Armor Class: |
17 |
Hit Dice: |
8* |
No. of Attacks: |
2 claw+hug/1 bite |
Damage: |
1d4/1d4 + 2d8/1d8 |
Movement: |
40' |
No. Appearing: |
1d4, Lair 2d8 |
Save As: |
Fighter: 8 |
Morale: |
9 |
Treasure Type: |
None |
XP: |
940 |
A Dream Bear appears like a black bear, but is phantasmal in nature, hazy and partially transparent with misty currents visible within it.
It attacks by biting and clawing its foes with its front paws; if it succeeds both claw attacks against the same target it performs a hug attack.
Anyone bitten by a dream bear must save vs. Spells or suffer from a curse known only as “bear in mind.” This curse causes the victim to have vivid, realistic dreams of living as a bear, and strongly compels the afflicted person to behave like a bear. The victim may save vs. Magic Wands to resist these impulses for a day. The curse may be removed with a casting of remove curse. After a month of this curse the victim must save vs. Spells or turn into a dream bear. This check should be performed every month until the curse is removed. This change, if it happens, can only be reversed by a wish.
Dream bears live in small communities of less than a dozen deep in the most ancient forests of the world. They are fiercely territorial and will fiercely attack interlopers.