D&D General What would imps use as a “guard dog”?

[trentonjoe]

I’ve always thought as Imps as mischievous little buggers. In a game I am running tonight , they have managed to buy a bunch of people and have them caged up. I think the PCs might try to rescue them, but I am at a loss for what would guard them.

Any ideas would be welcome. Even if it’snot a book monster, just some fluff would be cool.

thanks in advance!

 

[Fenris447]

It would depend on what you want the CR to be. Hellhounds are CR3 and are the obvious choice.

If you need something easier, I'd take a wolf or something similar, give it resistance to fire damage, and give its bite a bonus dice of fire damage. Swap both instances of fire for something else if you want a different theme to the monster.

 

[jgsugden]

One of the humans. They, as devils, are lawful beings and promised to let one of the prisoners live so long as he kept them prisoner. One of them agreed and became the guard of the prisoners. However, it has not occurred to him that once the Imps sacrifice the people, he will no longer be keeping them prisoner and the imps can live up to the letter of their agreement and still eat him alive.

 

[Jediking]

A Tanurukk - a demon-tainted orc

Or an Ogre - a classic trope of distracting a simple but brutish guard but tricking them into moving away from the key ring

 

[jaelis]

Demon Cockroaches

Brought out by the Monster In The Darkness by leaving a bowl of popcorn out in the living room as opposed to taking it back to the kitchen like he was supposed to, these shoe-sized red cockroaches follow Redcloak and Xykon around. They enjoy watching the carnage and destruction that Xykon brings...

oots.fandom.com

 

[Dioltach]

Geese. Possibly fiendish (oooh, attacks should include a Geas effect, or Grease!).

 

[bedir than]

Infernal Chickens?
Hell Hounds?
Blood Hawks?
Lemure

 

[Lidgar]

Going off what it can shapeshifter into: Infernal giant rats or spiders. Resist fire and normal weapons.

 

[Richards]

Maybe a canoloth? What level are the PCs?

Johnathan

 

[Fenris-77]

Gnome Paladins.