# Gravehound >[!rimg]+ > ![[Placeholder2.png]] *This canine creature moves with a predatory grace belied by its rotting, fleshy body. Patches of shaggy hair grow over much of its body, between areas where the flesh has sloughed off because of rot or from the hapless attempts of prey to beat back the hound’s attack.* <div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Gravehound</div> <div class="CR">CR 3 (800 XP)</div> <div class="SOU">Miniatures Handbook pg. 62</div> <div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div> NE Medium Undead **Init** +6 **Senses** darkvision 60 ft., scent; **Perception** +10 #### defense **AC** 15, 12 touch, 13 flat-footed (+2 Dex, +3 natural) **hp** 34 (4d8+16) **Fort** +5, **Refl** +3, **Will** +7 **Feint** 16, **Demoralize** 17 **Immune** undead traits #### offense **Speed** 40 ft. **Melee** bite +7 (1d6+4 plus stun) **Space** 5 ft., **Reach** 5 ft. **Special Attacks** stunning strike #### statistics **Str** 17, **Dex** 14, **Con** —, **Int** 4, **Wis** 17, **Cha** 19 **BAB** +3, **CMB** +6, **CMD** 18, **TA** +6, **RTA** +5 **Feats** [[Improved Initiative]], [[Weapon Focus]] (bite) **Skills** Perception +10 #### special abilities ### Stunning Strike (Su) A creature hit by a gravehound's bite must succeed on a DC 16 Fortitude save or be stunned for 1 round. The save DC is Charisma-based. #### tactics Driven by hunger, a gravehound launches itself at a meal with unholy fury. The foulness of its bite can overwhelm its prey, preventing a stricken creature from defending itself. #### ecology **Terrain** Any **Organization** Solitary, gang (2–5 plus 50% chance for 1 leader with 8 HD), or pack (5–10 plus 1–2 leaders with 8 HD) **Treasure** None **Advancement** 5–6 HD (Medium); 7–12 HD (Large) Canines who live not, but are not dead, gravehounds hunger for flesh enough to sate their never-ending appetites. A gravehound resembles a decomposing canine of exceptional size. It bounds and dashes, thrusting its toothy muzzle forward, always sniffing for fresh prey or decomposing flesh - a gravehound is not particular about what it eats. Gravehounds sometimes rise from the corpses of wild dogs who have scavenged the bodies of humanoids that were improperly buried; the site of a mass grave is one of the gravehounds' favorite feeding grounds.