Bear, Long
- Armor Class
- 4 [15]
- Hit Dice
- 7
- Attacks
- Bite or Claw (1d6+2)
- Special
- hug (2d6; may trigger extra claw ranks)
- Move
- 12 (6)
- HDE/XP
- 7/600
Description
Bears attack by rending opponents with their claws, dragging them in and biting them. All bears are very tough to kill, and are able to move and attack for one round after losing all hit points.
A Long Bear is an abomination created by some botched growth or enlargement magic. An adult is over 30 feet long and has a dozen legs. It can be found in a variety of colors ranging from black to golden tan. It attacks first with its claws and powerful bite. Where a normal bear only has one pair of forelegs with which to hug, a long bear effectively has many pairs of forelegs; if it rolls a 20 on a d20 for either claw attack in a rank, it hugs for an additional 2d6 points of damage, and may roll two additional attacks for the second pair of forelegs, doing the same claw damage as for the first. If either of these attacks rolls a 20 on a d20, it may proceed to the next pair in the same way. If no attack in a rank rolls a 20 on a d20, the next pair of legs is needed for balance and the attacks stop. The opponent’s size will determine how many pairs of legs can be used for attacks against a single opponent. If the opponent is small one pair of legs can be used, two pair if the opponent is medium (ie man-sized), and at most three pair if the opponent is large sized. If a long bear's attacks are not all against the same opponent, it may not hug, but if either paw in one "rank" rolls a 20 on a d20, it may then attack with the next rank, and even a third if either second-rank attack rolls a 20 on a d20. In no case can it perform a hug if it has attacked more than one opponent in the round.
See Also
Other creatures in the Bear category: Bear, Battle, Bear, Black, Bear, Cave, Bear, Dream, Bear, Ghost, Bear, Grizzly (or Brown), Bear, Migou, Bear, Polar, Bear, Quill, Common, Bear, Quill, Huge, Bear, Ursine Behemoth.
Source note: This creature is converted from The Basic Fantasy Field Guide of Creatures Malevolent and Benign – Omnibus Edition, 1st Edition Release 4, © 2010–2025 Chris Gonnerman, R. Kevin Smoot, James Lemon, Matt Sluis, and Contributors. The Basic Fantasy Field Guide textual material is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International; this page adapts that creature to White Box.