Hell HoundCR 3 · Medium Fiend · Stat Block & Encounter Builder

Medium fiend, Challenge 3. AC 15, 45 hit points.

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Armour Class

Hit Points

Speed

50 ft.

Challenge

3 · 700 XP

Alignment

Lawful Evil

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Stat Block

Medium Fiend · Lawful Evil

Hell Hound

7d8 + 14 · 50 ft. · AC from natural armor

Darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15

Languages: understands Infernal but can't speak it

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
17 (+3)	12 (+1)	14 (+2)	6 (-2)	13 (+1)	6 (-2)

Traits

Damage ImmunitiesFire

Keen Hearing and SmellThe hound has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing or smell.

Pack TacticsThe hound has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the hound's allies is within 5 ft. of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated.

Actions

BiteMelee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) fire damage.

Fire BreathThe hound exhales fire in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw, taking 21 (6d6) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

How to actually run it

Tactics

The stat block tells you what it can do. This tells you what to do with it.

1Pack Tactics — it rolls with advantage whenever an ally is within 5 feet of the target, so it always fights in numbers.

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Hell Hounds4Party size4Party level3

Could kill someone — and at high enough numbers, the whole party.

Difficulty

Deadly

5,600 adj. XP · ×2

deadly at 1,600

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Hell Hound, Answered

What is Hell Hound's challenge rating in D&D 5e?

Hell Hound is Challenge 3, worth 700 XP. Encounter maths multiplies XP by the number of monsters, so a group is deadlier than the raw total — use the calculator on this page.

What are Hell Hound's stats?

AC 15 (natural armor), 45 hit points (7d8 + 14), speed 50 ft.. Ability scores: STR 17, DEX 12, CON 14, INT 6, WIS 13, CHA 6.

What is Hell Hound resistant to?

Hell Hound is immune to fire damage. Pick a damage type it does not shrug off.

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