Dog & Hound

When you choose this fight club at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with the Animal Handling D&D Portal - Animal Handling Skill reference Animal Handling is a skill used for ability checks in relevant situations. Full link: https://dnd-portal.com/rules/skills/animal-handling/ skill if you do not already have it. If you do, you gain proficiency in your choice of the Perception D&D Portal - Perception Skill reference Perception is a skill used for ability checks in relevant situations. Full link: https://dnd-portal.com/rules/skills/perception/ or Survival D&D Portal - Survival Skill reference Survival is a skill used for ability checks in relevant situations. Full link: https://dnd-portal.com/rules/skills/survival/ skill.

Also at 3rd level, you gain a hound that accompanies you on your adventures and fights alongside you. Your hound can be any breed of dog or similar canine creature, but uses the statistics of a wolf. You add your proficiency bonus to your hound AC, saving throws D&D Portal - Saving Throw D20 test rule Saving Throw is a d20 test rule used to resolve uncertain outcomes during play. Full link: https://dnd-portal.com/rules/d20-tests/saving-throw/, attack rolls D&D Portal - Attack Roll Combat rule Attack Roll is a combat rule used by attacks, damage, defenses, or turn order. Full link: https://dnd-portal.com/rules/combat/attack-roll/, and damage rolls.

For each level you gain after 3rd, your hound gains an additional d8 hit die and increases its hit points accordingly.

You can use a bonus action D&D Portal - Bonus Action Action rule Bonus Action is an action economy rule used to describe what a creature can do on its turn. Full link: https://dnd-portal.com/rules/actions/bonus-action/ on each of your turns to verbally command your hound to take the Attack, Dash, Disengage D&D Portal - Disengage Action rule Disengage is an action economy rule used to describe what a creature can do on its turn. Full link: https://dnd-portal.com/rules/actions/disengage/, Dodge D&D Portal - Dodge Action rule Dodge is an action economy rule used to describe what a creature can do on its turn. Full link: https://dnd-portal.com/rules/actions/dodge/, or Help D&D Portal - Help Action rule Help is an action economy rule used to describe what a creature can do on its turn. Full link: https://dnd-portal.com/rules/actions/help/ action that turn. It does not have its own turn unless you are incapacitated D&D Portal - Incapacitated Condition Incapacitated is a game condition that can affect what a creature can perceive, do, or resist during play. Full link: https://dnd-portal.com/rules/conditions/incapacitated/ or absent.

If you are incapacitated D&D Portal - Incapacitated Condition Incapacitated is a game condition that can affect what a creature can perceive, do, or resist during play. Full link: https://dnd-portal.com/rules/conditions/incapacitated/ or absent, the hound acts on its own, focusing on protecting you and itself. The hound never requires your command to use its reaction D&D Portal - Reaction Action rule Reaction is an action economy rule used to describe what a creature can do on its turn. Full link: https://dnd-portal.com/rules/actions/reaction/, such as when making an opportunity attack D&D Portal - Reaction Action rule Reaction is an action economy rule used to describe what a creature can do on its turn. Full link: https://dnd-portal.com/rules/actions/reaction/.

If your hound dies, you can obtain a new one by spending 8 hours bonding with a canine animal that is not hostile to you.

At 3rd level, you share everything with your faithful hound: food, shelter, even moxie. When you use certain moxie abilities, your hound gains a benefit as well.

• Brace Up. When you gain temporary hit points D&D Portal - Hit Points Combat rule Hit Points is a combat rule used by attacks, damage, defenses, or turn order. Full link: https://dnd-portal.com/rules/combat/hit-points/ as a result of using your Brace Up moxie ability, your hound gains the same number of temporary hit points D&D Portal - Hit Points Combat rule Hit Points is a combat rule used by attacks, damage, defenses, or turn order. Full link: https://dnd-portal.com/rules/combat/hit-points/.
• The Old One-Two. When you use your The Old One-Two moxie ability, your hound can make one or both attacks instead of you.
• Stick and Move. When you use your Stick and Move moxie ability, your hound can take the Dash action D&D Portal - Dash Action rule Dash is an action economy rule used to describe what a creature can do on its turn. Full link: https://dnd-portal.com/rules/actions/dash/.

At 6th level, your hound attacks count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to non-magical attacks and damage.

Also at 6th level, you and your canine companion form a more potent fighting team. When you use the Attack action D&D Portal - Attack Action Action rule Attack Action is an action economy rule used to describe what a creature can do on its turn. Full link: https://dnd-portal.com/rules/actions/attack-action/ on your turn, if your hound can see you, it can use its reaction D&D Portal - Reaction Action rule Reaction is an action economy rule used to describe what a creature can do on its turn. Full link: https://dnd-portal.com/rules/actions/reaction/ to make a melee attack.

At 11th level, when a creature deals damage to your hound with an attack, you can use your reaction D&D Portal - Reaction Action rule Reaction is an action economy rule used to describe what a creature can do on its turn. Full link: https://dnd-portal.com/rules/actions/reaction/ to make an opportunity attack D&D Portal - Reaction Action rule Reaction is an action economy rule used to describe what a creature can do on its turn. Full link: https://dnd-portal.com/rules/actions/reaction/ against that creature if you are within range.

Beginning at 17th level, you use the statistics for a dire wolf, instead of a wolf, for your hound, except that its size remains Medium. These statistics are modified as described in your Brawler Best Friend feature.