Keen Sight and Smell. The snowy owlbear has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight or smell.
Tiny Ferocity. Due to its small size, the snowy owlbear cub has advantage on Stealth (Dexterity) checks until adolescence.
Multiattack. The snowy owlbear makes two attacks: one with its beak and one with its claws.
Beak. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 2 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4+2) piercing damage.
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8+4) slashing damage.
Screech. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 15 ft radius. All creatures in a 15-ft radius of the cub must make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw, taking 5 (2d4+2) thunder damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Cold Breath. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, blast of freezing wind in 10-ft cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 10 Constitution saving throw, taking 6 (1d8+2) cold damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Hide. The cub can use its action to Hide behind a creature of Medium or larger size, granting Total Cover as long as it's size is 1 size or more smaller than the creature it is hiding behind.
Description
A snowy owlbear’s screech echoes from mountaintops through dark valleys and thickly settled forests, piercing the deafening silence to announce the death of its prey. White and gray feathers cover the thick, shaggy coat of its bearlike body, and the limpid pupils of its great round piercing green eyes stare furiously from its owlish head.
Deadly Ferocity. Coming from the arctic mountains of the north, a snowy owlbear combines the physical features of a snowy owl and a polar bear, its reputation for ferocity, stubbornness, and aggression makes it one of the most feared predators of the wild.
Consummate Predators. Once matured into an adult, even monsters that outmatch a snowy owlbear in size and strength avoid tangling with it, for this creature cares nothing about a foe’s superior strength as it attacks without provocation.
Savage Companions. Although they are more intelligent than most animals, snowy owlbears are difficult to tame. However, with enough time, food, and luck, an intelligent creature can train an owlbear to recognize it as a master, making it an unflinching guard or a fast and hardy mount. People of remote frontier settlements have even succeeded at racing owlbears, but spectators bet as often on which owlbear will attack its handler as they do on which will reach the finish line first.