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OOC: I have a long bow but they are well out of my range right now. We can all draw our bows and try to take out as many as we can as they get closer. Then meet them in hand-to-hand, even though a lot of us have suffered some physical setbacks so far. Or, we could just ride out of Death's Mouth and rethink how to attack them again. My guess is that they will chase us as far as we are willing to run. I am for whatever the group agrees on. Right now Joe is useless to us (no offense Nighthawk) and Althea is almost dead. We definitely need to get out collective health improved to take on that many bandits.

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With all respect, have you been drinking? (just kidding!) I think there is no way we can fight these guys, there are 20 of them and we are only 3 (Althea and Joe are not in conditions to fight). That's a sure death. I say to retreat as soon as possible.

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We are so screwed! I don't know any other way to put it. I think I should post that we scan quickly to see if there is any way we can retreat to the east or west. Then if there is, that we are going to take off in that direction. Since we are heading south, going north will be a problem we know for sure.

But, before I do that we need to decide what we will do if there is no escape in that direction.

Maybe we chance approaching the bandits without drawing our weapons and warn them that there is danger ahead. I see no way to fight them, so we may need to just hope they see no reason to kill us. Of course, I don't want to lose all of my stuff again, so maybe we wait for them to approach us and then on my signal once we have all stopped we could just take off really fast and hope they don't catch us.

If we have seen them, then they have seen us, so I doubt hiding is much of an option.

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Honestly I don't see reasoning as an option here. It's either run or confront them. If we run, we run far, far away, and rethink our strategy. If we stay and fight, we throw everything we have at them. Althea made mention of caves around here somewhere, but we run the risk of going right into one of their lairs, and that will certainly be the end of us. So the safest option right now is to run. This is my humble opinion; I am willing to do whatever is agreed upon here.

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We cannot simply fight. Every thread on the board about survival warns not to just fight each time we face trouble. We are far outnumbered. I think we need to one look for a way to run, but if that isn't available, then we must seek cover behind large rocks or trees, etc. Then be ready to fire if necessary, but not fire first. Perhaps they will just pass us by and we won't need to fight at all.

If there is no way to run, then half of us should be on one side of the road and half on the other. Hiding behind some sort of cover. That way, in a fight we would at least be able to create a cross fire.

Edited: funbikerchick on 27th Mar, 2005 - 4:58am

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I agree, we can't possibly fight 20 men when we have only 4 of us actually healthy enough to fight. Joe is near death, Althea is critical. If we need to ride swiftly, I think they would just hold back the healthy ones. If there is a way for Althea to take Joe and seek shelter in order to see to their wounds, then the 4 remaining healthy could ride on in whatever direction is available. We might be able to join up with you later, but for now the two are holding everyone back. If necessary, Althea could create a diversion by begging the bandits for help with their wounds -- and giving them whatever gold or goods they want. That might give the rest of the party time to ride farther.

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OK, I think everyone needs to state there final opinion of what is best to do because this is a crucial juncture in our journey. Much discussion has taken place, now we need some conscensus.

I see two choices to choose. I think we should list both options in Party Order, but the question is, which will be our first preference and which will be second.

The options as I see them from our discussions:

A. Seek an escape route the the east or west.

B. Seek some kind of protection behind rocks and trees, hope they simply pass us by, but be prepared to fight from this protected area, if necessary.

I agree that we need to get Althea and Joe some place where they can have their wounds tended, but I think choice A or B has to be completed before we will be able to do that.

Daphne has healing herbs and is an herbalist so, if we can manage to all survive this current threat, she should be able to help heal Althea and Joe.

So, if everyone could just post which choice they want as first and which as second. Then I will post in Party Order.

If you want your character to do something other than A or B, please tell me that in your next post and I will post that as well. I think it is time now for decision though rather than just suggestion or offerings.

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Joe groans deeply. He can't give any input to the decision.

However, knowing Joe as well as I do, I think he would say for everyone to flee.