Brimstone Wolves

The Brimstone Wolves emerged from the blood-soaked battlefields of Credunt Insulis during the relentless centuries of infernal conflict, born from the unholy union of the island's native timber wolves and the demonic hellhounds that poured through the rifts between worlds. As the wars raged across the land, these hybrid offspring inherited the pack cohesion and territorial nature of their mundane ancestors while simultaneously carrying the volatile, predatory rage of their infernal sires—a duality that manifested in their striking appearance of grey fur marked by crimson tiger stripes and cruel bone spines jutting along their spines and tails. Rather than remain as aberrations of war, the creatures adapted with remarkable speed, establishing their own packs in the marshy borderlands and wetland territories where the barrier between the mortal realm and the infernal grew thin, almost as if drawn to the liminal spaces where they truly belonged. Over generations, they shed much of their demonic strangeness, moving through the island's ecosystems with the grace and instinct of creatures that had evolved there for millennia, indistinguishable in behavior from natural predators save for one terrifying exception. Once their jaws taste blood, a primal hunger awakens within them—the hellhound's legacy reasserts itself in a frenzy that transforms the tactical hunters into unstoppable forces of slaughter. Yet even in their fury, the Brimstone Wolves remain bound to pack and territory, making them less a plague upon Credunt Insulis and more a permanent fixture of its savage, contested landscape. The island's inhabitants have come to regard them not as infernal abominations, but as apex predators as native and inevitable as the mist that rises from the mires at dusk.

Strength

18, modifier +4

Dexterity

16, modifier +3

Constitution

18, modifier +4

Intelligence

3, modifier -4

Wisdom

12, modifier +1

Charisma

6, modifier -2

Multiattack

The Brimstone Wolves make two attacks: one with their Bite and one with their Claw.

Bite

Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2d10 + 4 piercing damage.

Claw

Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2d6 + 4 slashing damage.

Howl of the Pack

Allies within 30 ft. gain advantage on their next attack roll. Recharge 5-6.

Infernal Charge

If the Brimstone Wolves move at least 20 ft. straight toward a target and hit it with a Bite, it deals an extra 2d6 fire damage.

Pack Tactics

Advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least one ally is within 5 feet.

Blood Frenzy

Once they taste blood, they gain +2 to attack rolls and damage for 1 minute.

strength

+7

dexterity

+6

constitution

+7

Fire

Poison