The party connects with the main north-south artery, and then along the eastern passage to the north, noting the waters 20' below the holes in the deck of the cavern. Things seem to be widening out to the east and north as they go. Tangles of thick white webbing fill a ravine at the eastern end of this cavern. A thick, flat slab of dark gray stone forms a bridge across the ravine.

But before that, there are some really strange, horrifying, bird-calls ... hawk-sized avians that look like six-legged storks, with unkempt and greasy feathers and a beak that looks razor-sharp!

Begin Round One ...

R1T28: Abenor gets into his reaching blade stance and surges forward to the one to the north (Red) in an animalistic charge, slashing the creature in a wing for 24 + disabled.

R1T24: Cici comes from the back to square off against Blue to the east. She tries to do a snap kick to its chest, but fails. "It's a gryph," she calls, her voice echoing in the chamber. "A magical beast. They love to use their beak to hold onto prey and implant eggs into them, so don't let them get ahold of you."

R1T22: The gryph she just attacked snaps at her with its beak, and she easily dodges, but in doing so she practically runs into its waiting claw. The claw doesn't shred, simply tries to grab her and she is a superior unarmed combatant so gets out of its attempted grasp.

R1T21: Imrijka moves forward, but stays within Abenor's protective aegis, shooting his opponent in the head to kill it.

R1T19: Aasgar, your axe is in hand. What do you do?

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HEROES: +1 weapon attk/ damage.
Abenor: 28. Katana in hand. Inner sphere stance.
* DISEASED: Filth fever: Bite–injury; save Fort DC 15; onset 1d3 days; frequency 1/day; effect DEX & CON tracks; cure 2 consecutive saves.
Cici: 24. Light on waveblade in hand.
Blue Gryph: 22. (24:24).
Imrijka: 21. Bow in hand. Light on hat.
* DISEASED: Filth fever: Bite–injury; save Fort DC 15; onset 1d3 days; frequency 1/day; effect DEX & CON tracks; cure 2 consecutive saves.
Purple Spider: 20. (21:21).
Aasgar: 19. Axe in hand.
Lucette: 18.
Brown Spider: 17. (21:21).
Bariswort: 16. Accordion in hand.
Green Spider: 15. (21:21).
Pink Spider: 11. (21:21).

Dead/ OOC
Gryph (1).