The Sundered Way - OOC

[spiderwrangler]

Well, that on top of the VM and Hail of Thorns did him in! Without that 6, he'd still be kicking.

[BadgeAddict]

As risky as it might be, assuming these things all run away, we should probably track them down and kill them. In the name of saving future caravans from trouble with them.

[thinkslogically]

Yeah, they must have come from somewhere... Maybe they were selling prisoners to the orcs as slaves? Or maybe they're moving in rapidly now we thinned the competition. Or maybe they just like keeping people alive to eat them fresh later...

[BadgeAddict]

Or maybe they were just a bad roll.

But yeah, maybe they have a lair nearby with goodies in it too, goodies that need new owners.

[Rodgeir]

They weren't working with the orcs. The orcs gathered their own slaves. Maybe they are just taking advantage of the weakened parties the orcs made with the poisoned wells?

If we stick together we could handle the ones we ran into, but could be another trap too.

[thinkslogically]

They weren't, cos they didn't exist IC until M0rt summoned them up for our random encounter Who KNOWS what that's changed IC!

At any rate, they've seen us all now (more or less), so if we did fight the same group again, we'd better do it before they have a chance to regroup since they know (y)our various tactics.

[Rodgeir]

Dornikal's tactics are to fall unconscious before doing jack squat. I'd call that nigh unbeatable.

[Theis2]

A classic tactic created by Darfel (Spiders character from shipwrecked) back in the day, none have reached his perfection, although Dornikal is pretty close and Tess is dabling a bit with it

[M0rtimer]

Maybe next time it appears we're clearly going to get ambushed, we shouldn't all sprint in three various directions making it easier for them to pick us off one by one.

[Rodgeir]

Hmmm. But it clearly worked out here. Dornikal, Maji, Tess, Zephyr... Nearly everyone came out better rested and none the worse for wear from our 'tactics'!

Why change it if it's not broken?

[M0rtimer]

Well, you're technically correct... The best kind of correct.

[thinkslogically]

To be fair, scouting has worked pretty well in most other situations. This was just a shitty stealth roll that COULD have been negated had anyone bothered to tell Nem she wasn't even remotely hidden as she left camp (looking at you, Randy and Holger!)

[M0rtimer]

"Hey guys, I'm gonna stealth away to check that sound out! I'll use the invisibility cloak I bought!"

"Sure thing Tess!"

*runs away holding a red blanket over her head as the others watch*

^^^Completely accurate recount of events^^^

[spiderwrangler]

If you'd clustered around the wagons, I'd have had to add a few dozen to their numbers to make it worth attacking!

[Arch Lich Burns]

To be fair, scouting has worked pretty well in most other situations. This was just a shitty stealth roll that COULD have been negated had anyone bothered to tell Nem she wasn't even remotely hidden as she left camp (looking at you, Randy and Holger!)

Next time tell Maji so he can sneak with you, so you won't be compleatly screwed if you go out. He has a sneaky form or two (kitty!). Would be cool to get a larger form he can sneak in, though.

[M0rtimer]

So what you're saying is Spider... If we pretend to be with LESS people, the enemies will also reduce in numbers?

[Theis2]

In all fairness, Holger was too busy being blind with his perception fumble as you snuck off. He might not even have heard you leave

[spiderwrangler]

So what you're saying is Spider... If we pretend to be with LESS people, the enemies will also reduce in numbers?

I'm saying I trimmed numbers from the initially planned encounter so it was interesting rather than you all just getting steamrolled.

[Lurks_In_Shadows]

Hmmm. But it clearly worked out here. Dornikal, Maji, Tess, Zephyr... Nearly everyone came out better rested and none the worse for wear from our 'tactics'!

Why change it if it's not broken?

Randy might have some disagreement with that assessment at the moment. And since he got bashed to zero and unconscious during all this, you may consider him chastised for not pointing out that Tess's cloaking device was on the fritz.
However, as fair warning, he might not be quite so inclined to go chasing after certain party members who disregard sound advice. He's neutral good, not neutral stupid. Hit him with a stick ( or scimitar in this case) often enough and he does learn.
And Mort, before you start, yeah I was working under a double disadvantage: I couldn't see the maps most of the time and I had to make decisions and entries on the fly. It was a pretty busy week without a lot of down time, but I didn't want the game to stall because of me. So I didn't have a lot of time for strategic thinking. Had to make do with tactical.

[thinkslogically]

It's all good, I think both you (lurks) and theis were super busy with RL when I had Nem wander off, and she probably would have gone anyway

I should really remember to use Ily for this stuff more...

Ah well, at least she told you they weren't real birds before she left

[thinkslogically]

PS burns- does Nem know you can be anything other than a bear or giant centipede? I forget what you can turn Maji into

[Arch Lich Burns]

...Huh. I guess he hasn't really used most of his forms. But he also changed to a giant badger and giant lizard in front of her. As for other forms, they are on the spread sheet. I just edited in colours for swim speed (green) and fly speed (blue) because those forms I cannot change into yet.

[thinkslogically]

Giant badgers and lizards don't seem very sneaky, but maybe they can have this conversation once they're back on the road I'm sure Maji could be super useful as a scout, but it would cost him a "battle" form, probably.

[Arch Lich Burns]

Oh! He's also been a weasel once! And yea, I thought about that too, which is why I want to find a large feline.

[thinkslogically]

OK I think that if he'd ever been a weasel in front of Ily, they'd have got on great and Nem would probably know about it. Clearly, I just forgot