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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoeNotCharles" data-source="post: 4947212" data-attributes="member: 79945">[sblock=Resting]Ok, so that's clear votes to rest from Mikara and Tonk, and the rest seem to be either leaning towards it or undecided.  No clear votes to keep going.  So I guess you're resting.I'll need you to decide which of the following two places you're choosing, and your watch schedule.[/sblock]You basically have two choices of where to sleep: right here behind the big rock is a pretty good place: if you're attacked in the night, you can put your back to it; your sentry could actually climb the rock and get a great view of the road; and most attackers would probably be coming along the road so you'd get lots of warning.  The danger is that if somebody does manage to sneak up on you through the woods, they'd be right on top of you.  And if a large enough force attacks, they could block all your escape routes.The alternative is a clearing that Mikara knows to the south of the road.  It's not as defensible, but it's open enough that you would get some warning before anyone coming out of the woods would be on you, and it would be hard to completely surround you.  The underbrush around it is very thick so it would be hard for anyone except a skilled woodsman to sneak up without making noise, and because you're not near the road, you'd be harder to find.  The drawback is that although it's harder to sneak up on than a random place in the woods, it would still be easier to be surprised than here.</blockquote>

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