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Returning 35 results for 'speak bear'.
Monsters
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
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At Will: Druidcraft, Light, Speak with Animals
3/Day Each: Animal Friendship, Animal Messenger
1/Day: Ice StormCombining druidic magic with skill at handling natural and monstrous animals, the
dragonmarked heirs of House Vadalis, most of whom are human, are more fearsome than their innocuous-seeming house suggests—especially when accompanied by a Giant Boar, Polar Bear, or Rhinoceros .Spur
Magic Items
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
Wis
8
-1
-1
Cha
1
-5
-5
Immunities Poison; Exhaustion, Poisoned
Senses Passive Perception 9
Languages Understands Common but can’t speak
CR 0 (XP 0; PB +2)
Traits
; Exhaustion, Poisoned
Senses Blindsight 60 ft.; Passive Perception 10
Languages Understands Common but can’t speak
CR 0 (XP 0; PB +2)
Traits
Increased Carrying Capacity. The wonder can
Magic Items
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
charges. While you bear the charm, you can expend 1 charge as an action to cast the speak with plants spell. For the duration of the spell, you also have advantage on Charisma checks made to influence the behavior, demeanor, and attitude of plants. The charm regains all expended charges at dawn each day.
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
polymorph into a Large bear–humanoid hybrid or into a Large polar bear, or back into its goliath form. Its statistics, other than its size and AC, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is
wearing or carrying isn’t transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies.Multiattack. The werebear makes two melee attacks.
Bite (Bear or Hybrid Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +8
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
: dancing lights, mage hand, message, thaumaturgy
1/day each: augury (cast as 1 action), bestow curse, cordon of arrows, detect magic, speak with dead, spirit guardiansThe Uthgardt are suspicious and
Raven: animal messenger (raven only), polymorph (self only; into a raven only)
Blue Bear: enhance ability (bear’s endurance only), heroism
Elk: find steed (cast as 1 action; elk only), haste
Gray
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
spell attacks). It has the following druid spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): druidcraft, produce flame, shillelagh
1st level (4 slots): entangle, longstrider, speak with animals, thunderwave
2nd level
);{"diceNotation":"1d8+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Quarterstaff","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage with shillelagh.In public, the shaman dons a wooden mask carved in the likeness of a bear, an elk, a tiger, or a wolf, as befits the tribe.
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
is wearing or carrying is absorbed or borne by the new form (his choice).
In a new form, Rak Tulkhesh retains his alignment, hit points, Hit Dice, ability to speak, proficiencies, Legendary Resistance
to bear on the world. But he can influence events in the vicinity of any of his shards, drawing power from acts of violence.
The Last War was a boon that allowed Rak Tulkhesh to darken the hearts of
Shifter
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Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
body and mind. Some shifters believe that these spirits are independent entities, and they may speak of Bear or Wolf as ancestors or guides. Most just see the beast within as a formidable expression
bear or boar: stoic, stubborn, and thick-skinned.
Longtooth shifters typically have lupine traits and prefer to run with a pack.
Swiftstride are often predatory and feline, but a swiftstride could
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
+1", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.If a Beast such as a dog or a bear dies from russet mold, the result is a bestial moldy called a thorny
nutrients from soil and many sorts of organic matter, so they rarely go hungry. A vegepygmy can hiss and make other noises by forcing air through its mouth, but it can’t speak in a conventional sense
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
terrors bear stunted humanoid limbs hinting at the bizarre ceremonies that created them.
Dangerous Cultivation. While the exact origins of the assassin bug are uncertain, rumors speak of an ancient sect
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
and from out of the corner of your eye, they came to the Material Plane, urged to spread throughout the multiverse by the conquering god Maglubiyet. Centuries later, they still bear a fey gift for
ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
can't speak, her walking speed is 5 feet, and she has a flying speed of 30 feet. Her statistics, other than her size and speed, are unchanged. Anything she is wearing transforms with her, but nothing she
is carrying does. She reverts to her true form if she dies.
