Monsters / Hell Hound
Hell Hound
CR 3 - 800 XP - LE Medium Outsider
Stat block
AC16 (touch 11, flat-footed 15)HP30 (4d10+8)SavesFort +6, Ref +5, Will +1Meleebite +5 (1d8+1 plus 1d6 fire)Speed40 ft.AbilitiesStr 13, Dex 13, Con 15, Int 6, Wis 10, Cha 6BAB / CMB / CMD+4 / +5 / 16Sensesdarkvision 60 ft., scent; Perception +7Environmentany (Hell)
immune firevulnerable cold
Combat brain - every behavior cites its line (5 rules)
Built only from this entry: stat-block special attacks, the printed Int score, the creature type, its feats and senses, and the behavioral prose of its own description. Nothing invented - an uncited behavior is a test failure.
pack-hunter (from lore)
Efficient hunters, a favorite pack tactic is to surround prey quietly, then attack with one or two hounds, driving prey toward the rest of the pack with their fiery br...
Efficient hunters, a favorite pack tactic is to surround prey quietly, then attack with one or two hounds, driving prey toward the rest of the pack with their fiery br...
flee-when-hurt (from lore)
Hell hounds track fleeing creatures relentlessly.
Hell hounds track fleeing creatures relentlessly.
scent-tracking (from senses)
senses: scent - hidden prey is found, not lost
senses: scent - hidden prey is found, not lost
strikes-first (from feats)
feats: Improved Initiative - it moves before you do
feats: Improved Initiative - it moves before you do
night-hunter (from senses)
senses: darkvision 60 ft., scent; Perception +7 - hunts where prey is blind
senses: darkvision 60 ft., scent; Perception +7 - hunts where prey is blind
On-hit riders and breath
breath weapon2d4DC 14 Reflex
From the entry
A typical hell hound stands 4-5 feet tall at the shoulder and weighs 120 pounds. Efficient hunters, a favorite pack tactic is to surround prey quietly, then attack with one or two hounds, driving prey toward the rest of the pack with their fiery breath. If the prey doesn't run, the pack closes in. Hell hounds track fleeing creatures relentlessly.
Hell hounds are particularly favored by fire giants, as the creatures are immune to fire and share the fire giant's sense of cruelty when it comes to handling intruders. Only when a fire giant goes too far toward treating a relatively intelligent hell hound like a pet do such alliances begin to falter.