I know this is off-topic in this goblin thread, but can’t resist adding to this that I really feel there should be options to try to remove the spear part and heal the owlbear (eg a medicine check after an initial animal handling one to placate the owlbear).
The only reason my druid and ranger characters in particular would have for going anywhere near it would be to try to help after hearing it’s been injured by Edowin, so it’s disappointing that they don’t have a chance to try. And if they failed and it attacked, then at least they could console themselves they’d meant well!
Certainly! We need a reason for many good or neutral characters to even get there. If we deduced the owlbear would perish from infection without help, the pressure would be even greater.
If the mother is healed, it'd be nice if she were able to kill the goblins instead.
Hah! Yes, even if some of the goblins still escaped with the cub to keep that bit of the story the same, it would be good to have the survivors complain that the (fully healed) owlbear killed most of their party and they barely escaped with their lives.
Sorry for keeping this off-topic but...I love all of this so much!!!
And agree, I feel like something is missing there and being able to heal the Owlbear and/or goblins mentioning whether the cub was found alone or not would be great (especially if the mother was healed)!
