Monster Advancement Levels for Bugbears

[smootrk]

Does anyone know if any official monster 'class' advancement tables already exist for bugbears somewhere?

If so, which book? I cannot seem to remember if I ever saw them done.

 

[Goblyn]

Savage Species has guidreliines for doing so, but not Bugbear specifically.

Although I think SS is in the swirling chaos between 3.0 and 3.5.

 

[smootrk]

That is all I have seen as well. I was just hoping that work had been done by someone else previously.

Has anyone done this on their own? Please post.

 

[MadJax]

Something I wipped up real quick

Bugbear Monster Progression

[u]Level	HD   BAB	Fort	Ref	Will	Skills	               Special[/u]
1st	1d8   +1	+0	+2	+0	(2+Int modifier) x 4	Feat, +1 Natural armor, +2 Dex, -2 Cha
2nd	2d8   +2	+0	+3	+0	2 + Int	                +2 Str, +2 Natural Armor
3rd	2d8   +2	+0	+3	+0		                +2 Con, +3 Natural Armor, Darkvision 60ft.
4th	3d8   +2	+1	+3	+1	2 + Int	                Feat, +2 Str, +4 racial bonus on Move Silently
Class Skills: Climb, Hide, Listen, Move Silently, Search, Spot

Type: Humanoid (Goblinoid)

Automatic Languages: Common, Goblin
Bonus Languages: Draconic, Elven, Giant, Gnoll, Orc

Proficient with Simple Weapons

Proficient with light armor and shields (not tower shields)

 

[smootrk]

Ahh, thank you. I can see where I might have done things a little different, but it works for the short term or as a guide.

 

[pawsplay]

Um, they definitely need darkvision at 1st level. Since they're very similar to a standard class, I would put the dead level and the bennies last.

Level HD  BAB  Fort  Ref  Will  Skills    Features
1     1d8  +0    +1   +2    +1	(2+int)x4 +1 natural armor, feat
2     2d8  +1    +1   +3    +1  2+Int     +2 Dex
3     3d8  +2    +1   +3    +1  2+Int     +2 Con, +2 natural armor, feat
4     3d8  +2    +1   +3    +1            +2 Str, +3 natural armor, move silently +4

Bugbear Features:
Ability Scores: A bugbear has a racial bonus of +2 to Str and -2 to Cha.
Darkvision: Bugbears have darkvision 60 ft.
Skills: A bugbear's class skills are Climb, Hide, Listen, Move Silently, Search, and Spot. A 

bugbear receives a +2 racial bonus to Move Silently, which increases to +4 at 4th level.
Natural Armor: A bugbear receives a +1 natural armor bonus to AC which increases with level as shown.

Notes:
- Technically, the ability scores are unbalanced at 1st level, but that should balance (racial HD, has to finish out monster class anyway).
- The final Str increase is put in at 4th, to reflect maturation and to keep the class from out oomphing standard races until their full ECL.
- Since the bugbear is not especially powerful, it seemed polite to give them their three HD up front.

 

[smootrk]

And you can see now why I wanted an official version. I agree with the darkvision aspect, as that was the 'where I might have done things differently' comment came from.