I've talked about this project to my wife, and she said something along the lines of "what about the ghost of a loyal Puggle named Floyd who comes to help you out." Her loyal Puggle of 16 years, Floyd, crossed over this past February, and she misses that dog so much. So, I thought yeah, I'll mash that up with Howard's Queen of the Black Coast and call it an entry in my ghostly advent series.
Loyal Hound's Last Act*
When the PCs are in dire straits, and it's looking like they won't make it out of their current predicament alive, one of them may call upon their loyal hound one last time. A PC can make this call by succeeding a Charisma check. If successful, their spectral canine comes bounding back from the land of the dead appearing as a ghostly blue version of their former selves. The Loyal Hound's last act of love and devotion can take a variety of forms depending on the need of their owner: guiding the party back to a road or civilization, digging them out of a collapsed building or mine, or even ripping apart some enemies. In the last case, the ghostly dog can attack 1d4 +2 times (single opponent or spread out among different targets) and do 1d6 damage each time.
Obviously the Loyal Hound's Last Act should be limited (probably once per campaign) and not abused, but I'm not the boss of you.
*Doesn't have to be a dog. A PC is free to call back a cat, hamster, snake, goldfish, toad.
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