Hell Hound (5e24)

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 5th edition (2024)

SRD 5.2 • CC-BY

 SRD 5.2 

Hell Hound
Medium Fiend, Lawful Evil
AC: 15Initiative: +1 (11)
HP: 58 (9d8+18)
Speed: 50 ft.
Mod Save   Mod Save   Mod Save Str 17 +3 +3   Dex 12 +1 +1   Con 14 +2 +2   Int 6 -2 -2   Wis 13 +1 +1   Cha 6 -2 -2
Skills: Perception +5
Immunities: Fire
Senses: Passive Perception 15
Languages: Understands Infernal but can't speak
CR: 3 (XP 700; PB +2)
Traits Pack Tactics. The hound has Advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the hound’s allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally doesn’t have the Incapacitated condition.  Actions Multiattack. The hound makes two Bite attacks. Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +5, reach 5 ft. Hit: 7 (1d8+3) Piercing damage plus 3 (1d6) Fire damage. Fire Breath (Recharge 5-6). Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 12, each creature in a 15-foot Cone. Failure: 17 (5d6) Fire damage. Success: Half damage.
+  Additional PropertiesEdit Habitat: Mountain, Planar, Underdark|}} Plane: Lower Plane Treasure: None

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LoreEdit

Unofficial Description: A hell hound appears as a large, black dog. Sometimes the glow of fire can be seen in its mouth.

Other LoreEdit

 3.5e lore  ^{[SRD3 OGL]}  

A typical hell hound stands 4-1/2 feet high at the shoulder and weighs 120 pounds. Hell hounds do not speak but understand Infernal. Hell hounds are efficient hunters. A favorite pack tactic is to surround prey quietly, then attack with one or two hounds, driving it toward the rest with their fiery breath. If the prey doesn’t run, the pack closes in. Hell hounds track fleeing prey relentlessly.

Found in AdventuresEdit

• Against the Giants
• Curse of Strahd
• Descent into Avernus
• Princes of the Apocalypse
• The Treaty of Ostoria

Sources and NotesEdit

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