<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/ebY6b8P.jpg)</div><strong>Name</strong>: Valderina Stramonte (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=316350.msg15272715#msg15272715)<br/><br/><br/><strong>Level:</strong>1<strong>Xp:</strong>0<br/><strong>Load:</strong>7/10<strong>Coin:</strong>0<br/><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Armor:</strong></td><td>0 (0/4 layers)</td><td><strong>Hit points:</strong></td><td>21/21</td><td><strong>Damage:</strong></td><td>d8</td></tr></tbody></table><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Str:</strong></td><td>8</td><td>[-1]</td><td><strong>Dex:</strong></td><td>16</td><td>[+2]</td><td><strong>Con:</strong></td><td>13</td><td>[+1]</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Int:</strong></td><td>9</td><td>[+0]</td><td><strong>Wis:</strong></td><td>15</td><td>[+1]</td><td><strong>Cha:</strong></td><td>12</td><td>[+0]</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><strong>Tagging</strong>: All<br/><hr/><br/>"Thanks, Elise." As she felt the surge of power surging from the priestess's fingertips, she suddenly felt a whole lot better. Not to mention more than a little tingly. She loved those magic fingers. Val's hand seemed to be moving of its own accord in turn, slowly reaching up to brush Elise on the shoulder, up her neck, across her cheek...<br/><br/>But... the job. And... the tree. So for now: business.<br/><br/>"Well, whatever we're doing," she continued, deliberately if reluctantly pulling her hand back, "it looks like we're going to follow the orc into the tree. The big question is how. If we forge straight ahead, we're arrow fodder. I for one vote for slipping in the back." She gestured to the secret entrance that Paxton had found. "My guess is that whoever is making the mess in there already knows we're coming - our swinish attackers will have taken care of that - but at least we can give them a little surprise as to when, where, and how." The half-elf raised one eyebrow. "If one of you ladies has some way of making sneaking around easier, this would be a good time to bring it up."