---
title: "Black Bear"
obsidianUIMode: preview
noteType: pf2eMonster
cssClasses: pf2e
aliases: "Actor.SBkjNzVlgCm8cngZ" 
tags:
  - pf2e/creature/type/animal
  - pf2eMonster
  - pf2e/creature/level/2
statblock: inline
name: "Black Bear"
level: 2
license: OGL
---

```statblock
columns: 2
forcecolumns: true
layout: Basic Pathfinder 2e Layout
source: "Pathfinder Bestiary 2"
name: "Black Bear"
level: "Creature 2"

alignment: ""
size: "Large"
trait_01: [[animal]]
modifier: 8
perception:
  - name: "Perception"
    desc: "+8; Low-Light Vision, Scent (Imprecise) 30 Feet"
languages: ""
skills:
  - name: "Skills"
    desc: "Athletics: +9, Survival: +7"
abilityMods: [3, 2, 3, -4, 1, -2]
speed: 35 feet
sourcebook: "_Pathfinder Bestiary 2_"
ac: 18
armorclass:
  - name: AC
    desc: "18; __Fort__ +11, __Ref__ +8, __Will__ +5"
hp: 32
health:
  - name: ""
  - name: HP
    desc: "32"
abilities_top:
  - name: ""

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

  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Jaws"
    desc: "+9 ()\n__Damage__  1d8 + 5 piercing"

  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Claw"
    desc: "+9 (agile)\n__Damage__  1d6 + 5 slashing plus grab"

  - name: "Mauler"
    desc: "  The black bear gains a +1 circumstance bonus to damage rolls against creatures it has grabbed."

  - 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: Black Bear
creatures:
  - 1: Black Bear
```



Contrary to the name, black bears can be cinnamon or even blond in coloration, depending on which hue is most beneficial for surviving in their local environment. Regardless of their coloration, they are opportunistic eaters who gain sustenance from berries and nuts just as often as from fish and smaller mammals. They steal food when they find it, including from humanoid camps. Although they are predators, black bears are more timid than other bears. Unless defending themselves or their young, black bears often avoid conflict or fight only until they can retreat.
