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If I'm not mistaken, this werebear is still built without the ability score adjustments that the lycanthrope template normally has. Its ability scores in human form are:
STR 16-DEX 14-CON 13-INT 12-WIS 12-CHA 8
Which fits in with the normal array for monsters with character levels (15-14-13-12-10-8) with the human racial +2 in WIS (for a ranger spell at level 4) or INT (for skills) and +1 in strength from its fourth Hit Die. Lycanthropes in human form are supposed to have +2 WIS and -2 CHA, so shouldn't it be either WIS 14 CHA 6, WIS 10 CHA 10, or INT 10 WIS 12 CHA 8?
Additionally, the Hybrid form has:
STR 21-DEX 14-CON 19-INT 12-WIS 12-CHA 8
While the grizzly bear has:
STR 21-DEX 13-CON 19-INT 12-WIS 12-CHA 8
So the hybrid form has the best of the scores between the human form and the grizzly bear... which is the problem, since its strength and con are supposed to get a +2 in hybrid and beast form.
Am I correct in this? Is it an intentional simplification of the template because the bear is stronger than the wolf and (dire) rat that were lycanthropized in the bestiary 1? I'm OK either way, and I know from looking it up that this monster's statblock has been an issue before, but I was rebuilding a character as a werebear and I noticed the discrepancy.
(For what it's worth, I think the weretiger includes the +WIS -CHA but not the +STR +CON in hybrid?)