Re: Hearth Bears

    First off, thanks Flits3, I'm no expert at 3e rules, so I'm glad you
caught any of my goofs :)

==> No prob.

> Attacks:  2 claws +4 melee, bite -1 melee
> ==> Off by +1  it must be 2 claws +5 melee, bite +0 melee

    I missed something?  +2 base, +2 strength, -5 for bite (secondary
attack).  No size modifier or anything else I'm aware of.

==> AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAh. I stand corrected. My Generate Monster Tool
F*#&$....ehhh.....(Sorry Leroy!) messed up so I have to redo all the
monsters again, Grrrr. But you are right. Claw +4 Melee, Bite -1 Melee.

> Saves:   Fort +6, Ref +5, Will +2
> ==> Fort +6, Ref +3, Will +2

    Animal good saves are usually Fort & Ref, so Ref = +3 base +2 Dex.

==> Animals have OR Good Fort OR Good Ref but who is looking :D I just had
a chance to look into the convertions again and will have to do some
tweeking again. Keep it as it is Adam.

> Abilities:  Str 15, Dex 15, Con 16, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6
> Skills:   Listen +4, Spot +7
> ==> You still have 6 skill points left. I propose Intuit Direction 3 (2
> points) and Wildernis Lore 5 (4 points)

    Ok, sounds good to me.  I went with what most animals had :)

> Treasure:  None
> ==> Make it standard as hey may have swallowed some items

    Er, more likely to have valuable collars than swallowed items. Animals
that size don't tend to live long if they've swallowed anything that is
particularly large, and anything small, like a ring, would, um, "pass
through" in a matter of a day or two.

> ==>Improved Grab and Scent description????

    Hmm, I usually don't put in special ability descriptions unless they
vary enough to warrent it, but the descriptions you provided are pretty
good
(and a bit different enough to warrent it :) )

> Bear Hug (Ex): When a Hearth Bear hits with both aclaws it can opt to
forgo its other
> attacks and put the opponent in a bear hug. It automatically deals 1d8
> +Strength Modifier points of damage for each attack it had left. The
> victim may escape by successfully passing a grapple check.

    I'll add "limited to small & medium sized foes".  For some reason, I
can't see them bear hugging a giant, nor a pixie-fairie...;)

==> I'll rephrase it in the future to "... and put the opponent (which
size may deviate one size-class from the creature) into a bear hug."

    Anyways, I'll update the document & repost.  Thanks for the help! :)

==> Always glad to help.

Adam

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