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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DerHauptman" data-source="post: 3153196" data-attributes="member: 39988">Once the group comes to a decision on the pace they head out in the direction of Dresllin's Ferry.   The day is warm with a nice easterly breeze blowing, the road has been uneventfull, passing little farmsteads along the way.  It is obvious this is a well traveled route as there are several small shelters along the road that look like they have been erected (yea I said erect) in a uniform fashion almost down to the nails.   The road at times cuts into the hillsides instead of coursing over them, obviously the dwarves who built the road some 500 years ago intended to keep the grades even.   However, at those places where the road passes through a hill it seems like it might make a place for a really good ambush as the travelers if attacked would have to attack up shear rock walls and they could be easily cut off at both ends blocked by a wagon or perhaps a group of attackers intent on not letting them pass.   About mid-day as the small band moves on after a brief water stop, as you approach yet another of these little passes through a hillock you can see the smoke from what is likely a large fire of some kind in the distance - perhaps some 500' through the woods to the west of the road.   As you begin to discuss it, Tar notices a humanoid silhouette at the peak of the hill, the shape is vaguely familiar and if he had to guess he'd swear it was some kind of Orc or Bugbear.  The humanoid has a large recurved bow of ornate design and appears to have it drawn in preparation to fire.....[sblock=Brief OOC aside] Apologies, I need to get a map of some kind made and will have it posted tomorrow evening, go ahead and roll for initiative.....[/sblock]</blockquote>

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