SoBH Campaign 3 - Battle 15

Weather: Calm
Scenario: Camp Attack
Defender: Barbarian

Forces:
New additions marked in purple italics

Dwarves (677 pts):

• Valgen Maest: DWARF COMMANDER 120 Pts, XP: 3, Quality 2+ Combat 4
  [Brain Damaged: **** ],Short Move, Leader, Fearless, Free Disengage, Shieldwall, Snow Walk, Hatred (Barbarian), Forester
• Falster Vonlyr: ELITE WARRIOR 75 Pts, XP: 3,  Quality 2+ Combat 4
  Short Move, Steadfast, Fearless, Free Disengage, Shieldwall, Snowwalk
• Halgar Snowbeard: ELITE WARRIOR 56 Pts, XP: 3, Quality 3+ Combat 4
  Short Move, Opportunistic, Snow Walk, Shieldwall, Forester
• Ireheart: ELITE WARRIOR 46 Pts XP: 3, Quality 3+ Combat 4
  Short Move, Lethal (vs Barbarians), Snow Walk
• Manon Hardfoot: WARRIOR 48 Pts, XP: 1, Quality 3+ Combat 4
  Short Move, Shieldwall, Snowwalk, Forester
• Rod Grimiron: WARRIOR 48 Pts, XP: 1,  Quality 3+ Combat 4
  Short Move, Shieldwall, Snowwalk, Forester
• Hono Pickbattler: WARRIOR 48 Pts, XP: 1,  Quality 3+ Combat 4
  Short Move, Shieldwall, Snowwalk, Forester
• Harti Soreheid: WARRIOR 26 Pts, XP: 2, Quality 3+, Combat 3
  Short Move, Brewmaster
• Scotti MacIrnbru: WARRIOR 24 Pts, XP: 2, Quality 3+, Combat 3
  Short Move
• Geruk Foebreaker: SLAYER 30 Pts, XP: 2 Quality 3+, Combat 3
  Short Move, Hatred (Barbarians)
• Mistress Loveshields: WARRIOR 24 Pts, XP: 1 Quality 3+, Combat 3
  Short Move
• Cerri Crakshot: CROSSBOWMAN 38 Pts, XP: 0, Quality 3+, Combat 3
  Short Move, Medium Shooter, Snowwalk, Forester
• Slarti Bartfast: CROSSBOWMAN 34 Pts, XP: 1, Quality 3+, Combat 3
  Short Move, Medium Shooter
• Haggar Swiftbolt: ELITE CROSSBOWMAN 44 Pts, XP: 0 Quality 3+, Combat 4Short Move, Medium Shooter, Good Shot, Unerring Aim [Equipment: Ammunition]
• Boindel Beaststrider: BEAR CAVALRY 74 Pts, XP 0 Quality 3+ Combat 4Mounted, Running Blow, Free Disengage

Barbarians (568 pts):

• Ardaric Blackmaul: BARBARIAN COMMANDER 90 Pts, XP: 3  Quality 2+, Combat 4
  Leader,  Fearless, Free Disengage, [Equipment: Charmstone, Healing Potion]
• Ooko: ELEMENTALIST 34 Pts (+ 250 Pts Summoning pool), XP: 3 Quality 2+, Combat 1
  Elementalist, Short Move, Acrobat [Equipment: Healing potion, spell scroll]
• Erwig Bonetooth: ELITE ARCHER 72 Pts, XP: 3 Quality 3+, Combat 4
   Fearless, Shooter (Long), Forester,  Free Disengage [Equipment: Charmstone]
• T-ord Keenbow: ARCHER 50 Pts, XP 2 Quality 3+, Combat 3
    Fearless, Shooter (Long), Free Disengage
• Remos Arcfur: WARRIOR 52 Pts, XP: 2 Quality 3+ , Combat 4
   Fearless, Steadfast, Mounted
• Cohan Deathaxe: VETERAN WARRIOR 30 Pts XP: 2 Quality 4+, Combat 4
  Fearless, Short Move, Opportunistic
• Halka Skulldrinker: WARRIOR 36 Pts XP: 2 Quality 3+, Combat 3, 
  Fearless
• Old Joe: CENTAUR HERO 104 Pts Quality 3+, Combat 4
  Big, Long Move, Hero

Setup:
The is the same scenario as Battle #8. Ardaric's Barbarians are again set out round the camp fire with sentries.

The Dwarves started to come on, with the crossbow men moving down the centre between the rocky outcrops and the main force heading to the south.

Remos, on his horse, moved forward enough to see the approaching dwarves over the central fence and managed to raise the alarm. The Barbarians then grouped back together and started to move towards the southern woods for cover, a similar tactic to battle 8. Boindel on his bear races round to try and hinder the Barbarians, but after a brief skirmish pulls back as the main force approach the corner and the dwarf ranged force.

But the barbarian force doubles back and engages the crossbowmen, but despite being outnumbered they hold firm, knocking back or be ing knocked back from combat actions. Valgen moves up to support the start a counter attack, but an early turnover leaves him exposed, and the barbarians pounce, taking him out of the battle. Hagar fails the resulting morale test, but can't get further than short from an enemy and is destroyed, whilst Sly goes down under some ranged fireballs from the elementals. Broken, the Dwarves retreated.

The result: A Barbarian Win