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Froghemoth
Huge Aberration
Hit Dice: 16d8+80 (152 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 20 ft. (4 squares), swim 30 ft. (6
squares)
Armor Class: 16 (-2 size, +1 Dex, +7
natural), touch 9, flat-footed 15
Base Attack/Grapple: +12/+24
Attack: Tentacle +14 melee (1d6+4)
Full Attack: 4 tentacles +14 melee (1d6+4)
and tongue +12 melee (1d6+2) and bite +12
melee (4d6+2/19-20)
Space/Reach: 15 ft./15 ft.
Special Attacks: Improved grab, swallow
whole
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft.,
resistance to fire 10, slowed by electricity
The froghemoth is a weird aberration that
dwells in marshes and swamps. It appears as a
huge frog-like creature with 4 large tentacles in
place of its front legs; a 10-foot long tongue; and
a single, retractable eyestalk on top of its head.
Its underbelly is yellow, its body green, and its
tentacles and upper legs are mottled green.
Combat
The froghemoth attacks using its tentacles
and tongue to grab opponents. Grabbed opponents
are shoved into the froghemoth’s mouth.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability,
a froghemoth must hit with its tongue attack. It
can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action
without provoking an attack of opportunity. If
it wins the grapple check, it establishes a hold
and can attempt to swallow the opponent in the
following round. A froghemoth that successfully
swallows an opponent can use its Cleave feat to
grab another opponent with its tongue in the same
round.
Swallow Whole (Ex): A froghemoth can
try to swallow a grabbed opponent of Medium
or smaller size by making a successful grapple
check. The swallowed creature takes 2d8+4
points of crushing damage plus 1d8 points of
184
Saves: Fort +12, Ref +6, Will +11
Abilities: Str 19, Dex 13, Con 20, Int 2, Wis
12, Cha 11
Skills: Hide -2*, Listen +10, Spot +10,
Swim +12
Feats: Alertness, Cleave, Great Fortitude,
Improved Critical (bite), Multiattack, Power
Attack
Environment: Temperate and warm marsh
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 13
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: 17-32 HD (Huge); 33-48
HD (Gargantuan)
Level Adjustment: —
acid damage per round from the froghemoth’s
gizzard. A swallowed creature can climb out
of the froghemoth’s stomach with a successful
grapple check. This returns it to the froghemoth’s
mouth, where another successful grapple check
is needed to get free. A swallowed creature can
also cut its way out by using a light slashing or
piercing weapon to deal 20 points of damage to the
froghemoth’s stomach (AC 13). Once the creature
exits, muscular action closes the hole; another
swallowed opponent must cut its own way out.
The froghemoth’s stomach can hold two
Medium-size, four Small, eight Tiny, sixteen
Diminutive, or thirty-two Fine or smaller
opponents.
Slowed by Electricity (Ex): A froghemoth
takes no damage from electricity, but an electrical
attack instead slows a froghemoth, as the spell, for
one round.
Skills: A froghemoth has a +8 racial bonus
on any Swim check to perform some special action
or avoid a hazard. It can always choose to take 10
on a Swim check, even if distracted or endangered.
It can use the run action while swimming, provided
it swims in a straight line.
*A froghemoth has a +12 racial bonus to
Hide checks when in marshlands.