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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CanadienneBacon" data-source="post: 3369820" data-attributes="member: 11146">Arden moves closer to Wyleck and drops anything she was holding and grasps the stalactite creature impaled in her shoulder.  Pulling with both hands, though awkward due to the angle, Arden grabs hold of the calcified creature and yanks it free from her shoulder.  Blood freely flows down Arden's arm from a 2-inch gaping hole where the creature's point was embedded in the flesh of her shoulder.  While in Arden's grasp, the stalactite wriggles its eyestalks, frantically trying to feel its way free.Quick on his feet, Wyleck leaps to grab one of the two stalactites that are now stuck in the ground with his burning hand, hoping to scorch it before it can escape.  The halfling sears one of the stalactites with his open flame, dealing the creature 6 points of damage.  The thing's eyestalks straighten in pain at Wyleck's burning grasp and the acrid smell of burnt mineral soon fills the narrow cavern as the creature's outer shell cracks.  Soon thereafter, the stalactite ceases moving altogether.  Yssal remains planted exactly where he was and quizically watches Wyleck burn the stalactite.  The dog's shadow flickers on the rock and dirt wall of the cavern.  Movement down the tunnel near where Arden had formerly been standing catches Yssal's attention and the dog barks once, unable to restrain himself.Wyleck, Arden, Rowan, and Rhys look up at the wall of the southern tunnel gives a great groan and bits of rock shake loose from the ceiling.  Yssal starts to furiously bark and look anxiously at Wyleck.  Just then, a large creature that towers tall enough to necessitate stooping under the low ceiling height and squeezing through the narrow tunnel breaks free of the southern passageway and lumbers its way into the cavern.  The first stalactite creature that had dropped on and missed Arden is handily squished beneath the hulking beast's foot.  The creature has a thick, shaggy coat of fur punctuated here and there with patches of feathers.  The thing's body is like a bear's but it has an avian head with pearlescent opaque white eyes and a hooked beak.  When the creature spies fresh meat ahead, it fixes its blank eyes on Yssal and emits a piercing and raucus caw that shakes more detritus free from the ceiling.  Wyleck and Arden catch the distinct whiff of carrion on the creature's breath.Pause here (mid-initiative) for Rhun to restate Rowan's action, if desired.  And also to give Phud and Rhys a bit more time to post their action for the round.  The large creature looks wounded and its rear portion is still wedged in the narrow tunnel behind it, making it vulnerable this round.  Rowan recognizes the large creature as an owlbear.  Very unusual to see such a beast, and a magical one at that, outside of its preferred environment of temperate forests.</blockquote>

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