Forgot to share this wee story yesterday:
So, here I am on my Honour Mode run, when I decide to go to the Owlbear cave because I was already one level above the mother, and figured she wouldn't give me much trouble.
I get in there, pass the check for her to let me leave without a fight... debate whether I should actually leave... but I really wanted that spear. Thanks to some divine inspiration, I noticed the little ramp that leads into the higher platform above where the mother stays. I smiled. Astarion normally dealt amazing damage with his bow, and it would be even better with the high ground bonus.
I get up there, and the fight starts. First thing the Owlbear Mother does: Legendary Action, summon mate. The Owlbear Father, whose existence I had never heard of, appears... and right on the platform beside the one I am.
Phaeniss' face up there represents how I felt. "Well, that's where my Honour Mode run ends. It was fun while it lasted," I thought. But an unexpected hero arose: Gale and his spell to push things, even things as heavy as Owlbears, far away. And so he pushed Father Owlbear down to the ground to amazing damage. Pushed the Mother too when she jumped onto the platform. And then his spell lots were over, and both Owlbears still alive. Now here comes Astarion with a handy arrow that pushes both parents to the ground. They don't have the chance to fly back up again.
And I survived to tell another honourable tale!
