You may have an unlimited number of Best Friends - Dogs aren't the best at counting. They understand what you are trying to communicate with your woofs, wags and growls (treat this as a common language), and you may spend your bonus action to move up to 30' directly toward one of your Best Friends. Man's Best Friend: If a Humanoid or Giant pets you, plays fetch with you or gives you food, you become Best Friends until you or they take a long rest.

While not wearing armour, your AC counts as being 12 + Dex Modifier. It is generally not possible to multiclass into Dog without magical assistance, but multiclassing into something else uses the normal multi-classing rules with a requirement of 13 Int from the Dog portion of the requirements. Likewise, you cannot use tools, but you give allies adjacent to you advantage on any tool use check for which you are proficient. You don't have thumbs (or hands, for that matter) and cannot wield weapons, but your unarmed attacks do 1d8 damage when you use it to bite. You gain all the normal benefits of that race and background, except that you are a Beast rather than whatever type of creature you would normally be, you age in dog years, you cannot speak or write in any of the languages you know, and your base Speed is always 30 feet. Your race and background instead indicate the race and background of your original owner. Very Good Nose (Detect Poison and Disease)Ī Dog's Life: You are a dog. A Dog's Life, Man's Best Friend, Keen Sensesĩ.

Proficiency in Playing Cards, plus 3 from from Athletics, Acrobatics, Survival, Stealth, Investigation, Insight, Medicine, Intimidation, Performance or Persuasion.Įquipment: A collar with your name on it, and (a) water bowl or coating of mud (b) ball, stick or bone (c) an unlimited supply of love, slobber or shed fur (pick two).ġ.

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