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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OnlineDM" data-source="post: 5388304" data-attributes="member: 90804">Original poster here.  I thought I should let everyone know how this battle turned out.  In the end, I decided to go with a momma Owlbear and her two cubs (Young Owlbears).  The fight was brutal but survivable.  I did drop two of the four PCs to unconsciousness, but they were revived by the healer in the party.  On two occasions an owlbear hit the same target with both claws and grabbed it, getting ready for the auto-hit beak attack, but in both cases the claws dropped the PC to unconsciousness (so the owlbear moved on during the next turn rather than taking the coup de grace).I'd say the luck in the battle was pretty even - some crits on both sides, some misses on both sides - and it was indeed a challenging battle for the 6th-level party.  It was not insurmountable, though.  The party did have the advantage of telling the wagon driver when he should keep the wagon moving and when he should stop, so there was some interesting terrain.  I think that a pair of adult owlbears would have been too much for this party.  The party focused fire pretty well on the one adult in this battle, and dropping her first was VERY important.  If after dropping her they still would have had one adult owlbear to deal with, which wouldn't drop until it was all the way dead (as opposed to the two young owlbears with half the hit points), they would have had a harder time.  I think that could have spelled a total party kill, so I'm glad I went with mom and the cubs.As a side note, the party now finds itself tracking some Duergar in an underground cave system (getting close to the Underdark, essentially).  Can anyone point me toward good adventures or other materials that showcase interesting Duergar encounters?  I've never used Duergar before, but they seem to be a good fit for the direction this campaign is taking.</blockquote>

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