The path clears as the two march up the pathway. The sun slowly sunk toward the horizon in the east, it was afternoon now. The hills in the distance signaled a deep recess in the ground beyond. The blurry structures of mining equipment can be seen jutting behind. The entrance had to be just below whatever hid beneath the hills. A band of three bipedal, hyena-like figures gathered at a distant campfire nearby another treeline. Gnolls.<br/><br/>Behind Dalia, Dryden seemed too distracted to notice them.<br/><br/><em>You, at the front, <strong>do</strong> notice them.</em><br/><br/><em>You have a chance to set up an Ambush on these gnolls.</em><br/><br/><hr/><em>Dryden; Ambush Opportunity (Mind Check) v. 10 = 8 (failure)</em><br/><em>Dalia; Ambush Opportunity (Mind Check) v. 10 = 12 (success)</em><br/><br/><strong>Options</strong>:<br/><br/><em>- Set up a position in the treeline to ambush the gnolls.<br/>- Continue marching and engage in combat normally.</em>