Is that directed toward PTSD, or the plot trap into which Westra and I seem to be leading the party?

PTSD, I suspect. Your characters currently have no actual knowledge that this bear bears a striking resemblance to a bear the other PbP campaign had to bear.

These puns are bearly tolerable. This could get grizzly, and leave the party quite polarized. Someone's pants are likely to turn brown.

This is getting teddieous, guys.

I don't see why the DM won't just panda to our needs by providing a mob we can all fight. Must have a black heart indeed.

Hopefully this discussion will give him paws.

Perhaps we could write up some kind of contract and include a "no flamestone bears" claws.

I would be down fur that.

I accidentally clicked on Chris's image in-game, turned around to do some stuff, then turned back to see Youtube playing Ylvis. I was fortunate that mute was on.

Wow, didn't even notice it was a link. Also, the polygon tool has some kinks to work out, like the part where it totally lies about Ctrl+Z doing anything. Also also, it's really hard to trace gray gridlines on gray terrain.

Thank you, sorcerer, from saving me from a very spiky fate!

You're welcome! I'd stay to help you climb out, but 1) Str dump stat, 2) thing that laid trap is likely to bullrush any aides into the pit along with you.

I'll be out for a wedding (wife's sister), so my posting will be sporadic, if at all, until Monday. Happy 4th!

I am just now revisiting this board after running from this bear for over a month. While I feel like I did have a healthy fear of the bear before, my appreciation and fear seems to have increased after reading statements like:
Also like:
In short, should I start rolling a new character now, or wait for the battle to end sometime in the next week or two?

I am surprised that nobody remembered that it breathes poison gas, too. (No, not actually surprised.) BTW, 5e totally does have ability damage, it just uses it less frequently. The mobs handle it inline, along with what it takes to cure it. Greater Restoration, for example, removes those penalties.

Since it's not in the glossary, here is the definition for “slowed”...

Slowed: Your speed is halved, you have -2 to AC and Dex saves, and you can't use reactions.

The nice thing about being completely ineffective in a combat is that if you try something stupid and it doesn't work, you've hardly lost anything!

As opposed to being completely ineffective at diplomacy in the case of Ethic. Though in his defense he is still pursuing diplomacy, just by a different means.

Kind of hard to move the story along when Westra and Aldridge hate each other, but they seem to be the only ones talking. Just sayin'. We should do a poll. Whose character wants to punch Aldridge in his face? Say aye.

While I vote against punching Aldridge in the face, he is willing to part with the party due to split differences, if they decide they want nothing to do with him. Votes for the party to go south and send him on his separate route?

Being new to the party, I can only reply "I'm with you fellas."

Can't roll for crap on a perception check but I will do a running jump into a combat roll into the cave b/c I can nail an athletics check.

Overhanded comment about "chasing the dragon."

May have something to do with all those flowers Flutterwing ate.

On this map, the light scattered stones (like what the party is currently standing on) are difficult terrain. The dark flat stones (you can see them just north of some light stones on the map) must be climbed. The giant stones on the map are big columns in the cave. You can't go over them, although some of them might be climbed if you had reason and were particularly athletic.