"Lets not be hasty, my friends," says the gnome contemplatively.
"We have many options available to us."
"For one, we could all go into the entrance invisible, much like Thandis was, we'd be heard most likely, as some of you," he says, as he looks over Korbryn and Militidas,"wear very loud armor."
"Or, I could create some illusion of something, perhaps a group of gnolls, or Doomdreamer priests? I can't make them talk quite yet, though."
He hesitates a moment as if pondering how to make an illusion speak.
"They could be used either by themselves, seeking to draw out the folks inside, or get the door opened, or perhaps along WITH our invisible entry attempt."