The Bay of the Yeth Hound

[Professor]

I believe I already know the answer to this question...but if the companions are facing two Yeth Hounds. And the Yeth Hounds win initiative and begin to BAY...sine there are two of them..would you have each of the party members make two will saves? One for each Yeth Hound present? Or once to overcome the fear of the baying in general?

[ArtlessKnave]

The description of Bay in the monster write-up states:

"Whether or not the save is successful, an affected creature is immune to the same hound's bay for 24 hours. "

Since it specifically states the "same" yeth hound, it would mean they have to make a save for each creature's bay.

[Protoman]

On another note, "The Bay of the Yeth Hound" would sound like an great Golarion mystery novel.

[Douglas Muir 406]

The Yeth Hound is a good example of a lowish-level monster that, in groups, can cause serious problems to high level PCs. The save DC for the bay isn't very high, but if you're facing a pack of six hounds, then each PC has to save six times.

If you set things up so that panicked PCs run directly into something nasty, why, you can have all sorts of fun.

Doug M.