The document describes various encounter activities for different types of bears in a fantasy setting. It provides 20 randomly determined scenarios for OSE bears that include chasing children, patrolling with were-bears, and investigating scents. It then lists potential encounters for black bears, cave bears, grizzly bears, and polar bears involving interactions with other creatures, hunting, territorial behaviors, and rearing cubs.
The document describes various encounter activities for different types of bears in a fantasy setting. It provides 20 randomly determined scenarios for OSE bears that include chasing children, patrolling with were-bears, and investigating scents. It then lists potential encounters for black bears, cave bears, grizzly bears, and polar bears involving interactions with other creatures, hunting, territorial behaviors, and rearing cubs.
The document describes various encounter activities for different types of bears in a fantasy setting. It provides 20 randomly determined scenarios for OSE bears that include chasing children, patrolling with were-bears, and investigating scents. It then lists potential encounters for black bears, cave bears, grizzly bears, and polar bears involving interactions with other creatures, hunting, territorial behaviors, and rearing cubs.
1 Cautiously sniffing a baited deadfall 6 Making short work of a group of Goblins
2 Chasing after a blonde child 7 Recently wakeful after hibernation and hungry 3 Companion of a local Were-bear, patrolling 8 Searching sullenly for a Ranger companion 4 Eating a dead Elk/Reindeer while Wolves circle 9 Soft-spoken, gifted speech by a local Druid 5 Intrigued by a scent, nose to the ground 10 Trying to dislodge an arrow from their shoulder
Black Bear (d20: 11-20)
11 Coaxing cubs to come down from a Shipsinger Tree 16 Investigating a suspended snare containing a Deer 12 Decimating a Darkberry bush, covered in tiny burrs 17 Munching loudly on fallen Cellarnuts 13 Escaped circus performer, just wants a hug 18 Scaling a tall tree to paw at a buzzing beehive 14 Gouging tree bark to mark a boundary 19 Shimmying back-and-forth on a rough rock to scratch 15 Habituated to the local Halfling population, friendly 20 Slapping the ground to frighten a Porcupine
Cave Bear (d20: 11-20)
11 Crunching marrow-rich Mastodon bones 16 Roaring at a rival male, teeth bared and bloody 12 Defending a Giant Sloth meal from hungry Ravens 17 Rolling large boulders down a slope 13 Dragging a dead Neanderthal 18 Searching for a new den, after being displaced by a Dragon 14 Locked in combat with a Sabre Tooth Cat 19 Slapping away a pack of hungry Wolves 15 Pin-cushioned with stone-tipped spears 20 Snorting loudly over bloodstained tracks
Grizzly Bear (d20: 11-20)
11 Absolutely wrecking an orderly campsite 16 Receiving woven baskets of berries from Berserkers 12 Bending down branches of Devil Pear trees 17 Ripping open a rotten log to reach tasty Dire Grubs 13 Devouring a Mountain Goat as a Fox watches intently 18 Snatching Salmon from a stream 14 Foaming mad, caught in a steel-jawed trap 19 This man-eater has developed a taste for Manflesh 15 Huffing loudly in a standoff with Dwarfs 20 Two curious cubs, angry protective mother nearby
Polar Bear (d20: 11-20)
11 Bounding after an ice-bound Walrus 16 Isolated on an ice float, resting from a long swim 12 Chewing chunks of rancid flesh, a beached Narwhal 17 On patrol for Frost Giant keepers 13 Clawing a hole into the thinnest part of the ice 18 Pulling a sledge, loaded with the warlike Rime Elfs 14 Crunching through the shell of a Giant Crab 19 Ravaging a seal with a blood-stained snout 15 Dragging a large Fish to just weaned cubs 20 Sliding down snowy slopes for amusement
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