Travis, rides out with the others, wary of danger.
Towards the rear of the pack, his prepared spell list unchanged. But his, back pack now including an extra 6 spell, scrolls.
His light crossbow, within easy reach, near the saddle bag. Wearing, his cloak of resistance, and acubra hat, to keep out the sun, from his face.
Out of Character: Dont forget your cure light wounds potion, that I've given you Vickie. Besides, your lippy, what else has KN got stashed away, inside the keep?
Extra pair of sunglasses?
Ping heads out ahead of the main group as Thalica and Rachel head out behind him. The rest of the party head out following the scouts. You cross the river and head out of the civilized area. You head towards the two mountains that you look to as a defining landmark that separates the wilds from the relatively more civilized area in and around the Stronghold. Mid day is upon you as you get past the mountains where Rachel and Thalica run into Ping coming back towards them. He has a arrow in him. He soon makes it to Jason as he rides up to where Rachel and Thalica wait. Ping reports there are numerous patrols about and not just Hobgoblins. They seem to be searching for something but so far have not found it. The searching parties seem to have a specific area to search. Most of the search parties are eight strong. If they find something of interest a larger party is called in. He is unsure of what form of communication they are using.
I look at our group as they catch up to us." This is a great opportunity. Anything that causes this many resources to be committed to it's retrieval must be very important. I think we should engage the nearest patrol. We can then find out their way of communication. That's very important to know. We really don't want to be trapped out here. Then we can make further plans to eliminate these patrols and retrieve the mystery item or creature." I await everyone's response from Ghost's back.
I nod in agreement, "Yes, let's take them out one group at a time. Hopefully we can find out what exactly it is they are looking for. We don't want to tip our hand too early though, so let's try to make sure that anyone with a signaling device of some kind goes down before they can use it. Ping, can you lead us us towards the nearest patrol? Try to stay out of bow range this time."
Out of Character: how much damage did the construct take? If it is significant, I will likely spend an infusion repairing the damage first. Note that there is a telepathic bond of one mile in range, so he doesn't have to come all the way back to report.
Edited: daishain on 18th Oct, 2018 - 3:02pm
I also nod as to taking out the nearest patrol.
" We do need to figure out how they are communicating and maybe we can use the same for our small group. It could be a great addition to our scouting."
We pause for a few minutes while I buff our weapons a bit. Then using Ping, we'll do our best to approach the nearest patrol unnoticed.
Out of Character: Applying Bane Goblinoids property to my xbow. Thalica's longbow, and the weapons of two others. Cost: 1 L1 and 3 L2 infusions.