"Maybe we should try drawing whatever it is that's snorting towards our current position. That rough terrain can work to our defensive advantage. What do you think?" Qwyn asks it. Ever polite, ever making the words sound like a good idea.
Voss nods his head. "Agreed. Better to encounter it with many routes open to us instead of heading south through the narrow to meet it. Anyone have magic to incite the snort? Of course we'll be alerting anything else in here we've arrived. Surprise will be lost..."
Voss considers some more. "Donal taught me well, including how not to let an enemy catch me with an ambuscade. I could scout ahead and see. Attack if needs be then return afterward. I am skilled in hit and run tactics..."
"Remmy, know any good plant guy insults?" asks Voss.
Remmy snorts. "You are not even worthy of being a side dish."
Qwyn yells out a rather loud yell, trying to make noise to attrack whatever is nearby. "Haaaa, I've known sprigs of parsley who are tougher than you!"
Alion digs through his pack, looking for some food. "Hey, don't give me any lip about that. We might be able to snuff out the snorter and trap him in the difficult terrain just south of us."
Alion finds some dried fruit and set it out.
Qwyn looks toward Voss and says, I would suggest trying to draw them out first. You'll have just as much trouble getting over that rough terrain as they will. Are you good at concealing yourself? Mayhaps you could set up in a spot where you can't be easily seen?"
As Voss goes goes to moves to a position that will give him the longest field of fire with his bow, should whatever this is come at us. A lot happens at once.
There is a SNORTING ROAR as a Dire Boar turns a corner at a high speed (H12) its bright yellow eyes glowing like a demonic beacon. Spittle sprays from its mouth as the only noise louder than its roar is the sound of its hooves clambering across the floor. It seems as though the hedges themselves shake...
...not only do the hedges seem to shake they seem to move.
They are moving. Expanding.
The hedge directly next to Voss expands outward into the path (C7). It takes a moment to comprehend that this is not a hedge growing at all except that it is some sort of tree creature – an Aborean!
An Aborean also steps out of the hedge next to Remmy. Even more remarkable is that they hold scythes and both are nearly fifteen feet tall. The skin on these creatures appears to be bark, aged from years of growing and life in the dirt. It is eerie how human a tree can look, or perhaps it is a human who has become a tree.
DM Notes:
· Initiative: Voss, Qywn, Remmy, Alion
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