Theodore had focused most of the time their journey had taken to collecting edible stuff from around them while simultaneously keeping up with the rest of the group. Nobody seemed to be bothered by it and it let the masked zealot think about what had happened before they had got back on the move. Thea seemed to... like him. But he couldn't say it back for some odd reason. His body just refused. Whatever be the case, he was both happy and extremely confused about it. But he couldn't let that distract him too much, he concluded as he noticed he had picked up a less-edible mushroom and tossed it back over his shoulder.

The scenery didn't seem to change much as their journey went on, but the Ranger didn't mind. If there was something for him to collect, that would keep him busy. Eventually he even noticed that he didn't really feel hunger at all, yet he still kept picking up sources of nourishment. To occupy his mind with something he could indeed understand. As they were passing a group of trees for the umpteenth time, he, noted the sun had not moved. Before he got a word out of his mouth, however, he had to notice another thing. They were under attack. Giant birds were circling above, rushing towards the party. There had been many a time the Ranger had seen a bird hunting, but never one of such sheer size.

He didn't get the bewilderment get the best of him and was quick to assess the situation. One of the birds had chosen to fly towards a bigger group of his allies, so they could handle themselves, but there were two that rushed for Thea and Cesar who had much less of an advantage in their position. He would need to reinforce them, Theodore decided and took off in a run.

Arriving below a smaller tree, he yanked his mask off his face and slammed it onto his bolt case while pushing the hood back and drawing out his crossbow with the other. He stared at his target, the bird circling above Thea and could feel just how... mundane it felt. Sure it was big, but it didn't feel like there would be anything else to it. With the size being the only remarkable feature of the bird, he decided to deal with it as with any other threat thus far: Aiming the crossbow at it and taking the shot. And as far as he could tell, it was a good one.

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Theodore makes a 25-feet sprint to the treeline, stopping next to a tree for some cover against the aerial assault.

From there, he uses his Bonus Action on Slayer's Eye on the "topmost" Giant Raven, learning that there is nothing special to learn.
After that, he fires off a Heavy Crossbow attack, gaining advantage from his Natural Explorer feature due to the enemy not attacking in combat yet. The attack roll of [s][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/rolls/2734]8[/url][/s] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/rolls/2735]25[/url] is enough to hit and the attack deals [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/rolls/2736]16[/url] damage, applying the once per turn bonus from Slayer's Eye.

[b]HP:[/b] 28/28  [b]AC:[/b] 16  [b]Concentrating:[/b] Not
[b]Radiant Consumption:[/b] Available
[b]Spells expended:[/b]
0/3 1st
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