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Okay, so our party composition is thus:

Me: Human Cleric of Sarenrae
Aaron Bitman/Urg Legbreaker: Half-Orc Barbarian
Lucendar/Valgrim Twin-Axe: Dwarf Ranger
Hogarth/Vug Vang: Elf Alchemist
Rimrock/Bubluka (Bubba): Half-Orc Bard
Flash: ? something from the APG ?

Pretty versatile group; looks like the only thing we might be missing is someone with trapfinding capability.

OK, If we need a trapfinder, I could rework this Character a little without much drama.

Syndessa c o c k s her head to the side and raises an eyebrow that Den probably can't see in the dark. "Why? she whispers back. "They are some kind of creature. We need not kill them if we don't have to, but we should restrain them for the moment until we can figure out what they are doing here."

Putting her hand over Den's mouth for a second, she hisses a short shhh, and removes her hand. She turns his head in the direction of the creatures and motions towards them. "Cast your magic to entrap them as you did the Bandits," she whispers to the Druid.

Muk's watch goes by without incident, and you turn-over to Syndessa around midnight.

Syndessa:

You have been passing the time on guard duty for about a hour when a rustling and soft barking from the other side of the field catches your attention. Looking over, you spot five small humanoids digging in the radish patch. By their silhouettes, they stand about Muk's height and seem reptilian. They are "talking" to each other and are intent on digging for radishes, and don't seem to have noticed you or the party.

Stealth Check: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17

Syndessa silently draws her blade and slips back to the others, quietly attempting to wake Den. After his display of magic back at the Trading Post, she is certain that his Druidic Magic would be the best solution for this problem.

Yeah, it does. *Sigh*.

Okay, restarting the encounter this afternoon.

Sorry Uriel, I am Back...

Syndessa nods at Fenna's assessment and dismounts her horse once Mukrilgrundt finds a asuitable campsite. She ties it to the nearest tree (with the other horses if they are being tied too).
"I do not mind scouting their camp and taking down a guard shouln't be too much of a problem," she says with confidence to Den.

She'll help set up the camp and discuss tactic, then settle down to sleep. She'll take the middle of the night watch.

Syndessa climbs up on the horse she took from the dead bandit preferably taking a black one if possible and follows the others out the gate, glancing back as Oleg shuts the gate behind them, before concentrating on the path ahead of them, her eyes darting from side to side constantly alert for any sign of danger.

Perception Check: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

Should we split the arrows between those of us with Bows? Is that 2 or 3 of us?
Also, Syndesa will take any of the rations that are not claimed by the others.

Syndessa returns from scouting the area outside the Trading Post to discover that the Bandits have been defeated.
Pouting that she missed out on the fun, she informs the others of no other threats in the immediate vicinity.
"I am ready to go if that is what you all wish," she informs them and when they move out, she sticks to the rear with Den.

She'll take one of the Riding Horses if we're gonna be riding this out. Maybe we should take one of the Pack Horses as well for all our Phat Lootz we're gonna get! ;)
Otherwise she is only interested in the Arrows (the +2STR Composite Longbow is nice, but her STR is only 10, so...).

As she has done for most of the trip, Syndessa remains at the rear of the party, quietly watching everything going on around her with keen interest. She looks down her nose at Mukrilgrundt's "greeting" and loosens her sword in case the blunt Gnome's remarks bring trouble for them. She hopes not, for after days of travel through the wilderness, she wants nothing more than a bed to sleep on, no matter how run down it may be.
Perception Check: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21

Stealth check

Spoiler:

1d20+10=16

I'll chime in on the Play Style Issue tomorrow when I have more time, but right now it's 2.30am and I'm off to bed. :)

Syndessa makes her way around to the gap in the wall and peers inside.

*If she sees any Hobgoblins/enemies on the ground:
She moves towards the nearest foe to engage him from behind.
I don't think her movement will allow her to make an attack if this is the case

*If all Hobgoblins/enemies are on the wall:
She sheathes her grandfather's blade and pulls her longbow from over her shoulder, nocking and arrow and letting fly at the closest Hobgoblin.
Attack closest Hobgoblin with Longbow: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20

"Archers make ready, seems we have a welcoming party" Karth says as he moves behind Thumparr and Syndessa to back them up thinking to himself this may not be the wisest tactical approach as they are playing into the enemy's hands

Thumparr's at the right Statue, Syn is at the left. I'll assume you followed me to the left one. :)

Syndessa turns slightly as Karth moves up behind her. She signals to him and points through the gates and across the courtyard where what remains of another wall can still be seen as rubble. She makes a circling motion with her hand and once more points at the rubble, before moving from behind the statue past Thumparr. She hugs the wall and slips around the corner, making her way along the base of the wall until she reaches the rubble strewn gap in the wall.
Stealth Check: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28

I'm going to add a bit more to her Background and rework her Skills a little to fit more in line with the "Royal Assassin" angle, but everything else is good to go, so here we go. :)

Perception Check: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
Initiative: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

Syndessa draws her sword and circles around behind the statue on the left, peering through the gate and into the courtyard beyond.

Sasha

Spoiler:

Ya put em in spoilers like so.

Either spymaster or assassin more spy than assassin

"Looks like I'll be the Assassin then..."

Killian, just saw your e-mail. I'll send it this afternoon as I'm leaving for work now and running hellishly late as usual.

"Syndessa Shadestalker at your service."