Monsters / Bugbear
Bugbear
CR 2 - 600 XP - CE Medium Humanoid
Stat block
AC17 (touch 11, flat-footed 16)HP16 (3d8+3)SavesFort +2, Ref +4, Will +1Meleemorningstar +5 (1d8+3)Rangedjavelin +3 (1d6+3)Speed30 ft.AbilitiesStr 16, Dex 13, Con 13, Int 10, Wis 10, Cha 9BAB / CMB / CMD+2 / +5 / 16Sensesdarkvision 60 ft., scent; Perception +8Environmenttemperate mountains
Combat brain - every behavior cites its line (2 rules)
Built only from this entry: stat-block special attacks, the printed Int score, the creature type, its feats and senses, and the behavioral prose of its own description. Nothing invented - an uncited behavior is a test failure.
night-hunter (from senses)
senses: darkvision 60 ft., scent; Perception +8 - hunts where prey is blind
senses: darkvision 60 ft., scent; Perception +8 - hunts where prey is blind
targets-weakest (from alignment)
alignment CE, Int 10 - picks off the wounded and the unarmored first
alignment CE, Int 10 - picks off the wounded and the unarmored first
From the entry
Perception and Stealth are always class skills for bugbears.
The bugbear is the largest of the goblinoid races, a lumbering brute that stands at least a head taller than most humans. They are loners, preferring to live and kill on their own rather than form tribes of their own kind, yet it isn't uncommon to find small bands of bugbears working together, or dwelling in goblin or hobgoblin tribes where they function as elite guards or executioners. Bugbears do not form large warrens like goblins or nations like hobgoblins; they prefer smaller-scale mayhem that lets them keep their favorite acts (murder and torture) on a more personal level. Humans are a bugbear's favored prey, and most count the flesh of humanity as a dietary staple. Grisly trophies of ears or fingers are common bugbear decorations.
Bugbears, when they turn to religion, favor gods of murder and violence, with various de...