Bugbears

Buchveer, the hairy goblinoid bugbears, are giant, hairy relatives of goblins. They are large, standing about seven feet tall, with muscular frames and the look of true carnivores. They have light yellow to yellow brown hides, with thick coarse hair that ranges in color from brown to brick red. Bestial eyes of greenish white with red pupils stare out from savage faces. Wedge-shaped ears rise from the top of their heads, and their mouths are full of long sharp fangs.

Bugbears have exceptional sight and hearing, and they move with amazing stealth. They live in caves and underground lairs. Bugbear females are not given the same opportunities and privileges as the males, and a good number of wandering bugbears are females looking for better lives.

These large humanoids live by plundering and ambush, assuming mastery of smaller goblin communities whenever it suits them. They sometimes take slaves and are often cruel and mean-spirited. They are excellent hunters. They eat anything they kill, including humans and humanoids smaller than themselves. Very rarely, wandering bugbears leave their lairs because they cannot stand to eat intelligent creatures.

Rarely, a bugbear tribe will have shamans or witch doctors, but not both.

Among the Civilized

Bugbears speak a foul sounding language punctuated by gestures, grunts, and snarls. They even use these bestial habits when talking in common, making other races doubt their intelligence.

Even the bravest bugbears have trouble breaking away from their tribe. They prefer to ambush their foes rather than attack head on. If outnumbered or overmatched, most will retreat to fight another day.

Individual bugbears remain territorial even after they leave their lairs. They mentally mark out territory wherever they go, even when traveling. Anything which comes into this space becomes their property (at least in their own minds), or the property of their tribe. They are natural bullies, forcing their wills on weaker individuals. They are an opportunistic race, prone to temper tantrums and violent outbursts.

Bugbears enjoy wine and strong ale - often to excess. They are stubborn by nature, finding it difficult to negotiate or compromise. Greed courses through their bodies like blood, and even the most noble bugbear covets glittery, shiny objects and weapons.