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Post by Dell on Oct 3, 2005 12:39:56 GMT -5
Okay, so you guys want to play hero for a bunch of peasants that can't pay us anything, and live in the most backwards and dangerous place in the country because they don't want to pay taxes. It's like we're coming to the rescue of the Montana Freemen or something. So, ignoring the fact that this is a stupid thing to do, how are we going to do it?
Here's the assumptions:
The raiders are coming from the north. The raiders don't intend to negotiate. The raiding party is 120-150 men strong. We want prisoners to interrogate.
What's the best way to go about this? So far, the best plan seems to involve going out to confront the enemy on the road before they reach the village - perhaps in an ambush of some kind. Waiting at the village would be a bad idea, I'm sure. Anyone else got any ideas?
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Post by Mr. Trommer on Oct 3, 2005 14:25:21 GMT -5
1. Isn't that where the elf said he was from? 2. Do we ever really negotiate? 3. That can be a problem if they all carry bows. Can the villagers count that high? 4. Yes
An ambush would be good. It would be better if we can surprise them while they are camping. Would it be fair to assume that they would camp a half day away? Attach at night and kill the leaders first to affect their morale. In that scenario I could do it while flying and depart a different direction than the party. That might split them up some.
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Post by Dell on Oct 3, 2005 14:58:53 GMT -5
We should capture the leaders, and take them in for questioning.
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Post by Ginger on Oct 3, 2005 16:41:29 GMT -5
Remember that we can interrogate their corpses.
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Post by Ginger on Oct 3, 2005 17:08:45 GMT -5
It seems like there are two options. We can do like we did with the hybsil, and split the battlefield in two, leaving the villagers (maybe we can lend them an NPC) on one front and us to handle another. The other option is to do an ambush. That shouldn't be too tough if the whole party is invisible and Winthrop is polymorphed into a small animal.
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Post by Dell on Oct 4, 2005 9:32:50 GMT -5
The ambush is best option - if the villagers engage the enemy, it will be essentially a slaughter, which defeats the whole point of saving them. Of course, they will no doubt be slain later by another raiding party anyway. If we can get them at night while they're camping, that would be best.
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Post by Ginger on Oct 4, 2005 10:05:19 GMT -5
Let's list our ambushing assets: Winthrop can polymorphy himself, which lets him move quickly and avoid attention. Cedrus can have 6 HD of animal friends, and he and Jasper can both speak with animals. We can cast invisibility 15' to help everyone hide. Pavel is the best spy in the business.
Anything else of note?
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Post by cedrus on Oct 4, 2005 10:45:20 GMT -5
If the leader escapes, Cedrus can stalk. I forget for the moment exactly how that works, but it might come in handy.
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Post by Dell on Oct 4, 2005 12:38:19 GMT -5
It shouldn't be too hard to follow the movements of what is essentially an army of raiders. And with Otto on vacation, Cedrus is our number one tracker guy as well as our number one healer guy.
So after we crush them, we follow them back to their lair and get the treasure, right?
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Post by Mr. Trommer on Oct 4, 2005 15:43:35 GMT -5
Don't forget that Dell has his kitty kat.
It would be more worthwhile to cast fly and protection from normal missiles on Raven. We could then just let him go kill everyone. That is much more effective that my using it. If they have magic users I could let him have a minor globe so he can go kill them first. If Dell happen to be carrying his special leather armor we could do it with two specialized archers.
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Post by Dell on Oct 4, 2005 16:02:17 GMT -5
If Dell happen to be carrying his special leather armor we could do it with two specialized archers. Sorry, I left that in Longspear. Raven is a good choice for flying, because he has the featherfall ring. So you and Raven soar in from above, raining death and mayhem, and everyone else works from the ground. Diego should be mounted, but the others should be on foot - we can't handle horses in the thick of battle.
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Post by Ginger on Oct 4, 2005 17:13:25 GMT -5
Question about the lion statue: How does ownership/command work? If I'm holding it, but someone else uses the command word, does it follow him or me?
We might want to leave the lion in the trail so it gets picked up by the vanguard. They might bring it back to the leaders, and it'll turn into a raging beast in their hands. I'd imagine that's a free rake attack.
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Post by Ginger on Oct 4, 2005 17:13:59 GMT -5
Additionally, we should leave explosive pieces of paper in our wake. Their scouts might pick them up.
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Post by Ginger on Oct 5, 2005 10:13:11 GMT -5
Considering the quantitiy and density of our enemies, I'd say that a third level spell is better used for a fireball than a "fly" spell. Also, I suffer a -2 penalty to fire arrows while flying (according to my reading of the DMG). Hopefully we won't need to fly as we can find high ground to ambush them over. After all, we are in a hilly/mountainous region. If we can find something canyon-like and web them in front and behind, it would be pretty sweet.
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Post by Dell on Oct 10, 2005 14:18:23 GMT -5
Okay, there's this bandit fort, right? In it (and outside of it) are some bandits. There is most assuredly a leader within. The odds are in favor of at least one evil cleric, and I suspect a magic user as well. Because of these factors, a frontal assault is a bad idea. We need to draw out the casters and eliminate them first - hold spells really suck when you're surrounded by enemies. Hell, even peasants can hit a guy that isn't moving.
So how are we going to do that? Dell is willing to do some invisible recon, if you think it would help any.
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Post by Ginger on Oct 12, 2005 15:15:38 GMT -5
Invisibility and Polymorph self will allow both Winthrop and Dell to do some very in depth recon. My feeling is that they can covertly head to the gate and open it up, webbing the enemies in sight until we can charge through the gate. Maybe strategically place the lion and activate it as a group of enemies approaches. How's that for surprise? Maybe we can make someone think that they dropped a piece of paper, only to have it explode in his hands?
The possibilities are endless.
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