Black bear

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For a list of all bears, see list of bears.

black bear h
HP	17-36
HD	6
XP	128
Speed	10
AC	2
EV	8
Will	20
Attack¹	9 (bite: plain)
Attack²	5 (claw: plain)
Attack³	5 (claw: plain)
Resistances	None
Vulnerabilities	None
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Animal
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Natural
Size	Medium
Type	bear, black bear
Flags	Warm-blooded

A small black bear. Like all ursines, it will become enraged if badly hurt.

Useful Info

Black bears are the weakest members of the bear family. They have surprisingly puny attacks and no defenses to speak of, but they will go berserk when seriously wounded or inflicted with fear. Even then, they pose a fairly small threat.

Spells

Tile	Name	Damage	Range	Flags
	Berserker Rage	—	—	Emergency flag, Natural flag

Tips & Tricks

Try to kill it quickly as soon as it goes berserk. Apart from that, any decent melee fighter can take one on toe-to-toe, while any school of magic can make short work of it. Just don't send your deep elf hedge wizard into melee with a berserk black bear.

History

Prior to 0.6, they could not go berserk.