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I'm looking for stats for a bear animal companion that starts medium and then improves to large at level 7 in the same vein of a tiger, wolf, elk, dino, etc. This could be from some obscure Paizo book, a 3rd party source, or somebodies homebrew. Any help is greatly appreciated.
This should be in the advice forum
With that out of the way, have you looked in the d20pfsrd or archiveofnethys?
I'm looking for stats for a bear animal companion that starts medium and then improves to large at level 7 in the same vein of a tiger, wolf, elk, dino, etc. This could be from some obscure Paizo book, a 3rd party source, or somebodies homebrew. Any help is greatly appreciated.
If you're not satisfied with the normal bear animal companion, ask your GM if you can substitute a different animal companion's stats (such as a large cat) and still have it described as a bear in the game. It's a great way to keep things balanced to the existing rules (which 3rd-party would likely distort) while getting you what you want.
I am almost entirely sure this does not exist in any official source. If you want a homebrew, at level 7 the stats should be almost exactly the same as the grizzly bear in the bestiary, and before that it should be size medium with the relevant penalties to strength and con and bonuses to dex (the standard is +8 Str, -2 Dex, +4 Con for increasing from medium to large). I can try to work it out a little later if you'd like.
Use wolf template and give it claws and rp it as a bear.
I'm personally a big fan of statting it up as a Large Cat and dropping pounce for +2 CON.
EDIT: With DM approval of course.
I'm personally a big fan of statting it up as a Large Cat and dropping pounce for +2 CON.
EDIT: With DM approval of course.
I would argue that losing pounce is worth more than +2 CON. I would tack another +2 STR as well. :D
Fuzzy death-machines are the best, forget dinosaurs!
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Here's my best shot at the Grizzly Bear Companion stats. It ends up a little stronger than the bestiary one so as to not start out weaker than the black bear companion, but otherwise the same.
Bear, Brown
Starting Statistics
Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), 2 claws (1d4); Ability Scores Str 15, Dex 15, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.
7th-Level Advancement
Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8), 2 claws (1d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4.
Other possible changes for balance: Decrease natural armor either before or after advancement, lower dexterity?
Thanks Golux, I like it, this is what the bear companion should have been like from the beginning. Maybe make it +2 NA to start and +2 at 7th, seems a bit more balanced to me. Everything else looks great, and no ones going to look at this and go "it's OP, even more powerful than big cat".