[quote=@Vacare]
<Snipped quote by Nimda>

The prevailing theory that I have is that its miasma... A sort of heavy aura that affects one heavily with negative emotions. My guess is that the bear uses this gunk as a way to project that miasma to weaken its prey and eventually consume its life force to sustain its form.

Eve: In other words, it's a danger to everything around it and it'll be hard to do battle with alone. You need several people of incredible strength to kill it.
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[i]If[/i] we go for a direct confrontation.