Aether Hound

Medium, construct, lawful neutral

  • Armor Class: 14
  • Hit Points: 52
  • Speed: 40 ft.
  • STR: 16
  • DEX: 14
  • CON: 16
  • INT: 6
  • WIS: 12
  • CHA: 7
  • Senses: darkvision 60 ft., blindsight 10 ft., passive Perception 15
  • Languages: understands Common but cannot speak
  • Challenge Rating: 3
  • Game System: dnd5e

Aether Hounds are purpose-built sentinel automatons commissioned by Cogspire's engineering guilds to patrol the city's vast network of steam tunnels and aether conduit chambers. Forged from tempered cogsteel and fitted with pressurized aether cores in their chests, they move with startling speed despite their heavy frames. Guild markings are stamped into their flanks, and each unit carries a small resonance crystal behind its jaw that vibrates in the presence of unauthorized aether draw. Rogue Aether Hounds — units whose owners have been killed or whose instruction cores have degraded — are a known hazard in Cogspire's lower districts.

A community monster stat block shared on TableTop DLC.

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