The party has a surprise round should they ultimately choose to engage the group.<br/><br/>Currenty they have dim lighting in a tree line 170 feet away from the group of four suspicious ne'er do wells.  If you want to move forward beyond that there is little more than a large, grassy clearing until the rocky outcropping adjacent to the road.  From their current position, the rocks provide no cover unless they re-position.   One of them is very obviously leading the other three.<br/><br/>