Shadowdark August homebrew challenge: Dog days!

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Our second monthly homebrew jam. For much of the northern hemisphere, these are the dog days of summer, an often miserably hot time of year.

"Dog days" can mean all sorts of things in this challenge, though. It can be literal or figurative. Monsters, spells, magic items, classes, whole adventures, you name it.

July's challenge, for those who missed it, was the very straightforward "summer."

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

As NPCs:

DOGFOLK
Humanoid dogs, often in service as soldiers, guards and constables.
AC 15 (chainmail + shield), HP 10, ATK 1 spear (close/near) +1 (1d6) or 1 shortsword +2 (1d6), MV near, S +1, D +0, C +1, I +0, W +1, Ch +1, AL L, LV 2
Pack Hunter. Deals +1 damage while an ally is close.

And as PCs:

DOGFOLK
Humanoid dogs, both form their own hierarchical societies and eagerly join other groups and civilizations.

You know the Common and Thanian languages.

Pack Hunter. Deal +1 damage while an ally is close.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

And yes, you should totally have a dogfolk constable in a trenchcoat trying to prevent crimes in your urban adventures.

 

[Brendan Byrd]

And yes, you should totally have a dogfolk constable in a trenchcoat trying to prevent crimes in your urban adventures.

Does that open the door for "Dogs Playing Poker"?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

The mystical flip side of werewolves, there is a family of renown hunters who, during the “Dog Days”, turn into anthropomorphic dog-men. During this time, they hunt with heightened senses attuned to supernatural beings.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The mystical flip side of werewolves, there is a family of renown hunters who, during the “Dog Days”, turn into anthropomorphic dog-men. During this time, they hunt with heightened senses attuned to supernatural beings.

You could probably just use werewolf stats for them, maybe changing their alignment to Lawful.