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Bugbear

Long-limbed Humanoids with stealth and a powerful opening attack.

Traits

TraitDescription
Creature typeYou are a Humanoid. You are also considered a goblinoid for any prerequisite or effect that requires you to be a goblinoid.
SizeYour size is Medium.
SpeedYour walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.

Fey Ancestry

You have advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the charmed condition on yourself.

Long-Limbed

When you make a melee attack on your turn, your reach for it is 5 feet greater than normal.

Powerful Build

You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

Sneaky

You are proficient in the Stealth skill. In addition, without squeezing, you can move through and stop in a space large enough for a Small creature.

Surprise Attack

If you hit a creature with an attack roll, the creature takes an extra 2d6 damage if it hasn't taken a turn yet in the current combat.

Source & compatibility

Source: Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse · page 8 · Legacy 5e.

Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse; locally supplied reference, original publisher rights retained.

Campaign adaptation: Use the 2024 background ability increases instead of any legacy species ability increases printed below. Keep the other source traits; record conditional trait effects manually. A source variant remains distinct from an SRD or Eberron variant.