While in mist form, Keresta can't take any actions, speak, or manipulate objects. It is weightless, has a flying speed of 20 feet, can hover
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
feet of him. The target must make a DC 21 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the target drops to 0 hit points and is dying. On a successful save, the target can’t breathe or speak
freezing cold; thunder rolls and lightning cracks; powerful gales bear heavy creatures and objects aloft and hurl them with incredible force; cyclones touch down randomly, obliterating whatever they
Bugbear
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
One useful trick: if ye face bugbears who have severed heads on spikes as trophies, cast a spell to make the heads speak. After that, ye can cozen the bugbears into doing almost anything.
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, often a natural cave or an old bear den, and it might have supplementary dens elsewhere in its territory that it uses temporarily when it goes on long forays for food.
In good times, a bugbear gang
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
range from deep charcoal to shades of red and orange. Some bear skin tones common to humanity but with fiery marks, such as slowly swirling lights under their skin that resemble embers or glowing red
suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
, but at minimum, a Beast can give you information about nearby locations and monsters, including whatever it has perceived within the past day. JESPER EJSING A human Druid uses Speak with Animals to chat with his best bear friend
Speak with Animals Level 1 Divination (Bard, Druid, Ranger, Warlock) Casting Time: Action or Ritual
Range: Self
Components: V, S
Duration: 10 minutes
For the duration, you can comprehend and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Immunities bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks that aren’t silvered
Senses passive Perception 17
Languages Common (can’t speak in bear form)
Challenge 5 (1,800 XP
Werebear Werebear
Medium humanoid (human, shapechanger), neutral good
Armor Class 10 in humanoid form, 11 (natural armor) in bear and hybrid form
Hit Points 135 (18d8 + 54)
Speed 30 ft. (40
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Languages Common (can’t speak in bear form)
CR 5 (XP 1,800; PB +3)
Actions
Multiattack. The werebear makes two attacks, using Handaxe or Rend in any combination. It can replace one attack with a Bite
Werebear Changed by the Might of the Bear Habitat: Arctic, Forest, Hill; Treasure: Relics When threatened or compelled by magic, werebears shape-shift from their humanoid forms into mighty bears or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
worn around the neck or attached to a belt. This charm has 3 charges. While you bear the charm, you can expend 1 charge as an action to cast the speak with plants spell. For the duration of the spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
independent entities, and they may speak of Bear or Wolf as ancestors or guides. Most just see the beast within as a formidable expression of their inner nature, something that emerges as the shifter’s
is reflected by the shifter’s subrace. Four subraces are especially common: Beasthide often signifies the bear or boar: stoic, stubborn, and thick-skinned. Longtooth shifters typically have lupine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
, and they may speak of Bear or Wolf as ancestors or guides. Most just see the beast within as a formidable expression of their inner nature, something that emerges over time as the shifter’s personality
shifter’s subrace. Four subraces are especially common: Beasthide often signifies the bear or boar: stoic, stubborn and thick-skinned. Longtooth shifters typically have lupine traits and prefer to run
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
with smaller numbers of dark-skinned forest gnomes and tieflings, the latter of whom typically bear three horns. Nomadic clans of thri-kreen with iridescent carapaces also wander the Llanos; they’re
rarely encountered in towns and cities. Languages. Quirapu is the language of Atagua, a melded derivative of the original languages of the Flood People who first settled these lands and the colonizers who came after them. All folk of Atagua also speak Common.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
11–12 Banshee
13–14 Brown bear(s)
15–16 Chwingas
17–18 Fox and hare
19–20 Wolf pack
Banshee This banshee is the spectral remnant of a female elf warrior who was banished
the banshee’s Corrupting Touch. There is only one banshee haunting the forest. If it’s destroyed, it re-forms after 24 hours in a random location in the forest, damned to its eternal exile. Brown Bear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Werebear Goliath legends speak of a creature that prowls the far reaches of Icewind Dale, known as Oyaminartok the Winter Walker. She can take the form of either a polar bear or a hulking, bipedal shape
Perception 18
Languages Common, Giant (can’t speak in bear form)
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP)
Keen Smell. The werebear has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell.
