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Message: <blockquote data-quote="stonegod" data-source="post: 3636637" data-attributes="member: 36973">19 Zor, Zaranthyr 998 YK[HPs restored as w/ a nights rest; new spells can be chosen, etc.]The group finishes their discussion, and with little left to be said, turns in for the night. It is a cold night, with biting winds, and the party near the Castle sleeps poorly.  In the thick forest, the wind is kept to a minimum, but the chill still digs at Janis. In some ways, it helps her keep focus on her ritual.In the morning, all three distant groups awake to the same sight---bats. Thousands of them. Near the Castle and in the forest, they perch on the trees, a black, writhing carpet. In town, they blanket rooftops and shingles and high walls. Screams from the streets are what bring the town's group attention to them, and at the screams---or the sudden notice elsewhere---the dark creatures lift into the daylight with a shrill call. Like a black vortex, they swing around once, diving into a few villager's hair or swinging above encampments, before spiraling into the dawn mists in a vaguely northward direction.Jarrith and their Lumin companions could swear the swarm flew towards the Castle.Regardless of her thoughts on the nocturnal vermin, the Pale Lady is soon distracted by another arrival. There is a *snuff, snuff* sound from the trees, soon followed by a the sound of heavy footprints. After a few moments, into the clearly lumbers in a large, shaggy bear, its fur a dark brown. Over its left eye is a pale white shock of hair, most likely from an old scar.Or something more than coincidence.[Yup, its a Brown Bear, not a Black. Its treated as Druid level -7, so strictly its a Lvl 0 equivalent animal companion, but we'll round that up to 1 for now. Merry Barovian Christmas. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />]By midmorning, all are gathered back in the Tavern, Jarrith looking bothered by something, but new equipment in hand, Ashlyn in possession of her retooled armor, and Janis looking quite smug about something. It was time for action. Time to stop being acted upon.[Please finalize plans. And if anyone wants to share or act folks to share info that they have, go ahead.]</blockquote>

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