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The comment about hostages is quite reasonable, actually.

Just some grass, maybe with trees that don’t get in the way.

Well, if not now, then when? But rushing in without any idea of what's inside is not a good idea.

Let's ask the cat; maybe he knows something. He's probably smelled something besides our socks.

hostages

well, let's say later, "sorry, we couldn't handle it, we'll pay for the funeral"

Ask Go Kashi.

Alessia should be the one asking about roleplaying; we have no idea if our hunchback can even carve runes.

Well, after wandering through a dangerous forest for several hours, everyone should already know at least ten different ways in which someone or something can be helpful.

If we had known that his stats and skills, as well as his equipment, matched those of the Alessian creatures, we would have tied him up and questioned him about what was going on, and whether he was an evil spirit copying the abilities of its victims.
But let me ask differently.
-- Hmm... How should we react to an ambush in such a way that it doesn't turn into a fiasco with possible hostages? Do you think our opponents could take advantage of this? Not that there are many people in the eastern forest, but anything can happen, -- Gulveig asked her teammates, among whom was Anders' cat.

I'm going to sleep. The cat won't tell you anything useful, except that there isn't any supernatural or super-big threat here (like those "travelers").

Helpful cat...
So, we essentially have only two and a half options – attack from an ambush from the outside, or go into the ambush and either avoid or not avoid it with spells? 😑 And we can't even surround this ambush ourselves and turn it into an ambush, knowing about its existence?

If that's the case, we can take a risk and try a direct assault. Of course, the location won't be favorable for us; they'll be shooting at us constantly, and we'll have to spend a lot of turns breaking down the door.
Another theoretical option is to attack near the exit. If we take out the door and one or two guards, we'll already have an advantage.
Anyway, we need to decide; we have until tomorrow, but let's not stay silent.

Well, if there's no major threat, should we take the risk? Or are we still going for the rune?

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I'm generally in favor of a straightforward assault because I don't really like risky rune-related elements. It's better to avoid risking the lives of our allies. Oh. And we can also gather information about the forest area. And, of course, there's loot.

"There's no major threat" – this accounts for more than half of our wipes against Revan. And who would set up an ambush, dragging hostages along on a leash? Assuming that all the kidnapped people haven't already been eaten by a vampire.

And the loot, huh?

Oh, what loot. Valuable weapons and armor will remain, but let the tattered leather armor burn.

I'd say there's a 70% chance there's a trap, with important hostages or something similar that will cause us serious trouble.

But I'm so tired of all these situations that I'm just voting for the rune.
Let everything explode and burn in flames, like in the good old days.

I agree with Ples that there will be some clues, accounting records, maps, or mentions of villainous names/plans, and therefore I prioritize as follows:
rune, used with reasonable caution > simply storming >= massively attacking
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Revan, please answer later, is the mill made of wood or stone?