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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paido" data-source="post: 1746547" data-attributes="member: 20245">When the smaller Dhax falls, Jesabela flashes the others a cocky grin. Then she continues to explain her plan, while Moon's Brand finishes taking care of Silver Wind ...All right, as far as EN World allows the necessary formatting :\, here's my preferred plan:DhaxI I \/Rock & Silver Wind ---------Rope--------- Rock & JesabelaHoagar & Moon's BrandThe "rocks" can be anything behind which we might hide, each of us holding one end of the rope that lies on the ground between us. If possible, we'll try to hide or camouflage it (maybe there's longer grass, or we rub it with earth), but the trap would probably have to rely on Hoagar and Moon's Brand riling the Dhax up enough so that it charges them. As soon as the Dhax is close to the rope, we'll stretch it taut to catch it's legs.(BTW, we'll lay that trap carefully, so the Dhax notices as little of our preparations as possible - maybe two of us can do that behind the others, using them as cover, and when they are ready, the others retreat behind the trap?)As far as distances are concerned, each of us four should be close enough to reach the (hopefully) fallen Dhax quickly - would be good if we could attack it in the same round it trips over the rope. Especially Jesabela really should be capable of doing that, as such a situation just cries out for a sneak attack ...  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious    :]" data-shortname=":]" />The rest is up to you, Andrew - after all, you have the best idea how the terrain looks!edit:  A few notes more: As soon as the trap is set and ready, Hoagar and Moon's Brand should shoot at the Dhax to get it's attention and start making it mad. Should it hesitate to approach (or do it slowly), they just can continue shooting and taunting it. If the Dhax seems too careful, Moon's Brand could pretend to turn and flee to awaken it's predatory instincts - and she should flee limping, as if in pain. (Two advantages to that: Appeals even more to a predator, and she doesn't get too far away from the trap too quickly ...)When the Dhax is close enough to the rope, it would be best if Moon's Brand gives Jesabela and Silver Wind the signal to spring the trap. (That way we don't have to peek out and risk being seen. And our coordination will be better.) Should it be necessary for her to run to lure it in, Hoagar takes over.As for the reasons whom I put where: Hoagar and Moon's Brand seem to be our most dangerous ranged fighters, and Silver Wind will probably not have fully recovered by then.And as a reason for going with the trap plan in the first place: True, there's only one Dhax left, but it is the largest of them, and it is still unhurt. Maybe I overestimate them a bit, but the less blood we loose while defeating it, the better for us - after all, we still have some way to travel before we reach "civilization". And I, for one, don't care much for arriving in Ragadorn in a wounded and weakened state ...  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Okay, that's what I would suggest. What do you folks think?</blockquote>

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