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Bog Trog
Medium Humanoid (Aquatic)
Hit Dice: 2d8+2 (11 hp)
Initiative: +6
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares), swim 50 ft.
AC: 19 (+2 Dex, +5 natural, +2 piecemeal
armor), touch 12, flat-footed 17
Attack: Claw +2 melee (1d4+1), or battleaxe
+2 melee (1d8+1/x3), or shortspear
+3 ranged (1d6+1)
Full Attack: 2 claws +2 melee (1d4+1) and bite
+0 melee (1d6), or battleaxe +2 melee
(1d8+1/x3), or shortspear +3 ranged
(1d6+1)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: —
I
think I am one of the few travelers of the Iron Kingdoms
who has ventured a peaceful encounter with the dangerous
swamp-dwellers known as bog trogs. Of course, we don’t
often hear about the violent encounters had with such
creatures because few who encounter them live to tell of it. I
have to consider myself doubly lucky.
My guide was a tradesman who made part of his business
peddling camouflaged gear made by bog trog craftsmen (while
there, I picked up a bog trog parka, which was right on par with
the swamp gobber ponchos I’ve seen
elsewhere). I wasn’t permitted into
the heart of the village, but I learned
much on my visit. Bog trogs are masters
of camouflage, possessing both a
physical capacity for altering their skin
pigment to match their environment,
though in a different physiological fashion,
I believe, than a swamp gobber, and
an innate talent for camouflaging gear
and just about anything else. For this
reason, one who encounters bog trogs
doesn’t usually know any are nearby
until he is directly among them and
they start closing in.
Bog trogs are vicious and intolerant
creatures though not as bloodthirsty
as some others out there such as
the horrid dregg. They are isolationistic
and very territorial. I understand those in the
Fenn Marsh near the Mirewater River and Fennmar Lake
Special Qualities: Amphibious, camouflage, low-light vision,
scent
Saves: Fort +0, Ref +5, Will -1
Abilities: Str 12, Dex 14, Con 11,
Int 9, Wis 8, Cha 10
Skills: Craft(camouflage) +7*, Hide +3*,
Move Silently +3, Spot +3, Swim +9
Feats: Improved Initiative B , Multiattack
Environment: Warm or temperate marsh
Organization: Pack (2–5), pod (5–20),
band (20–40), tribe (50–100)
Challenge Rating: 1
Alignment: Usually neutral evil
Advancement: By character class
Level Adjustment: +1
area have a bitter lengthy blood-feud with nearby gatormen, who
can be just as stubborn and bloodthirsty when it suits them. The
gatormen might have overtaken them long ago if it weren’t for
the sheer numbers and tenacity of the bog trogs. I must admit
I was staggered by the concentrated volume of the bog trog
population in such a small area. Bog trogs are also known to
have similar conflicts in that region (and in others) with swamp
gobbers who consider them dire enemies (and the two being so
similar in some ways, I don’t blame them).
Though humanoid, bog trogs are very
reptilian, even fish-like, in appearance with
skin that is a dank green and brown in
its natural state. Their culture is advanced
enough to have mastered tool use and
adopted a basic infrastructure though
they are still primitive compared to
humans or even the nearby gatormen.
Swamp gobbers are much more
advanced than both.
Combat
Bog trogs are able and surprisingly
clever combatants. They always attack in
numbers and make heavy use of stealth
and surprise. Once engaged they are unrelenting
and merciless.
Camouflage (Ex): *Bog trogs
automatically change the pigmentation
of their skin to match their
surroundings, granting a +6 racial
bonus to Hide checks. This racial
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