Crimson Worlds

Yeth Hound

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columns: 2
forcecolumns: true
layout: Basic Pathfinder 2e Layout
source: "Pathfinder Bestiary 2"
name: "Yeth Hound"
level: "Creature 3"
 
alignment: ""
size: "Medium"
trait_01: [[beast]]
trait_02: [[chaotic]]
trait_03: [[evil]]
trait_04: [[fiend]]
trait_05: [[unholy]]
modifier: 9
perception:
  - name: "Perception"
    desc: "+9; Darkvision, Scent (Imprecise) 30 Feet"
languages: "Chthonian"
skills:
  - name: "Skills"
    desc: "Acrobatics: +8, Athletics: +9, Stealth: +10, Survival: +8"
abilityMods: [4, 3, 2, -2, 3, 1]
speed: 40 feet
sourcebook: "_Pathfinder Bestiary 2_"
ac: 18
armorclass:
  - name: AC
    desc: "18; __Fort__ +9, __Ref__ +12, __Will__ +12"
hp: 55
health:
  - name: ""
  - name: HP
    desc: "55; __Weaknesses__ silver 5"
abilities_top:
  - name: ""
 
  - name: "[[Bestiary Ability Glossary/Constant Spells|Constant Spells]]"
    desc: "  A constant spell affects the monster without the monster needing to cast it, and its duration is unlimited. If a constant spell gets counteracted, the monster can reactivate it by spending the normal spellcasting actions the spell requires."
 
abilities_mid:
  - name: ""
attacks:
  - name: ""
 
  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Jaws"
    desc: "+11 (unholy)\n__Damage__  1d8 + 6 piercing plus knockdown,sinister-bite 1d6 spirit plus knockdown,sinister-bite"
 
  - name: "Divine Innate Spells"
    desc: "DC 20, attack +10\n__Constant__  __(4th)__ _[[Spells/Air Walk|Air Walk]]_"
 
  - name: "Bay"
    desc: "`pf2:3` (auditory,concentrate,divine,fear,mental) The yeth hound emits an unearthly howl audible up to 300 feet away. Any non-fiend creature that hears the howl must succeed at a DC 20 Will check save or become [[Conditions/Frightened|Frightened 1]]. Any creature that critically fails and is within 60 feet of the yeth hound is instead [[Conditions/Frightened|Frightened 3]] and [[Conditions/Fleeing|Fleeing]] for 1d4 rounds (or until it recovers from its frightened condition).\n\nWhether it succeeds or fails the saving throw, the creature is then temporarily immune to Bay for 24 hours."
 
  - name: "Sinister Bite"
    desc: "  A good creature bitten by a yeth hound must attempt a DC 20 Will check save. On a critical success, the creature is temporarily immune to sinister bite for 1 minute. A creature that fails becomes [[Conditions/Frightened|Frightened 1]], or increases the value of its frightened condition by 1 if already frightened."
 
  - name: "[[Bestiary Ability Glossary/Knockdown|Knockdown]]"
    desc: "`pf2:1`  **Requirements** The monster's last action was a successful Strike that lists Knockdown in its damage entry\n* * *\n\n**Effect** The monster attempts to [[/act trip]] the creature. This attempt neither applies nor counts toward the monster's multiple attack penalty."
 
name: Yeth Hound
creatures:
  - 1: Yeth Hound

Wicked canine creatures who live for the thrill of the hunt, yeth hounds often serve evil masters as guardians and trackers. Yeth hounds resemble lean, sleek dogs with overlarge ears and narrow paws that can tread on air as easily as the ground. Despite their canine appearance, yeth hounds are remarkably intelligent, although they rarely display this intelligence except when devising intricate tactics to ensnare their quarry. Their eerie bays echo across the countryside when they are engaged in a hunt, and they particularly enjoy baying to frighten and disorient intelligent creatures. Yeth hound packs can number as many as a dozen members, each working in uncanny communion with its packmates to corner and kill their prey. Yeth hounds like to drag their victims back to their lairs to eat at their leisure, so these lairs often contain discarded treasures from the hounds’ previous meals.

Yeth hounds despise two things: sunlight and other canines. They hunt only at night if they can, often breaking off their hunt at dawn to retreat to a subterranean lair or den, no matter how close they had come to catching their prey. Yeth hounds usually attack wargs, wolves, and similar creatures on sight, working to drive larger or more powerful canines from their hunting areas when then can’t simply overpower and kill them.

Evil rangers, bestial demons, and wicked cults are frequently gifted yeth hound servants by fiendish patrons. Such hounds often serve as spies and are quick to turn against those who fail to advance the patrons’ wicked aims. The cult of Lamashtu, in particular, is fond of using yeth hounds as temple guardians.

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