D&D General Dwarves Domesticated Bears!

[MGibster]

If an army (such as Hannibal's) can field elephants, bears aren't out of the realm of possibility. Besides, it's fantasy. Just be glad they don't have Bulette cavalry - or are riding purple worms ala Dune.

Like I said in my first post, I can accept bear cavalry in a fantasy game because suspension of disbelief is par for the course. But then it's one of those things that's better left unexplained. People have been taming elephants for use as beasts of burden and weapons of war for quite a while but nobody has done the same for bears. Corporal Wojtek of the Polish Army does not count. Feeding a maul of bears is going to be taxing on anyone's resources. Then there's the problem of training them and hoping they don't eat your own soldiers.

 

[Shades of Eternity]

bears, after breeding for intelligence and loyalty, would be amazing for stuff like construction.
It's like having a smaller elephant with hands.

 

[Oryzarius]

"Dwarven cavalry devoured by their own mounts in stunning lack of understanding animal behavior..."

Are you saying that the idea of dwarven cavalry is unbearable...?

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

The true first bear-riders were the gnomes thanks their "speak with animals". The flaw point is in the winter the bears are hibernating. A mad wizard tried to fix this and to create a new race of bear-like supersoldiers.... but the bugbears didn't want to be slave-soldiers.

 

[Seramus]

Dwarves don't need cavalry. They flood the world with lava, while laughing from their fortresses bristling with spikes and cheese.

 

[Shades of Eternity]

Dwarves don't need cavalry. They flood the world with lava, while laughing from their fortresses bristling with spikes and cheese.

Well Dwarves are known for being Cheesy.

 

[Voadam]

The classic is by sleigh.