Werebear

A werebear is a shapeshifter able to transform into a bear.

Most werebears were good-natured and desired to help others in their communities. They saw themselves as the guardians standing between the natural world and civilization. Their animal instincts guided them to protect the splendors of nature, while their humanoid minds told them to help travelers and provide aid to the weak.

Description
Werebears were humanoids that could transform themselves into large brown bears. Their humanoid forms were often large and heavily-muscled. Werebears dressed in simple garments that could be easily removed.

Their children were born appearing humanoid until they turn eight, at which point they would gain the ability to transforms in large shaggy bears.

Notable Werebears

 * Bakka Hispul, an ogre dire werebear ranger of Tall Trees.

Appearances

 * Fiction:
 * The Wyvern's Spur


 * Video games:
 * Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms