If we attack right off, we get the surprise round. Between Remove Fear and Faerie Fire, I'd say we have a pretty good chance of winning, unless it has some other tricks.
If we try to sneak, we have to hope we all roll well. Otherwise, if it spots us, it may Howl us into a Panic, except for Jasminder the fearless.
I'm leaning towards engaging.
I'm fine with it as well.
It would be prudent to open with Faerie Fire while we have a chance.
I'm good with it.
I think we need to kill it - it's unlikely to be a random encounter and more likely to be a guard for the thing we're after, in which case even if we ignore it now it will come back to bite us (literally) when we're mixed up with the thing we're really after.
The downside is that its howl will almost certainly bring down the enemy upon us, but at least we don't then have to go looking for it.
Apologies for the delay in replying, I'm going to roll my attack to keep things moving and hope that I'm not doing a Leroy Jenkins.
Does Jassminder have a regular aura if courage that gives the rest of us a +4 to save vs fear?
Sorry, no - sociopath. She doesn't get scared and she doesn't empathise or care enough about anyone else to protect them from fear.
(Also, the Tortured Crusader archetype rules mean that her abilities only affect her; but I like my interpretation better)
I don't know what's going on. I've never rolled this many natural 20s with a character before!
Truly, the dice gods are smiling upon Jassminder. You should have made her a vorpal user or something.
Xanther never needed to cast that second Remove Fear; Jassminder killed the mastiff before anyone else took their first turn. Poor thing, all it wanted was a drink of water...
Xanther never needed to cast that second Remove Fear; Jassminder killed the mastiff before anyone else took their first turn. Poor thing, all it wanted was a drink of water...
Nah it was an evil creature bent on destroying us. :P
The lighting is dim and unlikely to get any brighter. I messed up and described where you were going as a “clearing” a couple times but it’s not; the trees are going to stay close enough together to keep it dim. (You’re effectively in Mirkwood if that helps you visualize things.)
Is the plan to wait ten minutes for Ussaile to prep another faerie fire, then drink darkvision potions/cast See Invisibility and stealthily move forward? Would you prefer I roll stealth for you or would you like to roll it yourselves?
I think wait the 10 minutes. The dog didn't have a chance to give us away so we should be as prepared as possible.
To the rolls, I'm fine with rolling.
The lighting is dim and unlikely to get any brighter. I messed up and described where you were going as a “clearing” a couple times but it’s not; the trees are going to stay close enough together to keep it dim. (You’re effectively in Mirkwood if that helps you visualize things.)
Is the plan to wait ten minutes for Ussaile to prep another faerie fire, then drink darkvision potions/cast See Invisibility and stealthily move forward? Would you prefer I roll stealth for you or would you like to roll it yourselves?
Sounds like it. Those without low-light vision should also use the Nightdrops.
I'm sure you'll be shocked but, with a +13, Noctifer will take 10 on his Stealth and his 'free' Inspiration 1d6 roll.
I decided against stealthing you all closer since I wasn't 100% certain if anyone was scouting ahead or not. (It sounded like Marcus might want to?)
From where you are now you can see the two forlarren and they have not yet seen you. Ussaile's reasonably certain Dag's not within 50 feet or so but beyond that can't be sure; he's a small creature and there are a lot of trees in the way.
You can go through the trees, no need to follow the path. Taking 10 is fine for Stealth checks. There appears to be one male and one female forlarren.
I think that answers all the questions so far but if I missed one let me know.
We seem to have stalled a bit and I think that’s my fault. I wanted to leave you some room for tactics but starting you so far away may have been a mistake.
The three options as I see them are:
1: Start attacking the forlarrens from where you are
2: Try and stealth closer until you’re either spotted or catch sight of Dag (Stealth necessary, taking 10 is an option)
3: Approach openly and talk to the forlarrens
So far Marcus has stealthed a little closer and Xanther at least tentatively suggested talking. Noctifer, Ussaile, and Jassminder, what are your thoughts?
I have no Stealth score so that seems like a bad option.
She's also expressed that talking to them will probably not go well.
I'll defer to the other folks but that is where she stands currently.
Noctifer (and I believe Marcus) are both waiting for Jassminder to fire first. She doesn't have any of the feats/traits/etc. to bypass cover provided by allies.
The hope/plan was that in attacking them (since we can't see Dag) that if Dag makes an 'appearance', so to speak, Ussaile might be able to Faerie Fire him or Noctifer might be able to Glitterdust him.
At least that's what I thought.
Yeah, Xanther is also sort of waiting on Jassminder.
Apologies for dropping the ball here - I got called away with a work emergency that led to too much time in too many airports, I think my brain is still somewhere over the Atlantic. I desperately need to sleep and I will pick up again on Saturday morning (European time).
EDIT: from comments, looks like you guys are waiting on me! Sorry. I will post something in a minute or two, let me unscramble my brain first.
Just an FYI that if Jassminder can't post today I'll bot her tomorrow. I've been reluctant to do so since it's a weird situation, but I also know WW is going through a lot right now that's making it difficult to post and don't want to make everyone wait too long.
I'm fine with waiting. A weekend is coming up anyway and I'm preparing for an in person Pathfinder night anyway.
I'm fine waiting too.
Plus there seems to be a serious RP decision on whether Jassminder decides to shoot the Forlarren.
I'm fine waiting too.
Plus there seems to be a serious RP decision on whether Jassminder decides to shoot the Forlarren.
I'll make it three; weekend is up and I'll be watching football.
In that case I’ll give it a couple more days. Thanks everyone for their flexibility