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The proportions of this strange wolf-dog shift from moment to moment before your very eyes. It shrinks to the size of a puppy when it crouches down playfully, grows to the size of a gangly horse when it runs, and bristles up with front-heavy muscle when squaring up to fight.

Peshpotokas are often mistaken for wolves from a distance, even dire wolves, due to their ability to change their size as easily as they can breathe. Seen more closely, it becomes more clear that they're something else—their proportions always seem a little mismatched, and often shift while being watched. A content flux hound at rest may look like a puppy with large paws, only to abruptly swell up to the size of a horse with the forward-centered mass of a wild boar when threatened.

They are surprisingly intelligent with distinct personalities, and though wild ones have a fierce independent streak and are difficult to train, peshpotokas raised from infancy can be as loyal as any dog.

Peshpotoka fur and teeth are both prized as materials for potions and magic items that relate to size-changing magic. A Pesh tooth, or one pound of its fur, counts as 20gp of raw materials when used in the creation of such an item, to a maximum of 50% of the total creation cost.

Image made with Bing, text written with no AI involvement.