Bugbear

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Bugbear (CR 6)

This ugly creature resembles a twisted shadow puppet’s silhouette, a wild thing of flared black and brown fur whose pelt juts out from its body at freakish angles. The crouching shadow’s ears are large and floppy, draping shoulder-length, adding to the creature’s unnatural shape. Its eyes are too big for its head. Tremendous milk-white ovals loom on either side of the thing’s wheezy pig-like nose. Its panting mouth is filled with bristly needle-teeth spiderwebbed in disgusting strands of yellowish saliva, all vibrating to the tune of its wheezing breath.

Bugbears are goblin's hirsute, much-bigger cousins. They are clever, cruel and savage, but also cowardly.

GENERAL

CR 6 Hit Dice 9

XP 2,400

CE Medium Humanoid (Goblin)

Init +3; Senses Darkvision 60 ft., Scent, Perception +9

DEFENSE

AC 24, touch 15, flat-footed 20 (+4 armor, +4 dex, +5 natural, +1 deflection)

hp 82

Fort +5, Ref +9, Will +5

Aura: -

SR: -

Special Defenses: -

Immunities: -

Weaknesses: vulnerable to Cold Iron

OFFENSE

Speed 30 ft.

Single Melee Morningstar +10 (1d8+3/19-20x2) plus Concussive Smash

Full Melee 2x Morningstar +10 (1d8+3/19-20x2) plus Concussive Smash

Ranged Javelin +10 (1d8+3/x2), range increment 30 feet

Special Attacks Concussive Smash

Action Points 0

STATISTICS

Str 16, Dex 13, Con 13, Int 10, Wis 10, Cha 9

Base Atk +6; CMB +10; CMD 20

Feats -

Skills Stealth +10, Perception +9, Intimidate +7

Languages Common, Goblin

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Concussive Smash (Ex)

Any time the bugbear hits a foe with his Morningstar, he inflicts a concussive smash. Unless the target makes a Fort save, with a DC of 16, he is pushed 10 feet away from the Bugbear and knocked Prone. Even if he makes his save, he is pushed back 5 feet (but not knocked prone).

All attacks are resolved before the movement of Concussive Smash is resolved. The forced movement from multiple Concussive Smashes stacks: If you are hit five times, you are pushed five squares. Each push, however, may be resisted individually if you have movement resistance. Note that during a full attack action, the enemy is not moved back until both attacks are fully resolved.

TREASURE

Sell value of approximately 1,875 gp.

COMBAT TACTICS

Bugbears are ambushers at heart. They will hide, attack with surprise, and run away to do it all again as soon as they safely can. They aren't as interested in killing their foes as they are in inflicting suffering, terror and slowing them down for the next skirmish. Bugbears are smart, and will look to cut off supply lines, ambush trade caravans, and otherwise disrupt civilization, so that it will one day be weak enough to be conquered by the goblin nation.

Bugbears will always try to flee a losing battle. They will use their Concussive Smash ability to make their withdrawals even safer.