We left the castle and started our trek to the next town (on foot for some reason) and we had to travel through an odd set of woods (The trees had needles instead of leaves!)
After traveling for a while, we were ambushed by, and I kid you not, THREE BEARS WITH OWL FACES! THEY WERE SO CUTE!
I cast Speak with Animals to try to understand them. But before I could try the diplomatic approach, the others just blindly started attacking with the Scary Lady going on about wanting to ride one. One of the smaller bears charged toward me. I held out my hand and said “I don’t want to hurt you”. They stopped and stared at me.
A few rounds of them attacking and me reasoning went by until the Scary Lady got frustrated and charged a Witch Bolt aimed straight for the weakest one (it would kill). I said “NOOOOO!” and lunged to block the attack (ooc, that was the first time I rolled a Natural 20) and I took the full force of the hit. The battle ended and I was healed by Sunshadow. We were given an escort, and Scary Lady got her ride.
I swore that day that I would figure out how to become one of those bears with owl faces and master it.
The Diaries of Riolu Ungart: Part 2, Into the Woods/A New Goal
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