Hellhound

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Hellhound (CR 7)

Coal black dogs wreathed in hellish flame, hellhounds are monstrous beasts often found as pets of the mighty and dreadful. On the Prime Material, Hellhounds in the wild can be found in wastelands, deserts, barren mountains, volcanoes, etc. They are hardy, canny, and good hunters. Hellhounds typically lair within a badland and raid out to search for prey. Hellhounds view humans and other humanoids as prey, along with domestic animals, children of all species, and pretty much anything else they can catch. Hellhounds can also gain sustenance from fires, and a pack of hellhounds moving into a forest will soon reduce it to a wasteland unless they are stopped.

GENERAL

CR 7 Hit Dice 10

XP 3,200

LE Medium Outsider

Init +3; Senses Perception +11

DEFENSE

AC 25, touch 16, flat-footed 21 (+5 armor, +4 dex, +5 natural, +1 deflection)

hp 82

Fort +10, Ref +6, Will +6

Aura: -

SR: -

Special Defenses: Fire Shield, ER 20/fire

Immunities: -

Weaknesses: -

OFFENSE

Speed 30 ft., Softpaws

Space / Reach 5 ft. / 5 ft.

Single Melee Bite +13 (1d8+9/x2)

Full Melee Bite +13 (1d8+9/x2), 2x Claws +13 (1d6+3/x2)

Ranged none, but see Fiery Breath

Special Attacks Fire Shield, Fiery Breath

Action Points 0

STATISTICS

Str 14, Dex 14, Con 16, Int 2, Wis 17, Cha 10

Base Atk +7; CMB +12; CMD 21

Feats Big Game Hunter (EFFECT: +1 to hit, +2 damage versus large or larger creatures)

Skills Survival 15

Languages -

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Softpaws (Ex)

With light steps and sure-footedness, the Hellhound ignores movement penalties caused by rough terrain.

Fire Shield (Su)

Any creature that begins their turn adjacent to, or uses a melee attack against the Hellhound takes 1d6+2 of fire damage.

Fiery Breath (Su)

Once per round, as a swift action, the Hellhound may breathe forth a fifteen foot cone of flame or a thirty foot line of flame, as they wish. This flame does 1d6+2 of fire damage to those caught in the area of effect. If the Hellhound successfully bit a foe this round and then breathes on them, they receive no saving throw against this damage. All other victims may make a Reflex saving throw at a DC of 16 for half.

TREASURE

sell value of approximately 2,375 gp

COMBAT TACTICS

Hellhounds are animals but their wisdom is extremely high. They use good pack tactics, are quite sly, and will use their attacks intelligently. They are immune to their own breath weapons, so they will breathe with abandon. Their Softpaws ability lets them ignore difficult terrain, so if possible, they will attack in areas of difficult terrain, and will take advantage of any difficult terrain they find in a battle. Their Big Game Hunter feat makes them effective against large prey, and their high Survival allows them to track prey even without access to more esoteric senses. They will breath fire from range whenever possible to soften up foes, then run into melee and use their fire shields to damage as many foes as possible. If a ranged attacker is causing them problems, a few long-range breaths will be sent in their direction and they will attempt to break line of sight.