Mountain Born
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Great Worm Wolf
Griffon Eagle
Red Tiger Tiger
Sky Pony Eagle, with the Elk Aspect of the Beast
Thunderbeast Bear, with the Tiger Totemic Attunement
Tree Ghost Bear, with speak with plants in place of the normal rituals for the Spirit Seeker feature
to the spirits of the Path of the Totem Warrior as shown in the following table.
Totem Spirit
Black Lion Tiger
Black Raven Eagle
Blue Bear Bear
Gray Wolf Wolf
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Dragonnel Some dragons consider it an honor to bear a worthy rider into battle. Others find it demeaning and view dragonnels’ willingness to serve as mounts as a sign of their debasement.
-Fizban
120 ft., passive Perception 13
Languages understands Draconic and Common but can’t speak
Challenge 2 (450 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Flyby. The dragonnel doesn’t provoke an opportunity attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
has a soothing effect on mind flayers but no magical properties to speak of.)
Assistant. Standing in the eastern corner of the room, facing the corner, is a male human wearing nothing but a leather
(level 9) a few months ago to serve as her assistant, only to find him too obnoxious to bear. She cast a feeblemind spell on him and gave him to her mind flayer assistant, who promptly forced him to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Perception +7
Gear Handaxes (4)
Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 17
Languages Common (can’t speak in bear form)
CR 5 (XP 1,800; PB +3)
Actions
Multiattack. The werebear makes two
damage only.
Werebear Medium or Small Monstrosity (Lycanthrope), Neutral Good
AC 15 Initiative +3 (13)
HP 135 (18d8 + 54)
Speed 30 ft., 40 ft. (bear form only), Climb 30 ft. (bear form only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
: animal messenger (raven only), polymorph (self only; into a raven only)
Blue Bear: enhance ability (bear’s endurance only), heroism
Elk: find steed (cast as 1 action; elk only), haste
Gray Wolf
: beast sense (wolf or dire wolf only), moonbeam, speak with animals (wolf or dire wolf only)
Great Worm: crusader’s mantle, hypnotic pattern
Griffon: beast sense (birds only), fly
Red Tiger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
, and dramatic performance. Students from other colleges often take Silverquill courses to improve their communication skills, learning to speak and write more effectively about their primary field of
Lumimancer, bringing light to bear on shameful situations and holding corrupt institutions to account Radiance 5 Shadewing, forming weapons from darkness to slice and stab at foes Shadow 6 Silvertongue
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Stone Golem Stone golems display great variety in shape and form, cut and chiseled from stone to appear as tall, impressive statues. Though most bear humanoid features, stone golems can be carved in
, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages understands the languages of its creator but can’t speak
Challenge 10 (5,900 XP)
Immutable Form
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes’ Feast: Saving the Children’s Menu
vegetables line the hill on all sides, along with apple, cherry, pear, and quince trees and other flourishing plants that bear a plethora of fruits, nuts, and berries. Ingredient: Mustard Seeds Near
they’re starting to wilt, the flowers still smell fresh. Arthur’s corpse lies in this fresh grave, and the Speak with Dead spell works on him. A key inside his trouser pocket opens the safe in the house’s library.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
belch clouds of deadly poison. An iron golem’s body is smelted with rare tinctures and admixtures. Though other golems bear weaknesses inherent in their materials or the power of the elemental spirit
charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages understands the languages of its creator but can’t speak
Challenge 16
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
basis for comparison, domain inhabitants call those who speak of other worlds liars. For them, the following topics are standard aspects of life in their home domain or in a broader collection of
nightmare realms remain just so. Currency Many domains mint their own gold, silver, and copper coins. Though these currencies bear different markings, merchants aren’t particular about the designs stamped
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
protected by a box or pouch. The forty-four cards of the Deck of Many More Things bear similar imagery to those in the Deck of Many Things and have potent magical effects, which are detailed later in
the transformation early. When you revert to your normal form, you return to the same state you were in when you initially transformed.
Book. You gain the ability to speak, read, and write 1d6 + 2