i agree with ellyidol, bears do need to have dex as well. i'm not saying that you need to go all the way and cross over to a dex/bear, but speaking for myself, i need to have the dex that i do to be effective in tanking. i've had a tank pretty much since swamps first came out last year in wolfling, and i tried the pure str route. i eventually respecced to enough str to fulfill my armor needs and then dumped almost all of the rest into dex. as a level 51 bear, i can hold my own against most chars and campaigns higher than me. i couldn't do that as a pure str bear previously.