Dog

Rochester Bestiary miniature with dogs. — Garamantes and Dogs, Rochester Bestiary, Royal MS 12 F XIII / Wikimedia Commons.

Armor Class: 6 [13]
Hit Dice: 1+1
Attacks: Bite (1d6-1)
Special: hold
Move: 15
HDE/XP: 1/15

Description

Normal dogs include most medium and large breeds, including wild dogs. After biting an opponent, a dog can hold on, doing 1d4 damage automatically every round, until killed or until the victim spends an attack breaking free (which requires a saving throw, adjusted by the character's Strength bonus).

Riding dogs are a large breed, used primarily by Halflings for transport. They may be trained for war, and equipped with barding to improve their Armor Class. They can maintain a hold in the same way that normal dogs do. A light load for a riding dog is up to 150 pounds; a heavy load, up to 300 pounds.

Source note: This creature is converted from Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game, 4th Edition Release 142, © 2006–2025 Chris Gonnerman. The Basic Fantasy textual material is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International; this page adapts that creature to White Box.