The Memorial Day Game

3 party members lost a fight with some bandits last session, and were captured to be sacrifices to...something. The other 2 tracked the bandits to their hideout, and used stealth and being a bear to surprise the bandits. The PCs were doing really well early on, but both sides were quickly skirting death and it was a genuine struggle. As a DM, it felt really awesome because I had no idea what was