10: The Forest of Woe

[Hogscape]

Quinlan: "Hmmm burn down the camp... Always one of my favourite moves but don't we have merchant and silks to rescue too? Perhaps if we built a giant rabbit made out of wood... No, no, I digress. I liked the idea Charles had about riding into camp dressed as the errant bandits perhaps with a scantily-clad elfin maid as their bounty, then unleashing a small can of mayhem whilst our other comrades freed the merchant, recovered the silk and any other booty..."

[apeloverage]

"Given the recent reactions of these 'gentlemen'", Alwyn observes,

"I see no great benefit in attacking the bandits at all. Perhaps we should try to sneak into their camp, recover merchant and silk, and begone."

[ragnorakk]

hmmm...
Could I ask the innkeep what he knows of the bandits - size, temperment, etc? How much interaction has he had with them?

[danhem]

"We don't know if the bandits have captured the merchant yet or not. According to our guests he is still at large in the forest. He may well have fallen victim to a pack of wolves but the silks should still be there for the taking...if we can find them."

"I say we make for the bandit camp but approach stealthily, perhaps with those nice veils our wizards can summon at will. That way we could maybe find out what they know without having to attack them directly."

[Toad-Killer-Dog]

Drugan makes sure the noisy merchants aren't to near.

"Considering that there is practically no law and we are risking our necks, who says we have to return the valuable silks to these harping merchants when they are worth far more than the pittance they are offering us?"

"Just a thought"

[Hogscape]

Quinlan whispers: "There is no law but what we make. We are above the villainous scum we faced in the woods. We are men of destiny - true to our word."

[burke]

The adventure continues here:

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