Death Dog

Monstrosity · Medium

Death Dog
Orthrus, the two-headed hound of Geryon, slain by Heracles, Attic cup painted by Euphronios, c. 510 BC · Euphronios (painter), Attic red-figure kylix, c. 510–500 BC (Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

A two-headed hound that hunts in packs in deserts and wastelands, and whose bite carries a wasting disease. Caravan guards keep fires burning all night when they hear its double howl.

Danger
A fight to fear
How it is met
In packs, by night
Challenge
1
SRD 5.2.1 stat blocks
Death Dog

Hear it

Where it is met

Hot Desert

Also: Ruin

Stat blocks (D&D 5e)

Death Dog

Medium Monstrosity, Neutral Evil

AC 12 · Initiative +2 (12)

HP 39 (6d8 + 12)

Speed 40 ft.

StrDexConIntWisCha
15 (+2), save +214 (+2), save +214 (+2), save +23 (−4), save −413 (+1), save +16 (−2), save −2

Skills Perception +5, Stealth +4

Immunities Blinded, Charmed, Deafened, Frightened, Stunned, Unconscious

Senses Darkvision 120 ft.; Passive Perception 15

Languages None

CR 1 (XP 200; PB +2)

Actions

Multiattack. The death dog makes two Bite attacks.

Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) Piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it is subjected to the following effect. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 12. First Failure: The target has the Poisoned condition. While Poisoned, the target’s Hit Point maximum doesn’t return to normal when finishing a Long Rest, and it repeats the save every 24 hours that elapse, ending the effect on itself on a success. Subsequent Failures: The Poisoned target’s Hit Point maximum decreases by 5 (1d10).

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