Academy of Drell, Part 7

[GnomeWorks]

"Except that we'll have to fight our way through the orcs in order to get back." Charlotte says, shaking her head. "We don't know what's going on that the villagers aren't just running off. It could just be fear - as chances are they're all unarmed - but it might not be. Not only that, but we don't have any clue as to exactly how many orcs there are, and even if we did, we don't know how quickly they'll be able to summon reinforcements."

"And," She says, "we have to kill all of them. To make sure that none of them alert other orcs to our presence."

"We might as well skip the tower." Charlotte says, looking around. "It might give us the element of surprise, yes, but they will also have the ability to surprise us... if there's anything we haven't seen, something that we don't expect, we won't know how to handle it. The best idea at the moment is to go in as quietly as possible, take out the guards, and escort those villagers to the tower."

She smiles. "Remember, the last time we did this, we didn't do too badly... we're all still alive, aren't we? And we have a few more among us now to make our efforts that much more effective. We are capable of pulling this off. The tower isn't necessary. We can do this now."

 

[Argent Silvermage]

"Charlotte. If your going to continue to be "the sensible one", you may want to rethink the people you hang around with." Lyrique says and smiles. "Your right of course. Lets just get moving and get this over with."

 

[GnomeWorks]

Lyrique
"Charlotte. If your going to continue to be 'the sensible one', you may want to rethink the people you hang around with. Your right of course. Lets just get moving and get this over with."

Charlotte smiles, and nods.

"Well, somebody has to have some sense and watch everybody's back around here."

She sighs slightly, then thinks for a small moment. "Alright. Now, evidently, we can sneak around and have a relatively good chance of not being seen. I want Keith and Paenderig to do a perimeter check." She looks at the two. "If you find any orc, kill them quickly and quietly. If they're within sight range, you need to eliminate them, as they may have seen what's going on."

"So, the rest of us have to deal with the orcs on the boats. Two to a boat, each one with a bow, and around twelve boats... that's roughly twenty-four orcs that we have to deal with, and it won't be easy getting to each one. My recommendation is that we find a high place, and use ranged weaponry on them. If we come from two directions, they'll have to decide which side to attack."

"Now, I don't know about the rest of you, but I have some talent with fire." She smiles slightly. "Of course, you know what I'm thinking. Burn the bastards' ships. I'm well-armored and well-armed enough to go down the middle, and destroy some of their ships. I can probably do four or five, then I'll head in with the halfspear and wreak havoc on the ones that are left with no way out. The rest of you will have to work on the ones that I can't immobilize."

"Once Keith and Paenderig do a perimeter check, they can come down the center and start getting the people out of the line of fire."

She stands up. "Thoughts or ideas, anyone?"

 

[Argent Silvermage]

"I have the Staff of Fire and the mage has my wand of fireballs. We have enough fire to go around. I can even set up Walls of fire with this and really mess them up." Lyrique crows. He is holding the staff as if it were a prized toy.

 

[GnomeWorks]

Charlotte nods. "That will be very useful. In that case, you should head down through the middle with me. If you could put walls of fire across each ship... that would work quite well. Then use the fireball thing to help get rid of the remaining orcs."

 

[Dalamar]

"I'm out of invisibility... but I can fly... if the need arises..."

 

[Zhure]

Ok, give me a concise recap of who is doing what and in what order. Today is my big IRL game, but I'll try to get something formulated after I take a nap in the late evening.

 

[GnomeWorks]

Here is the plan, recapped.

Keith and Paenderig will circle the area that the villagers are in, looking for orcs or anything else hostile, and take them out as quickly and quietly as possible. Anything that could see the villagers will be taken out.

Everyone else, with the exception of Charlotte and Lyrique, will get within missile range of the orcs' ships and use arrows and whatnot to take them out. I think that the person with the wand of fireballs will be up there, too, launching fireballs down at the orcs.

Meanwhile, Charlotte and Lyrique will head towards the boats. Lyrique will be using the Staff of Fire to put walls of fire across each ship, while Charlotte will attack some of the ships with rays of fire; once out of PP's, she's going to head in and attack any surviving orcs with her halfspear.

Did I miss anything?

 

[Argent Silvermage]

"I second the Plan. Charlotte your going to be a very powerful woman some day." Lyrique says.

 

[GnomeWorks]

Charlotte smiles at the compliment. "Thank you, Lyrique. But let's save those comments until after the plan is successful."