future, and he is still focusing on the changes in Blood Claw.
Bloodclaw's other four special abilities are all related to the army, and the power of an army and the body of an army are similar to Carissa's power of the earth and body of the earth.
If you want to fully stimulate it, you have to be in an army composed of hobgoblins. At that time, his combat effectiveness will suddenly rise, making him worthy of his name as a warlord.
And Bloodclaw is not the only one who has become a Bloodsworn warlord. In addition to him, there are eight others. Five of them are from the hobgoblin giants, and the other three are the Bloodsworn soldiers who first followed Bloodclaw. member.
There are also some who have partially turned on, gaining some attribute improvements, as well as one of the two abilities of army advantage or blood oath uplift. Most of these people appear among the hobgoblins and giants.
Those ordinary hobgoblins have been greatly improved. They have gained a large size template due to their sudden increase in height, and more or less gained a little extra attribute point improvement. This has greatly increased the number of hobgoblin giants in the Blood Claw Legion. It rose and directly exceeded 500.
There are also some hobgoblins, although their size has not increased dramatically, but they have obtained the ability of enlargement as a spell-like ability, and can use it one to three times a day. This situation is the most common, accounting for more than half of the ordinary hobgoblins in the entire Bloodsworn Army.
Although Giant Transformation is one of the most common spells on the battlefield, the possession rate among the Bloodsworn Army is too high, and the momentum generated will be extremely amazing.
The average height of the hobgoblins is more than 1.9 meters, which is already higher than most intelligent life forms. Once they become giant, they will reach more than 3.5 meters. When such an army rushes in groups, The momentum alone can frighten most of the army.
A new question arises from this. Hobgoblins with this ability must wear magic armor or not wear armor in order to use this ability. Ordinary armor cannot follow this ability. get bigger.
The bloody beam of light that fell on the podium was not one, but two. The other one was the same as the one on the blood claw.
This one did not fall on Gavin, but on the Dragon Oak Bloodclaw flag above Bloodclaw's head.
When the blood-colored light beam was completely absorbed, the Dragon Oak Blood Claw flag was split into two. One remained on top of Blood Claw's head, while the other was transferred to Gavin's head.
Just as Gavin expected, this kind of flag, which can gather a lot of faith, is the easiest to transform into a magic item on its own.
So, not only did they start by researching their own flag, but they also used extraordinary materials.
The one given to the Blood Claw is no exception. It uses the latest products and techniques from their territory. The front is still a dazzling glow cloth, but the inside is made of fabric produced in the ghost textile factory. Shadow spinning, the patterns on it are no longer painted, but are embroidered using a new embroidery technology, using shadow lines bit by bit, layer by layer.
This not only makes it more layered, but once it is made, it is a magic item. The previous enlarged projection is its innate ability. The user can turn it on or suppress it according to his own will without spending any magic. energy.
Now it has opened two more special abilities.
Blood Oath Summoning (Special Ability) - You can use this battle flag to issue a summons to the army you have sworn allegiance to. No matter where those soldiers are, they will respond to this summons. This is the main and secondary flag. When the main flag issues a call, the holder of the secondary flag will feel the call. He can ask the designated army to respond. If If there is no response for ten minutes, a random summon will be launched in the Bloodsworn Army. If it is extraordinary or above, the number of summons will be the charm adjustment value/ten people. If it is below extraordinary, the number of summons will be the charm adjustment value/100 people. It can be summoned once a day for eight years. Hours, this ability can only be cast when held in the hands of Gavin Nott, the subject of the blood oath of allegiance.
Invigorate the morale of the army (special ability) - For any goblin creature that can see the military flag, the morale of the friendly party will be increased by +1, and all attack rolls and damage rolls will be increased by +1. The enemy's morale will be increased by +1. Goblin creatures will have the opposite effect. If the morale of goblin enemies is too low, there may be large-scale surrenders or defections and join your camp.
The first ability is only available to the main flag in Gavin’s hand, and the second ability is available to both flags.
Needless to say, the value it demonstrates is that it allows Gavin to carry an army of hobgoblins with him. When he wants to use it, he can summon it on the spot without having to bear the burden of logistical supplies.
The most important thing is that it provides new tactical ideas.
Gavin can completely infiltrate secretly, enter the core of the enemy and initiate a summons, and create an internal flowering. This is a standard teleportation tactical idea, and they can apply it in advance.
Furthermore, his territory is already scattered. Even with teleportation spells, frequent troop movements are troublesome.
With this flag, a lot of trouble will be saved.
Even the summoning method was clearly arranged.
You can summon a small number of extraordinary battle groups. When Gavin uses full firepower and accumulates his charm to more than 30, it is no problem to summon hundreds of hobgoblin giants at once.
