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Poisonous Frog Swarm
Diminutive Animal (Swarm)
Hit Dice: 4d8 (19hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 10 ft (2 squares)
Armor Class: 15 (+4 size, +1 Dex), touch
15, flat-footed 14
Base Attack/Grapple: +3/—
Attack: Swarm (1d6 plus poison)
Full Attack: Swarm (1d6 plus poison)
Space/Reach: 10 ft/0 ft.
Special Attacks: Distraction, poison
Special Qualities: Immune to weapon
damage, low-light vision, scent, swarm traits
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +7, Will +2
Numerous small, dark green frogs with black
stripes on their hind legs hop toward you as if of a
single mind.
Poisonous frog swarms are composed of
small, fierce, poisonous frogs. The swarm moves
collectively, hopping or jumping toward their prey.
Single poisonous frogs mate during the second
half of the year. The male attracts a female through
a series of unique mating calls consisting of strange
guttural sounds. When a female answers the call,
she lays a clutch of 1d6 eggs in a damp, dark area
covered with leaves. The male fertilizes the eggs
and protects them during their incubation period.
Two weeks later the eggs hatch and the male carries
the tadpoles to the water on its back. Tadpoles reach
maturity in two to three months.
A single poisonous frog is a small dark green
frog with black bands or stripes on its hind legs.
These stripes function as a warning to predators that
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Abilities: Str 4, Dex 12, Con 11, lnt 2, Wis
12, Cha 4
Skills: Hide +20, Spot +4
Feats: Alertness, Lightning Reflexes
Environment: Temperate and warm forests
and swamps
Organization: Solitary, pack (2-4 swarms),
or colony (7-12 swarms)
Challenge Rating: 2
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: —
Level Adjustment: —
the frog is poisonous. The skin of a poisonous frog is
very smooth to the touch. The middle digit on each
of its extremities is slightly shorter than the others.
Combat
Poisonous frog swarms attack by engulfing
their prey and subjecting it to the frog’s deadly
poison. Creatures that begin their turn in a poisonous
frog’s space suffer swarm and poison damage.
Distraction (Ex): Any living creature that
begins its turn with a poisonous frog swarm in its
space must succeed on a DC 12 Fortitude save or be
nauseated for 1 round. The save DC is Constitutionbased.
Poison (Ex): Injury, Fortitude DC 12, initial
and secondary damage 1d4 Str. The save DC is
Constitution-based.
Skills: Because of its coloration, a poisonous
frog swarm has a +4 racial bonus on Hide checks.
Trollsbane: Trollsbane is a tasty herbal plant that looks much like the typical onion (DC20
knowledge (nature) to identify) and tastes almost exactly the same (trollsbane is a little more acidic).
Trollsbane receives its name from its magical defenses. An hour after ingestion, the eater’s skin starts
to secrete a strong acidic substance for the next two days (DC20 fortitude save negates). Although the
individual is immune to the substance, anything the creature touches suffers 10hp of acid damage per
round. This damage ignores hardness. For trolls however, this process stops their natural regeneration
without provoking the acidic secretion, which opens them to the vicious culling typical of a band of trolls.
Most trolls who ingest trollsbane find themselves eaten by their own tribe. Other creatures often refer
to this plant as “Skyclad” because wearing any clothing is impossible while the oozing lasts. A creature
can only imbibe a dozen or so trollsbanes in their lifetime because eventually the acid starts to affect the
imbiber, killing all but the heartiest. Many attempts have been made to contain the acid secretions, but as
of yet, no method has been successful in stopping the acid’s breakdown into a neutral substance within
a day. Trollsbane is a magical plant that needs air, water, soil, magic, and sunlight to survive. It is most
common in forests and in wet, marshy areas.