Protective beast · Physical
A formidable answer to the question of who is watching the cub. Every step closer should be considered carefully.
Reference statistics
Basic difficulty · ordinary profile before temporary states and encounter adjustments
- HP
- 42
- Armor class
- 13
- Attack
- +4
- Damage
- d8+2
- Initiative
- 10
- Strikes
- 2
Weaknesses Void
Resistances Frost
Polymorph immunity No authored immunity
Traits and special behavior
Two strikes. Dead allied cub triggers Bereaved Fury: +2 Attack/+4 damage, two strikes, one-time message/art switch.
See the condition reference for the shared effects, and enemy tuning for difficulty-wide chance adjustments.
Statistics by difficulty
| Difficulty | HP | AC | Attack | Damage | Strikes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | 42 | 13 | +4 | d8+2 | 2 |
| Advanced | 93 | 18 | +8 | d8+6 | 2 |
| Expert | 126 | 24 | +10 | d8+8 | 2 |
| Master | 153 | 26 | +12 | d8+10 | 2 |
| Master+ | 252 | 28 | +14 | d8+16 | 2 |
Includes explicit tier overrides and the final maximum-HP multiplier. Damage is the ordinary die and bonus, before final outgoing multipliers. Rage, growth, buffs, encounter adjustments and special action damage are not baked into this table.
Current appearances
| Adventure | Location | Encounter roster |
|---|---|---|
| The Heart of the Forest | The Deep Dark | Owlbear Mother × 1 |
Detailed reference
These panels retain the exact authored configuration, including unscaled base values. For tier overrides, −1 Attack or damage bonus and zero HP or strikes mean “inherit”; tier indices run from 0 (Basic) to 4 (Master+). Field values and message templates are shown as reference data, not additional rules.
Creature configuration
- Stable identifier
- owlbearMother
- Attack Text
- {actor} slashes with her great claws.
- Name
- Owlbear Mother
- Plate Name
- Owlbear
- HP
- 42
- Armor class
- 13
- Attack
- 4
- Damage die
- 8
- Damage bonus
- 2
- Initiative
- 10
- Artwork registry index
- 18
- Role
- Protective beast
- Visual Scale
- 1.8
- Rage
- Name
- Bereaved Fury
- On Ally Death
- Yes
- Attack Bonus
- 2
- Damage Bonus
- 4
- Strikes per action
- 2
- Message
- owlbear_bereaved_fury
- Strikes per action
- 2
- Enraged Artwork
- JournalArt/Adventures/HeartOfForest/Creatures/OwlbearMotherRaging
- Weaknesses
- Void
- Resistances
- Frost
- Tier Adjustments
- Tier index (0–4)
- 2
- Attack
- 3
- Damage bonus
- 0
- HP
- 38
- Tier index (0–4)
- 3
- Attack
- 3
- Damage bonus
- 0
- HP
- 34
- Attack Sound
- combat.owlbearSwipe
Encounter configurations (1)
Whole encounter rewards and modifiers are shown here; they are not rewards for defeating this creature alone. Legacy fields remain visible for configuration audits.
- Stable identifier
- owlbear-den
- Enemies
- owlbearMother
- owlbearCub
- Opening
- An owlbear shields her cub among crushed ferns. Neither welcomes visitors.
- Gold
- 36
- Xp
- 40
- Spared Enemy
- owlbearCub
- Spared Xp Percent
- 20
- Spared Xp Message
- <b>+20% XP: Mercy in the undergrowth. The cub lives to trouble another picnic.</b>
Artwork and presentation
- Resource
- JournalArt/Adventures/HeartOfForest/Creatures/OwlbearMother
- Registrations
- Resource
- JournalArt/Adventures/HeartOfForest/Creatures/OwlbearMother
- Height Units
- 1.2
- Body Height
- 0.9699749791492911
- Ground Y
- 0.02418682235195997
- Center X
- 0.5019054878048781
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