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Yeth Hound
This emaciated, hairless canine has a strange air of menace and
cruelty about it.
yETh hOUnD CR 3
XP 800
NE Medium outsider (evil, extraplanar)
Init +6; Senses darkvision 60 ft., scent; Perception +9
DEfEnSE
AC 15, touch 12, flat-footed 13 (+2 Dex, +3 natural)
hp 30 (4d10+8)
fort +3, Ref +6, Will +6
DR 5/silver
OffEnSE
Speed 40 ft., fly 60 ft. (good)
Melee bite +7 (2d6+4 plus sinister bite and trip)
Special Attacks bay
STATISTICS
Str 17, Dex 15, Con 15, Int 6, Wis 14, Cha 10
Base Atk +4; CMB +7; CMD 19 (23 vs. trip)
feats Improved Initiative, Skill Focus (Fly)
Skills Fly +16, Perception +9, Stealth +9, Survival +9
Languages Abyssal or Infernal (cannot speak)
ECOLOgy
Environment any
Organization solitary, pair, or pack (6–11)
Treasure incidental
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Bay (Su) When a yeth hound howls or barks,
all creatures except other evil outsiders
within a 300-foot spread must
succeed on a DC 12 Will save
or become panicked for 2d4
rounds. This is a sonic mindaffecting
fear effect. Whether
or not the save is successful,
an affected creature is
immune to the same hound’s
bay for 24 hours. The save DC
is Charisma-based.
flight (Su) A yeth hound can
cease or resume its flight as a
free action.
Sinister Bite (Su) A yeth hound’s
bite is treated as evil-aligned
for the purpose of overcoming
damage reduction. In
addition, a good-aligned
creature bitten by a yeth
hound must make a DC 14 Will
save or be shaken for 1 round. If the
victim is already suffering from a fear
effect (such as the hound’s bay attack), the victim is instead
completely overcome with fear and can do nothing but
cower for 1 round. This is a mind-affecting fear effect. The
save DC is Constitution-based.
Yeth hounds are evil outsiders that delight in hunting
intelligent prey. They lope through the night skies, relentlessly
pursuing their chosen quarry for miles, and harrying them
with their frightful baying. Yeth hounds hunt only at night.
They fear the sun and never venture out in daylight, even if
their lives depend on it. A yeth hound stands 4 feet tall at the
shoulder and weighs about 400 pounds.
Yeth hounds do not collect treasure, having no use for
such baubles. The thrill of the hunt and the sweet tang of
fear in their prey is all they value. However, some items
of worth may occasionally be found in a yeth hound den,
the discarded remnants of prey dragged back to the lair.
Despite their bestial appearance, the yeth hound is rather
intelligent, even if it does little with its intellect but
devise and carry out ingenious, hateful plans to torment
and horrify its prey before it finally strikes.
Yeth hounds can often be found in the company of
night hags or evil hunters. Yeth hounds hate other
canine monsters such as barghests and worgs, and attack
them on sight if they have the advantage of numbers. They
are often associated with particularly bestial demons,
and can be found serving demon cults as
guardians and trackers. A gift of a yeth hound
companion to a particularly successful
cult is sure sign of favor in the eyes
of a demonic patron. A cult with
yeth hounds granted to them
in this manner must take
care to retain this favor, for if
they displease their demonic
patron, the hounds could
turn on them.
Yeth hounds inhabit
secluded dens in
remote wilderness areas
far from bothersome
civilization. These dens are
always subterranean, far
removed from the hated
sunlight. Yeth hounds range
great distances from their dens
during their nightly hunts, and
have been known to carry kills
for miles just for the comfort of
consuming a fresh meal in their lair.
The sight of a yeth hound loping through
the sky with a body clenched in its jaws is
unsettling indeed.
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