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    Raja turns away from Rusty not even bothering to acknowledge his presence any more, since he was not only an ignorant biggot but also a hypocrite as well. "Bringing everyone would be too suspicious especially the soliders and priests. My clansman and I could go along with someone who can bluff since there is a shifter community already present. The person with us could pose as a guide, directing my people and I to the nearest settlement of our kind. We then poke around and when nightfalls open up a hole in the wall to create an exit whilst someone creates an illusion of some monster mixed with some summoned creatures to give it some oomph."
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    Ajani spits on the ground and turns his back to Raja.

    "I shouldn't have bothered to waste my breath."

    The cleric takes his bow in hand and beings to walk away from the party stopping only to say a few words to Kera.

    "Take care of yourself hun. There's so much you can offer to others, even if it doesn't seem so now....be careful on to who you offer your good will to however."

    Ajani begins to leave the rest of the group without any more interaction but stops and turns before he goes too far.

    "Just in case. Kera, you should have this. You don't know when you might need it."

    Ajani undoes the cape he has been wearing and tosses it over to the young cleric. With that, Ajani marches alone to do his own plan, straight in the direction of the fort.

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    As Ajani begins to walk towards the fort the main gates open. A group of about twenty shifters shuffle out followed by a couple of Thrane soldiers. The shifters have saws and axes and the Thrane soldiers are armed with bows. Nobody appears to be armoured. Following behind them is a draft horse pulling a large empty wagon. They form up and head in roughly your direction. The shifters look unhappy and are clearly dragging their feet. It looks like all the adult male shifters from the group seen at the church minutes ago.

    Ajani will emerge from the tree line almost in front of them in half a minute.
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    Kera stands in stunned silence, holding Ajani's cape.

    This is bad, really bad, what do I do? There's nothing I can do...
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    Gerilow growls, "I knew he shouldn't have gone alone. Nothing but trouble ahead for him. He better have a silver tongue... or he's going to have an arrow in his lung." He chuckles.

    "Maybe some of us should move over that direction just in case. Might have to snag him back into the woods quick."

    Gerilow lifts up his hammer, obviously anxious for a fight.

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    Raja shrugs "Let the fool be a Martyr, he couldn't talk his way out of a burlap sac, though I say we wait for the shifters and their slave drivers come this way once they've dragged Rusty to prison of course. Once they come into the tree's we simply ambush the guards and convince the shifters to side with us and judging on their current situation I feel that will not be such a hard thing to do."
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    "Right, so we let Ajani get caught, knock out the guards when we have the chance, free the shifters, and then fall back, keeping the unconscious guards. If we can get a good portion of their forces, we can probably force them to trade us the prisoners for their compatriots. Having Ajani on the inside both gives us a contact, and means someone will be present able to heal any injured POWs. Sound Good?"

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    Kera quickly drops into a crosslegged sit, she wastes little time in igniting a pair of incense sticks and casts Augury as quickly as she is able.

    Under her breath she whispers:

    There's got to be a chance this will work, there's got to...


    Kera clutches Ajani's cape while casting, as if it will somehow make a difference in the result.
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    Kera sits and concentrates for a full minute while the incense burns around her, filling her lungs and expanding her mind into events to be. With a rattle of specially marked tokens that she has found to aid her focus she glimpses both weal and woe in the immediate future.

    Ajani emerges from the tree line and marches boldly forward. An archer on the keep roof above yells out a warning and the two guards run forward, arrows notched. "Halt!" one of the yells, "Identify yourself in the name of the Silver Flame."

    From the main gates a ragged mob of Thrane soldiers charge out to surround Ajani and he is bustled into the fort. An officer barks orders for scouts to be made ready and for the shifters to carry on with a double guard. Two soldiers with clubs join the group who continue in your direction.
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    Kera speaks softly to herself, trying to calm her jangled nerves. "Weal and woe... then this could work." Kera breathes deeply, trying to steady herself, then takes a moment to retrieve her augury equipment.

