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[IC] Halfling Quest - Rooting Around
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ender_wiggin
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"Hmm," says Ringly. "Perhaps a few of us could hide in trees? The archers? And me as well? We should be safe from the tusks of a boar up there, while the rest of you take it on with swords. And I have no qualms with killing the thing, if that's what you mean. Wytheriuso's Development and Survival of Species convinced me a long time ago that it's either us or them.."
Tarlonniel
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Alton said:
"Ummm... fast." She shrugs. "We sure have a time chasing down normal pigs; wild ones are probably faster 'n stronger. If it was far enough away we might have time to shoot and draw, though in the dark it'd be tough to hit anything."
ender_wiggin
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"I'm sorry -- I don't have a light spell available at the moment. We'll have to use mundane sources."
Tarlonniel
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Kiylea looks impressed that Ringly could have a light spell available, even if he doesn't right now. "I have a lamp too," she offers. "We could light them and cover them and hang them from tree branches...maybe?"
Evilhalfling
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I really dont know how we are going to get close enough to see it. If we have lamps lit it will see them and avoid us. We could lay out potatoes like Alton said, but we couldn't hide close enough to see it. If we did it would smell them and avoid the pile. That leaves someone throwing or running toward it with light. That makes my trap useless. ( oh erm Alton, Bubbles was going to work the trap, right Bubbles?)
would the boar run towards someone with a torch or away? If someone was hiding on the far side we could drive it....Eddie looks very alarmed as he considers who would be doing the driving.
would the boar run towards someone with a torch or away? If someone was hiding on the far side we could drive it....Eddie looks very alarmed as he considers who would be doing the driving.
Boddynock
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"Let's see - my lamp will throw a beam of bright light up to about 60 feet - after that it gets pretty shadowy, but we could still see the boar 120 feet away. What about yours, Kiylea, Jerran? Maybe two or three lamps like that would make it easier to see at a distance."Tarlonniel said:
"I think it might be a bit tricky trying to shoot from the branches - I'd certainly have trouble. Perhaps if our archers stood off to the sides, out of sight behind tree trunks, or at any rate close enough to the trees to climb out of the way if necessary. Kiylea, what about that rope you attached to this tree - how long do you think it would take you to climb the tree using it? Could we get two or three people up the tree in a hurry?"
"So, I'm going to stay on the ground - I'm not very good at climbing trees, I'm afraid. Besides, I'm better at up-close combat than with a bow, anyway. Actually, come to think of it, most of our party are probably better at ranged attacks. Jerran, I know you're really good with that crossbow - I've seen you make some spectacular shots. Kilyea's really good with her bow. And Eddie, you're a legend with that sling."
"Bubbles, you're probably the best shot of the lot of us - but we do need at least a couple of people to stand to the boar's charge. How about if you and I do it? You work Eddie's trap, and I'll stand at your side with the spear set for the charge. That means that everybody will be able to take a shot. I won't try and shoot because one of us should be ready to fight it just in case it moves more quickly than we expected."
"That would leave the two of us in the centre, Jerran, Kiylea and Eddie off to the sides taking shots at the beast, and Ringly could be up a tree on the other side of the field, behind the boar, ready to work his magic to scare it back towards us if it tries to run away."
"Um, how does that sound, everybody? Have I missed something really obvious? Oh, the lanterns. If Jerran and Kiylea had theirs set up as Kiylea suggested, with a cover that could be whipped off really quickly, then you should have time to get off a shot before the boar charged. Eddie, you take mine."
"Bubbles, if you and I shout at it when the firing starts, my guess is that we'll attract its attention - and that it's going to be mad enough to charge us straight away."
"So, what do you think? I'm not trying to tell anybody what to do - I just really don't want anybody to get hurt."
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Boddynock
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"Oh yes, you're right - how are we going to see it in the first place? Ringly, do you have some way of seeing, or of letting us know when it arrives - you know, quietly? Or do we just wait for your shout and then uncover the lamps? Maybe we'll have to put that bait closer to the forest edge, so that Ringly can see it from his vantage point, and just hope that we can encourage the boar to charge us instead of just running away."Evilhalfling said:
"Or what if we were to set up some sort of trap," - here Alton looks at Eddie for confirmation - "which made a noise when the pig started rooting in the potatoes?"
"Gosh, it's not simple, is it?"
Tarlonniel
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Alton said:
"Mine is bright over 10 to 15 feet, and shadowy to twice that far." She takes it out and sets it by Jerran's.
Alton said:
"It wouldn't take me long, and I don't think Eddie would have much trouble. Jerran..." She looks at the young Halfling doubtfully.
ender_wiggin
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"My idea," says Ringly, "is that I can sit in a tree directly above the trap, or at least as close as possible to it. The boar's grunts and noises will probably give it a way, if I cannot make it out. When that happens, I will spray a collage of colors directly toward it. The color spray will confirm the identity of the boar. When that happens, I was thinking everyone could uncover their lamps and proceed with doing whatever. I can attempt to daze the boar, as well as scare in one direction, although it is not garanteed that either of those spells will work."
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