Monstrous Race: Bugbear

Bugbears are a massive humanoid race related to, but larger and stronger than, goblins and hobgoblins. Like many goblinoids, bugbears speak the Goblin language. Bugbears resemble hairy, feral goblins standing 7 feet (2.1 meters) tall. They took their name from their noses and claws, which were similar to those of bears. Their claws are not long and sharp enough to be used as weapons, so bugbears often armored and armed themselves with a variety of purloined gear. Most often, this gear is second-rate and in poor repair. Many bugbears are chaotic evil in alignment, favoring stealth and surprising their opponents. They tend to work with other goblinoid races and thanks to their sheer strength, they are able to overpower them and become the leaders of their tribes, only losing by numbers.
Their history continues on from the fate of the Goblin race. Some tribes were sent to Venland, a dark and harsh land filled with monsters. These lands didn't have easy pickings, making the goblins fall in numbers rapidly, only those strong and tough would survive. Over the millennia there, only the bugbears remained. Some historians speculate that this simple explanation might not be fully true as it would not explain such different, like between hobgoblins and goblins. It is speculated that the strong goblins that survived lived near a Foundation Pillar and its energies transformed the goblins by the end of the Second Age, Godswar. The Bugbears were able to find new lands in the Third Age, Kingdoms, spread all around. Unlike their hobgoblin brethren, the bugbears never sought to become civilized thus they never advanced beyond tribes, even in Venland.

On Tethys

Great warriors of the goblinoid race, almost always becoming the leaders of their tribes. The Bugbears seek treasure and food, with their size they can get it either by pillaging villages or taking it from weaker members of their tribe. They never had nor have anything beyond small villages to their name and they rarely seek work as adventurers. Some might become mercenaries, if they can pay them in human or elf flesh.

First World

It is unknown how the Bugbear race was created in the First World. It is theorized that they must have been an experiment like their hobgoblin and goblin brethren that revolted against their creator.

Bugbear

Ability Score Increase Str +2; Dex +1

Size Medium

Speed 30 ft.

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Age. Bugbears reach adulthood at age 16 and live up to 80 years.
Alignment. Bugbears endure a harsh existence that demands each of them to remain self-sufficient, even at the expense of their fellows. They tend to be chaotic evil.
Size. Bugbears are between 6 and 8 feet tall and weigh between 250 and 350 pounds. Your size is Medium.
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 can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Long-Limbed. When you make a melee attack on your turn, your reach for it 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.
Surprise Attack. If you surprise a creature and hit it with an attack on your first turn in combat, the attack deals an extra 2d6 damage to it. You can use this trait only once per combat.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Goblin.