Draiss mentally curses at the bard, he had not been blaming him, simply relating what had been told. He instead said, soothingly to the dryads, voice rising and falling in a tone that encouraged belief, "No, we are not here to kill any part of the forest, all we want to do is learn why the orcs that live here are planning an attack on a nearby town. We have a druid and a ranger, both devote protectors of the woodlands, with us to make sure that we cause no damage to the forest, other than the natural culling that occurs with the survival of anything living. And we would be delighted to have one or a few of you accompany us to further ensure that we do not harm this paradise of nature"<br/><br/>He hoped they listened, for he was strongly suspecting them of being infected by the taint of the forest, and plus being outnumbered, surrounded, and entangled had no positive bearing on the situation either.<br/><em><br/>[Diplomacy = 24 if he had rolled, a nice medium roll for a level 12 sorcerer that maxed out his people skills, or so he hopes.]</em>