"I do not expect we will need the dazzling blades. Boggards move slower than men overland. They are, however, your spells to spend."

"Are they? A good point, then. You still may need to close to handle those not caught by the vines, but likely far fewer. I think it worth at least one casting to ward against unexpected power there, but perhaps not two."

"Up to you."

Yanor looks over. "Are we ready to move?"

"Seems like it."

"Whenever."

And off they go.

A wide marshland separates them from the boggard village. It's a slow trek through the tall grass.

The party stops about a hundred feet away from the village. They're all crouched down. The boggards don't seem to have noticed them.

Julen draws his longbow and knocks an arrow.

Tomas does the same with his shortbow.

A Dazzling Blade on Tomas's rapier. Irrelevant if everything goes right, but good to have when something fails. And her cantrips up, as ever.

"On my mark..."

Entangle. All of the plants on the western half of the village come to life.

Three of the four boggards around the village campfire are entangled by the plants.

Tomas moves forward through the grass and looses an arrow at a boggard by the campfire. It pierces and opens a small wound.

Those four are the first point any resistance will come from, and if they stay disoriented as long as possible, any response will be slowed down proportionately. And four targets isn't a terrible use of a Burst, even if it's a little sad.

Bust of Radiance. And she moves up, following Tomas and trying to stay quiet.

The boggards burn beneath the shimmering light. Some of them are blinded. All of them are wounded.

Sounds of rapid movement emanate from the largest hut.

The rest of the village begins to rouse. A loud and terrible croak echoes from one of the huts.

A giant frog dodges the entangling plants and leaps forward at great speed in their direction. It barely escapes the area of entanglement before running out of time.

One of the blinded boggards is not entangled. They try to reach a hut but can't move far enough without their vision and with animated plants in their way.

A second giant frog dodges the entangling plants and follows the first out into the tall grass.

Yanor stalks closer to the village and sends a supernatural glare at one of the giant frogs. It falls asleep.

More noise emanates from the various boggard huts. Many who left were immediately ensnared by the magical plants.

A third giant frog dodges the entangling plants and follows the second into the tall grass. These giant frogs are very agile.

Julen draws back his bow and snipes one of the blinded boggards. They're already very injured but it's not enough to put them down.

That boggard tears free of the plants and lumbers into cover.