The lull is valid.  If further action was immediate, I would have narrated that fact.  

I'm not saying that the cave is safe, mind you, but the direct threat has passed.

Owlbears are not known to be good meat, no.  

Nearly lost both warriors.  Heals kept them up.

Upcasting is not a thing, sadly.  I do, however, let you substitube in a lower spell.  So if you are out of first level spells, you can cast a cure light wounds in place of a second level slot, for instance.

As a quick status check - 

Arathea is seriously wounded.

Ruadhrí is critically wounded.

Mae'rel used three level 1 spells and her bonus cure light wounds.

Rosariel used three level 1 spells and one level two.

Seleliniel used two level one spells and one level two.

I fully expect the interactions with this character to evolve.  It's a diferent character, after all.

Due to some real life issues - Chessicfayth has lost his job, and was going to have to take an undefined leave of absence from the game - we are making a change to the roster.  

RDI legend Reralae has recently returned to us, and she is interested in gaming again.  I've had a couple of players advocate to me to let her into the game.

I don't want some messy switch.  So here is what will happen:

I am retconning reality.  Rainminainen the ranger was never part of the party, never part of the mission.  You have never met this fellow.  

Instead, the role of party ranger will now be filled by Isilmewen of House Mithvanryl.  

After today's regular game post, I will do a find/replace in the database to swap the names and pronouns out.  We will potentially go back and edit posts to allow for Isilmewen's personality to be better represented.  

I have already changed the active player roster itelf, giving Rerale the rights to post to the game.  Effective immeidately, she will join the party.  Again, this is a retcon, so we don't need a round of player posts handling this new character - it's not a new character.  It's the one that we always had.

You always were a creep...


Post it coming!

Really cool effects!

Man, it's great to see you!

Remember that if at all possible, you should give me at least 2-3 rounds worth of strategy.

The cow man is easy - he attacks somebody, hits them till they drop, attacks the next one.  Unless there is some priority of targets or whatever, you don't have to tell me "I attack in round one.  I attack in round two." and so forth.

Casters, I need to know what spells they want to use, in the order they want to use them.  They should always feel free to give me strategy stuff, too - "I cast X unless the nemies are too close in melee, in which case I cast Y".  Or, "I use buff spell A unless there are bad wounds in which case I prioritize healing magic instead."

Feel free to include as much strategy as you like, regardles of your role in the party.  I don't want to assume actions you don't want to take.

As long as Mae'rel can act before melee is joined, bless will be effective.  Remember that bless does not, however, impact anyone already in melee.

The beasts are owlbears, no doubt about it.  

Yes, there are three bogies en route.  Range on the enemies is fifteen to thirty feet each.  

Party is single file, but there is plenty of room to fan out here as needed.

There ya go.  Feel free to pet the sweet animals of the forest.

Wel, that's frustrating.  

I will post today.  I will treat Rain as an NPC for the time being.  We didn't get a post from our Lysoran cleric last cycle, either - Noah, I'll NPC her this round.  Don't miss again, please.

Excellent posts and roleplay so far, folks!

Bófir do not have infravision, no.

Sorry I missed this.

It's difficult to say how many creatures may have been in and out of this cave.  The tracks appear to be similar in size, but there are so many that that they are not really intact, more trampled.  

There are no visible non-owlbear tracks.

You guys don't have darkvision, that's a 5e thing.  You have infravision - think how the predator movies have the ability to see heat.  

Cidals have excellent eyesight, but not infravision.  

Infravision is excellent for picking up warm bodies - any owlbears would stand out wonderfully in a cave.  However, the cave walls and floor are cool; navigation will be very difficult witout light.

Should be today.

Big cow man with major PTSD?

That is AWFUL.

I approve.

I want to give everyone a chance to respond to the battle, so I'll take a little time before I post.

That is horrible, Alan.

You should write that novel.  Even if it does make Gladd feel more like a necromancer.

Arathea is uninjured after the fight; the tiny scratch she took came out of the temporary hit points bestowed by Rosariel's aid spell.

Mae'rel is moderately injured after healing herself once.  She has used one level one spell, as well as her bonus cure light wounds.

Rosariel has used one level two spell.

Seleliniel has used two level one spells.

No one else is injured.