# Race: Bugbear > [!info] Quick Facts > | | | > |---|---| > | **Rarity** | Rare | > | **Perception in Gryth** | Very negative. A goblinoid the size of a goliath that nobody hears approaching is not a thing people are inclined to be fair about. | > | **Guide Section** | Rare Races | ## Overview Bugbears are the largest and most bestial of the three major goblinoid peoples, and they carry more of the old fey inheritance than either of the others. Where that inheritance shows in a goblin only as a resistance to charms, in a bugbear it shows in the body: coarse mottled fur, long limbs, heavy claws, and a face that is further from a goblin’s than a goblin’s is from a man’s. ## The Third Part of a Warband Goblinoid strength runs on a division of labour. Goblins supply the numbers, hobgoblins supply the leadership and the soldiery, and bugbears supply the weight. A bugbear goes where a line needs breaking or a door needs removing, and the rest of the warband organises itself around that fact. They are also far rarer than either of their kin. A goblin fortress holding several hundred will commonly have one bugbear in it, or two, and a warband that fields more than a handful is either very large or very dangerous. They keep to themselves more than the others, work alone or in pairs by preference, and are tolerated in company rather than embedded in it. ## Heavy, and Quiet The thing that undoes people is not the size. A bugbear moves with a surprisingly light foot for something built along those lines, and is capable of genuine stealth rather than the approximate kind. The mottled fur does the rest, blending them into dense forest and churned ground well enough that the first sign of a bugbear is frequently the last thing that happens before the fight starts. They have a reputation for arriving first and being noticed last, and it is earned. ## Where They Are Bugbears are most commonly found in [[Continent - Edaria|Edaria]], in and around the Redlands alongside the rest of goblinkind. Beyond that continent they are scattered, uncounted, and generally in employment, because anybody raising an army anywhere has a use for something that can break a gate and then go quietly. > [!warning] A difficult character to play > Bugbears are met with open hostility across most of the settled world, and with fear before hostility. Expect refused service, official harassment, and violence that nobody investigates. A player choosing this race is taking on a roleplaying challenge that will shape every settlement the party enters, and should agree that with the rest of the table before session one. ## Bugbear Traits **Ability Score Increase.** Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Dexterity score increases by 1. **Age.** Bugbears reach adulthood at 16 and live up to 80 years. **Creature Type.** You are a Humanoid. You are also considered a goblinoid for any prerequisite or effect that requires you to be a goblinoid. **Size.** Your size is Medium. **Speed.** Your walking speed is 30 feet. **Darkvision.** You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You cannot discern colour in darkness, only shades of grey. **Fey Ancestry.** You have advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the charmed condition on yourself. **Long-Limbed.** When you make a melee attack on your turn, your reach for it is 5 feet greater than normal. **Powerful Build.** You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift. **Sneaky.** You are proficient in the Stealth skill. In addition, without squeezing, you can move through and stop in a space large enough for a Small creature. **Surprise Attack.** If you hit a creature with an attack roll, the creature takes an extra 2d6 damage if it has not taken a turn yet in the current combat. **Languages.** You can speak, read, and write Common and Goblin. ## Connections - [[Continent - Edaria]] — Most commonly found in and around the Redlands - [[Race - Goblin]] — Goblinoid kin; goblins supply the numbers - [[Race - Hobgoblin]] — Goblinoid kin; hobgoblins supply the leadership and the soldiery --- ## Gallery ![[Race - Bugbear.jpg]] --- *See also: [[Races]]*