Wildfire Owlbear | Monster

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An inhuman screech is heard in the distance. Trees bear the scars of long laws while scorch marks surround piles of ash and cinder. Large footprints lead to a clearing with a blazing fire and a large beast with blood-red feathers, deep brown fur, and a hideous hooked beak. The screech is louder this time as your clothes catch fire from the unbearable heat. A terrible claw punches your chest and sends you flying into a nearby tree. Today is not your day.

Stat Block

Wildfire Owlbear. CR 15. AC 19. 210 HP. 

5 attacks. +11 to hit. 19 (1d6 + 16) dmg. Claws of Flame (m), 1d6 ongoing fire dmg. Fire Blast (r).

Fire Aura, any creature that starts their turn within 10ft takes 10 (1d6 + 7) fire dmg. Bonus Action, Disengage. 

Any creature hit by more than one attack makes DC 19 str save vs knockback 10 ft, fail by 5 or more knockback and prone.

Description

The mighty bear-owl has once again been transformed even further into a monstrosity. No one remembers the name of the foolish mage who merged a wildfire spirit with an owlbear. The powerful beast radiates so much firepower that objects catch flame when they get near. Its brute strength is enough to knock down the bravest warriors but beware it’s fire blast. That’s what took out the aforementioned foolish mage.

Adventure Hook

The players are sent on a hunt for a nightmarish creature terrorizing the town of Neverna’s Hollow. The wildfire owlbear has been reawoken from its unending slumber by a splinter group of the Black Brotherhood known as the Awakeners. They believe it is their destiny to set free those monstrosities kept asleep in order to set the stage for their grand masters’ return. Little do they know, a group of orcs known as the Guardians of Huraas are close to finding the entrance to the ancient Ziggurat of the Malconvoker.

Combat

The wildfire owlbear will attack the closest threat with the intention to knock it prone and pounce. When bloodied the creature will release one Fire Blast attack as a reaction and attempt to retreat while keeping any attackers at bay.

History

With a History or Arcana check the characters can learn the following:

DC 10 – Can grow larger than a grizzly bear but thankfully they cannot fly

DC 15 – Wildfire owlbears possess a keen sense of smell and sight, especially at nighttime

DC 20 – A wildfire owlbear will continue to grow as it ages. It is unknown how old they can get or how large they can grow.

DC 25 – Only three wildfire owlbears are known to exist. Khithea, Luaith, and Caldeira have been asleep for centuries, watched over by the Guardians of Huraas.

Behavior

  1. Advancing toward a wounded adventurer
  2. Attacks on sight, hooting wildly
  3. In its volcanic rock cave lair
  4. Devouring a slain bear or moose

Signs

  1. A loud inhuman screech in the distance 
  2. Animal and human bones littering the ground
  3. Large and deep bear-like pawprints
  4. Trees burned with claw and scorch marks

This work includes material taken from the Lazy GM’s 5e Monster Builder Resource Document written by Teos Abadía of Alphastream.org, Scott Fitzgerald Gray of Insaneangel.com, and Michael E. Shea of SlyFlourish.com, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 (“SRD 5.1”) by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.

Influenced by the Level Up: Monstrous Menagerie by Paul Hughes.

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