Hell Hound
Medium Outsider (Evil, Extraplanar, Fire, Lawful) — CR 3
Hell Hound is a D&D 3.5 monster from MM, p. 151. CR 3, HD 4d8+4 (22 hp).
- Hit Dice
- 4d8+4 (22 hp)
- Initiative
- +5
- Speed
- Land 40 ft
- Armor Class
- 16, touch 11, flat-footed 15
- Base Attack / Grapple
- +4/+5
- Attack
- Bite +5 melee (1d8+1 plus 1d6 fire)
- Full Attack
- Bite +5 melee (1d8+1 plus 1d6 fire)
- STR
- 13
- DEX
- 13
- CON
- 13
- INT
- 6
- WIS
- 10
- CHA
- 6
- Fort / Ref / Will
- +5 / +5 / +4
- Challenge Rating
- 3
- Alignment
- Always Lawful-Evil
- Organization
- Solitary, pair, or pack (5–12)
- Treasure
- None
- Environment
- Nine Hells of Baator
- Level Adjustment
- +3
Special Abilities
Feats
The creature resembles a big, powerfully built dog with short, rust-red fur, its markings, teeth, and tongue are sooty black. It has red, glowing eyes.
Description
Hell hounds are aggressive, fire-breathing canines from the plane of Acheron. Specimens are frequently brought to the Material Plane to serve evil beings, and many have established indigenous breeding populations.
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.
Combat
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.
A hell hound’s natural weapons, as well as any weapons it wields, are treated as evil-aligned and lawful-aligned for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction.
Breath Weapon (Su): 10-foot cone, once every 2d4 rounds, damage 2d6 fire, Reflex DC 13 half. The save DC is Constitution-based.
Fiery Bite (Su): A hell hound deals an extra 1d6 points of fire damage every time it bites an opponent, as if its bite were a flaming weapon.
Skills: Hell hounds have a +5 racial bonus on Hide and Move Silently checks.
*They also receive a +8 racial bonus on Survival checks when tracking by scent, due to their keen sense of smell.