Dogs#
One family of Wild Animals: 13 animals, levels 3 to 12. Reading the tables says what each column means.
The breeds Sedia keeps, each from the province that bred it. A stray of any of them is in the wild too.
| Animal | Level | Health | AC | Bite | Group | Tame | Worth | Lives in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinforge Rattersmall · regularThe kinforge ratter is a sleek black-and-tan terrier bred in the mine town of Kinforge to kill rats in the tunnels and storerooms. It is very fast and will work all night. Miners swear a good one saves more food than it eats. | 3 | 13 | 5 | 1d6 | 1 | DC 7 | 390 |          |
| Crecian Terriersmall · regularThe crecian terrier is a small, flat-faced dog in a black-and-white coat, bred as a companion in the merchant houses of Crecia. It snores, it sneezes and it is very pleased to meet you. Crecian sailors take one aboard as a ratter, and it is bad at that. | 3 | 14 | 6 | 1d6 | 1 | DC 5 | 950 | |
| Dumasque Wrinklehoundmedium · regularThe dumasque wrinklehound is a guard dog wrapped in deep folds of loose skin, with a blue-black tongue and a frown it never loses. The tribes of the Sands of Bone keep them to watch tents and herds. It is aloof with strangers and does not care to be patted. | 4 | 19 | 8 | 1d6 | 1 | DC 8 | 200 | |
| Saellem Snow Houndmedium · regularThe saellem snow hound is a thick-coated spitz bred in New Saellem to guard homesteads and hunt through deep snow. It is loyal to one family and suspicious of everyone else. It sleeps outside in weather that kills men, and seems to prefer it. | 10 | 28 | 5 | 1d6 | 1 | DC 1 | 10 | |
| Kyrian War Dogmedium · regularThe kyrian war dog is a large, quiet fighting dog bred in Amari, where the Kyrians train it alongside their soldiers. It goes into a fight without barking or growling first. A trained one obeys its handler and nobody else. | 11 | 33 | 5 | 1d6 | 1 | DC 9 | 390 | |
| Bulldogmedium · regularBulldogs are short, broad and wrinkled, with a jaw that locks and won’t let go. They were bred in Tharsis for bull-baiting and are kept now as guards and companions by people who don’t mind snoring. Strays run in small packs and are more stubborn than dangerous. | 11 | 35 | 6 | 1d6 | 1-4 | DC 3 | 800 | |
| Bull Terriermedium · regularThe bull terrier has an egg-shaped head, small dark eyes and the stubbornness of a mule. It was bred for fighting and is kept now mostly as a guard dog and a clown. It will chase anything that runs, including things it shouldn’t. | 11 | 36 | 6 | 1d6 | 1 | DC 2 | 400 | |
| Coliseum Terriermedium · regularThe coliseum terrier was bred for the dog fights held in the ruins of Esthar’s Coliseum, and it is broad, short and built like a block of stone. It is gentle with its own people and nobody else. Treasure hunters in Esthar keep one by the tent flap. | 11 | 40 | 5 | 1d6 | 1-2 | DC 5 | 690 | |
| Jewall Mastiffmedium · regularThe jewall mastiff is a heavy, loose-skinned dog hung with folds of wrinkles, bred by the dwarves to guard the mine gates and storehouses of Jewall. It does not bark much. It doesn’t need to. | 11 | 44 | 6 | 1d6 | 1 | DC 3 | 400 | |
| Pitbull Terriermedium · regularThe pitbull terrier is a muscular, short-coated dog bred for the fighting pits of Moria and the Crecian harbor towns. Raised well, it is affectionate and fearless; raised badly, it is just fearless. A good one sells for over seven dover. | 11 | 44 | 8 | 1d6 | 1-3 | DC 4 | 760 | |
| Tharsian Mastiffmedium · regularThe tharsian mastiff is a massive, red-coated guard dog with an enormous head, bred to watch the estates of the old Tharsian families. It drools, it snores and it stands between its family and any stranger at the gate. Owning one says something about your family name, which in Tharsis is the point. | 12 | 45 | 5 | 1d6 | 1 | DC 4 | 700 | |
| Darkwood Boarhoundmedium · regularThe darkwood boarhound is a big white hound bred in Tharsis to hunt boar through Darkwood, working in pairs to pin the quarry until the hunters arrive. It is brave past the point of sense. A good one costs nearly ten dover from a Tharsian breeder. | 12 | 46 | 9 | 1d6 | 1 | DC 8 | 990 | |
| Morian War Mastiffmedium · regularThe morian war mastiff is the biggest dog on Sedia, bred in Moria to fight beside its handler in leather barding. It outweighs most men and moves faster than it looks. Morian breeders ask about seven dover for one, and buyers rarely haggle. | 12 | 48 | 9 | 1d6 | 1 | DC 5 | 690 | |
