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Hellhound
Hellhound
skill 7
stamina 6
Habitat Demonic Plane, Dungeons, Ruins
Number Encountered 1-2
Type Monster
Reaction Hostile
Intelligence Low


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Description[]

Hellhounds are huge, midnight-black Dogs about the size of a Wolf. They have black tongues and teeth, brilliant red eyes and a very short temper, which makes them savage and violent, and thus wonderful pets for the Demon Princes.

Origins and Distribution[]

Many Demon Princes like to keep pets. Sith, a noxious Snake Demon, has a python twenty metres long and a metre thick. Some of the more sophisticated Princes, however, keep a pack of Hellhounds.[1] They are usually confined to the Demonic Planes, but are occasionally summoned to the Earthly Plane by skilled sorcerers, and used as especially powerful guard Dogs.[2]

Their origins are unknown, although it is possible that they are the product of early interbreeding between some kind of Demon and canines.[3] Certainly they are prized by the Demon Princes and used as the hounds on the Wild Hunt.

Special Abilities[]

Hellhounds have exceptionally keen senses, particularly of smell, enough for them "to sniff out living beings from the smell of fresh blood pumping in their veins".[4] However, they are better known for their ability to breathe fire - in addition to their usual attack, each round their flames will singe an opponent for 1 stamina damage on the roll of 1 or 2 on one die. They are so skilled that they can even breathe fire at an opponent other than the one they are clawing at.

Further Notes[]

  • A creature matching the description of a Hellhound (except for the colour of it's coat) could be found in The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, however it was just identified as a dog.

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