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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 6158174" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p><strong>Cave Bear Original Stats</strong></p><p></p><p><em><strong><span style="color: #ff0000">This is the most recent AD&D version:</span></strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Bear</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">Cave</span></strong></p><p><strong>Climate/Terrain:</strong> Any land</p><p><strong>Frequency:</strong> Uncommon</p><p><strong>Organization:</strong> Family</p><p><strong>Activity Cycle:</strong> Day</p><p><strong>Diet:</strong> Omnivore</p><p><strong>Intelligence:</strong> Semi- (2- 4)</p><p><strong>Treasure:</strong> Nil</p><p><strong>Alignment:</strong> Neutral</p><p><strong>No. Appearing:</strong> 1-2</p><p><strong>Armor Class:</strong> 6</p><p><strong>Movement:</strong> 12</p><p><strong>Hit Dice:</strong> 6+6</p><p><strong>THAC0:</strong> 13</p><p><strong> No. of Attacks:</strong> 3</p><p><strong>Damage/Attack:</strong> 1- 8/1-8/1-12</p><p><strong>Special Attacks:</strong> Hug</p><p><strong>Special Defenses:</strong> Nil</p><p><strong>Magic Resistance:</strong> Nil</p><p><strong>Size:</strong> H (12’+ tall)</p><p><strong>Morale:</strong> Average (8-10)</p><p><strong>XP Value:</strong> 650</p><p></p><p>A rather common omnivorous mammal, bears tend to avoid humans unless provoked. Exceptions to this rule can be a most unfortunate occurrence.</p><p></p><p>Bears are, in general, large and powerful animals which are found throughout the world’s temperate and cooler climates. With dense fur protecting them from the elements and powerful claws protecting them from other animals, bears are the true rulers of the animal kingdom in the areas where they live.</p><p></p><p>*SNIP*</p><p></p><p><strong>Habitat/Society:</strong> All bears have excellent senses of hearing and smell but rather poor eyesight. The size shown is an average for the variety and larger individuals will, of course, be correspondingly more powerful.</p><p></p><p>One common misconception people hold about bears is that they hibernate during the winter. In fact, they sleep most of the time, but their metabolism does not slow down, and they often wake up and leave their lairs during warm spells.</p><p></p><p>Bears live in small family groups. Female bears are very protective of their young, and more than one individual has been badly injured when taunting or playing with seemingly harmless bear cubs.</p><p></p><p><strong>Ecology:</strong> All of these ursoids are omnivorous, although the gigantic cave bear tends towards a diet of meat.</p><p></p><p>Bears are fairly intelligent animals that can be trained to perform in a variety of ways, particularly if captured as cubs. Bears can thus be found dancing in circuses or accompanying “mountain men” in the wilderness.</p><p></p><p><strong>Cave Bear </strong></p><p>Cave bears are quite aggressive, willing to attack well-armed parties without provocation. If a cave bear scores a paw hit with an 18 or better it also hugs for 2-16 (2d8) points of additional damage. Cave bears will continue to fight for 1-4 melee rounds after reaching 0 to -8 hit points. At -9 or fewer hit points, they are killed immediately.</p><p></p><p><em>Originally from Monster Manual (1977); updated to 2nd Edition AD&D in Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) and reprinted in Monstrous Manual (1993)</em>.</p><p></p><p><em><strong><span style="color: #ff0000">This is the BECMI version from the Rules Cyclopedia:</span></strong></em></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Bear</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><em>Cave </em></span></p><p><strong>Armor Class:</strong> 5</p><p><strong>Hit Dice:</strong> 7 (L)</p><p><strong>Move:</strong> 120’ (40’)</p><p><strong>Attacks:</strong> 2 claws/1 bite</p><p><strong>Damage:</strong> 2d4/2d4/2d6</p><p><strong>No. Appearing:</strong> 1-2 (1d2)</p><p><strong>Save As:</strong> F4</p><p><strong>Morale:</strong> 9</p><p><strong>Treasure Type:</strong> V</p><p><strong>Intelligence:</strong> 2</p><p><strong>Alignment:</strong> Neutral</p><p><strong>XP Value:</strong> 450</p><p></p><p><em>Monster Type:</em> Black, Grizzly Bears: Normal Animal (Common). Polar Bear: Normal Animal (Rare). Cave Bear: Prehistoric Animal (Very Rare).</p><p>Bears are well known to all adventurers. If any bear hits one victim with both paws in one round, the bear hugs its victim and inflicts 2d8 points of additional damage in that same round.</p><p><strong>Cave Bear:</strong> These enormous bears stand about 15’ tall. They do not see well at all but hunt very well by scent. If hungry, they will follow a track of blood until they have eaten. They prefer a diet of fresh-killed red meat and live in caves, mostly in prehistoric environments or very distant mountain areas where human civilization has not penetrated.</p><p><em>Terrain:</em> Hill, Mountain, Woods. (Cave Bear: Same, but prehistoric.)</p><p></p><p><em>From D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991).