Moon dog

Moon dogs were celestials native to the Blessed Fields of Elysium.

Description
Moon dogs resembled large dogs, about tall at the shoulder, with silvery fur and obsidian-black eyes. Moon dogs had opposable digits on their fronts paws that they could use as hands. Additionally, the face had some slight human characteristics.

Personality
Moon dogs were relentless hunters of evil. Because of this, they rarely associated with anyone for long. They were generally friendly to other good creatures.

Abilities
Moon dogs spoke the languages of celestials and devils, as well as Common. They could also use telepathy to communicate with creatures within 50 feet of them.

Moon dogs possessed a wide variety of abilities, including a number of magical and spell-like ones. Among others, they could always detect evil, magic, traps, and invisibility. By licking a wound, they could slow poison, remove disease, or even completely heal a minor one.

Moon dogs could dispel illusions by whining. By barking, a moon dog could dispel evil. When one bayed, it instilled fear in all evil creatures within 80 feet of it. And when a moon dog howled, all evil creatures within 40 feet of it were damaged and possibly dismissed. The more than one moon dogs were howling, the dismissal effect was that much harder to resist.

Notable Moon Dogs

 * Cooteu, leader of the Moonshadow Pack of wolves near Shadowdale.
 * Lunapine, companion of Naneatha Suaril, high priestess of Selûne at the House of the Moon temple in Waterdeep

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Curse of the Azure Bonds • Dungeon #69, "Sleep of Ages" • Shadowdale: The Scouring of the Land
 * Card Games
 * Blood Wars