On another note, I'd like to go over a few tactics oocly. Tasaril stepped up to the thugs because he had no bow with him, and because it's a bit hard to talk from 30 feet away. Tas is no tank, not even a decent melee fighter. Oocly, I hoped to provide a flanking opportunity for our rogue's sneak attack, and daze a thug or two - which may still happen.<br/><br/>I don't know about the ic reasonings (we never finalized the state of character knowledge/relations, so I went with what we talked last about), but from a purely ooc point of view there's a somewhat pressing need of support, which that Lynx could fill very well, especially in the absence of our paladin. The animal companion is the best fighter we currently have, having 20 hitpoints and three attacks with a good AB.