Rarely living in groups larger than a dozen or so, bugbears rarely are concerned with more than their own survival and perhaps the survival of their gang. Where goblins launch raids and hobgoblins build armies, the bugbears are lazy opportunists.
This perception is justified, for the most part. What are they? How do they play? Grab your talking trophy heads and follow us into the cave as we go through everything you need to know.īugbears are goblins with a lot more muscle, hair, killer instinct, and less scheming. This wiki All wikis.Now in 5th edition we get a chance to play the fuzzy beasties for ourselves. Many scholars of the late 14 th century DR believed that bugbears and goblins were both bred by the hobgoblins as slave races, with bugbears serving as elite soldiers. Local pantheons often included a god of earth, a god of fertility, and a god of death. Other bugbear deities included Grankhulthe bugbear deity of hunting, senses, stealth, and surprise and Skiggaret. Bugbears often decapitated their enemies as a way to honor Hruggek, who was said to do the same. This was in part because bugbears had little patience for diplomacy or negotiation, preferring violent solutions to conflicts unless obviously overpowered.īugbears once had their own pantheon, led by Hruggek. Unlike most creatures, bugbears were particularly susceptible to the effects of Bowen's flowerswhich would knock them out within minutes.īugbears were often found in the company of other goblinoids, particularly goblins, since tribes made up mostly of hobgoblins and bugbears tended to be wiped out quickly by other races as a precaution. Balsag and his two giant rats standing guard in an underground chamber near Thundertree. Often the motivation for this change of heart came from the rewards earned from virtue, which in the long term were more pleasing than the short-lasting pleasures of evil.
Few bugbears overcame this flaw and their culture's brutal nature.īugbear heroes, though rare, were heard of and could acquire significant renown if successful. This claim was not unfounded and like their kin bugbears had easily provoked tempers and were prone to rages. Bugbears, like other goblinoids, had a reputation for being dim-witted and brutish. Many bugbears were chaotic evil in alignment, favoring stealth and surprising their opponents. They took their name from their noses and claws, which were similar to those of bears. Like many goblinoidsbugbears spoke the Goblin language. Bugbears were a massive humanoid race distantly related to, but larger and stronger than, goblins and hobgoblins.
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