[OOC] Halfling Quest - [Calling EvilHalfling]
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Tarlonniel
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Well, I'm glad our little predicament is amusing you 
Just so I get this right.
Alton & Bubbles will be on the ground. Alton with shield and weapon at ready, Bubbles manning the trap.
Kiylea, Ringly, Jerran and Eddie will be in the tree (it's definately big enough for the four of you, you are halflings). You'll be about fifteen feet up, spread out over two or so large branches.
What is the lighting situation? (For once it can be scary to be in the dark, bwahaha).
You are digging up sweet potatoes and putting them where?
You have about fifteen minutes of dusk left, so you can get most of the arranging done in that time. After that it's dark for eight hours or so.
Alton & Bubbles will be on the ground. Alton with shield and weapon at ready, Bubbles manning the trap.
Kiylea, Ringly, Jerran and Eddie will be in the tree (it's definately big enough for the four of you, you are halflings). You'll be about fifteen feet up, spread out over two or so large branches.
What is the lighting situation? (For once it can be scary to be in the dark, bwahaha).
You are digging up sweet potatoes and putting them where?
You have about fifteen minutes of dusk left, so you can get most of the arranging done in that time. After that it's dark for eight hours or so.
Are the archers on the ground? There aren't any trees in the field and the trap is closer to the edge of the forest.
more like this:
x's are forested area where there are trees, .'s are field area. Letters are either the characters first letter in their name or P for Potatoes and T for Trap. Also, this should have an East-West orientation, the forested area being west of the field area.
By lighting, that means that Eddie, Jerran and Kiylea would have lanterns lit but hooded. Would they be held or hung from the tree? Will Bubbles and Alton have any light source?
By expected entrance do you mean where there were tracks, cause Kiylea could tell you that it seems the creature didn't have a single dedicated path, but this area seems the densest area of tracks.
No sleep is probably right.
more like this:
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.............P.......
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.............BA......x's are forested area where there are trees, .'s are field area. Letters are either the characters first letter in their name or P for Potatoes and T for Trap. Also, this should have an East-West orientation, the forested area being west of the field area.
By lighting, that means that Eddie, Jerran and Kiylea would have lanterns lit but hooded. Would they be held or hung from the tree? Will Bubbles and Alton have any light source?
By expected entrance do you mean where there were tracks, cause Kiylea could tell you that it seems the creature didn't have a single dedicated path, but this area seems the densest area of tracks.
No sleep is probably right.
Boddynock
First Post
OK, then that means that they'll all have to be up the same tree, or adjacent ones. It also means that the archers shouldn't wait until the boar closes with Bubbles and Alton before firing - because they would then be firing into melee, and would be further away, so that illumination is problematic.Ferrix said:
B & A should have a lantern - probably A's - since it will be most dangerous for them to fight with the boar in poor illumination. That can be close by (5 foot step?) on the ground, ready for Alton to uncover on cue. The others can have their pair of lanterns hanging from the branches, ready to uncover after the boar arrives and after Ringly lets loose his color spray at it.
Since we're not sure exactly where the boar will be coming from, it would make sense for Alton to have sword and shield drawn and for Bubbles to have Alton's home-made spear to hand, in case the trap isn't any use against the boar (in other words, if the boar is coming in at an angle outside the orientation of the spear trap). Depending on her initiative count, she would, I hope, have time to grab her spear and set it to receive the charge instead of using the spear trap.
As to distances, if the bait is about 10 feet inside the field, then the boar may be more likely to charge further into the field, rather than to retreat out of it - it's already committed itself to the open space. Now, I've purposely avoided looking up any details about boars but it's a fair bet that they can move considerably faster than halflings! That being the case, if we assume a speed of 40 feet, then to put the trap at 60 feet from the pile of potatoes means that it would have to charge to reach us and attack - which ensures the effectiveness of a set spear! Of course, you might tell us that the field is only 40 feet wide - in which case we just go for it!
By the way, Alton's plan is to start shouting when the boar is illuminated and wounded - otherwise, why would it want to charge them? He'll make himself (and Bubbles, unfortunately, but he'll do his best to take care of her - and she's pretty good at taking care of herself) - he'll make them targets to attract the boar's wrath at being hurt.
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Tarlonniel
First Post
I was planning to have Kiylea on the ground near the tree. Then she's ready to act as back-up in case the boar knocks over Alton's lantern, or gets in a lucky shot and takes down one of the meleers right away, etc. She can get up the tree very quickly if she needs to.
Evilhalfling
Adventurer
The problem is I didnt think of Eddie as setting the trap out in the middle of the field,
setting it at the edge of the forest instead.
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that way after Ringley blasts it, we would need to shoot it, or yell to attract its attention.
this way we can all use 2 lanterns, one with the Kiylea and one with ringly
Eddie would be on the ground as well, he doesnt trust his climbing to get good shots while not falling out. We have the off chance of the boar charging the group first, but that seems unlikely.
setting it at the edge of the forest instead.
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xxExxAxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxJKxBTxxxxxxxxRxxxxxx
....................?p.
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that way after Ringley blasts it, we would need to shoot it, or yell to attract its attention.
this way we can all use 2 lanterns, one with the Kiylea and one with ringly
Eddie would be on the ground as well, he doesnt trust his climbing to get good shots while not falling out. We have the off chance of the boar charging the group first, but that seems unlikely.
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Slippshade
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'Nock, don't worry about Bubbles, her shortswords are going to be stuck in the ground next to her, hilt up so they will be easy to grab if she needs them.
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