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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 2593290" data-attributes="member: 7006">Roral glances at the now virtually decapitated creatures (thanks to Umbra) and shakes his head.'I'm not crazy about the idea that we're nothing but a bunch of decoys.  We basically have to just keep walking and pull more of these things away from what will eventually be the big battle site?  Seems kind of cowardly if you ask me.'  Roral then takes a second to reconsider the situation.  'But then again, we probably wouldn't be able to survive a full-on assault against dozens of these things if we did... so our lessening the enemy's numbers a few at a time is probably the best we can do.'He pulls out a rag from one of his pouches and begins cleaning off his sword.'Okay.  If we indeed ARE meant to just draw off a few scouts and such away from wherever the large-scale fights are going to be, let's be more thoughtful about this.  Ranvar and I are like beacons in the night, based on how much noise our armor makes... so we HAVE to be decoys.  But I don't think all six of us need to or should be out in the open, drawing focus.  Umbra... you and Stulgar are our quietest.  I think it'd make more sense for you both to follow in front, behind, or to the sides quite a ways away from the central group, keeping watch out for more of these things advancing on us as we march.'Roral begins sketching what a typical pincher movement might look like down in the dirt.'If the other four of us are here in the middle... and either of you see one of these things advancing on us... you let them get past you towards us, but send out a signal that we'd recognize but they might not.  This'll give us a few seconds to prep for the upcoming fight and have a general idea of which direction they are coming from.  When the creatures finally reach us, you two can then collapse in and take the creatures from behind as well.'The last movement of the X's and O's done with his stick, Roral stands up.'With only six of us we can't set up pefect ambushes... but we'll at least be able to give ourselves a bit of a warning.  It'll all come down to whether you two feel as though you can keep out of sight enough.  Because if either of you get seen, they'll pick you off alone and we'll never get a chance to reach you in time.  What do you think?  Are you confident in your stealth, or is being off silently by yourself too much of a risk?  I mean, we can always just keep traveling together as we've been doing... but we do run the risk of a larger force taking us by surprise again.'Roral shrugs his shoulders and waits to hear what the rest of the group thinks.</blockquote>

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