Smoke Hound
Medium elemental beast (air, fire)
Level 23 Minion Soldier XP 1275

Initiative +21        Senses Perception +20; low-light vision
HP 1; a missed attack never damages a minion.
AC 37; Fortitude 35, Reflex 37, Will 33
Immune poison; Resist 30 fire
Speed 8

(⚔) Unyielding Bite (standard, at-will) ✦ Fire, Poison

+26 vs Reflex; 9 fire and poison damage, and the target is grabbed. The smoke hound cannot make unyielding bite attacks while it has a creature grabbed. Sustain Minor: The smoke hound sustains the grab, and the target takes 13 fire damage.

⚔ Tongue of Smoke (standard, at-will)

Targets a creature grabbed by the smoke hound; +26 vs Fortitude; the smoke hound moves half its speed and moves the target with it.

Unshakable Grasp

A creature grabbed by a smoke hound grants combat advantage until the grab ends.

Alignment Unaligned        Languages understands Primordial
Str 22 (+17)      Dex 26 (+19)      Wis 18 (+15)
Con 21 (+16)      Int 5 (+8)      Cha 11 (+11)

Description: These creatures of living smoke aren't truly hounds, but their behavior and general shape are close enough to what canines display that the name has stuck. When they are not serving a master or trainer, smoke hounds run in packs through the Elemental Chaos.

Published in The Plane Below, page(s) 147.