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| Description | A Wispy Shadow Mastiff is a creature that looks like a large dog, except that its coat is deep, supernatural black.  On a quick glance, a shadow mastiff may pass for an ordinary, if very large, dog; 'man's best friend'. However, on closer examination, the horrendous evil lurking in this creature is obvious.
| Description | A Wispy Shadow Mastiff is a creature that looks like a large dog, except that its coat is deep, supernatural black.  On a quick glance, a shadow mastiff may pass for an ordinary, if very large, dog; 'man's best friend'. However, on closer examination, the horrendous evil lurking in this creature is obvious.


: Wispy Shadow Mastiffs come from some dark place, some place outside this world, a shadowy place where the world is a twisted reflection of our own.  This is the Plane of Shadows, where even the best things, like mankind's loyal companions, are twisted and evil.
Wispy Shadow Mastiffs come from some dark place, some place outside this world, a shadowy place where the world is a twisted reflection of our own.  This is the Plane of Shadows, where even the best things, like mankind's loyal companions, are twisted and evil.


: Wispy Shadow Mastiffs exude terrible menace at the best of times, and when they make even the smallest of threatening gestures, fear grips the heart of even the most hardened souls.
Wispy Shadow Mastiffs exude terrible menace at the best of times, and when they make even the smallest of threatening gestures, fear grips the heart of even the most hardened souls.
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| CombatTactics = Wispy Shadow Mastiffs hunt in packs, and cooperate to efficiently bring down their enemies. Because Menace cannot affect a foe more than once per round, only one Mastiff will use the Menace ability each round.
| CombatTactics = Wispy Shadow Mastiffs hunt in packs, and cooperate to efficiently bring down their enemies. Because Menace cannot affect a foe more than once per round, only one Mastiff will use the Menace ability each round.


: Wispy Shadow Mastiffs also have Spring Attack, allowing them to use their excellent speed to run into a fight, make a bite attack, and run back out. This forces enemies to move up to the Mastiff, possibly provoking attacks of opportunity from their startled allies.
Wispy Shadow Mastiffs also have Spring Attack, allowing them to use their excellent speed to run into a fight, make a bite attack, and run back out. This forces enemies to move up to the Mastiff, possibly provoking attacks of opportunity from their startled allies.


: Once enemies move to engage, the Mastiff is usually pretty happy to take full attacks, but may use spring attack to find a flank or reposition themselves.
Once enemies move to engage, the Mastiff is usually pretty happy to take full attacks, but may use spring attack to find a flank or reposition themselves.


: Wispy Shadow Mastiffs are not brilliant, but have animal cunning, and a solid understanding of pack tactics.
Wispy Shadow Mastiffs are not brilliant, but have animal cunning, and a solid understanding of pack tactics.


:Wispy Shadow Mastiffs will flee a combat if clearly outmatched by their enemies.
Wispy Shadow Mastiffs will flee a combat if clearly outmatched by their enemies.




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| OutOfCombat = Shadow Mastiffs look like magical dogs, nd on cursory inspection, out of combat they behave like dogs.  But on closer inspection, an uncanny instinct seems to motivate these awful creatures. They seem a bit too canny, a bit too aware, a bit too clever. Over time, it can be puzzled out that every pack of Shadow Mastiff's is perpetually on the verge of breaking up, as the monsters seek ways to gain more status in their pack, and ways to blight their surroundings with death and darkness.




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