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Portrait of the Bramble Hound
Creature · Built-in

Bramble Hound

Medium Plant, unaligned

  • Low difficulty
  • CR 1
  • Melee

A dog woven of thorny briar by an angry hedge-witch, with blackberries for eyes.

Statistics

Armor Class
13 (thorns)
Hit Points
32 (5d8 + 10)
Speed
Walk 40 ft
Challenge
CR 1 · 200 XP
Size
Medium — Takes one map cell: most people and wolves.
Skills
Perception +3
STR14+2
DEX14+2
CON14+2
INT3−4
WIS12+1
CHA5−3

Attacks

Multiattack

Thorn Bite × 2

Thorn Bite Melee

+4 to hit · Reach 5 ft (1 map cell)

Damage: 1d8 + 2 piercing

Abilities

Snagging Thorns At will

GM guidance: anyone who grapples or hits it bare-handed is scratched; it regrows from the hedge it came from.

Defenses

Resistances
Piercing
Vulnerabilities
Fire

Environment & tags

Environments
Forest
Groups
Original Game Master Creatures
Tags
plant, original, hound