Spectral Hound (GAP)

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==Spectral Hound==
The githyanki claim to have created spectral hounds, breeding them from some other sort of planar canine (or possibly something from the Prime). If this is true, then they apparently sold the secret or it was stolen, for the hounds are used throughout the Outer Planes by all manner of powers, fiends, celestials, and more. While the most beneficial use of the hounds is to employ them on tracking missions on a plane that borders the Astral (but not the Astral itself), the githyanki use them on the Silver Void.
These hounds have the ability to shift back and forth from the Astral at will, and their bite causes others to fade slowly onto the Astral (on the Astral Plane, this has no effect). They can track quarry through any medium — even the Silver Void.
Most githyanki communities have a kennel of these hounds for use as trackers and guardians. Some of the spectral hounds have escaped domestication to roam the Astral in small family-related wild packs. Spectral hounds look like ghostly dogs when on the Prime Material Plane, but appear normal while on the Astral Plane. They can track as rangers, with a basic tracking score of 25. They also have a 50% chance to detect invisible creatures and have a +2 bonus on surprise rolls. Their bite inflicts 2d6 points of damage. For further information, reference the spectral hound in the MYSTARA MONSTROUS COMPENDIUM Appendix.