The blight-hound was a hunting beast once, before the Bruise took it. Now ropes of luminous rot lash from its opened ribs, and it tracks the living not by scent but by the warmth of the Weave inside them. They course in silent packs along the Weeping Front.
- CR
- 1 (XP 200)
- Type
- Monstrosity
- AC
- 13
- HP
- 45
- Habitat
- Mycelial Deep
Medium Monstrosity, Unaligned
AC 13 Initiative +2 (12)
HP 45 (7d8 + 14)
Speed 40 ft.
Resistances Necrotic
Skills Perception +3, Stealth +4
Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 13
Languages None
CR 1 (XP 200; PB +2)
Traits
Pack Tactics. The blight-hound has Advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the hound's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally doesn't have the Incapacitated condition.
Weave-Scent. The blight-hound knows the location of any creature bonded to a symbiote within 60 feet, unless that creature is behind total cover.
Actions
Multiattack. The blight-hound makes one Bite attack and one Rot Lash attack.
Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) Piercing damage.
Rot Lash. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 10 ft. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) Necrotic damage.