Pack Tactics. The hyena has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the hyena's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated.
Cowardly. The hyena has disadvantage on Morale checks (DMG ch.8) and effects that inflict the frightened condition.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage.
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Not every hyena laughs. Among the four species of hyenas, only the spotted hyenas ‘laugh.’ It seems that hyenas made these noises when they were in some kind of social conflict, such as fighting for food. Indeed, hyenas have been found to titter when they feed on a carcass or get in physical quarrels.
Spotted hyenas have the strongest jaws in proportion to their body size across the entire mammal kingdom.
The Monster Manual version of this beast (CR 0) should be treated as the smaller, striped hyena.
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Posted Mar 7, 2021This is very good! The only difference I'd make is adding a picture
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Posted Nov 26, 2021The hyena's laugh means that the hyena is in distress.
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Posted Mar 8, 2022I lower their STR considerably. This is general body strength. I use Bite 3d4kL to cover the powerful bite w/o the chance of too much power. Cowardly is ok, but needs to be negated when in a group of 6 or more. IRL hyena cowardice is thrown out the window when they know they have the numbers.