>>5349003>>5348983>>5348973>>5348232>>5347831You decide you aren't ready for an entire night of Bird-palooza so you go back with Chuck's crew.
"Oh, I thought you got eaten by a bird or something."
You mention that you found some nice flies to eat.
"You went near the hippos? That's real crazy, man. What was it like? I'm sure the guys back at the hive would love to hear about it."
On the way back, you were telling the story of how you snatched the flies that hovered about the hippos. Chuck and the Bobs were enraptured by your story that they didn't notice your group had gotten waylaid by a bunch of rats.
"Hey you! Golden boy! Give us your shell or we'll kill you all! The birds give some good trinkets for shiny things like yours!"
With a fight like this, your party has the numbers advantage. However, the rats are pretty big, almost half as big as some birds so there's no way to tell how this fight will go.
> Suggest that Chuck give himself up to the rats to avoid a fight.> Get up close and personal with the rats (Gives the most XP, but risky)>Partner up with Chuck to get the rats to leave your party alone (Less XP, less risky)> Let Chuck's party handle the fight while you take attacks of opportunity at the rats. (Negligible risk, negligible XP) 