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 are quite aggressive. 

If a bear scores a paw hit with an 18 or better it also hugs for additional damage as indicated. 

The brown and cave bears will continue to fight for 1-4 melee rounds after reaching 0 to -8 hit points. At -9 or greater damage, they are killed immediately.

Northern Bear. As with all other types of bears, these dwellers in subarctic and temperate regions are omnivorous. A paw hit of 18 or better indicates a "hug," inflicting 3-18 points of additional damage. These aggressive animals will fight for 2-5 rounds after being brought to 0 to -12 hit points, but from greater damage they die instantly.

Environment. Arctic (Northern. plain, rough, mountains); Sub-arctic (Brown. scrub; Brown/Pleistocene/Northern. hills, rough, forest; Pleistocene/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 (Pleistocene. forest, rough, hills, mountains); Waterborne (Northern. fresh, large; arctic only)