Rat Dog
Large dog-sized creature with rat-like face, long hairless tail, and opposable thumbs on front paws
Basic Fantasy Field Guide Omnibus
| Armor Class | 15 |
|---|---|
| Hit Dice | 3 |
| Number Appearing | 1d10, Wild 2d20 |
| Attacks | 1 bite (1d6) |
| Movement | 40' |
| Save As | Fighter: 3 |
| Morale | 9 |
| XP | 145 |
| Treasure Type | None |
A Rat Dog is the size of a large dog with a rat-like face and long hairless tail. It runs and otherwise moves like a canine, and its front paws have opposable thumbs and are thus able to grasp objects. Despite the name, it is not clear if this creature is a rat, dog, or some sort of magical hybrid.
Special Abilities
Disease: A rat dog’s bite may carry disease, much like a giant rat’s bite. A rat dog bite has a 5% chance of causing a disease. Anyone who suffers one or more bites that results in disease will sicken in 3d6 hours. The infected character will lose one point of Constitution per hour; after losing each point, the character is allowed a save vs. Death Ray (adjusted by their current Constitution bonus or penalty) to break the fever and end the disease; cure disease will also break the fever. Any character reduced to zero Constitution is dead (see Constitution point losses in the Encounter section of the Basic Fantasy RPG Core Rules for details on regaining lost Constitution).