</em></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><em><strong>The BECMI Cave Bear first appeared in the Moldvay Basic Set with an interesting bit of flavour text:</strong></em></span></p><p></p><p><strong>Cave bear:</strong> A cave bear is a type of giant grizzly bear which lives in caves and “lost world” areas. It stands about 15’ tall and is the most ferocious of all the bears. Though omnivorous, a cave bear prefers meat and enjoys human flesh. Cave bears have bad eyesight but a good sense of smell. If hungry, they will follow a track of blood until they have eaten.</p><p></p><p><em>D&D Basic Set (Moldvay, 1981)</em>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 6158174, member: 57383"] [b]Cave Bear Original Stats[/b] [I][B][COLOR=#ff0000]This is the most recent AD&D version:[/COLOR] [/B][/I] [B][SIZE=4]Bear[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Cave[/SIZE][/B] [B]Climate/Terrain:[/B] Any land [B]Frequency:[/B] Uncommon [B]Organization:[/B] Family [B]Activity Cycle:[/B] Day [B]Diet:[/B] Omnivore [B]Intelligence:[/B] Semi- (2- 4) [B]Treasure:[/B] Nil [B]Alignment:[/B] Neutral [B]No. Appearing:[/B] 1-2 [B]Armor Class:[/B] 6 [B]Movement:[/B] 12 [B]Hit Dice:[/B] 6+6 [B]THAC0:[/B] 13 [B] No. of Attacks:[/B] 3 [B]Damage/Attack:[/B] 1- 8/1-8/1-12 [B]Special Attacks:[/B] Hug [B]Special Defenses:[/B] Nil [B]Magic Resistance:[/B] Nil [B]Size:[/B] H (12’+ tall) [B]Morale:[/B] Average (8-10) [B]XP Value:[/B] 650 A rather common omnivorous mammal, bears tend to avoid humans unless provoked. Exceptions to this rule can be a most unfortunate occurrence. Bears are, in general, large and powerful animals which are found throughout the world’s temperate and cooler climates. With dense fur protecting them from the elements and powerful claws protecting them from other animals, bears are the true rulers of the animal kingdom in the areas where they live. *SNIP* [B]Habitat/Society:[/B] All bears have excellent senses of hearing and smell but rather poor eyesight. The size shown is an average for the variety and larger individuals will, of course, be correspondingly more powerful. One common misconception people hold about bears is that they hibernate during the winter. In fact, they sleep most of the time, but their metabolism does not slow down, and they often wake up and leave their lairs during warm spells. Bears live in small family groups. Female bears are very protective of their young, and more than one individual has been badly injured when taunting or playing with seemingly harmless bear cubs. [B]Ecology:[/B] All of these ursoids are omnivorous, although the gigantic cave bear tends towards a diet of meat. Bears are fairly intelligent animals that can be trained to perform in a variety of ways, particularly if captured as cubs. Bears can thus be found dancing in circuses or accompanying “mountain men” in the wilderness. [B]Cave Bear [/B] Cave bears are quite aggressive, willing to attack well-armed parties without provocation. If a cave bear scores a paw hit with an 18 or better it also hugs for 2-16 (2d8) points of additional damage. Cave bears will continue to fight for 1-4 melee rounds after reaching 0 to -8 hit points. At -9 or fewer hit points, they are killed immediately. [I]Originally from Monster Manual (1977); updated to 2nd Edition AD&D in Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) and reprinted in Monstrous Manual (1993)[/I]. [I][B][COLOR=#ff0000]This is the BECMI version from the Rules Cyclopedia:[/COLOR][/B][/I] [SIZE=4][B]Bear[/B] [I]Cave [/I][/SIZE] [B]Armor Class:[/B] 5 [B]Hit Dice:[/B] 7 (L) [B]Move:[/B] 120’ (40’) [B]Attacks:[/B] 2 claws/1 bite [B]Damage:[/B] 2d4/2d4/2d6 [B]No. Appearing:[/B] 1-2 (1d2) [B]Save As:[/B] F4 [B]Morale:[/B] 9 [B]Treasure Type:[/B] V [B]Intelligence:[/B] 2 [B]Alignment:[/B] Neutral [B]XP Value:[/B] 450 [I]Monster Type:[/I] Black, Grizzly Bears: Normal Animal (Common). Polar Bear: Normal Animal (Rare). Cave Bear: Prehistoric Animal (Very Rare). Bears are well known to all adventurers. If any bear hits one victim with both paws in one round, the bear hugs its victim and inflicts 2d8 points of additional damage in that same round. [B]Cave Bear:[/B] These enormous bears stand about 15’ tall. They do not see well at all but hunt very well by scent. If hungry, they will follow a track of blood until they have eaten. They prefer a diet of fresh-killed red meat and live in caves, mostly in prehistoric environments or very distant mountain areas where human civilization has not penetrated. [I]Terrain:[/I] Hill, Mountain, Woods. (Cave Bear: Same, but prehistoric.) [I]From D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991).[/I] [COLOR=#ff0000][I][B]The BECMI Cave Bear first appeared in the Moldvay Basic Set with an interesting bit of flavour text:[/B][/I][/COLOR] [B]Cave bear:[/B] A cave bear is a type of giant grizzly bear which lives in caves and “lost world” areas. It stands about 15’ tall and is the most ferocious of all the bears. Though omnivorous, a cave bear prefers meat and enjoys human flesh. Cave bears have bad eyesight but a good sense of smell. If hungry, they will follow a track of blood until they have eaten. [I]D&D Basic Set (Moldvay, 1981)[/I]. [/QUOTE]
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