[OOC] Halfling Quest - [Calling EvilHalfling]

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Ringly is gonna be on the lowest branch of the tree, as close to the ground as possible without getting within the reach of the animal. He'll be straddling it so he can have his hands loose (ah, what a comfortable position). When something big starts screwing around with the potatoes, he'll cast color spray. At which point the hits the fan.

 

[Boddynock]

Hey folks! I just wanted to note that your IC thread is great, and has some of the best dialog and interaction on the boards right now. I should have thrown in my name when I saw this thread created

Thanks, Bobitron - glad you like the show!

'Nock

 

[Boddynock]

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.

Ah - my mistake! And that's thrown me completely. I'm sure Alton would have come up with a good plan given the real position of Eddie's trap, but now I'm flummoxed.

Issues:

• How do we get the boar to come out into the open when there are so many of us at the forest's edge - particularly as quite a lot of us are now on the ground?
• What's the orientation of the trap? Is it facing the field?
• How do we drive the boar back towards this particular spot on the edge of the forest, rather than any other spot? Will shouting at it still work?
• Probably other issues as well but I have to get ready for work, now, so I don't have time to think through them further.

Just a thought - it might be good if, in future, we asked Ferrix for a map of any area we know we'll be working with!

'Nock

 

[Ferrix]

Well, since you have a basic layout of the forest/field border, you can put the trap, etc. whereever you please as it wasn't really stipulated in game. Just give me a rough map and character positioning once you've got it all worked out.

 

[Slippshade]

Hey folks! I just wanted to note that your IC thread is great, and has some of the best dialog and interaction on the boards right now. I should have thrown in my name when I saw this thread created

Sign me up as an alternate, if you'll have me, Ferrix.

Thanks Bobitron. Good to see ya again!

 

[Boddynock]

Well, since you have a basic layout of the forest/field border, you can put the trap, etc. whereever you please as it wasn't really stipulated in game. Just give me a rough map and character positioning once you've got it all worked out.

OK, folks - Ringly's color spray has a range of 15 feet - not that Alton knows that, but Ringly of course does - so, allowing for the fact that he'd have to be at least 5 feet up in the tree, I think the bait could only be about 5 feet into the field.

Re bait - if we cut some of the sweet potatoes on top of the pile, their scent may well attract the boar more quickly than if we just left them whole.

If the trap is on the treeline, we've still got the problem of how to prevent the boar from just running away from us across the fields. There's no way we'll be able to keep up with it on foot!

Evilhalfling, I'm still inclined towards the idea of the trap in the field - but I don't want to dictate Eddie's choice of position. Have you got any thoughts on how we could utilize it effectively at the treeline?

 

[Ferrix]

Hey folks! I just wanted to note that your IC thread is great, and has some of the best dialog and interaction on the boards right now. I should have thrown in my name when I saw this thread created

Sign me up as an alternate, if you'll have me, Ferrix.

Will do, I think having a cohesive group built up together is what really makes this kind of game. Krug's Kobold Game is my inspiration and man does it work.

 

[Evilhalfling]

Will do, I think having a cohesive group built up together is what really makes this kind of game. Krug's Kobold Game is my inspiration and man does it work.

I told my wife about his comment and she asked if this was better than the koboldquest
I told her they were very similar in quality, and that I would be happy plaing either one.
annoying little monsters vs halfling teenagers, both groups are really concentrating on RP.

So I cant see any way to make the treelinetrap work either. If the trap is out in the field
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That puts me behind the trap, and I can perhaps shoot at the boar to make it mad, getting it to charge the group. Im not planning being up in the trees anyway.
Perhaps Ringly can lead off with a scare, and save the colorspray? that means e can be farther away from the trap, and use the color spray to cut off the boars retreat if it runs for the woods. Im not sure the boar will take the bait if ringly is only 15 ft away.

 

[Boddynock]

So I cant see any way to make the treelinetrap work either. If the trap is out in the field
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That puts me behind the trap, and I can perhaps shoot at the boar to make it mad, getting it to charge the group. Im not planning being up in the trees anyway.
Perhaps Ringly can lead off with a scare, and save the colorspray? that means e can be farther away from the trap, and use the color spray to cut off the boars retreat if it runs for the woods. Im not sure the boar will take the bait if ringly is only 15 ft away.

Thanks, EH - that helps my tired old brain!

There are two problems with scare. The first is that it is targeted, which means Ringly would need to be able to see the boar - with a visibility of 10 feet, that means he'd have to wait for someone to uncover a lantern (assuming that a surprise round is only a single action, which he would have to use to cast his spell - if it's a free action, then no worries). The second problem is that a frightened boar is, presumably, less likely to charge than a wounded one.

If we're assuming that being up the tree is going to mean that Ringly is unnoticed when the boar passes by (and I think we have to go with that assumption or else we start this whole process all over again ), then it's seems fair to assume that there'll be enough distance from the bait to keep him incognito until he lets rip. Otherwise we might put him higher in the tree (do we have to work out the length of the hypotenuse here, Ferrix? - I'm sure it'd be a snap for Ringly) and put the bait closer to the treeline.

 

[Tarlonniel]

If Ringly were 10 feet up in the air, we could set the trap 11 feet from the base of the tree and still have it within range of both his color spray and his vision. I think that's far enough to give him a good chance of escaping the boar's notice. I just hope it shows up within the 6 hour time limit of our lanterns.

Are we ready to put our little ambush into place?