08-16-2016, 04:57 AM
"Your idea with the bear trap is good, but puts Andra in danger needlessly in order to get you to your smashing and clawing, and ignores some of our capabilities.. first, we must decide do we ambush them inside the fort.. or bar their entry"
"If we bar their entry then Andra can add her extra capabilities to my prior stated plan. Where we take advantage of Nexendia's illusion to draw them close to a gate that looks open when it is actually closed. That plan puts us all in the least possible physical danger but the highest chance that one of them might escape. As we will have both cover and height advantage from the walls, but they will not be surrounded and trapped."
"Luring them into the fort has merit but we need not create a pile of loot to lure them in and hide your bear trap. An illusion of that same pile of loot can hide your bear trap just as well, actually better because the bear trap can be hidden by an illusion of bear dirt in a small hole just in front of the loot. I can lurk just behind the gate in straw or something. Vidar you can hide behind the opposite gate. When the last rider enters or the first one triggers the bear trap we close the gates behind them. Nexendia can use her Grease to control the area or prevent escape if not all the brigands enter the fort. Eran can stun and blind some that try to get up to the wall walk where our spellcasters-crossbowmen are, or he can make us large depending if he can get his magic reorganized before hand. I can use my rune blessing to defend the are in close to me and the gate, and my reach to defend you brother.
"Frauline Andra forgive my urge to protect you if that offends, if you are more comfortable engaged with the foe at close quarters then feel free t modify my simple plan accordingly. The same goes for you Frau Nexendia, and you Sir Eran. this is but the beginnings of a plan. But no one that does better ranged should engage in melee. I am, somewhat more capable in melee than ranged, but deadly enough at a distance if needs be."
"If we bar their entry then Andra can add her extra capabilities to my prior stated plan. Where we take advantage of Nexendia's illusion to draw them close to a gate that looks open when it is actually closed. That plan puts us all in the least possible physical danger but the highest chance that one of them might escape. As we will have both cover and height advantage from the walls, but they will not be surrounded and trapped."
"Luring them into the fort has merit but we need not create a pile of loot to lure them in and hide your bear trap. An illusion of that same pile of loot can hide your bear trap just as well, actually better because the bear trap can be hidden by an illusion of bear dirt in a small hole just in front of the loot. I can lurk just behind the gate in straw or something. Vidar you can hide behind the opposite gate. When the last rider enters or the first one triggers the bear trap we close the gates behind them. Nexendia can use her Grease to control the area or prevent escape if not all the brigands enter the fort. Eran can stun and blind some that try to get up to the wall walk where our spellcasters-crossbowmen are, or he can make us large depending if he can get his magic reorganized before hand. I can use my rune blessing to defend the are in close to me and the gate, and my reach to defend you brother.
"Frauline Andra forgive my urge to protect you if that offends, if you are more comfortable engaged with the foe at close quarters then feel free t modify my simple plan accordingly. The same goes for you Frau Nexendia, and you Sir Eran. this is but the beginnings of a plan. But no one that does better ranged should engage in melee. I am, somewhat more capable in melee than ranged, but deadly enough at a distance if needs be."
