Don't want to rain on anyone's parade but my first question is why? Why would fight? Why would the ogre attack the orcs? Remember that a smarter individual the hooded creature is who we believe is the puppet master. He would not fall for that.
The orc captain we let go is already suspicious. We don't need to convince the hooded half-orc, we need to convince him. We need to bring some discord. Because I really don't want to split the party.
The orc captain we let go is already suspicious. We don't need to convince the hooded half-orc, we need to convince him. We need to bring some discord. Because I really don't want to split the party.
The orc captain will obey to the leader and the eye of gruumsh which we believe listen to the hooded guy.
We ask the lieutenant if he has one of the heads with him. We then take that head, one of the ogres' bodies, and its weapons. We do the same thing with the dead orcs back at Linwood, assuming they haven't been burned, and then Natalia, Henry, and Shiny go and plant the dead orc, ogre, and their weapons (remember, the rusty orc weapons are back at Linwood!) outside the orc camp (preferably during the day since orcs are dazzled in bright sunlight, and if they have that and darkvision then I'm pretty sure orcs are nocturnal, and that makes things a bit safer if we blow a stealth check). Natalia and Henry are going because they've got the highest Hide and Move Silently checks (You said Henry has high modifiers and Natalia's rocking a +9 to both), and Shiny's going along because of Silent Image and Ghost Sound.
Shiny hangs back as Henry and Natalia plant the orc, ogre, and their weapons, making sure that it looks like they killed each other in a fight. The party will probably have to fake a bunch of wounds back in Linwood, and maybe sew the heads back on, but that shouldn't be too hard. After Natalia and Henry clear the area, Shiny makes it look and sound like a fight took place, and then runs off once the spells' duration expires. The orcs then come across a dead orc and a dead ogre, and the orcs' head has been bashed in so badly he's unrecognizable, and the ogre has a lot of axe and falchion wounds.
See bold.
There are a lot of conditional statements there. Also, the Ogre heads are gone, and animals have had more then enough time to eat parts of the Ogre, the Orcs bodies are most likely burned. A five day old corpse is kind of obvious if they weren't, plus no blood. Also, the identity of the Orc is likely know as a member of the raiding party. And it all hinges on the Orcs not already knowing about their demise at Linwood. Now factor in all of the random chances of being detected some where along the line and it looks like a long shot.
Oh, and even an Orc would ask how they managed to behead each other, especially with no blood.
Yeah, you're right. I thought Valen could use Mending, but then I reread the spell description. Scratch that then. Though I'm not sure how to sabotage the orc camp.
Thanks for letting me know. Good to know that I am still an idiot.
Not an idiot, heck I still have to triple check to make sure Mithril is consistent. Plus the fact everytime I have to roll, I have to look the code up to make sure I put down the right one.
The soldiers of Hulburg are outfitted fairly standardly, chain shirts, heavy round metal shields with the red crest of Hulburg on them, matching reddish colored tunics, each has a long sword at his hip, likely a dagger. Some carry maces or flails as backup weapons. Half carry a longbow.
The soldiers of Hulburg are outfitted fairly standardly, chain shirts, heavy round metal shields with the red crest of Hulburg on them, matching reddish colored tunics, each has a long sword at his hip, likely a dagger. Some carry maces or flails as backup weapons. Half carry a longbow.
They have a longsword and a dagger? Alright, sounds like they're decked out decently. And the lieutenant?
Heh, thanks. I'm just exhausted is all. No worries, assuming I sleep decently tonight I may have a better idea tomorrow.
I think the biggest problem playing Natalia is that while I'm intelligent, I'm not really cunning. I don't really have a devious nature and I'm not really good with traps or sabotage.
Oh, Kurt, you also have Morton's +1 Longsword! I mean, the greataxe is better, I guess, but it still might be useful to have around as a backup weapon.
When it does come time to sell that weapon and upgrade though, give it to Natalia. Even though she can't use Weapon Finesse on it, Swashbuckler gives her proficiency with martial weapons and both the rapier and shortsword deal piercing damage (seriously? Why wouldn't a shortsword deal slashing damage as well?)
Oh, Kurt, you also have Morton's +1 Longsword! I mean, the greataxe is better, I guess, but it still might be useful to have around as a backup weapon.
When it does come time to sell that weapon and upgrade though, give it to Natalia. Even though she can't use Weapon Finesse on it, Swashbuckler gives her proficiency with martial weapons and both the rapier and shortsword deal piercing damage (seriously? Why wouldn't a shortsword deal slashing damage as well?)
To be fair, you should give him the 1k in gp for it though, or someone of roughly equal value.
I would rather take them now, while we have the upper hand, than wait for the soldiers. And if we kill them before the soldiers get there they might be impressed with us and even more willing to fight. Plus, Miriam is scary, in a good way, lets just say Mithril is really glad she is not an ogre right now.
Seriously though, Miriam's freaking out Natalia. After this battle she's going to want answers.
Zman, can we take these five?
Hmmm...Miriam better start with Bless for each of us, then I guess she can cast Bull's Strength and Enlarge Person on Valen or Kurt while Shiny tries to slow them up with enchantments, Mithril tries out her new spells, and I play with Weapon Finesse.
The soldiers are probably an hour behind us at this point in time. We have horses are are at little risk of being caught if we flee to the soldiers....that being said, taking the Ogres right now on our lonesome is always an option!
Coffee, this fight is not outside of our capabilities. Though, it'd be smart not to screw it up!
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