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Skresh
Medium Humanoid (Reptilian)
Hit Dice: 6d8+6 (33 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares)
Armor Class: 15 (+2 Dex, +2 leather
armor, +1 buckler), touch 12, flat-footed 13
Base Attack/Grapple: +4/+4
Attack: Shortspear +5 melee (1d6 plus
poison) or javelin +6 ranged (1d6 plus
poison)
Full Attack: Shortspear +5 melee (1d6
plus poison) or javelin +6 ranged (1d6 plus
poison)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Poison
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., jungle
movement
Skresh are sinister reptilian humanoids
that ruthlessly seek to dominate their neighbors,
whoever they may be. Their skin varies from dark
green, browns, and ferrous red, and their sallow
eyes merely hint at their scheming.
The skresh speak their own language, a
variant of Draconic.
Combat
Skresh rely on their skill at moving unseen
and silently through the jungle to surprise their
enemy. In battle, they depend on a wide variety
of poisons to incapacitate their foes. If opposing
an unknown, such as a party of PCs, the skresh
usually drug their opponents, taking them back to
the patriarchal head of the family for examination.
Skresh use shortspears and javelins with
poisoned tips. Some wear leather armor and most
use bucklers made of toughened kari dragon hide
(pg 94). They attack from concealed positions
with javelins, often making it difficult for their
opponents to gauge how many skresh they face.
Jungle Movement: Skresh suffer no penalties
for moving through trackless jungle or swamp.
Skills: Skresh have a +8 racial bonus on
Hide, Move Silently, and Survival checks and a +5
racial bonus on Craft (alchemy) checks.
Illiterate: Skresh are illiterate and must spend
two skill points to gain the ability to read and write a
language they can speak (the Skresh language may
not be chosen as it has no written component).
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Saves: Fort +3, Ref +7, Will +2
Abilities: Str 11, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 10,
Wis 10, Cha 11
Skills: Craft (alchemy) +8, Climb +5, Hide
+14, Listen +7, Move Silently +14, Spot +2,
Survival +9
Feats: Alertness, Stealthy, Weapon Focus
(shortspear)
Environment: Temperate and warm marsh
Organization: Scout (6-12) or family (60-
100)
Challenge Rating: 5
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Usually neutral evil
Advancement: By character class
Level Adjustment: +2
Poison: All skresh are trained in the use
of poison. They learn a specialized form of the
Craft (alchemy) skill targeted at the concoction
of poisons. Skresh are familiar with all poisons
available in any campaign although they prefer to
use their own, more effective, poisons. It takes a
number of days equal to the concoct DC divided
by 3 to make 2d4 doses of a poison. This time
is reduced by one day for every three points of
success over the DC that the skresh rolls.
Skresh poisons are well known throughout
the world as the most potent, and command
significant prices on the rare occasions that they
can be found outside the skresh’s native land.
When first encountered in combat, most
skresh use Treeblood on their opponents. Only when
an enemy poses a known threat to the entire skresh
race is Skresh Fire used. Only patriarchal heads
know how to make Skresh Fire.
Skresh Fire: Craft DC 26; Contact, DC 26;
Initial paralysis 1d6 hours; Secondary death; cost
1,500 gp.
Barmik Root: Craft DC 21; Injury, DC 20;
Initial 2d6 Dex; Secondary 2d6 Dex; cost 2,000 gp.
Ankala Snake Venom: Craft DC 23; Injury,
DC 23; Initial 1d8 Str; Secondary 1d6 Str + 1d6
Con; cost 800 gp.
Blue Fog: Craft DC 21; Injury, DC 19; Initial
3d10 hp; Secondary 2d10 hp; cost 700 gp.
Treeblood: Craft DC 18; Injury, DC 19; Initial
paralysis 2d6 hours; Secondary Unconsciousness
1d6 hours; cost 400 gp.