The Wilderness

You set your final piece of meat and rush off towards the mouth of the pass. Nyx races ahead of you and comes back a few hours later.
I've found the orcs, she says with a grin. It is late in the afternoon. I think we've got a couple of options. We could either (a) dump the rest of the meat upwind of their camp, wash off the blood in the small stream to the east and then book it out, and rejoin the others or (b), we could toy with the wolves a little more, until it gets dark, then sneak up and kill their sentry, and let the wolves get the drop on them at night. Either way, I think the wolves are toast but they'd definitely take more of the orcs down if we let them hit them while it's dark. Then we finish off whoever's left. What do you guys think?

Are either of you good at moving silently? Nyx asks.

Those of us who are good at moving silently will sneak up and quietly disable the orc sentry. Then we lead the wolves right to the orcs and ah, let nature take its course she grins evilly.

No. We must kill the sentry silently. We don't want him to raise the alarm. That way, the Dire Wolves can ambush the orcs. It will give them a fighting chance. Then we move in and mop up the survivors!

Nyx leads you in a roundabout route, eating up as much time as possible before you arrive at the orcs' camp. You are currently downwind of the orcs and it is well into the night.

She leads Saris to a rocky outcropping. From there you can see the camp. There are about 20 orcs but most of them look quite young. Only about 5 or so look like fully matured adults.

Then she gestures to Herod and she points to where the sentry is watching the nearby forest. After she is certain that you can see him she signals that she wants you to grapple the orc while she stabs it.

Together you and Nyx manage to sneak up behind the orc sentry.

If you go for the grapple please give me either an strength or dexterity athletics check please.

You manage to sneak up to the orc and cover his mouth as you grapple him. Nyx wastes no time and quickly slits his throat. Silently, you watch as he bleeds out. Then you dump the rest of your food, and meet Saris on the small ledge looking over the orc's camp.

Then you wait for the fun to begin.

There is one massive boulder that you could try to roll down the small outcrop. You're not sure that it would have much of an effect unless you time it perfectly though.

After a short while, Nyx taps your shoulder and quietly points out several large moving figures silently stalking the orc camp.

The Dire Wolves attack like a well co-ordinated assualt squad. Each wolf picks a sleeping target and pounces simultaniously.

Four orcs die instantly. The wolves do not hesitate. Each wolf moves on to a new target and four more orcs die before they manage to get to their weapons.

Then the wolves begin to co-ordinate their attacks, one distracts while the other goes for the killing blow. Several more orcs die befofe they manage to organise a propper line of defence.

Then the orcs hit back. One wolf takes several javelins and falls to the ground. The orcs waste no time in pouncing on the wounded creature.

The tide of the battlw turns. It is bloody and fierce but at the end of the fight all of the wolves are dead and only two orcs remain. The two orcs raise their bloody weapons to the air and bellow out into the night.

You could not have wished for a better performance from the direwolves. Nor could you ask for a better opportunity to attack.

What do you do?