<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/WyE9ZjV.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Damira</span></span><br/>Half-Drow Gunslinger/Cleric, 12 HP, AC 18, Character Sheet (https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1615705).<br/><em>Known for keeping her past to herself.</em><br/><hr/><br/>Damira was almost a little disappointed that Tem didn't go for the obvious joke, but oh well, she certainly appreciated the need to keep things fresh and interesting! Tem's spontaniaty and unpredictability were part of her charm, of course. Despite their teasing before, Damira was putting in admirable effort to ignore those charms and focus on the task at hand, her eyes keeping (mostly) off Tem's body for the duration of their planning session. At the more subtle innuendo Tem did throw in their, Damira had to fight to keep her face straight. She'd be damned if she gave her the satisfaction of knowing she got that.<br/><br/>As the others laid out their ideas, she kept focus attentively, moving to look at the map Mouser laid out once he had. She nodded along with several of his suggestions, before eventually responding, "With ideas like this, I'm not quite sure why you decided to pass the lead on to me. You've got a pretty good head for this." She then looked over his map silently for a few moments, seeming to be weighing ideas and possibilities, before saying, "Looking at this map... I'm really not sure about all this climbing. It would be bad to have people out of the fight before we even start. Still... There's obvious advantages. Cass's team's climb sounds the trickiest, so I agree, her team should get priority for climbing gear and... I've got a healer's kit too. If anyone falls, it would be best if they could be patched up swiftly." She couldn't help but shift her attention towards Edan momentarily, knowing that with this plan she'd be at the biggest risk of falling, a thought that didn't sit overly well with her... but that didn't mean it was necessarily the wrong course of action.<br/><br/>She looked back down at the map, deep in thought, before saying, "The question then remains if we should split the remaining party into two, or all move as one. The switchback is narrow, and could impede our numbers, but the staircase carries additional risk of falling, and potentially without the aid of a proper climbing kid, unless we've got a second one floating around. Still, I suppose, even without a healer's kit, I'd still be capable of using my magic to heal fall wounds. Granted, I'd really rather not wear out my spellcasting before we even meet the enemy."<br/><br/>She was quiet as she continued staring down at the map, mulling over the options. It seemed a situation with no clear right or wrong answer, either way carried risk and reward. After a few moments, she said, "Alright, the trick I'm seeing is timing. The further our timing is off, the harder this gets. If Tem's team engages too quickly, or the climbing teams lag behind, she could be overwhelmed. Likewise, if Tem's too slow to engage, or the climbing teams are too quick, the risk increases of our climbers being spotted and... well, then things get ugly. Still, this could work, yeah. If everyone thinks they can pull off their parts, and we can time this right, yeah, I think this can work."<br/><br/>She then turned to Cass and said, "Alright, I'm going to need you to exercise the most discretion and patience here. Since you won't be able to see us, and likewise, worst case scenario is your team engaging too soon. You'll need to wait until the other teams have engaged, or at least until Tem's team has engaged, before moving in yourself."<br/><br/>She then turned to Tem, continuing on, "Seeing as how we'll be able to see each other, we can adapt if need be. If we can't get up, and you look like you're in trouble, we can abandon the climb and move to assist you. Likewise, if the enemy spots us on the climb, you can, hopefully, ride in and keep them from slaughtering us."<br/><br/>Turning back to the map momentarily, she then said, "I'll take Vendi with me. Mouser says she can be of help, and I'm also not sure I want our benefactor where I can't heal her. Not to doubt her skills or anything. Victor has those grenades which would be of great use if fighting breaks out on the switchback, but I don't know if he can quite keep pace with a horse, Tem, up to you if you think that'd be a help or a hindrance. Otherwise, he could come with our team. Shaninera could go with Cass, and then Ishtar... either us, or Tem." She glanced at Tem, then, to see what her thoughts were, particularly concerning the composition of their two teams, before looking to the others and extending the question more broadly, "Anyone have any thoughts?"<br/><br/><hr/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">tl;dr</div><div class="spoiler_body">I'm tired. I need a nap.<br/>I had to write it, you can fucking read it, you damn kids.<br/>And your mobile phones.<br/>And your techno music.<br/>And your sexting.<br/>And your hoola hoops.<br/>And your dance dance revolution.<br/>Get off my lawn.</div></div>