[LPF] The Road to Tritower

[Aura]

Anna Kallira
Listening to the ideas, Anna nods her head. "If you all think it is for the best, then we should do that. I'll leave it to your judgement when we go off the road, since you're the qualified escorts." She finishes her toast and puts herself to getting ready for the day ahead of her.

[sblock=OOC]So Boar's Ridge is a couple hundred yards from the road. This leaves two questions: How far ahead of the point where the ridge is closest to the road do you step off. And secondly, how far into the trees on the opposite side do you go before starting to run parallel to the road?[/sblock]

 

[Lindeloef]

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first: sorry for the passiveness, lots of work at this moment and that makes me forgetful (to check this thread)

second: I would say, we keep close to the road, just using a line of trees as cover, in case the kobolds thought of this case and put traps in the woods so that no one can flee from them in that direction.

also silly americans with your measure units.... (had to check what yard is in a real measure unit)

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[FrancisJohn]

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I second that plan, in the trees but close to the road.

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[Anastrace]

Leira Olren

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I agree as well. And I say, silly rest of the world, using units of measure not based on the random ass imperial system.

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[epicbob]

[sblock=ooc]Sounds good. Also, I like both metric and imperial measurements. Metric is great for scale conversion while imperial is quick to use for small measurements.[/sblock]

 

[Aura]

[sblock=Still need to know…]How far ahead of the closest point to Boar's ridge you want to get off the road. It sounds like you're staying close to the road, just inside the tree line, so my Kobold Traps do not get you. Then we can work from there.[/sblock]
[sblock=Measurement Units and Immersion]Actually, use of yards outdoors is a old 1st Ed DnD holdover of mine. Despite it not being supported for years now, I sometimes use it, particularly when tired (which I have been, rather frequently.) As a matter of genre, I think Imperial is a more flavorful/immersive system, particularly with a few additional archaic units, such as stone, hand, etc. However, it kinda falls flat when you homogenize other parts of the system, such as money being all in 10's for the gold/silver/copper conversions. And platinum? Please.
Depending on my mood, I put more immersion into my descriptive style, if only to let you know you're in another world. That was part of why I brought FrancisJohn into play at the bakery--for my obligatory nod to the difference in food style then vs now. But, you don't have to really worry about it in any case, it's just one of my little preoccupations.
Anyway, back to the game… make sure to check the above spoiler block and answer the question there so we can continue.[/sblock]

 

[Anastrace]

Leira Olren

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I'm not sure I'm the best judge, I'm not the sharpest one in the party ^.^ I'll leave it to the brainier members of the group.
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[Lindeloef]

[sblock="ooc"]I'd say we head into the woods so that we couldn't be seen from the Fort. I dunno how many yards, feet or siriometer that is."[/sblock]

 

[FrancisJohn]

Francis John, Halfling

Looking at Brandon, Francis comments "I think I can see what your thinking about.... we should get off the road as soon as they might see us. I agree!" His eyes light up. "Even though I might lose in stand-up fight with a house cat, perhaps I can make myself more useful. I can sneak ahead a bit, and see if there are any surprises ahead. Maybe only about 50 or 100 feet or so." He looks around for suggestions.

 

[Aura]

Anzaldo
The group finally moving, Anzaldo continues the question of when to move off the road. "Well," he begins, squinting up at Boar's Ridge with his hand shading his eyes, "If tere was someone up there, I don't tink I could see tem now. So, tey can't see us, right?" He chuckles a moment, then adds, under his breath, "If te little guy wants to be up in front by hisself, make sure to leave te pipe weed back here…"