# [Hound of Ill Omen](Rules\Source\bestiary\monstrosity/hound-of-ill-omen-xge.md)
*Source: Xanathar's Guide to Everything p. 50*
```statblock
"name": "Hound of Ill Omen (XGE)"
"size": "Medium"
"type": "monstrosity"
"alignment": "Unaligned"
"ac": !!int "14"
"ac_class": "natural armor"
"hp": !!int "37"
"hit_dice": "5d10 + 10"
"modifier": !!int "2"
"stats":
- !!int "17"
- !!int "15"
- !!int "15"
- !!int "3"
- !!int "12"
- !!int "7"
"speed": "50 ft."
"skillsaves":
- "name": "[Perception](/Rules/Source/skills.md#Perception)"
"desc": "+3"
- "name": "[Stealth](/Rules/Source/skills.md#Stealth)"
"desc": "+4"
"senses": "passive Perception 13"
"languages": ""
"cr": "1"
"traits":
- "desc": "The hound has advantage on Wisdom ([Perception](/Rules/Source/skills.md#Perception))\
\ checks that rely on hearing or smell."
"name": "Keen Hearing and Smell"
- "desc": "The hound has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least\
\ one of the hound's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn't\
\ [incapacitated](/Rules/Source/conditions.md#Incapacitated)."
"name": "Pack Tactics"
- "desc": "The hound appears with a number of temporary hit points equal to half\
\ your sorcerer level."
"name": "Cloak of Shadows"
- "desc": "The hound can move through other creatures and objects as if they were\
\ difficult terrain. The hound takes 5 force damage if it ends its turn inside\
\ an object."
"name": "Incorporeal Movement"
- "desc": "At the start of its turn, the hound automatically knows its target's\
\ location. If the target was hidden, it is no longer hidden from the hound."
"name": "Omen Sight"
- "desc": "On its turn, it can move only toward its target by the most direct route,\
\ and it can use its action only to attack its target. The hound can make opportunity\
\ attacks, but only against its target. Additionally, while the hound is within\
\ 5 feet of the target, the target has disadvantage on saving throws against\
\ any spell you cast. The hound disappears if it is reduced to 0 hit points,\
\ if its target is reduced to 0 hit points, or after 5 minutes."
"name": "Ever at Your Heels"
"actions":
- "desc": "*Melee Weapon Attack:* +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. *Hit:* 10\
\ (2d6 + 3) piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on\
\ a DC 13 Strength saving throw or be knocked [prone](/Rules/Source/conditions.md#Prone)."
"name": "Bite"
"source":
- "XGE"
"image": "/Rules/Source/bestiary/monstrosity/token/hound-of-ill-omen-xge.webp"
```
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