| Mod | Save | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| STR | 17 | +3 | +6 |
| DEX | 14 | +2 | +5 |
| CON | 14 | +2 | +5 |
| Mod | Save | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | 8 | −1 | −1 |
| WIS | 11 | +0 | +0 |
| CHA | 9 | −1 | −1 |
Voice from the Deep. Bears from the Deep have an unsettling ability to mimic the voices they've heard and use them to lure their victims.
Home Turf. Bears from the Deep live in the places where no one dares venture, in tunnels and caves underground. They know their surroundings, and if they hunt on their home turf, they gain advantage on any rolls, including attack or saving throws, that somehow depend on the environment.
Multiattack. The Bear from the Deep makes two attacks with its Claws or one Shriek attack and one Claws attack.
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d8 + 3) slashing damage.
Shriek. Ranged Spell Attack: +6 to hit, range 5/25 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d10 + 3) psychic damage. The targetted creature must then make a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or be knocked prone
Description
If you sit in a tavern and listen long enough, you’ll surely hear some snow elves telling stories about “Bears from the Deep.” To hunt one down is a feat worthy of a ballad, and there are, in fact, a few good songs written just about that.
Hyste Talma’s underground mining shafts are full of things that go bump in the night, yet there’s one tale that strikes fear into the hearts of the mightiest of knights. The creature that lurks in the darkness of the caves, in the stillness of abandoned tunnels, and waits for its prey to lose their way. Bears from the Deep, as they call them. The monsters born out of rage and yearning for revenge. White or grey hair covering their entire bodies with towering and muscular forms. These nightmares can be found in endless caverns all over Kallonia. They travel in packs and may sometimes wear clothing picked up from their victims, but otherwise are treated like animals. In Hyste Talma, it is said that the first Bear from the Deep wasn’t a monster at all. The legend says that he was born a dwarf and became a vicious warrior in his prime. One day, he fell in love with a woman who rejected his advances. Unable to cope with a broken heart, he killed her, her family, and then ran into the caves underneath Hyste Talma. There, he had found only madness and magic so dark that it twisted not only his soul but his body as well. How much of that tale is a true story passed from generation to generation, and how much of it is mere fiction? Hopefully, you will never have to find out.
Bears from the Deep have an unsettling ability to imitate sounds and speech. They stalk their victims, learn of their weaknesses, and lure them into the darkness using familiar voices. Then, they knock their prey out with an impossibly loud shriek that echoes up to the Inner Circle of Hyste Talma.
Regardless of how the creatures came to be, they have always felt a hunger for flesh. Though other humanoids rarely feature in their diet, they are a delicacy no Bear from the Deep could resist. Thus, if a Bear catches your scent, it will do anything in its power to sink its teeth into you.
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