PACK FIEND
Large Magical Beast (Evil, Extraplanar)
Hit Dice: 8d10+32 (76 hp)
Initiative: +7 Speed: 40 ft. (8 squares), climb 30 ft.
Armor Class: 20 (–1 size, +3 Dex, +8 natural), touch 12, fl at-footed 17
Base Attack/Grapple: +8/+18
Attack: Claw +13 melee (2d4+6)
Full Attack: 2 claws +13 melee (2d4+6) and bite +8 melee (2d6+3) or sting +13 melee (2d4+9 plus poison)
Space/Reach: 10 ft./5 ft. (10 ft. with sting)
Special Attacks: Poison, pounce
Special Qualities: Blindsight 30 ft., darkvision 90 ft., damage reduction 10/magic, immunity to charm, sleep, and fear, resistance to cold 10 and fi re 10, scent, spell resistance 19
Saves: Fort +6, Ref +9, Will +8
Abilities: Str 22, Dex 17, Con 18, Int 10, Wis 15, Cha 15
Skills: Climb +14, Hide +11, Jump +10, Listen +5, Move Silently +11, Spot +5, Survival +16
Feats: Alertness, Improved Initiative, Stealthy, TrackB
Environment: Gray Waste of Hades
Organization: Solitary, pair, or pack (5–12)
Challenge Rating: 8
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always neutral evil
Advancement: 9–12 HD (Large); 13–16 HD (Huge)
Level Adjustment: —
This vicious beast looks like a cross between a wolf and a cockroach. Its sleek, elongated head sports a skull-like face and a mouth full of razor-sharp teeth. Its eyes are lost in the shadows of its eye sockets. Its body is covered in a chitinous shell, and its tail resembles a streamlined version of a scorpion’s tail—right down to the stinger.
Used at one time as hunting beasts by both sides in the Blood War, pack fiends now roam freely throughout the Gray Waste of Hades, stalking and savaging any creature fool-ish or unlucky enough to be caught alone. More pow-erful lower-planar beings sometimes round up small groups of pack fi ends and relegate them to their original roles as hunting beasts. Night hags in particular relish them as pets, and pit fi ends and glabrezu are known to keep kennels full of starving pack fi ends, just waiting for the right moment to take them out hunting.
COMBAT
A lone pack fi end uses stealth to approach a target, pouncing the very moment the target becomes aware of the pack fi end’s presence—or when, aware or not, the target is unable to escape.
Multiple pack fi ends prefer hit-and-run tactics, making quick slashes at the target in one round, then withdrawing in the next, so that the target is never quite sure where the next attack will come from. Whenever possible, pack fi ends band together to take targets down one at a time, moving on to the next for only when the current target stops twitching.
A pack fi end’s natural weapons are treated as evil-aligned for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction.
Poison (Ex): Injury, Fortitude DC 18, initial damage 1d6 Strength, secondary damage 2d6 Strength. The save DC is Constitution-based.
Pounce (Ex): When a pack fi end makes a charge, it can follow with a full attack.
Skills: Pack fi ends gain a +4 racial bonus on Hide, Move Silently, and Survival checks.
TRAINING A PACK FIEND Trained pack fi ends are highly valued as hunting beasts.
A pack fi end requires training before it can hunt on com-mand. Training a pack fi end requires six weeks of work and a DC 25 Handle Animal check.
