Bestiary · Beast

PR 1/4

Hunting Hound

A hunting hound stands waist high on a tall rider. It is bred for its nose and its voice and has no training to bring prey down. It is given the scent at the start of a hunt and worked on a long lead or none, and it bays as it closes so the hunters know where to ride. It holds a line across water and over a day-old trail.

Hunting Hound, drawn at Medium scale
Physiology
Beast
Size
Medium
Speed
40 ft.
Armor class
13
Hit points
22 (4d8 + 4)
Proficiency
+2
  • STR 14 +2 save +2
  • DEX 14 +2 save +2
  • CON 12 +1 save +1
  • INT 3 -4 save -4
  • WIS 13 +1 save +1
  • CHA 7 -2 save -2
Skills
Perception +3 , Survival +3
Passive Perception
13
Senses
keen smell
Languages
None
Found in
Settlement , Farmland

Traits

  • Keen Scent

    It has advantage on Survival checks made to track by scent, and on Perception checks that rely on smell.

  • Baying Alert

    When it first sees or smells a creature it was set after, every allied creature within 300 feet knows the direction to it.

Actions

  • Bite

    +4 to hit · reach 5 ft.

    1d8 + 2 piercing damage

    A snapping bite at the quarry's leg.