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Player > Races > Bear, uplifted
Starfinder Alien Archive 2 p.17
Uplifted bears are Large magical beasts with a space of 10 feet and a reach of 5 feet.
Uplifted bears have a climb speed of 20 feet.
When the uplifted bear charges, it can attempt a trip combat maneuver in place of the normal melee attack. In addition, the uplifted bear can charge without taking the normal charge penalties to its attack roll or AC. If the uplifted bear has another ability that allows it to charge without taking these penalties (such as the charge attack ability from the soldier’s blitz fighting style), it also gains the ability to charge through difficult terrain.
The only augmentations that can be installed in an uplifted bear’s brain are datajacks and the mechanic’s custom rig.
Uplifted bears have limited telepathy with a range of 30 feet.
Uplifted bears have low-light vision.
Uplifted bears have a +2 racial bonus to Life Science and Survival checks.
Uplifted bears have natural weapons that function like those of vesk (Starfinder Core Rulebook 52), except the bears’ natural weapons deal slashing damage.
Uplifted bears have a land speed of 40 feet.
Uplifted animals are nonsapient creatures modified to
increase their cognitive ability to full self-awareness, and
sometimes also to make their physical forms better able to
manipulate tools. Uplifted bears are among the most common
uplifted animals, although who uplifted them and how are
details lost to the Gap.
Uplifted bears have modified bodies that give them nimble
hands with opposable thumbs. They retain a normal bear’s
bulk and power, with claws that can rip through modern
armor. Alongside their brute strength, uplifted bears have a
keen intellect and the ability to communicate via telepathy,
which most choose to do rather than vocalize gruffly from
what is still a bear’s muzzle. An uplifted bear can be 5 feet
tall at the shoulder when on all fours but tower up to 10 feet
when moving bipedally. An adult bear weighs 1,200 pounds.
These modifications and traits are genetic and can be passed
down by mating pairs of uplifted bears.
Many uplifted bears find success in scientific endeavors,
but they are most comfortable when they can be outside
regularly in a natural, vegetated environment. Though this
characteristic is not universal, it has led to uplifted bears
gaining a reputation as poor crew members in orbital stations
and long-haul expeditions. Others also assume the bears are
best suited for exploring habitable worlds and cataloging flora
and fauna.
Uplifted bears are sometimes rumored to have violent
temperaments, but their personalities are as varied as those of
any sapient species. Some uplifted bears take great pleasure
in playing to this stereotype when they meet other people,
drawing out the biased assumptions of the ill-informed, and
then mocking them. Conversely, giving truth to the generality,
a number of organized crime kingpins are uplifted bears
who find they can threaten with their bulk when they can’t
convince with their wits.
Small communities of uplifted
bears can be found in the Pact
Worlds, especially on higher-gravity
planetoids in the Diaspora. Members
of such settlements attempt to uncover
their traditions by studying any pre-
Gap relics they can find and to establish new
traditions by building stable societies. Many young
uplifted bears become frustrated with this focus on the
past, however, and some leave their homes to escape it.
Uplifted bears feel a kinship for animals and animal-like
humanoids, often preferring their company. They relate well
to shirrens, though uplifted bears are more reserved than the
enthusiastic insectile species. Much as many shirrens fear the
Swarm and its potential to reassimilate them, some uplifted
bears fear that whoever created them might return and
put a dark spin on the gift of sapience the bears
were given.
An uplifted bear exploration team exploring
the Vast recently discovered a planet in the
Ferra system full of skyscraper-sized trees and
unpopulated by sentient creatures. Since this report, a small
but vocal contingent of uplifted bears has begun calling for
their kind to claim the planet as their home world.
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