So our two person party, a level 4 Alchemist(Beastmorph Vivisectionist) and a Level 4 Druid, are tempted to take on a pair of griffins that have been terrorizing the local area, the idea being that two of them means there's probably a nest full of either eggs or live young who could then be potentially sold for quite the tidy sum in addition to the reward for getting rid of the Griffins themselves.
The issue we're facing though is that griffins can be really damn dangerous with Pounce, rake, and an 80ft fly speed. Some ideas I've had were to be using Tanglefoot bags, Nets, or even just sneaking around to find their nest and ambush them there.
Also there's the option of hiring other mercenaries to help slay the beasts, but there's still the potential of this situation to go belly up with just a few bad rolls. Do you guys have any other suggestions? Maybe more reliable strategies too.
long range weapons are a must
What I would do is prepare the battlefield (if you can) I would try and get them in between 2 high buildings or in a narrow valley with hidden nets at both ends set up with pulleys and weights so that if a rope is cut the weights would fall; lifting up the net to whatever height you set up(would probably have to do a fly check to avoid it or get caught). You ready an action to cut the rope when the griffon passes by.
Another idea would be to have prepared lances against charges so that if they want to take the chance of pouncing you they might get skewered. (side benefit, your griffon is already on a spit so you can roast the little s++# in no time ;P) plus you can hide the spears in the dirt or tall grass till the last moment and brace them for a charge.
that's what I would do, I know the 1st idea is long and kinda "home alone-y" lol but i'm a out of the box thinker like that!
good luck
Okay, so here's my plan to ambush these griffons causing trouble. First we'll hire a couple of mercenaries to help us out, and then we hike out to a general area where these griffons have been spotted, we put up a scarecrow splashed with wild animal musk as a lure, we put four bear traps on the ground around the scarecrow.
The party will hide within attack distance using camouflage netting to conceal their position and scent cloak to hide their scent. An ideal situation would be one griffon getting caught in a bear trap and then the other griffon getting caught in one if it lands to help the first griffon. In the worst case scenario, neither of them step in a bear trap and we have to use our Nets and Tanglefoot bags to keep them on the ground, and from there we can proceed with combat, probably starting with whichever griffon isn't in a bear trap.
Are there any glaring holes in this plan that anyone sees?
Bait it with a centaur-cyclops.