Wraith Hound: Kult Edition (Redux)

 


I find myself about to run a pretty big campaign using Kult: Divinity Lost taking more from the survival horror sphere ala Resident Evil and Silent Hill. To that end (But also because practice is good) I have need of some of my old monsters re-imagined in this style. So without further ado here is a reinterpretation of the Wraith Hound.

(As for mentions of The Dream, this will be a liminal horror space revolving around the central antagonist of the story known as the Muse. I’ll get a write-up for Her in at some point in the future when I’m closer to talking about the rest of this.)


WRAITH HOUNDS

Eyeless canid horrors that exist only to hunt down and torture beings lost in the darkness beyond the light of their dreams. Mewling, pathetic beasts with bodies of old cracked leather, and wretched guttural howls out of blackened throats of whirling teeth. These entities were borne of malicious violence and intense animalistic desire now unfettered by flesh and free to inflict their perversions on others. Bounded together in packs these creatures delight in the suffering of others playfully barking while rending flesh from bone or trapping their victims in endless labyrinths forged by their own fears which the hounds taste jealously while in pursuit. Only when their quarry is beaten and broken do they finally allow them death; but even that reprieve is temporary. As those marked by Wraith Hounds are soon raised into their pack to inflict that same pain on others.

Home: The borderland between the Illusion and The Dream. 

Creature Type: Nightmare beast. 

Abilities 

◊◊Out of Darkness: Can freely move between shadows, doorways, and windows as long as they are not being observed.

◊◊Into The Light: Powerful aversion to the smells of gasoline, matches, smoke and any other combustible materials. Takes +2 Harm from fire. 

Combat [3], Influence [1], Magic [2]. 

Combat [Considerable] ◊◊Tackle and knock down fleeing prey. ◊◊Grab on to clothing, weapons, or backpacks ◊◊Bound over debris and fallen objects with lightning speed 

Influence [Weak] ◊◊Appear as a sick and mottled dog. 

Magic [Novice] ◊◊Lock doors, break windows, and twist hallways. ◊◊Taste your fears, wants, and desires. 

Attacks Pack hunters who surround and torture their prey before overwhelming them with force. Will flee and harass their quarry over and over until they are run down enough to offer little resistance. Then the fun begins.

Claws: Pull [0] [Distance: arm, victim is knocked to the ground] Tear [1] [Distance: arm, victim starts bleeding]; Mark For Death [2] [Distance: arm, victim becomes visible to the pack at all times even within The Illusion. Can only be removed by killing the Wraith Hound who made the mark. If killed while wearing the mark the victim’s corpse becomes a Wraith Hound and joins the pack]

Proboscis: Whip [1] [Distance: Room, victim is thrown backwards]; Drain [2] [Distance: arm, heals 2 wounds if the attack causes a Serious or Critical Wound]

Wounds & Harm Moves

Wounds:  

◊◊Howls in pain and calls for it’s packmates

◊◊Cowers like a dog, crying out in agony

◊◊Choking on its own blood, a gargling laughing bark

◊◊Attempts to flee limping as it whines, a mockery of a wounded dog

◊◊Broken, falls into a heap, twitches as it lays dead

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