#sand hunter

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Green sand hunter Cicindela campestris

Sand Hunters

Photographer: Rolf Kokkonen

Green sand hunter Cicindela campestris

Brown sand hunter Cicindela hybrid

[myth-lord]

BLINK DOG

LEVEL: 5 (out of 35 possible)

TYPE: Fey Beast

SIZE: Medium  

ENVIRONMENT: Forests (Feywild)

SPECIAL POWERS and ABILITIES:

- Blink (They can rapidly teleport using blink, making them very hard to hit or escape.)

CHANGES FROM REAL D&D CREATURE I MADE: I just cut the annoying ONLY GOOD label from this awesome creature. Why destroy such a beautiful dog monster by turning it into a good alignment bore? Neutral is much better, of course they work a lot as hunting dogs for Wood Elves, Centaurs and Eladrin, but they WILL hunt humans that are lost in the feywild if they are given the chance.

VARIANTS: Sand Hunter & Cooshee

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SAND HUNTER

LEVEL: 8 (out of 35 possible)

TYPE: Fey Beast

SIZE: Medium

ENVIRONMENT: Desert & Savannah (Feywild)

SPECIAL POWERS and ABILITIES:

- Blink (They can rapidly teleport using blink, making them very hard to hit or escape.)

- Triple Minds (These dogs are always born a trio, their three minds are linked together as if they are a single creature with three bodies.)

- Merge (The three dogs can merge together to take a much bigger and stronger form, they often do this when facing much bigger prey or enemies.)

- Berserk (If one of the three Sand Hunters dies the ones that are left enter a frenzy and gain a lot of strength and attacks.)

CHANGES FROM REAL D&D CREATURE I MADE: I loved the Sand Hunters from Sandstorm (3rd edition D&D product) so I used them here as an variant of Blink Dog of the deserts of the feywild, they are born with three bodies but sharing all one mind.

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COOSHEE (also known as Cu Sith or Elven Dog)

LEVEL: 12 (out of 35 possible)

TYPE: Fey Beast  

SIZE: Large

ENVIRONMENT: Forests (Feywild)

SPECIAL POWERS and ABILITIES:

- Blink (They can rapidly teleport using blink, making them very hard to hit or escape.)

- Nature’s Step (Everywhere the Cooshee moves it leaves a trail of vines and other plants that make movement for pursuing creatures difficult.)

- Rapid Growth (Cooshees drool increases the growth rate for plants and even temporarily increases the size of plant-based monsters.)

- Green Bite (When bitten by a Cooshee the victim will be torn apart by vines which grow inside its body, the vines should be removed fast or the victim will die.)

CHANGES FROM REAL D&D CREATURE I MADE: Cooshee are D&D’s version of the Cu Sith, so naturally I needed to use it. I enhanced their abilities and gave it plant based powers as it suits the green color of its fur.