The captain had moved off a little way to confer and give orders to some of his men. He returns moments later and informs you, "One of the advantages we have is our mounted forces so once we finish our first charge and are preparing our second there is a good chance we will have suffered a few losses by then and will have a few empty mounts. We will leave them behind for you to use. Either rejoin us when you can or head back to town. If you see any other way to help at least you will have some horses to get you there."

@Bow: "It's mostly open plains until you reach the Northwood but it hasn't been cleared for farming so there's a scattering of stones that might provide some cover." The captain let's you know there is an old tree that the goblins will pass within 50 feet of and he thinks that is a good spot to engage them.

"Alright, thanks for the information and thank you for the possibility of horses." Bow says to the captain.

He looks back to his new found companions

"Everyone who wants to join our 'special forces' follow me, we'll check the old tree and stones in the field to find some good hiding spots for ourselves, but we need to move fast as we need to be hidden before the goblins arrive there."

Randall:

Nodding and following Bow, Randall says as an aside, “As a healer, I will help stabilize any of your wounded on the battlefield as I can, then catch up to the rest of you afterwards.”

Grim follows Bow as well. "I have some small healing ability. I can aid Randall with the wounded."

With a strain in his body and an ache in his head a half-elf rises from a half-broken barrel outside of the tavern as he hears the sound of panic and the march of the town's defenders. He wipes his face of various forms of filth as he attempts to stand up, struggling to keep his balance "The energy up here is always really high," he mumbles to himself as he stumbles over to the group "Is this a..." he pauses as he searches his memory for the word, "parade?"

(OOC(Sorry for jumping in so late, I didn't realize there was a thread link in the campaign page.))

"Sure buddy, it's a parade. You should follow them."

Petcan draws a long knife and moves to follow towards the tree.

Unless anyone has anything else they would like to do... those who are trying to hide near the stones around the tree and the tree itself roll a Stealth check.

If anyone is not hiding with the main group please state what you are doing instead.

(With 8 or more players it's possible to split the party into 2 groups... I know the old adage: 'never split the party'... but there are exceptions.)

Bow will hide near the tree,; stealth: 9

I will hide near Bow. Everyone please remember that four of you have some bardic inspiration. The first four to quote this get the inspiration. That's fair right?

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on second thought, I'm just gonna hide near some rocks away from the others since that was a nat 1.

Petcan tries to hide near a rock

stealth 15 

Quote from Fitz_Coulson >>

I will hide near bow. Everyone please remember that four of you have some bardic inspiration. The first four to quote this get the inspiration. That's fair right?

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Thanks!  and ill use it one that stealth roll:P

so stealth: 9 + 2

Randall:

Not particularly skilled at hiding, especially in his heavy armor, Randall looks for full cover and just tries to be as still as he can.

Stealth with Disadvantage:  10

Inspiration:  4

Confused, tired and disoriented Fahrin follows the crowd and calmly slides behind the stones "Strange."

Stealth: 27

Ekō swiftly hides and listens. 

steath: 11

Remember even if you don't stealth please post what you do instead.

It will be a group stealth check contested by the goblin archer's passive wisdoms.

Syvis quickly finds an easy finding spot behind the trees, making sure that he's not too close to the others to give them away, and not too far away that he would notice in time if one of them is spotted.

Stealth: 19

Quote from Fitz_Coulson >>

I will hide near bow. Everyone please remember that four of you have some bardic inspiration. The first four to quote this get the inspiration. That's fair right?

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Grim gets down behind boulders, away from everyone else, trying for as much cover as he can get.

Grim Stealth: 12

Inspiration: 3

Ekō whispers to any nearby “ I have control flame i just need to have a already lit flame and any creature wine the fule”

Since the goblin archer's passive perception is 9 the group goes unnoticed and after the main force passes by the archers stop and set about 50 feet away from you all.

You have a surprise round. Roll Initiative.

There are 9 archers that you can see right now.

Goblin initiative: 3