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    Pacing back and forth as Ajani was taken in, Edwin turns to the group. "Well. How long until we can add him to the list of PoWs? Still. This doesn't change anything. We still need a diversion, then an attack. Though I think we've only succeeded in increasing the guards on the walls. And attracting ourselves a little attention."
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    Raja shrugs "It was a fool's choice, but no matter I suggest we move farther back into the tree line and surround the Thranish guards... get them farther away from their fort so they cannot cry for help.
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    "Umm... well that'll work, Gerilow replies. "Not that swift in my armor, so you, uh, lighter, swifter types would have to take the far side.

    "How far back do you think they are going? Do you think it'll, umm, be out of ear shot? Umm.. far enough for our plot?" Gerilow chuckles and glaces at the nearby trees, trying to figure out where they might be headed.

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    It looks as if they are heading towards a path about 30 feet to your right. Having scouted this area recently you know that this path winds its way for about a half mile into the woods until it will be too narrow for the cart to follow. You aren't aware of any obvious tree felling sites along the way though.
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    Raja quickly signals her people to hide and moves away silently into the trees, using them as cover to allow the group to move ahead in an attempt to flank them.


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    Blarg...

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    Two of the guards walk in front and two take up the rear behind the shambling group of shifters. They seem too intend on gossiping to one another to keep an eye out for an ambush.
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    Edwin quickly follows suit, moving into a position to ambush.

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    Kera scrambles quickly after Edwin, not being particularly adept at this kind of movement.

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    "So, umm, who's deciding when we strike? What's the signal?" he quietly asks as he does his best to move soundlessly in his heavy armor.

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    Raja smiles "Obviously you haven't gone hunting with shifters, we have our own set of signals, just be patient and watch me, these guards need to get further into the forest before we can strike undetected."
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    Dallun does his best to take an ambush position, a draws out one of his scrolls of colour spray.
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    You stalk the group easily, they are making no effort to keep a watch. The two pairs of guards are engaged in vigorous discussion and the shifters stare dully ahead or at their own feet. You easily get into position along the path ahead of them.

    Initiative please. It's just a forest path so I'll leave the map for now. You can get within 30 feet before you think that you might be noticed. You have a surprise round but moving through the woodland away from the path is counted as difficult terrain.

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    Raja chants silently to herself whilst moving her hands, as she speaks her features shift into a more primal form; her fingernails elongating into claws, her canines more pronounced and her eyes becoming more catlike. At the end of her chanting a green glow surrounds her and seems to enlarge her while making her features even more feral.

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    Casting animalistic power grants +2 to all physicals stats! Also shifting as a free action thus I have 11/12 rounds left before I revert.
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    Dallun tries to sneak a bit closer, so he can jump out and hit the to rearguards with a burst of colour.
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    Posted this before realizing we have a surprise round. It is meant to be my round 1 actions.
    Dallun moves out onto the path, and casts colour spray from the scroll such that it catches the rearguards.
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    (1d20+16)[32] UMD, vs. DC 21
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    I'm going to say my assistants are a bit further back, to recover my retreat if need be.
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    "Finally, some action," Gerilow says, slapping a bolt into his war spikard and leaping forward headed for the leading guards.

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    Charging if possible. Stupid trees and bushes out here, you know.
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    Cleave Attack- (1d20+8)[24] (-2 if charge not possible)
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    Kera gulps as the fighting commences, and begins to cast a spell on herself.

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    Kera is going to cast Shield on herself.

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    Whoops, forgot to add my +5 to Initiative; so that's actually 25 >.>

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    Edwin rushes out of the bushes towards the patrol. As he moves, he passes a hand over his blade, muttering a few words as the blade begins to crackle with electricity. Reaching his foe, he swings the glowing blade.

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    Kera protects herself with a Shield spell.
    Gerilow charges out of the under brush and quickly cuts down both men
    Dallun steps out of the trees and casts Color Spray from the scroll as they turn to see what the noise is.
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    Edwin moves up behind Dallun and steps up to attack the guard after the arc of colours dazzles them. The blow kills the guard instantly and blasts his remains back into the trees wit a loud crash.

    Shifters start yelling and the draft horse rears up in panic. All four guards are unconscious or dead.

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    "Well that was easy..." Gerilow says, taking in the scene.

    "Hey now, calm down," the warrior says to shifters. "Ra, can you do something to get these people calmed down?"

    Gerilow tries to move around the shfiters to the back of the crowd to take up a position at the back to watch out for reinforcements from the fort.

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