Bear Discipline

Brutes, toughs, heavies, thugs: Adepts of the Bear would laugh at their opponents' puny attacks if they weren't so busy destroying them. The Discipline of the Bear offers training in Charging, Strength, Toughness, and Sundering. Adepts of the Bear may choose prowess in Might, Toughness, and Resistance.

Rank 1

Improved Charge	Gain an attack bonus when Charging.
Mighty Lift	Lift, move, push, pull, and throw heavy loads.
Tough Hide	Ignore glancing blows.
Sunder Objects	Deal extra damage to inanimate objects.

Rank 2

Resolute Charge	Move swiftly when Charging.
Break Bonds	Automatically escape from mundane bonds, and gain bonuses when breaking free from magical imprisonment.
Improved Vigor	Gain extra Vigor.
Sunder Armor	Especially powerful attacks may reduce armored targets' Defense.

Rank 3

Reactive Charge	Interrupt an incoming Charge with a standard attack.
Surge of Strength	Gain 9-again on a strength-based skill.
Ward	Become surrounded with a protected aura.
Sundering Strike	Gain the ability to target certain equipment and attempt to destroy it.

Rank 4

Scattering Charge	Pass through hostile terrain, scattering opponents as you charge.
Roaring Strike	Swing a weapon with such ferocity that it sends a rippling shockwave through the air to strike one or many targets.
Living Monolith	Muscles harden, becoming a wall of ironlike armor and become immune to knockback or knockdown.
Explosive Sundering	Sundering attempts send deadly shrapnel at foes.

Rank 5

Thundering Charge	Barrel forward in a straight line to a chosen location, attacking multiple targets within Reach while moving.
Barricade	Interrupt the movement of a creature passing within Reach, stopping them in their tracks and ending their turn.
Elemental Resistance	The adept builds a natural resistance to the elements that can be enhanced for a time.
Sunder Magic	The adept's Sundering attempts can break even magical items and enchantments.