You can also summon a thousand ordinary hobgoblin warriors. Don't think that they are worthless. In low-end battle situations, especially when the enemy is defeated and pursued, quantity is more useful than quality. After all, the pursuit range is wider.
Compared to the hobgoblin infantry, Gavin prefers the hobgoblin wolf cavalry, but I don’t know whether they count as one person or two? There is still no way to summon the wolf mount directly. This needs subsequent verification.
The summoning delay problem mentioned above can be easily solved.
Directly ask Bloodclaw to organize a flag-protecting army to guard the Dragon Oak Bloodclaw flag and sub-flag, waiting for his call at any time.
If we have time to communicate, we can make further detailed arrangements, which are nothing more than two teleportation spells.
The ability to boost military morale should not be underestimated. Even though it is only +1, the number involved is large enough. Combined with the projection ability of the Dragon Oak Blood Claw Flag itself, it is enough to allow all creatures on the battlefield to See it exists.
This ability will make some attacks that cannot hit hit and increase the damage of the attack.
What is the concept when thousands of arrows and slashes all receive an extra +1 boost?
This effect reaches its extreme when dealing with goblins. This is a positive and negative effect.
Especially for those goblin fools, it is impossible to challenge the hobgoblin beyond the level, but among the same kind of goblins, they are definitely invincible and powerful beings, which will greatly strengthen them. of self-confidence.
In many cases, the hobgoblins don’t need to take action at all. These little fools can kill most of the enemies, and the more they fight, the more they fight. This battle flag is blessed by the god of their race, and there are probably many of them. When you see him, he bows to you.
In short, the value of this flag is closely related to the development of the Blood Claw Legion and Blood Gap City.
After all, hundreds of level 10 extraordinary people and level 19 extraordinary people are not the same concept at all.
If the Blood Claw Legion is destroyed and all Blood Pact soldiers die in battle, this ability will be completely useless.
This can be regarded as a deeper bond between the two, allowing Gavin to pay more attention to them. Even those immigrants who had seen big scenes were shocked by the situation before them. When the true God's will came, they were so overwhelmed that they didn't dare to say a word. When the contract was completed, The will of the true god faded away, and he could no longer hold back the shock in his heart, so he started whispering to his companions around him.
"The will of the true god, the will of a true god has arrived just now. It is Magrubit, the race god of those goblins."
"Just now they are Witnessed by the god of his own race , the true god's blood oath, in this way, the baron has 100% control over them. No wonder the baron is willing to build a city for them and trust them to take care of this place. It turns out that he has prepared this. "
"You don't know. Many of these hobgoblins were originally Lord Baron's Blood Oath Army. Now they are just leading the new ones to renew their original oaths."
"That's it, Lord Baron's The method is indeed beyond our imagination. Many people originally thought that he helped a group of hobgoblins. The matter of building a city is full of criticism, and now it is directly slapped in the face.”
“In any case, this is not only a good thing for us, but also a good thing for Dalauma. Good thing, there will be a strong army that can go south to support them at any time."
" I heard that the Baron was planning to leave some people to assist these hobgoblins in building the city. I was a little worried at first. Without the protection of the army, these hobgoblins would become violent again. Now I no longer have such worries. What remains can be done. I have considered it, after all, it is relatively close to Darauma, and the migration route is so easy. , it will be convenient to go back to visit relatives in the future.”
“If you say that, it is a bit short-sighted. The Baron built a great goblin city so extraordinary in such a short time, and he is preparing for it in the valley. What kind of surprises are waiting for us? Don’t you want to see them? ”
"Yes, I will only be able to take such a trip once in my life. No matter what, I will complete the trip with the army, see all the scenery along the way, experience all the extraordinary things, and create my own miracle. When I get older one day, I will have more stories to brag about to my children.”
"It makes sense. Since we have started, we must go all the way to the end."
Witnessing the blood oath of the true god with my own eyes gave these immigrants a further sense of identification with these hobgoblins. They can You cannot believe in the character of these hobgoblins, but you can believe in the binding force of a true god on them.
Some people are no longer so resistant to staying in Blood Gorge City.
However, there are not many people who need to stay behind. There are only about 800 people left to help the hobgoblins with some tasks that they are not good at and are not suitable for. Most people still pack their bags. , continue on the migration path.
After embarking on the migration road again, the entire migrating army seemed to have undergone a qualitative transformation. Both the equipment and spirit had changed greatly from before.
Let’s talk about equipment changes first.
The animals that pull the carts have all been replaced by giant animals that are a specialty of the Giant Plains. They have super large bodies, and instead of one carrying two, one can carry three.
The sidecar no longer needs two horses, a giant wild horse is enough. As for the domestication problem, they are not using ordinary grooms, but Pik Druids, who themselves They have the ability to communicate with and tame wild beasts. These giant beasts are indeed more difficult to tame than ordinary beasts, but they still cannot be defeated.
