Fanonomicon: Volume #2

Borbus the Bear (Companion idea)

Here's one for you DM's that want a team pet.

The players have decided that resting in/near a forest area was a good idea. After the long rest ends the party will noticed that a very fat brown bear has come up to the party's camp & is just laying on the ground. If the players go & disturb the bear, it will get up from resting & just start to loaf about around the camp. If one of the players try to shoo the bear away it will walk up to the player & start to sniff them. If the player has any food items on their character the bear will poke their nose where it's located & attempt to open whatever is holding it in an attempt to eat the food. If the player who is getting their food stolen attempts to not let that happen, the bear will rub up agents them aggressively & attempt to lay on them. (please note attacking the bear at any point will cause it to run away)

One the players pack up camp & intend to head out, the bear will follow them around. If the party tries to shoo it away at this point, it will just ignore them & continue following. If the party gets into a battle the bear will not participate. That being said, it can sometimes just wander onto the battle screen & just loaf around, which blocks tiles.