Blind: The bear automatically fails any skill checks that rely on sight. Attack rolls against the bear have advantage, Attack rolls made by the bear have disadvantage
Keen Smell. The bear has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell.
Multiattack. The bear makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its claws.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9(1d8 + 5) piercing damage.
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6+ 5) slashing damage.
Germinate: When the bear is brought to 0 hit points with any type of damage other than fire, vines will rupture from its body spreading a cloud of tiny seeds in a 10ft radius sphere centered on the corpse. All characters caught within the sphere must make a Con saving throw (DC 13) or become infected with Blight.
Description
This creature used to be a normal Cave Bear until it became infected with the disease known as the Blight. Now that its infection has spread, the creature is barely more than a walking plague vector, and is most deadly once its life has ended.
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