Hyena

Hyenas are a type of Beast and non-playable race who can be found travelling with gnolls and the Cult of the Absolute.

Hyena

Model
Portrait

Stats

Size

Medium

Type

Beast

Balanced Difficulty Stats

Level

1

HP

12

AC

12

Initiative

+6

Proficiency

+2

Movement

15 m (50 ft)

Weight

50 kg (100 lb)

Ability scores
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
11 (0)	13 (+1)	12 (+1)	2 (-4)	18 (+4)	5 (-3)

Saving throws
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
0	+1	+1	-4	+4	-3

Features

Alert
You gain +5 to Initiative and can no longer be surprised.
Opportunity Attack
Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.
Pack Tactics
When an ally is within 3 m / 10 ft of your target and is not Incapacitated, your Attack Rolls against the target have Advantage.

Explorer Difficulty Stats

Level

1

HP

8

AC

12

Initiative

+6

Proficiency

+4

Movement

15 m (50 ft)

Weight

50 kg (100 lb)

Ability scores
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
11 (0)	13 (+1)	12 (+1)	2 (-4)	18 (+4)	5 (-3)

Saving throws
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
0	+1	+1	-4	+4	-3

Features

Alert
You gain +5 to Initiative and can no longer be surprised.
Opportunity Attack
Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.
Pack Tactics
When an ally is within 3 m / 10 ft of your target and is not Incapacitated, your Attack Rolls against the target have Advantage.

Tactician Difficulty Stats

Level

1

HP

15

AC

12

Initiative

+6

Proficiency

+2

Movement

15 m (50 ft)

Weight

50 kg (100 lb)

Ability scores
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
11 (0)	13 (+1)	12 (+1)	2 (-4)	18 (+4)	5 (-3)

Saving throws
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
0	+1	+1	-4	+4	-3

Features

Alert
You gain +5 to Initiative and can no longer be surprised.
Opportunity Attack
Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.
Pack Tactics
When an ally is within 3 m / 10 ft of your target and is not Incapacitated, your Attack Rolls against the target have Advantage.

About

Hyenas are pack hunters and scavengers, who will often serve as hunting companions or pets to gnolls. The corpsed wombs of hyenas also regularly serve as the birthing place for new gnolls.

They can be found near a wrecked caravan on the The Risen Road during Act One, and with members of the Cult of the Absolute in the Shadow-Cursed Lands during Act Two.

A Bloated Hyena, stuffed with the spoils of fresh slaughter, will violently erupt and give birth to a Newborn Gnoll if not killed first.

Racial features

Base Racial Speed: 15m / 50ft
Size: Medium

Pack Tactics: When an ally is within 3 m / 10 ft of your target and is not Incapacitated, your Attack Rolls against the target have Advantage.

Hyena enemy variants

Combat

Attacks and abilities

Notable loot

Hyena Ear

Gallery

Alternative portraits

A hyena in-game.
Render by J-P Roy

Notes

There is a unique Hyena in Act One at X: 9 Y: 522with several improved abilities: It possesses the Alert feat and has an additional +5 to initiative on Tactician, as well as 18 Wisdom.
- This Hyena will dash to alert a nearby group of gnolls at X: -3 Y: 546 to the party's presence, and the boosts to initiative and Wisdom make it much more difficult to catch and restrain.
- The total +11 bonus to Initiative is the single highest bonus on any character in the game.
The in-game tool-tip text for the hyena Race implies that they are modelled off of the spotted hyena, a very social and matriarchal species of hyena.

External links

Spotted hyena on Wikipedia
Hyena on the Forgotten Realms Wiki

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