---
title: "Cave Bear"
obsidianUIMode: preview
noteType: pf2eMonster
cssClasses: pf2e
aliases: "Actor.gyUQFNuOe7pw5Wfi" 
tags:
  - pf2e/creature/type/animal
  - pf2eMonster
  - pf2e/creature/level/6
  - remaster
statblock: inline
name: "Cave Bear"
level: 6
license: ORC
---

```statblock
columns: 2
forcecolumns: true
layout: Basic Pathfinder 2e Layout
source: "Pathfinder Monster Core"
name: "Cave Bear"
level: "Creature 6"

alignment: ""
size: "Large"
trait_01: [[animal]]
modifier: 13
perception:
  - name: "Perception"
    desc: "+13; Low-Light Vision, Scent (Imprecise) 30 Feet"
languages: ""
skills:
  - name: "Skills"
    desc: "Athletics: +16, Survival: +11"
abilityMods: [6, 1, 6, -4, 1, -1]
speed: 35 feet
sourcebook: "_Pathfinder Monster Core_"
ac: 24
armorclass:
  - name: AC
    desc: "24; __Fort__ +16, __Ref__ +11, __Will__ +13"
hp: 95
health:
  - name: ""
  - name: HP
    desc: "95"
abilities_top:
  - name: ""

abilities_mid:
  - name: ""
attacks:
  - name: ""

  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Jaws"
    desc: "+16 ()\n__Damage__  2d10 + 6 piercing"

  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Claw"
    desc: "+16 (agile)\n__Damage__  2d8 + 6 slashing plus grab"

  - name: "Mauler"
    desc: "  The bear gains a +4 circumstance bonus to damage rolls against creatures it has [[Conditions/Grabbed|Grabbed]]."

  - name: "Rush"
    desc: "`pf2:2`  The cave bear Strides and makes a Strike at the end of that movement. During the Stride, it gains a +10-foot circumstance bonus to its Speed."

  - name: "[[Bestiary Ability Glossary/Grab|Grab]]"
    desc: "`pf2:1`  **Requirements** The monster's last action was a successful Strike that lists Grab in its damage entry, or the monster has a creature [[Conditions/Grabbed|Grabbed]] or [[Conditions/Restrained|Restrained]]\n* * *\n\n**Effect** If used after a Strike, the monster attempts to [[/act grapple]] the creature using the body part it attacked with. This attempt neither applies nor counts toward the creature's multiple attack penalty.\n\nThe monster can instead use Grab and choose one creature it's grabbing or restraining with an appendage that has Grab to automatically extend that condition to the end of the monster's next turn."
 
```

```encounter-table
name: Cave Bear
creatures:
  - 1: Cave Bear
```



Larger, stronger, and far more aggressive than its smaller cousins, the cave bear is a behemoth that avoids civilized lands, preferring to dwell in remote places. As its name might suggest, the cave bear makes its den in natural caves, and like the grizzly bear, it is fiercely territorial. Unlike a grizzly bear, however, a cave bear is short tempered and will make sure its foe is dead before moving on, usually feasting on its prey's soft flesh once it has been incapacitated. Cave bears are often regarded as powerful guardian spirits by remotedwelling people, though they are also utilized as beasts of war by orcs or even giants. Stone giants in particular have an affinity for keeping trained cave bears as pets or guardians for their homes.

* * *

Bears are ferocious predators typically found in cold or temperate woodlands and hills. Many species of bear exist in addition to the two presented below, such as the smaller black bear or the arctic-dwelling polar bear.
