Aura? Save Each Round or per Encounter?

[Watcher]

I have a creature with a damaging aura..

Do PCs save every round they're in the aura, or just one time (presumably once per encounter).

The Bestiary doesn't clarify unless I've missed it.

[Kjob]

Watcher wrote:

I have a creature with a damaging aura..

Do PCs save every round they're in the aura, or just one time (presumably once per encounter).

The Bestiary doesn't clarify unless I've missed it.

What creature is it? / What is the aura called?

[Watcher]

Rise of the Runelords Spoiler

Spoiler:

It's the Hound of Tindalos.

Chapter Five wrote:

Ripping Gaze (Su) The gaze of the hound tears the fabric of matter, destroying flesh at a distance and leaving deep, bloodless rents (5d6 damage, 30 feet, Fortitude DC 17 negates). The DC is Charisma-based. The number of dice rolled to determine the

damage of this attack is always half a hound’s total Hit Dice.

The first time I ran this scenario I misread it and treated it like a standard gaze attack, but a closer second reading of both the text and the statblock definitely confirms it as an aura.

[Luei]

Well, the ability doesn't have a duration, so either it happens once or every round, no in between. Since it's a constant source (the monster's gaze) I'd lean toward every round. And since there is no duration, it means there is no persistent effect (except the damage of course), and thus the characters affected get a save every round. (unlike a poison which allows a save and does more damage over time if the character fails, and thus has a duration)

[Watcher]

That's what I thought. Since the creatures aren't introduced until the PCs are 11th level, the Will Saves aren't that hard in some cases..

Anyway, thanks for the input!

[Luei]

Watcher wrote:

That's what I thought. Since the creatures aren't introduced until the PCs are 11th level, the Will Saves aren't that hard in some cases..

And thank god for that, I say! That dog would tear them apart otherwise!