Bear Warrior

Class Notice

PLEASE NOTE CLASS CHANGES!
BEAR WARRIORS MAY NOT DUAL CLASS WITH THE DRUID CLASS

Class Description

Many people, particularly those in the "uncivilized" regions of the world, revere bears as symbols of the warrior's strength and battle prowess.

By adopting the bear as a totem animal, warriors of these people hope to tap into some of the bear's strength.

Bear warriors, through a special relationship with bear spirits, literally adopt a bear's strength in the rage of battle, actually transforming into bears while they fight.

Only characters who can already tap into a spiritual power of rage can heighten that power to become bear warriors.

Requirements

Base Attack Bonus: +7

Feats: Rage, Power Attack

Class Features

Hit Die: d12

Base Attack Bonus: High

High Saves: Fortitude

Weapon Proficiencies: None.

Armor Proficiencies: None.

Skill Points: 4 + Int modifier

Class Skills: Athletics, Intimidate, Listen, Lore: Local, Lore: Nature, Ride, Survival.

Class Abilities

Level	Features Gained
1	Knockdown, Bear Shape: Black Bear, Roar
2
3	Scent
4	Extend Rage I, Bear Shape: Brown Bear
5
6
7	Extend Rage II
8
9
10	Bear shape: Dire Bear, Improved Knockdown

Abilities

Bear Form: A bear warrior who goes into a rage will automatically transform into a bear. At 1st level she will become a small bear, at 5th level she changes into a full grown brown bear and at 10th level she gains a dire bear form.
While in those forms the bear warrior regains all her ability scores as well as the normal will save bonus and AC penalty from rage.

The ability bonuses (that replace the normal rage ability bonuses) are as follows:

• Black Bear: +8 strength, +4 constitution, +2 dexterity, +2 natural armor, +2 Will saves, and Fast Regen +2 . All claw and bite attacks have +2 enchantment. 20 base AC.
• Brown Bear: +10 strength, +8 constitution, +2 dexterity, +5 natural armor, +2 Will saves and Fast Regen +3. All claw and bite attacks have +3 enchantment. 25 base AC.
• Dire Bear: +12 strength, +8 constitution, +2 dexterity, +7 natural armor, +2 Will saves and Fast Regen +4. All claw and bite attacks have +4 enchantment. 30 base AC.
• This ability otherwise functions as the polymorph spell.
• Scent: A 3rd-level bear warrior gains Scent as a bonus feat.
• Extend Rage I: A 4th-level bear warrior gains extend rage as a bonus feat
• Extend Rage II: A 7th-level bear warrior gains extend rage II as a bonus feat

After bear form (rage) expires, the barbarian is tired and suffers -2 Strength, -2 Dexterity, and a -10% movement penalty for 5 rounds.

Roar

At 1st level, a bear warrior gains the roar ability. A bear warrior can let out a terrible roar that causes fear in all enemies that hear the cry. Affected creatures must make a Will save (DC 10 + Bear Warrior Level + 1/2 Intimidate ranks). Duration: 3 rounds Cooldown: 45 Seconds

Other important information

• Unarmed Strike (Focus, Specialization, Mastery) transfer over to Bear Warrior bear form by becoming Creature type Feats.
• Your Armor bonuses will transfer to your polymorphed bear shape in the following method:
• The enhance bonus on your chest armor or the armor bonus on your bracers transfers as an armor enhance bonus.
• Half of the enhance bonus on your shield will transfer as a shield enhance bonus.
• The deflection AC bonus on your helm, cloak, or ring will transfer as a deflection AC bonus.
• The natural AC bonus on your necklace will transfer as a natural AC bonus. This will not stack with the natural AC bonus the bear already gets. It will use the higher of the 2 bonuses.
• Barbarians DR feats work while in bear form.
• Knockdown will work while in bear form.
• Charge will work while in bear form.
• Feats in the 'Mode Bar' will work while in bear form, such as power attack.
• The unarmed strike line of feats will work while in bear form on all your attacks.
• Elemental damage bonuses from your weapon or gloves transfer.
• Vampiric Regeneration from gloves/gauntlets transfer to Bear form.
• Damage vs enemy type does not transfer unless it's applied from a spell (The damage bonus vs undead from a Mace of Disruption will not transfer, but the bonus from a Bless Weapon spell will.)
• Item Save bonuses and certain item properties, like materials, will not transfer to Bear Form.
• Unlike Whirlwind Frenzy and Standard Rage, Bear Form ability bonuses are non-stackable and are unaffected by items or spells (Bull's Strength, Bear's Endurance, etc)
• Skill bonus on items do not stack in Bear Form, only the highest bonus transfers; a ring with +4 to Intimidate and a Helmet with +3 will only give +4 in Bear Form.

Class courtesy of Luna, testing by the Quality Control team