Water hound

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Water hound
Level 24
Family Canine family creatures
Body Type Quadruped
Classification(s) Living
Area(s) Found Stormpeak
BCS Yes
HP 210
Speed
Attack Attributes
Physical Attacks
Bite 192 AS
Claw 202 AS
Bolt Spells
Minor Water (903) 171 AS
Defense Attributes
Armor
Double Leather (natural) ASG 8N
Defensive Strength (DS)
Melee ?
Ranged ?
Bolt ?
Unarmed Defense Factor
UDF ?
Target Defense (TD)
Bard Base ?
Cleric Base 74
Empath Base ?
Paladin Base ?
Ranger Base ?
Sorcerer Base 79
Wizard Base ?
Minor Elemental 82
Major Elemental ?
Minor Spiritual 76
Major Spiritual 76
Minor Mental ?
Special Defensive Abilities
Shakes off stuns
Treasure Attributes
Coins No
Gems No
Magic Items No
Boxes No
Skin water hound pelt
Other Essence of water
You have never seen anything quite like a water hound, so you are not really sure what to make of it or how dangerous it might be.
Assess
The water hound is medium in size and about three feet high in its current state.

Hunting Strategies

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Combat Messaging

Claw (attack)
A water hound claws at you!
  AS: +202 vs DS: +559 with AvD: +38 + d100 roll: +32 = -287
Bite (attack)
A water hound tries to bite you!
  AS: +192 vs DS: +329 with AvD: +35 + d100 roll: +37 = -65
   A clean miss.
Minor Water (903)
A water hound belches a bolt of water at you!

A water hound hurls a stream of water at you!
  AS: +171 vs DS: +647 with AvD: +30 + d100 roll: +20 = -426
   A clean miss.

Other Information

  • Water hounds can shake off stuns
A water hound howls in rage as it shakes off the stun.
  • Each time a water hound casts Minor Water (903) it will be immediately accompanied by a bite or claw physical attack. This dual attack is a characteristic of hounds (night, ice, storm, vapor and water) in general.
A water hound hurls a stream of water at you!
  AS: +171 vs DS: +632 with AvD: +30 + d100 roll: +73 = -358
   A clean miss.
A water hound tries to bite you!
  AS: +192 vs DS: +729 with AvD: +35 + d100 roll: +97 = -405
Appearance
You see a fairly typical water hound.
It appears to be in good shape.
It has nothing at this time.
Spawing
A water hound arrives, shaking droplets of water from its slick, blue fur ruff!
Entering
A water hound pads in, a dense mist puffing from its nostrils.
Leaving
The water hound pads south, leaving a trail of water droplets behind it.
Death
The water hound falls on its side and lets out one last whimpering sigh of water droplets.
Decay
A water hound decays into a compost of fur and fangs.

Other Messaging

The water hound barks and shuffles backwards on its paws.
The water hound sniffs at the air and growls low in the throat.


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