The idea of facing a dragon - and not just a baby, either - made Rayne nervous, now that they were committing to it.  But she did believe this was a necessary risk, and that it was best to bring him down before freeing his prisoners - who surely would not be much help in the short term, when Telathrax would surely counter-attack.<br/><br/>"A couple of Remove Fear scrolls might be nice, if we could have a back-rank player stay out of the action but be ready to use it on any that succumb to fear.  It would be a waste to have a strong caster spending their time with such a minor spell in the thick of battle.  For the<em>daylight</em>too, perhaps.  I'm not sure who will be willing to come, and how much risk they can face.  But whoever is in the rearguard could help with this, maybe."<br/><br/>"Dragon bane is definitely a better choice than bleeding... I wasn't sure how much we could prepare, or how much time in crafting we should spend.  They'd be effectively +3 then, right?  That at least gives a little bit better chance of hitting, which is still going to be an issue.  I don't think there's much we can do to weaken the monster's hide, though; nothing that would get past his resistances at least."<br/><br/>"For the scrying, I suppose it would make sense to be in position and have the longer-duration spells going before scrying, then pop potions or get in the last short buffs once we know where our foe is."  She had a vision of them arriving just as Telathrax had gone off on a recruiting drive elsewhere, and grimaced.  "So I could spread around acid resistance before we take our peek, for instance."<br/><br/>She took a deep breath.  "I hope we're not forgetting anything, but we can keep thinking about this as we get things ready.  I can help prepare some of the arrows, Lizzy, so far as basic assembly is concerned."<br/>