NEW MONSTER: EEL HOUND

EEL HOUND

FREQUENCY: Very rare

NO. APPEARING: 1-6

ARMOR CLASS: 4

MOVE: 12”//12”

HIT DICE: 6

% IN LAIR: 30%

TREASURE TYPE: C

NO. OF ATTACKS: 1

DAMAGE/ ATTACK: 1-10

SPECIAL ATTACKS: Water blast for 6 hit points damage, surprise on 1-4

SPECIAL DEFENSES: Only surprised on a 1, immune to cold

MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard

SAVE: Fighter 6

INTELLIGENCE: Semi-

ALIGNMENT: Neutral evil

SIZE: M

PSIONIC ABILITY: Nil

LEVEL/ X.P. VALUE: V/ 350 + 6/hp

Eel hounds are thought to originate on some elemental plane or watery hell. They are sometimes found on the material plane in service to some evil creature.

Eel hounds may bite with their great fanged mouths or squirt a high pressure blast of water up to 1” distance, causing 6 points of damage per blast. If the opponent is able to save versus dragon breath, they will take one-half damage.

Eel hounds are capable of a quiet slithering movement, and surprise on a 1-4 (out of 6). They have excellent senses, and they are surprised only on a die roll of 1 (out of 6). The suffer no damage from cold attacks.

Description: Eel hounds are pale blue to dark black. Their eyes are bright blue and luminous. Teeth are pale green.