Mist wolf
| Mist Wolf | |
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 Mist Wolf, as depicted in Monstrous Compendium: Greyhawk Adventures Appendix (1992). | |
| General information | |
| Alignment: | Lawful Good |
| First appearance: | Monstrous Compendium: Greyhawk Adventures Appendix (1992). |
The Mist Wolf is a cousin to the normal wolves, but is larger and exhibits some magical abilities and a lot more intelligence. Although lawful good in alignment, they are treated with distrust due to the fear normal wolves provoke amongst people.
Ecology
A pack of mist wolves encountered in its own territory (usually wilderness forests), will typically have half as many cubs present as there are females in the pack. Mist wolves are monogamous and mate for life, and both parents share the responsibility of caring and raising the cubs. Cubs grow rapidly, reaching full maturity at the age of 12 months. They gain their breath weapon ability at half that age. Mist wolves have a magical ability that makes it easier for them to disengage from stronger opponents. Each mist wolf can exhale clouds of thick mist.
Environment
They can be found in subarctic and temperate/non-desert regions preferring ancient and dense forests.
Typical physical characteristics
Mist wolves are almost identical to their cousins, they're taller at the shoulder and their fur is gray with white tips on the hackles. They're slim and muscular, with fearsome-looking teeth. Their eyes are black, without the red tinge often seen in wild wolves.
Alignment
Mist wolves have an innate ability to detect evil. This power operates continuously, without conscious volition. They're implacable enemies of evil and defenders of goodness and law. They'll often go to great lengths - even giving up their lives - to protect humans and demi humans.
Society
Mist Wolves only attack humans or demi humans who have been acting in a flagrantly evil manner. Normally, Mist Wolves protect travellers from evil creatures that may do them harm. Unfortunately, fear and hatred of wolves are taught from infancy. The fact that mist wolves are frequently seen where evil is abroad doesn't help; people never realize - or refuse to believe - that the wolves only appear when evil is near in order to fight it. Therefore, mist wolves are often slain by the very people they're trying to protect.
Mist wolf society is based around the pack. Packs consist of up to 20 adult wolves, with an equal numbers of males and females. The leader of the pack is the strongest individual (usually male, but not necessarily so), who gains and defends the position by challenge and non-lethal combat.
These creatures are most common in forests with evil reputations, because that's where they can do the most good. (Of course, this doesn't help the wolves' reputation at all…) There are large populations of mist wolves in Dreadwood and in the Burneal Forest, although they aren't limited to these areas.
Language
Mist wolves have their own rich language consisting of yips, barks, and growls. They understand the common tongue, but they are unable to speak it for anatomical reasons.
Bibliography
- TSR." Monstrous Compendium 05 Greyhawk Adventures appendix 1992.
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