The floor-type van still uses two horses, but the tree people who are the main force are replaced. As auxiliary people who accompany the team, several people with physical advantages are transferred to the road construction team to assist in road construction. , to speed up road construction.
As for the Enlightenment Trees, they all stayed in Blood Gorge City, assisting Blood Claw in the final construction work in the early stage, and will later be transferred to Dwarf Statue City to assist in mining.
The migrating army brought in a total of 3,000 gigantic animals from Blood Gorge City, half of which were wild horses and bison. They replaced 3,000 ordinary animals for the migrating army, which increased their horse power. The huge surplus of wealth has raised the upper limit of their daily travel speed. The old, weak, women and children who originally lowered the upper limit can use more horsepower.
The significance of these three thousand huge livestock is far more than that.
Many of them are female animals with cubs. Those cubs were left in Blood Gorge City, but the female animals can still produce milk, although it is not as good as those specially trained and domesticated cows, but it can be experienced The amount is there, as long as the feed mix is reasonable, the daily milk production is still quite amazing.
This further supplements the food source and nutritional structure of the migrating army. After arriving in the valley, they can directly rely on them to establish milk-producing pastures.
Even with these nearly 20,000 Tethyr immigrants, the Land of Three Rivers is still vast and sparsely populated. Most of it is fertile wasteland, and there is plenty of room to establish pastures.
This will also be a huge profit point for Blood Gorge City in the future. It is not selling milk, but selling huge milk-producing cows. Later, Gavin will send special druids to assist them in the magic process. Breeding and improving varieties.
The most eye-catching thing is the huge cavalry. Wherever they pass, the morale of the migrating immigrants will be high, and they will greet them one after another.
These giant cavalry are divided into two battle groups.
One is naturally the Goliath battle group. Gavin equipped each of them with two giant war horses, which greatly improved their mobility.
Due to their own capabilities and characteristics, they are destined to be mounted infantry. They use the mobility of their horses to quickly enter the battlefield and then dismount to fight on foot.
For someone like Carissa, once her feet leave the ground, her strength will be greatly reduced.
The other war group is the hundred hobgoblin giants prepared by Bloodclaw for Gavin as his personal bodyguards.
These hobgoblin giants have one unified characteristic, that is, they all have eight to nine hit dice.
In the future, if Gavin does not have a more suitable target for his promotion grace, he will use it directly on them to avoid waste.
In addition, the Blood Claw Legion also separated a group of 500 hobgoblin wolf cavalry, who will follow the migrating army north.
These six hundred hobgoblins are just one seed.
As long as there is a suitable place and opportunity, they can become the second Blood Claw Legion and pull up an army of hobgoblins. There are many places like this on the continent of Faerûn.
Not to mention the distance, the goblin wilderness they will pass next is very similar to the Giant Plains. It is located between the Sunset Mountains and the Stormhorn Mountains. Just listen to its name and you will know that this place is also home to goblin creatures. In the world, there are only two most common creatures here - goblins and jackals.
The speed of the migrating army that sets out again has reached a new height, averaging one hundred kilometers per day. It will take them five days to cross the entire Giant Plains.
What was originally the most dangerous road has become the best area to walk because of Gavin's plan.
They now have a reputation for being evil. Not to mention the monster tribes on the Giant Plains attacking them, when they heard the news that the migrating army was coming, they ran faster than rabbits one by one and disappeared directly. The deepest part of the Giant Plains.
This is not the smartest thing to do.
The truly smart people bring large amounts of tributes with them, waiting for the arrival of the migrating armies and offering tributes to them. Firstly, they hope that they will stop harassing their tribes, and secondly, they hope to take this opportunity. , meet the legendary Baron, and if they can get his promise, they can use it as a command arrow in the future to fight against the oppression from Blood Gorge City and the Blood Claw Legion.
But unfortunately, no monster tribe in the entire Giant Plains received this honor. The one who received them was a young Ilmat female priest, who was gentle and kind, and even sold to them regardless of race. A large number of therapeutic potions were used, but the final goal was not achieved, so I could only look for opportunities in the future.
In fact, Gavin, the head coach of the migrating army, was not here at all during the past five days, but was in the village of Anfeil, thousands of miles away.
Because the January period has arrived, the legendary arcanist Filancini has been able to enter the material plane in a physical body again.
Gavin must race against time and spend his energy on her these days.
When he secretly arrived at the Stone Pony Hotel, the entire Amphier Village had fallen into a deep sleep, including the hotel that had been completely restored. Only Goss, who knew Gavin was coming in advance, personally guarded the door. , with that sneaky look, he didn’t look like the manager of a hotel, but more like a thief in the night.
(End of this chapter)