Re: Hearth Bears

They already have special dogs and cattle.  See Dragon 261 IIRC.


--- Adam Miller <nghtdrud@??????.net> wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
>     here's a new critter I came up with tonight.  It's a domesticated
> bear for the dwarves, which they keep as a kind of 'hunting dog'.
> Anyways, let me know what you think! :)
>
> Hearth Bear
> Medium-Size Animal
> Hit Dice:  3d8+9 (22 hp)
> Initiative:  +2 (Dex)
> Speed:   40 ft.
> AC:   15 (+2 Dex, +3 Natural)
> Attacks:  2 claws +4 melee, bite -1 melee
> Damage:   Claw 1d4 +2, bite 2d4 +1
> Face/Reach:  5 ft. by 5 ft./5 ft.
> Special Attacks: Improved Grab
> Special Qualities: Scent
> Saves:   Fort +6, Ref +5, Will +2
> Abilities:  Str 15, Dex 15, Con 16, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6
> Skills:   Listen +4, Spot +7
> Climate/Terrain: Arctic to sub-tropical mountains and hills
> Organization:  Solitary or pair
> Challenge Rating: 2
> Treasure:  None
> Alignment:  Always Neutral
> Advancement:  4-6 HD (Medium)
>
>  As humans have domesticated the dog, so too have the dwarves
> domesticated the bear.
> The hearth bear is the end result of countless generations of
> selective breeding.  The dwarves
> have created about two dozen different breeds of hearth bears, which
> can be just as varied as
> domesticated dogs.  The dominant breeds are about three feet tall at
> the shoulder, about as
> large as a large dog, though much stockier.  Hide color ranges from
> black, blond, brown, white,
> and a host in-between.
>  Hearth bears are omnivores and surprisingly gentle creatures.
> Specialized breeds for
> hunting, guarding, and even racing were bred by the dwarves.  Ever
> protective of their children,
> dwarves bred into the hearth bears the instinct to protect dwarven
> children.  Legends of wild
> hearth bears raising human children in the wilds are common in some
> frontiers.
>
> Combat
> Hearth bears are trained for war.  They can stand on their hind legs
> to fight from as if they
> were bipedal creatures.  They cannot wield weapons of any sort but
> fight with their claws and
> teeth.  Dwarves unleash packs of heart bears to hunt down foes that
> attempt to escape battle or
> otherwise bolster dwarven ranks.
>
> In the Spheres
>  A typical dwarven citadel will have at least a pair of hearth bears
> for every fifty
> dwarves, often more.  The dwarves are extremely protective of their
> hearth bears, such that it
> is a hanging offense to sell a hearth bear to anyone other than a
> dwarf.  Nevertheless,
> smugglers and thieves have introduced the hearth bears to ports all
> over the Known Spheres,
> though they remain rare beyond dwarven realms.
>
> Adam
>
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