<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/Pip3.png)</div>Name: Epiphany "Pip" Dimath  (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=285757.msg14068899#msg14068899)<br/>Location: Oleg's Trading Post<br/>Tagging: Everyone | Open<br/>Active Effects: None<br/>Initiative: +7<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Stats</div><div class="spoiler_body">HP: 8/8 | AC: 13 (T: 13, FF: 10) | CMD: 13<br/>Speed: 30 ft | Perception Bonus: 0</div></div><hr/><br/>The jerboa watched the scorpion with interest, then reached out with one paw to lightly touch the top of the other familiar's head when it returned the bit of bread.  Then, without further ado, Skrum picked the food up again and returned to nibbling, apparently considering the back and forth exchange some sort of completed social ritual.<br/><br/>Pip listened silently to the conversations and exchange of ideas, abandoning his largely-uneaten bowl of stew as the strategical planning consumed his attention.  "I assume that these bandits exact their so-called taxes in the form of a wagon or cart of goods, yes?  If so, and assuming there is some form of flammable or explosive compound in stock - or the means of making one - then it would simply be a matter of loading a disposable cart with it, along with some empty crates and straw so that it appears you've already prepared their demanded goods ahead of time...then setting it up out in front of the trading post, far enough away that it will not damage your home."  He noted the last with a reassuring nod to Svetlana.<br/><br/>"Then, we can simply position ourselves outside of the outpost, with the gates closed and barred, and ambush the bandits when they arrive.  My guess is that at least one or two will approach the cart to check that the goods are all there, and that's when we can strike."  He glanced around at the others with a cocked brow, as if asking silently if they found his ideas acceptable.  Of course, there was the question of how to hide themselves until the bandits got near enough, but he wasn't really the most martially minded of the group and hoped one of the others might have an idea on that score.