2012-08-24 Ursomancy

Fight On! ​#13 will hopefully contain a dungeon level of mine. Hopefully it will get published soon. In the mean time, I’ve started to work on a new adventure called *Susrael the Great*. One of things you can learn is *Bear Magic*.

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Yes, the fabled magic of bears!

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|         **1st circle**         |         **2nd circle**         |
+--------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| *astonishing growth of ursine  | *terrible staying power of     |
| hair* grants AC 6 for two      | mountain bears* grants 1/3 of  |
| turns                          | your max hit points for two    |
|                                | turns                          |
| **3rd circle**                 | **4th circle**                 |
| *glowing eyes of ursine hell*  | *treacherous abuse of ursine   |
| grants laser beams for two     | brotherhood* forces an         |
| turns: one target per round    | unwilling summoned armored     |
| must save vs. wands or take    | polar bear soldier to join for |
| 1d6 damage (this is a free     | a fight: HD 6; AC 5; 2 steel   |
| action)                        | claws 1d6 bite 2d6; MV 9; ML   |
|                                |                             12 |
| **5th circle**                 | **6th circle**                 |
| *ursine bloodlust* adds 1d6 to | *flying bar of bears* summons  |
| each claw and bite attack for  | 1d6+2 confused and angry       |
| two turns                      | flying bears: HD 8; AC 6; 2    |
|                                | claws 1d6 bite 2d6; MV 12 fly; |
|                                | ML 12                          |
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Laser Bears!

​#RPG ​#Old School ​#Caverns of Slime

Comments

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Bears that shoot laser beams out of their eyes? Awesome!

Question, though: what is a bar of bears? I thought a group of bears was a sloth of bears (a sleuth of bears is apparently a variation).

– Adrian 2012-08-24 16:46 UTC

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“Confused and angry” is of operative relevance here …

– Harald 2012-08-24 16:49 UTC

Harald

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Awesome

– -C 2012-08-24 19:40 UTC

-C

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Adrian, I must confess I didn’t know the collective noun for bears! Too bad sleuth lacks the alliteration.

– Alex Schroeder 2012-08-24 22:40 UTC

Alex Schroeder

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Reading Harald’s comment again, I now imagine Planet of the Bears, 1d6+2 coal miners hanging out at the local pub drinking met—a lot of it—and suddenly they’re pulled into a fight with hairless monkeys and find themselves in the possession of ninja flight powers.

– Alex Schroeder 2012-08-25 10:00 UTC

Alex Schroeder