Bugbear

Neither bugs nor bears, bugbears are the hulking cousins of goblins and hobgoblins. With roots in the Realm of Shadow, early bugbears resided in hidden places, in hard-to-reach and shadowed spaces. Long ago and from out of the corner of your eye, they came to the Material Plane, urged to spread throughout the multiverse by the war-god Sünchs. Centuries later, they still bear a fey gift for lurking just out of sight, and many of them have sneaked away from that god’s influence.

Basic Information

Anatomy

They are long of limb and covered in coarse hair, with wedge-shaped ears and pointed teeth.

Genetics and Reproduction

Bugbears reproduce sexually within their own species.

Dietary Needs and Habits

Bugbears are solely carnivorious. They never eat carrion. They are not usually cannibalistic, but they will eat their own dead when in extremis from starvation. When forced to do so, they never speak of it afterwards.

Additional Information

Body Tint, Colouring and Marking

Bugbears typically have light brown our rust-colored hair over their medium brown skin. Their eyes are always brown.

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

Like other members of the genus coloborum, bugbears possess superior vision in dim light and darkness.

Proper Common Name

Bugbears

Other Common Name(s)

Reachers, Long-Arm Trolls, Sneaker-Snatchers

Genetic Ancestor(s)

• Coloborum

Scientific Name

Arcanae arcochordata pseudomammalia dryadalis tenebris coloborum capiens

Important: If you choose the bugbear species for your character, please choose "Kornax Bugbear" for your race in dndbeyond.

Bugbear Traits

Ability Score Increase

Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Dexterity score increases by 1.

Age

Bugbears have lifespans very similar to that of humans. They mature in their mid teens and live up to 80 years.

Size

Medium

Speed

Your walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.

Fey Ancestry

You have advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the charmed condition on yourself.

Long-Limbed

When you makea melee attack on your turn, you reach for for that attack is 5 feet greater than normal.

Powerful Build

You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

Sneaky

You are proficient in the Stealth skill. In addtion, whout squeezing, you can move through and stop in a space large enough for a small creature.

Surprise Attack

If you hit a creature with an attack roll, the creature takes an extra 2d6 damage if it hasn't taken a turn yet in the current combat.