Blink Dog

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A blink dog is an intelligent canine creature that originates from the Feywild but is present all across the Material Planes. Blink dogs are names after their unique innate ability to "blink", a supernatural methood of teleportaion.

Basic Information

Anatomy

Though most blink dogs resemble sleek, long-eared canines, some show fur types or body structure of other cainine creatures, as as wolves. This mostly due to their ability to procreate with cainines, altough this union rarely produces fertile offsprings.

Additional Information

Social Structure

As social creatures, blink dogs travel in large packs, roaming forests and plains, running off evil creatures, and hunting for their main adversary, the displacer beasts. Despite their Intelligence and friendly natures, blink dogs tend to avoid humanoids, keeping their packs either hidden or frequently on the move. This shyness doesn't keep the blink dogs from helping out when needed, however, and they have been known to come to the rescue of a prairie village in their territory. Packs are typically led by an older, experienced male or female, called an alpha.

Domestication

Whle they can not be domesticated, blink dogs are fiercely loyal, defending their own pack, which could even contain other creatures they befriend, to the death. They maintain oaths for their entire lives, handing them down from litter to litter.

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

Blink dogs have are suprisingly intelligent, and even capable of understanding the Sylvan language. They posses powerful senses, including low light vision as well as possessing acute scent detection and tracking. The blink dog's most well-known ability, and the origin of their name, is their ability to blink, instantly teleporting themselves into nearby places. Some rare specimen have been documented using extreme magical abilities sinillar to dimension door, transporting companions and followers with them.

Civilization and Culture

Naming Traditions

Blink dogs have a great interest in the stars and movements of celestial bodies. Through their myths and folklore, blink dogs have names for constellations, and through this zodiac they note the seasons, births under auspicious stars, and omens from unusual stellar conjunctions. Blink dog names often contain a reference to a specific constellation under which the dog was born.

Interspecies Relations and Assumptions

Honor is paramount to blink dogs, and different packs often have unique traditions (such as whether a pack's alpha is male or female, or an oath to always protect and aid a particular hHumanoid], elf or a Halfling in addition to those shared by most blink dogs.

Current Date: 2^nd of Latsum, 1572

Scientific Name

Feya Canidae

Lifespan

75 years

Average Height

3 feet (90 cm)

Average Weight

180 pounds (80 kg)

Average Length

8'5 feet (250 cm)

Geographic Distribution

• Feywilds
• Material Planes

Blink dog CR: 1/4 (50 XP)

Medium fae, lawful good

Armor Class: 13

Hit Points: 22 4d8+4

Speed: 40 ft

STR

12 +1

DEX

17 +3

CON

12 +1

INT

10 +0

WIS

13 +1

CHA

11 +0

Skills: Keen Hearing and Smell. The dog has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing or smell.

Senses: Passive perception +13

Languages: Blink dog, sylvian but cant speak it

Challenge Rating: 1/4 (50 XP)

Actions

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d6 + 1) piercing damage. Teleport (Recharge 4–6). The dog magically teleports, along with any equipment it is wearing or carrying, up to 40 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. Before or after teleporting, the dog can make one bite attack.

A blink dog takes its name from its ability to blink in and out of existence, a talent it uses to aid its attacks and to avoid harm.

Suggested Environments

Forest