Monster Specification

Chaos Hounds

Chaos Hounds

Typical Monster Level ("ML"): two dice taken at random ("2dr")

Typical Number Encountered: one die taken at random ("1dr")

Usual Alignment(s): N/C, E/C, G/C

Description: various vaguely hound-like shapes

Habitat: may hunt anywhere, including Dungeons, Green Areas, Wilderness Areas, Chaos, Dreams, Madness, Astral & Ethereal Planes

Language: Chaos Speech

Chars: Co 3dr, Wp 3dr

Movement: run, swim or fly at up to 1.5 times current speed of prey, and tend to Blink (as per Blink Dogs or by running quickly into and out of other Planes or Worlds) when have closed in on prey.

Fighter Abilities:

d6 AMR    D = 25 + (5ML) %    RD = 5 + (5ML) %    5 + (5ML) HP

Attack Modes:

Claw @ A = 10ML %, DAM = dr + 5% chance / HP DAM dealt of Disembowelling lodge.  If succeeds, in subsequent attack may attempt to Disembowel at 10ML% chance of success, doing 1dr (reselect the dr) Disembowelling DAM (no ADS)

Bite @ A = 8ML %, DAM = 2dr + random effect if DAM > 0 inflicted

HitLoc Table: (may vary, especially if Shapechange)

HitLoc Area

Front

Side

Rear

Head

01 to 30

01 to 17

n/a
Wings (*2) 31 to 60 18 to 52 01 to 10

Front Legs (*2)

91 to 120

53 to 70

n/a

Chest

61 to 90

71 to 114

n/a

Abdomen

n/a

115 to 131

11 to 30
Hind Legs (*2) n/a 132 to 149 61 to 80

Tail

[-14 to 0]

150 to 175

31 to 60

ADS: 1dr all over (reselect dr each time DAM is taken)

Effects of Specific Damage:

Hit Loc Area %age HP Damage taken Effects
Head 20% Unconscious, Co check vs Death
  40% Decapitation, Death
Wings (*2) 30% Co check vs Wing Crippled
  60% Wing Crippled (has no effect on ability to fly), Co check vs Wing Severed
  90% Wing Severed (has no effect on ability to fly)
Front Legs (*2) 25% Co check vs Leg Crippled *
  50% Leg Crippled, Co check vs Leg Severed *
  75% Leg Severed *
Chest 80% Incapacitated, Co check vs Death, Bleed 5%/min, Co check vs Bleed 5%/MR
  160% Death
Abdomen 60% Co check vs Death/MR, Bleed 5%/MR
  120% Death
Hind Legs (*2) 25% Co check vs Leg Crippled *
  50% Leg Crippled, Co check vs Leg Severed *
  75% Leg Severed *
Tail 25% Co check vs Tail Crippled
  50% Tail Crippled, Co check vs Tail Severed
  75% Tail Severed

* Crippling or Severing a Chaos Hound's legs (even all of them) will have no effect upon its ability to move at up to its maximum speed, but may possibly deter it from carrying on the chase.

Bleeding effects from Crippling, Severance and Decapitation are as for People, but the spilled blood may Regenerate into separate Chaos Hounds (see note 4).

Thievish Abilities:

M on Th Activities:

Defensive ThL = ML

Other Abilities / Powers / Notes:

  1. Chaos Hounds are predators that hunt through Chaos.  They are highly-prized by certain ChaosMasters, who have tamed their own Chaos Hounds (to an extent, anyway).  Hunting each other's Chaos Hounds, or even each other with Chaos Hounds, is a sport amongst the more jaded.  When Chaos Hounds are encountered, they may well be engaged in a hunt for other prey, and may do no more than swat the party out of the way.
  2. Have the ability to ChaosWalk and can Planewalk and Walk the Otherworlds as necessary in pursuit of prey.
  3. Chaos Hounds are powerful ChaosMasters.  They can Shapechange by ChaosMastery, and may produce various other Magical Effects by ChaosMastery.  They are said to be able to infiltrate a party by gobbling up one of its members and taking his form.  However most (possibly all) of them have not achieved ArchChaosMastery, and may suffer from random adverse effects or their intended effects not working as intended, as lower-level ChaosMasters tend to.
  4. Regenerate @ 1dr HP/MR at end of every MR.  Fire, Acid or Disintegration will not necessarily prevent Regeneration.  If cut into multiple pieces each has a % chance of starting to Regenerate approximately equal to the %age it represents of the whole body (so all, some or no pieces may Regenerate into separate Chaos Hounds!).  Occasionally suffer from Degeneration.
  5. Do not necessarily hunt to their own death, even if ordered to.  Chaos Hounds are wily, and will not hunt down prey that has demonstrated the ability to kill them.  They may however follow at a discreet distance, awaiting a better opportunity.

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