03-27-2017, 10:14 PM
(03-26-2017, 05:45 PM)Xura Wrote: Thanks for the replies. Bahiyya is grateful for the company; Saree would be an excellent choice for an Away Team mission to find the merchants. If anyone else wants to come that's fine; although remember that we need to leave plenty of people at the village too.
If Bahiyya and Saree come across the dead merchants' camp as described above, the logical course of action would seem to be for Saree to attempt to track down the looters. The results of that would probably determine what we do next -- in most cases, that would probably involve one or both of us riding back to Paendley to report our findings to the party and choosing a course of action.
If the looters are in some lair nearby, we could track them down and cure them (or, if need be, kill them if they aren't dead already). If they have gone on to the next village, then (from Bahiyya's perspective) we'd need to formulate a course of action to contain the spread at that village and minimize damage there.
Of course, other party members may have other perspectives, which is fine.
Having Saree accompany you makes sense. Although the option for others to accompany you is available, it would leave the rest of the party without valuable support in containing the outbreak; although the party members who remain in Paendley are at risk of repeated exposure, there are precautions that could be taken to minimize the danger.
Based on the time elapsed, the amount of rain, and the terrain, Saree would determine that a 3-5 sets of shod footprints entered and moved throughout the campsite, then led the horses and cart away. They did not appear to follow the road, but Saree found a few separate sets further down that appear to double back the way they came. Saree is able to track the looters to the abandoned cart further into the woods, where it appears they were met by a larger group. The trail then becomes cold in the thick of the woods.