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This large brown bear
has a number of rubbery squid-like tentacles writhing from its shoulders. The
creature alternates guttural noises with shrieks and flute-like sounds.
Grabbly Bear CR 9
XP 6,400
NE Large aberration (aquatic)
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception
+17
DEFENSE
AC 23, touch 11,
flat-footed 21 (+2 Dex, +12 natural, –1 size)
hp 112 (15d8+45)
Fort +10, Ref +7, Will +12
DR 10/cold iron; Defensive Abilities amorphous; Resist acid 10, cold 10, fire 10
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft.,
swim 30 ft.
Melee 2 claws +17
(1d8+6/19–20 plus grab), 3 tentacles +14 (1d6+3 plus babbling affliction, grab,
and pull)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft. (15 ft. with tentacles)
Special Attacks
blood rage, constrict (claws only, 1d6+6), pull (tentacle, 5 ft.), roving
tentacles
STATISTICS
Str 22, Dex 15, Con 17, Int 7, Wis 16, Cha 12
Base Atk +11; CMB +18 (+22 grapple); CMD 30
Feats Dazzling
Display, Deadly FinishUC, Gory FinishUC, Great Fortitude,
Improved Critical (claw), Multiattack, Skill Focus (Intimidate), Weapon Focus
(claw)
Skills Escape
Artist +20, Intimidate +22, Perception +17, Swim +14; Racial Modifiers +8 Escape Artist
Languages Aklo
(can’t speak)
SQ amphibious
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization
solitary, pair, or calamity (3–8)
Treasure
incidental
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Babbling Affliction
(DC 18) (Su) If a grabbly bear strikes an opponent with a tentacle or
manages to hit its target’s touch AC with a tentacle (dealing no damage to the
target), the victim must succeed at a DC 18 Will save or begin to babble
uncontrollably for 1d6 rounds. An affected victim cannot cast spells with
verbal components and cannot use magic items requiring a command word. A
creature that makes its save is immune to that grabbly bear’s babbling
affliction for 24 hours. The save DC is Charisma-based.
Constrict (Ex) A
grabbly bear can only constrict with its claws.
Roving Tentacles (Ex)
A grabbly bear takes no penalties on its tentacle attacks while it has an
opponent grappled with its claws, and it can make attacks of opportunity with
its tentacles.
Grabbly bears (alternatively: squid bears, ursopuses, or squears) are the creations of a mad deity from
antiquity or the deity’s powerful minions. The fusion of squid and bear stuck
and the creatures bred true. While many sunk beneath the waves to prey on
creatures underwater, some remained on dry land to terrorize victims there.
Their adaptability to a variety of environments and their spongy bodies make
them difficult to avoid or kill. They usually target obvious spellcasters when
they open combat to neutralize their greatest threats, by making it impossible
for the victims to intone their spells. They then pull prey into their embrace,
first by using their tentacles to bring victims closer and then with their
claws as they deliver a crushing bear hug. While grabbly bears are moderately
intelligent and are capable of tactics on the battlefield, very few of them
flee once they join battle. When they die, they unleash a shrieking paean to
their sleeping deity.
Powerful aberrant creatures capable of speaking Aklo can
exert a modicum of control over grabbly bears, but they usually use this power
to direct the creatures to attack their enemies and leave them untouched.
