Primeval Owlbear
Monster Manual (2025) p. 234
- Size
- Huge
- Type
- monstrosity
- Alignment
- unaligned
- AC
- 16
- Initiative
- 5
- Hit Points
- 126 (12d12+48)
- Speed
- walk 40 ft., climb 40 ft., fly 5 ft.
- Saving Throws
- Wis +5, Con +7
- Skills
- Perception +8
- Senses
- darkvision 120 ft.
- Passive Perception
- 18
- Challenge
- 7
- Lineage
- Owlbear
- Environment
- forest
Traits
Proficiency Bonus
+3
Magic Resistance
The owlbear has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Actions
Multiattack
The owlbear makes two Ravage attacks.
Ravage
Melee Attack Roll: +9, reach 5 ft. Hit: 15 (2d8 + 6) Slashing damage. If the target is a Huge or smaller creature and the owlbear moved 20+ feet straight toward it immediately before the hit, the target takes an extra 9 (2d8) Slashing damage and has the Prone condition.
Screech (Recharge 5-6)
Constitution Saving Throw: DC 15, each creature in a 30-foot Emanation originating from the owlbear. Failure: 27 (6d8) Thunder damage, and the target has the Incapacitated condition until the end of its next turn. Success: Half damage only.
recharge
D5
Other data
description
Created long ago by misguided mages, owlbears combine keen avian eyes, thick feathers, and a tearing beak with a mighty bearlike frame. Despite their magical origins, owlbears have propagated and spread to wildernesses across the multiverse. Owlbears dwell in distinctive dens. Roll on or choose a result from the Owlbear Den Features table to inspire an owlbear den's noteworthy traits.
Owlbear Den Features:
| 1d4 | An Owlbear Den Contains... |
|---|---|
| 1 | Evidence of previous occupants, like bandits, wolves, or dragons. |
| 2 | Heaps of regurgitated pellets studded with coins or other treasure. |
| 3 | A nest with 1d6 owlbear eggs. |
| 4 | Passages through the earth or hollow trees. |
Primeval Owlbear: Ancient forests and Feywild demesnes steeped in magic can give rise to particularly large and vicious owlbears. These primeval specimens can fly—albeit poorly—and emit thunderous screeches that can rattle foes and even tear them asunder.