TREE BEARS

Tree Bears

Tree Bears are small intelligent bears that live in villages high in the tops of trees such as giant redwoods or tall oaks. Tree Bears are about two and a half to three feet tall and around twenty-five to thirty pounds in weight. They are humanoid in shape and are covered by thick coarse fur ranging in color from blond to cinnamon to dark brown, white to gray to black, or multicolored. They can climb trees exceptionally well being evolved for a life in the trees. Starting at age two, all Tree Bears receive a necklace with a large Lovestone pendant. Lovestones are known only to Tree Bears. They will give them a +2 to their charisma. These magical pendants work only for Tree Bears. Tree Bears speak their own language, the language of dryads, and common.

Tree bears can they track using visual signs, and they can also track using their keen sense of smell like blood hounds. Tracking by sense of smell a Tree Bear may follow a trail a base chance of fifty percent, plus two percent for each creature above two in the party, minus fifteen percent for every twenty-four hours which have elapsed, and minus thirty percent for every hour of precipitation.

Tree Bears, if alone or well in advance of the party and not wearing metal armor, they are able to surprise monsters on a 1-4d6, if a portal must be opened the chance drops to 1-2d6. Tree Bears have the following racial bonuses in thieving skills: +2 sneak, +2 climbing, +1 pick pockets, +1 to listen checks..