Do owlbears have teeth?

Tonguez · 2026-03-14T01:54:36+0000

IMC I made Owlbears and Griffons relatives of Velociraptors/Utahraptor and as raptors they have teeth and the raptor talon. Owlbears are the large robust form that go around on all fours due to their extra bulk.

Aarakocra, Vrock and Achairai are also raptors

aramis erak · 2026-03-14T04:14:11+0000

TheHand said:
I don’t think they do in their modern incarnation but I seem to remember some really old art where they were drawn with toothy beaks, and more resembled the kappa (?) toy they were based on.

I remember that art.

I've not used an owlbear in decades...

Milieu · 2026-03-14T06:09:43+0000

Going by owlbear illustrations in the Monster Manuals (or edition equivalent), most have serrated beaks.

clearly serrated: 1e, 2e compendum, 4e essentials, 5.0e, 5.5e
unclear, maybe serrated: 2e MM, 4e
single tomial tooth and notch: 3.Xe
probably no tomia: OD&D

OD&D Greyhawk Supplement - probably a normal owl's beak:

1e Monster Manual - a bunch of small serrations, like a goose:

2e Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1 - large, jagged, teeth-like serrations:

2e Monstrous Compendium Annual Vol. 3 - The Arctic Owlbear also has teeth-like serrations:

2e Monstrous Manual - the inside edges of the beak look a little jagged. I think it's supposed to be small serrations, but it's pretty subtle:

3.Xe Monster Manuals (both use the same illustration) - looks more like a falcon's beak with a single tomial tooth on each side and corresponsing mandibular notches, used for severing spines: