Bear

All of these ursoids are omnivorous, although the gigantic cave bear tends towards a diet of meat. All have excellent hearing and smell but rather poor eyesight.

Size shown is average for the variety, and larger individuals will be correspondingly more powerful.

The grizzly bear is a brown bear of very aggressive disposition. Black bears are usually not aggressive, brown bears are, and cave bears or northern bears are quite aggressive.

Hug. (minor) If a claw attack roll is successful and scores a natural 18 or better, the defender is dragged into a hug as a minor action and will take another 2d4 damage that round and is considered grappled until the end of the round. (See also Melee, Special Attacks, Grapple.)

Continue to Fight. The bear will continue to fight for 1d4 melee rounds after reaching 0 to -8 hit points. At -9 or greater damage, they are killed immediately.

Hug. (minor) If a claw attack roll is successful and scores a natural 18 or better, the defender is dragged into a hug as a minor action and will take another 2d6 damage that round and is considered grappled until the end of the round. (See also Melee, Special Attacks, Grapple.)

Continue to Fight. The bear will continue to fight for 1d4 melee rounds after reaching 0 to -8 hit points. At -9 or greater damage, they are killed immediately.

Hug. (minor) If a claw attack roll is successful and scores a natural 18 or better, the defender is dragged into a hug as a minor action and will take another 2d6 damage that round and is considered grappled until the end of the round. (See also Melee, Special Attacks, Grapple.)

Continue to Fight. The bear will continue to fight for 1d4+1 melee rounds after reaching 0 to -12 hit points. At -13 or greater damage, they are killed immediately.

Hug. (minor) If a claw attack roll is successful and scores a natural 18 or better, the defender is dragged into a hug as a minor action and will take another 3d6 damage that round and is considered grappled until the end of the round. (See also Melee, Special Attacks, Grapple.)

ENCOUNTERS

Levels Black. II.; Brown. IV.; Cave. V.; Northern. VII.

Frequency. Black. Common; Brown/Cave. Uncommon; Northern. Rare. In Lair nil

Number Appearing. Black. 1-3; Brown/Northern. 1-6; Cave. 1-2; (Cave. Level V. 1d2)

Environment. Arctic (Northern. plain, rough, mountains); Sub-arctic (Brown. scrub; Brown/Cave/Northern. hills, rough, forest; Cave/Northern. mountains); Temperate and sub-tropical, uninhabited/wilderness areas (Brown/Northern. plain, forest, hills, mountain; Brown. scrub, rough); Temperate and sub-tropical, inhabited and/or patrolled areas (Black. scrub, forest, rough, mountains, marsh); Temperate, faerie and sylvan settings (Brown. forest, hills, mountains); Tropical and near-tropical, uninhabited/wilderness areas (Black. forest, rough, mountains); Pleistocene (Cave. forest, rough, hills, mountains); Waterborne (Northern. fresh, large; arctic only)

Treasure Type. nil

Experience. Black. XP 173 (or 85+4 per h.p.); Brown. XP 582 (or 300+6 per h.p.); Cave. XP 979 (or 475+8 per h.p.); Northern. XP 2,800 (or 1,600+12 per h.p.); Polar. XP 3,100 (or 1,900+12 per h.p.);