Woodsy the Owl Bear

Take a trip down memory dungeon crawl with me.  Today's fearful exhibition; the owl bear.  Yes, the owl bear, the wandering monster with the second biggest "huh, what?" factor of anything in the classic dungeons and dragons pantheon.  Yes, second only the the displacer beast for overall, "What was someone thinking when they came up with this monster?"

(As an aside, there was an early dungeon module that actually makes the displacer beast make sense.  It's actually a kind of clever science fiction monster smack dab in the middle of the dungeons and dragons fantasy realms.  No such explanation exists for owl bears.)

All the brains of an owl, all the aroma of a bear.  Don't let him hug you.  Don't let him peck you.  Don't let him hack up your bones and armor in a big nasty pellet. 

Shoot first, macrame later!