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[scapheap]

Ambushing(the sneak half)

[GreatWyrmGold]

Head forward in a pincer movement as per Pariah's plan...when we find the prey. Until then, try to find them.

[Maxinum McDreich]

Follow Pariah's plan. Use my senses to see if I can pinpoint where this herd is. If it is a herd.

[Unholy_Pariah]

head forward as per my plan, stay a short distance from GWG and McDreich but keep them in sight.

[mastahcheese]

Since I took cleverness and not stealth, I shall assist on the non-stealthy side of the ambush.

[Joben]

((I'm going to outline what I understand to be the basic plan. Correct me if I'm wrong: Advance spread out a bit to locate the prey. Then Dwarmin and Scrap are going to stop and hide. Some of the rest of you will sneak around to the side and get behind it. The goal being to drive it toward Dwarmin so he gets first strike.))

The six of you fan out and advance carefully through the forest.

(Sense Rolls 4 , 1-1, 5 , 6+1, 1+1, 3-1, Yay someone critted)

Unholy and Maxinum call a halt after a few minutes and report that they think it's a lone tenontosaurus, and give a distance estimate based on the strength of it's scent. It's not quite in sight yet.

Dwarmin and Scrapheap search together for a the best hiding places nearby. (4-1, 6+1) They slide into the shadows and wait (+1 Stealth when the time comes)

Where does everyone else want to be in relation to the prey? There are 4 possible positions as I see it.

Ambush crew: Dwarmin, Scrapheap
Left Flank:
Right Flank:
Rear:

Ambush crew is going to need to pass stealth checks. It's less of the a problem if the others fail theirs, you just end up spooking it a little early.

[mastahcheese]

Rear

[Unholy_Pariah]

left flank, but hold back and wait for mastahchees to get around to the rear first.

[Maxinum McDreich]

Right

[Joben]

Mastahcheese and GreatWrymGold head off first circling around to get to the rear. (M Stealth 3+0, G Stealth 6+1) Mastah makes a little noise but he's far enough out that the rustling leaves that mark his passing are not disastrous.

(Teno Sense 4+1) As Mastah and Great take up a position upwind the Teno stops eating and snorts. It's sense of smell isn't very good, but it is suspicious. Something isn't right.

It turns around and around scanning the woods visually. Unholy and Maximum head off to take up positions on the left and right flank respectively. They are not very subtle but it doesn't seem to see them. (Teno Sense 1+1 vs Unholy_Pariah Stealth 3+0, Maxinum 2+0)

Dwarmin and Scrapheap sneak forward a little and settle into their ambush spots. (Dwarmin Stealth 5+1 Scrapheap Stealth 5+2)

Everyone is at Very Far range.

Disposed on this manner around the target...

Ambush crew: Dwarmin, Scrapheap
Left Flank: Unholy
Right Flank: Maxinum
Rear: mastahcheese, GreatWyrmGold

The teno is uncertain. It's a little spooked and wants to get somewhere that doesn't smell like raptor. It wavers back and forth for a moment and then ambling slowly toward Unholy_Pariah's position.

Spoiler: GM Notes (click to show/hide)

I just put GWG in the back rather than buggin him for a preference. It probably doesn't matter much for one player. I mostly wanted to know if you were all going to come from two sides and sandwich it or if you were going for a complete encirclement.

The dense forest provides everything with +1 Stealth

I find turns like this easier to describe in something approaching a normal narrative style. We'll be back to the structured person by person approach once combat begins.

[Dwarmin]

Action: Flex my claws in preparation to spring from the cover of the bushes! Ambush/Sneak Attack/Charge/Wild/Leap attack!

[Unholy_Pariah]

((I was wondering why my stealth roll didnt fail horribly..
And yeah, my plan was for complete encirclement with the only gap being the ambush location.))

manipulate creature.  Alter its direction wihout panicking it instantly
Noticing the tentosaurus coming towards him Unholy remains hidden and begins making quite noises similar to a raptors typical hunting calls in order to make it think that there are a pack of raptors some distance away in that general direction, not enogh to panick it but enough to discourage continuing in his direction.

if successful follow it towards the ambush party/mock charge if it closes to within Dwarmins range.
if not try again but louder.

[Joben]

((I was wondering why my stealth roll didnt fail horribly..
))

((Because the tenos Spot roll was even worse. Sense has to beat Stealth. Maybe I should have had it hear some rustling and head in the other direction but meh.))

[Unholy_Pariah]

Action: Flex my claws in preparation to spring from the cover of the bushes! Ambush/Sneak Attack/Charge/Wild/Leap attack!

could you put in a condition of "if the tentosaurus comes my way"

[Joben]

Oops I forgot to put up the pic. This is what it looks like.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Imagine it kinda like a dinosaur cow. It's about 22 feet long and considerably heavier than you. Maybe about 1.5 tons. So it's strong basically by definition but not really built for combat.