Bear, Migou
- Armor Class
- 6 [13]
- Hit Dice
- 6
- Attacks
- Bite or Claw (1d6+2)
- Special
- paralysis, hold/grab, hug (2d6), illusion, immunity
- Move
- 18
- 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.
The Migou, sometimes called the bewitching bear, is a bizarre, magical creature of vaguely bear like appearance. Migou are solitary creatures. They mate in the late spring, and the female gives birth to a single cub that will stay with her for a single year before going its own way. During the time she is with a cub, the mother will not mate, and in fact is likely to attack an approaching male to protect her cub.
The migou is a savage and fierce predator, attacking relentlessly; unlike other bears migou are strictly carnivores. They consider humanoids and canines as delicacies, and will go out of their way to hunt them. The hind paws of a migou bear a strange resemblance to bare, humanoid feet, and they can move as quickly on two legs, as they can on all four. The migou's front paws are covered in long shaggy fur, longer than the fur covering the rest of the beast.
When a migou rolls a 20 on a d20 with a claw attack, it hugs that target for 2d6 points of hug damage.
Migou have a magical ability which gives them their name of bewitching bear, and making them a vastly more dangerous opponent than a normal bear. Three times a day, the migou can use its phantasmal vision power instead of attacking. The vision creates an effect similar to Hold Person by bewildering and enchanting its victims. All living creatures within a 60-foot radius of the migou must make a saving throw or become bewitched, their mind overwhelmed by the illusions the migou pushes, standing still and staring off into space for one turn. Whenever a paralyzed victim is injured they get a new saving throw. Making the saving throw does not make the victim immune, and another saving throw must be made if the migou uses this power again. All migou are immune to the powers of other migou.
See Also
Other creatures in the Bear category: Bear, Battle, Bear, Black, Bear, Cave, Bear, Dream, Bear, Ghost, Bear, Grizzly (or Brown), Bear, Long, 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.