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PFS StandardWerebear

Unwavering conviction fills a werebear during their transformations. This can drive them zealously into noble causes, but it can also make them ruthless, violent, and single-minded. Alliances can fall from a werebear's mind as their bestial temper overcomes them and their goal overwhelms all. As a result, werebears are loners, rarely even living together as families longer than necessary. As long as there is nothing around to threaten it or the natural area it protects (typically a forest), a werebear in its animal form is generally content to forage and sleep away the night.

Recall Knowledge - Beast (Arcana, Nature): DC 21
Recall Knowledge - Humanoid (Society): DC 21
Unspecific Lore: DC 19
Specific Lore: DC 16

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WerebearCreature 4

Uncommon Large Beast Human Humanoid Werecreature 
Source Monster Core pg. 346
Perception +11; low-light vision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet
Languages Common; bear empathy
Skills Athletics +12, Medicine +9, Nature +11, Stealth +11, Survival +11
Str +5, Dex +2, Con +4, Int +1, Wis +3, Cha -1
Bear Empathy The werebear can communicate with ursine creatures.
Items chain shirt, greataxe, hatchet (8)
AC 23; Fort +12, Ref +10, Will +10
HP 75; Weaknesses silver 5
Speed 25 feet
Melee [one-action] claw +13 [+9/+5] (agile, reach 10 feet), Damage 1d10+7 slashing plus GrabMelee [one-action] greataxe +13 [+8/+3] (reach 10 feet, sweep), Damage 1d12+7 slashingMelee [one-action] hatchet +13 [+9/+5] (agile, sweep), Damage 1d6+7 slashingMelee [one-action] jaws +13 [+8/+3] (reach 10 feet), Damage 1d12+7 piercing plus curse of the werebearRanged [one-action] hatchet +10 [+6/+2] (agile, sweep, thrown 10 feet), Damage 1d6+7 slashingChange Shape [one-action] (concentrate, polymorph, primal) Medium human with fist +13 for 1d4+7 bludgeoning, or grizzly bear with Speed 35 feet.Curse of the Werebear (curse, primal) Saving Throw DC 18 FortitudeHunt Prey [one-action] (concentrate) The werebear designates a single creature they can see and hear, or one they're Tracking, as their prey. The werebear gains a +2 circumstance bonus to Perception checks when they Seek their prey and to Survival checks when they Track their prey. The first time the werebear hits the designated prey in a round, they deal an additional 1d8 precision damage. These effects last until the werebear uses Hunt Prey again.Mauler The werebear gains a +2 circumstance bonus to damage rolls against creatures it has grabbed.Moon Frenzy (polymorph, primal)

All Monsters in "Werecreature"

NameLevel
Werebear4
Weretiger4
Werewolf3

Werecreature

Source Monster Core pg. 344
Werecreatures are humanoids doomed to transform into animals and animal- humanoid hybrids under the light of the full moon. These shapechanging creatures are the result of an ancient primal curse that they can, in turn, transmit through their own bites. Their ability to lurk unseen in the wilds as well as among people, combined with the contagiousness of their condition, makes werecreatures a perennial cause of panicked suspicion.

Creating Werecreatures

You can either create a werecreature using the creature-building rules from GM Core (similar to the creatures in this section), or you can turn an existing, living humanoid into a werecreature by completing the following steps. The latter is an excellent choice for a recurring NPC who becomes a werecreature during a campaign. These changes reflect a werecreature in its hybrid form.

Increase the creature's level by 1 and change its statistics as follows.
  • It gains the beast and werecreature traits.
  • Increase its size by one category if the animal is a larger size than the base humanoid.
  • Increase its AC, attack bonuses, DCs, saving throws, and skill modifiers by 1.
  • Increase its damage with Strikes and other offensive abilities by 1. If the werecreature is limited in how often it can use an ability (such as magical breath), increase the damage by 2 instead.
  • Increase its HP by the amount shown on the table. This HP increase is more than typical in order to compensate for the creature's weakness to silver.
  • The creature gains weakness to silver as shown on the table.
Starting Level HP Increase Weakness to Silver
4 or lower +25 5
5–7 +35 7
8–14 +50 10
15+ +75 15

Werecreature Abilities

All werecreatures gain the following abilities, some of which match an ability of the animal the werecreature transforms into. You might also need to adjust some abilities that conflict with the theme of the werecreature.

Senses The werecreature gains all the senses of the animal.
Animal Empathy The werecreature can ask questions of, receive answers from, and use the Diplomacy skill with animals of its general kind.
Claws The werecreature gains a claw Strike (an agile unarmed attack that deals slashing damage). If it had any agile attacks, the damage dealt by its claws should be roughly the same as the damage dealt by those attacks. If it had only non-agile attacks, its claws should deal three-quarters that damage.
Jaws The creature gains a jaws Strike (an unarmed attack that deals piercing damage) that inflicts its curse of the werecreature. If it had any non-agile attacks, the damage dealt by its jaws should be roughly the same as the damage dealt by those attacks. If it had only agile attacks, its jaws should deal one-third more damage.
Change Shape [one-action] (concentrate, polymorph, primal) The werecreature changes into its humanoid, hybrid, or animal shape. Each shape has a specific, persistent appearance. A true werecreature's natural form is its hybrid shape. In humanoid shape, the werecreature uses its original humanoid size, loses its jaws and claws Strikes, and gains a melee fist Strike that deals bludgeoning damage equal to the slashing damage dealt by its claw. In animal shape, its Speed and size change to that of the animal, it gains any special Strike effects of the animal that it didn't already have (such as Grab), and it loses its weapon Strikes.
Curse of the Werecreature (curse, primal) This curse affects only humanoids; Saving Throw Fortitude DC is the moderate spell DC for the werecreature's new level. On each full moon, the cursed creature must succeed at another Fortitude save or turn into the same kind of werecreature until dawn. The creature is under the GM's control and goes on a rampage for half the night before falling unconscious until dawn.
Moon Frenzy (polymorph, primal) When a full moon appears in the night sky, the werecreature must enter hybrid form, can't Change Shape thereafter, becomes one size larger, increases its reach by 5 feet, and increases the damage of its jaws by 2. When the moon sets or the sun rises, the werecreature returns to humanoid form and is fatigued for 2d4 hours.