sheep_game | lay the groundwork

WHO: anyone who wants to PREPARE FOR TROUBLE
WHERE: idk somewhere in the pasture that's relatively comfortable. library?
WHEN: nebulous day 51 between shenanigans

[shepherds of sheepgame y'all get a call from Charon at some point:]

We can agree that there's a new foe in the mists with real and active intent to endanger us all, correct? As they've done us the courtesy of a warning strike and not an all-out offensive from the start, let's meet and come up with a plan of action together. I'm sure we're all looking to our barns individually, but it's better if a direct threat never gets that far in.

If people in your flock or Weeds your flock is friendly with want to present some suggestions and solutions themselves, or just attend to stay informed, please have them attend as well.

[WHAT IT SAYS ON THE TIN, i'll put up some headers, let people know what you/your team are doing or planning under the appropriate ones so that other people can chime in with suggestions and assistance! HANDWAVE YOU GOT TOLD IF YOU WANNA BE THERE.

Charon is not going to be responding to Absolutely Everything because i am but one player but everyone feel free to jump each other. i'll sort out a summary at the end as needed.

ETA: SUMMARY IS here, if you wanna get involved with anything on the list please assume you overheard something about it during the meeting and hit up the other people involved!]

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Also, in my opinion, knowing what direction they're coming from is useful for any coordinated response... someone coming to maul you at random could have come from anywhere, but someone coming to maul you that's conspicuously been marked with, say, the color green, because they hit a dye trap that's only been set up in the due west of the perimeter... that tells you something, and no one had to think to cube about it in a crisis.

Edited 2024-01-07 07:14 (UTC)

Dye trap triggered by a trip wire would work well. Something easy to set back up after it goes off. Unless someone has a magic version that wouldn't need their attention the whole time.

Also agree on caltrops.

Mmm, mundane means would be best, for the dye traps. Magic can be costly in time and energy to anchor; can't be placed nearly as liberally as a simple trip wire.

Ah, figured, but good to know. I prefer "mundane", but that's what I know how to work with.

Thistle had some spraypaint cans, it'd be easy enough to rig those as part of a trap.

Perfect. Can I consider pushing forward the dye trap project left to your capable hands, then, Tyr of Thistle? I must admit, my dance card's already looking quite full... but I wouldn't mind providing my aerial experience for picking out where to put them.

Sounds good to me. I was going to go out and measure paces, but if you can do it from the sky that might be better.

[he listens to literally all of this, with the patience of a man who has listened to a demon talk about murder for hours on watch before, and then fires back:]

Spikes and caltrops, yes, particularly if Rose is willing to summon and strip vines for the latter purpose. If you are able to create an automated magical trigger that will snap a group of sunflowers to activation or set off a row of pepperpods instantly, excellent.

A double ring of sunflowers around the fountain, if you are: one facing outward to activate against threats, one facing inward and in a state of constant activation, changed out regularly, to continually weaken the claws. We can't risk damaging the fountain itself with something more volatile.

I'm not sure we can turn the bones to our purpose, unless Blossom can repurpose the spell that used them as a defense mechanism. I am also not sure about the mushrooms' efficacy on wolves, but I will submit that it is very easy for a Lily ghost to puppet a faux-body containing them into locomotion.

Scarab is suggesting mundane flares and tripwires; we can combine dye traps with that.

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